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<br />88 <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant proposals are required to demonstrate how <br />municipalities are coordinating regionally and with the State. In addition, it is the intention that funding <br />be used to put systems in place that promote long term sustainability of energy efficiency efforts. As <br />such, Redwood City is effectively addressing each of these areas as follows: <br /> <br />Coordination Regionallv and with the State of California: Redwood City has inventoried both its City <br />operations and community scale greenhouse gas emissions. The City is now developing a Climate Action <br />Plan that will be integrated into the City's new General Plan. Through these processes the City is aligning <br />its climate action goals and strategies with the California AB32 Global Warming Solutions Act Scoping <br />Plan. Redwood City is also a member of the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Climate Task Force and the <br />County Association of Governments Utilities Sustainability Task Force. Through these associations <br />Redwood City works with regional municipal partners to track greenhouse gas emissions and indentify <br />opportunities to implement effective, coordinated strategies to reduce emissions. <br /> <br />Sustainabilitv: While ARRA funds are needed to launch Redwood City's community energy campaign <br />each of our goals and related strategies was designed with sustainability in mind. Implementing a <br />revolving municipal energy fund and putting systems in place for tracking progress creates a sustainable <br />mechanism for ongoing funding of energy efficiency upgrades of city facilities and operations. In the <br />community, our motivation is to create the market for efficiency improvements through education and <br />then provide financing mechanisms so that community members can continue to upgrade their homes. <br />It takes more than building improvements and technology to make change in the community. <br />Therefore, this plan was designed to encourage habit changes as well. The Redwood City Verde Youth <br />Ambassador program is a first step toward the creation of a robust summer green job corps for youth. <br />To achieve sustainability for this goal, Redwood City will reach out, collaborate, and partner with public <br />and private organizations to leverage resources and expand on programs and structures to build and <br />sustain summer youth workforce development opportunities. <br /> <br />11 <br />