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7A Page 2 in three areas: residential energy efficiency,schooi and cammunity gardens, and safe routes to school. GOMMUNlTY CLIMA7E ACTION PLAN PR�POSAL CONTENT'S Redwood Ci#y's Community Climate Action Plan sets a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15% from today's level by the year 2020. Today's levels are defined as those levefs identified using the best available technology for #he baseline year of 2005. To achieve this targef wif( require reducing emissions by 1 p0,466 metric tons of CO2 annually. This goal is consistent with State legislation as outlined in the Sta#e adopted AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan. Two landmark pieces of legislation were enacted in 2005 to address climate change. In June of 2005,Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California Executive Order S-3- 05,which called for the State tv reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and was foflowed by Sta#e Assembly Biti 32, the California Globa! Warming Solutions Act {Califarnia Health and Safety Code § 3850Q), which requires Califarnia to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions levels to 1990 1ev�ls by 2020.The AB 32 Cfimate Change Scoping Plan has defined this reduc#ion goal as a 15% reduction in emissions from today's fevels {20�5) by 2020. The Ca(ifornia Air Resources Board (CARB) is requir�d by law to implement and enforce AB 32. State Bill 375, signed into I�w in September 20Q8 (California Public Resources Code §21155), clarifies that CARB is responsibie for setting regional greenhouse gas targets. Per SB 375, transportation funding in California is contir�gent on meeting these targets. Through �he Community Climate Action Plan, Redwood City is aligning its goa�s and efforts with State legislation. The Redwood City Community Climate Actipn Pfan inciudes the following sections: BuiEc�ing Community, Transportation and Land Use, Built Environment, Urban Ecolagy and Waste Management. Each section includes an o�erview, a set of strategi�s, and reduction goals and indicators. lncorporated into the Plan's narrative are highlights of programs that are being successfuily implemente� in other communities. These highlights are mean#to inspire while sharing information on best practices. In addition, the narrative uses footnotes to identify those strategies that have also been incorporated in the New General Plan.When the Plan is posted an the City's website, it will include lirtks to the New Generai Plan document and to related resaurces, such as the City's Water Conservation Department. The Stafe has yet to adopt a protocol #or measuring community-wide emissions and the #echnology to measure emissions associated with community actions is still emerging. Therefore, reductions associated with identified measures are estimates and should be used as an implemert#ation tool while being updated as necessary to accurately reflect the impact of a given strategy. It is staffs hope that the Plan will be a call to action for the community,easy to read and one that will compel community members and partner organizations ta work together with the City in implementing the Plan's goals.The New General Plan ElR will contain a technicaf analysis of the plan and the resul#ing dacument wil!be suitable for use as the regulatory portion Qf a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan. This CommunEty Climate Actian Plan will be par� of that fina( document and wil! serve the critical aspect of the community call to action. The regulatory portion taken from the New General Plan Environmental Impact Repor# (E[R) will ensure that Redwood City's final Comprehensive Climate Action Plan meets full compliance with AB 32 and SB 375 and will suppori future environmental review and regional pfanning efforts for the Ci#y.