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8.D. - Page 2 Subcommittee, the current Climate Action Plan has been updated to confirm the feasibility of ineeting the State-recommended reduction target, to focus more narrowly on programs that will achieve quantifiable reductions in energy and water consumption and GHG emissions, with emphasis on municipal operations, and to be consistent with BAAQMD guidelines for qualified GHG reduction strategies and regional climate action planning. The Climate Action Plan and its associated forecasts and targets were developed using the Regionally Integrated Climate Action Planning Suite (RICAPS) initiative. RICAPS is a comprehensive yet flexible approach to climate action planning that provides quantifiable measures and accountability at appropriate levels of government, such as annually tracking transportation emissions through the congestion management authority instead of at the city or township level. Redwood City is one of 19 jurisdictions currently participating in RICAPS. According to Redwood City's GHG inventories and forecast, given projected population and economic growth and planned state- and federal-level climate actions, 61,930 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions would need to be eliminated throughout the community in order to achieve the state recommended target reductions by the end of 2020. The Climate Action Plan includes 15 measures that will allow the City to meet the state recommended target reductions by 2020. These measures were selected from a list developed for RICAPS participants and recommended by C/CAG because they are regionally-applicable, effective, and measurable GHG reduction strategies. Reductions for each measure were calculated by entering data and assumptions specific to Redwood City into the RICAPS Manual of Calculations, an excel spreadsheet too. And individual measures were chosen based on their impact on emissions and appropriateness and feasibility for Redwood City. To be finalized, the chosen set of measures was required to meet or exceed the state recommended GHG reduction target by 2020. Implementation of many of the measures below has already begun as a result of State mandates, adopted General Plan policies and programs, and previous Council direction to staff. The Climate Action Plan accounts for and gives the City credit for the emissions reductions associated with actions the City has taken since the baseline year of 2005. Below is a summary table of the recommended measures and their corresponding GHG reductions calculated using the RICAPS Manual of Calculations. More detailed information about each measure can be found in the attached CAP.