EXHIBIT A
History of Cotati’s Climate Protection Measures
DATE ACTION EFFECT
09/26/2001 Resolution No. 01-96 Endorsed Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development & their effort to develop a sustainable growth action plan 04/10/2002 Resolution No. 02-21 Endorsed aims and objectives of the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign (Sponsored by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)) & endeavored to follow its 5-milestone program
1. Develop a GHG emissions inventory
2. Develop a GHG emissions reduction target
3. Develop Action Plan to meet the GHG reduction target
4. Implementation of the Action Plan
5. Monitor to review progress
• National first- all municipalities in Sonoma and the
county pledge to measure and reduce GHG
2003 Study/Report City completes inventory of GHG emissions associated with internal municipal operations
• Followed an updated Cities for Climate Protection
protocol
• All jurisdictions county-wide complete their inventories Another national first!
04/28/2004 Resolution No. 04-14 Urged CARB to enact strong regulations to reduce GHGs emitted by passenger vehicles pursuant to AB 1493 (Pavley) 10/27/2004 Resolution No. 04-88 Adopted goal of 20% reduction in GHG emissions from municipal operations (from year 2000 baseline levels by 2010) • Also develop an action plan to meet the target
06/01/2005 California
Executive Order
S-3-05
Established State GHG emission targets:
• By 2010, reduce GHG emissions to 2000 levels
• By 2020, reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels
• By 2050, reduce GHG emission to 80% below 1990 levels • First two targets made law in 2006 (AB 32)
08/24/2005 Resolution No. 05-66 Established goal to reduce GHG emissions city-wide by 30% below 1990 levels by 2015
09/27/2006 AB 32 (Nunez) Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 • By 2020, reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels
• Required an emission reduction scoping plan
05/01/2008 Study/Report City received final Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Action Plan Analysis (GHG Plan)
• Identified 27 individual measures combined into 5 action plans
• Measures will result in emission reductions of 23% or more 07/23/2008 Resolution No. 08-62 Adopted GHG Action Plan “B”, or equivalent measures, which aims to achieve up to a 26% reduction in GHG emissions citywide 07/23/2008 Council Motion Approved the Climate Protection Charter & organizational structure
10/15/2008 Study/Report Climate Protection Campaign releases the Sonoma County Community Climate Action Plan
11/12/2008 Resolution No. 08-76 Authorized City Manager to take actions as necessary to support creation of a Regional Climate Protection Coordination Plan
10/11/2009 AB 881 (Huffman) Created the Regional Climate Protection Authority (RCPA) • Public Utilities Code Section 181000, et seq.
2011 Project/action Purchased Toyota Prius
05/09/2012 Resolution No. 2012-
14 Partnered with Sonoma County to install three electric vehicle charging stations
01/09/2013 Resolution No. 2013-
05 Adopted a complete streets policy. The policy was folded into the 2015 General Plan update.
06/26/2013 Resolution No. 2013-
41 Requested Sonoma Clean Power Authority act as Community Choice Aggregator to provide electrical power to Cotati residents
04/29/2015 California
Executive Order
B-30-15
Established 2030 State GHG emission target:
• By 2030, reduce GHG emissions to 40% below 1990
levels
2015 Project/action Siemens Contract
• Retrofitted all city-owned street lights with LEDs
o All PG&E lighting in 2017 (not part of Siemens)
• Retrofitted fluorescent lighting on all city buildings • Replaced all water meters with radio signaling
• HVAC Upgrades on all city building (Thermostats, AC)
• Installed vending misers at Cotati Room(2) & Police(1) 09/22/2015 Ordinance No. 857 Added chapter to the municipal code to streamline permitting for small residential rooftop solar systems
04/26/2016 Informational
presentation
Presentation on the draft county-wide climate action plan, Climate Action 2020
09/08/2016 SB 32 Codified statewide goal of 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 07/25/2017 Resolution No. 2017-
45 Resolution in support of Paris Climate Agreement & joined the Climate Mayors Initiative
• Limit temperature increase to less than 2°C
• Implement a Climate Action Plan
• Adopt policies & programs that promote GHG reductions 09/12/2017 Ordinance 875 Adopted a permit streamlining ordinance for electric vehicle charging stations
09/12/2017
03/27/2018
05/8/2018
06/25/2019
11/26/2019
09/22/ 2020
Project/action
Resolution No. 2018-
15 Resolution 2018-26
Direction to City
Manager
Resolution No. 2019-
74 Resolution No. 2020-
58 Chevy Bolt vehicle purchase
Resolution reaffirming commitment to reduce GHGs and
adoption of local implementation measures identified in Climate Action 2020
Resolution urging US Congress to enact a revenue-neutral carbon fee and dividend program
Direction to switch the City’s electric accounts to Sonoma Clean Power’s Evergreen (100% renewable) program
Resolution declaring a climate emergency & immediate
emergency mobilization to restore a safe climate
Adopted thresholds of significance for vehicle miles travelled (VMT). Threshold targets a 15% reduction in average VMT