Agenda packet — Santa Barbara City Council, July 2, 2024 (part 3 of 3)

The potential exists for tribal cultural resources to occur below the ground surface throughout Santa City of Santa Barbara
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Barbara, which may be disturbed and damaged by grading and excavation activities associated with new housing development.

Implementation of the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not have construction or operational impacts related to archaeological resources.

The CAP Update would not involve land use or zoning changes but would promote building energy retrofits as well as infrastructure development and redevelopment. For example, Measure BE-1 promotes the decarbonization of 50% of municipal buildings, Measure BE-4 promotes the expansion of the existing Natural Gas Prohibition Ordinance for new construction, Measure BE-5 promotes reducing residential natural gas consumption, and Measure B-6 promotes reducing commercial natural gas consumption. Measure T-1 involves the development and implementation of the Municipal Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, which aims to increase free-ofcharge access to public transit and the electric bike share program in the City. Additionally, the TDM Program aims to provide cash incentives for city-employees to bike, walk, or carpool to work while Measure T-3 aims to implement programs to enhance access to safe active transportation. Measure T-4 encourages the implementation of programs to increase public transportation mode share via public transit improvements, education, increased access, and creating pilot projects. Measure T-7 aims to accelerate zero-emission commercial vehicle use and adoption to 26% by 2030 and Measure T-8 aims to electrify or decarbonize 6% of Off-Road equipment by 2030. Furthermore, Measure CS-1 facilitates the expansion of the City’s Urban Forest Management Plan and requires planting and maintaining 4,500 net new trees by the year 2030. The physical changes these installations and enhancements would entail are dependent on the location of construction for the electric vehicle charging connections and active transportation.

Implementation of these measures could impact unknown tribal cultural resources during construction that involves below-grade activities. However, projects would be required to comply with the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance and Historic Resources Element that require the identification and preservation of sites and structures of architectural, historical, archaeological, and cultural significance. This includes sites, structures, and areas that are associated with tribal cultural activities or persons that contribute to the cultural character of artifacts. As such, tribal cultural resources would be protected upon discovery and, thus, impacts would be reduced to a minimal level. Additionally, future related projects would be required to undergo environmental review, including assessment and mitigation incorporation once project details and locations are known.

Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less-than-significant impact related to tribal cultural resources.

On May 10, 2023, the City requested from the Native American Heritage Commission an updated Local Government Tribal Consultation List. On May 11, 2023, that list was provided by the NACH.

On May 23, 2023, the City notified the listed tribes pursuant to SB 52 and SB 18 informing them about the City’s intent to develop a Climate Action Plan and CEQA negative declaration and inquiring if they wished to enter into a consultation process. On May 24, 2023, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians responded that they would like to have a formal consultation. City staff met with representatives of the tribe on June 22, 2023, and while the representatives didn’t have any particular concern with the CAP at that time, they requested to be kept informed with the draft CAP and ND was released. On June 27, 2023, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council requested to engage in consultation. On September 26, 2023, City staff met with a representative of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council who asked several questions about the project and asked to be kept on the notification list for the Draft CAP and ND.

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LESS-THAN-SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Cumulative Impacts
The cumulative projects scenario is total projected population growth for Santa Barbara (96,637 persons) in 2030. Cumulative projects could increase the potential for adverse effects to unknown tribal cultural resources in the City. Impacts to tribal cultural resources are site-specific; accordingly, as required under applicable laws and regulations, potential impacts associated with cumulative developments would be addressed on a case-by-case basis as cumulative project details and locations become known. Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less-than-significant cumulative impact related to tribal cultural resources.

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Would the project:
a. Require or result in the relocation or
construction of new or expanded water,
wastewater treatment or storm water
drainage, electric power, natural gas, or
telecommunications facilities, the
construction or relocation of which could
cause significant environmental effects? □ □ ■ □
b. Have sufficient water supplies available
to serve the project and reasonably
foreseeable future development during
normal, dry and multiple dry years? □ □ □ ■
c. Result in a determination by the
wastewater treatment provider which
serves or may serve the project that it
has adequate capacity to serve the
project’s projected demand in addition to
the provider’s existing commitments? □ □ □ ■
d. Generate solid waste in excess of State or
local standards, or in excess of the
capacity of local infrastructure, or
otherwise impair the attainment of solid
waste reduction goals? □ □ ■ □
e. Comply with federal, state, and local
management and reduction statutes and
regulations related to solid waste? □ □ ■ □
a. Would the project require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects?
Implementation of the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not have direct construction or operational impacts related to utilities and service systems. The CAP Update is a policy document aimed at reducing water and energy consumption and related GHG emissions throughout the City of Santa Barbara and does not include site-specific infrastructure designs or project proposals. Implementing the CAP Update would not result in an increase in population and housing nor would it facilitate growth beyond that anticipated by the City of Santa Barbara
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General Plan. As such, implementing the CAP Update would not create new demand related to water, wastewater, stormwater drainage, electric power, natural gas power, or telecommunications utilities.

However, projects resulting from implementation of the CAP Update could include redevelopment and/or restructuring of electricity and natural gas power facilities and infrastructure. Measure BE-1 promotes the decarbonization of 50% of municipal buildings and Measure BE-4 promotes the expansion of the existing Natural Gas Prohibition Ordinance for new construction. Measure T-1 involves the development and implementation of the Municipal Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, which aims to increase free-of-charge access to public transit and the electric bike share program in the City. Measure T-7 aims to accelerate zero-emission commercial vehicle use and adoption to 26% by 2030 and Measure T-8 aims to electrify or decarbonize 6% of Off-Road equipment by 2030. Furthermore, Measure CS-1 facilitates the expansion of the City’s Urban Forest Management Plan and requires planting and maintaining 4,500 net new trees by the year 2030. Therefore, the cumulative impact related to new demand related to water, wastewater, stormwater drainage, electric power, natural gas power, or telecommunications utilities would be less-than-significant. Impacts on demand for water, wastewater, stormwater drainage, electric power, natural gas power, or telecommunications utilities are detailed below.

Water Supply Facilities/Infrastructure
The City’s water supplies are managed pursuant to the Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan (EUWMP). The service area for the City water system includes most areas within the City’s limits aside from the Santa Barbara Airport which is served by the Goleta Water District and the Coast Village Road and Westmont Road areas which are served by Montecito Water District74. The City also serves selected areas outside of the City limits, including the unincorporated areas of Mission Canyon and Barker Pass75. The majority of the City’s potable water is treated at the Cater Water Treatment Plant (WTP) which has a capacity of 37 million gallons per day (MGD) and is used to provide water treatment for the Montecito Water District and Carpinteria Valley Water District. 76 The City’s potable water distribution system consist of approximately 312 miles of distribution main, 15 balancing reservoirs, 15 pumping stations, and nine production wells. The water system is supported by approximately 70 employees within the City’s Public Works Department, Water Resources Division.
77The City water supply is obtained from a diverse water supply portfolio which includes the following78:
74 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. 2020 Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan. https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Works/Water%20Vision/Final%202020%20Enhanced%20Urban%20 Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed October 2023.
75 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. 2020 Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan. https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Works/Water%20Vision/Final%202020%20Enhanced%20Urban%20 Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed October 2023.
76 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. 2020 Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan. https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Works/Water%20Vision/Final%202020%20Enhanced%20Urban%20 Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed October 2023.
77 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. 2020 Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan. https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Works/Water%20Vision/Final%202020%20Enhanced%20Urban%20 Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed October 2023.
78 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. 2020 Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan. https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Works/Water%20Vision/Final%202020%20Enhanced%20Urban%20 Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed October 2023.

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▪ Lake Cachuma. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation constructed Lake Cachuma and Bradbury Dam in the early 1950s. The City’s share of the annual yield is 8,277 acre-feet per year (AFY). Water is delivered for treatment at Cater Water Treatment Plant (WTP) via the Tecolote Tunnel and South Coast Conduit. The City can store allocated Cachuma water in Lake Cachuma for the following year, allowing the City to use other available supplies and build up reserves of Cachuma supplies.
▪ Gibraltar Reservoir. The City has pre-191479 appropriative water rights to divert water from the Santa Ynez River. Construction of Gibraltar Dam was completed in 1920. The reservoir had an initial storage capacity of 15,793 acre-feet (AF). As of 2020, siltation has reduced the reservoir capacity to 4,559 AF. Water from the reservoir is conveyed through Mission Tunnel for treatment at Cater WTP.
▪ Devil’s Canyon Diversion. The City has pre-1914 appropriative water rights to divert water from Devil’s Canyon Creek and maintains a small diversion weir on Devil’s Canyon Creek below Gibraltar Dam, which diverts water from Devil’s Canyon Creek into Mission Tunnel. ▪ Mission Tunnel Infiltration. Mission Tunnel is 3.7 miles long and conveys water from Gibraltar Reservoir through the Santa Ynez Mountains to the City. Infiltration through cracks and fissures into the tunnel from watersheds on both sides of the mountains contributes to the City’s water supply. Infiltration to Mission Tunnel is dependent on rainfall. ▪ State Water Project. The City is entitled to request up to 3,300 AFY from the State Water Project (SWP). The water is conveyed to Lake Cachuma from SWP facilities in the Central Valley via the Central Coast Branch of the California Aqueduct. Once in Lake Cachuma, the water is conveyed along with Cachuma Project water, via the Tecolote Tunnel, to Cater WTP for treatment and distribution.
▪ Supplemental Water. The SWP pipeline provides the City with the ability to convey supplemental water purchases to augment drought-year supplies. During the recent drought, the City purchased water from other SWP water contractors. ▪ Desalination. The Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant was reactivated in 2017 in response to the recent drought. The plant can provide 3.0 million gallons per day (MGD) of supply, equivalent to 3,125 AFY at 93% of production capacity. The City maintains permits to provide a desalination supply of up to 10,000 AFY.
▪ Groundwater. The City pumps groundwater from the Foothill Basin and the Santa Barbara Basin, which is subdivided into two water-storage basins: Storage Unit 1, and Storage Unit 3.

Storage Unit 1 underlies downtown Santa Barbara, covering approximately seven square miles.

Storage Unit 3 lies to the southwest of Storage Unit 1 and covers approximately 2.5 square miles. Foothill Basin and Storage Unit 1 are used to supply the potable water system. Storage Unit 3 is used only to supplement the recycled water system, if needed. ▪ Recycled Water. Recycled water is produced at the El Estero Water Resource Center (WRC) for distribution to the recycled water system for irrigation of large landscapes and toilet flushing at a handful of public locations. The City upgraded the recycled water treatment system in 2015.

The CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not result in new land uses that would contribute to an increase in water use compared to existing conditions or require relocation or construction of new water infrastructure. 79 California courts have clarified since 1914 the only way a new water right is acquired is to receive a water right permit from the State Water Resources Control Board. However, some jurisdictions have pre-1914 appropriative water rights which are valid today and do not require a water right permit.

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Additionally, Measures W-2 and W-3 support the reduction of City-wide water consumption through the creation of the Green Community Infrastructure Program and the expansion of the City’s Water Conservation Program. Therefore, no impact related to the need for construction or expansion of water supply facilities and infrastructure would occur.

Wastewater Treatment Facilities/Infrastructure
The City operates a wastewater/stormwater collection system consisting of 255 miles of sewer pipe and seven lift stations which convey water to the El Estero WRC. El Estero WRC also provides recycled water from its tertiary treatment plant to irrigate parks, school grounds, golf courses, and other large landscapes.80,81Approximately four dry tons of biosolids are produced every day at El Estero WRC which are composted and used at farms and parks as a nutrient-rich soil amendment.

Gas generated in the treatment process is converted to electricity to offset approximately 50 percent of the electricity needs at El Estero WRC.82 The circularity of the El Estero WRC is aligned with the CAP Update measures, specifically Measure W-1 and W-4, which include increasing the application of recycled water and compost throughout the city. The CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not require relocation or construction of new wastewater collection or treatment infrastructure. Therefore, no impact related to the need for construction or expansion of wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure would occur.

Stormwater Drainage Facilities/Infrastructure
Stormwater within the City that does not infiltrate into the ground becomes surface runoff, which flows into surface waterways or is channeled into the City’s storm drain system which conveys rainwater into creeks and the Pacific Ocean.83 The Creeks Division of the City’s Sustainability & Resiliency Department is responsible for the water quality management of stormwater drainage systems within the City. The Public Works Department is responsible for owning and maintaining City owned or street storm drains. Discharges from the City’s storm drain system into the ocean and creeks are permitted under the State Water Resources Control Board’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s), Order No. 2013-0001-DWQ.84,85 Construction of infrastructure development and redevelopment could result in erosion and potential redirect of flood flows or drainage patterns. However, implementation of proposed actions would not include infrastructure changes that would result in additional sources of polluted 80 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. El Estero Water Resource Center. https://santabarbaraca.gov/government/departments/publicworks/water-resources/wastewater-system/el-estero-water-resource. Accessed October 2023. 81 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. 2020 Enhanced Urban Water Management Plan. https://santabarbaraca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Works/Water%20Vision/Final%202020%20Enhanced%20Urban%20 Water%20Management%20Plan.pdf. Accessed October 2023.
82 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. El Estero Water Resource Center. https://santabarbaraca.gov/government/departments/publicworks/water-resources/wastewater-system/el-estero-water-resource. Accessed October 2023. 83 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. Wastewater Collection System. https://santabarbaraca.gov/government/departments/publicworks/water-resources/wastewater-system/wastewater-collection-system. Accessed October 2023. 84 City of Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation. 2022. Storm Water Management Program (SWMP). https://sbparksandrec.santabarbaraca.gov/programs-services/creek-and-ocean-water-quality/water-quality-improvement/storm-watermanagement. Accessed October 2023. 85 State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). 2013. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for Storm Water Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s).

February 5, 2013. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/stormwater/docs/remediated_phase2ms4permit_v2.pdf.

Accessed October 2023.

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runoff. Additionally, future related projects would be required to undergo environmental review, including assessment and mitigation incorporation once project details and locations are known. As a result, no negative impacts related to polluted runoff would occur. Therefore, implementing the CAP Update would have no effect on polluted runoff. As such, implementation of the CAP Update would not require a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). Therefore, no impact related to the need for construction or expansion of stormwater drainage facilities and infrastructure would occur.

Electric Power Facilities/Infrastructure
Measures BE-5 and BE-6 propose reducing residential and commercial natural gas consumption by 10% below 2019 levels by 2030 and incorporating electrification accelerator programs for these buildings. In addition, the installation of new electric vehicle charging stations would involve the construction of new electric power facilities and infrastructure and could also involve the relocation of existing electric power infrastructure and transmission lines. The CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would serve as a pathway to reduce GHG emissions and other beneficial environmental and sustainability effects.

These benefits include a reduction in energy consumption. Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a lessthan-significant impact related to construction, expansion, or relocation of electric power facilities and infrastructure.

Natural Gas Power Facilities/Infrastructure
The CAP Update would not involve new land uses that require new or additional natural gas service.

However, implementation of the CAP Update could involve the relocation or removal of existing natural gas facilities and infrastructure. The CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would serve as a pathway to reduce GHG emissions and other beneficial environmental and sustainability effects. These benefits include a reduction in energy consumption. Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less-than-significant impact related to removal of natural gas power facilities and infrastructure.

Telecommunications Facilities/Infrastructure
The proposal plan would not involve new land uses that would require telecommunications infrastructure and is not anticipated to involve the relocation of existing telecommunications facilities. Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less than significant impact related to the need for construction or expansion of telecommunication facilities and infrastructure.

LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
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b. Would the project have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years? c. Would the project result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the project’s projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments?
Implementation of the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not result in construction or operational impacts related to water supplies. The CAP Update is a policy-level document that does not include site-specific infrastructure designs or project proposals, nor does it grant entitlements for development that would have the potential to increase demand for water supply or other utility services. Implementing the CAP Update would include no new residential construction and would have no effect on water demand and wastewater treatment demand. Thus, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in no impact related to water supply and wastewater treatment.

NO IMPACT
d. Would the project generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals?
e. Would the project comply with federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste?
Solid waste collection services in the City are provided by the City’s franchised waste hauler, MarBorg Industries.86 Solid waste is hauled to the County-owned South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station located at 4430 Calle Real between the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara. The South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station acts as a consolidation point for waste. The County separates recyclable materials from non-recyclable materials and transfers the non-recyclable materials to the Tajiguas Landfill. The South Coast Recycling and Transfer facility is permitted to process up to 550 tons per day of solid waste.87 The Tajiguas Landfill has a maximum permitted daily throughput of 1,500 tons per day and a remaining capacity of approximately 4,336,335 cubic yards. The Tajiguas Landfill is scheduled for closure January 1, 2036.88 In addition, the Tajiguas landfill includes the County of Santa Barbara’s ReSource Center with a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and anaerobic digester. The MRF separates any excess recyclable and organic material delivered to Tajiguas.

Organic materials are processed in the anaerobic digester. The ReSource Center converts organics for use in soil.89 90
Construction and demolition waste is primarily disposed of at local construction and demolition recycling facilities. These include MarBorg Construction and Demolition Recycling Facility, Lash 86 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. Trash & Recycling. https://santabarbaraca.gov/services/utilities/trash-recycling. Accessed October 2023. 87 California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle). 2022. South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station (42-AA-0014). https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteActivity/Details/1251?siteID=3282. Accessed October 2023. 88 California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle). 2022. Tajiguas Res Rec Proj & Sanitary LF (42-AA-0015). https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteActivity/Details/1252?siteID=3283. Accessed October 2023. 89 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. Foodscraps Composting. https://santabarbaraca.gov/services/utilities/trash-recycling/collectiontypes/foodscraps-composting. Accessed October 2023. 90 Santa Barbara, County of. 2022. ReSource Center. https://lessismore.org/material_categories/9-trrp/. Accessed November 2022.

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Construction, and Granite Construction.91 Recyclables, metal and glass, antifreeze, oil, and e-waste are accepted at multiple drop-off facilities including the Downtown Recycling Center, the Goleta Recycling Center, Santa Barbara Iron & Metal Recyclers, M & M Scrap Metals, and the Community Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center at the University of California Santa Barbara. 92 A food scraps collection service was implemented by the City in 2009 for the business sector, and has over 200 participating businesses including coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, as well as schools and multi-unit apartment buildings. Food scraps are hauled by MarBorg Industries to the South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station and then transferred to the ReSource Center.

Implementation of the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis s would not result in construction or operational impacts related to solid waste. The CAP Update would not involve new land uses that require new or additional solid waste collection service. The CAP Update includes Measure W-4, which aims to decrease the amount of organic waste in the waste stream, as well as educate stakeholders and collaborate with the County to decrease the use and purchase of non-recyclables and enhance sustainable purchasing practices.

Thus, the CAP Update would not facilitate development and would decrease solid waste collection and disposal demand. Additionally, because the CAP is a policy document that would not facilitate growth beyond that anticipated by the General Plan, it would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards. Additionally, should any potential increases in waste occur due to retrofit infrastructure development, it would be in compliance with state law. Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less than significant impact related to solid waste.

LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Cumulative Impacts
The cumulative projects scenario is total projected population growth Santa Barbara (96,637 persons) in 2030. Cumulative projects within the City could result in increases in population and additional use of or need for utilities and service systems. While implementation of the CAP Update and related infrastructure projects would not result in increases in population or induce additional population growth that would require additional use of existing City utilities or service systems, implementation of new or replacement energy or transportation infrastructure under the CAP Update could result in less-than-significant cumulative utility construction impacts. Therefore, implementation of the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less-than-significant cumulative impact related to utilities and service systems.

LESS-THAN-SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
91 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. Drop-Off Locations (Self Haul). https://santabarbaraca.gov/services/utilities/trash-recycling/droplocations-self-haul. Accessed October 2023. 92 Santa Barbara, City of. 2022. Drop-Off Locations (Self Haul). https://santabarbaraca.gov/services/utilities/trash-recycling/droplocations-self-haul. Accessed October 2023.

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If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project:
a. Substantially impair an adopted
emergency response plan or emergency
evacuation plan? □ □ ■ □
b. Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other
factors, exacerbate wildfire risks and
thereby expose project occupants to
pollutant concentrations from a wildfire
or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? □ □ ■ □
c. Require the installation or maintenance
of associated infrastructure (such as
roads, fuel breaks, emergency water
sources, power lines or other utilities)
that may exacerbate fire risk or that may
result in temporary or ongoing impacts to
the environment? □ □ ■ □
d. Expose people or structures to significant
risks, including downslopes or
downstream flooding or landslides, as a
result of runoff, post-fire slope instability,
or drainage changes? □ □ ■ □
a. If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan?
b. If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project, due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks and thereby expose project occupants to pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire?
c. If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment? d. If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslopes or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes?
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The City includes State designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the northeast and northwest portions of the City and local designated High Fire Hazard Areas mainly in areas with land use designations of open space, hillside low density residential, and low density residential, as well as a small portion of land designated medium density residential.93 The City completed an update to the Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) in 2021, aimed at mitigating wildland fire impacts. CWPP Policy 7.9 requires the City of Santa Barbara’s Fire Department to conduct a detailed evacuation study which addresses increased residential density on roadway capacities and evacuation capabilities.94 The City’s Annex to the County’s MultiJurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (2023) includes a high priority project to combine the CWPP and 2014 Evacuation procedures analysis, identify roads that do not meet Fire Department standards, and conduct a detailed evacuation study.

As part of standard development procedures in the City, development plans must be submitted to the City’s Community Development Department for review and approval to ensure that new development has adequate emergency access and escape routes in compliance with existing City and Fire Department regulations. The CAP Update would not introduce new features or policies that would preclude implementation of or alter these policies or procedures. Therefore, implementation of the CAP Update would not impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan, and this impact would be less than significant.

The CAP Update is a policy-level document that does not propose specific or other physical changes such as habitable development that could be put at risk in the case of a wildfire, nor does it grant entitlements for development that would have the potential to directly cause wildfire. Rather, the CAP aims to reduce natural gas infrastructure that poses wildfire risk if damaged during seismic events and to underground new or restructured electric power lines that pose wildfire risk if damaged during high-wind events. Thus, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in less-than-significant impact related to wildfire.

LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Cumulative Impacts
The cumulative projects scenario is total projected population growth for Santa Barbara (96,637 persons) in 2030. The CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis do not include new habitable development that could be at risk from wildfire, nor does it grant entitlements for development that would have the potential to cause wildfire. Thus, the CAP Update and the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in less-than-significant cumulative impact related to wildfire.

LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
93 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). 2008. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in LRA As Recommended by CAL FIRE. September 2, 2008. https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/media/5929/santa_barbara.pdf. Accessed October 2023. 94 Santa Barbara, City of. 2021. Community Wildfire Protection Plan. February 2021. https://cwpp.santabarbaraca.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2021/03/SB-CWPP-Final_Feb-2021_OPT_signed.pdf. Accessed October 2023.

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Does the project:
a. Have the potential to substantially
degrade the quality of the environment,
substantially reduce the habitat of a fish
or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife
population to drop below self-sustaining
levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or
animal community, substantially reduce
the number or restrict the range of a rare
or endangered plant or animal or
eliminate important examples of the
major periods of California history or
prehistory? □ □ ■ □
b. Have impacts that are individually
limited, but cumulatively considerable?
(“Cumulatively considerable” means that
the incremental effects of a project are
considerable when viewed in connection
with the effects of past projects, the
effects of other current projects, and the
effects of probable future projects)? □ □ ■ □
c. Have environmental effects which will
cause substantial adverse effects on
human beings, either directly or
indirectly? □ □ ■ □
a. Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? The intent of the CAP Update is to reduce GHG emissions from the Santa Barbara community and municipal operations through implementation of measures and corresponding actions. The measures and supporting actions are consistent with the 2011 Santa Barbara General Plan and encourage residents, businesses, and the City to reduce energy, fuel use, water use, vehicle miles traveled, and solid waste generation and the associated GHG emissions. The CAP Update would not facilitate development that would eliminate or threaten wildlife habitats or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory. Furthermore, as a guidance City of Santa Barbara
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document, the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not result in significant biological and cultural resources impacts. Therefore, as discussed in more detail in Section 4, Biological Resources, and Section 5, Cultural Resources, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would result in a less-than-significant impact related to biological and cultural resources.

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b. Does the project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of a project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects)? Implementation of the CAP Update would result in a cumulatively beneficial reduction of GHG emissions across the City. In addition, as discussed throughout the respective cumulative impacts discussions within this document, the CAP Update would not result in significant cumulative impacts. Rather, implementation of the CAP Update would be consistent with General Plan policies aimed at reducing emissions of GHGs and air pollutants, reducing vehicle miles traveled, reducing energy and water supply demands on utilities, and decreasing solid waste generation. Furthermore, as a guidance document, the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis s would not result in cumulative impacts. Therefore, the CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis s would result in an overall less-than-significant cumulative impact related to all CEQA topics addressed within this document.

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c. Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
The CAP Update would not result in adverse effects on human beings. Rather, as discussed throughout this document, the CAP Update would serve as a pathway to reduce GHG emissions and other positive environmental and sustainability effects. These benefits include reduction in nonrenewable building energy consumption and vehicle miles traveled (and thus air pollution), in transportation- related GHG emissions, energy and water consumption, and solid waste generation.

However, as discussed in more detail in Section 3, Air Quality, Section 13, Noise, and Section 17, Transportation, the CAP Update could cause temporary construction impacts related to transportation, air quality, and noise that could, in turn, affect human beings but would not result in a substantial adverse environmental effect. Furthermore, as a guidance document, the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis would not result in cumulative impacts. Therefore, the CAP Update would result in a less-than-significant impact related to potential for adverse effects on human beings.

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List of Preparers
Rincon prepared this CAP Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Initial Study-Negative Declaration under contract to the City of Santa Barbara. Persons involved in data gathering, environmental impact analysis, quality review, graphics preparation, and document formatting include the following.

Rincon Consultants, Inc.

Tommy King, Sustainability Planner
Kerry Nixon, Sustainability Planner
Lexi Journey, Senior Environmental Planner
Matthew Maddox, Environmental/Sustainability Principal
Appendix A
Sources, Health Effects, and Typical Controls Associated with Criteria Pollutants

Sources, Health Effects, and Typical Controls Associated with Criteria Pollutants Draft Initial Study – Negative Declaration A-1
Sources, Health Effects, and Typical Controls Associated with Criteria Pollutants Pollutant Sources Health Effects Typical Controls
Ozone (O3) Formed when reactive organic
gases (ROG) and nitrogen
oxides react in the presence of
sunlight. ROG sources include
any source that burns fuels
(e.g., gasoline, natural gas,
wood, oil); solvents;
petroleum processing and
storage.

Breathing difficulties, lung
tissue damage, vegetation
damage, damage to rubber
and some plastics.

Reduce motor vehicle reactive
organic gas (ROG) and
nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions
through emission standards,
reformulated fuels,
inspections programs, and
reduced vehicle use. Limit
ROG emissions from
commercial operations,
gasoline refueling facilities,
and consumer products. Limit
ROG and NOX emissions from
industrial sources such as
power plants and
manufacturing facilities.

Carbon monoxide
(CO)
Any source that burns fuel
such as automobiles, trucks,
heavy construction and
farming equipment, residential
heating.

Chest pain in heart patients,
headaches, reduced mental
alertness.

Control motor vehicle and
industrial emissions. Use
oxygenated gasoline during
winter months. Conserve
energy.

Nitrogen dioxide
(NO2)
See Carbon Monoxide. Lung irritation and damage.

Reacts in the atmosphere to
form ozone and acid rain.

Control motor vehicle and
industrial combustion
emissions. Conserve energy.

Sulfur dioxide
(SO2)
Coal or oil burning power
plants and industries,
refineries, diesel engines.

Increases lung disease and
breathing problems for
asthmatics. Reacts in the
atmosphere to form acid rain.

Reduce use of high sulfur fuels
(e.g., use low sulfur
reformulated diesel or natural
gas). Conserve energy.

Respirable
particulate matter
(PM10)
Road dust, windblown dust,
agriculture and construction,
fireplaces. Also formed from
other pollutants (NOX, SOX,
organics).

Increased respiratory disease,
lung damage, cancer,
premature death, reduced
visibility, surface soiling.

Control dust sources,
industrial particulate
emissions, woodburning
stoves and fireplaces. Reduce
secondary pollutants which
react to form PM10. Conserve
energy.

Fine particulate
matter (PM2.5)
Fuel combustion in motor
vehicles, equipment, and
industrial sources; residential
and agricultural burning. Also
formed from reaction of other
pollutants (NOX, SOX, organics,
and NH3).

Increases respiratory disease,
lung damage, cancer, and
premature death, reduced
visibility, surface soiling.

Particles can aggravate heart
diseases such as congestive
heart failure and coronary
artery disease.

Reduce combustion emissions
from motor vehicles,
equipment, industries, and
agricultural and residential
burning. Precursor controls,
like those for ozone, reduce
fine particle formation in the
atmosphere.

Lead Metal smelters, resource
recovery, leaded gasoline,
deterioration of lead paint.

Learning disabilities, brain and
kidney damage. Control metal
smelters.

No lead in gasoline or paint.

Sulfur Dioxide
(SO2)
Coal or oil burning power
plants and industries,
refineries, diesel engines.

Increases lung disease and
breathing problems for
asthmatics. Reacts in the
atmosphere to form acid rain.

Reduce use of high sulfur fuels
(e.g., use low sulfur
reformulated diesel or natural
gas). Conserve energy.

Sulfates Produced by reaction in the air
of SO2, (see SO2 sources), a
component of acid rain.

Breathing difficulties,
aggravates asthma, reduced
visibility.

See SO2
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Pollutant Sources Health Effects Typical Controls
Hydrogen Sulfide Geothermal power plants,
petroleum production and
refining, sewer gas.

Nuisance odor (rotten egg
smell), headache and
breathing difficulties (higher
concentrations).

Control emissions from
geothermal power plants,
petroleum production and
refining, sewers, and sewage
treatment plants.

Visibility Reducing
Particulates
See PM2.5 Reduced visibility (e.g.,
obscures mountains and other
scenery), reduced airport
safety.

See PM2.5
Vinyl Chloride Exhaust gases from factories
that manufacture or process
vinyl chloride (construction,
packaging, and transportation
industries).

Central nervous system effects
(e.g., dizziness, drowsiness,
headaches), kidney irritation,
liver damage, liver cancer.

Control emissions from plants
that manufacture or process
vinyl chloride, installation of
monitoring systems.

Toxic Air
Contaminant
(TAC)
Combustion engines
(stationary and mobile), diesel
combustion, storage and use
of TAC-containing substances
(i.e., gasoline, lead smelting,
etc.)
Depends on TAC, but may
include cancer, mutagenic
and/or teratogenic effects,
other acute or chronic health
effects.

Toxic Best Available Control
Technologies (T-BACT), limit
emissions from known
sources.

Source: Compiled by Rincon Consultants, Inc. in September 2020 Appendix B
Description of Greenhouse Gases of California Concern

Description of Greenhouse Gases of California Concern
Draft Initial Study – Negative Declaration B-1
Description of Greenhouse Gases of California Concern
Greenhouse Gas
Physical Description and
Properties
Global Warming
Potential
(100 years)
Atmospheric
Residence
Lifetime
(years) Sources
Carbon dioxide
(CO2)
Odorless, colorless, natural gas. 1 50–200 Burning coal, oil, natural gas, and wood; decomposition of
dead organic matter;
respiration of bacteria, plants,
animals, and fungus; oceanic
evaporation; volcanic
outgassing; cement
production; land use changes
Methane
(CH4)
Flammable gas and is the main
component of natural gas.
28 12 Geological deposits (natural
gas fields) extraction; landfills;
fermentation of manure; and
decay of organic matter
Nitrous oxide
(N2O)
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is a
colorless GHG.
298 114 Microbial processes in soil and
water; fuel combustion;
industrial processes
Chloro-fluorocarbons
(CFCs)
Nontoxic, nonflammable,
insoluble, and chemically
unreactive in the troposphere
(level of air at the Earth’s
surface); formed synthetically by
replacing all hydrogen atoms in
methane or ethane with
chlorine and/or fluorine atoms.
3,800–8,100 45–640 Refrigerants aerosol
propellants; cleaning solvents
Hydro-fluorocarbons
(HFCs)
Synthetic human-made
chemicals used as a substitute
for CFCs and contain carbon,
chlorine, and at least one
hydrogen atom.
140 to 11,700 1–50,000 Automobile air conditioners;
refrigerants
Per-fluorocarbons (PFCs)Stable molecular structures and only break down by ultraviolet
rays about 60 kilometers above
Earth’s surface.
6,500 to 9,200 10,000–50,000 Primary aluminum production; semiconductor manufacturing
Sulfur
hexafluoride
(SF6)
Human-made, inorganic,
odorless, colorless, and
nontoxic, nonflammable gas.
22,800 3,200 Electrical power transmission
equipment insulation;
magnesium industry,
semiconductor manufacturing;
a tracer gas
Nitrogen
trifluoride
(NF3)
Inorganic, is used as a
replacement for PFCs, and is a
powerful oxidizing agent.
17,200 740 Electronics manufacture for
semiconductors and liquid
crystal displays
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April 24th, 2024
Mr. Jefferson Litten
City of Santa Barbara Sustainability and Resilience
801 Garden Street, Suite 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Re: City of Santa Barbara’s Draft Climate Action Plan
Dear Mr. Litten,
The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is pleased to submit the following comments on the City of Santa Barbara’s draft Climate Action Plan (CAP). Since 1970, CEC has incubated and innovated real life environmental solutions that directly affect the California Central Coast.

CEC’s mission is to advance rapid and equitable solutions to the climate crisis by building zero carbon communities, promoting nature-based solutions to draw down legacy emissions, and protecting communities against unavoidable climate change impacts.

CEC’s climate work in Santa Barbara includes, amongst many additional initiatives and projects, advocating for Community Choice Energy and 100% renewable energy goals, starting the ElectricDrive805 coalition to make it easier to adopt electric vehicles across the tri-counties, offering our Solarize Nonprofit and Solarize Santa Barbara programs, and working with 3C-REN on energy efficiency and existing building decarbonization in single and multifamily properties.

CEC is also currently partnered with the City on numerous initiatives such as the Santa Barbara County Regional Climate Collaborative and grants such as the Santa Barbara County Resilience Hubs. CEC was mentioned four times in the City’s draft CAP and stands ready to help the City meet its climate action goals.

CEC congratulates staff, consultants, and the City for their excellent work on the draft CAP.

CEC believes that the CAP is a tremendous opportunity for Santa Barbara to display leadership in adopting equitable, bold measures to reduce and mitigate GHG emissions and to build resilience within the City, especially in communities that have been most burdened by climate change impacts. We support strong, ambitious policies and programs that not only mitigate and limit climate change impacts throughout Santa Barbara, but that also protect our most vulnerable frontline communities. Those that have been harmed by environmental injustice and who are 2 likely to be hurt first and worst by the impacts of climate change should benefit first and foremost from climate and resilience action.

Santa Barbara County has also experienced and continues to face high levels of oil extraction that have caused disastrous oil spills and detrimental effects on the surrounding environment and health of its residents. Additionally, it is one of the fastest warming counties in the nation and has recently endured some of California’s largest and most destructive wildfires, floods, debris flows, extreme drought and heat events. Given the historical and present context of Santa Barbara, and future threats of climate change, CEC encourages the City to:
• Take more aggressive and immediate actions to make progress on 2030 targets and uphold the City’s goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2035. The current plan reduces emissions by 47% from 1990 levels by 2030, leaving too many emissions to be mitigated in the remaining 5 years until the 2035 Carbon Neutrality goal. The plan should reduce emissions by 60% by 2030, and jumpstart GHG sequestration activities.
• The following new measures should be added for priority in the first year:
• Building Electrification Ordinance for New Construction • Employer-sponsored Housing
• The following existing strategies should be prioritized for the first year:
• BE 5.2, Existing Building Electrification Study
• T-5.6, On Street Parking Pricing
• T 6.1, EV Reach Code
• T 6.2, Commercial and Multifamily EV charging ordinance • T 7.1, Zero Emission Vehicle Action Plan
• Develop a framework to unlock the potential of the region’s vast natural and working lands to sequester carbon. This framework should engage private sector funding such as from large businesses, the tourism, and restaurant industries to help the City meet the 2035 Carbon Neutrality goals.

CEC would like to highlight the following recommendations, changes, and clarifications to the GHG Reduction Strategies:
3 Building Electrification
New Measure – Building Electrification Ordinance for New Construction. With the legal challenge to the City’s existing Building Electrification Ordinance, a new ordinance should be immediately prioritized to ensure that new construction is primarily electric. New construction is the most cost-effective time to build all-electric. Prioritization of this ordinance will lead to decreased need for expensive retrofits in future decades.

Together to Zero Climate Action Plan:
• Pg. 13. While CEC appreciates the near term, next two-year focus on municipal buildings and the affordable housing pilot, BE 5.2 Existing Building Electrification Study is the only measure that rates “high” impact. It is also low cost. This study should be prioritized for year one and funded through Santa Barbara Clean Energy. Faster action on building electrification is imperative to meeting CAP goals and will lead to revenue growth for SBCE.

Transportation
New Measure – Employer-sponsored housing. Large employers such as the City of Santa Barbara, the County of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Unified School District, Santa Barbara City College, and others own portfolios of properties and have many employees commuting from long distances. The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce is spearheading a consortium of employers to develop employer-sponsored housing. The City should lead by example and encourage other employers by developing car-free/car-light workforce, affordable, employer-sponsored housing above downtown surface parking lots. These units could target the fraction of City employees willing to live car-free in exchange for living close enough to walk to work in a prime downtown location and could have a percentage designated for other downtown workers. A core strategy to lower per capita GHGs should be by developing new housing with limited cars.

More details to prioritize future development as net zero, car-free/car-light development are included below and in Appendix 2, CEC Comments on City of Santa Barbara Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element.
4 Appendix A (page numbers on the appendices would be helpful) • T-3, Active Transportation Goal of 6% by 2030 and 10% by 2035 is inadequate and much less ambitious than other leading communities. City of San Luis Obispo has a similar Carbon Neutrality by 2035 goal, and their CAP aspires to increase biking to 20%, transit to 7%, and walking/carpool/other to 23%, with only 50% of trips being single vehicle occupant.
o The CAP envisions full implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans and continued implementation of Vision Zero, which are foundational actions to make active transportation easy and safe.
o Does the Active Transportation Goal include electric micromobility options that are rapidly proliferating, bringing new riders into the City’s bike lanes? These are primarily e-bikes, including the City’s B-Cycle electric bikesharing program.

Recent bike counts have found that as many as half of all bikes on City streets are now e-bikes. Other electric mobility options that City residents are quickly adopting include electric scooters, electric skateboards, and electric unicycles/Onewheels.
o Does the Active Transportation Goal capture the synergy between efforts to bring more downtown, car-free/car-light housing, employer-sponsored housing, and priced parking to the City? These developments will add active transportation users to the system.
• T-5.6, On Street Parking Pricing was the measure with the second most significant potential in the City’s last Climate Action Plan, after Community Choice, yet it barely gets a mention buried in Appendix A of this plan. This measure has the strongest potential to incentivize drivers to switch to more sustainable modes and raise revenue for alternative modes. It should be modeled more extensively as a strong driver of reduced VMT and enhanced active transportation mode share. This measure should be prioritized as a near-term, first year priority, particularly with the Downtown Parking Division facing multi-million budget deficits annually in recent years.

Santa Barbara is a rare city of its size that subsidizes free on-street downtown parking.

Free parking allows employees to hog the prime parking and do the 75-minute shuffle, which impacts businesses who’d like customers to park right in front of their establishment. On Street Parking Pricing is the strongest potential way to convert drivers, 5 particularly downtown employees, to transit and active transportation users, freeing up parking for shoppers, decreasing congestion in the urban core and yielding large sustainability benefits.
• T-6, Increase Zero-Emission Passenger Vehicle Use and Adoption to 30% by 2030 and 55% by 2035.
o This is the most important and impactful goal in the entire plan and should be included in the Together to Zero summary, and the goal increased. The City of San Luis Obispo, with a similar Carbon Neutrality by 2035 target, has a goal of 40% ZEV miles by 2030.
o Can the plan discuss in more detail how the California Air Resources Board’s 100% ZEV sales by 2035 regulation impacts this goal? The justification in Appendix A is relatively weak and more complex modeling should be done for this strategy of paramount importance.
• T-7.1, Zero Emission Vehicle Action Plan.
o With transportation emissions being over half of the entire community’s emissions, a Zero Emission Vehicle Action Plan should be prioritized for year one to add additional strategy, planning and cohesion to the City’s impressive ZEV efforts. This study should be funded through Santa Barbara Clean Energy, as faster action on transportation electrification is imperative to meeting CAP goals and will lead to revenue growth for SBCE.

Together to Zero
• pg. 20. T 6.1, EV Reach Code should be a near-term highest priority for focus in the next year. The City has tremendous growth planned, and this code will ensure abundant EV charging infrastructure during new construction, which is the most cost-effective time to build it.
• T 6.2, Commercial and Multifamily EV charging ordinance should be prioritized for the first year. Level 1 or low power level 2 power sharing charging at multifamily and workplaces should be considered to be partially allowed to reduce costs to building owners. For example, installing 20% of all parking spots with EV chargers could be prohibitively expensive for properties undergoing major remodeling. An alternative 6 compliance path could allow a lesser 5% of parking spaces to install full EV chargers with 20-30% installing Level 1 or low power level 2 power sharing ports. This would allow greater EV charging access at lower overall expense. • Pg. 21. T-3.12, Affordable, transit-oriented development should be strongly prioritized for the large amount of housing that Santa Barbara is planning for. With the limited remaining development potential in Santa Barbara, the City should disincentivize large sized market rate rental or for sale housing with parking, which we have plenty of in outlying areas of Santa Barbara. The City should incentivize workforce rental housing that prioritizes smaller, more affordable by design and car-free/car-light developments with unbundled parking and abundant electric carshare.

Employer-sponsored housing for local workers should be incentivized, with the City leading by example by constructing housing for City workers in downtown surface parking lots and other underutilized lots. These units should target the minority of City workers that are willing to live car-free lifestyles and walk to work for the opportunity of living in subsidized, choicely-located developments. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for redevelopment at La Cumbre Plaza and Paseo Nuevo/downtown is an opportunity to do build low VMT developments on a large scale. 100 units of housing could be built with only 10-20 parking spaces for electric carshare (trucks for when a resident wants to move or carry large items, SUVs for camping or when many passengers are needed, and efficient sedans for single occupant trips). Some developments could use severely underutilized City parking garages to offer unbundled parking spaces instead of building more parking lots.

Waste
The City relies on the ReSource Center at the landfill for much of the diversion.

While County of Santa Barbara staff assure the community that they are on track or beating benchmarks for SB 1383, in the press there have been different perspectives, such as this op-ed from CEC founder and waste expert Paul Relis.1 The City should have an alternative plan for meeting SB 1383 and make sure that yellow bin food waste collection is expanded and turned into high quality compost that can be utilized for natural sequestration on regional farms and 1 Relis, Paul. “What a Waste: Flaws at Tajiguas Must Be Examined Independently.” Santa Barbara Independent, January 22, 2024.
7 ranches.

For Carbon Sequestration High Impact Actions CS 4.2, 4.4, and 4.5, it is imperative to involve a compost expert and contractor, and to conduct thorough testing of compost quality from the ReSource Center before making recommendations. Proper application of compost, both in terms of quality and quantity, is crucial for achieving measurable changes in carbon sequestration. If the compost being produced fails to meet acceptable minimum standards outlined in sampling protocols, it is recommended that actions be suspended until the quality meets standards. This approach ensures that carbon sequestration efforts are conducted responsibly and effectively, benefiting both the environment and the community.

Appendix A
• Measure W-4, Reduce Organic Waste 80% below 2014 levels by 2030 and 85% by 2035. The City commercial composting program has a large potential to provide high quality compost that could be used in surrounding natural and working lands to sequester carbon and improve soil. How much organic waste is being collected annually? How much compost is being generated and how is it being utilized? Is the Resource Center digestate being trashed and will this digestate ever be sufficient high quality to use on local farms and ranches? If not, what steps could the City take to ensure our food and green waste is being used to make compost and used for carbon sequestration? If the compost being produced is not to the acceptable levels of being used on local agricultural operation, is there a plan to use this compost instead at parks and along highways? How much high-quality compost could be produced from current organic waste? How can the ReSource center ensure that plastics and glass are not making their way into finished compost?
Together to Zero
• W 4.10 - Facilitate the reduction of single use items and promote practicing circular economics. Partner with the Harbor, Airport and other major Santa Barbara facilities to expedite no single use plastic practices. This section could include specifics; a local group has been asking the airport to refrain from selling bottled water for a while. The City should also pledge to add hydration stations to all major facilities. 8 • W 4.12 - Ban items without means of recycling or recycling markets, such as polystyrene, produce bags, plastic packaging, straws, plastics #4-7, and mixed materials. The City has already done this with the exception of plastic packaging. The City should look closely at ways to reduce plastic packaging and mylar balloons, similar to what Goleta did in 2022. The City should update regulations to match Goleta’s. • W 4.13 - Implement pilot projects for reusable dining to-go containers. The City should consider what the City of Berkeley and ReThink Disposable in the Bay Area have already done to incentivize reusable dishware for dine-in and takeout. • W 4.15 - Partner with libraries and other existing facilities to expand programs to reduce single use items and promote reuse and repair. Leverage Library of Things program and develop "fix it" resources for the community. The City should also add hydration stations to all libraries and other facilities.

Carbon Sequestration
Appendix A
• CS 1.4 carbon sequestration analysis. This measure should be prioritized in the first two years to jumpstart work on using the region’s vast natural and working lands to sequester carbon, build healthy soil, and offset the City’s GHG emissions. The current CAP forecasts significant GHG emissions in the City by the 2035 Carbon Neutrality Goal.

With only 11 years until 2035, now is the time to lay the foundation for a carbon sequestration strategy.

The City has a reputation as an environmental leader and innovator and has a large restaurant and tourism industry that could jumpstart increased sequestration from regional farms and ranches. Entities such as Zero Foodprint are working with leading local governments to unlock private sector investment in natural sequestration. The City should seize the opportunity to pioneer new strategies and financing mechanisms to help lead California’s emerging efforts on natural sequestration. 9 Appendix 1: A Framework for Carbon Sequestration in Natural and Working Lands
The Community Environmental Council strongly urges the City of Santa Barbara to increase its commitment to implement nature-based solutions (NBS) in its Climate Action Plan. The City has set a goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2035. However, the current draft CAP only includes measures for a 47% reduction in GHGs. NBS carbon sequestration along with enhanced emission reduction measures are needed to meet the City’s Carbon Neutrality goal. The City is also in a unique position to unlock private investment from the tourism, restaurant, and business community to catalyze NBS sequestration on the vast ranches and farmlands of Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast.

A NBS sequestration approach would be similar to how other leading California jurisdictions are meeting their climate goals. The County of Sonoma has a goal of carbon neutrality by 2030, with ambitious reduction measures and a large emphasis on using natural and working lands to sequester carbon.[1] The County of Marin has a goal of a 60% reduction in GHGs by 2030, with a mix of mitigation plus sequestration.[2]
An additional 297,689 MTCO2e of emission reductions or sequestration is needed to meet the Carbon Neutrality Goal, with additional measures or sequestration past 2030 TBD. Below we present an outline of how the City could sequester 200,000 MTCO2e and monitor, report on, and retire the benefits through the California Natural Resources Agency’s California Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resiliency Project Registry.[3] The County of Santa Barbara invested in several reports and studies analyzing carbon stock and NBS applicability. A TerraCount report, which inventoried carbon stocks, found that natural and working lands (NWL) account for 139 million MTCO2e or approximately 90% of the county’s terrestrial carbon stocks.[4] In 2018, a study was released that showed that of Santa Barbara’s

1.3m acres of NWL, 269,588 acres[5] were appropriate for compost application. A 2020 report done by the Cachuma Resource Conservation District[6] found that on the Gaviota Coast alone, applying compost to 11,190 acres would lead to 48,600 MTCO2e sequestered per year, along with increased water holding capacity of 2.7 million gallons annually. It is important to note that 10 the Gaviota Coast is a small fraction of Santa Barbara County. Compost application is a particularly important NBS as it synergistically creates upstream GHG benefits through incentivizing the diversion of organic waste from landfills, thereby meeting the goals of SB 1383.

The State has also set a precedent with its cap-and-trade funded Healthy Soils Incentive Program, which received $70 million in funding in 2022, to prioritize investments in these solutions. This program utilizes CDFA’s COMET-Planner, a GHG reporting model, to project GHG reductions as a result of climate-smart agriculture implementation. According to COMETPlanner, which is utilized by the State to model GHG benefits of its cap-and-trade programs, 24 tons of compost per acre applied on Santa Barbara County range sequesters 4 MT C02e annually.

The State also passed SB27, a bill that requires the creation of a nature-based climate project registry. CEC recommends that the City utilize this database to inventory current and potential nature-based projects in order to increase NBS visibility and draw investment to the region.

Below is a table that outlines the potential to sequester an additional 200,000 MTCO2e annually utilizing a select list of nature-based solutions as reported in COMET-Planner. The City should lead development of a local NWL sequestration market that helps mobilize private finance to develop projects on our vast farms and ranches. The City’s draft CAP has planned for only a 47% reduction in GHG emissions, and NWL sequestration solutions along with enhanced emission reduction measures are needed in order to meet the City’s Carbon Neutrality Goal.

Practice Acreage CO2e
Compost on rangeland 20,000 86,820
Compost on cropland 20,000 83,220
Prescribed Grazing 200,000 1,680
Silvopasture 4,500 2,950
Riparian Forest Buffer 1,100 1,950
Cover crop in orchards or vineyards 10,000 16,360
Cover crop on irrigated cropland 10,000 3,950
11 Hedgerow 189 1,880
No-till on cropland 10,000 1,620
TOTAL 275,789 200,430*
*This is an annual calculation and many of these practices have proven multi-year benefits. For example, silvopasture, or planting trees on grazing land would have at least a 10-to-15-year GHG sequestration benefit, allowing the 2,950 MTC2e number above to reach 29,500 over the first decade.

These suggestions combine to cover 275,789 acres, or approximately 20% of Santa Barbara County’s NWL. By comparison, Marin County estimates it can offset 185,795 CO2e through nature-based and climate-smart agricultural management solutions, despite less than one twelfth of Santa Barbara’s NWL, underscoring the need for the County to adopt a more ambitious NWL target.
[1] Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority. “Sonoma Climate Mobilization Strategy.” March 2021. https://rcpa.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sonoma-Climate-Mobilization-Strategy-Adopted-2021-03-08.pdf [2] Marin County Unincorporated Area. “CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2030.” (n.d.). https://www.marincounty.org/- /media/files/departments/cd/planning/sustainability/climate-and-adaptation/cap-2030_12082020final.pdf [3] California Natural Resource Agency. “California Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resiliency Registry Project.” https://climateprojectregistry.resources.ca.gov/
[4] 2030 Climate Action Plan: Natural and Working Lands and TerraCount, Natural and Working Lands Carbon Inventory (Ser. July 2021).
[5] Potential Acreage in Santa Barbara County for Compost Application on Rangeland (Ser. 2018). [6] Cachuma Resources Conservation District and LegacyWorks Group. “Gaviota District Carbon Management Plan.” March 2020. https://www.gaviotacoastconservancy.org/gaviota-district-carbon-management-plan/ 12 Appendix 2 CEC Comments on City of Santa Barbara Draft 2023-2031 Housing Element July 28th, 2022
Rosie Dyste
Project Planner
City of Santa Barbara
Via email to: [email protected]
Re: City of Santa Barbara draft 2023-2031 Housing Element Dear Ms. Dyste,
Community Environmental Council has reviewed the draft 2023-2031 Housing Element and generally supports the City’s approach to building more housing in the City. We strongly support policies that lead to more affordable infill housing that is sustainable by design, enables residents to live car-free or car-lite lifestyles, and that prioritizes housing Santa Barbara’s workforce and correcting the jobs/housing imbalance. We offer the following comments on specific Housing Element Goals:

Goal 1 Create New Housing: Create new healthy, safe, and energy-efficient housing that meets community needs, within our resources.

SBCAG estimates that tens of thousands of commuters drive to the South Coast from Ventura County and North County Santa Barbara, clogging freeways and leading to significant greenhouse gas emissions. Easing the jobs/housing imbalance is a major priority for sustainability and for local employers. The City should maximize opportunities and incentives for denser, infill multifamily projects that:
• Are close to transit and active transportation options to prioritize affordable options for residents who want to live car-free or car-lite lifestyles
• Incorporate smaller units that are more affordable and sustainable by design
• Reduce parking maximums and unbundle parking to minimize the high additional cost that unnecessary parking adds to units
• Incorporate carsharing where possible
• Focus on all-electric, energy-efficient units that are affordable for residents HE-2: La Cumbre Specific Plan – CEC supports planning elements that maximize housing affordability and ease of transit and active transportation modes. Design that encourages carcentric lifestyles should be avoided.

Goal 2 – Prioritize Affordable Housing
CEC supports the proposed Affordable Housing Overlay Zone and efforts to encourage development of more affordable housing. While CEC supports the Zone’s lower parking requirements, we would go further and recommend minimal parking be developed, and parking spots to be offered unbundled at market rates. Minimizing parking has a large impact on increasing affordability, and those residents lucky enough to secure subsidized housing should not have their private auto use also subsidized. Affordable developments should prioritize robust transit, active transportation, and carsharing usage.

CEC appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft 2023-2031 Housing Element and is ready to assist the City in efforts to create more sustainable, affordable housing in Santa Barbara.

Sincerely,
Michael Chiacos
Director of Climate Policy
714 Bond Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
805.563.3377
www.sbck.org
April 24, 2024
Melissa Hetrick
Sustainability and Resilience Department
City of Santa Barbara
P.O. Box 1990
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Re: Santa Barbara City Climate Action Plan
Dear Ms. Hetrick,
We applaud the City of Santa Barbara for putting together a bold and ambitious roadmap for our community to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. Thank you for the opportunity to review and provide comments on the City of Santa Barbara’s aspirational Climate Action Plan (CAP), Together to Zero. Santa Barbara Channelkeeper is a local 501(c)3 environmental nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the Santa Barbara Channel and its watersheds through science-based advocacy, education, fieldwork, volunteer engagement, and enforcement. While recognizing that transportation is the greatest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, our comments are focused on strong water conservation, Low Impact Development (LID), and carbon sequestration analyses, which are all important actions to help the City of Santa Barbara reach its carbon neutrality goals over the next decade.

Channelkeeper supports prioritizing water conservation and believes that conservation strategies should be the first line of defense against drought. Conservation has the added benefits of saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Although water delivery and wastewater only contribute approximately 3.6% of emissions in the City according to the graph on page 27, we would like more information on how the operations of the desalination facility factor into this calculation. While the desalination facility is currently contributing about 30% of the City’s water demands, it is extraordinarily energy intensive and one of the largest energy users in the City. Implementing water conservation strategies will play an important role in ensuring that the desalination plant will not need to be expanded to meet future demands during dry years.
2 In 2022 Governor Newsom released a water strategy that calls for conserving at least 500,000 acre-feet of water through more efficient energy use and conservation by 20301.

The Letter to the Community included on page one of the CAP states that “The task before us is not just about reducing emissions. It is about setting the cornerstones for a resilient, prosperous, and sustainable community….” As such, further reducing potable water consumption will be a critical step for our community to become more resilient and adapt to our changing climate. And in addition to lowering energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, conserving water is the cheapest and fastest way to meet our water demands. 2 We recommend adding additional bullets in the “What can you do” box on page 30 to include the following: replace inefficient appliances and fixtures, replace lawns with climate resilient plants, and reduce water loses from leaks. These three measures are estimated to reduce urban water use by 30%-48%.3
In addition to water conservation included in the “Water, Solid Waste, and Wastewater Measures”, we suggest including a measure that addresses a comprehensive investment in our wastewater infrastructure to ensure that these systems function effectively. Aging infrastructure can fail, which results in beach closures and community impacts, as well as increased nutrients into our freshwater and coastal marine environments that can lead to harmful algal blooms.

The CAP does not mention Low Impact Development. LID includes many stormwater management methods that mimic or preserve natural drainage processes. Benefits of retaining water on site to allow it to soak into the ground instead of rapidly running offsite includes improving water quality by reducing stormwater runoff, reducing flooding events, and improving groundwater recharge. However, most relevant in the context of climate change, implementing LID can help to cool urban areas by decreasing impervious surfaces and providing shading, which also helps to save energy4. Although the City is built out, there are still many opportunities to include LID practices and strategies, particularly as part of redevelopment plans. We suggest incorporating LID strategies in the Building Energy Use section to capture additional opportunities to lower energy use of the built environment.

Because many LID strategies use vegetation such as in rain gardens, LID can also play an important role in carbon sequestration. In a recent study, life cycle assessments were conducted on several types of LID including green roofs, rain gardens, bioretention basins, and vegetated swales. This study showed that between 45% and 70% of the carbon 1 California’s Water Supply Strategy. 2022. Accessed at: https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRAWebsite/Files/Initiatives/Water-Resilience/CA-Water-Supply-Strategy.pdf 2 https://conserve4ca.org.
3 Cooley, H., Thebo, A., Abraham, S., Shimabuku, M., Gleick, P., Diringer, S. (2022). The Untapped Potential of California’s Urban Water Supply: Water Efficiency, Water Reuse, and Stormwater Capture. Pacific Institute. 4 United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2012). Benefits of Low Impact Development. Available at:
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-09/documents/bbfs1benefits.pdf 3 footprint of these technologies were mitigated by the carbon sequestration5. Because of the carbon sequestration potential, we suggest incorporating LID technologies into the Carbon Sequestration section of the CAP.

In addition to expanding the Carbon Sequestration to include LID strategies, we suggest moving CS 2.4 “Develop a Citywide, or participate in a regional, carbon sequestration analysis and plan to explore opportunities to increase sequestration in the City” to a prioritized action for the next two years. Nature-based solutions to sequester carbon have the co-benefits of enhancing our open spaces, biodiversity, water quality, recreation, tourism, and protecting our oceans. It is imperative that our City’s Climate Action Plan prioritizes solutions that protect and enhance the important carbon sinks offered by our coastal ecosystems and riparian habitats. It is estimated that coastal ecosystems have the capacity to sequester four to ten tons of carbon dioxide per hectare each year, accounting for almost half of the total carbon sequestered in ocean sediments, despite covering less than two percent of the ocean floor6. Including a comprehensive analysis of the benefits derived from these habitats and the ecosystem services they provide would be useful information to have in the beginning of the ten-year roadmap outlined in the CAP.

Thank you for your consideration of these comments for the City of Santa Barbara’s Climate Action Plan. We look forward assisting our community make significant and important progress towards carbon neutrality over the next ten years.

Sincerely,
Molly Troup
Science & Program Manager
5 Kavehei, E., Jenkins, G.A., Adame, M.F., Lemckert, C. (2018). Carbon sequestration potential for mitigation the carbon footprint of green stormwater infrastructure. Vol. 94, pages 1179-1191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.07.002.
6 Gustafsson, C. (2021) Healthy coastal ecosystems are crucial to mitigate climate change, Baltic Sea Center.

Available at:
https://www.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.573461.1632479641!/menu/standard/file/PBbluecarbonEngWEBB.pdf.

July 23, 2024
Mr. Jefferson Litten
Energy & Climate Manager
City of Santa Barbara
Sustainability & Resilience
801 Garden St., Suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Dear Mr. Litten,
I am writing in support of the proposed Climate Action Plan of the City of Santa Barbara.

Sonos was founded in downtown Santa Barbara in 2002 and has since become a leading sound experience company around the world. Three years ago, we set an ambitious goal to become carbon neutral by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2040. We are strongly focused on reducing our own emissions with meaningful reduction targets in the areas of product energy usage, distribution & logistics, and our supply chain. You can learn more about our plan at sustainability.sonos.com.

Our plan also calls for the use of carbon offsets to reach our goals. We therefore believe the City of Santa Barbara would be served through a regional market for carbon offsets. Such a market would enable Sonos to invest in climate mitigation and resilience in our own backyard, benefiting the planet and our local communities. In FY22, our emissions totaled roughly 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, underscoring the economic opportunity for the City to support local carbon offsets.

We are encouraged that the City is centering equity in the Climate Action Plan. We support diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce, and we believe that we need all communities to have a seat at the table when addressing climate change.

Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to learn more about Sonos' sustainability initiatives or to discuss how the City’s Climate Action Plan will impact local companies.

Sincerely,
Deji Olukotun
Director of Global Affairs & Sustainability
Sonos
CDFA Executive Office ● 1220 N Street, Suite 400 ● Sacramento, California 95814 State of California Telephone: 916.654.0433 ● Fax: 916.654.0403 ● www.cdfa.ca.gov Gavin Newsom, Governor January 13, 2020
Zero Foodprint
Via email: [email protected]; [email protected] Dear Ms. Leibowitz and Mr. Myint:

Congratulations on the official launch of Restore California! We’d like to thank you, along with the rest of the Zero Foodprint staff, for your tireless work to create this program. The leadership at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), California Air Resources Board (CARB), and the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) recognize how crucial the actions of private industry are for improving our soil health and contributing to California’s fight against climate change.

Restore California’s novel approach empowers the restaurant industry and restaurant patrons to support California farmers in expanding their healthy soil management practices. Our common understanding is that healthy soils are the foundation of our robust agricultural system and key to addressing climate change. We believe your program can be a vanguard for similar efforts in other industries within California and beyond.

We hope that the tools CARB and CDFA have developed for the Healthy Soils Program will be helpful in quantifying the positive impact that Restore California will have on the agricultural industry and the people of California. We hope that Restore California’s success can serve as a model for climate action and look forward to finding additional ways to collaborate in the future.

Sincerely,
Karen Ross Mary D. Nichols Jared Blumenfeld
Secretary Chair Secretary
California Department California Air Resources California Environmental of Food and Agriculture Board Protection Agency
April 23, 2024
Subject: Public Comment on the Santa Barbara Climate Action Plan Dear Santa Barbara City Staff and Honorable City Council Members, Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), a Santa Barbara-based interfaith organization, expresses its gratitude for the opportunity to provide public comment on the City's draft Climate Action Plan (CAP). CLUE brings together clergy and laypeople from diverse religious backgrounds, united by a mission to promote economic justice, social equity, and the dignity of all. We are deeply committed to ensuring a sustainable future for our city.

Faith communities across the nation, including CLUE's Environmental Justice Workgroup, are actively engaged in environmental stewardship. We believe we have a responsibility to care for God's creation and advocate for policies that address the environmental burdens disproportionately impacting marginalized communities.

CLUE partners with numerous organizations, including 350.org, the League of Women Voters, CAUSE, and the Community Environmental Council, striving to create a just and sustainable Santa Barbara.

We commend the CAP for its strong foundation, including clear carbon neutrality goals and a multi-pronged approach.

Several parts of the CAP lack the sense of urgency that we feel would be more productive and more realistic to be positively impactful. We also believe further details, regional cooperation, and community engagement would strengthen the plan, particularly in the following areas:

Consultation with Low-Income and Marginalized Communities: The plan should ensure inclusive participation by providing translated materials and actively soliciting feedback from Spanish-speaking communities. Mitigation efforts must prioritize the well-being of vulnerable residents and promote a "just transition" to clean energy that supports renters facing potential cost increases.

Energy Conservation and green energy production: The plan should place greater emphasis on energy conservation alongside transitioning to clean energy sources. Lifestyle changes and energy-efficient retrofits, such as utilizing shade, air-drying clothes, biking, and improving air filtration, can significantly reduce energy consumption. More effort should also be applied to increasing the use of public assets for green energy production. We advocate for updates every year on emerging technologies, assessments of current programs and methods, as well as successful solutions that are found to be effective in other communities.

Housing Costs and Commutes: High housing costs and density restrictions contribute to Santa Barbara's carbon footprint by forcing many workers to commute long distances. The CAP should address the affordable housing issue through regional collaboration.

Wildfire Prevention: Wildfires are major greenhouse gas contributors. The plan should prioritize building resilient communities and regional leadership in wildfire prevention efforts.

CLUE strongly recommends that the City of Santa Barbara prioritizes climate justice to ensure all community members can participate in a just transition to a sustainable future. We are eager to collaborate and share a more comprehensive analysis with detailed recommendations that leverage CLUE's network of faith communities and social justice activists.

We believe this collaboration is instrumental in shaping a just and sustainable Santa Barbara.

Thank you again for the opportunity to contribute.

Sincerely,
Environmental Justice Workgroup
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE)
City of Santa Barbara

PLANNING COMMISSION

MINUTES
MAY 16, 2024
1:00 P.M.

City Hall, Council Chambers
735 Anacapa Street
SantaBarbaraCA.gov
COMMISSION MEMBERS:

John M. Baucke, Chair
Devon Wardlow, Vice Chair
Brian Barnwell
Lucille Boss
Donald DeLuccio
Sheila Lodge
Lesley Wiscomb
CITY COUNCIL LIAISON:

Mike Jordan
STAFF:

Tava Ostrenger, Assistant City Attorney
Megan Arciniega, Senior Planner
Mariah Johnson, Commission Secretary

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Baucke called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

I. ROLL CALL
Chair John M. Baucke, Vice Chair Devon Wardlow, Commissioners Brian Barnwell, Lucille Boss, Donald DeLuccio, Sheila Lodge, and Lesley Wiscomb

Absent: None

STAFF PRESENT
Tava Ostrenger, Assistant City Attorney
Megan Arciniega, Senior Planner
Jessica Grant, Supervising Transportation Planner
Jefferson Litten, Energy and Climate Program Manager
Melissa Hetrick, Administrative Analyst II
Kristian Hoffland, Administrative Analyst II
Christopher Bell, City TV Production Supervisor
Janet Ahern, City TV Production Specialist
Mariah Johnson, Commission Secretary
II. PRELIMINARY MATTERS
A. Requests for continuances, withdrawals, postponements, or addition of ex-agenda items:

Ms. Arciniega announced the following:

1. Item III, 711 Bath Street, on today’s agenda has been postponed to the June 6th Planning Commission (PC) hearing. This was requested by staff due to timing ATTACHMENT 8
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constraints. The Applicants have accommodated that request and asked that PC have an additional site visit in advance the June 6th hearing.

B. Announcements and appeals:

No announcements.

C. Review, consideration, and action on the following draft Planning Commission minutes and resolutions:

1. April 18, 2024 Planning Commission Minutes
MOTION: DeLuccio / Boss
Approve the minutes as presented.

The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: 7 Noes: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 0
D. Comments from members of the public pertaining to items not on this agenda:

Public comment opened at 1:02 p.m., and as no one wished to speak, it closed.

III. APPEAL ITEM
711 BATH STREET
Assessor’s Parcel Number: 037-073-010
Zoning Designation: R-MH (Residential Multi-Unit and Hotel) Application Number: PLN2023-00269
Owner: David Chase
Applicant: Amy Von Protz
The 8,995-square-foot site is currently developed with two one-story residential units and a detached single-car garage. The project consists of converting the front, 815-square-foot residence (Unit #1) to a short-term rental (hotel use). The project would also address miscellaneous violations identified in ENF2023-00142, including plumbing, piping, electrical, installation of a water heater, and conversion of the garage to a laundry room without a permit; the garage is proposed to be returned to its original permitted condition. On February 7, 2024, the Staff Hearing Officer denied an Interior Setback Modification to allow for a change of use from residential to commercial within the Interior Setback.

The purpose of the Planning Commission hearing is to consider the appeal of David Chase, of the Staff Hearing Officer’s denial of an Interior Setback Modification for 711 Bath Street.

Item postponed to June 6, 2024 agenda at staff’s request.

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IV. NEW ITEM
ACTUAL TIME: 1:03 P.M.

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN & NEGATIVE DECLARATION
Application Number: PLN2024-00017
Applicant: City of Santa Barbara, Sustainability & Resilience Department The Draft 2024 Climate Action Plan (2024 CAP) provides a roadmap of specific actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions citywide to meet the emission targets set by the state and put the City on the path to meeting Council’s adopted aspirational goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2035. The 2024 CAP and associated draft Master Environmental Assessment for Greenhouse Gas Analysis also serve to programmatically analyze the City’s GHG impacts for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), thereby streamlining CEQA review for development projects in the City. A Draft Initial Study and Negative Declaration was prepared that identifies no significant impacts to the physical environment from the 2024 CAP or Guidelines.

Planning Commission is requested to review and forward a recommendation to City Council to:

A. Adopt the Final Negative Declaration;
B. Adopt the 2024 Climate Action Plan; and
C. Adopt the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis.

Jefferson Litten, Energy and Climate Program Manager gave the Staff presentation. Melissa Hetrick, Resilience Program Supervisor; Alelia Parenteau, Sustainability and Resilience Director; Jessica Grant, Supervising Transportation Planner; Kristian Hoffland, Energy and Climate Analyst; Samuel Furtner, Mobility Coordinator; Rachel Pelc, Energy Projects Coordinator; Julia Pujo, Environmental Analyst; and Lexi Journey and Ryan Gardner from Rincon Consultants were available to answer questions.

Public comment opened at 1:25 p.m., and as no one wished to speak, it closed.

MOTION: Boss / Wiscomb
Recommendation to City Council to adopt the Final Negative Declaration, the 2024 Climate Action Plan, and the Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis as outlined in the Staff Report dated May 6, 2024.

The motion carried by the following vote:

Ayes: 7 Noes: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 0
V. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA
ACTUAL TIME: 2:41 P.M.

Planning Commission Minutes May 16, 2024 Page 4 of 4
A. Committee and Liaison Reports:

1. Staff Hearing Officer Liaison Report
No report.

2. Other Committee and Liaison Reports
a. Commissioner Barnwell reported on the Town Hall meeting of May 10, 2024.

B. Discussion on Subcommittees and Workshops
Discussion held.

VI. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Baucke adjourned the meeting at 2:43 p.m.

Submitted by,
__________________________________________
Mariah Johnson, Commission Secretary
RESOLUTION NO.

A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA BARBARA APPROVING THE 2024 CLIMATE ACTION

PLAN AND MASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

GUIDELINES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION

ANALYSIS AND ADOPTING THE ASSOCIATED FINAL INITIAL

STUDY AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION
WHEREAS, the City’s General Plan requires the City to develop and update a climate action plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission citywide; WHEREAS, California Senate Bill 32 required communities to reduce GHG emissions by 2030;
WHEREAS, AB 1279 requires California to achieve “net zero greenhouse gas emissions” as soon as possible, but no later than 2045;
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires discretionary plans and projects to undergo an environmental review process, which includes an evaluation of project-related contribution of GHG emissions;
WHEREAS, Section 15183.5 of the CEQA Guidelines establishes a framework for developing a qualified GHG emissions reduction plan to cumulatively reduce GHG emissions and allow CEQA lead agencies to analyze and mitigate the effects of plan- and project-level GHG emissions
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2012, the Council adopted Resolution No. 12-065 approving the City’s first Climate Action Plan;
WHEREAS, on September 29, 2020 the Council approved Resolution No. 20-075 adopting a goal of carbon neutrality for the Santa Barbara community by 2035; WHEREAS, an updated Draft 2024 Climate Action Plan was developed that provides a roadmap of specific actions to reduce GHG emissions citywide to meet the emission targets set by the State and put the City on the path to meeting Council’s adopted goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2035;
WHEREAS, the Draft Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis was developed as an appendix to the Draft 2024 Climate Action Plan to programmatically analyze the City’s GHG impacts citywide for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the CEQA, streamline CEQA review for development projects in the City, outline how the 2024 Climate Action Plan is a qualified greenhouse gas reduction plan pursuant to Section 15183.5 of the CEQA Guidelines, and outline a methodology for development projects to achieve compliance with CEQA that includes compliance with a screening checklist and, if needed, comparison of impacts against a City-specific GHG emission efficiency threshold expressed as a per-person metric; WHEREAS, the Draft 2024 Climate Action Plan and Draft Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis were released for public comment between March 22, 2024 and April 24, 2024 and minor edits made to the documents to address comments;
WHEREAS, a Draft Initial Study and Negative Declaration was prepared to evaluate the potential impacts on the physical environment from the 2024 Climate Action Plan and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis, was released for public comment between March 22 to April 24, 2024, and no public comments were received;
WHEREAS the Final Initial Study and Negative Declaration for the 2024 Climate Action Plan and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis does not identify any potentially significant environmental impacts; WHEREAS, on May 23, 2023, the City notified the listed tribes provided by the NAHC pursuant to SB 52 and SB 18 informing them about the City’s intent to develop a Climate Action Plan, Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for GHG Emission Analysis, and CEQA negative declaration and inquiring if they wished to enter into a consultation process;
WHEREAS, on May 24, 2023, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians responded to the tribal consultation stating that they would like to have a formal consultation, staff met with representatives of the tribe on June 22, 2023, and while the representatives didn’t have any particular concern with the CAP at that time, they requested to be kept informed on release of the draft Climate Action Plan and Negative Declaration; WHERAS, on June 27, 2023, the Northern Chumash Tribal Council requested to engage in tribal consultation and on September 26, 2023, City staff met with a representative of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council who asked several questions about the project and asked to be kept on the notification list for the Draft 2024 Climate Action Plan and Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, tribal representatives were sent the Draft 2024 Climate Action Plan, related documents, and Draft Negative Declaration. No comments from any tribal representatives have been received on the draft documents.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara that:

1. The Final Initial Study and Negative Declaration for the 2024 Climate Action Plan and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis is hereby adopted pursuant to the following findings:

A. The Council has considered the proposed Final Negative Declaration, dated May 6, 2024, for the Climate Action Plan Update and Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis and comments received during the public review process prior to making a recommendation on the project; B. The Final Negative Declaration has been prepared in compliance with CEQA requirements and constitutes adequate environmental analysis of the project;
C. In the Council’s independent judgment and analysis based on the whole record (including the initial study and comments received), there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment;
D. The Final Negative Declaration, dated May 6, is hereby adopted; E. No mitigation measures have been identified in the Final ND as all impacts were identified to be less than significant. As such, no Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program has been prepared or needs to be adopted; and
F. The location and custodian of documents or other material which constitute the record of proceedings upon which this decision is based is the City of Santa Barbara Sustainability and Resilience Department, 801 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

2. The 2024 Climate Action Plan is hereby adopted; and

3. The Master Environmental Assessment Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis is hereby adopted.

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