HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-10-02; Planning Commission; Resolution 7521PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 7521
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
UPDATE AS AMENDED FROM THE PUBLICLY POSTED DRAFT SO THAT THE
MEASURES MEET THE REQUIRED 2045 REDUCTION TARGET AND EXCLUDES
MEASURES E-3.2, NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENERGY -UPDATED REACH
CODE, E-3.3, NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENERGY-SOLAR CARPORTS, AND
E-4.2, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENERGY-UPDATED REACH CODE
CASE NAME: CLIMATE ACTION PLAN UPDATE
CASE NO: N/A
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad was one of the first cities in the county to adopt a qualified
Climate Action Plan that outlined strategies and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, since then, communitywide greenhouse gas inventories and statewide targets have
been updated, presenting the opportunity for the city to update its Climate Action Plan and further
pursue the community's goal of promoting a sustainable environment; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Climate Action Plan Update is to describe how greenhouse gas
emissions within the City of Carlsbad will be reduced in accordance with state targets; and
WHEREAS, the city prepared a 2016 greenhouse gas inventory and forecast to inform the
Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, based on the 2016 inventory, emissions forecasts, and suite of reduction measures,
the statewide reduction targets for 2035, derived from Senate Bill 32, and 2045, derived from Assembly
Bill 1279, can be met through implementation of the Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, on Jan. 30, 2024, the City Council certified the Supplemental Environmental Impact
Report for the General Plan Land Use and Community Design Element and Public Safety Element {EIR
2022-0007); and
WHEREAS, an addendum to EIR 2022-0007 was prepared and indicated no significant
environmental impacts would occur as a result of implementing the Climate Action Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, the city posted a public draft of the Climate Action Plan Update to its website on July
8,2024;and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommend changes to the publicly posted Draft Climate
Action Plan Update so that the measures meet the required 2045 reduction target; and
WHEREAS, these changes would be so that the following three measures would be excluded in
the Climate Action Plan Update: E-3.2, Nonresidential Building Energy -Updated Reach Code, E-3.3,
Nonresidential Building Energy -Solar Carports, and E-4.2, Residential Building Energy -Updated
Reach Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
A) That the above recitations are true and correct.
B) Record and basis for action. The Planning Commission has considered the full record
before it, which includes the Record of Proceedings. Furthermore, the recitals set forth
above are found to be true and correct and material to this resolution; and are
incorporated herein by reference.
C) That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Commission
RECOMMENDS ADOPTION of a Climate Action Plan Update as amended from the
publicly posted draft, Attachment A, so that measures meet the required 2045
reduction target and excludes the following measures: E-3.2, Nonresidential Building
Energy -Updated Reach Code, E-3.3, Nonresidential Building Energy -Solar Carports,
and E-4.2, Residential Building Energy-Updated Reach Code
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission of the City
of Carlsbad on the Oct. 2, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hubinger, Meenes, Merz, Stine
NAYES: Kamenjarin, Lafferty, Danna
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
WILLIAM KAMENJAR N, Chairperson
CARLSBAD PLANNING COMMISSION
ATTEST:
ERIC LARDY
City Planner
Attachment A
Draft Climate Action Plan found on City Website:
Draft Climate Action Plan
AND
Sept. 4, 2024, Planning Commission staff report
(on file in the office of the City Clerk)