HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-12; City Council; Resolution 2024-248RESOLUTION NO. 2024-248
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING TH E PUBLICLY POSTED DRAFT CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN UPDATE, EXCLUDING MEASURES E-3.2, E-3.3 AND E-4.2
(NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENERGY -UPDATED REACH CODE,
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENERGY-SOLAR CARPORTS, AND RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING ENERGY -UPDATED REACH CODE, RESPECTIVELY) TO MEET THE
REQUIRED 2045 REDUCTION TARGET
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad was one of the first cities in the county to adopt a qualified
Climate Action Plan, or CAP, that outlined strategies and policies to reduce greenhouse gas, or GHG,
emissions; and
WHEREAS, since then, communitywide GHG inventories and statewide targets have been
updated, presenting the opportunity for the city to update its CAP and further pursue the community's
goal of promoting a sustainable environment; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the CAP Update is to describe how GHG emissions within the City of
Carlsbad will be reduced in accordance with state targets; and
WHEREAS, the city prepared a 2016 GHG inventory and forecast to inform the CAP 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 CAP 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 CAP Update; and
WHEREAS, the city posted a public draft of the CAP Update to its website on July 8, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recommended changes to the publicly posted Draft CAP 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 CAP 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; and
WHEREAS, amending the proposed project to remove Measures E-3.2, E-3.3, and E-4 .2 is
consistent with the environmental analysis. The addendum to EIR 2022-0007 considered the impact of
including Measures E-3.2, E-3.3, and E-4.2 and concluded that there were no significant environmental
impacts that would occur as a result of implementing those measures. Removing Measures E-3.2, E-
3.3, and E-4.2 would not create any substantial or net new impacts, and it would not increase the
severity of any impacts which have been evaluated by the addendum to the EIR.
NOW, THEREF ORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the City Council adopts a
Climate Action Plan Update as amended from the publicly posted draft, 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 -So lar Carports, and E-4.2, Residential Building Energy
-Updated Reach Code.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 12th day of November, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES :
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, BURKHOLDER, LUNA.
ACOSTA.
NONE.
NONE.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISING ER, City Clerk
(SEAL)