HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-04-19; City Council; Resolution 2022-094RESOLUTION NO. 2022-094
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING STAFF TO USE A CUSTOMIZED RUN OF THE SAN
DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS' MOST RECENT ACTIVITY BASED
MODEL TAILORED FOR CARLSBAD IN ITS UPDATE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN UPDATE
EXHIBIT 2
WHEREAS, on Sept. 22, 2015, the City Council adopted a Climate Action Plan, or CAP, along with
the General Plan Update and associated Environmental Impact Report with Resolution Nos. 2015-244
and 2015-242, respectively; and
WHEREAS, on July 14, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-146, approving the
Climate Action Plan Amendment No. 1, which revised the greenhouse gas, or GHG, inventory, reduction
targets and forecasts, updated reductions from existing measures and incorporated community choice
energy as a new reduction measure; and
WHEREAS, to continue to align with updated state legislation and targets, further implement
the city's Sustainability Guiding Principles and Community Value of Sustainability, and support the
actions identified in the Declaration of a Climate Emergency, Resolution No. 2021-215, staff are
preparing a comprehensive update to the Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is important to align data and modeling used to forecast growth assumptions
within Carlsbad with other concurrent city efforts, such as the assumptions and modeling being used
for the Housing Element Update; and
WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that the City Council's direction on the input
methodology that would be utilized to prepare GHG emissions inventories is statutorily exempt from
the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
se ction 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies and that none of the exceptions to the exemptions as
set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies.
NOW, THEREFORE, 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 staff are directed to use a customized run of the San Diego Association of
Governments' most recent Activity Based Model tailored for Carlsbad in its update of
the Climate Action Plan Update.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 19th day of AQrU,_ 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT :
Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta .
None.
Norby.
MATT HAL[, Mayor
¥ FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
(SEAL)