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Memo ID# 2023055
This memorandum provides a status update of the city's Climate Action Plan (CAP) Update.
Background
On September 22, 2015, the City Council adopted a CAP, along with the General Plan Update and
associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR), with Resolution Nos. 2015-244 and 2015-242,
respectively. The CAP was developed to help the city meet state goals for reducing greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions and to meet the community's goal of promoting a sustainable environment.
On July 14, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-146, approving CAP Amendment
No. 1, which revised the GHG inventory, reduction targets and forecasts, updated reductions
from existing measures and incorporated Community Choice Energy as a new reduction
measure. An Addendum to the EIR was also prepared.
Staff are preparing a comprehensive update to the amended CAP to: (1) continue to align city
efforts with updated state legislation and targets, (2) further implement the city's Sustainability
Guiding Principles and Community Values of Sustainability, and (3) support the actions identified
in the Declaration of a Climate Emergency, which was approved by the City Council on
September 21, 2021, via Resolution No. 2021-215, and the Carlsbad Strategic Plan (2023-2027),
which was approved by the City Council on October 11, 2022.
On November 23, 2021, the city executed an Agreement with the Energy Policy Initiatives Center
(EPIC) at the University of San Diego, who were selected via a Request for Proposal to support
the city with updating its CAP. On November 30, 2021, a kickoff meeting was held with the
consultant team, which includes Ascent Environmental as EPIC's subconsultant.
Discussion
To align data and modeling used to forecast growth assumptions in Carlsbad with other
concurrent city efforts, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-094 on April 19, 2022,
directing staff to use a customized run of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)'s
Public Works Branch
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most recent Activity Based Model (ABM2+) tailored for Carlsbad in the CAP Update. This data can
also be utilized for the assumptions and modeling in the Housing Element rezone work.
Since the April 19, 2022, City Council meeting, delivery of the ABM2+ data was delayed
numerous times. Ultimately, SANDAG released a general memo on September 30, 2022, to all
jurisdictions and private entities that had pending modeling projects indicating there was at least
a six-to-seven-month additional delay. This delay was attributed to the SAN DAG Board of
Directors' direction to remove the road usage charge from the 2021 Regional Plan. To ensure the
Housing Element rezone work meets the state deadline, staff utilized contingency funds to have
the transportation sub-consultant complete the necessary travel demand modeling work.
Staff received the ABM2+ customized model run in May 2023, allowing the project team to move
forward with preparing calculations and analyses for the CAP Update.
Next Steps
On July 11, 2023, staff will provide the City Council with an update to the building electrification
item from the May 9, 2023, City Council meeting.
On October 17, 2023, staff plan to present a suite of candidate measures for possible inclusion in
the draft CAP Update to the City Council for consideration. After making any needed revisions,
the formal draft of the CAP Update and environmental document will be released for public
review, followed by presenting the final CAP Update to the City Council for adoption. Staff
anticipate that the CAP Update will be completed by early to mid-2024.
cc: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Cindie McMahon, City Attorney
Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services
Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer
Jeff Murphy, Community Development Director
Vicki Quiram, Utilities Director
Kristina Ray, Community & Engagement Director
James Wood, Environmental Sustainability Director
Gina Herrera, Deputy City Attorney
John Maashoff, Public Works Manager
Mike Strong, Community Development Assistant Director
Eric Lardy, City Planner
Natalie Reed, Community Relations Manager
Katie Hentrich, Senior Program Manager