2018/03/13 City Council Resolution 2018-033RESOLUTION NO. 2018-033
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
REAFFIRMING ITS INTENT TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS
PART OF A COORDINATED EFFORT THROUGH THE SONOMA COUNTY
REGIONAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AUTHORITY AND TO ADOPT LOCAL
IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES AS APPROPRIATE
WHEREAS, climate change is a real and increasingly urgent threat that demands action
at every level of government; and
WHEREAS, actions taken by local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(GHGs) provide multiple benefits by providing energy and cost savings, air quality and public
health improvements, local job creation, resource conservation, climate resilience, and enhanced
equity; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has adopted policy targets to reduce GHGs by 40%
from 1990 levels by 2030 and by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park participates in a coordinated, countywide
collaboration to address climate change via the Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection
Authority (RCPA) as well ensuring that its discretionary project approvals are compliant with
state and federal laws regarding GHG emission levels; and
WHEREAS, the success of the RCPA depends on the participation of and collaboration
with all local jurisdictions, and a commitment to pool resources towards common goals; and
WHEREAS, the RCPA has adopted the same GHG reduction targets as the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, the RCPA has established twenty goals to reduce GHG emissions and nine
goals to prepare for local climate impacts; and
WHEREAS, the RCPA and the City of Rohnert Park collaborated through the Climate
Action 2020 project to develop measures specific to the City of Rohnert Park that will result in
the reduction of GHG and result in substantial environmental and community benefits; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Rohnert Park agrees to
work towards the RCPA's countywide target to reduce GHG emissions by 40% below 1990
levels by 2030 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rohnert Park adopts the following
goals to reduce GHG emissions, and intends to pursue appropriate local actions that support
these goals:
1. Increase building energy efficiency
2. Increase renewable energy use
3. Switch equipment from fossil fuel to electricity
4. Reduce travel demand through focused growth
5. Encourage a shift toward low -carbon transportation options
6. Increase vehicle and equipment fuel efficiency
7. Encourage a shift toward low -carbon fuels in vehicles and equipment
8. Reduce idling
9. Increase solid waste diversion
10. Increase capture and use of methane from landfills
11. Reduce water consumption
12. Increase recycled water and greywater use
13. Increase water and waste -water infrastructure efficiency
14. Increase use of renewable energy in water and wastewater systems
15. Reduce emissions from livestock operations
16. Reduce emissions from fertilizer use
17. Protect and enhance the value of open and working lands
18. Promote sustainable agriculture
19. Increase carbon sequestration
20. Reduce emissions from the consumption of goods and services; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rohnert Park will continue to work to
increase the health and resilience of social, natural, and built resources to withstand the impacts
of climate change; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rohnert Park has the goal of increasing
resilience by pursuing local actions that support the following goals:
1. Promote healthy, safe communities
2. Protect water resources
3. Promote as sustainable, climate -resilient economy
4. Mainstream the use of climate projections
5. Manage natural buffer zones around community resources
6. Promote agricultural preparedness and food security
7. Protect infrastructure
8. Increase emergency preparedness and prevention
9. Monitor climate change and its effects.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rohnert Park will support these goals
through its own actions and through collaboration with other local governments through the
efforts of the Regional Climate Protection Authority; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rohnert Park intends to implement
further local measures supporting these goals, in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act as may be determined through further environmental analyses of various local
projects or the City's General Plan Update.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 13th day of March, 2018.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
Pam Stafford, Mayor
ATTEST:
JoAnne M. Buergler, City Clerk
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