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City Manager Office <br />www.santa-ana.org/cm <br />Item # 33 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />September 7, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Climate Emergency Resolution <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Resolution Declaring a Climate Emergency, Committing to Policies Opposing Fossil Fuel <br />Expansion and Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition as Part of the Safe Cities <br />Movement, Committing to Policies that will Reduce Both New and Existing Lead <br />Contamination, and Endorsing the Call for a Global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />At the request of members of the City Council, adopt a resolution declaring a climate <br />emergency, committing to policies opposing fossil fuel expansion and accelerating the <br />clean energy transition as part of the Safe Cities Movement, committing to policies that <br />will reduce both new and existing lead contamination, and endorsing the call for a global <br />fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. <br />DISCUSSION <br />At the March 2, 2021 City Council meeting, Councilmember Lopez added a discussion <br />item to the meeting agenda: Discuss and Consider Directing City Manager to Direct Staff <br />to Research and Bring to the City Council within 60 Days a Resolution Declaring a Climate <br />Emergency, Committing to Policies Opposing Fossil Fuel Expansion and Accelerating the <br />Clean Energy Transition as Part of the SAFE Cities Movement, and Endorsing the Call <br />for a Global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. While members of the City Council <br />engaged in a thorough discussion about this topic, there was not a consensus among the <br />City Council to move forward with a resolution for consideration. However, there was <br />substantial discussion on this item and questions were posed to staff, including the <br />following: (1) If cities are to not use fossil fuels, what is the proposed energy material to <br />be used to meet the City’s energy needs? (2) What are the City’s current energy costs for <br />electricity and natural gas, on a yearly basis? (3) What is the cost to upgrade the City’s <br />existing utility infrastructure, to replace natural gas and other fossil fuels with electricity? <br />(4) Where would the City look to pay for these initiatives? (5) What is the plan for resiliency <br />in case of an emergency or natural disaster that disrupts the delivery of energy?