25E - AGMT - GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY ACTION PLAN

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• Elicit meaningful participation from stakeholders, City employees, and local leaders; • Accurately account for the full emissions reductions that can be defensibly credited to the City as a result of actions it is already pursuing; • Consider the full range of potential emissions reduction measures under City control or influence; • Identify the most reasonable and effective GHG reduction measures, including thorough consideration of cost-effectiveness and return on investment. • Quantitatively demonstrate achievement of GHG reduction targets and compliance with existing regulations, while ensuring that the plan is "future-proofed" by making an effort to reasonably anticipate known regulatory changes that may be on the horizon; • Provide clear guidance to City staff and stakeholders on how to implement the plan-a road map to success that engages partner agencies, businesses, the development community, and residents in partnering with the City to achieve the shared vision of a sustainable Santa Ana. Policy development will be focused on activities over which the City has the greatest control and that have the greatest emission reduction potential. Many of these programs will have over-arching environmental and socio-economic co-benefits and will relate to other City programs or to policies in the General Plan. Policy topics that may be applicable to the City under the Core Scope include (but are not limited to): • Energy efficiency and green building retrofits in existing municipal facilities • Energy efficiency standards and green building incentives for private projects • Energy performance standards for new development; • Retrofit programs for existing buildings in the community; • Renewable energy programs and incentives; Measures that may be applicable under the Enhanced Scope include (but are not limited to): • Land use tools to reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT); • Development of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; • Transportation demand management strategies for local businesses; • Waste diversion and zero-waste programs; • Water conservation and reuse strategies; • Public education programs that promote behavior change. We will work with the City to refine existing practices and policies and develop strategies and measures appropriate for inclusion in the CAP to achieve consistency with AB 32, SB 97, and SB 375. The CAP will be developed through the following process, as outlined in the City's RFP and supplemented by our experience working on CAPs in diverse jurisdictions: 25Ef-12