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• Ongoing activities are interrelated - Circulation Element Update - Climate Action Plan - Orange County Sustainable Communities Strategy Emissions Reduction Progress since 2008 • Analysis will identify actions that have been taken since the baseline year 2008 to the present — Allows successes to be showcased — Existing measures can provide foundation for more aggressive and expanded actions. • Methodology is consistent with the baseline inventory • Analysis is ongoing but initial results are available Community Highlights since 2008 • Significant reductions have been achieved through - - Transportation — SCE Small Business Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program — Recycling Program • Santa Ana achieved a 67% waste diversion rate, well in excess of State mandates. — Green waste diversion is a major component of the reductions achieved • Transportation measures are still being analyzed, but significant reductions are expected Government Operations Highlights since 2008 • Significant reductions achieved through system upgrades — LED streetlights and traffic lights • Through American Recovery and Investment Act (ARRA) the City made energy efficient improvements to municipal facilities and community parks. — Lighting and heating / air conditioning retrofits in buildings — Lighting upgrades in community parks • Water measures achieved impressive results in the past — Water$mart Rebates for high- efficiency plumbing fixtures — Energy efficiency upgrades to water pumping facilities GHG Emissions Inventory - Approach • Based on a calendar year (2008) • Provides a reference point of emissions by sector: - Transportation - Building Design and Energy Use Patterns - Water Consumption - Solid Waste and Wastewater Generation - Other • Emissions = Activity data X GHG intensity City CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 16 MAKC:M IV, ZUIZ