HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-054 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 19-054
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, URGING THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO IMPLEMENT A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES AND
TECHNOLOGIES THAT FURTHER REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AS THE STATE CONSIDERS BUILDING
DECARBONIZATION
WHEREAS, California's climate policies have been critical in reducing state greenhouse gas
emissions down to 1990 levels before 2020; and
WHEREAS, California's ongoing efforts to minimize the impacts of climate change is
continued with SB 32 and its goal to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below
1990 levels by 2030 through a number of strategies such as reducing emissions from commercial
and residential buildings; and
WHEREAS, in September 2018, Governor Brown signed SB 1477, authorizing the CPUC
(California Public Utilities Commission)to develop the TECH(Technology for Clean Heating)Initiative
and the BUILD (Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development) Program, with the purpose of
advancing the State's market for low-emission space and water heating equipment for new and
existing residential buildings, and provide incentives to eligible applicants, in particular low-income
residents,for the deployment of near-zero-emission building technologies to significantly reduce the
emissions of greenhouse gases from buildings; and
WHEREAS, Governor Brown also concurrently signed into law AB 3232, which charged the
California Energy Commission with assessing the potential for the State to reduce carbon pollution
from residential and commercial buildings, referred to as building decarbonization, by 40 percent from
1990 levels by 2030; and
WHEREAS, in alignment with California's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and
Southern California Associated Government's(SCAG)regional Sustainable Communities Strategy,
the Rancho Cucamonga City Council in April 2017 adopted the City's first Sustainable Community
Action Plan, which provides a roadmap for a more environmentally sustainable future in Rancho
Cucamonga through the development of community-identified goals and strategies; and
WHEREAS, as the California Energy Commission assesses the decarbonization of buildings,
it is critical that a variety of strategies and technologies be carefully considered and pursued
including, but not limited to, increasing the energy efficiency of existing buildings, the use of carbon
capture and sequestration, the deployment of renewable natural gas including biomethane and
hydrogen, and the voluntary electrification of buildings.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga as follows:
The City of Rancho Cucamonga urges the State of California to consider and deploy a variety of
strategies and technologies as part of its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings by
40 percent from 1990 levels by 2030, and not implement a "one-size-fits-all" approach to Building
Decarbonization;the City understands that varying circumstances and conditions as contrasting as
those found in California require a flexible approach to greenhouse gas emission reductions.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of July, 2019.
L. Dennis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
Qzw't e
Janice C. Reynolds, Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved,and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 17th
day of July 2019.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Spagnolo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 18th day of July, 2019, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Janice C. Reynolds, Clerk
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