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M1 Town Green CITY OF HAYWARD Climate Action Plan Client - _ ._ ' , City of Hayward Reference Erik Pearson _ - c. - Senior Planner - c City of Hayward (510) 583 -4210 erik.pearson @hayward- ca.gov } Contract: $80,000 Overview Schedule: 2008 -2009 The City of Hayward, responding to climate change /greenhouse gas (01-16) issues since Service Area/Region of Impact 2005, as a participant in the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Campaign, joined the Alameda County Climate Protection Project in 2006 for assistance in preparing a "Baseline • Hayward, Alameda County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report". This was the first step in producing a Climate Action Plan. The City collaborated with the residential, business, and educational Key Team Members communities to develop a Climate Action Plan. This plan will reduce local greenhouse gas • Steve Coyle • Daniel Dunigan emissions, the primary contributor to global warming, decrease the community's dependency on non - renewable resources, and increase the City's potential for 'green' Major Issue Areas economic development and the health of its citizens. • Public Outreach Working with HDR and City staff, Town -Green helped the city engage and educate the • Land Use Community in two city-wide workshops and multiple meetings, to brainstorm, propose solutions, evaluate these proposals, and finally select locally - appropriate strategies to • Transportation complement past and current City measures to reduce harmful emissions, such as the • Urban Design installation of rooftop photovoltaic panels at the Public Works facility. This Plan addresses building, landscape, and infrastructure sustainability; energy conservation and renewable resources; waste management and transportation - related systems, and other local targets in an implementable action plan that will help Hayward become a more environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable community. Schedule and Budget Performance The consultant team met all project deadlines and performed the project tasks within the constraints of the limited budget, delivering a Climate Action Plan above and beyond the expectations of the City and public participants. • Key Challenges • Reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions - the primary contributor to global warming • Decreasing the community's dependence on non - renewable resources • Increasing Hayward's potential for °green" economic development • Enhancing the health of all who live and work in Hayward • 4 -12 City of Pleasanton Climate Acton Plan