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1 1' 1. Executive Summary i 7 B. Project Understanding Based on our reading of the RFP, our discussions with City staff, and our review of background materials, we have developed the following understanding of this project: • The City of Pleasanton is a member of the Alameda County Climate Protection Project and also a member of ICLEI. The City has already completed municipal and government GHG inventories, and has taken several significant steps to reduce GHG emissions by developing programs to conserve resources, water, and energy. • While these programs represent an important step toward climate action planning, the City recognizes the need to develop and prioritize a comprehensive suite of programs and strategies to reduce GHGs and respond to the imminent threat of climate change, through the development of a CAP. • The City also recognizes that there are now a number of good examples of municipal CAPs from which an approach and a level of detail can be selected as a template for development of the City's own CAP. • The City's recent General Plan update includes many measures to move the City toward greater sustainability. Nevertheless, the State Attorney General has filed suit against the General Plan EIR, alleging, among other points, that the EIR inadequately quantifies and mitigates GHG emissions. • The CAP can be used as a vehicle to address the Attorney General's concems, and perhaps as a key element in settling the lawsuit. • The City is seeking an experienced consultant to prepare a CAP tailored to the City's unique fabric and style. The CAP must be developed with input from City staff, decision makers, and the community, and it must identify and prioritize programs and strategies that address the major categories of GHG emissions from both government and community sources, and must develop goals and objectives, as well as a roadmap for achieving them. • The development of the CAP will be an iterative process, requiring a high degree of flexibility, creativity, and focus on the part of the consultant. To be successful, the CAP must combine technical, social, and regulatory considerations, respond to community interests and concerns, and provide real, workable, local solutions to the problem of global climate change. In the following sections, we detail our approach to the scope of work, provide a detailed cost estimate, and a schedule for completion of the City of Pleasanton CAP. City al Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 1 -5