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SECTION 2 Work Program A. Approach ESA's overall approach to preparing the City of Pleasanton's Climate Action Plan (CAP) will be to coordinate closely with our teaming partners and work cooperatively with City staff and decision makers to develop a plan that is responsive to and reflective of the City and its inhabitants: to be effective, the CAP must reflect the City's unique geography and community. ESA will draw from available sources to understand the physical, economic, and social forces that shape Pleasanton and guide its programs, policies, and vision for the future. This includes the City of Pleasanton General Plan and EIR, Short. Range Transit Plans developed by local transit agencies, and communications with City Planning and Operations staff, the City Council, and the citizens and businesses of the City. We feel strongly that an effective CAP should emphasize GHG reduction measures that are cost - effective and implementable at the local government level. ESA will use its extensive knowledge of the CEQA process and CEQA- related guidance on GHG emissions and climate change mitigation to inform how the CAP is developed and written, in anticipation of how the CAP will be used to streamline the environmental review process for future projects that are consistent with CAP policies and programs. The current BAAQMD draft guidelines, expected to be adopted in early 2010, state that projects consistent with a "qualified climate action plan" that includes feasible measures to reduce GHG emissions (consistent with AB 32 goals or Executive Order S -03 -05 targets) would be considered less than significant. A qualified climate action plan is currently being defined as including: • GHG Inventory for Current Year and Forecast for 2020; • An adopted GHG Reduction Goal for 2020; • Feasible reduction measures to reduce GHG emissions for 2020 to the identified target; • Inclusion of relevant measures from the AB 32 Scoping Plan; City of Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2 -1