HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2019-53 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-53
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH 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
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
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
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
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 Huntington
Beach as follows:
The City of Huntington Beach 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
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contrasting as those found in California require a flexible approach to greenhouse gas emission
reductions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of August , 2019.
Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
nterim City Manager Interim City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney /
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on August 5, 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Brenden, Carr, Semeta, Peterson, Posey, Delgleize, Hardy
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSE: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California