R-105-23 Adopting an Update to the Colton Climate Action Plan, Identifying Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Under the City's Jurisdictional Control and Making Responsible Agency Findings Pursuant to CEQA (File Index No. DAP23-0027)

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1 RESOLUTION NO. R-105-23 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THE COLTON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, 3 IDENTIFYING MEASURES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) 4 EMISSIONS UNDER THE CITY'S JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL AND MAKING RESPONSIBLE AGENCY FINDINGS PURSUANT TO CEQA 5 (FILE INDEX NO.DAP23-0027) 6 7 WHEREAS, the analysis and reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions is required by 8 certain Federal and State regulations, including Executive Order S-3-05 (Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets), Assembly Bill (AB) 32 (the California Global Warming Solutions Act), Executive Order S-3- 9 08 (Climate Adaptation and Sea Level Rise Planning Directive), Senate Bill 375 (Regional 10 Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy); and 11 12 WHEREAS, in compliance with the above legislation, the City of Colton ("City") participated 13 with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) and 20 other jurisdictions in the region in 14 the development and adoption of the San Bernardino County Regional GHG Reduction Plan ("Regional 15 Plan"), components of which were adopted by the City on November 3, 2015 as the City of Colton 16 Climate Action Plan("2015 CAP"); and 17 18 WHEREAS, in 2016, the California Legislature expanded upon AB 32 with Senate Bill (SB) 19 32,which mandates a 40%reduction in GHG emissions levels by 2030; and 20 21 WHEREAS, in compliance with the revised GHG emission targets contained in SB 32, City of 22 Colton ("City") participated again with the San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG) and 24 other jurisdictions in the SBCOG region in the development and adoption of the San Bernardino County 23 Regional GHG Reduction Plan Update ("Regional Plan Update"), which was adopted by SBCOG Board 24 of Directors on June 14, 2023; and 25 26 WHEREAS, SBCOG prepared and certified a Programmatic Environmental Impact Report 27 (EIR) for the Regional Plan, and prepared an Addendum to the EIR which analyzed the environmental 28