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Public Hearing to Consider: 1) a Draft Resolution Recommending Council adopt a Resolution Containing Findings of Local Climatic, Geological, Topographical, and Environmental Conditions as Required to Adopt Alameda Local Amendments to the 2019 California Energy Code; 2) A Draft Resolution Recommending that Council introduce an Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending 13-11 (Alameda Energy Code) of Chapter XIII, Article I (Uniform Codes Relating to Building, Housing and Technical Codes) to Make Local Amendments to the 2019 California Energy Code; and a Recommendation that the Council rescind Resolution 15607 Limiting Natural Gas Infrastructure for New Residential Construction on City Owned Property
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Danielle Mieler
Sustainability & Resilience Manager
Date: April 26, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In September 2019, the City Council adopted Alameda's Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP), which included an action directing staff to prepare ordinances requiring all new residential construction to be 100% electric-powered with no gas hookups.
In October 2019, the City Council took a first and significant step in this direction by adopting a resolution limiting natural gas infrastructure for new residential construction on City-owned property. This proposed amendment to the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) currently is a targeted "Reach Code," i.e., a local building energy code that "reaches" beyond the state minimum requirements for energy use in building design and construction. It would extend the all-electric requirement adopted for city-owned property to new construction in Alameda, including development other than residential, thereby fulfilling a key policy recommendation found in the CARP.
Specifically, staff is recommending that the Planning Board consider a resolution recommending that the City Council adopt the...
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