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San Marcos staff says city is meeting Climate Action Plan goals; council receives monitoring report
Summary
City staff told the City Council that San Marcos has made measurable progress on its 2020 Climate Action Plan, citing EV charger installations, rebates, reduced city water use and tree plantings; council formally received the monitoring report and staff outlined a CAP update planned with the Creek Specific Plan by 2026.
City planning staff told the San Marcos City Council on Jan. 28 that the city has made measurable progress implementing its 2020 Climate Action Plan (CAP) and that an update to the CAP is planned to coincide with the Creek Specific Plan around 2026.
Saima Kureshi, the city’s sustainability program manager, told the council the CAP uses 2012 as its baseline year and set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 42% by 2030. She said transportation accounted for roughly 54% of the baseline emissions and summarized the city’s eight CAP strategies and 22 measures across transportation, energy, water, solid waste and carbon sequestration.
Kureshi and Planning Director Joe Faraci described completed and ongoing items: 27 public EV chargers installed at Sunset Park and Creekside…
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