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Carlsbad Planning Commission certifies SEIR addendum and backs narrower climate-action package in 4''3 vote
Summary
The commission on Oct. 2 certified an addendum to the housing-element SEIR and voted 4''3 to recommend Option 1 of the draft climate action plan update, excluding several proposed reach-code measures; staff said the plan's implementation cost is about $71 million with new/expanded programs roughly $5 million.
The Carlsbad Planning Commission on Oct. 2 voted to certify Addendum No. 1 to the housing-element supplemental environmental impact report and to recommend a narrowed version of the city's draft climate action plan update, approving Option 1 by a 4''3 vote.
The unanimous 7''0 vote to certify the addendum clears the document for use in project-level review under CEQA, staff said. Later, commissioners voted 4''3 to adopt Option 1, which meets the state's 2045 greenhouse-gas reduction target while excluding several reach-code measures that would have required stricter building-energy requirements for new residential and nonresidential construction.
The staff presentation, given by Katie Hendrick, the city's Climate Action Plan administrator, outlined four options. Option 1 would meet the 2045 target while excluding three measures (including updated reach codes referenced as E3.2, E3.3 and E4.2 in the draft). Option 4 would adopt the draft as posted and exceed the target by about 6,000 metric…
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