Elk Grove Council to Again Talk Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

After being thrown out in November, a proposed Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will come back before the Elk Grove City Council Wednesday night.

City staff have dialed back some of the requirements in the plan, which council members worried would scare away businesses.

"We're not going to reach our greenhouse gas (reduction goals) by putting mandates on businesses or people," then-Council Member Gary Davis said in November. "Reducing greenhouse emissions is a good thing, but I think the way we're going to get it done is land use decisions." 

The plan seeks to lower greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent below the 2005 level by the year 2020.

The revised plan which will be discussed Wednesday changes several requirements into suggestions. For example:

• Encourage reflective pavement in parking lots and roadways.
• Encourage, instead of require, building aimed at current transit, bicycle or walking corridors.
• Encourage, "rather than prioritize," roundabouts over residential stop signs.

More information is available in the city's staff report.

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Elk Grove City Council meeting
6 p.m. Wednesday
8400 Laguna Palms Way 

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