Centre City Green

Background

This proposed project advances the Visions and Goals of the Downtown Community Plan (OCP) and the Objectives of the Centre City Redevelopment Project by:

• Implementing the goals and policies of Section 5.8 Sustainable Development of the Downtown Community Plan
• Ensuring development in the downtown are guided by sustainable practices; and
• Meeting the goals of regional and State mandates to reduce carbon emissions

Climate Change Legislation

In September 2006, the State of California enacted Assembly Bill 32 (AB32), which requires the state to adopt regulations to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions.

The bill required California Air Resources Board (CARS) to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse limiit in order to lower gas emissions levels in 1990 to be achieved by 2020.

Centre City Green will help the region meet or exceed those goals, as well as reducing our consumption of limited natural resources, like water, lessening our dependence on the automobile, and diverting more waste from our landfills.