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Home My WebLink About2025-12-13 Climate Action and Sustainability Committee AgendaCLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE Special Meeting Saturday, December 13, 2025 Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 9:00 AM PUBLIC COMMENTS Requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutes after the staff’s presentation or as determind by the Chair. Written public comments can be submitted in advance to city.council@PaloAlto.gov and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on the City’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subject line. 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This may occur in order to best manage the time at a meeting or to adapt to the participation of the public. 1 December 13, 2025 Materials submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at www.paloalto.gov/agendas. CALL TO ORDER 2025 S/CAP CLIMATE ACTION PRIORITIES SESSION PROGRAM A.Workshop on Economics of Large-Scale Community Electrification, Challenges, and Innovative Program Strategies for the Single-Family Sector; CEQA Status - Not a Project. Late Packet Report 1.Welcome and Introduction (9:00 – 9:10 AM) Objective: Understand what types of mechanisms Council and the public is interested in using to advance S/CAP 80x30 goals related to climate action. Promote greater understanding of tradeoffs in financing and regulations to achieve goals. 2.Overview of Climate Action Priorities (9:00 – 9:40 AM) 3.Breakout Group #1 (9:40 – 10:00 AM) Benefits and Challenges of Mandates and Voluntary Incentives to Achieve 80x30 4.Evaluating Decarbonization Programs (10:00 – 10:30 AM) BREAK (10:30 - 10:40 AM) 5.Breakout Group #2 (10:40 – 11:50 AM) Possible Implementation Tools and Approaches to Achieve 80x30 LUNCH BREAK (11:50 - 12:05 PM) 6.Breakout Group #2 Continued (12:05 – 12:35 PM) 7.Public and Closing Comments (12:35 – 1:00 PM) ADJOURNMENT 2 December 13, 2025 Materials submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at www.paloalto.gov/agendas. PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1.Written public comments may be submitted by email to city.council@PaloAlto.gov. 2.For in person public comments please copmlete a speaker request card located at the table at the entrance of the meeting room and deliever it to the Clerk prior to discussion of the item. Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329-2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@PaloAlto.gov. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. California Government Code §84308, commonly referred to as the "Levine Act," prohibits an elected official of a local government agency from participating in a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use if the official received a campaign contribution exceeding $500 from a party or participant, including their agents, to the proceeding within the last 12 months. A “license, permit, or other entitlement for use” includes most land use and planning approvals and the approval of contracts that are not subject to lowest responsible bid procedures and have a value over $50,000. A “party” is a person who files an application for, or is the subject of, a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use. A “participant” is a person who actively supports or opposes a particular decision in a proceeding involving a license, permit, or other entitlement for use, and has a financial interest in the decision. The Levine Act incorporates the definition of “financial interest” in the Political Reform Act, which encompasses interests in business entities, real property, sources of income, sources of gifts, and personal finances that may be affected by the Council’s actions. If you qualify as a “party” or “participant” to a proceeding, and you have made a campaign contribution to a Council Member exceeding $500 made within the last 12 months, you must disclose the campaign contribution before making your comments. 3 December 13, 2025 Materials submitted after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at www.paloalto.gov/ agendas.