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SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 48, SERIES 2023 DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2023 PAGE 2 OF 7 Meet all of Louisville's municipal electric needs with 100% carbon -free sources by 2025 Reduce core municipal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually below the 2016 baseline through 2025 (2016 baseline is 4,016 mtCO2) As of March 2020, all City facility electricity comes from carbon -free sources, which is supplied as a premium charge added to each premise's monthly electricity consumption through utility billing (Renewable*Connect and Windsource). City facilities also participate in community solar gardens in Boulder and Weld counties and onsite solar at the Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants. Currently, the City is not meeting the municipal goal to decrease core GHG emissions annually from the 2016 baseline. In 2021, municipal greenhouse gas emissions decreased, but are significantly higher than the baseline year of 2016, likely due to the Recreation Center expansion in 2018. Sustainability Action Plan This project supports many internal goals outlined in the adopted Sustainability Action Plan, including the high priority Energy goal to "implement facility audit recommendations ... with consideration of resource limitations and other constraints" and "explore expansion of capacity for onsite electricity... generation to decrease energy consumption". The plan also supports transportation goals to "actively promote the adoption of ... electric vehicles for Louisville's fleet as appropriate technology develops' and "develop EV charging stations in strategic City locations for future ... EV fleet integration". Internal Decarbonization Plan Strategy The 2023 Plan outlines near, mid and long term goals for decarbonization of the City's buildings, fleet and equipment. One of the key recommendations from the final report lists "Internal Decarbonization Plan review every 5-7 years". For this reason, staff recommends prioritizing the near term recommendations when considering implementation options. Near term recommendations include improvements to five City facilities — the Recreation & Senior Center, Public Library, City Hall, Police & Municipal Courts and Sid Copeland Water Treatment Plant. These facilities were selected for near term improvements due to their equipment nearing the end of its useful life. The near term project scope includes: • Building hybrid electrification and EV charging installations at five City facilities listed above Onsite renewable energy installation at seven sites, for a total of 2.3 MW Energy efficiency and load reduction at all ten City facility sites CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION q