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by special assessment. The ordinance before Council incorporated this authority and would permit the Town to choose whether to recover nuisance abatement costs by • nuisance abatement lien or by special assessment. Mattas noted that the ordinance did provide protection for the recovery of attorney costs to the "prevailing party." MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Jones, seconded by O'Malley and passed unanimously to waive reading and introduce Ordinance# 513 PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT City Manager Carl Cahill reported that the Planning Commission at their November 6, 2008 meeting had voted to recommend denial of AT&T's application for a wireless facility on DuVall Way. The request would be forwarded to Council at their January meeting. The Commission had unanimously approved an addition-remodel for the former Crozier-Hogle property. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILMEMBERS ON OUTSIDE AGENCIES 13. Presentation by the Environmental Initiatives Committee "Los Altos Hills Green House Gas Emissions Inventory" Steve Schmidt, Standing Environmental Initiatives Committee member, introduced the item to Council. Schmidt had prepared a PowerPoint Presentation Los Altos Hills • Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory." The presentation included: an overview of what a GHG inventory was; the reason for conducting the inventory; the process that was followed to gather the data for the Town's inventory; review of the data collected; and the key points in the"next step"process. Schmidt had partnered with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and staff to develop the GHG inventory report. The inventory figures were estimates only and expected to change over time. 2005 was used as the base year and the data for the inventory had been provided by the Town staff, PG&E, LAGCo, ICLEI, and government sources. Software provided by ICLEI was used to analyze the data which was divided into "Government Operations" and"Community". Schmidt reviewed the analysis of the Town's government operations that reflected a downward trend of CO2e emissions. The Town's new garbage contract that proposed to use more efficient fuel trucks with fewer trips per home was expected to factor into even lower emission rates. The community analysis was more difficult to measure given that some of data was based on estimates and assumptions. Schmidt suggested that natural gas and electricity was probably the best place to focus reduction efforts given that they would be easy to track via PG&E data. The current residential usage for the Town and was above residential norms for other cities. Schmidt outlined the proposed next steps in the process to reduce emissions which included establishing targets that would match the state's AB-32 targets. His action plan • included: the education of residents on the issues; the creation of a voluntary residential 11 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 13,2008