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Natural gas reduction Participate in Regional King County (Patti Southard) and <br /> Code Collaborations, and City of Seattle (Kathleen Petrie, <br /> adopt stretch energy Duane Jonlin) <br /> codes (Dlb in Strategies <br /> section) <br /> Natural gas reduction Adopt public and Smart Buildings Center(Stan <br /> commercial building Price), State Department of <br /> energy benchmarking Commerce (Chuck Murray), King <br /> requirements (E2a in County-Cities Climate <br /> Strategies section) Collaboration <br /> IV. Strategies <br /> We offer the following suggestions as possible initial strategies to pursue based on the work we <br /> have done with other cities in the region, organized according to categories in the King County- <br /> Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C)'s Joint City-County Climate Commitments. While Everett is <br /> not part of the K4C, we believe that the coalition of 13 cities and King County's approach is a <br /> useful model for other jurisdictions in the region and perhaps the state to consider. The targets <br /> in categories B through E are based on the Everett Carbon Wedge Analysis. <br /> It is important to understand that the targets we suggest are the product of working backwards <br /> from the goal of achieving a 50%of 2014's carbon emissions levels by 2030 and are derived by <br /> mathematical formulas to achieve that reduction target, not by a process that the City of <br /> Everett underwent to arrive at these goals, nor by a rigorous or customized analysis of the City <br /> of Everett's easiest or most difficult opportunities for carbon reduction. <br /> Rather, these suggestions are by way of example and provide fodder for future work required <br /> to evaluate the pros and cons of each and perhaps most important of all, an assessment of their <br /> costs. We recognize that the City would need to engage in a process informed by further <br /> analysis and assessment to choose the targets and strategies that make the most sense to <br /> pursue for Everett. <br /> A. Climate Policy <br /> Target: Support strong federal, regional, state, and local climate policy. <br /> Alignment: Everett Comprehensive Plan Climate Change and Sustainability Element <br /> 1. Legislative/State Policy Action <br /> a. Advocate for comprehensive federal, regional, and state science-based limits and a <br /> market-based price on carbon pollution and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A <br /> portion of revenue from these policies should support local GHG reduction efforts, such <br /> 5 See description of the Regional Code Collaboration in Section D lb. <br /> NEC/SEI Memo to City of Everett 3 I P a g e <br />