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Appendix B: Resources for Recommended Priority Actions <br /> I. Reference Reports and Briefing Papers <br /> ■ Breaking Down Barriers to Deep Energy Efficiency, a briefing paper by NEC presenting <br /> lessons learned from both the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and <br /> Washington State investments in single family residential retrofits since 2009. <br /> September 14, 2015 <br /> ■ The Road to 2050: "80 by 50"Strategy Maps for Carbon-Neutral Cities, a national best <br /> practice synthesis by the Innovation Network for Communities and 0-H Community <br /> Partners (March 2013). <br /> ■ The Transportation and Land Use Technical Advisory Group report for the City of <br /> Seattle's Climate Action Plan process, by Nelson\Nygaard (August 2012). <br /> ■ Powering the New Energy Future from the Ground Up, a report by NEC profiling city-led <br /> clean energy innovation in small and medium-sized cities across the United States (July <br /> 2012). <br /> ■ Getting to Zero:A Pathway to Carbon Neutral Seattle, a scenario report for the City of <br /> Seattle Office of Sustainability and the Environment by Stockholm Environment <br /> Institute, Cascadia Consulting Group, and ICF International based on an array of possible <br /> measures that the authors deemed to be feasible and relatively low-cost over the <br /> coming decades (May 2011). <br /> II. Climate Policy <br /> President Obama has made confronting climate change a top priority. See the White <br /> House Climate Action Homepage and the President's Climate Action Plan (pdf). <br /> In April 2014, Gov. Jay Inslee signed Executive Order 14-04 outlining a series of next <br /> steps to reduce carbon pollution in Washington State. <br /> During the summer of 2014, Executive Constantine is serving on Governor Inslee's <br /> Carbon Emissions Reduction Taskforce (CERT) which will provide recommendations to <br /> the Governor on design and implementation of a market-based carbon pollution <br /> program. <br /> Ill. Shared Goals <br /> The Growth Management Planning Council unanimous adoption of the Joint County-City <br /> Climate Commitments July 14, 2014. <br /> The K4C has collaborated with the Sound Cities Association (SCA) to provide background <br /> on proposed climate policies. See the May 14, 2014 Public Issues Committee Meeting <br /> Materials (pdf, beginning on page 69) for detailed background information. <br /> NEC/SEI Memo to City of Everett 10 I P a g e <br />