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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 15 - Written Communications (Baker) Kerry Bigelow Subject:FW: Chula Vista City Council Meeting July 23, 2019 Agenda #15: Vote YES on Chula Vista Community Choice Aggregation Study From: Margaret Baker < Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 12:36 PM To: CityClerk <CityClerk@chulavistaca.gov> Subject: Chula Vista City Council Meeting July 23, 2019 Agenda #15: Vote YES on Chula Vista Community Choice Aggregation Study Warning: External RE: Vote YES to Accept the Chula Vista Feasibility Study of Community Choice Aggregation Email Report Dear Mayor Casillas Salas and City Council, Thank you for your ongoing and important leadership role in addressing the climate crisis in Chula Vista, especially moving our city forward to a 100% clean energy future. South Bay People Power urges you to vote YES to accept the Feasibility Study of Community Choice Aggregation at the City Council meeting on July 23, 2019. South Bay People Power is a non-partisan, proactive group of residents of San Diego County who live near the US-Mexico international border. We are dedicated to promote policies and practices that reflect the values of justice, fairness and civil rights and to encourage civic engagement among all members of our diverse community. We see finding equitable and sustainable solutions to long-term energy needs of our region to be an urgent climate and environmental justice issue. The 2017 Chula Vista Climate Action Plan commits to 100% Clean Energy by 2035, and the necessary beginning steps to achieving that goal have been taken. The Sustainability Commission has heard the Feasibility Study of CCA Report and has accepted the Report. They, along with the Chula Vista Sustainability Department, recommend that the City Council accept the report. The Feasibility Study findings detail the economic and environmental benefits that Chula Vista residents and businesses will have with CCA electricity procurement. The Study also analyzes possible risks. Finally, the options for program structure, or governance, are outlined in the study. The Feasibility Study contains the relevant information that we need to design an energy procurement program in Chula Vista that meets our goal of 100% Clean Energy by 2035. We look forward to continuing to partner with you in creating a stronger, more resilient clean energy future in Chula Vista. Sincerely yours, 1 Margaret A. Baker, DrPH, Convener South Bay People Power Chula Vista, CA 91911 South Bay People Power promotes social justice by nonpartisan civic engagement. 2