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as well as driving — and more mixed-use development in town centers, main streets and other appropriate places, so that more Oregonians have the opportunity to get to and from destinations with fewer miles of driving. The Legislative Assembly further declared that “it is the policy of this state for state and local governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and individual residents to prepare for the effects of global warming and by doing so, prevent and reduce the social, economic and vii environmental effects of global warming.” In 2009, the Legislative Assembly took an additional step with the adoption of House Bill 2186 and the creation of the 16-person statewide MPO GHG Task Force to: take into account the amount of GHG caused by motor vehicles with a gross vehicle 1 weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less (Light Vehicles) that needs to be reduced by viii 2035 in order to meet the goals stated in ORS 468A.205(Section 10(2)(a)); take into consideration the reductions in vehicle emissions that are likely to result by 2035 from the use of improved vehicle technologies and fuels (Section 10(2)(a)); evaluate potential fiscal and other resource needs to implement land use and transportation scenarios, including staffing and resources needed by state agencies, local governments and each MPO (Section 10(2)(b)); evaluate impediments to implementing land use and transportation scenarios that reduce GHG emissions (Section 10(2)(c)); and recommend legislation to the interim Legislative Assembly committees related to transportation and to the environment establishing a process for adoption and implementation of plans for reducing GHG emissions caused by Light Vehicles by 2035, in an amount sufficient to meet the goals stated in ORS 468A.205, in each area of this state served by a MPO, including a schedule for the planning process and an estimate of funding required to complete the planning process (Section 10(2)(d)). The Task Force, listed below, met four times between October 15, and December 4, 2009 ix and reached consensus on this report, including recommendations and legislative concepts. This report identifies the initial work of that task force. 1 Both HB 2186 and HB 2001 call for reductions in GHG emissions from “… motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.” Vehicles in this weight range are motorcycles, passenger cars, vans, SUV’s, and pickup trucks. They are collectively referred to as “Light Vehicles.” Page 4