Resolution 14001E
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14001
PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES (ICLEI) CITIES FOR CLIMATE
PROTECTION CAMPAIGN AND CREATION OF A CITY TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, scientific consensus has developed that Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere have a
profound effect on the Earth's climate; and
WHEREAS, in 2003 the American Geophysical Union adopted a
statement noting that human activities are increasingly altering the Earth's
climate and that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in near -
surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, at the request of the Administration, the National
Academy of Sciences reviewed and declared global warming a real problem
caused in part by the actions of humankind; and
WHEREAS, the 2001 Third Assessment Report from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the 2000 U.S. Global Change
Research Program's First National Assessment indicate that global warming
has begun; and
WHEREAS, 162 countries including the U.S. pledged under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to reduce its greenhouse
gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, energy consumption, specifically the burning of fossil fuels,
accounts for more than 80% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, local governments influence communities' emissions by
exercising key powers over land use, transportation, construction, waste
management, and energy management; and
WHEREAS, local government actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and increase energy efficiency provide multiple local benefits by
decreasing air pollution, creating jobs, reducing energy expenditures, and
saving money for the local government, its businesses and its residents; and
WHEREAS, StopWaste.org is allowing Alameda County jurisdictions to
use $10,000.000 of funding from their Waste Mitigation Fund to pay for the
development of greenhouse gas emissions inventories and Local Climate
Action plans as part of the Alameda County Climate Protection Project; and
WHEREAS, the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign sponsored by
ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability, has invited the City of Alameda to
become a member of ICLEI and a partner in the Campaign; and
WHEREAS, the City commits to creating a City task force to assist in the
creation of Alameda's Local Climate Action plan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Alameda commits to ICLEI membership and participation in the Cities for
Climate Protection Campaign and, as a participant, pledges to take a leadership
role in promoting public awareness about the causes and impacts of climate
change; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda creates a City Task Force consisting of one member each of the
Planning Board, Economic Development Commission, Transportation
Commission, Public Utilities Board and Alameda County Industries and four
public members at large to: 1) publicize and engage the community at large, 2)
evaluate and provide prioritized recommendations to Council on actions that
can be taken on the output of the assessment, 3) provide recommendations for
monitoring of activities, and 4) provide recommendations on how to proceed,
including but not limited to, establishing a standing commission; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda will undertake the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign's 5-
Milestones to reduce both greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions
throughout the community; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda
requests assistance from ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection Campaign as it
progresses through the 5- Milestone methodology.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the Regular Meeting of the City
Council on the 18th day of July 2006, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese and Mayor
Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 19th day of July, 2006.
Lo,,,,,,
Lara Weisiger, City Cle
City of Alameda