HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 019-2009RESOLUTION NO. 19-2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BURLINGAME ADOPTING THE SAN MATEO
COUNTYENERGYSTRATEGY
WHEREAS, in February 2006, the Utility and Sustainability Task Force (USTF), an ad
hoc committee of the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), was formed to consider
strategies for San Mateo County public agencies to address their mutual water and energy
conservation needs in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible manner; and,
WHEREAS, after beginning its work in June, 2006, USTF completed its Draft Energy
Strategy in July, 2008 and forwarded said draft to public agencies in San Mateo County for review
and comment; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Energy Strategy has been reviewed and approved by the C/CAG
Board of Directors, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, USTF, the C/CAG Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC), the C/CAG Congestion Management and Environmental Quality
(CMEQ) Committee and is now ready for adoption by the cities in the County; and
WHEREAS, the main objective of the Draft Energy Strategy is to develop a collaborative
effort among all cities in the County to address energy and water conservation issues, with five
main goals: reduce electricity purchases, implement water conservation and recycling,
collaboratively address environmental challenges, support clean technology and encourage
environmental leadership from the top;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby resolves as
follows:
1. The City of Burlingame adopts the San Mateo County Energy Strategy contained in the
Draft Energy Strategy, prepared by the Utility and Sustainability Task Force (USTF), an ad hoe
committee of the San Mateo City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG).
2. The City will assign one elected official and one staff person to be the City's primary
contacts with the County and with C/CAG for purposes of routing information concerning the
Energy Strategy and not for purposes of establishing a new C/CAG committee.
3. By this adoption, the City Council understands that the draft strategy is a
recommendation only; that it does not bind or obligate the City to implement any actions or
programs suggested in the Strategy; and that, accordingly, the adoption does not create any financial
impact. Should it implement one or more actions recommended by the Strategy, the City will have
to evaluate each action on a case-by-case basis to determine whether or not funding exists for said
implementation.
ANN KEIGHRAN, Mayor
I, Mary Ellen Kearney, Clerk of the City of Burlingame, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Burlingame
City Council held on the 2nd day of March, 2009, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers BAYLOCK, DEAL, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL, O'NAHONY
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
MARY IMLEN KEARNEY, City Clerk