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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