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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 091-2007RESOLUTION NO. 91-2007 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE STATEMENT OF INTEREST THAT WOULD EXPEND $13,000 FOR JOINT VENTURE SILICON VALLEY AND ICLEI - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY (ICLEI) TO CONDUCT A GREENHOUSE GASSES EMISSION EVALUATION OF THE CITY RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame: WHEREAS, the City is currently engaged in enhancing its programs to address community concerns about the effects that City and community activities have on our environment; and WHEREAS, one of the oncoming mandates from the State is to measure and reduce greenhouse gasses emissions in the City; and WHEREAS, Joint Venture Silicon Valley has offered to obtain a group contract with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) to have ICLEI measure greenhouse gasses emission in participating cities in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties; and WHEREAS, to obtain these services, the City needs to execute a Statement of Interest for Joint Venture Silicon Valley to use in gathering twenty city participants; and WHEREAS, the cost of this study to the City would be $13,000, which is an unappropriated amount that can be expended from the 2007-2008 City Council budget, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute the Statement of Interest attached to this resolution as Exhibit A. 2. A sum of $13,000 is appropriate from the 2007-2008 City Council budget to fund this program if it goes forward. MAYOR 1, DORIS MORTENSEN, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17th day of December 2007, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, DEAL, KEIGMUN, NAGEL, O'MAHDNY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:NONE ed�- ( A - ) 2 c -��t -- � --'� � Y CLERK STATEMENT OF INTEREST K t� (agency) agrees to participate in the ICLEI/SSVprogram to inventory greenhouse gas emissions from our operations. We understand that we will be invoiced by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network for $13,000. Joint Venture will transfer the funds to ICLEI as they arrive, once Joint Venture has received Statements. of Interest from at least twenty organizations. We understand that if we are not already a member of ICLEI or Sustainable Silicon Valley that it is our responsibility to become a member by contacting those organizations directly. We are already amember of, ICLEI Sustainable Silicon Valley Neither Signature, Date Printed Name, Title Mailing Address Phone Number, E -Mail Address Contact information for second project liaison, if available: Name, Title Phone Number, E -Mail Please return signed copy by fax or mail to: Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Attn: Lisa Bruner 84 West Santa Clara St., Suite 440, San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: 408-938-1508 Fax; 408-271-7214 Summary of ICLEI/SSV GHG Emissions from Operations Inventory Proposal October 10, 2007 The following are the highlights of the attached proposal. Please read the proposal in frill before signing the attached Statement of Interest. ICLEI Scope of Work • Kickoff meeting for all participants to explain the program • Data specification • Data collection • Data conditioning • Data input and analysis • Preparation of a draft report • Provision of a backup of the source and output data • Debrief meeting for all participants to present results, and provide training on the software and methodology Data Sources (for 2005) • facilities use of electricity and gas • traffic signals and street lights use of electricity • waste and wastewater operations • vehicle fleet use of fuel • solid waste • existing landfills • employee commute (optional) • methane emissions from wastewater treatment and solids disposal Sustainable Silicon Valley will provide • monthly meetings and quarterly forums customized to meet local government needs • access to technical and cost information for prioritizing GHG reduction projects Project Schedule Work can begin by the end of 2007 assuming twenty organizations provide Statements of Interest. Inventories will be completed on a rolling basis with the first reports being completed approximately three months after initiation. Expectations of Each Participant • identify two liaisons for ICLEI and SSV (one primary, the other as backup) • become a member of ICLEI and SSV if not already • provide staff support related to the collection of data, estimated at 20 to 40 hours • management letter to staff indicating that the inventory is an important priority Please note that there have been two clarifications to the proposal: ICLEI asks for each city/county/agency to provide two contacts. It is NOT necessary that one of them be an elected official. ICLEI is waiving their normal requirement that a city/county/agency's elected officials pass a motion approving membership in ICLEI and making a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.