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
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(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.