CC RESOLUTION 4515RESOLUTION NO. 4515
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
ENDORSING THE U.S. MAYORS CLIMATE PROTECTION
AGREEMENT
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. The City of El Segundo is concerned that our stewardship of the
environment be responsible.
B. The U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement provides a
framework for local action in reducing greenhouse gases that has been
adopted successfully across our nation and throughout the world
C. Mayors from around the nation have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate
Protection Agreement which, as amended at the 73rd Annual U.S.
Conference of Mayors meeting, reads:
The U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
A. We urge the federal government and state governments to enact
policies and programs to meet or beat the target of reducing global
warming pollution levels to 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012, including
efforts to: reduce the United States' dependence on fossil fuels and
accelerate the development of clean, economical energy resources and
fuel - efficient technologies such as conservation, methane recovery for
energy generation, waste to energy, wind and solar energy, fuel cells,
efficient motor vehicles, and biofuels;
B. We urge the U.S. Congress to pass bipartisan greenhouse gas
reduction legislation that includes 1) clear timetables and emissions limits
and 2) a flexible, market -based system of tradable allowances among
emitting industries; and
C. We will strive to meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing
global warming pollution by taking actions in our own operations and
communities such as:
1. Inventory global warming emissions in City operations and in the
community, set reduction targets and create an action plan;
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2. Adopt and enforce land -use policies that reduce sprawl, preserve
open space, and create compact, walkable urban communities;
3. Promote transportation options such as bicycle trails, commute
trip reduction programs, incentives for car pooling and public
transit;
4. Increase the use of clean, alternative energy by, for example,
investing in "green tags ", advocating for the development of
renewable energy resources, recovering landfill methane for energy
production, and supporting the use of waste to energy technology;
5. Make energy efficiency a priority through building code
improvements, retrofitting city facilities with energy efficient lighting
and urging employees to conserve energy and save money;
6. Purchase only Energy Star equipment and appliances for City
use;
7. Practice and promote sustainable building practices using the
U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program or a similar system;
8. Increase the average fuel efficiency of municipal fleet vehicles;
reduce the number of vehicles; launch an employee education
program including anti - idling messages; convert diesel vehicles to
bio- diesel;
9. Evaluate opportunities to increase pump efficiency in water and
wastewater systems; recover wastewater treatment methane for
energy production;
10. Increase recycling rates in City operations and in the
community;
11. Maintain healthy urban forests; promote tree planting to
increase shading and to absorb CO2; and
12. Help educate the public, schools, other jurisdictions,
professional associations, business and industry about reducing
global warming pollution.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of El Segundo endorses the U.S.
Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement as amended by the 73rd annual U.S.
Conference of Mayors meeting and urges mayors from around the nation to join
this effort.
SECTION 3: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption
and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution; will enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and
will make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the record of
proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which
the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of July, 2007.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
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I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City is five; that the
foregoing Resolution No. 4515 was duly passed and adopted by said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the
City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 17th
day of July, 2007, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: McDowell, Busch, Boulgarides, Fisher, Jacobson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
V, �-
Cindy Mort en,
City Clerk
APPROVED
Mark D. He i orgy
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By:
Karl H. Berger /
Assistant City ttorney