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| '''Status:''' Adopted on 1/18/07
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| '''Source File:''' http://tinyurl.com/242k94
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| '''RESOLUTION 2007 - 01'''<br>
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| '''A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, ENDORSING THE U.S. MAYORS CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT'''
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| '''WHEREAS''', the U.S. Conference of Mayors has previously adopted strong policy resolutions
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| calling for cities, communities and the federal government to take actions to reduce global
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| warming pollution; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the international
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| community’s most respected assemblage of scientists, has found that climate disruption is a
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| reality and that human activities are largely responsible for increasing concentrations of global
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| warming pollution; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', recent, well-documented impacts of climate disruption include average global sea
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| level increases of four to eight inches during the 20th century; a forty percent (40%) decline in
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| Arctic sea-ice thickness; and nine of the ten hottest years on record occurring in the
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| past decade; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', climate disruption of the magnitude now predicted by the scientific community will
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| cause extremely costly disruption of human and natural systems throughout the world including:
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| increased risk of floods or droughts; sea-level rises that interact with coastal storms to erode
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| beaches, inundate land, and damage structures; more frequent and extreme heat waves; more
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| frequent and greater concentrations of smog; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', on February 16, 2005, the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to address
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| climate disruption, went into effect in the 141 countries that have ratified it to date; 38 of those
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| countries are now legally required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on average five point two
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| percent (5.2%) below 1990 levels by 2012; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', the United States of America, with less than five percent of the world’s population, is
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| responsible for producing approximately twenty-five percent (25%)of the world’s global warming
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| pollutants; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', the Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction target for the U.S. would have been seven
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| percent (7%) below 1990 levels by 2012; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', many leading US companies that have adopted greenhouse gas reduction programs
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| to demonstrate corporate social responsibility have also publicly expressed preference for the US
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| to adopt precise and mandatory emissions targets and timetables as a means by which to remain
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| competitive in the international marketplace, to mitigate financial risk and to promote sound
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| investment decisions; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', state and local governments throughout the United States are adopting emission
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| reduction targets and programs and that this leadership is bipartisan, coming from Republican
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| and Democratic governors and mayors alike; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', many cities throughout the nation, both large and small, are reducing global warming
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| pollutants through programs that provide economic and quality of life benefits such as reduced
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| energy bills, green space preservation, air quality improvements, reduced traffic congestion,
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| improved transportation choices, and economic development and job creation through energy
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| conservation and new energy technologies; and
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| '''WHEREAS''', mayors from around the nation have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection
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| Agreement which, as amended at the 73rd Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, reads:
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| A. We urge the federal government and state governments to enact policies and programs to
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| meet or beat the target of reducing global warming pollution levels to 7 percent below 1990 levels
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| by 2012, including efforts to: reduce the United States’ dependence on fossil fuels and accelerate
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| the development of clean, economical energy resources and fuel-efficient technologies such as
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| conservation, methane recovery for energy generation, waste to energy, wind and solar energy,
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| fuel cells, efficient motor vehicles, and biofuels;
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| B. We urge the U.S. Congress to pass bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction legislation that
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| 1) Clear timetables and emissions limits, and
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| 2) A flexible, market-based system of tradable allowances among emitting industries; and
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| C. We will strive to meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing global warming pollution
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| by taking actions in our own operations and communities such as:
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| 1. Inventory global warming emissions in City operations and in the community, set
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| 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
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| create compact, walkable urban communities;
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| 3. Promote transportation options such as bicycle trails, commute trip reduction
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| programs, incentives for car pooling and public transit;
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| 4. Increase the use of clean, alternative energy by, for example, investing in “green tags”,
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| advocating for the development of renewable energy resources, recovering landfill
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| methane for energy production, and supporting the use of waste to energy technology;
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| 5. Make energy efficiency a priority through building code improvements, retrofitting city
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| facilities with energy efficient lighting and urging employees to conserve energy and save
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| money;
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| 6. Purchase only Energy Star equipment and appliances for City use;
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| 7. Practice and promote sustainable building practices using the U.S. Green Building
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| Council's International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (LEED) program or a
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| similar system;
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| 8. Increase the average fuel efficiency of municipal fleet vehicles; reduce the number of
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| vehicles; launch an employee education program including anti-idling messages; convert
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| diesel vehicles to bio-diesel;
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| 9. Evaluate opportunities to increase pump efficiency in water and wastewater systems;
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| recover wastewater treatment methane for energy production;
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| 10. Increase recycling rates in City operations and in the community;
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| 11. Maintain healthy urban forests; promote tree planting to increase shading and to
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| absorb CO2; and
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| 12. Help educate the public, schools, other jurisdictions, professional associations,
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| business and industry about reducing global warming pollution.
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| '''NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED''' that The U.S. Conference of Mayors endorses the U.S.
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| Mayors Climate Protection Agreement as amended by the 73rd annual U.S. Conference of
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| Mayors meeting and urges mayors from around the nation to join this effort.
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| '''BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED''', The U.S. Conference of Mayors will work in conjunction with
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| International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Local Governments for
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| Sustainability and other appropriate organizations to track progress and implementation of the
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| U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement as amended by the 73rd annual U.S. Conference of
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| Mayors meeting.
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