Req. #12017
RESOLUTION No. 3 7 6 31
BY REQUEST OF MAYOR BAARSIVIA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FEY,
LADENBURG, AND WALKER
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A RESOLUTION creating an Office of Sustainability and establishing the
3 Sustainable Tacoma Commission on Climate Change.
4 WHEREAS, in February 2007, the City Council appointed a Green
5 Ribbon Climate Action Task Force ("Task Force") to define carbon reduction
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goals and develop specific community and government action plans to achieve
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8 those goals, and
9 WHEREAS, on July 1, 2008, the Task Force presented a report titled
10 "Tacoma's Climate Action Plan" ("Plan") to the City Council, and
1 1 WHEREAS the Plan provides strategies for achieving carbon reduction
12 goals, generally divided into five categories: "City Leading by Example,"
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"Moving People and Goods More Efficiently," "Enhancing Compact/Livable
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Neighborhoods," "Energy Efficiency in Our Buildings, Homes, and Industries,"
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16 and "Reuse and Recycle ... from Buildings to Food Waste," and
17 WHEREAS the Task Force recommended establishment of a citizen's
18 oversight commission to bring citizen accountability, transparency, and
19 vigilance to the long-term implementation of the Plan, and
20 WHEREAS the City Council and the Tacoma Public Utility Board ("Utility
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Board") wish to establish central points of contact for implementation of the
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23 Plan in order to coordinate actions across departments...
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