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RESOLUTION
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� ° ResoluKon Directing Council Research to Rem�nd AnalyZe the City's
Energy Policies, Plans and Activities Toward the Development of a Comprehensive Municipal Energy Policy
t WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, as an undisputed narional leader, has adopted numerous energy conservation
2 related policies and plans broadly supportive of "green," environmentally sustainable and sound energy production,
3 dishibution and use; and
a WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul regulates and issues franchises for energy production and distribution within the
5 city; and
6 WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has brought these policies and plans to life through many activities and initiarives,
7 including: green building construcrion, rehabilitation and on-going maintenance; the City's pivotal support of District
8 Energy and District Cooling; the citywide, door-to-door energy conservation program; the replacement of street lights
9 with more energy efficient models; the support of community programs, state and federal laws and initiatives
10 encouraging energy conservation; and using lower-cost, environmentally-sound energy as an incentive to attract and
i t maintain business and industry; and
1z WHEREAS, increasing environmental, economic and municipal budget pressures related to energy production and
13 distriburion, including impacts to public health and quality of life, require the city to assess and evaluate the full
14 range of its environmental policies and plans and integrate them into its current and fixture actions related to
15 municipal energy conservation, production, distribution and consumption; now therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council directs Council Research to review and evaluate existing city energy
17 policies, plans, activities and initiatives; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, that this review and evaluation provide an analysis, by November 1, 2004 of policies which need to be
19 updated, amended, added or rescinded with the goal of developing comprehensive, environmentally-sustainable
zo energy policy for the City of Saint Paul, and be it further
z1 RESOLVED, that using this analysis and various alternatives provided by Council Research, the Saint Paul City
zz Council will develop a comprehensive municipal energy policy, aimed at positioning the city for greater energy self
23 reliance and which will guide the City in its housing and economic development, inveshnent and regulatory endeavors.
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�.�. Approval of resoluti� diruiing Comcii Research to r¢view and avalyze the �City's energy policies, plaes and adivities toward the development of a
comprehensive mwicipal euergy policy
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