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RESOLUTION NO. 5130 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A CARBON PRICING POLICYFOR THE STATE OF OREGON. The City Council of the City of Eugenefinds that: A. The City Council is compelled by the scientific consensus that carbon dioxide emissions are the primary cause of global climate change. B. The City Council agrees that climate change is a crisis demanding immediate measures to reduce its negative effects. C. Climate change is a threat to public health, national security, food security, and business supply chains. These have costs to our society that are not reflected in the price of fossil fuels. D. The City Council believes that assigning a cost to carbon dioxide emissions is one of the most efficient waysto decrease carbon pollution, discourage consumption of fossil fuels and encourage development of alternatives. E. The 2013 Tax and Shift: How to Make it Work for Oregon’s Economyreport published by the Portland State University Northwest Economic Research Center and the December 2014 report to the legislature on the feasibility of a fee or tax on greenhouse gas emissions, also by Northwest Economic Research Center,conclude that imposing a price on carbon within the State of Oregon would have relatively small impacts on the economy and would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF EUGENE, A Municipal Corporation ofthe State of Oregon,as follows: Section 1. The City Council requests that the Oregon State Legislature carefully craft legislation to impose a carbon pricing policy,in part relying on modeling described in the reports outlined in the above findings and the experience of British Columbiawith special attention for mitigating adverse impacts on low income families. Section 2. The City Council urgesthe Environmental Protection Agencyto allow states the option of voluntarily usingmarket based,economy-wide carbon pricing as an alternative compliance mechanism for the Clean Power Plan. Section 3. A copy of this resolution shall be forwarded to Governor Brown, Senators Resolution -Page 1of 2