Item 5: Implementation Strategies for Sustainable Business Initiative

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ATTACHMENT B Proposed Amendment to Section 1 of Draft Resolution Based Upon Comments at the October 11, 2006 Council Meeting Section 1. Based on the above findings, which are hereby adopted, the City Council hereby approves and adopts Recommendation 1 of Section B of the SBI Task Force Report and Recommendations to the Eugene City Council and Community of Eugene. The City Council recognizes that it influences every aspect of business and job development through its purchasing power, planning, permitting and development policies, incentives, . The City Council commits to act as a role model for tax policies and role modeling the community and to assist in the development of the market for sustainable products and services. To achieve these goals the City Council will make the use of sustainable practices and sustainable products and services in its operations and facilities a priority. The City Council also commits to assist private and non-profit sectors of the community in educational efforts concerning the use of sustainable practices and sustainable products and services. Further, the City Council will cooperate with other public agencies to incorporate sustainable practices and the use of sustainable products and services to achieve the long term outcomes in the report prepared by the Sustainable Business Initiative Task Force Report as accepted by the City Council on ______ October 2006. It is intended that this declaration by the City will spur the adoption of sustainable practices and the growth of and non-profit sectors sustainable industries within the private of the community. This public commitment also makes it clear to City employees and other public agencies that incorporating sustainability into planning, policy, permitting and all forms of decision making is a priority of the City.