HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5319
COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 5319
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COMMUNITY
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 2.0
PASSED: 7:0
REJECTED:
OPPOSED:
ABSENT: Mike Clark
CONSIDERED: July 29, 2020
RESOLUTION NO.
ARESOLUTIONAPPROVINGTHE COMMUNITYCLIMATE ACTION
PLAN 2.0
The CityCouncil of the Cityof Eugene finds that:
A.OnJuly28, 2014, theEugene CityCouncil adoptedOrdinance No.20540,also
knownas Eugenes Climate Recovery Ordinance.The original Climate Recovery Ordinance
codified the followingthree goalsintosection 6.675 of the Eugene Code, 1971:
1.By the year 2020, all city-owned facilities and city operations shall be carbon
neutral, either by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero, or, if necessary, by
funding of verifiable local greenhouse gas reductionprojects and programs or the
purchase of verifiablecarbon offsets for any remaining greenhouse gas emissions;
2.By the year 2030, the city organization shall reduce its use of fossil fuels by 50%
comparedto 2010 usage; and
3.By the year 2030, all businesses, individuals and others living or working in the
city collectively shall reduce the total (not per capita) use of fossil fuels by 50%
compared to 2010 usage.
B.OnJuly 27, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 20567, which
amended section 6.675 of theEugene Codetoadd a fourth climate recoverygoal;namely thatby
the year 2100, total community greenhouse gas emissions willbe reduced to an amountthat is no
more thaverage share of aglobal atmospheric greenhouse gas level of
350 ppm, which is estimated in 2016 to require an annual average emission reduction level of
7.6%.
C.Eugenes Community ClimateAction Plan 2.0 (CAP2.0)was created toalign the
communitys climate action with theclimate recovery goalsadopted by CityCouncil.
D.TheCAP2.0planning process involvedsignificantcommunity outreach, input,
and collaboration;including the convening of the Eugene Climate CollaborativePartners, the
CAP2.0 Equity Panel and the Mayors Climate Recovery Ordinance Ad Hoc Work Group.
E.The City Council has reviewed and considered theCommunity Climate Action
Plan 2.0(CAP2.0)documentattached as Exhibit A to this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a
Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows:
Section 1.Basedon the above findings which are adopted, theCommunity Climate
Action Plan 2.0(CAP2.0)attached as Exhibit A tothis Resolutionis approved.
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