Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 11/04/2013

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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1. The City of Ramsey will participate in the Minnesota GreenStep Cities program that offers a free, voluntary continuous improvement framework. 2. Appoints Associate Planner /Environmental Coordinator Chris Anderson to serve as the City's GreenStep coordinator for best practice documentation /implementation (and, as appropriate, identifies the Environmental Policy Board [EPB] as the city's GreenStep coordination team). 3. Will facilitate the involvement of community members and other units of government as appropriate in the planning, promoting and /or implementing of GreenStep Cities best practices. 4. Grants to the GreenStep program's buildings advisor read -only access to the City's B3 Benchmarking Database so as to facilitate analysis and cost - savings advice to the City regarding its buildings' energy use. 5. The City of Ramsey will identify a short list of best practices for initial implementation by March 31, 2013. The City of Ramsey will claim credit for having implemented and will work at its own pace toward implementing at least sixteen (16) GreenStep best practices that will result in energy use reduction, economic savings, quality of life improvement and reduction in the City's greenhouse gas footprint. An on -going summary of the City's implementation of best practices will be posted on the Minnesota GreenStep Cities web site. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmember , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: and the following abstained: and the following were absent: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted by the Ramsey City Council this the day of By: By: Mayor City Clerk RESOLUTION #13-11 - Page 2 of 3