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County of Jefferson
City of Port Townsend
Joint Resolution of the }
Board of County Commissioners }
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Adopting Inventory of Energy Usage }
And Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions, }
Backcasts, Forecasts, and Interim Targets & }
Approving Climate Change Committee Workplan }
City Resolution No. 09-002
County Resolution No. 06-09
The Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) of Jefferson County, Washington and the City
Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington do hereby jointly resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend have adopted a joint
resolution (County 44-07 and City 07-022) to commit to addressing energy use and climate
change/global wazming; and
WHEREAS, the above referenced resolution calls for a comprehensive baseline
inventory of local energy uses that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, especially C02
and making estimates for current emissions and forecasts of future emissions if current
practices do not change; and
WHEREAS, the above mentioned resolution establishes a joint City/County
committee herein called the Climate Action Committee (CAC) tasked with developing a
local climate action plan; and
WHEREAS, the CAC is charged with providing recommendations for achieving
community standazds of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to levels 80 percent lower than
1990 levels by 2050 with preliminary reduction targets to be set fox earlier years; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend joint resolution
(County 02-08 and City 08-001) sets forth the purpose and scope of work of the CAC
including direction that the CAC submit for approval of the BoCC and City Council:
preliminazy reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions and a workplan outlining the
proposed process, timelines, and resources required to prepare the Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, at the July 30, 2008 meeting of the CAC, the committee recommended
that the Inventory of Energy Usage and Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions be forwarded
to the BoCC and City Council for adoption; and
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Counly Resolutiorz 06-09
WHEREAS, the CAC has drafted Backcasts, Forecasts, and Interim Targets and a
Climate Action Committee Workplan consistent with the joint resolution (County 02-08 and
City 08-001);
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County
Commissioners and City Council of the City of Port Townsend hereby adopt the following
three documents attached to this Resolution and incorporated herein by reference:
Inventory of Energy Usage and Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Backcasts, Forecasts, and Interim Targets
Climate Change Committee Workplan
This resolution shall become effective upon adoption by the Board of County Commissioners
and the City of Port Townsend.
APPROVED AND SIGNED THIS 12th day of January , 2009
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City Resolution 09-002
County Resolution 06-09
APPROVED AND SIGNED THIS twelfth day of January , 2009
ichelle Sandoval, Mayor
City of Port Townsend
Attest: Approved as to farm:
Pamela Kolacy, MMC, City Cierk John P. Watts, City Attorney
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County Resolution 06-09