HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.128-17 RESOLUTION #128
(Series of 2017)
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF ASPEN TO JOIN AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPACT OF COLORADO COMMUNITIES.
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen is committed to creating, supporting and
maintaining a sustainable and prosperous community, and
WHEREAS, Colorado communities, including Aspen, are already beginning to
feel the impacts of climate change such.as reduced snowpack, earlier snowmelt
runoff, and more frequent and severe floods, droughts and wildfires, and
WHEREAS, a sustainable Aspen is one that takes responsibility for its impact and
footprint on the surrounding environment while at the same time building
resiliency to coming changes, and
WHEREAS, Aspen is currently working towards reducing the community's
carbon by 30% by the year 2020 and 80% by 2050, and
WHEREAS, Aspen and other communities across the world require staff capacity,
funding, and support to achieve ambitious carbon reduction goals, and
WHEREAS, Aspen alone cannot reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to
curb global climate change and relies on others to do the same, and
WHEREAS, all local governments, communities, towns and cities across the
globe must aggressively work to reduce their carbon footprints, and
WHEREAS, Aspen seeks to join neighboring cities and counties in developing
innovative ways to address climate change, build community resilience and
stimulate local economies, and
WHEREAS, on May 19, 2017, Aspen Mayor Steven Skadron urged Colorado's
elected officials to join together to fight global climate change and build a
sustainable Colorado through the formation of the Compact of Colorado
Communities, and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Compact of Colorado Communities is to build the
capacity of Colorado's cities and counties in developing and implementing
aggressive climate change and clean energy initiatives thus ensuring the security
and economic prosperity of its member communities, and
Compact of Colorado Communities
Member Agreement
COMPACT OF
--.........—--
3. Actions
• Establish and publicly announce a new goal or initiative by no later than September 30, 2019 that
meets an appropriate aggressiveness threshold to be agreed upon by the Steering Committee in
consultation with ACCO and Compact staff.
4. Participation
• Assign one elected official and one senior staff person to serve as liaisons and official
representatives to the Compact.
• Elected officials will be invited to participate in activities designed and appropriate for elected
officials and government leaders (to be held no more frequently than twice annually).
• Staff liaisons will be asked to address administrative issues, process annual contributions,
coordinate usage of Compact benefits and participate in Compact-wide meetings (to be held no
more frequently than on a quarterly basis).
A more detailed list of Compact guidelines has been published at:
https://www.compactofcoloradocommunities.org/s/ACCO-ColoradoCompact-Guidelines.pdf
The undersigned represents that he/she is authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of his/her local
government.
EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO THAT YOU HAVE READ AND FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS HEREOF, HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS
AGREEMENT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL,AND HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT BASED YOUR OWN JUDGMENT
AND ADVICE OF INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL(IF SOUGHT).
I hereby authorize 1+� �1 .� Aspe✓� to join the Compact of Colorado
Communities, authorizing our staff to a ide by the above-referenced program guidelines.
Print Name
Local Gov rnment Na a Title
g - 2-1 - / 7
Date