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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: July 15, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Barbara Powell DIRECTOR:
Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Proposed Membership in Bay Area Climate Collaborative/Signatory to Bay Area
Climate Change Compact
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept report and adopt Resolution authorizing the City of Saratoga to become a member of the
Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) and authorizing the Mayor to become a signatory of the
Bay Area Climate Change Compact.
BACKGROUND:
The BACC is a partnership of the Cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, the Bay Area
Council, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Silicon Valley
Leadership Group, in cooperation with the:
§ Association of Bay Area Governments
§ Bay Area Air Quality Management District
§ Bay Conservation and Development Commission
§ Metropolitan Transportation Commission; and
§ California League of Conservation Voters.
As noted on the attached “Bay Area Climate Change Charter” (Attachment “A”) the purpose of
the BACC is to “. . .(bring) together leaders from government, the business community, academia,
and not-for-profit advocacy groups to address the challenge of climate change across the region
to best meet these challenges and sustain our quality of life”.
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The BACC has prepared a “Bay Area Climate Change Compact (Attachment “B”), which
identifies ten Action Area Goals to guide steps aimed at reducing the region’s greenhouse gas
emissions. The BACC is requesting that municipalities, business groups, regional agencies,
environmental organizations and educational institutions become members of the BACC, and
become signatories to the Bay Area Climate Change Compact. The attached Resolution,
(Attachment “C”) if adopted by the City Council, would authorize the Mayor to undertake these
actions.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
There are no immediate fiscal impacts associated with membership in the BACC, nor in becoming
a signatory to the Bay Area Climate Change Compact. Staff would need to determine the
financial impacts associated with undertaking specific projects or programs identified by the
Compact.
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
The City of Saratoga would not become a member of BACC, nor would the City become a
signatory to the Bay Area Climate Change Compact.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment “A” - Bay Area Climate Change Charter
Attachment “B” – Bay Area Climate Change Compact
Attachment “C” - Resolution
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