5. Silver Bay ResolutionRESOLUTION 2014 - #7
CITY OF SILVER BAY
COUNTY OF LAKE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SILVER BAY
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MINNESOTA GREENSTEP CITIES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Minnesota Session Laws 2008, Chapter 356, Section 13 directed the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency ("MPCA'� and Office of Energy Security in the Department of Commerce ("Office of
Energy Security', in collaboration with Clean Energy Resource Teams ("CERTs'o, to recommend
municipal actions and policies that work toward meeting the State's greenhouse gas emissions
reduction goals; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota GreenStep Cities is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recognition program
to help cities achieve their sustainability and quality -of -fife goals. GreenStep is a free, continuous
improvement program, managed by a public -private partnership, and based upon 28 best practices.
Each best practice can be implemented by completing one or more actions at a 1, Z or 3-star level,
from a list of four to eight actions. These actions are tailored to all Minnesota cities, focus on cost
savings and energy use reduction, and encourage civic innovation; and
WHEREAS, steps taken toward sustainable solutions aim to improve community quality of life,
building community capital and increasing government efficiency, accountability and transparency;
and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota GreenStep Cities program assists in facilitating technical assistance for the
implementation of these sustainable development best practices and an intern will be provided
through the Clean Energy Resource Team under direction of the NE CERT Coordinator, Bill
Mittlefehldt; and
WHEREAS, the City of Silver Bay feels they meet the qualifications needed to become a Greenstep
City as one or more projects relating to energy, quality of life, and sustainable actions have been
developed.
NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOL VED, that the City Council of the City of Silver Bay does hereby
authorize the City of Silver Bay to participate in the Minnesota GreenStep Cities program that offers a
free, voluntary continuous improvement framework. Be it further resolved that the City:
1. Appoints the City Administrator to serve as the City's GreenStep coordinator for best practice
documentation/implementation and to work with an intern under the direction of the NE CERT
Coordinator; and
Z. 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; and
3. 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; and
4. Plans to take actions to implement the following best practices will identify a short list of best
practices for initial implementation; and
5. Will claim credit for having implemented and will work at its own pace toward implementing
the 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 foregoing resolution offered by Councilmember Marolt and, upon the motion, was supported by
Councilmember Goutermont, was declared adopted this 21st day of January, 2014, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Member Gustafson, Member Perfetto, Member Goutermont, Member Marolt
Mayor Johnson
NAYES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
h
�nne'Johnson,- M*or
ATTEST:
Lan Fralich, City Administrator