RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE FINAL SAN MATEO COUNTY ENERGY STRATEGY (ENERGY STRATEGY)

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, the Utility and Sustainability Task Force (USTF), an ad hoc committee of the Congestion Management and Environmental Quality Committee (CMEQ) of the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), completed the San Mateo County Energy Strategy (Energy Strategy), in order to effect greater collaboration between the utilities and the cities, to increase energy efficiency and the utilization of renewable energy sources, to increase the conservation of water, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;

WHEREAS, following the Board of Supervisors’ direction to distribute the draft strategy to all cities for their comments, all cities in the county had the opportunity to review and comment on the draft Energy Strategy, and County staff incorporated many of these comments into the final Energy Strategy;

WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo seeks to effectively communicate, collaborate, and develop strategic approaches on issues affecting the entire County;

WHEREAS, the USTF and Department of Public Works wishes to distribute the Energy Strategy to all the cities in the county and ask that they adopt the goals in the Energy Strategy, commit to working collaboratively towards these goals with other cities and the County, and release utility information to the County for purposes of tracking energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the final San Mateo County Energy Strategy is adopted, and the Department of Public Works is hereby directed to distribute the Energy Strategy to all the cities in the county and ask that they adopt the goals in the Energy Strategy, commit to working collaboratively towards these goals with other cities and the County, and release utility information to the County for purposes of tracking energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions.

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