HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3760 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } RESOLUTION NO. 3760
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CITY OF SAN JACINTO }
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING BALANCED
ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND MAINTAINING LOCAL
CONTROL OF ENERGY SOLUTIONS
WHEREAS California's energy policies are critical to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and reducing the impact of climate change on our citizens; and
WHEREAS the state legislature and state agencies are increasingly proposing
new legislation and regulations eliminating choice of energy by mandating technologies
to power buildings and public and private fleets, including transit and long-haul trucking,
as a strategy to achieve the state's climate goals; and
WHEREAS clean, affordable and reliable energy is crucial to the material health,
safety and well-being of San Jacinto residents, particularly the most vulnerable, who live
on fixed incomes, including the elderly and working families who are struggling
Ffinancially; and
L WHEREAS the need for clean, affordable and reliable energy to attract and
retain local businesses, create jobs and spur economic development is vital to our city's
success in a highly competitive and increasingly regional and global marketplace; and
WHEREAS San Jacinto, its residents and businesses value local control and the
right to choose the policies and investments that most affordably and efficiently enable
them to comply with state requirements; and
WHEREAS building and vehicle technology mandates eliminate local control and
customer choice, suppress innovation, reduce reliability and unnecessarily increase
costs for San Jacinto residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS the City understands that relying on a single energy delivery system
unnecessarily increases vulnerabilities to natural and man-made disasters, and that a
diversity of energy delivery systems and resources contribute to greater reliability and
community resilience; and
WHEREAS San Jacinto understands the need to mitigate the impacts of climate
change and is committed to doing its part to help the state achieve its climate goals, but
requires the flexibility to do so in a manner that best serves the needs of its residents
and businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of San
Jacinto, as follows:
That the City supports balanced energy solutions that provide it with the decision-
making authority and resources needed to achieve the state's climate goals and
supports proposed state legislation and regulation that retains local control by allowing
all technologies and energy resources that can power buildings and fuel vehicles, and
also meet or exceed emissions reductions regulations.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
on this 16th day of April, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Kotyuk, Lopez, Utz
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Ledezma, Ruiz
ABSTAIN: None
CITY OF SAN JACINT
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Russell Utz, Mayor
ATTEST:
A ge alton, Cfty Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Best Best & Kriegar LLP
Michael J. Maurer, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO)
CERTIFICATE
I, Angela Walton, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 3760 was passed, approved, and adopted at the Regular
Meeting of the San Jacinto City Council held on the 16t' day of April 2019.
AYES: Kotyuk, Lopez, Utz
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Ledezma, Ruiz
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 161' day of April 2019.
Angela Walton, City Clerk