HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-2 - Supporting an Energy partnership Between the City of Newport Beach, Southern California Edison Company and Southern California Gas Company to be known as the “Energy Partnership”RESOLUTION NO. 2017-2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING
AN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
COMPANY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS
COMPANY TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ENERGY
PARTNERSHIP"
WHEREAS, the communities in the Energy Partnership support energy efficiency
initiatives, policies, and construction standards to ensure that our communities follow
and encourage sustainable practices;
WHEREAS, local demand for electricity has grown, and it is expected that
demand for electricity will continue to grow in the near future to support a growing
population and economy;
WHEREAS, residents and businesses spend significant amounts for energy, it
makes economic sense and good public policy to encourage energy efficiency in the
City of Newport Beach ("City');
WHEREAS, energy efficiency programs enhance our environment by improving
air quality, reducing greenhouse gases and other pollution, and conserving natural
resources;
WHEREAS, it is vital for our community to keep spending locally and to
encourage innovations in the way we build, and incorporate energy into our everyday
business and personal lives;
WHEREAS, the communities in the Energy Partnership seek to promote
innovative methods and state-of-the-art technologies used in the design and
construction of new residential and commercial buildings within the region, to bring
energy and natural resource consumption in line with our sustainability goals; and
WHEREAS, the Energy Partnership brings together the City, SCE, SCG and the
Energy Partnership member agencies in a cooperative program to promote energy
efficiency, regional sustainability goals, and collaboration.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby support a commitment to sustainable
practices through energy efficiency, and will provide leadership and guidance in
promoting, facilitating, and instituting such practices in the City.
Section 2: The City Council does hereby support and endorse the Energy
Partnership (a SCE & SCG Local Government Partnership) as an effective method to
help meet long-term regional economic and environmental goals.
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Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 5: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in
the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly
or indirectly.
Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the v=--
ATTEST:
ADOPTED this 10th day of January, 2017.
Eeilani I. Brown '
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2017-2 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 1 e day of January, 2017, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Herdman, Council Member Avery, Council Member Dixon, Council
Member Peotter, Council Member O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Duffield, Mayor Muldoon
NAYS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 11`" day of January, 2017.
Leilani I. Brown, MMC
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
(Seal)