HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 4089-05-2012A Resolution
NO. 4089 -05 -2012
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY FOR THEIR BETTER BUILDINGS CHALLENGE
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has adopted a Sustainability Action Plan as
recommended by its Sustainability Task Force; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to that plan, the City's Energy Conservation Program is
completing over $58 million in improvements to municipal facilities, which will result in
annual cost avoidance of over $5.9 million and the removal of over 40,000 tons of
greenhouse gases from the atmosphere; and
WHEREAS, 62 public, private, and non - profit organizations are currently
working together nationally on the President's Better Buildings Initiative to make
buildings more energy efficient and better places in which to live and work; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth now has the opportunity to join the cities of
Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., as
Community Partners in the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge; and
WHEREAS, under the attached Community Partnership Agreement, the City of
Fort Worth would commit to assigning leadership, pledging a goal to improve facility
energy intensity by at least 20 percent by 2020, and working with local organizations to
develop an organization -wide plan to achieve the goal;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
1. The City Council authorizes the City Manager to enter into the attached
Community Partnership Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy for
their Better Buildings Challenge; and
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Resolution No. 4089 -05 -2012
2. The City Council encourages local businesses, universities, and other
organizations to join the City in making Fort Worth municipal, commercial,
and industrial buildings 20 percent more energy- efficient by the year 2020.
Adopted this 15`x' day of May, 2012.
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By: - ------ - - - - -- - ---------------
Ronald P. Gonzales, As 's ant City Secretary
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