AgdaPkt 2009-02-23 clsd and reg - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

REPORT 6.38 Page 1 To the Honorable ~ayor and City Council Frpm; th. :E! Ci. .-: lII_na er. . . . . . .. February 23, 2009 SUBJECT . San Mateo County Energy Strategy 2012 RECOMMENDA TION Adopt, by Resolution, the San Mateo County Energy Strategy 2012 BACKGROUND In late 2005, then President of the Board of Supervisors, Jerry Hill proposed the formation of a countywide task force to investigate and recommend how best to meet the County's current and future energy needs. A November 2005 Board report recommended that San Mateo County's Department of Public Works, Environmental and Waste Management Section (RecycleWorks), as staff for City and County Association of Governments (C/CAG), bring forward the idea of an energy strategy development process to Congestion Management and Air Quality Committee for discussion. In February 2006, the Congestion Management and Air Quality Committee (CMAQ) authorized the creation of an ad hoc energy working group to develop an energy strategy for San Mateo County. The group was chartered to consider the county's future energy and infrastructure needs and to recommend how to address these needs in an economically I socially and environmentally responsible manner. This county~wide working group became 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). The USTF was chaired by Redwood City Councilwoman Barb ara Pierce and was comprised of six elected officials and six stakeholder representatives. The USTF first met in June 2006 and began work on the energy strategy with a project consultant and County staff. The draft County Energy. Strategy was completed in July 2008. The Executive Summary was presented to the C/CAG Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), the C/CAG Congestion Management and Environmental Quality (CMEQ) Committee, and the C/CAG Board of Directors in July and August 2008. The complete draft Energy Strategy was reviewed and approved by the County Board of Supervisors in September 2008. Both C/CAG and the Board of Supervisors authorized the distribution of the Energy Strategy to the cities in the County for comment. A complete draft copy of the Energy Strategy was sent to all City Managers and Mayors via U.S. mail and e-mail on September 18, 2008; Cities were invited to submit comments to the County for consideration until October 15, 2008. The County received comments from several cities and was able to incorporate many of the comments.