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RESOLUTION N0.6 SERIES 2008 Adopting a Sustainable Energy Plan for the City of Louisville WHEREAS, Article 31-15-103 of the Colorado Revised Statutes enables the City Council to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of the city; and WHEREAS, the City of Louisville is committed to protecting and enhancing the quality of life and environmental quality in the city now and for future generations; and WHEREAS, the City of Louisville's greenhouse gas emissions are a known quantity as Boulder County has fully evaluated greenhouse gas emissions through an inventory of countywide and municipal emissions; and WHEREAS, there is increasing scientific evidence that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere are currently impacting the Earth's climate and will continue to have profound and potentially devastating effects, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, increased flood severity, increased risk and intensity of catastrophic wildfire, increased risk of forest die-offs due to insect invasions, changing rainfall and crop productivity patterns, increased risk of drought, loss of alpine meadows, and migration of infectious diseases; and WHEREAS, in February of 2005, the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement was adopted in December 1997 in Japan, setting binding targets for developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on average 5.2 percent below 1990 levels, although the United States has not ratified this protocol; and WHEREAS, nationwide, over 770 municipal governments have already pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their government operations and throughout their communities; and WHEREAS, in November of 2007 the Govf;rnor of the State of Colorado set a goal of reducing Colorado's greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and by 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050; and WHEREAS, local government actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency, increased use oil clean renewable energy, and reduced vehicle miles traveled can reduce energy expenditures for local governments, businesses and citizens and create jobs in the community; and WHEREAS, the Louisville City Council desires Louisville to take a leadership role in increasing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse g;as emissions from city operations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS: The Louisville City Council hereby declares its intent that the city shall identify and implement strategies contained in the countywide Sustainable Energy Plan developed through the Consortium of Cities that will reduce Louisville's contribution to total global greenhouse gas