HomeMy Public PortalAbout2009 CC RES 09-141RESOLUTION NO. 09 -141
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION'S NEW SOLAR HOMES
PARTNERSHIP'S (NSHP) MUNICIPAL TOOLKII' AS A CITY REFERENCE DOCUMENT
WHEREAS, the city of Carson's General Plan sets forth goals for preserving and
improving the city's natural and built environment. protecting the health of its residents and
visitors, and fostering its economy; and
WHEREAS, energy efficiency, solar thermal, and photovoltaic installations provide
homeowners with reliable and clean energy, which helps homeowners benefit financially, while
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and local reliance on imported energy; and
WHEREAS, encouraging the adoption of energy efficiency, solar thermal, and
photovoltaic systems will help create green- collar jobs both locally and regionally, and will help
make these technologies less expensive and more accessible by supporting the solar energy
industries globally; and
WHEREAS, the state of California's Solar Initiative has made it a statewide goal of
achieving the development of 3000 megawatts of new solar produced electricity by 2016; and
WHEREAS, under this initiative, the California Energy Commission's New Solar Homes
Partnership has developed a Municipal Took Lit designed specifically to support local
governments in adopting strategies which encourage energy efficiency, solar thermal, and
photovoltaic installations on new homes; and
WHEREAS, a number of cities and counties throughout California have adopted similar
strategies; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of the California Energy Commission's NSHP Municipal Took
Kit as a reference document would not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the
California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ").
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that private residential developers should be
encouraged to install energy efficiency, solar thermal, and photovoltaic systems in their new
home developments whenever feasible; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the city of Carson adopts the
California Energy Commission's NSHP Municipal Tool Kit, as they may be amended from time
to time, as a city reference document and directs city staff to explore incentives to encourage
developers of new residential developments to include energy efficiency, solar thermal, and
photovoltaic systems in the construction projects within the city.
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Resolution No. 09 -141
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 2009.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk Helen S. Ka
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci y ttorney E)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF CARSON
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Mayor Jim Dear
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is five; that the foregoing resolution, being
Resolution No. 09 -141 was duly and regularly adopted by said Council at a regular meeting duly
and regularly held on the 15th day of December, 2009, and that the same was passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Mayor Dear, Davis - Holmes, Gipson and Ruiz -Raber
None
None
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