RES-10355 Orange Goes Green Program EstablishmentRESOLUTION NO. 10355
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ESTABLISHING THE ORANGE
GOES GREEN PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Orange (the City) is a municipal corporation exercising
governmental functions and powers and organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange recognizes the growing
community awareness and interest in energy and resource efficiency and "green" practices and
building concepts and desires to encourage environmentally responsible practices and
development, meaning the siting, site layout, design, construction, and operations of new
buildings and the alteration and repair of existing buildings to reduce both direct and indirect
environmental consequences associated with construction, retrofitting, use, operation,
maintenance, and eventual decommissioning; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of resource efficient, sustainable building concepts
strategies, and technologies in site planning and building development and in the alteration and
repair of existing buildings has been shown to reduce energy usage, water usage, solid waste
generation, improve the quantity and quality of urban runoff, improve the indoor environment
and air quality for building occupants, and generally reduce overall environmental impacts; and
WHEREAS, by reducing energy and resource consumption through the
implementation of sustainable building concepts, strategies and technologies, scarce resources
are conserved, and operational cost savings over the life of a "green building" can be realized
through reduced utility costs, reduced building maintenance costs, reduced environmental
consequences associated with the eventual decommissioning of a building, and less demand for
City infrastructure expansions and maintenance over time; and
WHEREAS, using natural resources in an efficient way and avoiding unnecessary
waste, natural resource depletion, and environmental degradation is an important community
value and will allow the City to maintain a good quality of life for its residents and businesses
now and in the future; and
WHEREAS, State and Federal laws either already require or are evolving to require
public agencies to address or implement energy and resource efficiency and sustainable
planning and site and building design concepts, including, for example, compliance with the
California Environmental Quality Act, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System,
the rules and regulations of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and compliance
with the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 commencing with
Section 38500 of the California Health and Safety Code) addressing California's greenhouse
gas emissions, and the forthcoming amendment to the California Building Code to include
green building standards and more stringent energy efficiency requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes that the development community is progressively
moving toward sustainable, environmentally responsible building design and construction in
order to respond to government regulation as well as market demand in some sectors; and
WHEREAS, the City has a role in encouraging cost effective and feasible greener
construction and rehabilitation and in setting an example by incorporating resource efficient
and sustainable practices into its own operations and maintenance decisions; and
WHEREAS, for the above mentioned reasons, the City desires to promote and assist
the community in pursuing greener practices and cost effective and feasible greener
construction and rehabilitation projects and desires to provide incentives to facilitate private
sector energy and resource efficient projects through the implementation of a program that
incorporates sustainability strategies while also accommodating desired growth and
development within the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange
as follows:
Section 1. The Orange Goes Green program, as more particularly described on Exhibit
A attached hereto, is hereby approved.
Section 2. The City's Department of Community Development is hereby authorized
and directed to act as the lead department for the implementation of the Orange Goes Green
program.
Section 3. This City Council hereby authorizes and directs the City's Director of
Community Development to form an interdepartmental team of representatives from City
departments to guide, coordinate and implement the Orange Goes Green program over time
and to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this
Resolution.
Section 4. This City Council hereby authorizes and directs staff to begin phased
implementation of the Orange Goes Green program, and return to City Council with
subsequent actions that are necessary to more specifically implement the program, as well as
periodic updates (as necessary) as to program implementation priorities, details, and progress.
ADOPTED this loth day of February, 2009.
ATTEST:
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the loth day of February, 2009, by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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