CC Resolution 10798
RESOLUTION NO. 10798
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
AUTHORIZING THE ACTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO
THE BAY AREA GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM
TO ACHIEVE GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION
FOR THE CITY OF CAMPBELL COMMUNITY CENTER
WHEREAS, the City of Campbell recognizes and values the importance of
greening City services as a means of contributing to the environmental health;
and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area Green Business Program recognizes voluntary
environmental improvement of businesses and government agencies' operations;
and
WHEREAS, approximately 1,000 businesses and public agencies have been
approved since 1996, and the participation in the program has increased by more
than thirty-five percent each year for the last three years; and
WHEREAS, the Green Business Application and checklist is the standard
required for certification; and
WHEREAS, various mitigating measures for operations are included within the
Application and Checklist, and the program requires that a minimum amount of
those measures be implemented; and
WHEREAS, mitigating measures fall under the following four categories: Solid
Waste Reduction & Recycling, Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, and
Pollution Prevention.
WHEREAS, staff review of the Green Business Application and Checklist
showed that the Campbell community Center already has implemented and
outperformed the required amount of conservation and pollution mitigation
measures; and
WHEREAS, the Green Program also requires the adoption of other related
environmental and business practices and policies in addition to the required
conservation and pollution measures; and
WHEREAS, the Green Business Program's additional measures include the City
performing an assessment of solid wastes, conducting energy and water use
audits, assessing the facility to identify potential sources of pollutants and ways
to reduce them, and adopting other more general policy measures; and
WHEREAS, those more general policy measures include the tracking and
posting of water, energy, and hazardous waste generation, as well as providing
incentives and training opportunities to encourage management and employee
participation in the Green Business Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Campbell that the Acting Community Development Director is hereby authorized
to submit an application to the Bay Area Green Business Program to achieve
Green Business Certification for the City of Campbell Community Center;
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of August, 2007, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Kennedy, Hernandez, Low, Burr, Furtado
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS
None
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
None
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