CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
SEVENTEENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. F/S
O-06-34 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
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F/S Amending ROA 1994 to Reserve 3% of the Capital Improvements Program For Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Projects and Include Enterprise Fund Programs in the Energy Set-Aside; Amending the Energy Conservation Council to Clarify the Powers and Duties of the Council and Change the Name of the Council (Benton)
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CREATING A NEW SECTION 2-12-2 ROA 1994 INSERTING DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 2-12-1 ROA 1994 TO RESERVE 3% OF THE GENERAL FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND INCLUDE ENTERPRISE FUND PROGRAMS IN THE ENERGY SET-ASIDE; AMENDING 14-8-5 ROA 1994 RELATING TO THE ENERGY CONSERVATION COUNCIL TO CLARIFY THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL AND CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COUNCIL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Council finds that:
(A) In Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 energy costs comprised an average 27.5 million dollars of the total city budget including the enterprise and general funds.
(B) There is a greater awareness by the citizens of Albuquerque of global warming and its potential impact to the region's quality of life and the importance of conserving energy and using renewable energy to reduce global warming.
(C) The Mayor of Albuquerque, in concert with the City Council, has in four years signed into law and implemented the nation's first municipal capital set-a-side for energy conservation, restarted and strengthened the Energy Conservation Council, signed into policy a comprehensive renewable energy program, initiated an urban tree program partially for the purposes of reducing “heat island effects”, worked to retain and develop the City's renewable energy firms, convened an energy summit to develop realizable goals and objectives for ...
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