Bill 16-57 Resolution in support of a reasonable transition to clean energy for South Bend

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9 r a; irks The South Bend Common Council 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, Room 441 Downtown South Bend, Indiana 46601 574.235.9321 574.235.5567 TDD June 21, 2016 Members of the Common Council 4th Floor County -City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Dear Council Members: Filed in Clerk's Office JUN 21 2016 KAREEMAH FOWLER CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IN The attached proposed resolution is filed in support of continuing to make a reasonable transition to cleaner forms of energy. The City of South Bend has a long history of environmental awareness going back to at least the 1962 City Code which contained regulations for the "Protection of Rivers ". Just some of the more than forty (40) legislative actions taken thereafter on a variety of topics included: • Ordinance No. 5593 -73 passed on October 22, 1973 amending Chapter 13 of the South Bend Municipal Code by the addition of new Article 6 Air Pollution Control prohibiting leaf burning with limited exceptions; • Ordinance No. 5750 -74 passed October 21, 1974 amending Chapter 13, Article 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code by adding new Section 13 -78 prohibiting smoking on buses operated in South Bend; • Ordinance No. 7108 -82 passed on October 11, 1982 creating a 13- member Energy Conservation Commission to help develop long -range energy conservation plans and "foster the conservation of energy "; • Ordinance No. 7597 -86 passed January 27, 1986 establishing new "Waste to Energy Facility Regulations "; • Resolution No. 3705 -07 adopted on July 31, 2007 to utilize a new state law on "Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract" for potential energy savings for the installation of LED traffic lights; • Ordinance No. 10023 -10 passed on July 12, 2010 which created the position of Director of Energy Conservation in the City of South Bend's Municipal Energy Office; • Resolution No. 4158 -12 adopted on February 27, 2012 recommending Stepped -Up Initiatives to Implement More "Best Practices" Emphasizing More Fuel — Efficient Sustainable Programs "; • Resolution No. 4261 -13 adopted June 10, 2013 supporting the Green Roof Initiative for the Century Center; • Resolution No. 4302 -13 adopted on November 25, 2013 which again utilized state law provisions on "Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts" for potential energy savings for the Century Center;