SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31933

• Record No: Res 31933
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/21/2020
• Title: A RESOLUTION expanding the requirements for the Summary and Fiscal Note that accompanies new legislation so that it also considers impacts of climate change.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Proposed Substitute Resolution, 3. Substitute Att A - Summary and Fiscal Note, 4. Substitute Att B - Redlined Summary and Fiscal Note, 5. Signed Resolution 31933, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2020	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/21/2020	2	City Council	adopted	Pass
9/11/2020	1	Governance and Education Committee	adopt as amended	Pass
2/18/2020	1	City Council	referred
2/13/2020	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
1/31/2020	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION expanding the requirements for the Summary and Fiscal Note that accompanies new legislation so that it also considers impacts of climate change.
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WHEREAS, the Seattle City Charter highlights not only fiscal responsibility but also the importance of the environment with its preamble stating, "the People of the City of Seattle enact this Charter as the Law of the City for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the health, safety, environment, and general welfare of the people;...to provide for transparency, accountability, and ethics in governance and civil service; to foster fiscal responsibility; to promote prosperity and to meet the broad needs for a healthy, growing City;" and
WHEREAS, climate change is a defining crisis of our times, calling for urgent and decisive action by governments, businesses, and individuals; and
WHEREAS, in June 2013, the City Council ("Council") adopted, with the Mayor concurring, Resolution 31447 adopting the Seattle Climate Action Plan, establishing the goal that Seattle reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 Seattle Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, published in February 2019, found that total greenhouse gas emissions in Seattle rose by one percent between 2014 and 2016, and that in order to achieve the goals of the Climate Action Plan, Seattle's emissions reductions rate needs to increase by a factor of seven; and
WHEREAS, in August 2019, the Council recognized the need for more immediate action to decrease greenhouse gas emissions through the adoption of Resolution 31895, calling for a Green New Deal for Seattle and establishing a goal for Seattle to be free of climate pollutants by 2030; and
WHEREAS, in response to Executive Order 2018-01, the Office of Sustainability and Environment ("OSE"), in collaboration with select departments, is developing policy and implementation guidance for assessing the greenhouse gas e...