Resolution No. 6724RESOLUTION NO. 6724
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING LOCAL CONTROL OF ENERGY SOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, California's energy policies are critical to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and reducing the impact of climate change on our citizens; and
WHEREAS, the state legislature and state agencies are increasingly proposing new
legislation and regulations eliminating choice of energy by mandating technologies to power
buildings and public and private fleets, including transit and long-haul trucking, as a strategy
to achieve the state's climate goals; and
WHEREAS, clean, affordable and reliable energy is crucial to the material health,
safety and well-being of Cypress residents, particularly the most vulnerable, who live on fixed
incomes, including the elderly and working families who are struggling financially; and
WHEREAS, the need for clean, affordable and reliable energy to attract and retain
local businesses, create jobs and spur economic development is vital to our city's success in
a highly competitive and increasingly regional and global marketplace; and
WHEREAS, Cypress, its residents and businesses value local control and the right to
choose the policies and investments that most affordably and efficiently enable them to
comply with state requirements; and
WHEREAS, building and vehicle technology mandates eliminate local control and
customer choice, suppress innovation, reduce reliability and unnecessarily increase costs for
Cypress residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City understands that relying on a single energy delivery system
unnecessarily increases vulnerabilities to natural and man-made disasters, and that a
diversity of energy delivery systems and resources contribute to greater reliability and
community resilience; and
WHEREAS, Cypress understands the need to mitigate the impacts of climate change
and is committed to doing its part to help the state achieve its climate goals, but requires the
flexibility to do so in a manner that best serves the needs of its residents and businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cypress,
hereby supports balanced energy solutions that provide it with the decision-making authority
and resources needed to achieve the state's climate goals and supports proposed state
legislation and regulation that retains local control by allowing all technologies and energy
resources that can power buildings and fuel vehicles, and also meet or exceed emissions
reductions regulations.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular meeting
held on the 25th day of March, 2019.
MAYOR 0 H CIT OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the
25th day of March, 2019, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Morales, Peat, Yarc, Johnson and Berry
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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