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Town Council Resolution No. 09-2021 03/31/2021
RESOLUTION NO. 09-2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TIBURON
DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the Town Council of Tiburon is committed to protecting and promoting the health,
safety, and welfare of all of its residents; and its General Plan and Climate Action Plan seek to
ensure the Town’s long-term environmental sustainability and livability; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council agrees with the consensus among climate scientists that climate
and ecological crises threaten the Earth’s climate balance and acknowledges that climate change
impacts virtually every aspect of our lives; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the State Legislature passed SB 32, setting a statewide mandate to reduce
statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, and
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2018, California Governor Brown signed Executive Order B-55-
18 setting a new statewide goal of carbon neutrality (net zero emissions) as soon as possible, and
no later than 2045; and concurrently, the California Senate passed SB 100 setting a 100% clean
electricity goal for the State by 2045; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the 4th Annual National Climate Assessment and California’s 4th Climate
Change Assessment warned that extreme weather and climate-related events in the United States
are worsening, predicting catastrophic damage to the environment, economy and human health,
unless GHG emissions are immediately and dramatically curbed; and
WHEREAS, in September 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-79-20
establishing numerous State goals for zero-emission vehicles, including a target of 100% of in-
state sales of new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, and medium and heavy-duty
vehicles by 2045; and
WHEREAS, an inadequate response to our climate emergency will threaten human life, healthy
communities, and critical infrastructure due to increased economic, environmental, and public
health disruptions; and restoring a safe and stable climate requires an immediate mobilization at
all levels of government and society.
WHEREAS, young people will inherit the legacy of our decisions on climate, and youth are
organizing locally and worldwide to demand and support bold governmental action to halt global
warming, avert the catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis, and restore a safe climate for their
future; and
WHEREAS, humanity can no longer safely emit GHGs and must demand an emergency
mobilization effort to rapidly reduce emissions across all sectors to safely remove excess GHGs
from the atmosphere; to preserve and restore the Earth’s biodiversity on which human life
depends; and to create a clean energy economy; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Tiburon has taken a number of important emission reduction actions,
including installation of solar panels on the roof of Town Hall (2006); adoption of MCE’s 100%
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Deep Green for all municipal accounts (2017); compliance with AB 1236 to streamline EV
infrastructure permitting (2017); adoption of green building requirements above base State
regulations (2008); purchasing and/or leasing electric vehicles for the Town’s fleet; and
formation of an ad-hoc Subcommittee on Sustainability comprised of two Councilmembers to,
among other actions, review the Town’s Climate Action Plan and assess progress in meeting its
goals (2019); and installation of a solar carport at the Police Station (2020); and
WHEREAS, the Town’s actions and State, regional and local efforts reduced Tiburon’s
community-wide GHG emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2018, well beyond statewide
guidance to local governments to reduce emissions 15% by 2020; and
WHEREAS, despite significant actions by the Town of Tiburon and other governmental entities
to reduce GHG emissions, we are currently facing an increasingly urgent climate crisis that
demands dramatic and accelerated action by all levels of government including Federal, State,
County and local municipalities; and
NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, the Town of Tiburon joins the growing number of
jurisdictions in Marin and the Bay Area to declare a climate emergency.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Town sets a climate goal of net zero GHG emissions by
2045 or sooner, and will support actions that are consistent with the Climate Action Plans of the
Town of Tiburon, the County of Marin and the State of California in achieving this common
goal; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Town will update its Climate Action Plan (2011) to
achieve the State’s GHG emission reduction target for 2030 and put the Town on a trajectory to
meet or exceed the State’s carbon neutrality goal for 2045 and shall seek financial resources and
allocate the funds to achieve these goals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Town will include climate issues as a high priority in its
goal-setting processes; give priority to climate mitigation and adaptation when evaluating
existing and future policies and expenditures, planning projects, and allocating resources; and
include potential climate change impacts in the staff report for every policy and action
considered for adoption.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The Town commits to providing outreach, information and
education to the Tiburon community on the urgency of its climate policies and strategies; to
regularly assessing its GHG emission reduction goals, actions, and policies; and to providing
regular progress reports to the public at least annually; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Town of Tiburon joins and will advocate for a nationwide
call to stop and reverse global warming and the ecological and humanitarian crisis threatening
our world.
The foregoing Resolution was adopted at the special meeting of the Tiburon Town Council held
on March 31, 2021 by the following vote:
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Fredericks, Ryan, Thier, Welner
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Kulik
HOLLI THIER, MAYOR
TOWN OF TIBURON
ATTEST:
LEA STEFANI, TOWN CLERK
Mayor Holli Thier (Apr 19, 2021 10:39 PDT)
RESOLUTION 09-2021 Climate Emergency
Resolution
Final Audit Report 2021-04-19
Created:2021-04-08
By:Lea Stefani (lstefani@townoftiburon.org)
Status:Signed
Transaction ID:CBJCHBCAABAAqi4dz4yle-GoyozCCZCAubta9-pWBUG4
"RESOLUTION 09-2021 Climate Emergency Resolution" History
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