Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing an Agreement between Thurston County, City of Lacey, City of Olympia, and City of Tumwater to support implementation of the 2024 Thurston Climate Mitigation Collaborative Regional Initiatives
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a Resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement between Thurston County, City of Lacey, City of Olympia, and City of Tumwater to support implementation of the 2024 Thurston Climate Mitigation Collaborative Regional Initiatives.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a Resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement between Thurston County, City of Lacey, City of Olympia, and City of Tumwater to support implementation of the 2024 Thurston Climate Mitigation Collaborative Regional Initiatives.
Staff Contact:
Pamela Braff, PhD, Director of Climate Programs, Office of Community Vitality, 360.753.8249
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item
Background and Analysis:
Thurston Climate Mitigation Collaborative
In 2018, Thurston County and the cities of Lacey, Olympia, and Tumwater began working with Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) to develop the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan (TCMP). As part of the first phase of the project, the jurisdiction partners adopted a mutual emissions reduction goal, which is to: Reduce net communitywide greenhouse gas emissions 45% below 2015 levels by 2030 and 85% below 2015 levels by 2050 to ensure that our community does its part to keep the global average temperature from rising more than 2? Celsius (3.6? F) above historic levels.
In 2021, all partner jurisdictions accepted the TCMP as the regional framework to significantly reduce local greenhouse gas emissions and approved a Phase III Interlocal Agreement to move the TCMP into implementation over the next year. Phase III was intended to serve as a bridge year, during which the partners would further develop implementation...
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