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RESOLUTION 15-085
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF MAYORS REGIONAL INDICATORS
INITIATIVE PROGRAM
Motion By: Hedberg Second By: McGuire
WHEREAS, the Regional Council of Mayors ("RCM"), is composed of the mayors of Minneapolis, St. Paul
and 47 municipalities in the developed and developing suburbs. This collaborative partnership
provides a non-partisan platform focused on building action strategies to raise overall
economic competitiveness, accelerate innovation and improve the quality of life in the MSP
region; and
WHEREAS, the Regional Indicators Initiative supported by RCM collects, analyzes, and makes publically
available citywide environmental metrics including energy, water, travel, waste, and
greenhouse gas emissions for Minnesota cities; and
WHEREAS, the five-year plan for the institutionalization of the Regional Indicators Initiative includes: a
peer review of the project's methodology by a third party, the creation of an automated online
database to manage the data, the collection of Regional Indicators data for all metropolitan
area cities and counties, support for cities in using Regional Indicators data to integrate energy
planning into the comprehensive planning process, the establishment of utility repository for
community scale energy data, the collection of Regional Indicators data for all cities and
counties in the state of Minnesota, and the continued public tracking of Regional Indicator data
to measure progress toward city, region, and state-wide goals; and
WHEREAS There is, at present, no stable and dependable funding source to assure the continuance of
this worthy program.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2. The City Council supports the further development of this program so that cities in the metropolitan
area can collect, analyze and make publically available citywide environmental metrics to be used for a
variety of decision making purposes.
3. The City Council supports the identification of a stable and dependable non tax based funding source
for the Regional Indicators Initiative Program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 11th DAY OF MAY, 2015.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
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Frank Boyle Manager