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TO: BOARD OF bUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Mark DeSaulnierCosta
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DATE: September 11, 2001s>- County
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SUBJECT: DRAFT COMPACT FOR A SUSTAINABLE BAY AREA
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
ADOPT Resolution No. 2001/418, endorsing and joining in the overall goal of stakeholder
organizations and civic leaders regarding a new shared local vision rooted in common values
about how the Bay Area can grow in a more sustainable manner, and building a consensus of this
vision through the development and adoption of the Bay Area Alliance Draft Compact that can
become the foundation for implementation actions by both the public and private sector at the
local, regional, state and national levels.
BACKGROUND:
The Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development is a multi-stakeholder coalition established in
1997 to develop and implement a sustainability action plan for the Bay Area. The Bay Area
Alliance has embraced the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development
definition of sustainable development as the ability "...to meet the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
For the past three years, Bay Area Alliance members -- public and private sector leaders who
represent the environment, equity, the economy, government, and other interests -- and many
other participants, have worked collaboratively to craft a Draft Compact for a Sustainable Bay
Area. The Draft Compact identifies key regional challenges and recommends a package of ten
strategic commitments to meet those challenges and put the Bay Area on a more sustainable path.
The Bay Area Alliance is committed to facilitating a region-wide dialogue on how the region can
grow in a more sustainable manner, and to taking actions commensurate with achieving that goal.
In all its activities and deliberations, the Bay Area Alliance is employing e-vision, integrating the
essential three E's of sustainability in order to achieve and maintain a prosperous .economy,
quality Environment, and social equity.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
ACTION OF BOARD ON r APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED 0?1W4L-
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ��/ � ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISO N THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
HN S TEN,CLERK OF THE OARD OF
CC: Supervisor DeSaulnier UPERVISORS COUNTYADMINISTRATOR
County Administrator
COMMUNITY Development Dept BY ,DEPUTY
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Resolution on September 11, 2001 by the following vote: L
AYES: SUPERVISORS GIOIA, GERBER, DESAULNIER, GLOVER
and UILKEMA
NOES: NONE y>.,
ABSENT: NONE cooiz
ABSTAIN: NONE
Subject: DRAFT COMPACT FOR A ) Resolution Na 2441/418
SUSTAINABLE BAY AREA)
Wl-IEREAS, Contra Costa County's economy, environmental resources, cultural amenities,
educational institutions and diversity of the population make this region a unique and special
place; and
WI EREAS, the entire Bay Area is undergoing rapid changes and facing serious challenges; and
WHEREAS, traffic Congestion, long commutes and overburdened transit systems, the lack of
sufficient housing and skyrocketing housing costs, loss of open space, declining neighborhoods,
air and water pollution, and the increasingly inequitable distribution of the benefits of our
economy are interrelated problems that require integrated solutions; and
W1EREAS, sustaining the region's environment and economy in a way that ensures equity for all
residents, requires innovative thinking and "e-vision" -- a balanced, integrated, inclusive,
collaborative approach; and
WHEREAS, e-vision is a vision of the future that integrates the Three Es of Sustainable
Development: prosperous eron�, quality envimnment and social equity. "e-vision" is
inclusive of all stakeholders and celebrates the region's diverse social, environmental and
economic strengths; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development is a multi-stakeholder coalition
established in 1997 to develop and implement a sustainability action plan for the Bay Area; and
W1 AREAS, the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development defines sustainable development
as the ability "...to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs;" and
WHEREAS, the overall goal of the Bay Area Alliance Draft Compact is to reach consensus
among a critical mass of stakeholder organizations and civic leaders regarding a new shared vision
rooted in common values about how the region can grow in a more sustainable manner;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
joins the overall goal of stakeholder organizations and civic leaders regarding a new shared local
vision rooted in common values about how the region can grow in a more sustainable manner,
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County endorses
and joins in building a consensus of a new shared vision through the development and adoption of
the Bay Area Alliance Draft Compact that can become the foundation for implementation actions
by both the public and private sector at the local, regional, state and national levels.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action
taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on
the date shown:
ATTESTED: September 11,2001
JOHN SWEE Clerk of the B d of Supervisors and County
Administrat
Introduced by Supervisor DeSaulnier By - Deputy