Charlotte (NC) Mayor Patrick McCrory, Chair
May 29, 2006

Resolution #57: Recapitalizing The State Revolving Fund (Srf) Loan Programs Annually To Help Communities Improve Water Infrastructure And Meet Federal Water Mandates urges Congress to annually approve recapitalization authorizations to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund at $1.355 billion or more, and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund at $850 million or more as well as substantially increasing the authorized levels for both Funds.

Resolution #58: Increasing Local Government Activities To Help Communities Conserve Municipal Water Supplies urges cities to benchmark current levels of municipal water consumption, set goals for water use reduction; implement ordinances, policies and/or regulations that promote water conservation, water reclamation, water reuse and water recycling and urges Congress to enact “The Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2003” and its goal to develop a comprehensive water strategy to ensure a dependable and adequate water supply for the next 50 years.

Resolution #59:Promoting “Green” Infrastructure In The Nation’s Communities urges Congress to provide incentives and funding mechanisms to encourage green infrastructure strategies and approaches for municipal infrastructure improvement projects and encourages mayors to implement local programs and local incentives to increase the amount of green infrastructure within their own communities.

Resolution #50: Adopting the “2030 Challenge” for City Buildings calls on The U.S. Conference of Mayors to increase the fossil-fuel reduction standard for all new buildings to carbon neutral by 2030, in the following increments: 60 percent in 2010, 70 percent in 2015, 80 percent in 2020, 90 percent in 2025 and Carbon-neutral by 2030 (meaning new buildings will use no fossil fuel Green House Gas emitting energy to operate) and urges mayors from around the nation to join this effort by developing plans to fully implement the above mentioned targets as part of their procurement process and by establishing policies to insure compliance and measure results.

Resolution #51: Encourages the Use of Landfill Gas-to-Recovery Technologies endorses landfill gas collection and gas-to-energy initiatives and urges the mayors from across the nation to support federal and state legislative incentives to support further development of landfill gas-to-energy technologies and their use.