LTC 004-2020 CITY OF HALLANDALE RESOLUTION NO. 2019-114M IA M I B EA C H
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 004-2020
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk~
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CITY OF HALLANDALE RESOLUTION NO. 2019-114
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 2019-114, adopted by the Mayor and City
Commission of City of Hallandale on November 20, 2019.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA URGING THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT THE ENERGY INNOVATION AND
CARBON DIVIDEND ACT OF 2019; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City of Hallandale Clerk has requested that a copy of this Resolution be provided to the
Miami Beach Mayor, Commissioners and the City Manager.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 305.673. 7 411.
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1 RESO LUTIO N NO . 2019-114
2 A RESO LUTIO N OF THE M AYO R AND CITY CO MMISSION OF THE
3 CITY OF HA LLA NDA LE BEACH , FLO RID A URGING THE UNITED
4 STATE S CO NGR ESS TO ENA CT THE ENGERGY INNOVATIO N AND
5 CA RBON DIVID END ACT OF 2019; AND PROVIDING FO R AN
6 EF FECTI VE DATE.
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8 WHEREAS, an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a special report on
9 the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels in October 2018 warning that
10 global warming is likely to reach 1.SºC between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the
11 current rate; and
12 WHEREAS, the United Nations climate science body said in a monumental climate report
13 that we have only 12 years left to make massive and unprecedented changes to global energy
14 infrastructure to limit global warming to moderate levels; and
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16 WHEREAS, the United States government released its Fourth Annual Climate
17 Assessment in November 2018 reporting that the impacts of climate change are already being
18 felt in communities across the country, and that more frequent and intense extreme weather and
19 climate-related events, as well as changes in average climate conditions, are expected to
20 continue to damage infrastructure, ecosystems, and social systems that provide essential benefits
21 to communities; and
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23 WHEREAS, conservative estimates by the world's climate scientists state that to achieve
24 climate stabilization and avoid cataclysmic climate change, emissions of greenhouse gases
25 (GHGs) must be brought to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050; and
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27 WHEREAS, presently the environmental, health, and social costs of carbon emissions are
28 not included in prices paid for fossil fuels, but rather these externalized costs are borne directly
29 and indirectly by all Americans and global citizens; and
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31 WHEREAS, to begin to correct this market failure, Congress can enact the Energy
32 Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act to assess a national carbon fee on fossil fuels based on the
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1 amount of CO-, the fuel will emit when burned and allocate the collected proceeds to all U.S.
2 Households in equal shares in the form of a monthly dividend; and
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4 WHEREAS, for efficient administration, the fossil fuels fee can be applied once, as far
5 upstream in the economy as practical, or at the port of entry into the United States; and
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7 WHEREAS, as stated in the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, H.R.
8 763, a national, revenue-neutral carbon fee starting at a relatively low rate of $15 per ton of CO2
9 equivalent emissions and resulting in equal charges per ton of CO2 equivalent emissions potential
10 in each type of fuel or greenhouse gas should be assessed to begin to lower what are now
11 dangerously high CO2 emissions. The yearly increase in carbon fees including other greenhouse
12 gases, shall be at least $10 per ton of CO2 equivalent each year, with the Department of Energy
13 determining whether an increase larger than S10 per ton per year is needed to achieve program
14 goals; and
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16 WHEREAS, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, H.R. 763,
17 specifies that, in order to protect low and middle income citizens from the economic impact of
18 rising prices due to the carbon fee, equal monthly per-person dividend payments shall be made
19 to all American households (½ payment per child under 19 years old) each month from the fossil
20 fuel fees collected. The total value of all monthly dividend payments shall represent 1OO% of the
21 net carbon fees collected per month; and
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23 WHEREAS, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, H.R. 763,
24 encourages market-driven innovation of clean energy technologies and market efficiencies which
25 will reduce harmful pollution and leave a healthier, more stable, and more prosperous nation for
26 future generations; and
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28 WHEREAS, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, H.R. 763, will,
29 after 12 years, lead to a decrease in America's CO2 emissions of 40 percent and an increase in
30 national employment of 2.1 million jobs; and
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32 WHEREAS, border adjustments - carbon content-based tariffs on products imported from
33 countries without comparable carbon pricing, and refunds to our exporters of carbon fees paid -
34 can maintain the competitiveness of U.S. businesses in global markets; and
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2 WHEREAS, a national carbon fee can be implemented quickly and efficiently, and will
3 respond to the urgency of the climate crisis because the federal government already has in place
4 mechanisms, such as the Internal Revenue Service, needed to implement and enforce the fee,
5 and already collects fees from fossil fuel producers and importers; and
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7 WHEREAS, A national revenue-neutral carbon fee would make the United States a leader
8 in mitigating climate change and in the clean energy technologies of the 21st century and would
9 provide incentive to other countries to enact similar carbon fees, reducing global CO2 emissions
10 without the need for complex international agreements, and
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12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
13 OF THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA:
14 SECTION 1. The above "Whereas" clauses are hereby incorporated herein.
15 SECTION 2. That the City Manager or City Clerk, no later than 30 days after passage of this
16 Resolution, shall transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the
17 United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the
18 Senate, to each U.S. Senator and Representative from the State of Florida in the Congress of the
19 United States, and to nearby city and county governments urging that they pass similar
20 resolutions.
21 SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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23 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20" day of November, 2019
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Chair Adams YES
Vice Chair Javellana YES
Director Butler ABSENT
Director Lazarow YES
Director Lima-Taub NO
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