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REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE – INSTITUTIONALIZATION <br />Whereas, the Regional Council of Mayors (“RCM”), is composed of the mayors of Minneapolis, St. Paul <br />and 47 municipalities in the developed and developing suburbs. The collaborative partnership provides <br />a non-partisan platform focused on building action strategies to raise overall economic competitiveness, <br />accelerate innovation and improve the quality of life in the MSP region; and <br />Whereas, the Regional Indicators Initiative collects, analyzes, and makes publically available citywide <br />environmental metrics (energy, water, travel, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions) for Minnesota <br />cities; and <br />Whereas, the five-year plan for the institutionalization of the Regional Indicators Initiative includes: a <br />peer review of the project’s methodology by a third party, the creation of an automated online database <br />to manage the data, the collection of Regional Indicators data for all metropolitan area cities and <br />counties, support for cities in using Regional Indicators data to integrate energy planning into the <br />comprehensive planning process, the establishment of a utility repository for community scale energy <br />data, the collection of Regional Indicators data for all cities and counties in the state of Minnesota, and <br />the continued public tracking of Regional Indicators data to measure progress toward city-, region-, and <br />state-wide goals; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that as elected leaders representing cities in Minnesota’s fast- <br />growing 11-county metropolitan region, we hereby declare that we support the planned <br />institutionalization of the Regional Indicators Initiative. <br />______________________________ ______________________________ <br />Jerome O. Faust St. Anthony Village <br />Mayor <br />______________________________ <br />Signature <br />Adopted city council resolution: 15-035 <br /> April 28, 2015 <br />61