Drafter
Clerk 08/26/2010
Title
A MOTION establishing the King County council's support for eco-industrial districts and establishing King County's willingness to partner with other jurisdictions, nonprofit organizations, labor and businesses to develop eco-industrial districts and sustainable communities.
Body
WHEREAS, eco-industrial districts help create sustainable communities by using waste byproducts, maximizing resources, promoting green job creation, demonstrating commitments by manufacturers to apply sustainable practices, and creating livable communities by enhancing public transit and affordable workforce housing, and adding recreational amenities, and
WHEREAS, an eco-industrial district can vary in size, from a few properties to a large industrial community, within which manufacturers located in close proximity utilize waste products from one firm as an input resource for a neighboring firm, and where workforce housing, recreation and public transit are located nearby, and
WHEREAS, the city of Seattle has undertaken a 2010 economic recovery strategy that includes developing an eco-industrial district program, among other efforts to support green industries, ensure a supportive regulatory structure for business, and support transportation, job training and education investments along with new public safety and urban development strategies, and
WHEREAS, King County manages regional utilities including transit, solid waste and wastewater treatment and could potentially coordinate and facilitate the use of these resources in partnership with other entities to help develop eco-industrial districts, and
WHEREAS, resources, otherwise thought of as waste products or byproducts of utilities management, including, but not limited to, heat from wastewater trunk lines, treated wastewater effluent, mixed municipal waste and solid waste recyclables, can be viable commodities for eco-industrial districts that manage and use a variety of resources, and
WHEREAS...

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