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Sample Resolution of Support for Solar Photovoltaic Energy <br /> and the Florida Solar Financing Action Plan: A Menu of Options <br /> WHEREAS, solar photovoltaic energy offers many potential benefits, including lower electricity <br /> costs for homeowners, businesses, and governments; local jobs and economic development; reduced <br /> dependence on imported fuels; and pollution-free electricity generation; <br /> WHEREAS, Florida has the third-highest potential for rooftop solar energy generation in the <br /> United States, but currently ranks 13th in the nation for installed solar capacity; and <br /> WHEREAS, in late 2013, the Go SOLAR Florida team, consisting of Broward, Alachua, Miami- <br /> Dade, Monroe, Orange, and St. Lucie counties, the City of Venice, the Florida Solar Energy Center, and <br /> Florida Atlantic University, received a $2.3 million Rooftop Solar Challenge II grant from the U.S. <br /> Department of Energy to expand the streamlined online solar permitting system developed by Broward <br /> County under an earlier grant award; and <br /> WHEREAS, one of the Rooftop Solar Challenge II grant deliverables is a Florida Solar <br /> Financing Action Plan, exploring the benefits of solar energy and outlining a strategy to improve access <br /> to solar financing in the state of Florida; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Florida Solar Financing Action Plan:A Menu of Options contains a variety of <br /> financing options for homeowners, businesses, and local governments to consider, while recognizing <br /> there is no one-size-fits-all solution for the diverse types of communities, families, and businesses in the <br /> state of Florida; and <br /> WHEREAS, to build support for solar photovoltaic energy generation and awareness of solar <br /> financing options within the state of Florida, the Go SOLAR Florida team is seeking to secure <br /> resolutions of support from all sixty-seven (67) counties in Florida, NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br /> COUNTY, FLORIDA: <br /> Section 1. The Board supports the expansion of solar photovoltaic energy generation in the <br /> state of Florida. <br /> Section 2. The Board welcomes the publication of the Florida Solar Financing Action Plan: <br /> A Menu of Options as a valuable resource for local governments seeking to expand the use of solar <br /> photovoltaic energy in their communities, without specifically endorsing any of the individual options <br /> contained therein. <br /> Section 3. The Board directs County staff to review the Florida Solar Financing Action Plan: <br /> A Menu of Options and determine if any of the options therein should be recommended for <br /> consideration by the Board. <br /> Section 4. The Board encourages all other counties in Florida to adopt this or similar <br /> resolutions supporting solar photovoltaic energy generation and awareness of solar financing options <br /> within the state of Florida. <br /> Section 5. SEVERABILITY. <br /> If any portion of this Resolution is determined by any Court to be invalid, the invalid portion shall <br /> be stricken, and such striking shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Resolution. If any Court <br /> determines that this Resolution, or any portion hereof, cannot be legally applied to any individual(s), <br /> group(s), entity(ies), property(ies), or circumstance(s), such determination shall not affect the <br /> applicability hereof to any other individual, group, entity, property, or circumstance <br /> Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE <br /> This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption. <br /> 251 <br />