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Metropolitan Seattle Climate Prosperity Strategy Climate Prosperity Project National Leadership Meeting San Jose, CA February 21, 2009 Coordinating Organizations enterpriseSeattle (formerly the Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County) King County Executive Office Trade Development Alliance Decision-makers Jeff Marcell, Executive Vice President and COO, enterpriseSeattle Jim Lopez, Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management, King County Executive Office Bill Stafford, President, Trade Development Alliance Challenges and Opportunities Economic stimulus Transportation fuel savings Job creation Workforce talent development Greenhouse gas emissions reduction Goals and objectives Electrified fleets - Objective 1: Public and private institutions will collectively purchase PHEV conversion kits and electric vehicles in bulk Infrastructure - Objective 2: Public institutions will maximize the availability and use of park-and-ride facilities for electric vehicle charging infrastructure Legislation - Objective 3: Establish state, regional and municipal policies for electric vehicle-friendly land use and buildings Workforce - Objective 4: Public and private institutions will jointly develop an economic development and workforce plan for the electric vehicle industry Smart grid - Objective 5: Public and private institutions will jointly develop “smart grid” software and hardware Green Savings Transportation fuel savings Individual Aggregate Regional studies by the Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) and national studies by the National Research Council (NRC) have shown that a high percentage of the pollutants reaching our waterbodies are the result of transportation and much of that is related to automobile travel. These pollutants come directly from leaks of fuel and lubricants to the roadway, and indirectly from combustion particles going into the air and then falling back onto the land and then often washed in to waterbodies. Green Opportunities Hybrid Busses TransitOriented Development TeleWork Flexcars Park-NRide PlugIn Stations Green Talent “Teaching government” Apprenticeship programs Clean energy, urban form, smart grid technologies Strategic Planning Process & Actions Underway enterpriseSeattle – “Clean Tech” Cluster King County Executive Action Group on Climate Change Evergreen Fleet Initiative King County Electric Vehicle Report Future Actions State legislation for electric vehicle industry to prosper Spring USDOT Urban Partnership proposal Spring 2009 2009 Federal funding requests 2009 Assets and Advantages Thought leadership and political will Know-how in IT and climate action Track record of leveraging powerful partnerships Cutting edge clean vehicle investments Robust system of universities and community colleges Constellation industries in place Obstacles Relative lack of venture capital in the region State and local governments struggling with budget shortfalls Financing and Resources Potential federal funding In-kind resources from county government / regional public transit agency Public Outreach Clean Vehicles Now! Conference in September 2007 Cascadia Institute annual conferences Advice and Assistance Needed Validation / support of federal funding requests Leverage and coordination of similar regional strategies