1. Metropolitan Seattle Climate Prosperity Strategy Climate Prosperity Project National Leadership Meeting San Jose, CA February 21, 2009

2. Coordinating Organizations  enterpriseSeattle (formerly the Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County)  King County Executive Office  Trade Development Alliance

3. 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

4. Challenges and Opportunities  Economic stimulus  Transportation fuel savings  Job creation  Workforce talent development  Greenhouse gas emissions reduction

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Green Opportunities Flexcars Park-N- Ride Plug- In Stations Transit- Oriented Development Hybrid Busses Tele- Work

8. Green Talent  “Teaching government”  Apprenticeship programs  Clean energy, urban form, smart grid technologies

9. 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

10. Future Actions State legislation for electric vehicle industry to prosper  Spring 2009 USDOT Urban Partnership proposal  Spring 2009 Federal funding requests  2009

11. 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

12. Obstacles  Relative lack of venture capital in the region  State and local governments struggling with budget shortfalls

13. Financing and Resources  Potential federal funding  In-kind resources from county government / regional public transit agency

14. Public Outreach  Clean Vehicles Now! Conference in September 2007  Cascadia Institute annual conferences

15. Advice and Assistance Needed  Validation / support of federal funding requests  Leverage and coordination of similar regional strategies