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Community Climate Action Plan Follow Up
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to provide a report to the Board on follow up activities from the June 21, 2016 meeting for the draft Community Climate Action Plan.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327; Randy Dodd - 919-918-7326; Christina Moon - 919 918- 7325
INFORMATION: On April 26th, 2016, the Board held a Public Hearing on a draft Community Climate Action Plan. In May and June, additional outreach was pursued that indicated general support for the plans recommendation along with support for adding a recommendation that endorses a plant-based diet. At the June 21st meeting, the Board directed staff to prepare the final plan incorporating possible changes including edits to incorporate Board of Aldermen review comments, plant-based diet information submitted as part of public input, and edits to incorporate other public input received. The Board also directed staff to meet with the Task Force to review edits prior to presentation of the final version to the Board of Aldermen, and to report on climate action benefits and implementation timing considerations.
Subsequently, staff has prepared the edits at the direction of the Board and coordinated language for a new recommendation on plant-based diets with Lindsay Paydon and Katherine Kershaw. To address other public input received, staff recommend that the public input summary prepared for the June 21 meeting be included as a new appendix in the draft plan. Staff shared draft edits to the plan with the Task Force and met with the Task Force on November 7th. Staff have also prepared a memo on the benefits of the plan and timing considerations for implementation.
Note that a placeholder is included in the draft plan for Transportation Recommendation #6. This item will be provided to the Board via email as soon as it is finalized. It will also be made available to the pu...
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