MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
SUBJECT:
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Draft Environmental Sustainability Action Plan - Review Community Feedback
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Receive information on community feedback and proposed changes to the draft Environmental Sustainability Action Plan from the Online Open House, with an opportunity to ask any additional questions on the proposed Plan.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Maxine Whattam, Chief Operating Officer 425-556-2310
Dave Juarez, Public Works Director 425-556-2733
Amanda Balzer, LG, Science and Data Analytics Section Supervisor 425-556-2753
Jenny Lybeck, Environmental Sustainability Program Manager 425-556-2121
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
Background
The Environmental Sustainability Action Plan (ESAP or Plan) creates a 30-year roadmap for Redmond's environmental sustainability work. It was developed through robust stakeholder engagement and builds on the 2014 Climate Action Implementation Plan and Environmental Initiative of the Community Strategic Plan, as well as integrates best practices from climate and sustainability planning documents. The Plan also aligns with the updated King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) Letter of Joint Commitments signed by the Mayor on May 19, 2020.
The draft ESAP (Attachment A) was presented to Council at the July 14, 2020, Study Session. During that meeting, staff and the City's technical consultant reviewed the Plan's key strategies and actions, the monitoring and reporting framework, and the approach to Plan implementation. The July 14, 2020, Study Session staff memo and presentation are included as Attachment B for reference. Councilmembers posed several questions, and Council requested a second Study Session to review the Online Open House feedback and the associated proposed changes to the draft Plan.
Online Open House
After a 10-month stakeholder process to inform the development of the Environmental Sustainabilit...
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