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Delray Beach presents draft strategies for climate action plan, seeks public feedback
Summary
Ken Edwards, the city’s sustainability officer, outlined draft strategies across six plan sections — energy; green infrastructure; water; waste; transportation; and climate resilience — and said a draft will go to the commission in April. The city solicited public input via a survey that drew more than 350 responses.
Ken Edwards, sustainability officer for the City of Delray Beach, presented draft strategies Friday as the city advances a climate action plan and invited community feedback via a QR code link to a public comment page.
Edwards said the city has worked for about two years on the plan, including a greenhouse gas inventory and outreach. “We got more than 350 responses and more than 80% of the responses indicated they believe a climate action plan addressing certain key issues was an important thing for the city to do,” he said.
The presentation organized strategies into six sections: energy and built environment; green infrastructure and natural environment; water; waste; transportation; and climate resilience. Edwards said the plan will embed equity and outreach considerations into each section rather than creating a separate equity chapter.
On energy and the built environment, Edwards outlined measures ranging from energy savings performance contracting (ESPC) — described as 15- to 20-year agreements that finance building…
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