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Climate and Environmental Sustainability Committee outlines 2024 work and 2025 priorities
Summary
The committee reported on its 2024 activity and described 2025 priorities including supporting the Climate Action and Resilience Plan review, tree canopy concerns tied to the Lower Lake project, a proposed city compost drop-off program and informal coordination on a future master tree plan.
John Barber and Bill Hanahan, presenting for the Climate and Environmental Sustainability Committee (CESC), told the Municipal Services and Environmental Sustainability Committee that the CESC met regularly in 2024 and is finalizing a draft annual report; they said the report will return to the committee after members’ edits are complete.
Barber said the CESC met eight or nine times in 2024 and has been a resource to staff for the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) review. “The work that was done by the committee is excellent,” one member said of the CESC’s review of the draft plan. Committee members said they prioritized community engagement to avoid a…
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