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Environment Board urges CARP as comp‑plan backbone, calls for measurable goals and tree‑canopy action
Summary
The Environment Board urged the Land Use Commission to adopt the city’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) as the foundation for the comp plan’s environment chapter and to embed measurable mitigation and resilience goals across the entire document.
Katarina Topalov, member of the Environment Board and chair of the city’s CARP Implementation Task Force, told the Land Use Commission that Envision Evanston must adopt the Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) as a foundational element and bake mitigation, resilience and environmental equity into each chapter.
Topalov summarized climate trends relevant to Evanston: she said regional average temperatures have already increased about 1.5°F and cited climate projections of a 7–12°F rise by century’s end. She highlighted stormwater and intense…
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