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Lakewood staff details new natural environment and climate program; advisory team to be convened
Summary
Staff told the Lakewood Planning Commission Oct. 1 that consultants have been contracted and initial funding secured to begin a Natural Environment and Climate Change program that will include a climate advisory team and an urban forestry effort.
Lakewood planning staff briefed the Planning Commission Oct. 1 on the new Natural Environment and Climate Change (NECC) program and said consultants have been engaged and funding identified to begin program work, including forming a climate advisory team and developing a 10-year implementation plan.
Tiffany Spear, planning staff, summarized the NECC program as a consolidation of existing city goals and initiatives — including the 2021 climate action plan, an urban forest assessment, and a heat-watch report — into a single program to coordinate work across departments. Spear said the program will develop a 10-year implementation plan and a 3- to 5-year work plan, and will include an urban forestry component…
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