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Committee reviews Simply Sustainable Framework update, asks for clearer public framing and alignment with other plans
Summary
Denton City staff presented a draft update to the 2020 Simply Sustainable Framework focused on two primary goals — municipal operations and community impact — and committee members asked for clearer public-facing language, alignment with other plans and clarification on unfinished risk and greenhouse-gas work.
Julissa Amador, senior program coordinator in the Environmental Services and Sustainability Department, presented an update to Denton City’s Simply Sustainable Framework on July 25, outlining a draft that reduces the framework to two core goals and seeks alignment with plans adopted since 2020.
The committee was shown that goal 1 is focused on municipal operations — reducing the environmental footprint of city operations, assets and facilities — and goal 2 on community impact, reducing barriers so residents can adopt sustainable behaviors. Amador said the draft is a working document intended to guide planning for the next five years: “we're gonna review the draft that was aimed at backup and receive feedback and talk about next steps,” she said.
Committee members pressed staff to add clearer, public-facing context in the…
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