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Council adopts 2025 Environmental Sustainability Action Plan, delays city-operations carbon neutrality target to 2040
Summary
Redmond City Council approved Resolution 1616 adopting the 2025 Environmental Sustainability Action Plan by voice vote 6-0. Supporters emphasized community outreach; critics urged stronger interim targets and questioned the shift in the city-operations carbon-neutral timeline from 2030 to 2040.
The Redmond City Council voted unanimously Dec. 2 to adopt the 2025 Environmental Sustainability Action Plan (ESAP) as part of the consent agenda (Resolution 1616).
Public commenters presented divergent views ahead of the vote. Chong Chen, executive director of the United Hub, urged approval and described a six-month outreach effort with focus groups and multilingual events to gather input…
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