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Arvada unveils draft Climate and Sustainability Action Plan with targets, metrics and $900,000 in startup grant
Summary
City staff and the Sustainability Advisory Committee presented a draft Climate and Sustainability Action Plan proposing community targets (40% by 2030; 75% by 2050), 143 strategies and annual action plans; council broadly supported goals and asked for clearer cost-benefit examples and stronger equity measures.
Arvada’s draft Climate and Sustainability Action Plan (CASAP) was presented at a Feb. 10 workshop, with staff and the Sustainability Advisory Committee asking council for feedback on targets, strategy prioritization and implementation steps.
Alex Pray, chair of the Arvada Sustainability Advisory Committee, opened the session with ASAC's letter of support and noted the plan reflects more than two years of committee and staff work. Jacqueline Rhodes, a city staffer, said the workshop’s goal was to gather council feedback so the plan can return to council for formal adoption with revisions.
Senior sustainability coordinator Steven Russell delivered the main presentation, framing the problem and the proposed targets. Russell told council that “the city of Arvada has already decreased community wide GHG emissions by 17% since the 2015 baseline,” and…
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