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Planning and sustainability budget highlights community solar, Inner Harbor plans and pending EV grant
Summary
Deputy commissioner Owen Kearney told councilors the planning division is two staff and is advancing a draft climate action plan for summer adoption, a community solar rollout with ~2,000 subscribers (600 wait‑listed), Progress Park improvements and a pending EV charging grant of over $400,000.
Owen Kearney, deputy commissioner for planning and sustainability, told Syracuse councilors the division is two staff and is focused on long‑term planning, policy development and project implementation, including a draft climate action plan with a public comment period the office expects to close in about a week.
Kearney described the community solar program, a partnership with Energy Smart CNY that enables residents and businesses to subscribe and receive a 10–20% reduction on the National Grid portion of monthly bills. “We’ve had just over 2,000 people enrolled. We have about 600 people on a wait…
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