REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: April 22, 2020 Report No. DEV-20-021
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Tricia deMacedo, Planner 2 and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Review of the Esquimalt Climate Emergency Response Report
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council:
1. receive the Esquimalt Climate Emergency Response Report as attached to Staff Report No. DEV-20-021 for information;
2. refer the Report to the Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) for review and comments; and
3. direct staff to prepare a staff report for Council consideration incorporating the comments from the EAC and outlining the feasibility and cost implications associated with implementing the Report's recommendations.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Climate Action Charter
Climate Emergency Declaration 2019.
Official Community Plan
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Develop and implement strategies that reduce impact on the environment consistent with our Climate Action Charter goals.
BACKGROUND:
In October of 2019, Council directed staff to prepare a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Climate Action Planning Project in accordance with an approved Terms of Reference. Community Energy Association (CEA) was selected as the successful bidder, and the organization has begun work on the project. The first deliverable for the Climate Action Planning Project is the Climate Emergency Response Report (Appendix A). As stated in the Terms of Reference, this Report was to meet the following objective: "To provide short term, immediate actions, that can be funded from existing budgets or grants, to begin addressing the climate emergency."
Community Energy Association (CEA) was asked to identify a minimum of 5 key actions that could be implemented within the 2020 budget cycle to address Council's climate emergency motion. Actions were required to be easily implementable, with low or no cost, in a short time frame. The actions could be primarily relat...
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