AGENDA DATE: 10/7/2020
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Final Phase 1 Climate Action Plan
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Staff requests that the Board adopt the Phase 1 Climate Action Plan.
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Henry, Stewart, Harper, Lowe
PRESENTER (S): Greg Harper
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: At its September 6, 2017 meeting, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution reaffirming the County's commitment to climate action and directed staff to develop a Climate Action Plan. Staff have been engaged in climate action planning work - in collaboration with partners, stakeholders, and interested members of the public - since that time. On October 16, 2019 the Board passed a resolution establishing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Staff introduced a draft Climate Action Plan to the public this past spring and presented the draft Plan to the Board on June 17.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Climate Action Planning: Develop/implement phase one of the Climate Action plan to include high level goals & strategies focused around climate protection & resiliency to locally address climate change. Through budget process, develop recommendations for near-term implementation plans 1 following adoption of the phase one climate action plan.
DISCUSSION: As a local government, Albemarle County has a critical role in mitigating climate change through shifting its own operations to be more sustainable and - as importantly - by creating more sustainable choices for everyone who lives in, works in, and visits the County. The County efforts related to climate change to date should be considered the beginning of a permanent, adaptive program that will be critical to adequately addressing the threat of long-term global climate change.
The Climate Action Plan presented here (Attachment A) is the culmination of the first phase of the County's climate action planning process. The primary ...
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