Title:
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Update on Mayors' Commission on Climate Change Recommendations
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File ID: 2020-01333
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
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Receive an update and provide direction.
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Contact: Jennifer Venema, Interim Climate Action Lead, (916) 808-1859; Hector Barron, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-2669, Office of the City Manager
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Presenter: Jennifer Venema, Interim Climate Action Lead, (916) 808-1859, Office of the City Manager
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Updates on Priority Commission Actions
3-Status and Preliminary Resource Estimates for Year 1 Commission Projects
4-Slow Streets Options
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On August 25, 2020, the City Council received a presentation on the Mayors' Commission on Climate Change (Commission) and its recommendations to achieve carbon zero by 2045. The motion included ten actions for the City to advance urgent efforts for climate change. To operationalize several key recommendations, the City Council passed Motion No. 2020-0226, providing direction to the City Manager and staff. In the forty-five days after that discussion, the City Manager and staff completed several key actions prioritized in the motion. During the City Council meeting on October 27, 2020, the Mayor asked the City Manager to provide a status update to the City Council at a Council meeting in November. This report serves as an update on status, approach, and next steps.
The ten actions called for in Motion No. 2020-0226 provide an important starting point for the City to advance urgent climate change efforts. A summary of progress for the ten actions is provided in Attachment 2, including options for the 'Slow Streets' initiative in Attachment 4. Staff also continue to evaluate and implement other Commission recommendations, including identification of costs and resources needed. A summary of status and resource estimates for Year 1 Commission recommendations is avai...
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