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Climate Action Plan (CAP) draft survey

The Climate Action Plan (CAP) is being developed to be a long-range guide to the City. Thank you for taking a few minutes to complete this survey to help us gauge support and interest in the actions for the next one to three years as well as overall support for the CAP.

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* 1. Build a one-stop-shop webpage on the city’s website. This will be a site dedicated to the CAP, providing resources for residents and business leaders to take action, sign-up for volunteer opportunities, event registration, as well as CAP progress and success updates.

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* 2. Complete an assessment of city assets for carbon reducing opportunities, including:
  • Fleet assessment of all city-owned vehicles
  • Building benchmarking and asset management study
  • Solar site analysis for rooftop and ground-mount opportunities

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* 3. A carbon-free city will need to plan for the elimination of fossil fuels in the community, including how to work with community members on fuel switching strategies and to think strategically about future infrastructure changes for natural gas and transportation fuels (e.g., gasoline). The city’s internal climate team should begin to think about long-term strategies to transition to clean energy with minimal disruption.

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* 4. Identify opportunities for on-site renewables to achieve the 10% in-boundary generation goal.
  • Complete a solar and wind analysis to determine how much renewable energy could be generated locally
  • Determine the amount of community solar garden subscriptions and green power purchases (Renewable*Connect) needed to support the goal
  • Add at least 1 MW of renewable energy within the community boundary by 2021

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* 5. There is enormous potential to store carbon in trees, plants, and soils. This plan identified tree planting as a priority for the community to not only store carbon, but to provide additional co-benefits that come with increased canopy coverage.
  • Establish annual tree planting goals and identify priority areas in the community for accelerated tree planting and replacement
  • Create a community-wide tree planting event
  • Work with volunteers to enhance the existing volunteer tree planting program
  • Dedicate at least $2/per resident to the city’s annual forestry program

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* 6. Collaborate with Partners in Energy staff, the Energy Task Force, and EQC to execute shared building energy action items, particularly those that address large energy consumers and low-income households; implement Jump Start actions from Energy Subcommittee Report.

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* 7. Please indicate your level of overall support for the Climate Action Plan draft.

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* 8. Please provide any additional comments (maximum of 100 words)

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* 9. OPTIONAL: Please provide your contact information to stay informed about the Climate Action Plan.

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