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( ATTACHMENT D Central Services Administration City of Eugene 777 Pearl St., Rm 105 MEMORANDUM Eugene, Oregon ~7401 (541) 682-5049 (541) 682-5414 FAX www,ci.eugene.or.us Date: February 9, 2005 To: Mayor Piercy and City Council From: Jim Carlson, 682-5524 Assistant City Manager Subject: Update on Sustainability Activities Introduction In February of 2000, the City Council adopted Resolution #4618, A Resolution Adopting a Definition and Statement of Intent Regarding the Application of Sustainability Principles to the City of Eugene. This resolution commits the City to promoting a sustainable future that meets today's needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and accepts its responsibility to: · Support a stable, diverse and equitable economy · Protect the quality of the air, water, land and other natural resources · Conserve native vegetation, fish, wildlife habitat and other ecosystems · Minimize human impacts on local, regional and worldwide ecosystems The resolution also included a set of sustainability principles intended to guide the development of policies and strategies and the provision of City services. This memo summarizes some of the activities that have been taken to implement Resolution #4618 and the concept of sustainability in the management and provision of City services. In 2004, the City contracted with Good Company to do a review of the City's efforts around the issue of sustainability. Good Company assisted in the production of a brochure entitled, "The City of Eugene and Sustainability." This brochure has been used to provide information to the public to increase community awareness. The City has undertaken many initiatives to implement specific sustainability practices throughout the city's operations. As we have tried to evaluate our efforts through the Good Company review and staff education on this topic, we recognize that we have been more successful in our environmental stewardship efforts than in the efforts around sustainable economic development or social equity. We are now beginning to understand some of the other dimensions of sustainability and staff is committed to focusing more attention on the other aspects of sustainability. The material which follows represents an update of recent activities related to the issue of sustainability. While compiling this update, it became clear that there was more going on at the City than could be covered in a single work session. We plan to have additional sessions on specific topics as time is available on future council agendas.