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Home My WebLink AboutItem 5: Approval of Sustainability Commission Amended Work Plan ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Approval of Sustainability Commission Amended Work Plan Meeting Date: November 28, 2011 Agenda Item Number: 5 Department: Central Services Staff Contact: Babe O’Sullivan www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5017 ISSUE STATEMENT This is an action item to approve the Sustainability Commission Amended Work Plan. The Sustainability Commission submitted a work plan to the City Council on October 19, 2011. The council requested changes to the work plan prior to approval. BACKGROUND The Sustainability Commission submitted its FY 12 work plan to the council in a work session on October 19, 2011. The work plan included an item that stated “support rental housing code revisions for energy efficiency.” In addition, the work plan directed the commission to “articulate economic benefits and implications.” After some discussion, the council passed a motion “to request changes to the work plan before approval, specifically the item referencing the Rental Housing Code.” The work plan has been amended to reflect the changes discussed in the council work session. The first item regarding energy efficiency has been changed to read “encourage energy efficiency when addressing health and safety issues in the rental housing program.” The second item substitutes the phrase “economic impacts” in place of “economic benefits and implications.” COUNCIL OPTIONS The council may: 1. Approve the work plan as amended 2. Request changes to the work plan before approval CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends approval of the amended work plan. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to approve the Sustainability Commission FY12 work plan as amended. S:\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M111128\S1111285.doc ATTACHMENTS A.Sustainability Commission Amended Work Plan FOR MORE INFORMATION Staff Contact: Babe O’Sullivan Telephone: 682-5017 Staff E-Mail: babe.osullivan@ci.eugene.or.us S:\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M111128\S1111285.doc ATTACHMENTA SCFY12W USTAINABILITY OMMISSION ORK PLAN Nov. 18, 2011 Introduction The work of the Eugene Sustainability Commission for FY 12 reflects a renewed focus on important themes carried forward from recent years. With major land use and transportation initiatives still taking shape, the commission will be looking at how to integrate these initiatives to meet the sustainability goals adopted by Council. Those goals specific to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel use as well as adaptation to changing climate and rising energy prices are embodied in the Community Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP) approved by Council in 2010. Effective planning for the impacts of climate change and energy volatility provides a unifying framework for the commission and this will guide its oversight of implementation efforts. Priority will be given to the decisions Council must make on such high-level initiatives as Envision Eugene, the Transportation System Plan and EmX. The commission’s role in the coming year will be to reinforce the importance of goals Council has set and the need to be faithful to those goals in the policy decisions that are made. The commission can assist by highlighting the connections between policy decisions and the implications for reaching sustainability goals. There are also important building blocks that may not involve Council decisions but deserve commission attention such as:  Implementation of 20 minute neighborhoods  Role of bike/pedestrian travel in land use and transportation decisions and policies  Regional planning issues and sustainability initiatives  Integrated Electric Resource Plan (IERP) Communication efforts are vital to the success of the commission’s work, both in advising Council and city staff and informing the Eugene community. The commission aims to align its communication efforts to the work plan themes for FY 12. New assignments will be made for commission liaisons with attention to community groups related to work plan activities. The commission also plans to provide more frequent feedback to Council by offering comments during public hearings and forums. The commission also recognizes the importance of collaboration with other commissions, community organizations and partners. Stronger working relationships will be sought with the following groups:  Human Rights Commission (HRC)  Transportation Community Resource Group (TCRG)  Coordinated Land Use and Transportation Action Committee (CLUTAC)  Neighborhood Leaders Council (NLC)  EWEB  Metropolitan Policy Committee The matrix on the next page calls out the intersection of primary commission activities and the focus areas for the coming year. Activities include providing policy advice and communication, engaging in outreach, education and collaboration, focusing on equity considerations, and articulating the economic benefits and implications of major policy decisions. Work Plan Matrix: Focus Areas and Activities Types of activities in the rows Topic areas in the columns EmX 20 min Pedestrian/Bicycle Regional IERP / CEAP Food Security Triple Bottom Neighborhoods Master Plan Planning Line framework Policy Advice & Review proposed Input to Planning Review PBMP and TSP: consider Develop policy Propose a new Food Security Meet with city staff th West 11 EmX Commission and develop regional relevance level guidance Policy for Eugene based on Food to monitor Communication corridor plan and Council on how to recommendations for to local decisions for CEAP Security Scoping Plan application (CC) synthesize enhance 20 min. improvement implementation recommendations to Neighborhoods TSP: include Pursue Creative City Council. Input to Council: CEAP goals and Review and Commons license Allocation of Planning, importance of metrics comment on and disseminate Coordinate with Transportation, bike/pedestrian modes in Draft IERP TBL tool to CLUTAC. Economic Development TSP, regional plans SC/CLUTAC municipalities and Parks resources participation in Input to Council: PBMP STARS training supports Envision Eugene, CEAP Outreach, Review current NLC/NLCCS BPAC-SC Input on Support Energy Participate in the Local Food Develop list of outreach efforts and collaboration communication relationship of Performance Connection conference (co-opportunities to Education & make Eugene TSP to Score (EPS) sponsor or co-facilitate) publicize TBL Collaboration recommendations, “Roadshow” to NLC/NLCCS regional TSP summit program in including partners to interested groups collaboration – Eugene endorse/collaborate recommendations to Recommendation Develop Meet with businesses Council to Council: position/talking Explain TBL and developers to message to LCOG points for decision process assess Coordinate support with on importance of Automatic to neighborhood feasibility/barriers local bicycle and regional Metering groups pedestrian groups sustainability Infrastructure Op-Ed to local (AMI) newspapers/publications Equity Joint statement with Develop joint Work with advocates to Identify and Support rental Assessment of food Work with HRC to HRC on statement/talking points improve equity/access in advocate for equity housing code needs/shortages working with get input on TBL transportation equity with HRC PBMP, provide related considerations in revisions for Food for Lane County, others data to Council regional planning energy efficiency Showcase diversity, criteria Encourage community participation Support safe facilities for energy efficiency those with mobility Identify equity when addressing issues aspects of the TSP health and safety issues in the rental housing program Articulate Review economic Recruit business Obtain data on Identify economic TBL analysis: TBL analysis: promoting local Create committee benefits impacts. organizations to costs/benefits of active benefits impacts AMI (to be organic food to determine economic Articulate those in promote transportation from concurrent completed by production/processing/distribution economic benefits benefit & human terms. Testify local and regional EWEB) and implications implications at key hearings Communicate benefits planning TBL analysis: proposed Food of impacts from impacts impacts to Council, Security Policy TBL analyses community and media Key to Acronyms CEAP – Community Climate and Energy Action Plan CLUTAC – Coordinated Land Use and Transportation Action Committee – a joint committee of the Planning Commission and the Sustainability Commission IERP – Integrated Electric Resource Plan – EWEB’s periodic planning and stakeholder process (every five years or so) to plan how to meet 20-year electricity needs Info at EWEB’s site: http://www.eweb.org/2011ierp LCOG – Lane Council of Governments NLC – Neighborhood Leaders Council NLCCS – Neighborhood Leaders Council Committee on Sustainability PBMP – Pedestrian/Bicycle Master Plan SC – Sustainability Commission STARS – Strategic Transportation Analysis Rating System TBL – Triple Bottom Line TSP – Transportation System Plan