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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Mail Packet - 4/26/2022 - Memorandum From John Phelan And Honore Depew Re: April 12, 2022 Work Session Summary - Our Climate Future Environmental Services Department 222 Laporte Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6600 MEMORANDUM Date: April 15, 2022 To: Mayor Arndt and City Council Thru: From: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager Kyle Stannert, Deputy City Manager Jackie Kozak Thiel, Sustainability Officer Kendall Minor, Utilities Director John Phelan, Energy Services Manager and Policy Advisor Honoré Depew, Climate Program Manager Re: April 12, 2022 Work Session Summary Our Climate Future The purpose of this memo is to summarize the discussion from the work session on implementation of the adopted Our Climate Future (OCF) plan and Council Priority on the climate emergency. All Councilmembers were present, participating virtually. Council members expressed appreciation for the work by staff and community members/partners to implement the Our Climate Future plan. And a strong desire for action was expressed, to move rapidly yet deliberately to achieve Council-adopted goals for climate, energy, and waste. Feedback from Councilmembers included: Budget: Expectation for budget offers to provide clear information relating investments with direct carbon emissions impacts and climate goals while also articulating the benefits of these actions on many outcome areas and the cost of inaction; Climate Emergency Council Priority: Majority support to transition language to climate emergency paired with Our Climate Future to communicate the urgency and severity of climate change and the importance of our response; o Staff will also continue to emphasize the many positive attributes of working towards the OCF vision that everyone benefits from a carbon neutral Fort Collins Develop the details for the OCF Carbon Pathway to 2030: Request for future OCF work sessions to provide specific focus, clarity, and context on pathways to 2030 goals, including: o What and when decision points for Council in short, medium and longer term increments; o Specific actions/activities by City and partners with funding considerations; o Graphics and tools that convey systems-level context; o How state/federal actions impact our ability to achieve the goals, and o Continue to be transparent and clarify the costs and tradeoffs of the decisions ahead. Connect climate to other related discussions (e.g., Land Use Code, workforce and recovery) and bring the data to inform Council discussions; Support for accelerating efforts on critical pathway of composting; Support for exploring updates to OCF goals, including interim targets, as long they meet or exceed current goals, and Community engagement and shared leadership: continue to focus on resilience and equity in process and outcome and to pair with engagement with action. Next steps Respond to follow up questions from Councilmembers Quarterly Council update memos about OCF implementation Q4 OCF work session to include: draft Next Moves Plan for 23-24, Pathways to 2030, Goals review