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color="#3333ff"><b>LAWRENCE CLIMATE PLAN
STRENGTHENING PROPOSED</b></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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- AT CITY COMMISSION</b></font><br>
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5:45pm<br>
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Hall, 6 East 6th St., Lawrence KS
66044 </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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On 9 April of this year, the Lawrence City
Commission received a presentation by the
Sustainability Coordinator about the state of the
climate and our Climate Protection Plan - </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000"><a
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Protection Plan_Power Point_9Apr19.pdf</a>. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000">Jasmin Moore, </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000">the
Sustainability Coordinator, </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000">urged
that the Commission "be bold and be
courageous with our climate
actions". <font color="#006600"><b>She</b></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><b>
suggested that "One strategy would be revising
the Climate Protection Plan with some more
aggressive strategies"</b></font>. Five local
climate activists were there to speak and support
Ms. Moore's recommendations. It's unknown whether
the Commission is taking climate disruption
seriously, but the City's Sustainability Advisory
Board sure is.<br>
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The very next day, 10 April, the </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000">Sustainability
Advisory Board unanimously adopted a
strongly worded recommendation to
strengthen Lawrence's </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000"><a
href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lawrenceks.org%2Fassets%2Fboards%2Farchives%2Fclimate%2Fcptf_final_draft_report.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Celectronic-lan%40lists.ku.edu%7Cef3299816be34869c13408d6d1980ce4%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C1%7C636926848322433642&sdata=fgBAdu%2B1OFButyMBGiRSGsUDze3eM4brjkO6LQXpAFU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://assets.lawrenceks.org/assets/boards/archives/climate/cptf_final_draft_report.pdf" shash="hmxaLdNm3s0Z4KwZ2zIrLBGUWLaxEFa7uCX29f9g8nk15e9bEvnwP+jn/gN2ViJmV+4hjGC6Is7OvMlmRjmHlEqAjzCVFezHLjOLGQ2k8DhN/tkXVMLgxjscAP8or+Ziotuk+cEFsUy2YNVuWXST4idM6kbYBqbUy7dZgLrl9zg=">Climate
Protection Plan_final draft
report_2009.pdf</a>. It
emphasizes the urgency, and calls
for the City to take actionable
steps to adopt earlier emission
reduction target dates, and to
achiever 100% use </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><font color="#000000">of
renewable energy in all City
functions by 2025. <font
color="#006600"><b>This proposal
is part of next Tuesday's
Commission "consent agenda", <u>meaning
they don't intend to act on it</u></b><font
color="#000000">. </font><b>However,
citizens can pull items from</b></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><b> the consent
agenda for the Commission to
discuss and act on</b></font>.
If you feel this is important for
the Commission to act on now, you
can join with others calling for
climate action. It will be at the
very beginning, at 5:45pm, no later.<br>
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</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
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color="#006600"><b>Here's the
S.A.B. memo -</b></font> <a
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proposal to strengthen Climate
Plan_7May19</a>, and as follows:<br>
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"The Sustainability Advisory Board
voted unanimously on April 10, 2019
to recommend to the City Commission
that the Climate Protection Plan be
elevated as a top priority in all
City functions and that a budget of
$100,000 be allocated to support
research and updating of the Climate
Protection Plan dated March 31, 2009
to include provisions for greater
emission reductions and to
incorporate climate change
adaptation. Further, the City
Commission should adopt the
following covenants relative to the
plan:<br>
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<blockquote>1. Given the urgency of climate change, the budget
allocation should be used over a period of no more than six months
and work should begin immediately upon approval of the City
Commission;<br>
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2. The Climate Protection Plan should focus on actionable steps
that can be taken during a ten year horizon to continue to reduce
green-house gas emissions and to meet or exceed goals established
in the previous plan;<br>
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3. Given the dynamic nature of climate change and the
existential threat it poses to society, the Plan should be
reviewed in full by the Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB)
annually and a full report should be provided to the City
Commission;<br>
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4. In addition to full annual review, a SAB member or members
should be appointed as stewards of the plan to support staff in
implementation, monitoring, and management of the plan on an
ongoing basis;<br>
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5. The Climate Protection Plan should be integrated at the
department level in all capital improvement considerations and in
the daily operations of all city functions;<br>
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6. As an additional step in addressing climate change and in
reducing emissions, the City shall adopt a policy as soon as
possible, and no later than December 2019, to achieve 100% use of
renewable energy in all City functions by 2025; and<br>
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7. The City of Lawrence shall join the Metro KC Climate Action
Coalition through participation of staff and/or SAB/Elected
Officials to support a regional approach to climate protection.<br>
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These policies are strongly recommended by SAB as a recognition of
the critical condition of our planet and the need to protect it for
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