Mar 7 CAP Edits & Review with Council

At the March 7, 2023 City Council Meeting, staff delivered a presentation on the range of public comments and suggestions collected on the Climate Action Plan (CAP) draft - over 100 separate comments were received, many with multiple parts. After analysis, staff distilled these comments (from City Councilmembers and the public) into approximately 75 items for consideration at the Council Meeting. There were also several more substantial revisions to the Draft CAP text that were presented as separate exhibits. Initial discussion included the following agenda items:

• Exhibit 2 - Question and Answer Matrix (answers/clarifications that did not trigger revisions)
• Exhibit 3 - New Section: Executive Summary
• Exhibit 4 - New Callout Box: The Cost of Inaction
• Exhibit 5 - New Callout Box: PSE's GreenPower Program
• Exhibit 6 - Revised Section: Natural Systems Targets, Metrics, and Actions

The City Council then spent the rest of its time discussing two more exhibits that included more substantive revisions and items flagged for further discussion. These were:

• Exhibit 7: Included 47 suggested changes that staff recommended for approval, some with discussion
• Exhibit 8: Seven topics or proposals that required discussion and direction from the City Council

The project team is preparing a summary of the changes agreed to by the City Council and that will be included along with the final CAP when it is presented to the City Council for final review and adoption on April 4.

All March 7 meeting materials are available here (Item 7), or link directly to the archived video of the presentation. View the slidedeck presentation.