Brent Magnan, Director of Development Approval provided an introduction on what the Corporate Climate Action Plan is and introduced Holden Blue, Planner II (Long Range), Stacey Harding, Fleet Operations and Project Manager and Erin Goodwin, Facilities and Recreation Manager.
Peter Robinson, Director of Climate Planning & Research, Ali Ergudenler, Project Manager - Community Climate Planning and Katherine McDougall, Community Energy Planner from Community Energy Association were available online for questions from Council.
Holden Blue provided a PowerPoint presentation that outlined how the Plan was initiated in Spring 2023 as per Council’s 2021-2022 Strategic Priorities, Community Energy Association (CEA) and Technical Committee, Our Adaptability in the 2021 Community Vision, Official Community Plan Alignment, and Corporate Climate Action Plan Purpose (Mitigation).
Additionally, the plan consists of the following:
• Energy and Emissions Inventory
• Business as Usual Projections and Emissions Reduction Targets
• Fleet Analysis
• Recommended Actions to reduce emissions and meet targets
• Implementation Tools
The plan recommends focusing on areas of greatest emissions and costs.
High level fleet analysis was conducted by the consultant - minimize capital costs and maximize vehicle usage.
The plan recommends a corporate GHG emissions reduction target of 30% of 2022 emissions by 2030 and 80% of 2022 emissions by 2050.
The Plan recommends prioritizing three primary actions that will achieve the largest GHG reductions over the next 5-7 years:
1. Implement building energy retrofits recommended by building energy audits;
2. Low carbon heating retrofits for buildings; and
3. Investment in EV’s and EV charging stations.
The Director of Development Approvals provided a brief summary on the first steps in addressing climate action (collectively), a framework for climate action, Council's adoption of the plan demonstrates high level commitment and leadership to address emissions, implementation is key to success, future evaluation of action items required, review in 5-7 years and plan allows City to access grants and incentives and was available for questions and comments from Council.