DEPARTMENT: Office of Sustainability
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Douglas Melnick, Chief Sustainability Officer
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Resilient SA Action Plan
SUMMARY:
Following the adoption of the SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan, Office of Sustainability SA evaluated best practices and potential next steps for the development of a Resilient SA Action Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan is one of three growth-related plans of the City of San Antonio's SA Tomorrow Plan, adopted by City Council August 11, 2016. The Sustainability Plan addresses how the City's expected population growth will be balanced with our social, economic, and environmental resources. The Sustainability Plan articulates the City's Sustainability strategy and serves as a roadmap to make our community and municipal operations more sustainable and can be viewed at http://www.sasustainabilityplan.com.
The SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan includes numerous strategies related to resilience and climate and has three resilient-related appendices: the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Climate Vulnerability Assessment, and a Climate Trends and Projections Analysis.
On June 7, 2016, the Comprehensive Plan Council Committee passed a motion requesting staff to provide an update as part of the SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan presentation to City Council at their August 3, 2016 "B" Session, providing best practices, potential scope, and next steps in developing a climate action plan. On September 14, 2016, Transportation Technology and Utilities Committee approved a recommendation by City staff to conduct a public feedback process through April 2017
In order to take a coordinated approach, City Staff have proposed a comprehensive approach to addressing climate by incorporating it with a data-driven plan that focuses on neighborhood-based resilience measures that leverage existing and new resources in areas, such as tree canopy, air quality, flood...
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