DEPARTMENT: Office of Sustainability
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Douglas Melnick
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Briefing on the SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan
SUMMARY:
The Office of Sustainability Department will provide an in-depth briefing on the SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan is one of the City of San Antonio's SA Tomorrow three growth-related plans addressing how the City's expected population growth will be balanced with our social, economic, and environmental resources. The Sustainability Plan will articulate the City's Sustainability strategy and serve as a roadmap in subsequent years by City of San Antonio Department and policy makers to make our community and municipal operations more sustainable.
The SA Tomorrow Sustainability plan was developed from an evaluation of past plans, such as Mission Verde and SA2020, as well as through engagement with the public, an expert steering committee, subject matter experts, key members of City leadership, the SA Tomorrow comprehensive and transportation planning teams, along with best practice research from around the country.
ISSUE:
The Office of Sustainability will provide an in-depth briefing of the Draft Sustainability Plan process and components. The briefing will include the Plan's goals, strategies and metrics developed through a process and engagement with the general public, subject matter experts, Sustainability Steering Committee and Municipal Leadership. The draft plan was released to the public for comment on March 29th and public input is being gathered through the end of April 2016 through 10 Open House Events and online via the plan website. The final plan will be considered by City Council in August of 2016.
The draft Sustainability Plan can be viewed on the SA Tomorrow Sustainability Plan website at http://www.sasustainabilityplan.com.
ALTERNATIVES:
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