ORDINANCE NO. 240825

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Amending Chapter 2, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances, entitled "Boards, Commission and Committees," by repealing Division 20, entitled "Climate Protection Steering Committee," including Sections 2-970.40, 2-970.41, 2-970.42, 2-970.43, 2-970.44, and 2-970.45, and by repealing Sections 2-951, 2-952, 2-953, 2-954, enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like numbers and subject matter for the purpose of disbanding the Climate Protection Steering Committee and expanding the duties of the Environmental Management Commission.

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WHEREAS, Council established the Environmental Management Commission to offer policy recommendations to the City Council, City staff, and all other boards and commissions of the City concerning the issues of environmental planning, management, and compliance in Ordinance No. 960220, passed on March 28, 1996; and

WHEREAS, the Climate Protection Steering Committee was formed to oversee the planning process and work with City staff to develop the City's first Climate Protection Plan, and Council incorporated the findings and recommendations of that plan into City policy and operations in Resolution No. 080754, adopted on July 24, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Council formally established the Climate Protection Steering Committee to continue to advise on the implementation of the Climate Protection Plan and to further assist and support City leadership by serving as an advisory board to the Mayor, City Council, and City Manager on matters related to climate protection in Ordinance No. 140760, passed on September 25, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Council directed the City Manager to develop and submit to Council a new Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan in Resolution No. 200005, adopted on May 14, 2020; and

WHEREAS, Council adopted the City's updated Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan, as approved by the Climate Protection Steering Committee, and incorporated it...

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