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Sustainability Plan Progress Report. Quality of Life and Environment Committee October 27, 2014 Presented by the Office of Environmental Quality. Organization. Purpose page 3 Why Sustainability? p age 4 Need page 5 Content Format page 6 Moving Forward page 20.
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Sustainability Plan Progress Report Quality of Life and Environment Committee October 27, 2014 Presented by the Office of Environmental Quality
Organization • Purpose page 3 • Why Sustainability? page 4 • Need page 5 • Content Format page 6 • Moving Forward page 20
Purpose • Report on progress of Sustainability Plan • Highlight next steps
Why Sustainability? • Sustainability planning is more than compliance with the law. • It is the process by which we think broader, plan smarter, and act better to ensure we are leaving a stronger, healthier, and more resilient Dallas for all generations.
The Need for a Sustainability Plan • Citizens of Dallas want an efficient, responsive government that forecasts needs and responds accordingly to build a stronger city • Present progress on environmental goals, EMS progress, and Strategic Plan work to the City Council and the public
Format of Progress Report • Goal description within each of these five categories • Air Quality: Improve Air Quality • Land Use: Promote Smart Growth and Development • Water Quality: Improve Water Quality • Materials Management: Better Materials Management • Energy Management: Reduce Non-Renewable Energy Use • Individual objectives with strategies and targets for achieving categorical goals • Results for each target
AIR QUALITY: IMPROVE AIR QUALITY (continued)
LAND USE: PROMOTE SMART GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT (continued)
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT: BETTER MATERIALS MGMT (continued)
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT: BETTER MATERIALS MGMT (continued)
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT: BETTER MATERIALS MGMT (continued)
ENERGY MANAGEMENT: REDUCE NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY USE (continued)
Moving Forward • Sustainability Plan will be revised annually • Strategic Plan elements • Environmental Objectives and Targets • Other strategies and programs • OEQ will report progress