Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Services and Sustainability
CM/ ACM: Kenneth Banks
Date: April 3, 2017
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a report, hold discussion and give staff direction regarding update to Simply Sustainable plan and timeline.
Body
BACKGROUND
The City of Denton Sustainability Plan, Simply Sustainable - A Plan for Denton’s Future (Plan) was adopted in February of 2012. At the time staff and council committed to keeping the plan a living document. Many of the action items identified in the Plan have been completed or are in progress. Staff has worked with the COE to update actions, goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) throughout the past five years. With significant progress made completing action items and annual tracking staff is recommending an update of the full document. Staff is proposing new actions and tracking metrics as well as a new Focus Area on Resiliency. Staff is planning public meetings and a survey to determine community priorities. Staff will coordinate with Community Affairs to ensure wide saturation of thesurvey and information about public meetings.
OPTIONS
Update Sustainability Plan
Continue with existing plan
RECOMMENDATION
Update Sustainability Plan
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
See attached timeline
STRATEGIC PLAN RELATIONSHIP
The City of Denton’s Strategic Plan is an action-oriented road map that will help the City achieve its vision. The foundation for the plan is the five long-term Key Focus Areas (KFA): Organizational Excellence; Public Infrastructure; Economic Development; Safe, Livable, and Family-Friendly Community; and Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship. While individual items may support multiple KFAs, this specific City Council agenda item contributes most directly to the following KFA and goal:
Related Key Focus Area: Sustainable & Environmental Stewardship
Related Goal: 5.6 Promote sustainable materials resource management
EXHIBITS
1. Power point
2. Timeline
Respectfully submitted:
Katherine Barnett
Sustainability and Special Programs Supervisor