Memorandum
Sustainability Advisory Board
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Mayor and City Commission
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FROM: |
Sustainability Advisory Board
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Dave Corliss, City Manager Charles Soules, Public Works Director
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January 10, 2008
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RE: |
Mayor’s Task Force on Climate Protection
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As successfully modeled by the City of Kansas City, Missouri, we propose the creation of a Climate Protection Taskforce. This body will undertake planning and goal setting for the purpose of significantly reducing our Community’s greenhouse gas emissions while preserving economic development, and promoting environmental and economically sustainable transportation and energy generation options.
To that end, we request that the City of Lawrence appoint and empower a Mayor’s Taskforce, the mission of which will be to draft a Climate Protection Plan for the City of Lawrence.
This Taskforce shall represent key stakeholders from the Community at large. Proposed membership would include the following: City of Lawrence (Mayor or Commissioner), Lawrence Chamber of Commerce (CEO), Westar Energy (upper level management), The World Company (owner), the medical field, the environmental community (a leader of a regional non-profit), the construction and building trade, USD #497, Kansas University, Haskell Indian Nations University, Hallmark or similar community industry (upper level management), environmental scientist (David Braaten or Johannes Fedemma), building design and or engineering (a regional architect or engineer familiar with the concepts of sustainability), a citizen advocate, and a representative of the Sustainability Advisory Board.
The Plan shall include specific objectives and recommendations to ensure effective climate protection polices and programs, including further implementation of the Cool Cities Campaign, Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, the EPA Green Power Community Challenge, and a baseline assessment of the City’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The Taskforce shall guide the City though the process of effectively implementing the Climate Protection Plan, which will include infrastructure policy guidance and public education components.
The Taskforce shall be comprised of not more than twelve members, balanced among stakeholder interests, each to be appointed by the Mayor.
Sources for more information:
http://www.kcmo.org/manager.nsf/web/cpp
http://www.climatemanual.org/Cities/index.htm
http://www.marc.org/archives/mayorsagreement.htm