Environmental Policy Board Work Plan Update

The Environmental Policy Board (EPB) has a draft Work Plan that was prepared as the City Council was initiating their Strategic Planning.  On June 22, 2021, it is anticipated that the City Council will adopt the attached Strategic Plan.  As was noted during the development of the draft Work Plan, once the City Council adopted their Strategic Plan, the EPB would need to review that document and their Work Plan and make any necessary adjustments.  Please note that this case has been drafted prior to formal adoption of the Strategic Plan.  If there are revisions to the draft Strategic Plan prior to adoption, Staff will provide a verbal update at the meeting.

Action Item #19 of the Strategic Plan is to "Consider Local Open Space Preservation Funding, if Initiated by Ballot Referendum".  This item is currently assigned to the EPB (and Staff) with the intended outcome of preservation of high/exceptional quality ecological areas (as identified by the Natural Resources Inventory).  This item is not included presently in the EPB's draft Work Plan.  Assuming the Strategic Plan is adopted (as presented), the draft EPB Work Plan will need to be modified to incorporate this item.  There do not appear to be any other items on the Strategic Plan that would impact the EPB or the EPB's draft Work Plan.

 

Motion to direct Staff to update the draft EPB Work Plan to incorporate Action Item #19 from the City Council's Strategic Plan.