性视界传媒 council on Monday approved a corporate report on the city鈥檚 access to B.C.鈥檚 Local Government Climate Action Program funding and how it will be used.

The report鈥� authored by 性视界传媒鈥檚 general manager of engineering Scott Neuman and Kam Grewal, general manager of finance 鈥� notes that the provincial Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP) was 鈥減reviously a mainstay鈥� of funding which 性视界传媒 used since 2010 to support its climate action initiatives but it was discontinued last year.

In response, 性视界传媒 council asked the provincial government to reinstate CARIP or provide equivalent funding and on May 16 it launched the Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP) to provide civic-level governments with 鈥減redictable, annual, long-term funding for local climate action to help reach legislated climate targets and prepare communities for the impacts of a changing climate,鈥� the report states.

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The provincial government has committed $1.17 million to 性视界传媒 to be paid annually during the first three years of the program, beginning this August, and this money must be used 鈥渆xclusively鈥� to fund climate action initiatives that are aligned with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 and draft Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy (鈥淐PAS鈥�) objectives, Neuman and Grewal note.

鈥淔ollowing the recent announcement of the LGCAP program, staff have started working on an action plan for use of these funds over the first three years of the program to ensure that the most strategic and high impact climate action initiatives are prioritized,鈥� they report.

To receive the LGCAP funding, 性视界传媒 must contribute $235,000.

The 鈥渄esired outcomes鈥� aligned with LGCAP involve neighbourhoods and urban design being 鈥渨ell-connected鈥� within 性视界传媒 and to the region by 鈥渇ast and efficient public transit and active transportation infrastructure for all ages and abilities,鈥� and that 性视界传媒 protects its ecosystem and manages natural assets to 鈥渃reate resiliency to adapt and thrive in a changing climate.鈥�

Because the City of 性视界传媒 anticipates climate change will change weather patterns resulting in rising sea levels, it is to implement 鈥渁ppropriate infrastructure, land use planning and emergency response solutions that will be resilient over the long term鈥� and also ensure per-capita emissions are low and meet global reduction targets.

A final draft of 性视界传媒鈥檚 Climate Crisis Action Strategy will be brought before council for consideration in November or December this year.

Coun. Brenda Locke asked for it to be 鈥渆xpedited,鈥� to which Neuman replied,鈥淲e鈥檙e trying our best.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 quite a significant document,鈥� he said. 鈥淪taff have done significant iterations and got a lot of feedback from a number of stakeholders.鈥�

However, he added, staff wants to do 鈥渁 final circulation of key aspects of it to the stakeholders to get final input prior to finalizing.鈥�

tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
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