5:45 to 6:30 p.m. - Sustainable Dubuque Work Session Copyrighted
October 16, 2023
City of Dubuque Work Session - Top # 01.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. - Sustainable Dubuque Work Session
SUM MARY: Sustainable Community Coordinator Gina Bell will provide a quarterly
Sustainable Dubuque update
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MVM Memo City Manager Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Quarterly Work Session Agenda
DATE: October 9, 2023
Director of Sustainability Gina Bell is submitting information for the quarterly Sustainable
Dubuque Work Session scheduled for Monday, October 16, 2023, at 5:45 p.m. in the
City Council Chambers. Staff has prepared an in-depth look at the Climate Action Plan
as it relates to values City Council holds and actions the City Council can take. An
interactive presentation will be made by Sustainability Office staff.
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cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Gina Bell, Director of Sustainability
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TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gina Bell, Director of Sustainability
SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Quarterly Work Session Agenda
DATE: October 4, 2023
The purpose of this memo is to set the agenda for the quarterly Sustainable Dubuque
Work Session scheduled for Monday, October 16, 2023, at 5:45 p.m. in the City Council
Chambers.
Staff has prepared an in-depth look at the Climate Action Plan as it relates to values the
City Council holds and actions the City Council can take. An interactive presentation will
be made by Sustainability Office staff.
The presentation will give an overview of climate actions already in progress or on the
horizon. Then staff will ask Council to consider which actions they feel most connected
to and why. City Council will have time to reflect and then participate in an activity (in
pairs) to go deeper to discover the root of why they value the climate actions. To end,
staff will summarize plans moving forward and how City Council values related to
climate action can make Dubuque more livable, viable and equitable.
Thank you.
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SEi:lnCrease distNbuted reEsewable energy by 21 MW oi Enstalled capadty by 2030.
BE2:Reduce sftYwide energy oansumption by 10%by 2030.
BE3:Promote"fuel switching'to reduce an-site fossil tuel use 10%by 2030.
BE4:Inaease r�enewable energq share of electric g�id to i5%by 2Q30
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TL1:Qecrease Vehicle Miles Treveled(VMT)by TO%by 2030.
7�2:Support and enm�rage akemadve fuel vehicles,Achteve 20X of vehldes sold and iS�L
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SW2: Waste education.
SW3: AcNeve i009G henefldal use of landfill gas. �� . - ■ - . � . � •
Fi51:Create a dHnatc adaptive co:nmunity.
' ' 1 ' ' ' ` � ' • ' ' � ' H52:Educate,engage,and empower the puWk for d�mate heaEth and safrty.
WS: Inaease water tonservation cftywide. HS9:Address air quality Impacts of cH+nate change.
W2: Reduce wastewater impacts.
W3: Mitigate flood hazards and impacts.
E Reduce food`s contributton to cllmate change.
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GSi:Strengthen Dubuque's tree canopy.
G52:5trer�en Dubu�ue's green space.
G53:Mltigate current and future urban heat island Impacts.
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C�i:Capture local eoonomk poteMlal of dimate action.
CE2:Bulld marketplace climate resllience.
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Ci: Enhance and expand community capadty(or dimate acNon and r�esiNenoe.
C2: Dev�elop e�ew median�sens for finandng climate action work that auouet ior equity and co-
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Choose one climate action and write it down .
Think about the aspects of this action .
Why it is important to you? What is unclear? Where do you want to
see it expanded?
Write down these reasons.
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Energy
•Introduce a policy that requires all municipal buildings to be benchmarked using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Invite
County, School District, and other public agencies located within the City to participate in the City's public facilities energy
benchmarking and disclosure effort.
•Implementation of a Revolving Loan program for City facilities to fund capital costs for high performance energy efficiency
and renewable energy options with appropriate return on investment.
•Conduct a Building Energy Audit on all primary City owned facilities. Fully implement audit recommendations.
Prioritization should be given to the City's largest energy consuming sites.
Transportatian
and Land Use
•Update City vehicle (including The Jule transit) purchasing policy/budget process to default to alternative fuel with
traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) as optional requiring proof of need. For ICE Vehicle options, establish
minimum fuel efficiency requirements. Focus on small vehicles as well as large vehicles for alternative fuels.
•Implement Existing Safe Routes to Schools Plans starting with infrastructure and policy changes first and
education and encouragement, second.
•Implement a minimum of 3 East-West and 3 North-South Complete Street corridors based on the Tri-State
Integrated Walking, Biking, Hiking Plan with a focus on commuter routes.
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Recycl i ng
•Examine options for expanding commercial and residential composting, including offering compost/food waste
collection at restaurants; assess the feasibility of establishing a permitted facility to compost or anaerobically
digest organic materials and food waste.
•Request DMASWA review food waste handling capacities and permitting limits and expand/update as needed
to support food waste diversion and organics collection increases in line with CAP goals and supporting
generation of soil amendment feedstocks and /or energy.
Cjimate Health
And Safety
•Prepare for public buildings to be used in different ways in support of CAP adaptation goals, both in lower-
impact ways, such as seniors using the library to cool down during hot June days, and as safe-havens during
acute emergencies.
•Educate the public about the health risks of higher temperatures, develop strategies to check on individuals at
greatest risk, and make options for cooling widely accessible.
•Increase outreach to diverse populations about climate change and health, natural hazards, and emergency
preparedness via broadcast, print, bus ads, social media, and other forms of communication in multiple
languages and accessible to individuals with disabilities to ensure that emergency preparedness planning
reaches all City residents.
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•Support and facilitate food donation, food rescue and distribution programs to food-insecure people. This may
include working with Health Dept. regulations/ advocating for restrictive regulations to change.
•Revise/review zoning ordinances to allow urban agriculture and clarify acceptability to remove barriers to front
yard and rooftop vegetable gardens, edible landscaping and foraging. Proactively promote and educate the
public on urban agriculture ordinances, options and approaches
•Pass city policy to procure climate-friendly foods for events and other city-managed facilities. Foods should be
locally sourced to the highest extent feasible.
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Greenspace and
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•Update the 2011 Dubuque Urban Forest Evaluation.
•Replanting tree loss, and Ash tree replacement for EAB management, at 110% or more of replacement with
improved diversity
•Based on city's citywide heat island impact study, identify vulnerable urban tree canopy and street tree
sections and develop policies to incentivize, encourage, or require strategic tree planting for heat island
mitigation.
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•Provide information on creating Personal Emergency Response Kits. Expand on City efforts to support
families who cannot afford to purchase supplies for household emergency preparedness kits to
adequately prepare their homes (e.g., solicit emergency supply donations).
•Explore modifications to City's zoning ordinance, such as allowance of accessory dwelling units, to
encourage development of affordable intergenerational single-family homes and multi-family housing with
a focus on improved social connectedness across demographic cohorts (age and ethnicity).
•Strengthen social connectedness through relationship-building among community members across age,
ethnicity, income, and other demographic differences.
Benchmark municipal Implementation of a Conduct a Building Update City fleet
using ENERGY STAR Revolving Loan Energy Audit on all purchasing
Portfolio Manager program for City primary City owned policy/budget process
facilities to improve EE facilities. to electrify fleet
Examine options for Request DMASWA
Implement Existing Safe Implement Complete expanding commercial review food waste
Routes to Schools Plans Street corridors and residential handling capacities and
composting, permitting limits
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Prepare for public Educate the public diverse populations food donation,food
buildings to be used in about the health risks rescue and distribution
climate emergencies of climate change. about climate change programs to food-
• (in various languages) insecure people.
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Revise/review zoning City procurement policy Update the 2011 Replanting tree loss at
ordinances related to for climate-friendly Dubuque Urban Forest 110%or more of
urban agriculture foods and waste Evaluation. replacement with
management. improved diversity
Identify tree and other Personal Emergency Strengthen social
technology for heat Response Kits and Increased density in connectedness through
island mitigation. education zoning code. relationship-building
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• What do you consider when thinking about (the
subject matter / climate action / challenge at
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• What questions do you have?
• What solutions do you think should be
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• Why is this action important to you?
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Choose who will share first and who will interview first.
Interviewer should channel your inner toddler (WHY? WHY? WHY?)
Speaker will share the climate action they chose and why it is
important to them.
The interviewer will ask "WHY" and continue to ask WHY (up to 9
times) until the fundamental reason is reached.
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• What action did you choose?
• What value(s) did you assign to the root of this action? �
• What is your gut reaction to this activity or root value? I .
• Do you feel successful related to this action?
• What do you need to better understand from the 50% by ,
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see, hear, and feel happening? What will be different?
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