Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2017 11 15

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Overview In November 2016, the Louisville City Council approved the first-ever Louisville Sustainability Action Plan (SAP), developed by the Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board (LSAB). The SAP is divided into five sustainability categories: Climate and Energy, Water, Transportation, Waste, and Local Food and Agriculture. The SAP expresses the desires of the City to make progress toward sustainability, both internally in the operations of the City facilities, and externally through the actions of the Louisville residential and business community. Intended as a supplement to the SAP, this 2 -Year Work Plan sets specific, time -bound outcome goals for the City to implement the strategies in the SAP. Goals & Objectives The goal of this 2 -Year Work Plan is to provide an assessment of progress made from the SAP and to recommend steps that may reasonably be performed within 24 months that will allow the SAP strategies to be substantially met. Recommendations are divided into actions which may be taken internally under the supervision of the City Manager and actions which would require City Council approval. Further recommendations will be provided to the LSAB regarding edit suggestions for the strategies themselves. In order to meet the strategies set forth in the SAP, multiple considerations went into the recommendations so that they align with the Key Performance Indicator objectives for the City's Sustainability Sub -Program. The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) objectives for the City's Sustainability Sub -Program are to "use environmental, economic and human resources to meet present and future needs without compromising the ecosystems on which we depend. Actively pursue energy efficient upgrades to realize cost savings and reduce environmental impacts." Specific KPIs tracked annually by the City and that are relevant to this 2 -Year Sustainability Work Plan include the following: • Community: Waste and diversion • Community: Greenhouse gas emissions per capita • Community: Water use per capita • Community: Energy use per capita • City facilities: BTUs/Gross Square Foot DRAFT 4