City Council Agenda and Packet 2018 05 08 SP

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Overview In November 2016, the Louisville City Council approved the Louisville Sustainability Action Plan (SAP), developed by the Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board (LSAB). The SAP is divided into five sustainability categories: Climate & 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 and achieve the objectives of the City's Sustainability Sub -Program. Goals & Objectives The goal of the 2 -Year Work Plan is to provide an assessment of progress made since the adoption of the SAP and to recommend actions that may reasonably be performed within 24 months to further the City's progress. The 2 -Year Work Plan should also help the City achieve the objectives of the Sustainability Sub -Program, which includes using environmental, economic and human resources to meet present and future needs without compromising the ecosystems on which we depend and actively pursuing energy efficient upgrades to realize cost savings and reducing environmental impacts. The performance measures for the Sustainability Sub -Program include: • Percent of waste generation and diversion for community • British Thermal Units (BTUs) per Gross Square Foot for City facilities • Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita from home energy consumption • Water use per capita • Energy use per capita • Percent of City fleet using alternative fuels • Cost savings from energy upgrades for City operations Definitions British Thermal Units — Measure of heat content of fuels or energy sources (US Energy Information Administration). 3 43