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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 47 Series of 2024
TITLE: A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2024 SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge recognizes the importance of sustainability
in addressing environmental challenges, and ensuring a resilient, healthy community for current and future generations; and WHEREAS, in 2018, the Sustainable Wheat Ridge committee (SWR), comprised
of dedicated residents, volunteered more than 550 hours to draft the City’s first
Sustainability Action Plan to guide the City’s efforts; and WHEREAS, since then, SWR and staff have successfully completed or initiated 64% of the plan’s initiatives, embedding sustainability as a priority throughout City
operations and the community and marking an opportune time for an update; and
WHEREAS, the updated 2024 Sustainability Action Plan Update: A Five-Year Roadmap is the result of extensive staff collaboration and engagement with the community including residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council desires to adopt the 2024 Sustainability Action Plan Update as a guiding document to further enhance the City’s sustainability efforts and shape a more resilient, sustainable future for Wheat Ridge.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as follows: 1. The City Council hereby adopts the 2024 Sustainability Action Plan Update: A Five-Year Roadmap.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 14th day of October 2024.
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Bud Starker, Mayor ATTEST: _ Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk