Official Community Plan

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Municipal Government Corporate Climate Action

As described in Part C Policy Foundations, the City of Courtenay has been working to reduce municipal government corporate emissions since 2007. Given that the City of Courtenay has not yet achieved carbon neutrality in municipal operations, the City continues to have an important role to play in demonstrating climate action leadership in all corporate actions. The OCP community-wide GHG modelling has indicated that there are strategic municipal corporate actions that the City should take to contribute towards Courtenay’s net-zero GHG target. These actions are listed below and build on the policies identified in Part C. A priority implementation action is to update the Corporate Climate Action Plan to provide detailed guidance, phasing, and resourcing estimates to implement actions listed in this section. Municipal Corporate Climate Action Themes 1. Implement multiple bottom line in municipal decision-making a) Develop monitoring frameworks and tools to achieve triple bottom line (economic, social, and ecological) and full life-cycle cost accounting planning, capital investment, and decision-making in all municipal activities. b) Ensure climate implications are included in staff reports to Council (opportunity for all four cardinal directions of reconciliation, climate action, equity, and community well‑being to be included).

c) Adopt and implement tender and purchasing policies requiring

sustainability outcomes as identified in this Plan, including climate action, equity, reconciliation, and community well-being, as part of procurement decisions.

2. Achieve GHG, water and waste reductions in new and existing municipal facilities

a) Build all new municipal buildings to net zero emissions standards with 100% of energy demands met through electrical means. Ensure green roofs are part of new municipal buildings. b) Conduct an energy audit of the full municipal building portfolio. c) Retrofit 100% of existing municipal buildings to a net-zero emissions standard with 100% of energy demands met through electrical means. This assumes a mixture of building energy efficiency and onsite energy production. Many large civic buildings are under Comox Valley Regional District jurisdiction and will require intergovernmental coordination. d) Implement waste diversion programs into all facilities. e) Include water reduction performance targets as part of new facilities and retrofit initiatives.

PART D Implementation