Decision details

Covenant of Mayors SEAP Submission and Sustainable Development Update

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Decision Maker: Executive - for meetings from 03/06/00 to 26/04/11

Decision status: Decision Made

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Purpose of report: Outline the EU's Covenant of Mayors programme and requirements for York (York signed up to this European initiative after a motion was passed by Full Council in December 2009). Outline a draft Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) for York and provide a brief update on other major sustainable development programmes. Members are asked to: Approve the draft SEAP and note progress of key sustainability projects being carried out across CYC and across York.

Decision:

RESOLVED: (i) That the draft SEAP at Annex 2 be approved.

REASON: To enable the Council to submit the SEAP to the EU Covenant of Mayors team.

(ii) That the significant actions required to deliver a 20% reduction in city-wide CO₂ emissions by 2020 be noted.

REASON: To understand the scale of action required to achieve this reduction.

(iii) That the proposed revisions to the Sustainable Development Board, and the formation of a renewable energy generation task and finish group, as set out in Annex 3, be approved.

REASON: To ensure that the Council can take an enhanced leadership role installing and promoting renewable energy internally and across the City.

(iv) That the risks of delivering the SEAP, specifically the risk of delivering such challenging city-wide targets that rely on limited existing staff and partnership working to achieve them.

REASON: To highlight the ambition and challenge ahead in meeting the SEAP and CCFAP, where co-ordination of action and delivery of projects is on a city-wide scale.

Report author: David Warburton

Publication date: 12/04/2011

Date of decision: 12/04/2011

Decided at meeting: 12/04/2011 - Executive - for meetings from 03/06/00 to 26/04/11

Effective from: 15/04/2011

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