Minutes from June 24th, 2021



Contents:


Urban Forest Strategy

Update 2021 Planting and Free Tree Giveaway
Presenting Glen Williams – Manager City Greening

The City of Perth is growing 3000 trees per annum for the project.
The focal areas for planting are Queens Park and East Cannington.
That aligns with the high heat island areas of the Urban Forest strategy.
Nearly 1200 trees planted.
Use of two probes helps determine watering schedule.

Annual tree giveaway day was held 13th June, see Urban Forest page on the Council website for information.

You can also "request a tree" for your street.  While the quota for 2021 is full, applications for 2022 will begin in the second half of this year.


Land Utilisation Plan 

I'll pass on a copy of the public document once I have the location.


Sustainability Report

Sustainability Tracker

The Council is developing an online system for tracking and communicating the impact of the City's 10 sustainability goals.
Phase 1 is complete, an internal dashboard resource impacts.
Phase 2 targeted Jan 2022, to include social, cultural and economic targets and impacts.

Cimate Clever Neighbourhoods

Climate Clever is a not-for-profit company that has developed applications for school, businesses and the home that help calculate, then manage your carbon footprint. 
The City has partnered with Climate Clever to pilot a research project and enable residents to find inspiration and advice on how to make an impact.
Rolling out from August 2021 to 100 more homes in Ferndale and Wilson.


Your Move

Your Move is a free program run by the Department of Transport that supports individuals, schools and workplaces to start swapping a few car trips each week for walking, riding a bike or catching public transport.
The City's program is due to start August 2021.

Worth noting that Your Move is inviting 10 primary school students to be accompanied by their teacher to attend a two day event called Leadership Lab 2021.


Sustainable Street Lighting

Bulk replacement of Western Power Street Lighting Assets to Smart LEDs.
Council process tabled for September / October 2021.


Low Carbon Canning Plan

Develop a Climate Change and Energy Transformation Plan for the City, inclusive of:
City-wide energy profile
City-wide emissions profile
WALGA PPA / Energy Procurement Plan
Adaptation Plan / Risk Assessment
Mitigation Plan (Energy Transformation Plan +)

Energy and emissions profile to be compiled by January  2022.
Business case for audit in development.


Industrial Areas - Decarbonisation Project

Develop a holistic decarbonisation project that applies to industrial areas (adjunct to Low Carbon Canning Plan) including, but not limited to:
Energy & emissions profiles
Hydrogen research (freight & logistics and heavy plant and equipment)
Microgrid / P2P solar and battery network research and design
Waste / pollution management
Roll-out 2022-2023


SME Sustainability Project

Roll-out Climate Clever Business subscriptions.
Similar model to Climate Clever Neighbourhoods Project. 
Support small to medium enterprises (SME) with audits and action plans. 
Project draft completed. 
Further work and partnership development ongoing.
Roll-out 2022-2023


CREEC Retrofit Inspirations Project

Retrofit and transformation of the Canning River Eco Education Center (CREEC) building into a regional sustainability, circularity and impact management hub.
Working with final year architecture students from Curtin School of Design and the Built Environment to develop inspired design ideas.
Awards Presentation - Nov 2021
Research Report – June 2022

Changing Your World Conference

Second bi-annual conference planned for March 2022.
Seeking sponsorships / partnerships, developing website, designing conference schedule, seeking speakers.
Report – Jun 2022
I'll see if I can find a report from the 2020 conference.

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