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City of Charleston Resiliency & Sustainability Advisory Committee 4/15/2021
A
So
on
youtube,
I'm
not
just
pleased.
I
feel
a
little
excited
to
call
this
meeting
of
the
resiliency
and
sustainability
advisory
committee,
because
all
the
things
we're
talking
about
today
are
so
positive
for
our
city
and
moving
along
and
particularly
when
we
get
to
the
section
about
our
proposed
climate
action
plan,
and
I
can't
thank
katie
mccain
enough
for
just
incredible
efforts
of
marshaling,
hundreds
of
volunteers
and
thousands
of
comments
and
really
moving
this
ball
forward.
Katie
you've
done
a
remarkable
job
and
I'm
going
to
say
more
about
that
later.
A
Maybe
it's
more
like
a
four
by
four
than
a
three
by
three,
but
but
but
that's
all
good
and
don't
steal
your
thunder,
but
city
council,
all
the
membership
of
an
advisory
committee
that
we've
formed
to
really
focus
really
drill
down
on
this
study
from
a
citizens
and
public
engagement,
point
of
view
and
recommendations
to
our
council.
So
I'm
excited
about
that
as
well.
Mark.
B
Thank
you,
mayor
and
very
quickly.
I
just
want
to
pretty
much
reiterate
what
the
mayor
just
said:
everyone,
if
you're
interested,
I
would
encourage
you
to
go
on
the
army
corps
website
and
take
a
look
at
those
scoping
documents
and,
if
you're
interested
in
submitting
a
comment,
we
want
to
encourage
you
to
do
that.
They'll
probably
do
another.
Pretty
heavy
press
release
encouraging
more
comments.
They've
got
quite
a
slew
already,
but
we're
going
to
do
another
press
release
with
the
army
corps
here
in
the
next
couple
of
days.
B
So
please
pay
attention
for
that.
If
you're
interested,
also,
as
the
mayor
said,
we're
meeting
with
the
chairperson
for
the
committee
tomorrow,
kalyn
and
I
will
be
meeting
with
him
tomorrow-
to
kind
of
talk
about
looking
forward
to
the
committee
and
the
last
thing
I'll
say
on
the
3x3
is
a
lot
of
good
information.
I
just
came
off
an
hour-long
phone
call
of
some
really
intensive
modeling
work
that
they're
finally
starting
to
get
back
all
very
positive
for
our
city
or
positive
for
the
project.
C
B
A
Yeah
good
to
see
you,
I
think
everybody
else
has
been
on
our
commission
for
quite
some
time
and
knows
each
other.
So
thank
you
for
being
with
us
this
morning.
So
next
on
the
agenda
already
is
to
talk
about
heatwatch
and
urban
heat
island
mapping
and
janice
barnes
is
gonna.
Welcome!
Welcome
good
to
see
you
janice!
Let
me
let
me
say
before
you
start
janet
said:
I
give
you
our
thanks
for
for
helping
bring
this
to
to
charleston.
A
This
is
yet
another
example
where
inequities
exist
in
in
our
society
of
who
can
deal
with
excess
heat
versus
who
can't
now,
I'm
not
going
to
begrudge
anybody
who's
who's
financially
able
to
do
this,
but
you
know
it's
always
been
hot
in
charleston
right
and
it's
just
getting
hotter
and
august
is
one
of
the
worst
months
of
the
year.
Historically,
I
mean
I
I've
we've
all
if
you
grew
up
here.
A
A
I
think
the
need
for
us
to
have
this
mapping
done
to
identify
places
in
our
city
where,
where
it's
appropriate,
to
focus
on
to
to
bring
some
relief
and
be
aware
to
build
our
resilience
and
bring
bring
some
more
equity
even
on
a
resilience
level
to
our
city.
So
maybe
I
said
too
much
but
janice.
If
thank
you
again,
it's
always
good
to
see
you
and
excited
that
you're
helping
us
with
this
project.
E
E
Okay,
so
in
the
maybe
eight
or
ten
minutes,
hopefully
we
can
go
through
this
pretty
quickly.
You
have
a
deck,
and
I
I
will
say
the
only
updates
here
are
the
fact
that
we
have
collaborators
who
are
joining
and
the
footer
at
the
bottom
is
getting
pretty
small,
because
we
have
additional
people
to
recognize.
E
But
let's
just
talk
through
this
briefly,
the
commendation
to
the
city
for
undertaking
the
vulnerability
assessment
can't
be
overstated.
Not
all
every
city
has
done
what
you've
done
and
to
raise
up
your
vulnerabilities
and
to
be
working
on
those
actively
beyond
what
code
requires
is
admirable
and
something
to
to
certainly
recognize
when
we
think
about
extreme
heat
as
one
of
those,
and
we
look
at
see
if
I
can
get
this
thing
to
move
and
we
we
look
at
what
the
projections
are.
E
This
is
from
the
u.s
climate
resilience
toolkit,
which
was
co-authored
with
the
same
team
that
you
hired
to
work
with
you
friendly.
If
interactive,
we
look
at
these
projections.
Kirsten
dao
did
a
great
job
of
saying.
So
what
right?
So
looking
back?
How
many
days
of
extreme
heat
has
charleston
seen
looking
forward?
That
looks
like
it's
going
to
double
triple
by
the
end
of
the
century,
and
the
one
thing
that
we
know
is-
and
this
is
recent
data
from
weather.gov
and
the
national
weather
service-
is
that
the
number
of
fatalities
on
a
30-year
average.
E
As
the
mayor
was
saying
much
higher
for
heat,
it's
one
of
those
silent
killers.
We
we
say
you
don't
wade
through
three
feet
of
extreme
heat,
say
sometimes
you
forget
about
it
and
as
a
southerner,
I
recognize
it
kind
of
wear
it
as
a
badge
of
honor
to
say
how
much
can
you
put
up
with,
but
the
extreme
heat
issues
that
come
from
the
climate
are
exacerbated
by
the
urban
heat
island.
E
What
we
realize
in
working
with
christine
and
the
team
at
the
charleston
medical
district,
was
we
probably
needed
to
raise
this
up
in
some
way
that
makes
it
locally
relevant.
So,
last
august,
speaking
of
august,
we
took
a
typical
day:
here's
the
weather
on
the
left
side,
here's
what
was
actually
experienced
and
we
did
some
surface
temperature
readings.
Now,
that's
not
sufficient,
but
it
is
a
necessary
starting
point
when
you
need
to
create
the
conversation.
E
These
circles
have
to
do
with
the
intensity
of
temperature,
and
these
are
just
sampling
spots.
It's
not
comprehensive,
but
sampling,
and
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
saw
like
the
back
of
the
va,
some
of
the
surface
temperatures
in
the
morning
in
the
shade
80
degrees,
surface
temperature
and
in
the
sun,
and
this
is
where
the
shuttle
picks
up
on
the
backside.
E
E
E
Why
is
this
important?
It's
important,
because
it
gives
us
an
indicator
of
what
the
situation
is.
It
doesn't
even
address
humidity.
It
doesn't
address
whether
or
not
the
wind
is
blowing,
but
it
tells
us
that
we
have
people
who
are
exposed
to
quite
warm
temperatures
in
the
mornings
gets
worse
over
the
course
of
the
day
and
it
stays
b
street's
an
important
example
for
you,
because
of
all
the
investments
that
are
intended
for
b
street.
So,
hopefully
you
can
see
some
of
these
numbers.
E
That
also
took
us
to
some
questions
about
what
happens
with
surfaces.
So
these
are
some
samples
of
different
types
of
materials
within
the
medical
district
and
how
the
range
of
material
type
actually
impacts
the
surface
temperature.
So
there
are
design
decisions
that
can
be
made.
That's
what
this
basically
means
that
can
begin
to
cool
things
down.
So
what's
actually
happening,
there
are
two
programs
happening
and
we
want
to
talk
about
the
latter
one
for
the
most
part
today,
but
you
should
know
about
the
former
one.
E
So
the
carolinas
integrated
sciences
assessment
team
is
conducting
a
heat
research
program
with
the
citadel
and
with
the
medical
district.
It's
primarily
focused
on
outdoor
workers,
so
musc
groundskeepers,
citadel
groundskeepers
and
musc
public
safety.
The
heatwatch
research
program
is
focused
on
the
noaa
heat
watch
cohort.
Hopefully
you
saw
the
announcement
that
went
out
across
the
country
yesterday,
so
the
heat
research
program
and
the
heat
watch
program
cisa
and
heatwatch
may
be
the
best
way
to
remember
it.
E
There's
a
lot
of
detail
compares
these
and
I
think
katie
sent
you
a
one-pager,
so
you
can
look
at
those
details
and
kind
of
get
a
better
sense
of
it.
What
does
it
actually
mean
in
terms
of
time?
So
the
sisa
team
is
developing
their
research
protocols.
These
protocols
will
use
eye
buttons,
garmin,
watches,
to
track
movements
you're
going
to
be
collecting
biometric
data.
That
goes
through
a
human
subject,
review
the
institutional
review
board.
E
So,
while
one
is
being
developed,
the
the
details
I'm
going
to
share
with
you
today
about
heat
watch,
also
being
developed
you're
going
to
be
the
the
research
is
actually
going
to
be
conducted
in
charleston
at
about
the
same
time.
But
sisa
is
going
to
run
for
about
four
weeks
so
working
with
those
populations
to
better
understand
over
a
four
week
period.
What
the
experiences
are
that
four
week
period
will
overlap
the
heat
watch,
research,
which
is
a
one-day
data
collection
of
sampling
and
that
data
for
both
will
be
analyzed
in
the
summer.
E
So
the
noaa
program
has
a
lot
of
details:
the
website's
in
the
upper
right
corner
here.
The
reason
noah
is
focused
on
this
because
of
the
very
things
the
mayor
just
said:
heat
research
on
health
impacts
is
under
understood
and
trying
to
raise
that
up.
So
this
program
is
the
third
year
of
a
cohort
now,
and
it's
really
nice
to
see
this
is
the
new
map.
E
E
The
output
is
gis
data
which
you
could
then
think
about
in
terms
of
your
comprehensive
plan
or
any
of
your
other
capital
projects
to
say
these
areas
for
houston.
These
areas
are
super
hot.
If
we're
going
to
be
doing
a
capital
project
there
or
if
we
need
to
do
a
capital
project
there,
that
hasn't
been
fully
formed.
How
might
we
begin
to
integrate
heat
reduction
as
part
of
that?
So
it's
an
important
layer
to
add
to
the
city
data
that
you
already
have
it's
also
a
community
science
program.
E
The
community
science
side
of
this
is
the
volunteers,
so
these
are
volunteers
from
the
houston
program
who
use
these
car
mounted
devices
in
order
to
go
out
on
that
day
and
collect
data
in
houston.
They
had
about
400
people,
we're
talking
about
maybe
30
people,
so
not
quite
as
big
of
a
footprint,
but
not
quite
as
big
as
what
not
quite
as
big
of
an
ask
of
volunteers.
E
So
then
the
follow-up,
so
in
houston,
I'm
using
this
as
an
example
because
they
went
just
before
us
and
they
were
kind
enough
to
share
a
lot
of
their
lessons
learned
with
us,
so
they
just
finished
up
last
year.
So
now
what
they're
doing
this
next
year
is
running
this
in
parallel
with
the
tree
planting
campaign
and
some
other
heat
health
initiatives,
different
programs
within
the
city.
So
that's
an
opportunity
as
well
for
you.
So
what
are
our
next
steps?
E
E
The
work
that
they
will
do
will
work
within
about
100
square
miles
around
the
city
which
gives
us
about
11
sub
areas.
So
we
have
to
decide
how
those
get
chunked,
and
these
points
on
the
screen
are
the
recommendations
from
noaa
and
kappa
strategies
about
how
to
think
about
that.
So
there's
work
to
do
to
sort
it
out.
I
think
there's
also
just
in
terms
of
awareness,
the
opportunity
to
raise
up
things
that
you're
already
doing
so.
E
The
warning
systems
that
you
rely
on
the
coping
strategies
that
are
in
place
through
other
activities
in
the
city,
what
you're
doing
with
mitigation,
which
is
the
majority
of
your
meeting
today,
right,
what's
happening
in
terms
of
events.
There
are
some
of
these
that
happened
last
week,
some
that
are
happening
next
week
and
big
shout
out
to
everyone
who's,
trying
to
get
the
word
out
on
heat
watch
as
well,
and
then
there
are
projects
that
are
underway
or
that
are
under
consideration.
E
So,
just
to
summarize,
there
are
four
issues
here.
We
want
to
increase
awareness
because
that's
the
first
way
to
reduce
risk
right,
make
better
decisions.
We
want
to
increase
coping
capacity,
so
issues
like
energy
poverty,
weatherization
many
things
that
would
relate
directly
to
the
mitigation
plan.
The
mitigation
itself
so
reduce
the
increases
in
urban
heat
island
reduces
the
losses
in
in
tree
canopy
and
then
adaptation
because
of
that
tripling
of
extreme
heat
days
in
charleston
within
the
century.
How
do
we
begin
to
adapt
our
physical
environment
or
behavioral
environment?
For
that
there's
work.
E
That's
already
happening
with
the
heat
watch
program.
You
have
a
hashtag
and
then
noaa
has
one
just
below
there's
the
city
website
shout
out
to
cameron
for
getting
that
set
up
with
mark's
guidance,
and
then
there
are
many
collaborators
I
put
a
star
on
this
because
the
list
continues
to
grow.
Heat
health
crosses
a
lot
of
different
barriers
and,
like
the
mayor
said,
those
barriers
relate
to
inequities,
but
also
other
health
comorbidities,
like
gestational
birth
issues.
There
are
copd
related
issues.
E
There
are
issues
related
to
cardiovascular
and
other
respiratory
concerns,
so
it
just
brings
in
a
much
wider
audience
and
I
guess
I'll
just
stop
there
and
see
if
there
are
any
questions.
But
again,
I
just
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
one
to
the
city
for
raising
up
vulnerabilities
and
two
for
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
to
draw
down
those
risks
and
then
three
to
all
the
collaborators
who
have
stepped
forward
to
give
time
and
to
to
help
get
this
program
to
run.
A
Well,
thank
you
janice.
That's
quite
a
comprehensive
study.
Much
more
so,
and
it's
interesting
to
me
the
intersections
that
exist
between
our
health
and
wellness
efforts
on
one
hand
and
our
climate
change
efforts
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
in
just
a
minute,
because
the
biggest
heat
loss,
energy
loss,
I
should
say
among
all
the
different
areas,
is
from
our
buildings.
So
if
you
look
at
the
weatherization
and
aspect
of
of
this
program,
we
we
definitely
can
tie
a
number
of
helpful
things
together.
C
Mayor
yeah,
it's
carol,
jackson
again,
I
I
had
the
pleasure
of
listening
to
janice
at
the
charleston
resilience
network
coffee
hour
last
week,
so
I
I'm
proud
of
myself
that
I
remembered
a
lot
of
the
stuff,
but
it's
it's
really
amazing.
You
know
the
the
level
and
the
breadth
of
detail
and
collaboration,
as
the
mayor
said.
E
That's
a
great
question,
so
there
are.
There
are
three
ways,
short
term
that
you
could
think
about:
volunteers
for
collecting
the
data,
the
folks
who
are
going
to
drive
the
car
put
the
gear
on
the
outside
of
the
car
and
then
bring
it
back
and
turn
it
in.
We
need
11
sub-areas
to
be
covered,
which
means
22
people,
a
driver
and
a
navigator
for
each
right
eleven
times
two,
because
the
weather
dogged
on
it
sometimes
changes
right
up
at
the
end.
E
We
may
have
to
move
it
within
a
week
of
the
the
assumed
date
we
may
have
a
change
in
weather,
which
requires
us
to
move,
so
the
extra
11
could
be
an
extra
22
are
backup
pairs
in
case
the
change
in
date
means
someone
couldn't
participate,
so
that's
level
one.
That's
the
people
have
to
go
out
and
collect
the
data
level.
Two
would
be
parallel
activities.
E
The
third
level
would
be
to
say,
given
all
the
power
of
the
networks
that
this
group
and
the
charleston
resilience
network
and
all
the
collaborators
represent,
could
you
do
more
to
get
the
word
out
just
about
heat
health
awareness
and
invite
people
in
for
subsequent
activities
beyond
the
day
itself?
So
to
your
point?
Yes,
it
would
be
great
to
have
more,
and
it
would
be
great
to
think
about
this
as
a
program
and
complement
to
all
the
other
good
work.
You're
doing.
F
A
F
If
I
may
yeah
janice
mark
messersmith
with
the
ports
authority
to
me,
it
seems
it
would
be
really
interesting
to
know
not
just
what
the
temperature
radiating
from
that
structure
or
surface
is,
but
the
net
change
or
the
net
difference
from
what
the
ambient
air
temperature
is.
So
that
seems
like
more
of
the
issue.
It's
there's.
The
ambient
air
temperature
may
be
100
degrees,
and
so
we
want
to
know
is:
is
it
10
degrees,
more
hotter
off
of
that
surface
versus
another
one?
E
You're
absolutely
right
great
question,
so
the
sisa
work
that
we
were
describing
you're
going
to
be
doing
two
things,
one:
the
behavioral
things
that
I
just
described:
the
watches
the
eye
buttons.
The
other
is
wet,
bulb
globe,
temperature
monitoring
at
sample
sites
around
the
city,
so
the
wet
bulb
globe.
Temperature
will
pick
up
the
temperature
humidity,
as
well
as
the
wind
speeds,
and
be
able
to
give
us
a
better
sense
of
what
that
context.
That
micro
climate
actually
tells
us
for
the
surface
temperature
readings
and
the
comparison
of
that.
A
Absolutely
so
it
seemed
jan
is
pretty
apparent,
and
this
is
just
common
sense
that
the
you
know
paved
in
impervious
areas.
You
know
held
the
most
heat
and
showed
the
highest
temperatures
and
it
just
again
intersects
so
nicely
with
our
resilience,
efforts
on
flooding
to
plant
more
trees
and
try
to
provide
a
little
more
green
space.
I
was
over
at
daniel
island
I'll
give
you
an
example-
and
I
didn't
come
up
with
this,
but
I
was
very
pleased.
A
We
had
the
groundbreaking
for
the
renovation,
almost
reconstruction,
of
the
the
volvo
tennis
center
over
there
and
they
had
planned
a
plaza
out
in
front
of
the
entryway
to
the
stadium,
and
the
original
proposal
was
that,
basically,
even
though
I
think
it
would
be
a
pervious
material,
but
it
was
basically
a
big
open,
hardscaped
area
and-
and
they
ben
navarro
told
me
the
other
day
well
mayor,
we
we've
kind
of
changed
our
thinking.
We'd
like
to
do
this.
A
In
essence,
a
grove
of
oak
trees
out
there-
and
I
was
like
great-
I
mean
that's
just
what
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
in
every
space
that
we
planned
to
try
to
maximize
that.
But
this
this
ties
in
beautifully
with
it,
and
so
thank
you
again
for
helping
charges
up
for
us
and-
and
I
think
it
just
folds
in
so
nicely
with
all
our
other
efforts.
I
I
think
the
timing
couldn't
be
better.
A
I'm
glad
that
noah
chose
charleston
south
carolina
and
in
fact
admiral
hahn
was
in
my
office
the
other
day
and
all
the
partnerships
we
have
with
noah
are
are
really
terrific
here
in
charleston
for
those
listening.
If
you
didn't
know,
they
have
two
of
their
research
vessels.
Home
ported
here
in
charleston
and
charleston,
is
a
real
central
place
for
for
for
noaa's
operations
and
we're
so
supportive
of
them
and
all
the
work
they
do
and
the
partnerships
we
have
with
them.
Mr.
G
A
South,
it's
charleston
great!
Thank
you
rick,
okay,
so
next
is
the
presentation
by
katie
of
our
climate
action
plan,
it's
the
culmination
of
not
just
months
but
years
of
effort
by
the
city
and
has
been
so
ably
led
by
katie.
As
I
mentioned,
when
we
began
the
meeting
all
the
even
in
the
last
year
of
covet,
the
the
amount
of
public
engagement
participation
has
been
remarkable.
A
I
think
more
than
any
other
public
engagement
that
we've
been
involved
with
as
a
city
and-
and
it
shows
you
the
level
of
interest
by
our
citizens
and
the
realization
that
of
the
importance
of
this
issue,
of
making
the
changes
that
we
need
to
make
locally
to
impact
the
climate
on
our
for
our
planet
and
we
in
charleston
being
in
in
the
low
country
and
so
so
close
to
sea
level.
As
you
all
know,
we
see
we're
on
the
front
line.
A
We
see
the
impacts
of
sea
level
rise
and
extreme
weather
as
much
as
any
place.
I
think
in
the
world,
and
that's
why
it's
come.
It's
it's
hit
close
to
home
for
us
and
it's
time
for
us
to
move
on
to
this
next
step.
So
with
that
little
intro
katie
take
us
away,
tell
us
where
we
are
now
and
let's
have
some
discussion
about
it.
H
H
H
H
Today,
so
just
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
you
know
we're
seeing
these
localized
impacts
from
you
know:
flooding
sea
level
rise,
these
impacts
from
climate
change,
but
we
haven't,
we
haven't,
had
a
plan
that
actually
addresses
the
root
cause
of
climate
change,
which
is
reducing
emissions.
I
love
this
quote.
We
are
the
first
generation
to
feel
the
sting
of
climate
change
and
we
are
the
last
generation
that
can
do
something
about
it.
H
You
can
see
from
the
numbers
on
the
right
there's
been
over
30
meetings
that
happened
all
winter
and
then
in
march
we
we
did
a
second
community
survey
and
public
meeting
and
that's
posted
on
youtube.
If
anyone
wasn't
able
to
make
it,
we
engaged
almost
500
people
in
that
process
and
we
got
some
really
great
input
from
residents
who
really
felt
like
we
were.
We
were
on
target
with
the
climate
action
plan,
so
it
was
really
good
feedback
to
hear-
and
here
we
are
today
presenting
it.
H
H
A
successful
plan
will
be
focused
on
climate
mitigation
because
we
already
have
an
adaptation
plan.
I'll
talk
about
that
more
in
a
moment,
successful
plan
is
focused
on
actions.
We
have
control
over
or
can
heavily
influence.
So,
for
example,
charleston
county
manages
the
recycling
program,
not
the
city.
H
So
I
think,
we've
all
seen
this
graphic
before
the
difference
between
climate
mitigation
and
climate
adaptation.
Both
are
really
important
to
achieve
climate
resilience
mitigation,
we're
actually
talking
about
the
cause
of
climate
change
and
addressing
that
root
cause
by
reducing
emissions,
whereas
adaptation
we're
talking
about
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
it
and
addressing
the
risks
of
climate
change,
such
as
how
to
prevent
flooding.
H
We
call
these
the
power
tools
really
think
of
a
tree,
helps
absorb
flood
water
and
absorbs
you
know
solar
radiation
from
from
the
sun
that
helps
with
the
urban
tree
canopy
as
janus
talked
about,
and
then
a
tree
also
has
a
process
of
sequestering
carbon
dioxide
during
photosynthesis.
So
that
helps
with
mitigation
too.
H
So
generally,
we
have
our
flooding
and
silver
eye
strategy,
which
I
believe
we
will
be
updating
later
this
year.
That's
really
focused
on
adaptation.
This
climate
action
plan
is
focused
on
mitigation
and
together
these
will
make
up
our
resilience
plan.
You
may
have
noticed
they're
formatted
the
same
that
was
that
was
purposeful,
so
we
can
eventually
put
them
together.
If
we
choose.
H
H
Okay,
so
here's
our
cover,
we
have
a
lovely
picture
from
liz.
Thank
you
very
much
in
the
nature
conservancy
table
of
contents.
We
can
fly
through
this,
so
our
our
vision
is
to
substantially
reduce
carbon
pollution
in
an
equitable
way
and
improve
the
health
and
quality
of
life
of
charlestonians.
Now
and
in
the
future,
then
we
have
an
introduction
that
introduces
our
climate
challenges
and
and
what
the
purpose
is.
H
H
We
have
a
page
here
on
all
the
benefits
of
climate
measures,
so
so,
yes,
this
report
is
about
reducing
emissions,
but
there
are
so
many
other
additional
benefits
for
the
people
and
the
economy
of
charleston
that
we'll
see
from
this.
So,
for
example,
when
we
talk
about
protecting
our
wetlands
and
our
our
carbon
sinks
are
powerful
carbon
sinks.
Those
are
those
are
also.
They
also
are
powerful
flood
mitigation
measures.
They
absorb
lots
of
storm
water
and
sea
level
rise,
they're,
also
pretty
beautiful.
H
Lots
of
co-benefits,
we
have
a
whole
section
here
on
social
equity
and
how
it
was
integrated
into
the
plan,
and
then
we
have
a
section
on
how
we
assessed
all
these
action
items
that
were
proposed
and
here's
some
icons
that
are
used
in
the
action
plan
and
then
we
jump
into
each
chapter.
So
each
chapter
is
four
pages
and
it
really
starts
with
the
primary
targets
and
we
have
added
a
emission
reduction
piece
for
each
sector
at
the
top
here.
H
H
Transportation
same
thing,
action
plan
and
then
here's
a
spotlight
on
our
new
bicycle
and
pedestrian
options
that
have
that
are
really
exciting.
A
new
protective
bike
lane
on
brigade
street.
I'm
very
excited
about
waste
same
thing
here
and
in
the
waist
section
we
do
a
spotlight
on
reducing
our
single
use,
plastics.
H
Which
you
all
have
heard
lots
about
last
year
year
before
and
then.
Finally,
we
are
have
our
carbon
sinks
chapter
and
we
spotlight
our
charleston
rain
proof
program,
and
then
we
end
with
with
really
a
call
to
action.
Helping
folks
understand
that
we
really
need
everyone
to
be
part
of
the
solution.
You
know
government
can't
solve
this
problem
alone.
This
this
action
plan
puts
forward
some
policies
and
programs
that
will
help
catalyze
action
from
the
community,
but
it's
really
up
to
the
community
to
take
action.
H
So
our
emission
reduction
goals,
so
these
were
based
on
science.
They
were
calculated
and
you
can
see
we
actually.
We
started
with
a
goal
around
50
and
then,
when
we
calculated
this
for
the
science
based,
it
turned
out
to
be
56,
which
was
great
meant.
We
were
on
the
right
track,
so
our
our
short-term
goal
puts
us
on
track
to
meet
the
net
zero
goal.
That's
the
idea-
and
it
helps
us
measure
progress
sooner
than
2050,
since
that
is
so
far
away.
H
So
our
goal,
our
is
to
reduce
emissions
56
below
our
2018
inventory
levels
by
the
year
2030
and
then,
of
course,
a
net
zero
goal
by
2050.
So
these
are
based
on
science
and
if
you're
not
familiar
net,
zero
means
we're
going
to
add
no
more
carbon
dioxide
equivalent
to
the
atmosphere
than
we
take
away
with
things
such
as
trees
or
carbon
catcher.
H
So
it's
important
to
note
that
this
plan
is
a
five-year
plan.
So
this
this
strategy
is
is
a
is,
is
meant
to
be
designed
for
five
years.
You'll
see
this
goal
is
10
years
away,
it's
20
30..
So
when
we
look
at
this
next
slide
I'll
explain
to
you
why
that's
so
important
so
to
achieve
these
goals,
you
know
they
they
seem
complex
but
they're,
but
they're
very
doable,
especially
because
the
the
science
to
do
this
already
exists.
We
know
what
we're
doing.
H
We
just
need
to
take
action,
so
two
real
main
things
need
to
happen
for
us
to
get
on
track
to
meet
that
2030
goal.
So,
of
course
we
need
to
implement
this
climate
action
plan
and
we
need
to
inspire
community
actions.
This
can't
just
be
government.
This
has
to
be
the
whole
charleston
community
on
board
and
being
part
of
the
solution,
and
also
we
are
very
dependent
on
our
utilities,
transitioning
away
from
fossil
fuels
to
renewable
energy.
So
that
is
also
an
important
part
of
achieving
that.
H
Goal
so
here's
a
graph-
and
that
illustrates
that
the
actions
in
this
five-year
strategy
are
putting
us
on
a
path
to
achieve
the
2030
goals.
So
you'll
see
this
this
blue
line
on
the
top.
We
call
this
the
business
as
usual
line.
This
includes
the
grid
improvements
that
the
utilities
plan
to
make
in
in
in
the
next
through
2050
right
now,
that's
the
plan
right
now.
H
So
basically,
it's
using
our
state
electricity
mix-
that's
saying
44
of
the
electricity
right
now
is
produced
from
fossil
fuels
and
by
2050
that
will
be
down
to
22
percent,
so
this
line
is
based
on
the
population
increasing
and
the
utility
reducing
fossil
fuel
use.
Now
you'll
notice
it's
down
to
22
and
not
zero,
because
there
is
a
plan
to
be
an
increase
in
natural
gas,
which
is
also
a
fossil
fuel.
H
So
if
we
did
nothing
at
that
business
as
usual
line
that
that's
where
our
emissions
would
be
by
2050,
so
you
can
see
we
don't
want
to
be
following
that
line.
So
when
we
look
down
to
the
this
red
dotted
line
here
this,
this
shows
their
short-term
goals.
So
here's
20
30
right
here
you
can
see
that
20
20
25
is
right
in
here
and
we
are
on
a
path
to
meet
the
2030
goal,
but
we're
not
there.
H
So
there's
still
a
lot
that
we
that
we
will
need
to
consider
and
in
five
years
technology
is
going
to
change
a
lot.
You
know
look
at
how
the
solar
industry
has
changed
in
the
last
five
years.
Policy
is
going
to
change
a
lot,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
big
policy
decisions
coming
out
for
earth
day
next
week.
That
really
could
influence
this.
So
that's
why
we
say
this
is
a
five-year
strategy
that
puts
us
on
the
path
to
achieve
the
2030
goal,
but
there
is
still
much
more
work
to
do.
H
And
I'll
just
run
through
the
strategies
with
you
all
so
for
the
for
the
building
section,
we
have
two
strategies:
increasing
energy
efficiency
and
conservation.
Where
we
have.
We
have
the
most
control
over
and
promoting
and
planning
for
renewable
energy
where
we
depend
on
our
utility
a
little
bit
there
too,
in
the
transportation
sector,
increasing
the
use
of
public
transit.
H
So
recognizing
the
city
does
not
manage
public
transit,
but
that
we
do
have
a
say
and
we
can
format
what
we
do
to
help
increase
transit,
embracing
electric
and
other
low
or
no
emission
motors,
increasing
bicycle
and
pedestrian
activity.
Improving
land
use
policy
to
reduce
vehicle
miles,
traveled,
increasing
employee
commuter
options
and
reducing
idling.
H
For
the
waste
sector
and
you'll
see
that
is
tammy
in
the
picture.
She
unfortunately
couldn't
be
with
us
today
at
the
farmers
market,
but
there's
two
strategies
for
waste:
reduced
consumption
and
waste.
From
from
the
start,
that's
that's
the
most
powerful
strategy
and
where
you
can't
increase
recycling
and
composting,
especially.
H
So,
as
I
mentioned,
every
single
action
in
this
plan
has
two
or
more
additional
benefits
for
the
entire
community.
Some
of
these
actions
have
up
to
seven
benefits,
so
we
looked
at
you
know:
cost
savings,
improving
mobility,
improving
public
health
and
air
quality
is
a
really
big
one
and
protecting
our
ecosystems
and
water
quality
safety,
of
course,
is
a
is
a
great
benefit.
H
H
H
And
then,
to
finish,
I
wanted
to
share
that.
There
will
be
three
ways
that
will
report
on
implementation
progress,
so
the
first
way
is
to
continue
updating
our
floodstat
dashboard,
and
I
want
to
just
switch
tabs
here
for
a
moment
and
take
you
to
our
flood
stat
dashboard.
So
if
you
haven't
been
here,
the
mayor's
office
of
innovation
has
created
this
new
priority
stat
program
that
helps
us
stay
accountable
to
the
mayor's
top
priorities
and
there
are
five
different
top
priorities
and
four
different
stat
programs.
We
call
them
that
track
them.
H
The
first
stat
program
is
this
flood
stat
program,
and
this
one
is
based
around
this.
One
is
based
around
helping
to
reduce
the
cities.
Let
me
click
on
it.
I'll
show
you
increase
the
city's
resilience
to
flooding
sea
level
rise
and
storm
surge.
So
then,
in
this
flood
stat
program
there
are
a
whole
bunch
of
measures.
We
call
them
key
performance
indicators
or
kpis
and
then
metrics
associated
with
the
measures,
and
you
can
see
there's
a
status
indicator
and
what
the
lead
department
is
for
each
of
these.
H
So
I'd
encourage
you
to
check
this
out.
If
you
haven't
I'll
put
the
link
in
the
chat,
but
if
you
go
down
here
to
kpi
number,
five
reduce
the
flood
risk
to
the
city
through
community
activism,
you
can
see
there's
five
here
that
relate
to
the
sustainability
division
and
there's
two
related
to
carbon
emissions.
H
I
Whoops
no
katie,
I
think
you
did
a
really
great
job
and
I
think
just
knowing
that
it
is
around
all
of
the
mayor's
priorities
and
that
we're
all
working
it
brings
the
whole
city
together
as
a
team
to
make
sure
we
are
moving
the
needle
together
on
the
mayor's
highest
priorities
and
the
city's
highest
priorities.
So
you
know
very
proud
of
all
the
work
that
all
the
departments
have
put
into
it
and
defining
their
their
measures
and
their
goals.
H
So
then,
the
second
way
that
we'll
report
an
implementation
progress
is
actually
progress
on
our
plan.
So
the
first
one
is
progress
on
admissions,
specifically
progress
under
plan.
So
if
you
go
to
this
website,
which
is
listed
at
the
bottom
of
every
page
in
the
climate
action
plan,
it
will
take
you
here,
and
this
is
a
way
you
can
track
the
progress
learner
initiatives.
So
you
can
see
there's
a
key
at
the
top
here.
That
shows
the
status
of
each
initiative.
So
green
means
it's
completed
or
it's
an
ongoing
initiative.
H
Yellow
means
it's
not
been
started,
but
not
complete.
Yet
and
red
means
it's
not
started
yet.
So
you
can
go
down
this
list
and
see
that
the
majority
of
the
items
in
this
plan
have
have
not
been
started
yet
or
have
just
been
started
so,
and
this
updates
automatically-
and
you
can
see
the
the
lead
department
names
are
on
here.
So
yeah
you
can
see.
20
29
57
have
not
been
started
yet,
of
course,
because
we
have
not.
H
So
there's
there's
the
department
lead
right
there,
so
we'll
keep
this
updated.
So
you
can
tell
progress
on
our
on
our
on
our
plan
then.
Finally,
this
is
going
to
be
a
new
item.
Number
three
here
is
to
produce
an
annual
progress
report
for
city
council
and
the
public
at
the
end
of
each
year,
and
this
will
be
a
report
that
really
tries
to
report
on.
You
know
all
the
activities
that
have
been
done
throughout
the
year
that
help
us
meet
our
goals
and
tracking
progress
on
those
targets.
H
So
when
you
looked
at
each
section,
there
were
those
three
targets
in
the
top
left
corner
of
the
climate
action
plan.
Those
are
going
to
be
our
main
targets
that
we're
going
to
try
to
report
on
there.
There
may
be
some
others
that
we
end
up
adding,
but
those
are
the
ones
we're
going
to
try
to
show
progress
on
at
the
end
of
each
year.
C
A
C
It's
making
me
cry
when
I
think
about
the
work
that's
been
poured
into
this
by
people
like
stuart
and
obviously
katie
and
christine
and
everyone
that
I
can
see
on
my
screen
and
everyone
that
I
can't
see
you
know
I
I
don't
want
to
embarrass
you
mayor,
but
I
don't
know
how
many
years
ago
it
was
pretty
early
in
your
term,
and
you
were
giving
an
interview
to
somebody
at
the
poston
courier
and
they
were
asking
you
about.
You
know
all
of
our
priorities
for
protecting
the
city
from
flooding
and
everything.
C
We
were
learning
like
that,
and
one
of
the
questions
that
was
asked
that
you
had
no
answer
for
was
well.
What
are
we
doing
to
stop
the
cause
of
flooding?
And
you
really
had
no
answer,
and
I
mean
maybe
you
did,
and
they
just
didn't
want
to
talk
about
it,
but
it
you
know
at
that
point
in
time.
I
think
we
made
a
pivot.
C
It
was
like
we
can't
not
have
an
answer
for
why
we
have
to
worry
about
the
biggest
impacts
of
climate
change
on
our
city
and
to
think
that
this
kind
of
progress
has
happened
in
that
sort
of
time.
I
mean
it's,
it's
just
remarkable
and
I
can't
look.
I
can't
wait
until
we
can
put
this
in
front
of
council
and
we
can
adopt
this
and
we're
not
putting
it
in
the
file
cabinet,
and
I
love
that
katie
has
given
us
all
the
reasons
that
will
continue
to
track
and
keep
track.
J
I
agree
with
everything
councilman
jackson
just
said
a
councilwoman
jackson
just
said,
and
the
level
of
professionalism
that
was
brought
to
this
effort
by
katie
has
just
been
phenomenal
and
thank
you
so
much
for
everything.
You've
done,
and
I
really
like
that
in
the
presentation
you
know
katie
did
keep
coming
back
to
this
is
a
community
effort.
This
is
going
to
take
more
than
government,
and
you
know
one
of
the
things
I
say
as
a
sustainability
manager
is
just
because
I'm
the
sustainability
manager
doesn't
mean
that
I'm
going
to
make
musc
sustainable.
J
A
G
This
is
rick
devoe.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
not
in
a
official
capacity
anymore.
I
don't
have
the
sort
of
the
resources
that
I
benefited
from
as
a
as
a
as
a
member
of
the
public
sector,
but
I
do
want
to
say
that
this
this
this
project
is,
is
unbelievable
in
in
terms
of
what
it
looks
like
how
it
is
presented.
G
It's
really
user
friendly,
it's
accessible
by
people
who
are
not
us,
and
that
is
so
important
when
you're
trying
to
engage
a
broader
community
in
getting
things
done,
there's
something
for
everybody
in
it,
and
I
would
I
would
encourage
us
or
others
to
to
really
be
really
take
this
project
and
effort
and
get
it
out
there.
Let
folks
know
around
this
around
the
coast
around
the
state
and
the
region
and
even
nationally
what
what
the
city
is
doing
with
with
this
report.
G
J
A
A
A
You
know,
and-
and
I
want
to
also
give
a
shout
out
y'all
to
our
priority
stat
system
and
program,
it's
kind
of
been
germinating
under
the
radar
tracy
mckee
has
led
this
thing
through
our
innovation
department,
but
it's
been
a
real
team
effort
and
what
it
does
is
it
takes
a
a
large
problem.
It
takes
the
elephant
and
and
and
brings
it
down
to
bite
size
efforts
that
different
departments
and
collaboration
and
community
partners
can
take
to
long
term,
make
a
difference
and
climb
the
ladder.
A
And
if
you
don't
have
a
system
like
that
in
place,
you'll
be
like
that
guy
or
lady
over
on
the
right
hand,
side.
They
can't
even
get
to
the
first
rung,
because
they
just
view
the
problem
as
being
insurmountable
and
and
not
being
able
to
take
the
actionable
steps
to
to
get
there
as
rick
mentioned.
And
if
you
look
at
the
last
part
of
this
climate
action
plan
and
think
about
your
everyday
life,
and
I
did
that
the
other
night
and
and
I'd
like
to
think
I'm.
I'm
pretty
conscious
about
all
these
things.
A
But
I
mean
we
all
have
ways
we
can.
We
can
take
additional
steps
to
to
to
do
a
better
job
and
climb
that
ladder
over
on
the
left,
and
I
I
think
it's
just
an
amazing
tool,
this
this
plan
and
if
we
make
it
accountable
through
our
our
stat
system,
our
priority
stat
system
and
our
community
accountability.
A
We
we
can
make
a
difference.
We
we
can
think
globally
and
act
locally
and
and
make
a
difference
here
in
charleston
on
a
worldwide
challenge
of
climate
change.
So
I'm
I'm
also
very
proud,
like
you,
councilmember
jackson,
and
particularly
proud
of
katie
and
our
team,
and
all
of
you
to
get
us
to
this
point
and
also
excited
to
bring
this
to
council.
So
with
all
that
being
said,
I
know
we're
already
approached
an
hour.
I
thought
with
today's
agenda.
A
H
Yes,
so
if
you
would
like
to
speak,
you
can
raise
your
hand,
the
I
do
have
one
person
signed
up
so
I'll
I'll,
let
that
person
go
first.
I
wanted
to
just
share
really
quickly
that
earth
day
is
april
22nd,
so
next
thursday
and
the
future
also
beautiful,
has
an
earth
day.
Litter
cleanup
if
you're
interested
in
joining
that
and
that
we
have
added
a
new
email
list
to
our
our
webpage.
So
if
you're
interested
in
signing
up
for
that,
you
can
go
to
the
home
page
to
the
notify
me
section.
H
L
L
L
A
number
of
developments,
particularly
on
johns
island
and
west
ashley
in
vulnerable
receiving
streams,
have
been
built
or
are
planned
to
be
built
or
creating
lots
and
wetlands
flood
plains
and
low
areas.
Converting
natural,
effective
storm
water
retain
stormwater,
runoff
detention,
retention
and
filtering
systems
to
impervious
surfaces,
almost
guaranteeing
additional
flooding
problems.
L
M
Hi
this
is
chris
carneville.
I
am
resident
of
west
ashley
and
I
was
I
served
on
two
subcommittees
of
the
climate
action
plan,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
mayor
and
council
members
and
committee
members
for
adopting
the
plan.
I
think
first,
I
just
want
to
say-
and
I
should
also
say
thank
you
to
katie.
As
you
know,
as
I
served
on
those
two
subcommittees,
I
was
very
impressed
by
how
much
community
input
was
gathered
over
the
course
of
just
a
few
months.
M
I
thought
it
looked
like
a
very
large
task
to
assemble
a
plan
like
this
in
the
course
of
a
half
a
year
or
so
and
katie,
and
you
know
with
others
like
stuart
behind
her-
did
an
excellent
job
of
diligently
assembling
the
team.
It
was
a
very
large
team,
as
was
indicated
on
that
slide,
showing
all
the
volunteers.
M
I
think
that
there
was
an
excellent
job
done
of
listening
to
everybody's
cataloging,
everybody's
ideas
and
actually
going
through
every
single
suggested
item
element
for
action
item
one
by
one
with
everybody.
So
we
could
discuss
each
item.
So
I
think
it
was
a
very
well
done
process,
and
so
thank
you,
katie
and
stuart
and
and
everyone
else
who
was
involved
there.
Just
speaking
at
a
broader
level.
You
know,
I
think
it's
clear
carbon
dioxide
in
the
atmosphere
is
at
an
unprecedented
level
in
the
history
of
human
civilization.
M
It's
hot
and
getting
hotter,
as
as
dr
barnes
showed.
You
know
we're
looking
at
a
future
of
more
than
three
months
every
year
of
temperatures
above
90
degrees
and
that's
just
depressing
to
think
about
from
a
quality
of
life
standard.
But
then,
when
you
think
about
the
health
impacts,
you
know,
heat
is
lethal.
M
So
you
know
katie
shared
that
in
the
report
scientists
have
have
demonstrated
that
to
avoid
the
worst
impacts
of
climate
change,
we
need
to
get
to
net
zero
carbon
by
middle
of
the
century
and
about
halfway
to
zero
by
2030
and
so
this
plan.
You
know
it
helps,
helps
us
get
on
the
path
and
I
think
that's
incredibly
important,
and
you
know
by
doing
that,
we
can
help,
like
I
said,
help
protect
quality
of
life,
health
livelihoods
and
make
charleston
a
better
place
for
the
residents
and
businesses.
So
thank
you.
H
D
Sorry
I
was
gonna,
I
would
have
said
a
lot
of
what
he
said
so
I'll
be
really
quick.
One
thing
I
wanted
to
emphasize
was
how
amazingly
constructive
this
whole
process
was.
Problems
would
be
brought
up.
Well,
you
know,
I
don't
think
it
should
be
that
and
then
a
group
would
work
together
to
figure
out.
D
One
of
my
favorite
parts
were
these
assessment
criteria.
It
would
say
she
would
say
well.
Does
it
provide
co
benefits?
What's
the
equitability
issue,
what
are
the
benefits
financially,
that
brought
lots
of
constructive
things
out
and
we
were
able
to
document
again
what
is
really
worth
knowing
about
each
of
these
things,
and
so
it
was
both
a
pleasure
and
I
think
we're
gonna
have
a
very
strong
platform
to
go
forward
with
and
thank
you.
N
Hey
everyone
well,
first
off,
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
also
extremely
proud
of
my
city
today,
actually
feeling
unexpectedly
emotional,
because
this
is
a
great
step
not
just
for
our
action,
but
when
a
southeastern
city
takes
strong
climate
action,
it
has
strong
ripple
effects.
You
know
that
there's
sort
of
a
leadership
effect
that
we
can't
discount,
so
I'm
just
extremely
proud.
N
I
was
honored
to
serve
on
some
of
these
subcommittees
with
just
a
murderous
row
of
talent
and
expertise
and
intelligence,
which
we
will
have
available
to
us
as
we
continue
to
work
on
this.
So
I'm
optimistic
about
the
future
of
this
plan.
Real
quick.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
believe
that
it
would
be
a
wise
investment
to
expand
the
staff
of
the
office
of
sustainability.
N
O
I
know
it's
in
the
plan
under
the
life
cycle
emissions,
but
I
think
it
deserves
reiterating.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
I
agree
with
belvin
more
people
in
the
office
of
sustainability.
Katie
is
doing
a
great
job,
but
I
know
she's
overworked
and
also
the
biggest
leverage
point
we
have
is
lobbying
our
utilities,
but
that
that
can
make
the
biggest
difference
of
everything
is.
Is
getting
our
utilities
to
shift
away
from
fossil
fuels,
including
natural
gas?
So
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
H
P
You
go
hello,
everyone
I
would
like
to
say.
I
think
the
climate
action
plan
is
a
great
plan.
It
was
done
with
a
lot
of
super
wonderful
people
and
I
was
glad
to
sit
on
the
task
force
and
the
educational
committee.
Kdu
did
a
very
excellent
job
and
I
really
think
that
it
will
pass
through
to
through
the
city
board.
Thank
you.
P
A
C
All
right
well,
mr
gilbert,
is
on
the
line
I
wanted
to
set
the
record
straight.
The
city
has
enacted
its
stormwater
manual
2020
as
of
july
1st
of
last
year,
so
it
is
currently
in
operation
whenever
we
look
at
a
a
site
permit
for
an
eligible
site
and
we're
about
to
make
it
required
for
even
single
sites
in
special
protected
hazard
areas.
So
I
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
that.
A
Committee
members,
thank
you
again
for
your
time
and
energy.
It
is
kind
of
a
milestone
today
with
this
recommendation
to
council.
I
welcome
you
all
to
come
to
our
next
council
meeting
and
be
recognized
for
our
committee's
work
on
this
and
again,
I'm
very
proud
of
the
community's
engagement,
but
mostly
proud
of
katie's
work
on
all
this,
but
everybody
it
was
real
team
effort.
So
thanks
to
everyone
that
played
a
part
and
there's
no
further
business,
we
stand
adjourned
until
next
time.
God
bless.
Y'all
have
a
great
day.