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Creating a cleaner, greener, and healthier Detroit, together

Meeting the needs of our current generation without sacrificing the needs of future generations

• Established in 2017
• Mission is to facilitate healthy, green,

vibrant, accessible neighborhoods where all Detroiters can contribute and benefit through:

• Collaboration between City departments

and agencies;

• Engagement and partnership among the

City, citizens, and relevant organizations; and

• Process and policy improvement
• Sustainability Action Agenda launched in

2019

• Established in 2017
• Mission is to facilitate healthy, green,

vibrant, accessible neighborhoods where all Detroiters can contribute and benefit through:

• Collaboration between City departments

and agencies;

• Engagement and partnership among the

City, citizens, and relevant organizations; and

• Process and policy improvement
• Sustainability Action Agenda launched in

2019

• Empowered 14 residents as

Sustainability Ambassadors (2 per council district) to build local support and buy-in

• Engaged 6,800+ Detroiters through

townhalls, meetings, web, and surveys

• Worked with 28 City departments though

Interdepartmental Workgroup

• Guided by a Sustainability Advisory

Commission (Co-chaired by Bedrock, DTE Energy, and DEA)

• Leveraged expertise and technical

support from Bloomberg Associates and AECOM

Equitable, Green City Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Affordable, Quality Homes

All Detroiters thrive and prosper in an equitable, green city; have access to affordable, quality homes; live in clean, connected neighborhoods; and work together to steward resources.

• Improve air quality and reduce impacts

from pollution

• Increase access to healthy food, green

spaces, and recreation opportunities

• Advance equity in access to economic
• pportunity
• Reduce the total costs of housing,

including utilities

• Improve the health and safety of existing

and new housing

• Transform vacant lots and structures

into safe, productive, sustainable spaces

• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Make it easier and safer to get around

Detroit without a personal vehicle

• Enhance infrastructure and operations to

improve resilience to climate impacts

• Reduce municipal and citywide

greenhouse gas emissions

Healthy, Thriving People Affordable, Quality Homes Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Equitable, Green City

Sample

Outcome Goal Indicator

HTP HTP

Increase access to healthy food, green spaces, and recreation opportunities: Percentage of residents within a 10-minute walk to a park Improve air quality and reduce exposure to pollution Number of trees planted in the 20 most vulnerable census tracts

AQH AQH

Reduce the total cost of housing, including utilities Number of low-income households served by water efficiency programs Average residential energy consumption per capita

CCN

Reduce waste sent to landfills Citywide recycling and composting diversion rate

EGC EGC

Reduce municipal and citywide greenhouse gas emissions Municipal greenhouse gas emissions Community greenhouse gas emissions

• Improve air quality and reduce impacts

from pollution

• Increase access to healthy food, green

spaces, and recreation opportunities

• Advance equity in access to economic
• pportunity
• Reduce the total costs of housing,

including utilities

• Improve the health and safety of existing

and new housing

• Transform vacant lots and structures

into safe, productive, sustainable spaces

• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Make it easier and safer to get around

Detroit without a personal vehicle

• Enhance infrastructure and operations to

improve resilience to climate impacts

• Reduce municipal and citywide

greenhouse gas emissions

Healthy, Thriving People Affordable, Quality Homes Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Equitable, Green City

• Improve air quality and reduce impacts

from pollution

• Increase access to healthy food, green

spaces, and recreation opportunities

• Advance equity in access to economic
• pportunity
• Reduce the total costs of housing,

including utilities

• Improve the health and safety of existing

and new housing

• Transform vacant lots and structures

into safe, productive, sustainable spaces

• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Make it easier and safer to get around

Detroit without a personal vehicle

• Enhance infrastructure and operations to

improve resilience to climate impacts

• Reduce municipal and citywide

greenhouse gas emissions

Healthy, Thriving People Affordable, Quality Homes Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Equitable, Green City GSD has renovated over 148 parks, adding over 100 acres of parkland

• Improve air quality and reduce impacts

from pollution

• Increase access to healthy food, green

spaces, and recreation opportunities

• Advance equity in access to economic
• pportunity
• Reduce the total costs of housing,

including utilities

• Improve the health and safety of existing

and new housing

• Transform vacant lots and structures

into safe, productive, sustainable spaces

• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Make it easier and safer to get around

Detroit without a personal vehicle

• Enhance infrastructure and operations to

improve resilience to climate impacts

• Reduce municipal and citywide

greenhouse gas emissions

Healthy, Thriving People Affordable, Quality Homes Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Equitable, Green City GSD has renovated over 50 parks, adding over 12 acres of parkland HRD has facilitated the creation of

• ver 750 new affordable units

GSD has renovated over 148 parks, adding over 100 acres of parkland

• Improve air quality and reduce impacts

from pollution

• Increase access to healthy food, green

spaces, and recreation opportunities

• Advance equity in access to economic
• pportunity
• Reduce the total costs of housing,

including utilities

• Improve the health and safety of existing

and new housing

• Transform vacant lots and structures

into safe, productive, sustainable spaces

• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Make it easier and safer to get around

Detroit without a personal vehicle

• Enhance infrastructure and operations to

improve resilience to climate impacts

• Reduce municipal and citywide

greenhouse gas emissions

Healthy, Thriving People Affordable, Quality Homes Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Equitable, Green City GSD has renovated over 50 parks, adding over 12 acres of parkland HRD has facilitated the creation of

• ver 600 new affordable units

We have created over 43 miles of bike lanes in the last 3 years, the most of any city in North America GSD has renovated over 148 parks, adding over 100 acres of parkland HRD has facilitated the creation of

• ver 750 new affordable units

• Improve air quality and reduce impacts

from pollution

• Increase access to healthy food, green

spaces, and recreation opportunities

• Advance equity in access to economic
• pportunity
• Reduce the total costs of housing,

including utilities

• Improve the health and safety of existing

and new housing

• Transform vacant lots and structures

into safe, productive, sustainable spaces

• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Make it easier and safer to get around

Detroit without a personal vehicle

• Enhance infrastructure and operations to

improve resilience to climate impacts

• Reduce municipal and citywide

greenhouse gas emissions

Healthy, Thriving People Affordable, Quality Homes Clean, Connected Neighborhoods Equitable, Green City GSD has renovated over 50 parks, adding over 12 acres of parkland HRD has facilitated the creation of

• ver 600 new affordable units

We have created over 43 miles of bike lanes in the last 3 years, the most of any city in North America DWSD built green infrastructure to manage stormwater from > 900 acres of impervious surfaces Our entire bus fleet is now equipped with Wi-Fi, enabling passengers to access the internet while taking the bus! GSD has renovated over 148 parks, adding over 100 acres of parkland HRD has facilitated the creation of

• ver 750 new affordable units

We have created over 43 miles of bike lanes in the last 3 years, the most of any city in North America

• Already met goal of

120 buses outlined in Agenda

• 120 buses currently have Wi-Fi
• All will have in 2020
• Increased digital connectivity for

Detroiters

Accomplishments Impacts

To be complete in 2020

Timeline

• Transportation
• Technology
• Workforce

Partners

• Tasting stations at

day camps

• Procured grant to

expand programming

• Nutrition education, cooking classes,

and gardens at four rec centers

• Commercial kitchen opportunities
• Farmer’s Market

Accomplishments Impacts

New programming in summer 2020

Timeline

• Parks and

Recreation

• Health
• Eastern Market
• Keep Growing

Detroit

• United Way

Partners

• Brought together

philanthropy and private sector

• Increasing skilled

trades training

• 100 home pilot
• 20% reduction in cost of water bill
• Employ/train adults and youth in

skilled trades

• Expand to 500- 1,000 homes annually

Accomplishments Impacts

1-year program began Fall 2019 Year 2 expansion

Timeline

• DWSD
• Cedar Tree

Foundation

• Wayne Metro
• Kohler/Dupont
• ECN

Partners

80% 75% 25% 19% 19% 10% 15% 4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Waste Diversion Rates by City

• $780K in grant dollars – State

and Philanthropy

• Outside technical assistance
• 16,000 additional residential customers
• 1,600+ commercial and multifamily

accounts

• 160+ bins in parks, public spaces
• Reduced contamination

Accomplishments Impacts

Education begins Fall 2019 New carts starting Spring 2019 Continues through end of 2020

Timeline

• Public Works & GDRRA
• The Recycling Partnership
• EGLE (MDEQ)
• Green Living Science/ Zero Waste Detroit

Partners

11% 89%

2012 Detroit Municipal GHG Emissions as Percentage of Citywide

Municipal Operations Non-Municipal

61% 23% 10% 6% Municipal Operations GHG Emissions as Percentage by Activity

Municipal Buildings and Facilities Solid Waste Wastewater Treatment Municipal Transportation

10.6 Mt CO2e 1.12 Mt CO2e

• Continuous improvement in

utility billing

• Found $400k in savings
• Hire Utility Manager
• Utility bill analysis and corrections
• Energy savings recommendations for

city buildings

• Pilot Green Buildings (Adams Butzel)
• Greening the fleet

Accomplishments Impacts

2019-2020

Timeline

• General Services
• OCFO: Dept Financial Services
• LEAN

Partners

• Funded by Philanthropy
• Greater internal recognition
• f value & need for

resilience

• Hire Climate Manager – Engagement
• Update Municipal and City GHG

Assessment

• Develop Wedge Analysis
• Extensive internal & external

engagement: business, community…

Accomplishments Impacts

2019-2021

Timeline

• Local Orgs & Businesses
• City Departments

Partners

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Number of Lead Actions by Department

• CURES @ Wayne State
• MI Environmental Council
• SWD Environmental Vision
• Detroit Greenways Coalition
• Wayne State Healthy Urban Waters
• Great Lakes Environmental Law Center
• Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
• Community Development Advocates of Detroit
• UCHC
• GRDC
• ACCESS
• EcoWorks
• Sierra Club
• Incite Focus
• Detroit 2030
• Eastern Market
• Ecology Center
• Food Plus Detroit
• ClearCorps Detroit
• Zero Waste Detroit
• Green Living Science
• University of Michigan

• Bedrock Detroit
• Erb Foundation
• General Motors
• Henry Ford Hospital
• Breathe Free Detroit
• Southwest Solutions
• Great Lakes Bioneers
• LISC
• MoGo
• GLISA
• Pizza Plex
• DTE Energy
• Develop Detroit
• MSU Extension
• Wayne State University
• Congress of Communities
• I.B.E.W. Local 58 Detroit,1
• Eastside Community Network
• Detroit Environmental Agenda
• Wayne Metro Community Action Agency
• Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
• Detroit Public Schools Community District