Green Team – Work Plan

The scope of the revitalized Green Team will be to pick up where the past efforts left off. Initially, the

Green Team will work through all of the compiled information on previous efforts and develop goals. So

far a survey of previous efforts has been compiled along with a list of previously proposed projects but

each of these will be expanded as this team develops a framework for identifying projects within the

larger goals. In 2015, the Green Team will update Council on its findings and current practices as well as

make recommendations on directions forward to accomplish projects that will continue to work towards

the overarching goals.

The Team will be made up of 5 City Staff members:

Will be identified once the structure of Team is approved

The Team will also include 3 community member advisors:

Routt County Environmental Health or Facilities Representative

Building/Trades Professional

Member of the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council

All of the community members will be appointed by the City Manager and be asked to serve for at least

one year, with opportunities to continue on.

The Green Team will focus on the areas outlined in the original Council goal including; Air quality, water

quality/quantity, energy use, transportation and waste stream. The Team will also reference prior and

current planning documents that overlap with these focus areas. It will use the original adopted mission

statement of the Green Team as the guiding statement to start:

The Green Team is an organization of city staff from various departments that are committed to the

sustainable integrity of the City of Steamboat Springs day to day operations with an optimal mix of

resource efficiency, cost effectiveness, and employee wellbeing.

We will use a sustainability framework for making decisions and identifying emerging opportunities that

contribute to our goal of becoming a sustainable city. We will inspire commitment to this mission from

our employees and work with internal departments to further our common goals.

We work to reduce consumption of energy, depletion of resources, contributions to greenhouse gas

emissions, air and water pollution, and waste by identifying and sharing opportunities for change. The

Green Team encourages use of alternative transportation, sustainable purchasing, and promotes reuse

and recycling. We educate and encourage City staff to adopt green policies and practices.

The Green Team is focused on the triple bottom line which takes into account environmental and social

 performance in addition to financial performance while reducing the City’s carbon footprint.

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With this as the starting place, the Green Team will also spend next year beginning to develop a broader

community oriented plan for sustainability. This plan will include best practices from neighboring

communities and potentially include pursuing a STAR Community  rating. In this next phase, during the

development the plan our community partners and City Council will be updated and asked to participate

in all of the work sessions.

Proposed Task Force Work Plan

  Identify City Staff to sit on Team

  October 1st – Reach out to potential community advisors

  Share compiled sustainability materials with group

  October 7th

 Kickoff Meeting

  Introductions, Work plan, Group Structure, Discuss information on past sustainability efforts

and City plans, Determine meeting schedule

  Look at what other sustainability efforts in Colorado look like

  Define Scope

  Mission Statement – rework if needed

  1st task; EV station grant application (Due November 12

th)

  Meeting 2 TBD –

  Review STAR Community Guide and discuss possibility of using it

  Create Green Team goals

  Meeting 3 TBD –

  Review and approve Goals for 2015

  2015

  Phase One JanuaryApril

  Complete data gathering on all efforts City partners on with community organizations

  Identify opportunities to partner on community efforts

  Complete development of sustainability framework for project ranking

  Work with PR&O to develop long term recycling program in parks

  Have facilities department begin to detail opportunities that will help our internal energy

use

  Continue to work on identified Goals

  Phase Two – April – July

  Develop City Staff program designed to support waste stream reduction, energy

consumption, alternative modes transportation

  Complete EV Station at City Hall

  Revisit purchasing policy developed by Green Team

  Look into building program and its viability

  Phase Three – July – October

  Develop recommendation for projects

  Report to Council on recommendations and progress

  Following the budget adoption develop 2016 work plan