Sustaining our future

Sustaining our Future

Learn more about Sustaining our future in the City’s Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan initiatives and measures

Initiatives

  • Plan and design an increasingly sustainable City as Guelph grows
  • Create and execute an ambitious and achievable climate adaptation plan
  • Mitigate climate change by reducing Guelph’s carbon footprint

Measures

  • Percentage reduction of climate risk exposure for the City’s built and natural assets
  • Percentage increase in renewable energy resources to achieve corporate 100 per cent renewable energy target (100RE)
  • Percentage reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to achieve Community Net-Zero carbon target

Included in this priority

2021 to 2024 budget Impacts

  • Implementation of 100RE initiatives requiring staff resources and capital funding strategy for energy initiatives; most notably the transit fleet electrification strategy.
  • The construction of the Baker District public realm including the Central Library and the South End Community Centre
  • Implementation of the Urban forest master plan.
  • Investment in Solid Waste Services to maintain services to a growing community while planning to be an early adopter of recycling Full Producer Responsibility.
  • Scope expansion of Municipal Comprehensive Review and Master Plans to incorporate revised growth targets to 2051.
  • Adjustment of enhanced development application timing requirements from changing legislation.

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Total operating budget for Sustaining our Future

Total capital budget for Sustaining our Future

Total corporate budget requests for Sustaining our Future