Goals
(4 total)
- EV-A: Protect Aquatic Ecosystems – Protect and improve aquatic ecosystems including lakes, streams, wetlands, floodplains and the Salish Sea
- EV-B: Protect Terrestrial Ecosystems – Protect and improve terrestrial ecosystems
- EV-C: Natural Resource Management – Protect and improve natural systems and ensure environmental sustainability through coordinated natural resource management
- EV-D: Human Health and Environment – Recognize the environment's inherent value and essential role in supporting human health and wellbeing
Stronger Policy Language (24 policies)
- EV-6: Manage the city's surface and stormwater to protect aquatic resources, improve fish habitat, respond to flooding and erosion damages, and reduce the discharge of pollutants.
- EV-11: Adopt, implement and update a comprehensive urban forest plan to support a healthy and resilient urban forest through well-coordinated, consistent, efficient and sustainable management.
- EV-20: Require mitigation sequencing early in project planning stages to safeguard ecological functions and values.
- EV-37: Protect people and public resources and facilities from injury, loss of life or property damage due to landslides, erosion, seismic events or flooding.
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (16 policies)
- EV-25: Support ecological functions and the restoration of natural systems by promoting the use of native plants, controlling the spread of invasive species.
- EV-26: Provide opportunities for public education and engagement to promote awareness and responsible individual actions for environmental stewardship.
- EV-38: Encourage and expand access to nature and green spaces to foster human health and connection with the environment.
- EV-40: Encourage regenerative ecological design, which focuses on creating human and natural systems that work together.