Sustainability & Climate Action Plan

Community Engagement Methods Used to Incorporate Stakeholder Feedback Throughout the Plan:

Public Comment on the Draft Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S-CAP)

The public comment period was open for online and written submissions from March 14 – March 31, 2022. To view the complete extent of the comments, click this link. 

*Demographic information has been redacted to maintain anonymity. 

Click here for a list of public comments that were incorporated into the latest S-CAP draft (version 05/02/2022)

Stakeholder Sustainability Survey 


Please find the survey summary* by clicking this link.

For the survey's complete, anonymous raw data, click this link.

*All survey data is anonymous.

FOCUS TOPIC WORK GROUPS:

The 24 Focus Topic Work Group sessions are completed.  The task force is currently reviewing the recommended objectives and actions from each of the six work groups. (as of 11/15/2021)

Work group meeting agendas with attached minutes and slide decks can be found in the Sustainability Category of the Agenda Center.  

Energy & Buildings Workgroup Mtg #1

Royal Oak residents around a table at a meeting

Six Focus Topics

The focus topics are Energy...

June 29, 2021 Community Sustainability Forum Event

The Royal Oak Sustainability Task Force hosted its first event, the online Community Sustainability Forum Kick-Off meeting, on June 29, 2021.  There were 75+ participants on the Zoom call and others watching the WROK live-stream. Click here to see the meeting presentation slide deck or scroll down to view the live meeting recording. 

Following the event, we built a Community Stakeholder Survey to better understand residents' priorities and actions related to sustainability. The Community Stakeholder Survey will close on September 3, 2021. Stay tuned for the Stakeholder Survey response summary (late summer/early fall).

Focus topic work groups are now in progress.  The first meeting for all six work groups have been scheduled.  Click here for agendas with meeting details.

  1. If the city is only responsible for 1.4% of the GHG, how will you mandate residential and commercial property owners to meet the goal of zero by 2050?
  2. Can the composting that is available for the municipal buildings be offered to Royal Oak businesses?
  3. I would want to make sure we consider the implications on housing affordability because many of the goals are noble but if we create perfect houses that 5% of the population can afford is that really
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