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AD HOC SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
JUNE 15, 2016
Title
RECEIVE oral report on updated Metro Countywide Sustainability Planning Website and Tools.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Metro staff has updated the Metro Sustainability website to serve as a better tool for partners, planning professionals, and the public. The updates to the website provide a clearer message on Metro Sustainability's overarching principles and goals and provide for easier navigability of the site. The intent of the website changes is to provide a more useful tool for collaboration and communication among partner agencies and community groups to further Metro's Sustainability goals.
New updates include a section to search Metro plans and policies, including the First Last Mile Strategic Plan, the Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy, the Complete Streets Policy and SCAG Joint Work Program. A new 'Tools' page was added to allow City & County representatives, engineers, designers, civic leaders and community members to search tools related to creating a sustainable transportation system. The 'Tools' pages highlights the Green Places Toolkit, Metro's First Last Mile Plan, and a new catalogue that can be filtered by the name of the tool, the broader subject to which the tool is related, the source of the tool information, and the audience which will most likely find the tool useful. A new 'Events' page serves as a way to inform the public and planning professionals about Metro Sustainability events and other events with a focus on sustainability throughout Los Angeles County.
The updated website is now live and can be found on the metro.net website or accessed directly at www.metro.net/projects/countywide-planning. Staff will present highlights of the new website at the June 15 meeting.
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Prepared by: Zach Riley, Trainee, (213) 922-1403
Jacob Lieb, Sustainability Policy Manager, (213) 922-4132
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Reviewed by: Therese W. McMillan, Chief Planning Off...
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