Climate Action Recommendations for the City of Silverton, Oregon
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2020
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University of Oregon
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This report compiles student work to identify strategies for the city of Silverton to mitigate their climate impact and increase their climate change resiliency. Student recommendations for mitigation and resiliency are grouped based on their topic areas: Land Use and Transportation, Buildings and Energy, Food and Agriculture, Urban Natural Resources, and Consumption and Waste. Each topic area includes specific background information; an action framework with visions, goals, strategies, and actions; a priority strategy for implementation; and a specific design recommendation. Student work on resilience, adaptation and equity is edited into one section: Adaptation and Community Resilience.
The Land Use and Transportation section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: decrease single-occupancy vehicle trips, diversify housing types and implement mixed-use zoning, and electrification of city fleet and private vehicles. The priority strategy is to increase use of vanpooling and carpooling. Shifting single-occupancy commuter trips to vanpooling and carpooling can achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions without a large investment in infrastructure or bus transit. The design recommendations include temporary “tactical urbanism” installations implementing wide multi-modal sidewalks to improve streets for pedestrians and bikes.
The Buildings and Energy section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: increase energy efficiency in existing buildings and reduce community reliance on high-carbon energy from outside sources. Their top priority strategy is to increase energy efficiency within existing buildings in Silverton through outreach and training sessions.
The Food and Agriculture section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: support sustainable and local food purchasing, increase awareness of food and climate issues, and improve the local food system with community gardening. The priority strategy is to improve food in schools by serving locally-sourced, low-carbon food. The students’ design recommendation is the design of a community garden near the senior center in Silverton. The garden will have space for community garden plots, a pavilion for community events, a demonstration garden, and a public food forest.
The Urban Natural Resources section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: restore and implement ecological landscapes and protect water resources. The students’ priority strategy for implementation is to modify the water utility rate system to encourage water conservation to reduce energy and water use. Their
design recommendation is a green infrastructure network of green streets and stormwater filtration interventions. Silverton asked the class to provide recommendations that support the creation of a new climate action plan. Silverton’s current energy plan is somewhat broad. It lacks specific information on Silverton’s priorities and how to implement its goals. Silverton asked students to address both climate mitigation and adaptation.
The Consumption and Waste section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: reduce the amount of consumption, reduce the amount of waste, and
increase composting while reducing food waste. Their priority strategy for implementation is to revise the franchise agreement with Republic Services to send waste to the landfill
instead of the incinerator, and to collect food waste for composting from businesses. Their design recommendation is to create an annual recycling festival to encourage recycling while building community.
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55 pages