Community engagement for City’s Environmental Framework begins

Medicine Hat – The City of Medicine Hat invites residents to learn about the City’s work to establish an Environmental Framework that will formally ingrain environmental considerations into City decision-making.

Residents may engage online by submitting questions on the Environmental Framework project page on the City’s Shape Your City portal at shapeyourcity.medicinehat.ca. or attend the in-person community engagement session on Tuesday, May 30 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kin Social Room, 2055 21 Avenue SE.

“We’re living in a changing world and environment is very much a focus,” said Kevin Redden, director of Environment, Land and Government Relations with the City of Medicine Hat. “We’ve always considered the environment in City initiatives, but this guiding document sets the broad strategy under which each City department must operate with respect to the environment.”

The framework will be layered with Council’s strategic priorities and the myMH Municipal Development Plan to create specific targets and actions that the City can control. It will be a living document that can adapt to changes in our community and in the regulatory realm.

“Each division will have responsibilities under the framework. Building renewables into the electricity grid, water conservation initiatives, or building on the current HAT smart program are examples of how this will impact the whole organization,” adds Redden.

The framework is expected to be complete by the end of 2023.

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