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Canceled: Resiliency & Climate Response Meeting

September 17 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

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Date:
September 17
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10:30 am - 11:30 am
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AIA Austin
801 W 12th St
Austin, TX 78701
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AIA Austin

Resiliency Advocacy won’t meet this week, but we hope to see you at the Advocacy Roundtable we’re presenting with Mobility Advocacy on Monday, Sept. 28 at Noon!

While we’re not meeting, we are continuing work on these priorities:

TRACKING ISSUES

  • Advocacy Roundtable with Mobility on Mon. Sept 28 at Noon
  • Ideas for resilience integration for new Design Center

PRIORITY ITEMS

  • Structure and potential alignments for this committee;
  • Form exploratory task group on onsite water reuse strategies for projects at diff scales
  • Pending: Engage on working group for Dogs Head

CROSS-ADVOCACY COLLABORATION

  • With all: Dogs Head
  • With Mobility: Barton Springs Bridge
  • With Mobility: Streetscape & Green Infrastructure (*street trees for better shade)
  • With Housing: Promote ACU; “Ten-minute Walkability”; Green social housing; Resilience centers

OTHER

  • Green space calc – A new advocacy item we could explore and take up.
  • Roots and Wings (Kulpana) – small grants for resilience
  • Bird friendly design
  • Identify Water Forward / One Water items to support
  • Resilience stations / programming

The Resiliency & Climate Response committee helps mitigate, adapt, and prepare for the ongoing and future impacts of climate change. We strive to identify practical solutions, build awareness, educate, and advocate for urgency in climate resilience activities.

We typically meet the third Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Join our email list to hear about upcoming events.