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APPENDIX SAMPLE INITIATIVES <br /> government,Tempe created in October of 2015 a citizens' Sustainability Commission,and the city <br /> manager has established quarterly conservation and sustainability updates for City Council. The <br /> updates are to promote cross-department collaboration and will review a set of 87 sustainability <br /> initiatives that have been identified across all city operating departments,more as they emerge. <br /> "To aid in this effort, the Leadership in Community Resilience program will lead an <br /> internal executive-level Resiliency Workshop.This workshop is intended to: <br /> 1. Provide the necessary departmental leadership to their operational areas of <br /> responsibilities; <br /> 2. Engage colleague Directors on an ongoing basis to provide a holistic approach as the city <br /> continues to develop sustainable best practices and align them with the city managers' <br /> strategic initiative; <br /> 3. Ensure that the concepts live past the tenure of individuals. <br /> "The workshop will be hosted in partnership with the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability, and <br /> will seek to identify shared initiatives and common performance metrics for city departments to <br /> better implement resilience strategies and to foster a productive relationship with the <br /> Sustainability Commission. Department leadership throughout the city will be challenged to <br /> identify ways that their programs align with the recently adopted strategic performance program <br /> initiated by the city manager and adopted by City Council. The city has also joined the Compact of <br /> Mayors,committing to benchmark and reduce local greenhouse gas emissions." (National, 2013). <br /> 0 <br /> Page 66 UNIVERSITYof$T.THOMAS <br /> EN-ERGYCITY <br /> Opus College of Business <br />