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  1. A Comprehensive Odour Management Plan

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    1 comment  ·  GC 2020 » Improve air quality  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    it stinks around here!

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  2. fine drivers of noisy motorcycles

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    4 comments  ·  GC 2020  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    now i know why they call it no fun city.

  3. Property tax exemption/deduction for not owning a car.

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    4 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  4. Create Green lane ways.

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    6 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    We have looked at the ""green lanes" pilots and reported to Council in 2008 (summary — they’re 3-4 times more expensive than our now-standard strip pavement, there is a definite "price point’ of how much residents would be willing to pay for the treatment, and they will likely have higher maintenance costs and a shorter service life). We’re currently finalizing our test site for the lower-cost lane treatment option — a permeable lane pavement design.

    Here is the full Council report, including the resident survey.

    http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20081030/documents/pe4.pdf

    Definitely an option for Council to increase the funding (reduce the property owner’s share) for these projects to promote more green lanes. More broadly speaking, the Greenest City team is supportive of the idea to make make laneways and alleys more pedestrian friendly environments, while maintaining essential functions (e.g. access for loading, parking and waste collection).

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  5. Ban disposable cups, plates and cutlery in all restaurants/cafes

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    31 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  6. local food production, vertically!

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    7 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    Advantages of Vertical Farming
    Year-round crop production; 1 indoor acre is equivalent to 4-6 outdoor acres or more, depending upon the crop (e.g., strawberries: 1 indoor acre = 30 outdoor acres)
    No weather-related crop failures due to droughts, floods, pests
    All VF food is grown organically: no herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers
    VF virtually eliminates agricultural runoff by recycling black water
    VF returns farmland to nature, restoring ecosystem functions and services
    VF greatly reduces the incidence of many infectious diseases that are acquired at the agricultural interface
    VF converts black and gray water into potable water by collecting the water of
    evapotranspiration
    VF adds energy back to the grid via methane generation from composting non-edible
    parts of plants and animals
    VF dramatically reduces fossil fuel use (no tractors, plows, shipping.)
    VF converts abandoned urban properties into food production centers
    VF creates sustainable environments for urban centers
    VF creates new employment opportunities
    We cannot go to the moon, Mars, or beyond without first learning to farm indoors on
    earth
    VF may prove to be useful for integrating into refugee camps
    VF offers the promise of measurable economic improvement for tropical and subtropical
    LDCs. If this should prove to be the case, then VF may be a catalyst in helping to reduce or even reverse the population growth of LDCs as they adopt urban agriculture as a strategy for sustainable food production.
    VF could reduce the incidence of armed conflict over natural resources, such as water
    and land for agriculture

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  7. Develop a city-supported urban farming program

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    check out this link
    its a very interesting solution that dosent require more land
    being used for agriculture and is a truely local solution.
    http://www.verticalfarm.com/

  8. Eliminate residential curbside recycling collection of packaging materials

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  9. Get rid of the needles and stop allowing people to shoot up in the open

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Off topic  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    further solution based ideas please..
    what does crack down really mean ?
    cracking down is a band-aid
    and does not go to the root of the problem..

  10. Create more community gardens

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    8 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
    started  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    City has already moved beyond the 2,010 (garden plots) by 2010 challenge. Three new gardens were created in the summer of 2010 and others are currently in the planning stage. This is an idea included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.

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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    check this link
    http://www.verticalfarm.com/designs.html
    vertical farming
    means greenhouse skyscrapers,
    perfect for urban food production.

  11. Require businesses to be responsible for their own waste

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  12. Develop a Vancouver Food Action Plan

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    6 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    check this link
    vertical farming
    makes perfect sense for urban gardening.
    greenhouse skyscrapers.
    http://www.verticalfarm.com/designs.html

  13. Mandatory 25¢ fee for plastic shopping bags

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    28 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    last time i was in china there was a nation wide ban on plastic bags and literally the next day stores wernt stocking them anymore.
    i think banning them altogether is a better choice,,people would just have to adapt.

  14. Encourage urban food production

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  15. Extend food waste collection program to include apartments and condos

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    25 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The City supports Metro Vancouver’s plans to ban food scraps from the incinerator and landfills by 2015. The City will collaborate with Metro Vancouver to develop and implement a plan to ensure apartments, condos, businesses and institutions have access to food scraps collection programs before the ban comes into effect.

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  16. Require residential water metering

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    12 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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    alicia chaa commented  · 

    noone should have to pay for water.

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