The Sustainability Master Plan identifies about 200 actions that the City and community can take over the next ten years to achieve our sustainability goals. Many actions are in progress; this page reports specifically on the top-rated and community priority actions. Actions may not be pursued in direct order of their ranking or priority due to funding, staffing, feasibility, and other considerations.
Last updated February 2022.
Each of the actions were rated according to how much they would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support a healthy natural ecosystem, improve community health and quality of life, promote equitable outcomes for all members of the community, reduce use of fossil fuels or switch to greener energy sources, and cost to implement them.
Pictured, top to bottom: cyclist on the Cross Kirkland Corridor trail, signs for camera enforced speed zones at Rose Hill Elementary School, and the community van.
Community members provided extensive input and many suggestions for actions the City could pursue throughout the public involvement process in 2019. Some were identified as priorities by the community.
Pictured, top to bottom: water bottle filling station at Juanita Beach Park and pea patch garden plots at McAuliffe Park.
Selected actions are highlighted below for their timeliness and importance to the community.
Pictured, top to bottom: planting a tree, Shop Local logo, electric car at charging station
Kirkland's Sustainability Master Plan, adopted in 2020, identifies actions the City and Kirkland community can take to fight climate change and make our natural spaces healthier. Rated actions begin on page 75 in the document.
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