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Green network outcomes are embedded into applicable City work through updates to policy, standards, and work procedures; and staff are supported to integrate these.
GP3.1Establish green network policies and work procedures for City of Saskatoon Departments
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- 2028
3.1.1 Green network policies
Description: Review and prioritize opportunities to embed and standardize green network objectives in City bylaws, policies, processes, and work procedures.
Status: A new Tree Protection Bylaw and update to the Trees on City Property Policy (C09-011) were adopted by City Council in 2024.
Work is currently focused on the development of a Natural Area Policy and corresponding processes, to be presented in 2027.
Green Pathways Timeline: Initiate in 2022-23. Operationalize between 2028-2031.
- 2028
3.1.2 Corporate education and training
Description: Deliver an education and training program that supports city staff to integrate green network considerations into work plans and procedures.
Status: Since 2024, an annual event called Green Network Connect has been delivered to City staff whose work benefits and/or impacts Saskatoon’s Green Network. The purpose of these events is to coordinate work across the organization, identify opportunities to collaborate on projects and/or funding, and to reduce potentially conflicting priorities.
Green Pathways Timeline: Initiate in 2022-23. Operationalize between 2028-2031.
- 2030
3.1.3 Green network asset integration
Description: Identify resourcing needs for the ongoing integration of natural infrastructure into the City’s asset management system.
Status: A Natural Infrastructure Framework* was prepared in 2024-2025, which outlines recommended steps for the City to effectively identify, assess, manage, and fund priority natural infrastructure across its full life cycle. The Framework was brought forward to the Planning, Development, and Community Services Committee in the 2025 State of the Green Network Report in August 2025. (The "Natural Assets" language has been updated to "Natural Infrastructure" to reflect the longer list of assets that it applies to such as parks and landscape trees.)
Green Pathways Timeline: Initiate in 2024-25. Operationalize between 2030-31.
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Information updated 11/05/2026