Danny Plecas

Council · Mission

Mid town Mission 38 yrs

About

I have served on council for 15 years, employed with Mission Schools for 29 years . Married for 44 years raising 4 children (5 grandchildren). Served on the Fraser Regional Library Board, Water and Sewer Commission, Sustainable Housing committee.

Policy commitments

Buildings

We all want healthy, affordable, and comfortable homes. These policies will help to lower energy bills, cut pollution, and improve indoor air quality.

✓ Support electrification of new buildings. Supportive

✓ Incentivize electric heat pumps and air filtration systems. Supportive

✓ Incentivize renewable energy, battery storage, and smart-grid technologies in new and existing buildings to improve energy security. Supportive

✓ Scale up energy retrofits for existing homes, businesses, and public buildings. Supportive

✓ Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events. Supportive

Climate Justice

Our community is already experiencing the harmful impacts of climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution, and taxpayers are on the hook to upgrade and repair critical infrastructure.

✓ Endorse the fossil fuel treaty and commit to phase out fossil fuels. Supportive

✓ Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources. Supportive

~ Pursue available legal options to recover a fair share of the climate costs facing our community from fossil fuel companies and other big polluters. Neutral

Ecosystems

The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat all rely on healthy ecosystems. Nature can also help protect our community from extreme weather by controlling floods, protecting shorelines, and cooling neighbourhoods. Access to nature improves the health and well-being of residents, and supports biodiversity.

✓ Protect and restore ecosystems, which are essential to human survival, health, and economic well-being. Supportive

✓ Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater. Supportive

✓ Prioritize native tree planting in all areas, especially those with low tree cover, higher population densities, and more vulnerable residents. Supportive

✓ Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife. Supportive

Land Use

We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.

✓ Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit. Supportive

✓ Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience. Supportive

✓ Increase food security by supporting local agriculture and community gardens. Supportive

Transport

Connecting neighbourhoods through public transit and active transportation networks will cut pollution, improve public health, and make our communities more affordable (and fun!).

✓ Deliver reliable, frequent, affordable local transit. Supportive

✓ Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities. Supportive

✓ Build bike and roll networks that are safe for everyone. Supportive

✓ Expand EV charging infrastructure. Supportive

Watersheds

Climate change, increasing populations, and overconsumption threaten our water security. Healthy watersheds and forests are critical to support clean drinking water, stormwater management, climate resilience, and biodiversity for future generations.

✓ Implement water conservation plans and educate the public to conserve drinking water. Supportive

✓ Protect and restore watersheds as vital municipal infrastructure. Supportive

✓ Develop and implement a water security plan. Supportive

Zero Waste

Zero waste policies reduce pollution, keep waste out of landfills, build resilient local economies, and safeguard public health by shifting society away from a disposable culture toward a sustainable circular economy.

✓ Support the development of a circular economy to eliminate waste and improve resilience. Supportive

✓ Implement bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible. Supportive

✓ Supportive

~ Neutral

× Opposed

– No response

Climate action

How have you contributed to climate action in your community through advocacy, past work, advisory committees, volunteer work, and/or reducing your personal carbon footprint?

Work through the JSSC as we look after Waste Management , we aim to increase diversion rates through education and enforcement. Council adoption of a Enviromental Charter and a Tree Management Bylaw.
Personally, l use and promote the use of local recycling depot as a way of keeeping unnecesary items out of the dump. I support increasing our tree canopy in the urban core . I also garden.

Questions for Mission

Are you in favour of accelerating Mission’s adoption of Level 4 of the Zero Carbon Step Code, currently mandated by the province by 2030?

The challenge we face in accelerating to Level 4 of the Zero Carbon Step Code is understanding the state of Electrical capacity. My understanding is Electrical power generation may not be able to handle the step code requirements by the year 2030. l would support , if there was greater certainly that the future grid was capable of handling the demands placed on it by the Code enforcement.

Would you support making an updated Environmental Charter the foundation policy against which all other policies and strategies are measured?

I would need to study this , as much as possible all policies and procedures should aline with our Enviromental Charter. To update the current charter as the foundational policy to other policies may slow down development , add cost to projects and interfer with other government policies. (example: Mining permits)

Would you support a policy of evaluating all decisions for their effects on future generations? (i.e. the effect on Mission in 20 or 50 years)

l would support a evaluative progress on decisions we made, but challenges you face may see unseen circumstances that would impact expected outcomes. You set the course with OCP or other planning documents and need to review and refresh so you dont end up with undesirable outcomes.

Would you support mandating EV charging points in all new residential construction?

I would support that the electrical capacity in a new home support a EV charging system. I am not sure if l could see a home having the complete system installed as it adds cost , and that is something a new homeowner would choose to add later.

Would you support developing an anti-idling policy for the municipal fleet?

Its a great idea and when possible it should be implemented. It makes sense for the most part, as there may be large trucks on a cold day may need to idle for a few minutes before they hit the road.

Campaign contributions

Public records from Elections BC — 9 contributions totalling $11,450.00.

2022 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

5 contributions · $3,950.00

Contributor	Date	Amount	Office	Jurisdiction
DANNY PLECAS	Aug 25, 2022	$1,500.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION
DANNY PLECAS	Jun 16, 2022	$1,000.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION
GWEN PLECAS	Oct 4, 2022	$750.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION
GWEN PLECAS	Aug 25, 2022	$500.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION
CHRISTINA PLECAS	Oct 14, 2022	$200.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION

2018 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

1 contribution · $2,400.00

Contributor	Date	Amount	Office	Jurisdiction
DANIEL PLECAS	Oct 22, 2018	$2,400.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION

2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

3 contributions · $5,100.00

Contributor	Date	Amount	Office	Jurisdiction
CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LOCAL 593	Oct 24, 2014	$700.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION
CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BC DIVISION	Oct 24, 2014	$2,900.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION
DANNY PLECAS	Sep 16, 2014	$1,500.00	COUNCILLOR	MISSION

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