Lee Devlin
Council · Revelstoke
Revelstoke 40 yrs
About
Incumbent City Councillor in Revelstoke since 2022. Born in town, bringing a focus on Revelstoke's rich heritage and culture to the table. Well known for public outreach and engagement pieces.
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.
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Support electrification of new buildings.
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Incentivize electric heat pumps and air filtration systems.
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Incentivize renewable energy, battery storage, and smart-grid technologies in new and existing buildings to improve energy security.
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Scale up energy retrofits for existing homes, businesses, and public buildings.
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Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events.
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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.
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Endorse the fossil fuel treaty and commit to phase out fossil fuels.
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Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources.
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Collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in the stewardship of the land, air, and water, and work towards reconciliation.
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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.
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Protect and restore ecosystems, which are essential to human survival, health, and economic well-being.
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Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater.
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Prioritize native tree planting in all areas, especially those with low tree cover, higher population densities, and more vulnerable residents.
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Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife.
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Land Use
We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.
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Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit.
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Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience.
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Increase food security by supporting local agriculture and community gardens.
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Transport
Connecting neighbourhoods through public transit and active transportation networks will cut pollution, improve public health, and make our communities more affordable (and fun!).
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Deliver reliable, frequent, affordable local transit.
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Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities.
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Build bike and roll networks that are safe for everyone.
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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.
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Implement water conservation plans and educate the public to conserve drinking water.
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Protect and restore watersheds as vital municipal infrastructure.
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Develop and implement a water security plan.
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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.
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Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal.
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Support the development of a circular economy to eliminate waste and improve resilience.
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Implement bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
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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?
Revelstoke is implementing a curbside garbage and recycling program that is scheduled to come online in early 2027. Implementation of water metering and conservation program has begun in 2026. Council successfully advocated at SILGA to protect the Rainbow-Jordan River area. Partnered with non-profit Local Food Initiative to create a neighborhood garden on City-owned lands. Grant funding secured for a shade tree planting project to begin in 2027. Local bio-energy corporation was brought on board to City operations last year and we continue to explore methods to reignite that program.
Questions for Revelstoke
What actions will you take to better prepare the City of Revelstoke to mitigate, adapt and respond to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, including in areas of food security, land-use, water consumption, and wildfires?
More work is needed to tackle extreme heat and cold events, as well as provide public shelter for evacuees from disaster events in other communities. Working with local partners to ensure funding for food security programs remains a top priority. Careful consideration of a fair and equitable metering rate bylaw to encourage water conservation is critical in the coming years.
What will be your approach to working with and empowering governance committees, including the Environmental Advisory Committee, and to improving community involvement in decision-making for the Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation?
More reliance on the EAC is wise, as it is an under-utilozed and under-subscribed committee. Unfortunately, I have not sat on the RFC board so I have little experience with their governence.
How can the City of Revelstoke better support reconciliation and collaborate with Indigenous Nations?
Filling the vacant Indigenous Liason position through CED is a great start, and more Council engagement and involvement in Indigenous!lead events and nurturing those partnerships would go a long way.
What role should the City of Revelstoke play in supporting a resilient local food system?
Finding a steady and continued funding source to assist local food non-profits, and continuing to support the food security programs in town. Bylaws to encourage home-based animal husbandry and farming coukd be explored.
Bears are closely tied to Revelstoke’s identity and tourism messaging. What responsibility does the City have to ensure that this identity is backed by meaningful action and investment in human–wildlife coexistence?
As encouraged by Revelstoke Bear Aware Society, policies are currently being explored to define how Revelstoke manages attractants on City property. Garbage collection bylaws are being reviewed and updated in 2027 as part of our curbside collection rollout, and staff should be encouraged to take a harder look at both residential and commercial attractant management. We continue to advocate the province for a dedicated Conservation Officer based in Revelstoke. Forestry and wildfire management efforts heavily contribute to bear migration avoidance as well.
How will you ensure that Revelstoke’s tourism growth is sustainable, reflective of community priorities, and balances the need for housing that is affordable and climate resilient?
My main platform in 2022 was finding ways for tourism to give back directly to the community and it continues to be a high focus and priority going into the next term. We see the impacts of climate change on tourism yearly, and sustainable and responsible tourism practices have been a large focus of Tourism Revelstoke and continue to be an integral paty of their Destination Management Plan. Supporting the work of this plan with advocacy at the Provincial level will open more doors for appropriate management of the sector.
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