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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK is locally being strategic and thoughtful toward tackling climate change issues. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from Notre Dame's experiences there. Allison Mihalich, Senior Program Director at the University of Notre Dame Office of Sustainability, with offices located at 100 Bronson Hall, University of Notre Dame, stated, Good evening and thank you for the invitation to speak to you today to share a brief overview at a high level, regarding our sustainability strategy document as well as our strategy planning process specifically. Notre Dame has a long history of supporting environmental stewardship with the aim of moving the needle forward, advancing sustainability. As you see, (referencing a slide in the presentation) our timeline, in 2003 the Utilities Department kicked off a long-range planning process that served as a foundation for consideration of a University-wide emissions reduction goal. The first(1St) emissions related goal the University set for itself was in 2010 and that focused on Scope One (1) and Scope Two (2) emissions. These sources of emissions are our direct emissions from our own sources, as well as our indirect emissions that were either purchased or generated. So,our goal for the whole University,is by 2030 to reduce our Scope One(1)and Scope Two (2)by fifty percent(50%)per gross square foot from the 2005 level. I'll show you where you stand now in a few slides. We also have an aspirational goal. Our long-range goal is to reduce emissions by eighty-three percent (83%) from 2005 levels by 2050, eventually becoming carbon- neutral. In 2008, my office was established. In 2010, we set our first (1st) goal. From 2015-2016 the university commenced planning efforts around sustainability goals and formed a committee. We started the planning process before Pope Francis's encyclical was issued in December of 2015 on"Care for our Common Home". The encyclical really helped us accelerate our planning efforts. In the spring of 2016 we released committee recommendations, and our formal finalized plan was released in September of 2016. This just gives a look at the planning process I mentioned earlier. The Utilities long-range plan served as a foundational document to help kick things off and set ambitious but achievable goals for the University. Once we engaged the Utilities Department, we looked outside of the University and did extensive benchmarking of peer institutions to see like schools, schools across the nation and globally, what goals were they setting for themselves, what were they prioritizing,how ambitious were they, and what timeline were they looking at. We then looked internally and got feedback from campus constituents, including the Utilities working group that was formed as part of their long-range planning process. There was also an Energy and Environmental Issues Committee that was engaged along with Student Government. Then it was time to draft, review and iterate. The little chart in the bottom right corner shows our emissions reduction to date. I am happy to report since we set that goal, we are ahead of schedule and we realized sixty-seven percent(67%)reduction in our Scope One(1) and Two (2) emissions. So, we are ahead of the goal that we set for ourselves which is really exciting. You will see a slight uptick where our footprint is growing, that is due to some construction of sustainably designed buildings, so we anticipate that leveling off and then declining more aggressively. Co-Committee Chair Broden asked, Do you mind if I ask for a round of applause? Ms. Mihalich continued, So,this just gives a little more detail about the groups and the people that were involved and actively engaged in the planning process. The Utilities Department Task Force and Working Group had representatives from faculty, staff from Utilities, staff from the Sustainability Office, from our Finance Department, as well as bringing in external industry experts. I mentioned that we engaged student government to get their input. Then there was an Energy and Environmental Committee formed which was diversely represented. We had faculty from each College at the University, also the Office of Sustainability was represented to help EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 10