Professional Services Agreement - The Delta Institute - Climate Action Plan

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001010"MiLm - 4 RX * 01:51wfu Tamrx-N-1,wilim hT.MITIV-1 MIWITM I civic groups (the RFP identified potentially the Green Ribbon Commission, Common Council members, youth leaders, and partner agencies as examples). Similarly to the internal surveying, the format and questions would be reviewed and approved by at least the Sustainability Director. The community input and sentiment will be summarized in an internal briefing document and the evaluation criteria will be modified as necessary. Delta Institute will work with the Director of Sustainability and other City staff with community relations and diversity, equity and inclusion expertise to identify and reach out to stakeholders. It is acknowledged that it is paramount to get stakeholders to the table to build bridges between multiple interests. Additionally, the project team understands that feedback garnered for the plan will inform the Climate Action Plan but will not substitute for community involvement for specific strategies. Deliverables: Mixed methods strategy for targeted feedback that may include interviews, focus groups or strategies. This strategy will include a questionnaire for external stakeholders for the Sustainability Director's review; focus group meeting/or other strategy for getting at vision and framework for the Climate Action Plan. Summarize co -benefits of climate plan outcomes Brief summary of effort with granular information for the Sustainability Director Briefing document on key local opportunities and observations Budget: $6,000 Timeline: May 3rd - May 30th Activity 4: Develop GHG reduction targets be discussed with the Sustainability Director and Climate Working Group. While the informal RFP indicated mid-term and long-term goals, Delta suggests considering a short-term goal as well. This would help create momentum for the longer -range goals create accountability for implementation in the near -term and create a "win" earlier in the process. We have found this approach to be a - I_ q- -jjn 4-QR* z Lu,?_WxW_ni v g goals potentially for 2025, 2035, and 2050, for example. In addition to the establishment of the goals, Delta would include emission reduction timelines to help track achievement and metrics to assist with the assessment process in an internal memo that would be create as an interim deliverable and updated for the final Climate Action Plan. Internal memo Draft GHG Targets Section for Plar Reduction targets by June 28th Budget: $10,000 Timeline: May 30th - July 12th Activity 5: Identify top strategies Utilizing the GHG emissions data, the local context, input from community stakeholders, the reduction goals, and well -established Del a would create a short list of high impact actions to meet the Climate Actior Plan goals. The strategies would be defined by type and sector, and include estimates of potential reduction, cost, ancillary benefits and include information on any issues with feasibility. We intend to only include mitigation activities that have high return on invest and/or high return on impact. Similar to other projects that we have completed, an implementation and funding strategy would be included for each activity including responsible parties, accountability, metrics, and alignment with local context. This would be delivered via a formal Climate Action Plan document as well as summary slidedeck. We understand that time is of the essence for outline costs and funding mechanisms for this activity as the South Bend budgeting process needs its requests in by late June.