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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK the assets and needs that our community is bringing to us? So,these are all filters for weighing and prioritizing strategies that could be effective in helping us reach a greenhouse gas quota. She went on, I'll cover this slide (referencing the presentation) but when we presented this in February, we were just having a conversation about how we bring the Administration's and the Council's actions together. I think there are a lot of opportunities for us to have multiple checkpoints to make sure that we are moving forward with the same understanding of what is best for South Bend. So,we are in the first(1St)box now (referencing a slide in the presentation)where Council is considering a foundational climate resolution. The Sustainability Office is pursuing this and will yield a climate action. The result of the first (1st)plan will be these couple of really high- priority recommended strategies and the greenhouse gas reduction goals. So, it is my hope we could discuss those together and that Council would be willing to adopt those as initiatives we would want to take on. Then each one(1)of those that we do want to move forward with will need a work plan and implementation plan. That is where we would bring in a lot of the more specific financial estimates such as engineering details. It would also outline who all of our partners need to be and who needs to be at the table for those conversations. There will be implementation for each of those initiatives. That would be a really good time to bring in community and stakeholder input because they will be the ones who, once we know what the initiatives are going to be, will know how it will impact different populations around the City. That will also be another opportunity for Council to step in and voice their support. I hope that by being in long-step and by having check-ins throughout this process, what we come out with is something we all feel we can support. It is important we are on the same page. She continued, So, to the bill that will actually come before you in the next meeting, not this meeting, I want to make sure we are all comfortable with the proposed climate resolution. How I got to this draft started with reviewing the public comments from our February meetings. I then met with Administration staff and the youth leader of the South Bend Climate Champions. I worked with Councilmember Broden and I also reviewed about a dozen other community's climate resolutions. I pulled the best stuff out of all of that and put it into here, so you could see what the themes were of what the other cities are covering. It is kind of a menu, so, you could pull things out that don't need to be here or rephrase things,but, Councilmember Broden and I are interested in getting your feedback. So,as we are working on the final draft,we will make sure to incorporate any of your concerns to make sure they are in here. She went on, There are two (2) sections in here. There is the Whereas section and then there is Resolve's. The Whereas', I'm going to read through them more quickly because you'll probably want to read them in more detail but these are more statements of our shared values. Committee Chair Broden stated, In the interest of time, we can circle back to these. Quite frankly, a lot of this aligns with different points of the hearings. Could you focus more a little bit on the Resolve's section? Ms. Dorau replied, Yes. So, for the Whereas', I will just say, there are probably some areas where they are too detailed. Some of that could be moved into a cover letter and it doesn't have to be included into an actual resolution. Committeemember Davis interjected, Are there some, in terms of climate change, as it relates to transportation? EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 I I D 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 4