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DiATE: July 26, 2019
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Councilmembers present at the Work Session were Mayor Pro Tern Kristin Stephens,
Ross Cunniff, Susan! Gutowsky, Emily, Gorgol and Ken Summers. Mayor Wade Troxell
and Julie Pignataro were participatingi, by phone.
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DATE: July 23, 2019
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FROM: Lindsay Ex, Climate Pr ram Manager
John Phelan, Energy Services Senior Manager.
RE: July 23, 2019 Work Session Summary — Climate Action Plan Annual Update
Attendees:
Jeff Mihelich, John Phelan, and Lindsay Ex participated in the Work Session. All Councilmembers
were present except Councilmember Pignataro, with Mayor Troxell participating remotely. Staff
presented the 2018 highlights, an update on the progress on the 2018 community carbon
inventory, and an outline for the proposed planning processes entitled "Our Climate Future."
Discussion Summary:
® Councilmembers expressed support for the integration of the three plans and recognized
Fort Collins 20-year commitment to climate action.
® Councilmembers encouraged staff to continue leveraging existing partnerships, e.g., Platte
River, Colorado Communities for Climate Action, etc., and seek new partnerships, e.g.,
private sector, Poudre School District, etc., to get to scale, create a sense of belonging and
recognition around climate action, and ensure all residents and businesses have
meaningful opportunities to engage with this work.
• Councilmembers expressed support for continuous improvement in data sources,
encouraged staff to explore tracking industrial process emissions in parallel to current
protocol, and continue partnering with businesses to understand how they are reducing
emissions.
• Councilmembers encouraged staff to continue work around integrating transportation and
energy solutions, exploring innovative rate designs to provide end users with more choices
for decision making, and exploring innovate waste solutions such as waste to energy.
■ Councilmembers discussed long-term capital sources for the Epic Loan program which
were presented at the Council Finance committee meeting on July 15.
• Councilmembers supported the proposed community engagement processes, especially
continuing community -led engagement efforts deployed in City Plan and suggested
engaging these groups together to break down silos and assist with program and planning
evaluation (as well as individual community members).
• From an equity perspective, Councilmembers encouraged staff to ensure traditionally
underserved and underrepresented communities are a part of shaping the planning
processes and outcomes, including people of color, seniors, and low- and moderate -income
individuals, and to consider multiple methods to engage, e.g., paper, competitions, badges,
stickers, etc.
7 Includes Deputy City Manager Jeff Mihelich; Utilities Executive Director Kevin Gertig; Interim Director of
Planning, Development, and Transportation Dean Klingner; Chief Sustainability Officer Jackie Kozak Thiel;
and Environmental Services Director Lucinda Smith
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From a resilience perspective, Councilmembers noted the need to ensure strategies are in
place for community members who are at a higher risk to climate change impacts, e.g., may
be without air conditioning or a safe place for refuge during times of extreme heat or
extreme events.
Councilmembers expressed support for positive messaging overall, including storytelling of
individual actions, and to tell the City's story better, e.g., cost-effectiveness, impact, strategy
evaluation, and success stories,
Follow-up Items;
■ In the next month, staff will share with Council (1) final 2018 community carbon inventory
and (2) impacts to the timeline and resources for the community's 2020 goals (while
recognizing the City organization has led by example and achieved its goals three years
early).
• Staff is scheduled to discuss long-term capital options at the Council Finance Committee on
August 191t' to reconsider potential investment tools to implement Epic Loans, the revamped
on -bill financing tool, and solutions to mitigate risk. Council will consider other sources of
capital during their regular meeting on August 20.
® Staff will ensure the Read Before Memo regarding rooftop space for solar is posted online.
• Staff will also include strategies related to utility -owned distributed solar with the planning
efforts and will invite local stakeholders to discuss the available information on this topic.
• Staff will engage the communities identified above to both evaluate the effectiveness of the
City Plan engagement and discuss how these communities might help shape the Our
Climate Future planning processes and outcomes.
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