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Austin Climate Equity Plan Implementation Update Joint Sustainability Committee February 23, 2022 1 Overview ● Memo Update ● Story Map ● Climate Ambassadors Update ● Implementation Tracking Website ● Strategy Status Categorization ● FY22-23 Budget Communications ● Implementation Discussion ● Working Group Discussion ● Next Steps 2 Feb 9 Memo Update to Council ● Leadership responsibilities over the implementation of the Climate Equity Plan members ● Updating the bylaws of the Joint Sustainability Committee to add new ● A publicly accessible dashboard to track plan implementation ● The Community Climate Ambassadors Program ● Community engagement efforts ● Plan recommendations that can be completed without a mid-year budget amendment Airport ● Exploration of opportunities for further electrifying operations at the Austin ● Status update on key items that have been initiated since the plan's adoption https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/pio/document.cfm?id=376186 3 Austin Climate Equity Plan – Story Map https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a16c5def2fef4a2285be0737e2efdeb0 4 Climate Ambassadors Update ● Hired a Climate Equity Engagement Associate in late January ● Currently having interdepartmental and community conversations with climate plan participants and former ambassadors to identify lessons learned ● Reviewing opportunity areas within climate plan's community engagement strategies implementation ● Developing new framework for how this model can be adapted for 5 Implementation Tracking Website Using the Socrata Dashboard Platform: 1. Quantitative Data on all Quantitative 2030 Goals 2. Reporting on all 74 strategies: status, project phase, responsibility, tasks, budget, and impact Planning on Discussing the Audience, Purpose, and Details with the Working Group tomorrow Strategy Status Categorization Organizing the 74 Strategies into the following categories: 74 Strategies Key Takeaways from our Discussions ● 37% of the plan strategies are already being implemented in some way, and by next year over 75% of it could be underway ● Many of the mid-year budget needs are focused on: ○ Funding for consultants to assist with assessments ○ Hiring additional full-time staff to manage new initiatives ○ New focus on equity for existing programs or initiatives ○ Mid-Year Needs are being reviewed and filtered by Management right now ○ Determining if funding exists that could be shifted, so no ammendment needed ○ If existing funding can’t be found ○ Budget Office needs to find funding sources ○ Packaged up and put on a Council Agenda as an RCA FY22-23 Budget Communications Resolution 110 For Fiscal Year 2023 budget process and all future budgets, identify investments supporting greenhouse gas reduction efforts to achieve net-zero goals. ● OOS is working with the Budget Office and Departments on what will be included ● End product goal: 2 pager summarizing new projects proposed for funding ● Include projects within other major plans ○ Project Connect, ASMP & Smart Mobility Roadmap ○ Austin Energy Resource Plan & Energy Code Update ○ Water Forward ○ Zero Waste Plan ○ Strategic Housing Blueprint & Imagine Austin ○ Urban Forest Masterplan and Long-Range Parks Plan Boards and Commissions have a process for Budget Recommendations, they are due on March 31st. This year the budget office wants the recommendation to also be uploaded on SpeakUp and one person needs to be assigned to create an account. 11 Implementation Discussion ● The OOS is not in control of implementation ○ We bring departments together and lead in a direction ○ We aggregate and coordinate reporting ○ Our office is responsible for a short list of projects / strategies ● Departments are where the action is ○ Most of the strategies will be implemented by their staff, their budget, and their management ○ They will have the best information on their status, funding, and details of implementation ○ They need a longer lead time for detailed conversations 12 Working Group Discussion ● What is the purpose statement? ● What is the scope and boundaries? ● What are the tasks and schedule? ● What work will be completed and who will do it? ● How is the working group different than a JSC meeting? ● If outside JSC community members are invited ○ Who will manage the relationships and communications with them? ○ What is the purpose of their participation? ● OOS will not be running the meetings 13 Stakeholders / Avenues for Participation ● Stakeholder Groups ○ Council Members ○ B&C Members ○ Departmental Staff and Management ○ Community Leaders ○ Interested Community Members ○ Community Members ● Existing Avenues ○ Council Meetings ○ Boards and Commissions ○ JSC Meetings ○ Climate Ambassadors ○ New Options ■ 5 new JSC members ■ JSC Working Group Does the JSC need to do a power mapping exercise to determine who has influence where and who needs to participate in which avenue? 14 Next Steps ● Finalize work on the Mid-Year Budget Amendment ● Complete the Implementation Dashboard and go-live ● Continuing to Scope and Plan the new Climate Ambassadors Program ● Working with departments on reporting FY22-23 Budget items