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Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Office of Sustainability Approach - Sep 2023 Partners • Part of Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2021 • Funds targeted at states, MSAs, and tribal governments • Two phases • Planning • Implementation CPRG Planning Grants ● $1 million in non-competitive funding to the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for regional climate planning ● City of Austin (Sustainability) leading process ● AECOM supported grant application ● Outputs ○ Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) (due Mar 1, 2024) ○ Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) (due mid-2025) ○ Status Report (due mid-2027) 3 City of Austin Travis County CAPCOG City of Kyle Hays County CAMPO City of Buda Bastrop County Clean Air Force Partners City of San Marcos City of Lakeway City of Round Rock City of Pflugerville SPEER Movability Alliance Sierra Club Lone Star Clean Fuels 4 Planning Grant Application Timeline ● May: Applied for grant ● Jun-Aug: Worked with EPA ● Oct: Project kicks off ● Sep: Received notice of award, council approval, job postings up 5 PCAP Timeline 6 CPRG Implementation Funds - Opportunity ● $4.3 billion for general competition ● Expectation of 30 to 115 grants ranging between $2 million and $500 million ● Measures proposed must be in PCAP and focused on GHG reductions ● We can submit two applications: one individual, and one as lead of a coalition ● We can also participate in other coalitions ● Deadline is April 1, 2024 7 CPRG Implementation Funds - Goals 1. Implement ambitious measures that will achieve significant cumulative GHG reductions by 2030 and beyond 2. Pursue measures that will achieve substantial community benefits (such as reduction of criteria air pollutants (CAPs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)), particularly in low-income and disadvantaged communities; 3. Complement other funding sources to maximize these GHG reductions and community benefits 4. Pursue innovative policies and programs that are replicable and can be “scaled up” across multiple jurisdictions. 8 CPRG Implementation Funds - Evaluation Criteria Overall Project Summary and Approach Impact of GHG Reduction Measures Environmental Results – Outputs, Outcomes, and Performance Measures Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities Job Quality Total Programmatic Capability and Past Performance Budget and Timely Expenditure of Grant Funds 45 60 30 35 5 30 45 250 9 Prep Work for Grants - Interdepartmental Meetings ● We’ve been having monthly conversations with 20+ departments ● Tracking opportunities ● Identifying projects and looking for opportunities for collaboration 10 Prep Work for Grants - Workshops ● Hosted interdepartmental workshop in June to identify potential projects and facilitate collaboration ● Pursue concurrent opportunities, support departments in pursuits ● 50+ participants from 20+ departments 11 Prep Work for Grants - Workshops ● Hosted workshop in September for community-based organization to identify city-community collaboration on grant projects ● 100+ attendees from community and city 12 Next Steps support ● Office of Sustainability received $200k in FY24 budget for climate grants ● CPRG planning grant includes $75k for a grant writing consultant ● PCAP will most likely lean on Climate Equity Plan, Regional Air Quality Plan, and other existing plans given short timeline ● PCAP will include an identification and quantification of measures we can take to reduce emissions ● Those will form the basis of grant applications 13 Next Steps ● Oct 1 - PCAP officially kicks off ● Potential JSC involvement ○ Join Community Advisory Committee ○ OoS present at JSC and receive feedback ○ JSC working groups look at specific elements of PCAP and advise on alignment with Climate Equity Plan 14