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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Environmental Advisory Committee_Tab 04_9/8/2021Agenda Item #4. Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) STAFF MEMO Meeting: Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) - Sep 08 2021 Staff Contact: Robert Shaw Department: Environmental Advisory Committee Update on Review of web/webinars on Local Ways and Means to Address Carbon Footprint Reduction SUMMARY: This document and any attachments may be reproduced upon request in an alternative format by completing our Accessibility Feedback Form, sending an e-mail to the Village Clerk or calling 561-768-0443. EAC attachment ICLEI Membership Overview Summer 2021 compressed EAC attachment2 Gmail - VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Page 19 of 56 Agenda Item #4. From: Megan Houston [mailto:MSHouston@pbcgov.org] Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 10:19 AM To: shawbob20@gmail.com Subject: GHG Follow Up :.• It was great catching up with you this morning. I have just introduced you by email to Kale Roberts with ICLEL I suggest you have a call with him to learn more about ICLEI and its services for advising localities on greenhouse gas inventories, suggesting GHG reduction targets, and recommending GHG reduction strategies. You might also want to look into LEED Certification for Cities and Communities. The County, Jupiter Inlet Colony, and West Palm Beach have all achieved or are in the process of achieving certification with support from a Bank of America grant. There's a "subscribe" form at the end of the website link where you can sign up for updates. I suggest you do, in case they announce another grant round to help go through the certification. PBC can also assist with providing some of the data that we conducted for our own certification. Regarding the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, you are welcome to participate in any of the events or access the resources. You may also adopt the Mayor's pledge. The Compact is hosting its 13t" Summit on December 9 & 10, 2021, with in -person and virtual options. https://web.cvent.com/event/c9493145-1095-4c26-a35a-338485bf8c76/summary Please feel free to reach out with any additional questions. Thank you, Megan Megan S. Houston, Director Palm Beach County Office of Resilience 2300 North Jog Road, 4th Floor, West Palm Beach, FL 33411 O: (561) 681-3812; Email: MSHouston@pbcgov.org Sign up for OOR's Quarterly Resilience Newsletter here! Visit OOR's Website here! Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. Page 20 of 56 Agenda Item #4. This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com Page 21 of 56 MEMBER - ICLEI Community 8$8 Online resource hub, training BENEFITScenter, and forum connecting over 1,000 users in thematic working groups. ClearPath 8 g Global Collaboration f l l l l l Inventory, forecast, plan, and Network worldwide through monitor climate data with ICLEI's platforms like CitiesWith Nature industry -leading emissions and EcoMobility Alliance. Engage management tool used by more with ICLEI's role as focal point for than 600 cities and counties. cities at the UN, Technical Assistance r, Proven Frameworks Receive one-on-one assistance Our five pathways provide a with GHG inventories and : ' framework for solutions that climate action, adaptation and balance human life and the built planning. and natural environments. Learn & Do Cohorts Amplification r—bAr", Build staff capacity with ICLEI's Communications support and facilitated group training recognition through ICLEI's blog, cohorts that lead to tangible social media, and in an elected Agenda Item #4. TESTIMONIALS The guidance and resources thatlCLEI provided [to our cohort of governments] streamlined our process of creating GHG inventories for each ` city and the county." Sharon Grant Owner of Eco Edge Consulting [ClearPath's] dynamic charts are a powerful too[ to use during public meetings. The user interface is modern and intuitive. ClearPath helps us zero in on strategies that can achieve an impact." c9 � Scott Tess 5ustainability Coordinator, City of Urbana, IL I am truly honored to loin ICLEI has helped II of] this the beard on this [theimpressiveboard tremendously with San and Antonio's greenhouse gas look forward to action inventories. The team oriented discussion... I'm consistently goes above expecially excited to and beyond to ensure bring the unique that our staff understands perspective of island the process at each step resiliency to the of the way." membership. Ahk Kelly T. King Councilmember, Maui County, HI Minerva Qefee Climate Program Manager, Office of 5ustainability, San Antonio, TIC I am so thankful for having ICi_EI as a partner in the Resilience Cohort program. Their technical expertise exponentially increased our ability to guide Indiana communities to climate resilience and GHG mitigation." Andrea Marie Webster Implementation Manager, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University MEMBER DUES Community Annual Population Dues lender 100k $1,200 100k - 300k $2,250 300k -- 750k $3,250 750k - 2M $5,000 Over 2M $7,000 Agenda Item #4. From: Kale Roberts [mailto:kale. roberts@iclei.or] Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 10:30 AM To: shawbob20@gmail.com Subject: Re: Introduction to Village of Tequesta - ICLEI Membership and Resources Megan, very nice of you to introduce me to Bob. Hi Bob! Nice to hear of the Village's interest in GHG inventories and getting started down a climate path. You may be familiiar with the Florida Race to Zero work that ICLEI is partnered on, but whether or not Tequesta is in a spot to consider climate neutrality as a formal commitment, an inventory and analysis around what's feasible will be a great place to start. About 45% of ICLEI members are small -sized communities, so we do tailor a lot of our resources to cities under population 25,000 (and may not have the excellent staff resources the way Palm Beach County does). Attaching a member overview. Would you want to find a time to talk? Some options: Sept 7 - 9:30am, 12:30pm Eastern Sept 8 - 10:30am, 2pm up through 4pm Sept 9 - 12:30am up through 1:30pm The following week is good too. Thanks! Kale POE, Kale Roberts (helhim/his) Senior Program Officer ICLEI USA Telephone (845) 464-3682 Email kale. robe rtsCcDiclei.org for suuinaary Web I Twitter I Linkedln I Vimeo I Newsletter ICLEI— Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. Active in 125+ countries, we influence sustainabiliiy policy and drive local action for low emission, nature -based, equitable, resilient and circular development. Page 24 of 56 9/1/2021 VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan - vot.tbradford.eac@gmail.com - Gmail Agenda Item #4. Tom, Below is a collection of possible resources that may provide some assistance in any VOT effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to plan for climate change. Some of these you have already provided information on. There is also some other information on an upcoming event (Annual Climate Leadership Summit ) that may be of interest to VOT. I have calls in to see if we can get assistance in developing an inventory of VOT's GHG emissions. You can supply this as back up to next week's meeting if you think appropriate. Hopefully I'll have more info. by then. e EPXs Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tool - https://www.epa.gov/statelocalenergy/download-local-greenhouse-gas-inventory-tool ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is a global network working with more than 2,500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. - https://www.iclei.org/ ICLEI has a Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions. I downloaded them and it's several files, many 80-90 pages long each. But here is the link to the page to view and initiate a download if so desired. https://icleiusa.org/us-community-p otocol/ I believe to try and do this accounting and reporting via their protocols is far beyond the scope of what we as a committee or Village staff could do without professional assistance.- U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Download the U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Community Protocol), a detailed technical document with cutting -edge methodologies and best practices to help local governments measure and report the emissions associated with their communities. The U.S. Community Protocol is structured as a folder with a main document that includes the core guidance and two appendices. An additional seven detailed accounting appendices and a Scoping and Reporting Tool are included as separate documents in the folder --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Palm Beach County Office of Resilience - https://discover.pbcgov.org/ resilience/Pages/default.aspx Megan S. Houston, Director MSHouston@pbcgov.org 2300 North Jog Road, 4th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33411 561-233-2400 The Office of Resilience (OOR) works to ensure that Palm Beach County remains a great place to live, work, and play while addressing physical, social, and economic challenges including climate change. OOR helps the County continue to provide the services upon which residents, businesses, and visitors rely, while facilitating opportunities for all people and businesses to thrive, adapt to climate change, and live and operate more sustainably. As climate change effects will impact human and natural environments, it becomes increasingly important for Palm Beach Page 25 of6 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/WhctKKWxdNWtjjJzCsnWvRvWRWmCvBRPHsgbkRcLcNSnWzzXbFzCxCxnhmxgCPQgXkVrGPv I5 9/1/2021 VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan - vot.tbradford.eac@gmail.com - Gmail A�County-to�adap tem � Wclimate change, mitigate climate change impacts, develop sustainably, and thereby reduce resident, business, and natural resource vulnerability. Palm Beach County is at the forefront of local government planning for resilience and climate change adaptation. What they are doing In the Office of Resilience, we are focused on three main priorities: • Adapting to Climate Change • Mitigating Climate Change • Living and Building Sustainably Why? To: Prepare our most vulnerable communities for the impacts of a changing climate • Protect property values, natural resources, and infrastructure investment • Ensure businesses, agriculture, and the tourism industry thrive Conserve natural resources locally to contribute to a healthier environment globally How? - Through working collaboratively with the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact to produce regional tools that inform our region's vulnerabilities and levels of risk, through working internally at Palm Beach County to develop a Resilience Action Plan that will include adaptation and mitigation measures to reduce our risk to climate changes impacts and increase the sustainability of our community, and working locally with Palm Beach County municipalities to provide support, information, and a forum for idea exchange and coalition -building. In May 2020, Palm Beach County's Board of County Commissioners adopted the second update to the Unified Sea Level Rise Projection. The County uses the Projection to assess potential sea level rise impacts on County capital projects and guide County planning. Additionally, the County encourages municipal and private -sector stakeholders to use the Projection. The updated report includes possible future sea level rise scenarios as shown in the figure below, allowing the County to balance cost effectiveness, lifetime, vulnerability, and criticality of building and infrastructure projects against potential threats. The report acknowledges that, with a concerted effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sea level rise may be kept below the projected levels. Under Resources is SOLAR INFOR - https://discoverpbcgov.org/resilience/Pages/solar.aspx More info. on the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact — https://southeastfloridaclimatecompgct.org/ The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact is a decade -old partnership between Broward, Miami -Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties, to work collaboratively to reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions, implement adaptation strategies, and build climate resilience within their own communities and across the Southeast Florida region. The Compact emerged in late 2009 through the leadership of local government officials in Southeast Florida, who came together to discuss the climate change threats facing over six million residents in the region. Recognizing the shared challenge, but also significant opportunity to position Southeast Florida as an early leader, their call to action solidified a coordinated, regional response in the form of the Compact, which aims to ensure that the region continues to thrive in the face of shared climate change challenges. For over a decade, the Compact counties have successfully collaborated on mitigation and adaptation strategies, built bipartisan support for climate action, and forged partnerships with key stakeholders, including federal, state, and municipal governments and agencies; economic development entities; community -based organizations; and the academic community, enabling the development of a regional voice and vision for future prosperity in Southeast Florida. The Compact's efforts have three overarching objectives: • Share regional tools and knowledge. The Compact serves to create regional tools and standards, and transfer knowledge to build the local government capacity needed to implement regional climate solutions and avoid duplicative efforts. Page 26 of 56 https://fnail.google.com/mail/u/l/#inbox/WhctKKWxdNWtjjJzCsnWvRvWRWmCvBRPHsgbkRcLcNSnWzzXbFzCxCxnhmxgCPQgXkVrGPv 1/0 9/1/2021 VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan - vot.tbradford.eac@gmail.com - Gmail Agend ncreaem 4dse PUDHc support and political will. Through a unified voice, the Compact provides the nonpartisan credibility, legitimacy, and continuity necessary for meaningful government action to address projected climate impacts. Coordinate action. The Compact catalyzes and supports the region's coordinated actions to accelerate the pace and impact of efforts that will increase the region's climate resilience. - Link to SE Florida communities that signed on to a Climate Action Pledge. VOT has not done this - https://southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org/about-us/sefl-mayors-climate-action-pledge/ What is the RCAP? The Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) is the Compact's guiding tool for coordinated climate action in Southeast Florida to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate resilience. The RCAP provides a set of recommendations, guidelines for implementation, and shared best practices for local entities to act in -line with the regional agenda. Background The first RCAP was published by the Compact in 2012 after a two-year planning process. It was designed with a five-year horizon and with the intent to update the document every five years. RCAP 2.0 reflects the lessons learned and actions taken in the first five years of implementation. It was developed throughout 2017 and launched in December of 2017. The Compact developed RCAP 2.0 with the help of local government staff, key stakeholders and partners, and members of the general public. Purpose The RCAP is meant to serve as a tool for municipal and county local governments, agencies, regional councils, regional resource management districts, and other local planners and practitioners. The plan identifies vulnerabilities, prioritized actions, and integrated policy initiatives to create a clear —though challenging —path forward for the region. The RCAP includes a broad set of best practices to guide implementation of emission reduction and resilience -building actions that each jurisdiction can implement. The RCAP is a framework for concerted regional action rather than a set of directives for specific projects or programs at the local level, recognizing that decisions on the timing and approach are best determined by each local government. RCAP 2.0 is an easy -to -use online tool that allows various stakeholders to build customizable implementation plans based on who they are —a local government staffer, the director of a utility, or a community member —and their priorities. Create a customizable implementation plan now! Regional Climate Action Plan The Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) is the Compact's guiding tool for coordinated climate action in Southeast Florida to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate resilience. The RCAP provides a set of recommendations, guidelines for implementation, and shared best practices for local entities to act in -line with the regional agenda. https:Hsoutheastfloridaclimatecompi ct.org/regional-climate-action-plan/?ot=147&it=156&rc=141 Explore the RCAP Browse the recommendations by focus area. Filter the recommendations to build your own implementation plan. • Choose one or more dropdowns to filter recommendations based on your priorities. • Download a custom implementation plan for your future reference. ENERGY AND FUEL EF-Ol Promote renewables policies and technology READ MORE EF-02 Advance energy efficiency and conservation READ MORE EF-03 Increase access to energy efficiency READ MORE Page 27 of 56 https://fnail.google.com/mail/u/l/#inbox/WhctKKWxdNWtjjJzCsnWvRvWRWmCvBRPHsgbkRcLcNSnWzzXbFzCxCxnhmxgCPQgXkVrGPv 3'h Agenda It VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan - vot.tbradford.eac@gmail.com - Gmail U� increase access to distributed renewables READ MORE EF-06 Streamline permitting and administrative processes READ MORE EF-07 Help homeowners invest in renewables READ MORE EF-OS Build future energy capacity READ MORE EF-09 Enable new energy systems READ MORE EF-10 Enable fuel -efficient public vehicle fleets READ MORE EF-11 Establish fuel -efficient municipal vehicle fleets READ MORE EF-12 Promote electric vehicles READ MORE If you have inquires for the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, please contact the staff liaisons: Russel Paez Associate Director of U.S. Programs, ISC rpaez@sustain.org Lauren Ordway Evans Local Consultant lordway@sustain.org Link to event below - https://discover.pbcgov.org/resilience/Lists/NewsReleases/NewsDisp Form. aspx? ID=50&RootFolder=%2Fresilience%2FLists%2FNewsReleases&Source=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscover% 2Epbcgov%2Eorg%2Fresilience%2Fpages%2Fnews%2520archives%2Easpx - The Annual Climate Leadership Summit is a major regional event hosted by the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact to share knowledge, showcase climate action, engage leadership across sectors, and mobilize the collaboration needed to tackle this significant challenge at scale. The summit attracts innovative thinkers and leaders from the business, government, academic, and nonprofit community to exchange dialogue and ideas on expanding the region's capacity to respond to climate challenges and build climate resilience. - https://web.cvent.com/event/c9493145-1095-4c26-a35a- 338485bf8c76/s u m ma ry https://www.floridaracetozero.com/ What is Florida Race To Zero? The Florida Race to Zero is a friendly competition between Florida's mayors designed to showcase how their cities are leading the way to climate neutrality for the Sunshine State. The mayors of Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tampa and the Miami region have all made ambitious pledges to make their cities carbon neutral. The mission of this coalition is to serve as a platform to amplify their work, collaborate with one another and encourage other mayors and cities to "join the race" and make similar pledges. Jupiter, Fla. — Four major Florida cities are joining forces on a new initiative — The Florida Race to Zero. The race is a friendly competition between the four cities to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050 (a critical deadline to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change). The new coalition was launched as part of a Florida Climate Week event. The cities were represented at the event by their sustainability / resilience officers: Chris Castro from the City of Orlando, Whit Remer from the City of Tampa, John Klopp from the City of Miami and Sharon Wright from the City of St. Petersburg. Nic Glover of the Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce moderated the virtual event. Page 28 of6 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/WhctKKWxdNWtjjJzCsnWvRvWRWmCvBRPHsgbkRcLcNSnWzzXbFzCxCxnhmxgCPQgXkVrGPv 45 A/1/21 a I em #VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan - vot.tbradford.eac@gmail.com - Gmail qneCi�ver s words4 , "We're here today to talk about how the combined power of Florida's mayors and cities can move public opinion on the all-important issue of climate change and carbon neutrality. The unique credibility of mayors and their commitment in this space helps to make the business case for fighting climate change and helps to bring more partners to the table and more partners along from the corporate and economic universe." Orlando Sustainability & Resilience Director Chris Castro explained the origin of the effort: "Back in the fall of 2020, Mayor Dyer here in Orlando, along with Mayor Suarez in Miami and Mayor Castor in Tampa teamed up to co -write an op-ed entitled - - the essence of this article was really calling out for more collaborative action - to combat climate change at all levels of government and across the private sector and really trying to get Floridians themselves on board with this movement." Castro further explained, "This Race to Zero campaign is a big deal. It's an evolution of the climate commitments that cities all around the world have been making, and ultimately, it's trying to get us to a zero -carbon economy by 2050. And, to align with science -based targets, trying to get 50% reduction in 2030 and 75% reduction in 2040." "I think we're all here to help create an organization that takes these mayors doing work that's kind of siloed in our communities... and then connects it all together and amplifies it with the goal of bringing new partners to the table and really moving the needle on statewide public opinion so we can all get behind these critical, important issues of climate and climate neutrality," added Tampa Sustainability & Resilience Officer Whit Remer. The Florida Race to Zero will recruit other municipalities and stakeholders to join the race. WEBINAR: Learn How Your City Can Join The Race to Zero and Take Advantage of the Resources Available Florida Cities Race to Zero Webinar Occurred on Friday July 9th, 12:OOPM EST Please join this presentation on the Florida Cities Race to Zero and the global Cities Race to Zero (CRTZ) campaign and learn how your city can join the race and take advantage of the resources available. C40 CITIES � •CDP 1CLE1 local G0VWnM@ tS for Susulmblllty R A - 11.":CE TO ZERO What is the Cities Race to Zero? The Race to Zero is a global campaign - led by the UN High -Level Climate Champions for Climate Action - to rally leadership and support from business, cities, regions, and investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery that prevents future threats, creates decent jobs, and unlocks inclusive, sustainable growth ahead of COP26 in November. Page 29 of.56 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/WhctKKWxdNWtjjJzCsnWvRvWRWmCvBRPHsgbkRcLcNSnWzzXbFzCxCxnhmxgCPQgXkVrGPv 9/ I /2021 Agenda Item #4. VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan - vot.tbradford.eac@gmail.com - Gmail The Cities Race to Zero is the city -specific track of Race to Zero, with the goal of recruiting over 1,000 cities to join the umbrella Race to Zero Campaign. The objective is to build global momentum around the shift to a decarbonized economy ahead of COP26. Cities Race to Zero is organized by C40 Cities, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), CDP,, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the World Resources Institute (WRI). Access information on the Cities Race to Zero here. What is the Florida Cities Race to Zero? The Florida Race to Zero is a friendly competition between Florida's mayors designed to showcase how their cities are leading the way to climate neutrality through the Cities Race to Zero pledge. The mayors across Florida have all made ambitious pledges to make their cities carbon neutral. The mission of this coalition is to serve as a platform to amplify their work, collaborate with one another and encourage other mayors and cities to "join the race" and make similar pledges. FDOT draft EV Master Plan - https://www.fdot.gov/planning/fto/ev/default https://mail.google.com/mail/u/l/#inbox/WhctKKWxdNWtjjJzCsnWvRvWRWmCvBRPHsgbkRcLcNSnWzzXbFzCxCxnhmxgCPQgXkVrGPv Page 30 of�56 Agenda Item #4. Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) STAFF MEMO Meeting: Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) - Sep 08 2021 Staff Contact: Robert Shaw Departme Environmental Advisory nt: Committee Update on Review of web/webinars on Local Ways and Means to Address Carbon Footprint Reduction This document and any attachments may be reproduced upon request in an alternative format by completing our Accessibility Feedback Form, sending an e-mail to the Village Clerk or calling 561-768-0443. EAC attachment ICLEI Membership Overview Summer 2021 compressed EAC attachment2 Gmail - VOT's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Page 31 of 56