TO: Napa County Climate Action Committee
FROM: David Morrison, Interim County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: David Morrison, Interim County Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Presentation and Continued Funding of the Napa County Climate Challenge
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff requests that the Climate Action Committee (CAC) receive a presentation from Patrick Jurney, Program Manager with Community Climate Solutions, regarding the Napa County Climate Challenge (https://napacountyclimatechallenge.org/), and provide direction to staff whether to continue funding for this effort.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Patrick Jurney, Program Manager with Community Climate Solutions, will make a presentation to the CAC regarding the Napa County Climate Challenge. Staff requests that the CAC recommend to their respective jurisdictions that they continue to fund the website for the 2023/2024 Fiscal Year.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California
Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
In 2018, Community Climate Solutions (CCS) facilitated a Bay Area Air Quality Management District grant to Gopal Shanker for a one-year subscription to CCS’s platform for use by Napa County residents. The CCS program is a website residents can use to explore actions, find local resources, discover their impact and track progress with a carbon and savings calculator. That platform has since evolved into the Napa County Climate Challenge.
At their June 24, 2022 meeting, the CAC received a presentation on the Napa County Climate Challenge website from Community Climate Solutions staff. Staff recommended that the County, as the CAC’s administering agency, negotiate and enter into an agreement to fund the Napa County Climate Challenge website for one year, ending June 30, 2023.
The annual cost for the website for fiscal year 2022/2023 is $9,000 with an optional one-time fee of $500 and an annual ongoing $500 fee per jurisdiction to create individual landing pages for each jurisdiction. If the CAC supported continuing funding for the website, it would be included in the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 invoice to each jurisdiction.
Staff requests that the CAC recommend to their respective jurisdictions that they continue to fund the website for the 2023/2024 Fiscal Year.