Title
Authorize the County Assistant Administrative Officer or his designee to enter into a non-standard agreement with the Civicwell for the CivicSpark Fellowship to bring on one CivicSpark fellow to assist in the implementation of the Municipal Climate Action Plan and in stakeholder engagement and outreach for the County Climate Action plan at a cost of $29,000 funded through the Sustainability Program Budget with a term ending on December 31, 2023.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors
a) Authorize the County Assistant Administrative Officer or his designee to enter into a non-standard agreement with the Civicwell for the CivicSpark Fellowship to bring on one CivicSpark fellow to assist in the implementation of the Municipal Climate Action Plan and in stakeholder engagement and outreach for the County Climate Action plan at a cost of $29,000 funded through the Sustainability Program Budget with a term ending on December 31, 2023.
SUMMARY:
On October 27, 2020, the Board of Supervisors updated the County General Plan Policy OS.10.11 which directed staff to complete a Climate Action Plan. Last year the County brought on a CivicSpark fellow to assist in stakeholder engagement for the Climate Action Plan and has been able to primarily conduct stakeholder engagement in-house as opposed to through external consultants which has resulted in lower overall costs of completing the plan as well as better relationships with our concerned stakeholders. Staff is proposing to bring on another fellow this year to continue stakeholder engagement and other climate action activities.
DISCUSSION:
The Civic Well website states: "CivicSpark is a Governor's Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for local public agencies to address community resilience issues such as climate change, water resource management, housing, and mobility. CivicSpark is a program of Civic Well in partnership with the State of California through t...
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