Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

Monitoring and Evaluation Progress toward meeting CEAP targets and goals will be evaluated and tracked on an action-by-action basis with an overall progress report for all actions and activities provided on at least an annual basis. If possible, qualitative updates will be available on a quarterly basis. The plan will be evaluated and updated on a three-year cycle to ensure that plan strategies and actions reflect the latest knowledge and best practices around climate mitigation and adaptation. The plan will also be reevaluated to assess whether actions are sufficient to meet emission reduction goals and, if not, to add new or expanded actions to the plan. To facilitate the three-year update, the Ashland community and City greenhouse gas inventories will also be updated on recurring cycle, one year in advance of the plan update process. This cycle will provide City staff and the proposed commission with concrete measurement results to inform plan evaluation and updates. At a minimum, the following indicators will be tracked and reported on at least an annual basis. Due to data availability limitations, some of these indicators will require establishment of baseline and target values for meeting CEAP goals— to be developed in Year 1 of implementation. Additionally, it is expected that some methodologies for measuring some indicators, such as consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions, will evolve and improve over time. Further development and build-out of the monitoring and evaluation indicators likely form a significant opportunity for the proposed new commission to work on as an early oversight activity. Equity indicators will also be monitored, as available (see “Equity” section on page 113. 110ASHLAND CLIMATE & ENERGY ACTION PLANIMPLEMENTATION PLAN