Sustainability and Energy Action Plan

INTRODUCTION GRANTS PASS SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY ACTION PLAN In order to have adequate staffing to support the work of this newly formed Taskforce, the City of Grants Pass applied for an AmeriCorps member through the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program administered through the University of Oregon.18 Upon arrival in mid -September 2022, this RARE member began serving as the City’s Sustainability Planner, coordinating the Taskforce and managing the development of the Sustainability and Energy Action Plan they were to develop, andputting into motion a workplan for the next year of work. The Taskforce then developed a Plan to be presented to Council for approval in May 2023. 13