Sustainability and Energy Action Plan

INTRODUCTION GRANTS PASS SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY ACTION PLAN The Process To develop this Plan, Taskforce members first toured City facilities and received presentations from City employees from different departments. After several months of preliminary information gathering, the Taskforce organized into small workgroups in order to focus on collecting and analyzing baseline data, municipal operations, accountability methods, and natural systems. These workgroups then researched their topic, investigated available resources, reviewed the relevant work done in other plans, and consulted City staff. The research generated by these workgroups informed the development of recommendations that were then put into a draft Plan that was released for internal committee review in February. Ensuring this Plan was tailor -made for Grants Pass was of utmost importance, and the specific temporal, economic, geographical, demographic, and meteorologic context under which this Plan would be implemented were all given careful consideration as project recommendations were developed. The context to the Plan was so important that an entire section of the Plan, "It's the Climate ," is dedicated to it. Engaging with City staff and other affected groups to ensure they felt confident in the final Plan recommendations was another important step in the development process. Staff from Fire, Police, Parks, and Facilities were all consulted as Plan recommendations were being developed and workshopped. As recommendations were reviewed, their feasibility and contributions to Plan goals were weighed allowing them to be prioritized . After several rounds of revisions, the Taskforce voted on April 12 to present the Plan to City Council on May 1. 19 16