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Xcel Attachment A PARTNERS IN ENERGY An Xcel Energy Community Collaboration Memorandum of Understanding Arden Hills Manufactured Home Park — Plan Development Jessica Jagoe Interim City Administrator City of Arden Hills 1245 Highway 96 West Arden Hills, MN 55126 Congratulations on being selected to participate in Xcel Energy's Partners in Energy. This offering is designed to provide your community with the tools and resources necessary to develop and implement energy actions that reflect the vision of the City of Arden Hills. Participation is intended to span 12 months with the initial 6 months dedicated to an outreach campaign to Adren Hill's manufactured home park and the later 6 months to revising that work and implementing a follow-up campaign. This time may also be spent on other areas of the community that the City identifies as a priority. This proposal seeks to increase access to home energy assessments, weatherization, other free home services and other Xcel Energy programs to lower the energy burden on the residents of Arden Hills. The intent of this Memorandum of Understanding is to confirm Arden Hills' intent to participate in the initial plan development phase of Partners in Energy and outline the commitment that Arden Hills and Xcel Energy are making to this collaborative initiative. In order to achieve this Xcel Energy will provide: • Consulting support to assist in identifying potential community stakeholders to help in Arden Hills energy initiatives, particularly the stakeholders in the manufactured home park. • Data analysis of community energy use and Xcel Energy program participation to the extent that it is legally and technically prudent and feasible. The results can be used to identify potential opportunities to implement energy strategies. Xcel Energy will attempt to integrate data provided by Arden Hills into the analysis if feasible. • Design and implement community campaigns to help reduce energy burden for Arden Hills residents, particularly in the manufactured home park. • Respond to community needs to make the energy campaigns successful: e.g. host manufactured home park events, create outreach materials, videos, and other communications pieces in applicable languages. • Meet regularly with Arden Hills to help build capacity and provide project management. Participation in Partners in Energy requires no monetary contribution, Arden Hills does agree to provide: • A single contact point to coordinate and distribute deliverables; and help guide participation of the community in the campaign efforts.