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Attachment 2 MEMORANDUM TO: Roseville Public Works, Environment, and Transportation Commission FROM: Andrea Ray, City of Roseville Sustainability Intern DATE: July 25, 2023 SUBJECT: Climate Action Planning and Environmental Justice in Roseville Executive Summary: This memo outlines the recommended actions the City of Roseville should take in order to facilitate an equitable Climate Action Plan. These recommendations are based on nearby cities' implementation tactics. After reviewing several different frameworks and plans, it was found that Maplewood, Minneapolis, and Northfield were the cities with the best practices to take considerations from. Background: Roseville's 2018 Population Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Adaptation Framework lays out strategies to L Reduce the impact of climate change 11. Improve public health 111. Expand the local economy. This framework provided data representing the city's climate vulnerabilities and specifically assessed the populations most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. However, it lacks measures for success. The only strategies that do measure success are those conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). There is no detail to ensure that Roseville addresses environmental justice (EJ) in their own goals. In Roseville's upcoming Climate Action Plan, it will be very important to outline measures of success to ensure equal protection and meaningful involvement of all people within the community. Key Findings: Maplewood: Before any action is finalized, Maplewood developed an Action Screening Criteria to assess the feasibility of the proposed action. There must be L Support,11. Effectiveness, 111. Enforceability and Measurability, and IV. Funding. The rest of the framework is outlined to address the city's strategies, actions, and climate adaptations. In Section 10, it states that implementation of this plan is impossible without the support from community members and coordination with jurisdictional, institutional, and organizational partners. It is necessary to form subcommittees that focus on particular areas of the Climate Adaptation Plan. Administering the Action Screening Criteria as well as directing subcommittees to be held responsible for specific actions will be key to ensuring the execution of these climate adaptation strategies. Minneapolis: Since 2012, Minneapolis convened multiple stakeholder groups to develop goals and strategies that would provide a roadmap towards emission reduction targets. This process included an Environmental Justice Working Group focused on building social and environmental equity into the plan while examining how those who will be most impacted by climate change can share the benefits Page 1 of 2 Page 66 of 76