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Local Climate Action Grants: Planning Application how to reduce our community’s climate impact and greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the effects of climate change on our most vulnerable residents. This plan will improve upon our existing emissions reduction goals set forth in Roseville’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2020, and develop additional goals to align with or exceed the State of Minnesota climate framework and Ramsey County climate goals. Our current goal is to reduce city-wide emissions by 80% by 2050, relative to 2005 levels, which now lags behind the goals of the state and other neighboring cities. Along with a final plan that will be available to residents, elected officials, and staff, we will also develop a climate action work group of Roseville city staff to develop goals and actions, and a climate justice advisory group of Roseville residents to ensure we place equity at the forefront of our climate action work. b.Describe the expected outcomes/benefits, with quantitative metrics if possible (maximum 250 words): Roseville has multiple existing initiatives related to climate change and sustainability. However, a formal climate equity action plan will help us to more effectively and equitably address the social, economic, and environmental impacts of climate change on the Roseville community. A plan with measurable goals will also help us access funding opportunities to finance projects and initiatives. Wehope to identify new targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions and align our overall goals with those of the state and county climate frameworks. We plan to develop our goals and metrics to nest within the six focus areas they’ve identified – clean transportation, climate smart natural lands, thriving communities, clean energy and efficient buildings, healthy lives, and clean economy – to ensure our priorities align across multiple levels of government.While we will determine more specific metrics during the planning process, some examples of whatwe expect to track are as follows: city-wide participation in utility rebates, installed renewable energy capacity, vehicle miles traveled, registered electric vehicles and number of public chargers, miles of pedestrian and bike trails, tree canopy data, among others. We also plan to track internal city operations data, including municipal building energy usage, fleet mileage, and sustainable purchasing goals. We will create a dashboard on the city website with these metrics, where we will track progress, and residents can see and engage in the work we are doing. 2. Use of climate change data (answer all questions applicable to the proposed project): a. All projects: Discuss how data about current Minnesota climate trends and projections of future climate conditions affecting the geographic area of the project will be used to inform the project, as relates to community resilience or to the resilience of the project that will be planned. List specific data sources that will be used. (maximum 250 words): Information about of projected effects of climate change and how our region will be impacted will help Roseville to develop actionable goals and programs to respond to these anticipated effects, and to understand with more specificity which climatic effects we may expect to see in our city and their impact on our environment and infrastructure. b. Projects that address local contributions to climate change for political subdivisions and Tribal governments: Discuss how data about local GHG emissions and sources will be used to inform the project. List specific data sources and/or calculations that will be used. (maximum 250 words): We will use existing data from Regional Indicators, GreenSteps Cities, Metropolitan Council, and Partners in Energy/Xcel Energy utility data (plus others to be identified) to establish baselines and set goals, both intermediate and long-term. We also plan to use EPA’s LEAD tool to map energy burden across the city. i. For projects focused only on a Tribal government or one or more county, city, town/township, or Regional Development Commission, does the applicant want to be provided (at no cost) the three most recent years available of local GHG emissions data for the political subdivision(s) that is the focus of the project? Yes No o If Yes, are one or more tasks utilizing this data included in the project Workplan submitted with this application? Yes No c. Projects that address local contributions to climate change for community-based organizations and educational institutions: Discuss how data about GHG emissions from specific community facilities and/or community member activities will be used to inform the project. List specific data sources and/or calculations that will be used. (maximum 250 words): n/a 3 Qbhf!72!pg!248