City of Columbus - File #: 2503-2023

• File #: 2503-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/30/2023
• In control: Environment Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2023
• Final action: 10/19/2023
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to accept the Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for the Department of Public Utilities, Columbus Sustainable section; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $1,000,000.00 from the Electricity Grants Fund to support development of a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP), and a final status report; and to declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/19/2023	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/18/2023	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/16/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/16/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to accept the award for the Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 66.046, in the amount of $1,000,000.00 from The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). The grant project period is from June 1 2023 through May 31, 2027. The City grant number is G602301.

The Climate Pollution Reduction Planning Grant provides funding under the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the City of Columbus to develop regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and co-pollutants and reduction measures throughout the entire metropolitan area and to conduct meaningful engagement with low- income and disadvantaged communities and coordinate with geographically proximate tribes as appropriate. Three key deliverables will be produced and submitted over the course of the four-year program period: a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), due March 1, 2024; a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP), due two years from the date of the award; and a status report, due at the close of the grant period. The City’s inaugural Climate Action Plan published in 2021 will serve as the baseline for the PCAP and CCAP.

CORE PROJECT TEAM AND SUB-RECIPIENTS

1. Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) | D365 Vendor #004591 | Federal EIN on file | Expires 3/25/2024

o MORPC is a nonprofit institution and does not hold MBE/WBE status.

2. IMPACT Community Action | D365 Vendor #001447 | Federal EIN on file | Expires 11/17/2023

o IMPACT Community Action is a nonprofit corporation and does not hold MBE/WBE status.

3. Power a Clean Future Ohio (PCFO) | D365 Vendor # pending | Power a Clean Future Ohio is not registered through the vendor portal
o PCFO is a nonprofit corporation

4. The Ohio State University | D365 Vendor #006163 | Federal EIN on file | Expires 3/29/2025 |

o Governmental/Education institution

None of the sub-recip...