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New Brighton Climate Action Plan 10-3 CAP ACTIONS Strategy Action Cross Pollinating CP 1: Continue to build internal capacity for support of climate action plan imple- mentation. CP 1- 1 The City Manager will work with staff to develop an annual implementation plan that specifles a work sequence and timeline for implementation tasks for each flscal year, estimates necessary funding and stafflng resources, and outlines an accountability process, to be presented to relevant City Commis- sions and Council for comment and flnalization within the City's annual budgeting process. Progress updates will be reported to the Parks, Recreation, and Environmental Commission (or other designat- ed commission) and City Council on a semi-annual basis. CP 1- 2 Establish clear guidance and direction for the participation in and support of the CAP implementation actions by all City of New Brighton departments. Encourage continuing education of municipal staff relevant to the Climate Action Plan. For example, encouraging engineering staff to earn continuing education credits related to bicycle infrastructure. CP 1- 3 Establish a City "CAP Team" comprised of staff representatives from all key City departments. The task of the CAP Team should be to meet regularly to support the initial and on-going prioritization and implementation of annual implementation actions and projects and to support reporting and pro- gress updates. CAP Team to request resources, guidance, or assistance, if needed to make planned progress. CP 1- 4 Establish and implement a policy to review existing and future City of New Brighton policy and ordi- nance changes as well as building and zoning variance requests against the goals, strategies, and ac- tions of this Climate Action Plan to ensure alignment of changes with this plan. CP 1- 5 Fund and support sustainability stafflng required to: •Facilitate discussion among large users to reduce emissions through business and industrial strate- gies. •Participate in technical resource programs as they are available through County, Regional, State, Federal, and non-proflt provider partners. •Support City of New Brighton department managers and staff as they implement CAP actions with- in their service area or area of expertise. •Convene the internal City of New Brighton CAP Team. •Ensure the establishment and maintenance of a City of New Brighton Climate Action webpage sup- porting CAP resources for the community. •Coordinate and organize volunteer groups and events. •Engage City boards and commissions to ensure the CAP is integrated into their work plans. CP 1- 6 Review Climate Action Plan implementation progress and impacts on a regular basis (1-2 year cycle). Review should include development of an updated community-wide and municipal operations GHG inventory. Strategies and actions should be reviewed for implementation progress and for continued appropriateness. Based on the review, adjust, add, and remove detailed CAP actions as appropriate.