Item 19 - Agreement with Cumming Management Group, Inc. for Climate Action Plan Update

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Climate Action Plan Update Services October 1, 2024 Page 2 mitigation measures. The CAP outlined GHG reduction for the following emission producing sectors: Transportation and Land Use, Energy, Solid Waste, Water, and Wastewater. Additionally, the CAP previously committed the City to provide progress reports to track and monitor the implementation of the document. This was not completed due to lack of funding and will be assessed as part of the deliverables of the proposed scope of work. Included in this scope's deliverables is the creation of a Community Engagement Plan. This development will serve as a robust and equitable outreach and engagement plan to detail our process for how all community outreach efforts will be coordinated, finding the right balance between individual interviews, focus groups, online surveys, public workshops, public comment, and community events. The consultant will tailor the type of engagement to the stakeholder group and desired outcomes presented. It is intended to engage with the City Council, the City's Environmental Justice Action Committee, the City's Environmental and Transportation Advisory Commission, Santa Ana businesses and residents, and municipal staff for collective engagement. To properly identify efforts invested and provide meaningful updates to the City's CAP, PWA seeks to enter into an agreement with a qualified consulting firm to assist with building on past successes and modify any targets to reflect current technologies, policies, and mandates. The consultant shall provide support services including municipal and City-wide GHG inventories, baseline and forecasted greenhouse gas inventories (including business -as -usual) subject to goal setting years, strategy and action selection and quantification, strategy and action prioritization, and other technical support services identified through the development of the updated CAP. On April 5, 2024, PWA released Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 24-044 (Exhibit 1) to select one firm to provide services in updating the City's CAP originally adopted in December 2015. The RFP to update this plan included an evaluation criteria consisting of responsiveness to the RFP, understanding of need, relevant property experience/schedule of delivery, and references. The RFP was advertised on the City's online procurement management and publication system, PlanetBids, with electronic proposals due on May 24, 2024. Eleven responsive proposals were received and evaluated by a selection committee. Of the 11 proposals received, the top ranked five firms were invited for an interview where the top scoring firm was selected. Firm City Rank Cumming Management Group, In.c Los Angeles, CA 1 Dudek Encinitas, CA 2 Placeworks Santa Ana, CA 3 Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, Inc. Los Angeles, CA 4