Title
Request to Enter into Agreement with Arizona State University to Continue Development of HeatReady Phoenix (Ordinance S-45764)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with Arizona State University to continue development of HeatReady Phoenix, begun during the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge process. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse the remaining funds associated with the original Bloomberg Mayors Challenge Grant.
Report
Summary
In 2018, the City of Phoenix was one of 35 cities (out of 320 applicant cities) to be named a Champion City during the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge. The Mayors Challenge asked cities to identify a pressing problem, and a solution to that problem. Phoenix identified the public health threat of rising urban temperatures as such a problem, and HeatReady Phoenix, a comprehensive plan to mitigate the impacts of urban heat on our most vulnerable residents, as the proposed solution. This award included $100,000 to engage residents and begin testing prototypes to address the issue of urban heat. The City partnered with Arizona State University (ASU) on its successful application and ASU served as the research and testing partner during the Champion Cities phase.
The City seeks to engage ASU researchers, graduate students and resident volunteers in tools that identify high pedestrian-traffic areas in the City with the greatest need for heat mitigation investment, incorporating the smart use of data and temperature monitoring. This process will create a data-based foundation to guide future heat mitigation investment as part of HeatReady Phoenix.
Contract Term
This contract will begin June 6, 2019 and expire on June 5, 2020. Provisions of the contract may include an option to extend the term up to one year, which may be exercised by the City Manager or his designee.
Financial Impact
This contract will disburse the remaining $21,190 from the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge Grant.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The request to apply, accept, and disburse the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge Grant was unanimously approved by the City Council on Dec. 13, 2017. The request to continue the development and implementation of HeatReady Phoenix that began during the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, was unanimously approved by City Council on April 9, 2019.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Chief Service Officer.