Title
Intergovernmental Agreement Amendment with Arizona State University and its Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories (Ordinance S-52250) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to amend Intergovernmental Agreement No. 156928 with the Arizona State University Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solution Service to conduct Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories for City operations and community-wide for the year 2024 and to update previous inventories. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The aggregate expenditures of this amendment will not exceed $113,000.
Report
Summary
The Office of Environmental Programs (OEP) is proposing to amend an existing Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona State University Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service (ASU) for consultant services to calculate 2024 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions based on most recent available data. ASU has conducted GHG inventories for City operations and community-wide since 2012. ASU reviews the data provided by the City and measures emission reductions to track the City’s progress on meeting its GHG reduction goals. OEP conducts GHG inventories every two years.
The scope of this IGA is to update the municipal operations and community GHG emissions inventories with calendar year 2024 data. Additionally, the scope has been expanded to update the existing GHG emissions inventories to allow for the City to compare GHG emissions across all previous inventories. By executing this IGA amendment, OEP will have the capability to engage ASU as needed to help calculate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as part of updating the Climate Action Plan in the fall of 2025.
Contract Term
The term of the IGA is from August 15, 2022 through August 14, 2026. The GHG inventory work included in the amendment will be completed prior to August 14, 2026.
Financial Impact
The aggregate expenditures of this agreement amendment will not exceed $113,000. Funding is available in the Office of Environmental Programs from Air Quality/Climate general funds.
Previous Council Action
The City Council previously approved:
- On March 23, 2022, the City Council approved the original Intergovernmental Agreement. (Ordinance S-48402)
- On November 1, 2023, the City Council approved an amendment to increase budget and expand the Scope of Work to include the 2022 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories. (Ordinance S-47588)
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Office of Environmental Programs.