1. Project Management - Regularly meet with the City’s project team to coordinate data needs, access staff expertise, and ensure full understanding and agreement on scope specifications, including desired deliverable formats. Conduct meetings/presentations with Council, city leadership, staff, and community stakeholders advising on the progress of the Plan, as well as requesting any input needed from departments regarding Plan evaluation and monitoring responsibilities. 2. Facilitation and Outreach - Throughout the plan development, the consultant shall identify best practices for community and stakeholder engagement and education. The consultant will organize the outreach and engagement efforts at various points in the process. This process is anticipated to include community events/gatherings, focus groups/roundtable discussions, and additional core team and committee meetings. The engagement process will prioritize education and community input, with an acknowledgment that the public might have a low level of information about climate change and that accessible terms and language must be used. It is critical to connect the Plan to why and how community members should be involved, the benefits of climate action and the impacts of non-action, and to demonstrate that individual actions can make a difference. Multiple channels of outreach will be used to accommodate diverse communication styles (webinar, social media, in-person meetings, videos, etc.). Communications will be in multiple languages...
