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17580154104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.1Collaboration area5Water
17580254104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.1Collaboration area6ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
17580354104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.1Collaboration area7Business and Financial Services
17580454104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.1Collaboration area8Energy
17580554104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.1Collaboration area9Agriculture, forestry and other land use
17580654104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.1Collaboration area10Building and Infrastructure
17580754104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration1Financing (investment)
17580854104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration2
17580954104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration3Collaborative initiative
17581054104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration4Collaborative initiative
17581154104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration5Collaborative initiative
17581254104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration6Capacity development
17581354104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration7Capacity development
17581454104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration8
17581554104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration9Collaborative initiative
17581654104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.2Type of collaboration10Collaborative initiative
17581754104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration1Through the PACE (Partners for a Clean Environment) business program, the city is directly partnering with several large property management firms including Unico, Reynolds, Conscience Bay, Tebo, Emerald and the Colorado Group to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across their portfolio of properties within the city. Combined, these property management companies represent the majority of Boulder’s leased commercial spaces. By working with these companies, we have been able to better connect tenants with savings opportunities and also deliver efficiency programs more cost effectively through larger project deployment.
17581854104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration2Creating a clean mobility system requires a collective effort. Boulder is fortunate to have many leaders and partners working together to achieve transformative change. The University of Colorado (CU) has an extensive program to significantly reduce the use of single occupancy vehicles and provide viable options in transit, biking and walking. The university provides transit EcoPasses to all 30,000 of its students through student fees.Boulder County has invested in low-emissions transportation alternatives throughout the county and was a lead sponsor, along with the city and CU, in a countywide electric vehicle adoption assessment. The county is currently helping to coordinate the Boulder County Electric Vehicle Workplace Charging Challenge to encourage other employers to actively support EV adoption by the over 50,000 daily in-commuters to Boulder and Boulder County.Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) has initiated a wide range of programs to reduce emissions from its bus and administrative fleet, including initiatives to increase walking, biking, transit and carpooling as well as efforts to lower emissions through hybrid buses, alternative fuels and efficient routing schedules. University Corporation for Climate Research (UCAR) and its other federal lab partners in the Boulder area provide van pool and ride sharing support for employees, and free bicycle check outs, complementary bike share membership and EcoPasses for all employees. Recently, the labs secured funding to install an EV charging network for employees and has been an active partner with the city, county, CU and BVSD in developing a community-wide EV adoption plan.
17581954104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration3Boulder County has been the city’s lead partner in administration of both the EnergySmart residential energy efficiency program and the Partners for a Clean Environment (PACE) commercial and industrial energy efficiency program, which the city provides funding to in an effort to enable homes and businesses to invest in energy efficiency. Over 2,000 businesses have benefited from the program to date. The University of Colorado is focusing on three initiatives to upgrade campus infrastructure while reducing energy consumption. CU is also expanding its renewable energy resources for campus operations. There is currently over 2.1 MW of total solar capacity installed on CU facilities.Boulder County has been a national leader in the support and development of renewable energy systems. In 2013, the county became the first in Xcel’s Colorado service territory to host a community solar garden. This 500kW array is enough to support approximately 100 residences, with a second 500kW array recently added to this site. The city and county have also sponsored several rounds of pooled solar purchase contracts that have significantly lowered solar acquisition and installation costs for Boulder County employees and residents.Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) has taken substantial steps to integrate renewable energy into its buildings and teaching programs. Between 2008 and 2014, the District installed close to two megawatts of solar on 28 schools. The district has also installed a wind turbine in the Nederland middle/senior school and two geothermal systems, one of which provides over 90 percent of the Casey School’s heating and cooling needs.Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) has been a leader in the integration of renewable energy into its affordable housing projects. BHP is currently working with the City of Boulder to explore integrating solar, battery backup storage and microgrid networks in its new developments to achieve both zero net emissions and the capacity to provide energy “safehavens” for residents and surrounding neighborhoods during periods of grid power disruption.
17582054104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration4Eco-Cycle operates the Center for Hard-to-Recycle materials (CHaRM), keeping tons of largeappliances and other difficult to recycle materials out of the landfill. It also organizes thecommunity and volunteers in support of zero waste initiatives, including a network of blockleaders throughout the community.Western Disposal partners with the city to provide yard and wood waste drop-off centers.It is also an active collaborator with the city on pilot projects and innovation solutions, such asthe launch of bear resistant trash cans and compost carts.Boulder County owns and manages regional facilities, including Boulder County RecyclingCenter, the primary sorting and distribution for the community’s recycling materials. It alsooperates the Hazardous Materials Management Facility, which diverts thousands of poundsand gallons of otherwise toxic materials out of our landfills. The county also jointly supports (withthe City of Boulder) the Partners for a Clean Environment (PACE) service, providing zero wasteservices to Boulder businesses.The Center for ReSource Conservation operates ReSource, which sells reclaimed buildingmaterials and runs a community tool lending library. In 2014, ReSource reclaimed more than3.3 million pounds of building materials.University of Colorado is an important waste management partner with city by providingoutreach to the student community through its student staffed “green teams” which collaborates with city staff. These teams provide face-to-face information and education to thousands of students each year, discussing both energy efficiency and waste reduction.
17582154104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration5Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) has worked with the city to promote wise wateruse in schools—both indoors and outdoors. For example, the city works with BVSD toinstall refillable water bottle stations in schools to better promote drinking tap water,reducing waste from plastic water bottles and recognizing that bottled water consumes2000 times more energy than tap water.Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) has worked with the city to install new low-flow toilets, water efficiency sprinkler heads and other water-saving features. The city and BHP are also working on a submetering pilot to help find system leaks. At one property BHP was able to identify a leak that wasted 8,640 gallons per day; that’s 6 gallons per minute!EPA WaterSense initiatives, like Fix-a-Leak-Week, are supported by the city and helpedwin the city a 2013 WaterSense Excellence Award. The Center for ReSource Conservation (CRC) offers multiple city supported programsfrom low-cost xeriscape gardens to low-flow toilet installs. The CRC also promotesenergy efficiency in BVSD schools through the “Renew Our Schools” challenge.Boulder County’s EnergySmart Program, run jointly with the city, helps support wise water and energy use by coordinating low-flow shower head retrofits. Partners for A Clean Environment provides free water conservation and energy assessments to businesses.
17582254104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration6The City of Boulder as part of Startup in Residence, a program that connects government agencies with startups to co-create new technology solutions that address Boulder’s civic challenges. Startup in Residence is a 16-week program that connects startups and government to work together to co-develop a solution that creates real and sustainable impact. https://bouldercolorado.gov/newsroom/city-of-boulder-joins-expanded-startup-in-residence-program-2
17582354104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration7The City of Boulder established its Economic Vitality program to reinforce the importance of economic health to our overall quality of life, and to demonstrate the city's strong support of business and economic sustainability. The city's economic vitality strategies promote innovation, competitiveness and entrepreneurship in Boulder. Economic Vitality staff works with other city departments and partner organizations to support economic sustainability, foster the retention and expansion of existing businesses and to enhance business services. https://bouldercolorado.gov/business/economic-vitality
17582454104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration8The City of Boulder and community partners, including the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), Boulder County, Via Mobility Services (Via) and Boulder Housing Partners (BHP), recently completed the installation of several energy resilience projects that enable critical community and university services to maintain operations during unexpected events, such as a major grid outage. Components of this work include installations at Via to power their building and their incoming electric transportation fleet, and solar panels, back-up battery storage and a generator at BHP, the primary affordable housing provider in Boulder. In addition to maintaining power to critical systems in times of emergency or grid outage, the systems provide numerous economic benefits and add to the city’s local generation goal of 100 megawatts by 2030 through the installation of approximately 31 kilowatts of photovoltaic solar. https://bouldercolorado.gov/pages/new-projects-in-renewable-energy-and-community-resiliency/
17582554104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration9The City of Boulder is currently collaborating with a number of organizations including the USDA-NRCS, Mad Agriculture, Boulder County, and local farmers to develop strategies for increasing soil-based carbon sequestration. This includes research trials on city-owned property and new land conservation/regeneration contracting mechanisms with local farmers implementing new approaches to help implement soil regeneration and sequestration treatments on the land. This includes developing cost-sharing relationships with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. We are also developing carbon farm plans that can serve as will result in a templates that other farmers can use to regenerate degraded soil and the template plan is being built to interface with the NRCS to enable federal cost sharing of funding. The city is also working with Davey Tree and Cambium Carbon to explore carbon drawdown enhancement opportunities within the city’s forests. https://www.dailycamera.com/2019/07/01/farm-just-outside-longmont-informing-boulder-open-space-farmland-restoration-climate-change-battle-strategy/
17582654104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.2aPlease provide some key examples of how your city collaborates with business and/or industries in the table below.3Description of collaboration10Boulder is fortunate to have many progressive organizations working hard to meet our community’s climate goals. Some of the largest energy users in the city have implemented plans, actions and activities that help the city meet the energy reduction goals across buildings in the community. The University of Colorado plans to continue its long-term commitment to investing in clean energy improvements.Boulder Valley School District completed its Sustainable Energy Plan in 2013, calling for a 20 percent reduction in overall energy use by 2019, with a long term goal of being net zero energy by 2050. As part of its recently passed bond measure, it has targeted many of its facilities for significant upgrades including eight buildings with deep retrofits.Boulder’s 14 federal labs have also been leaders in implementing federal building efficiency standards. As a major presence in Boulder, the federal labs’ efforts will substantially contribute to Boulder’s reduction in GHG emissions.
17582754104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.3Describe how your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates horizontally on climate action.1Entity with which your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates horizontally on climate action1Horizontal collaboration and coordinationOther, please specify: All of the above
17582854104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.3Describe how your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates horizontally on climate action.2Description1Horizontal collaboration and coordinationThe City of Boulder is engaged in numerous collaborative efforts with neighboring jurisdictions through initiatives such as CC4CA, and cities across the globe alike through participation in networks such as C40, CNCA and more. The city built on its years of experience in policy development to co-found with Boulder County Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA), a statewide collaboration of cities and counties to develop and push for state-level climate and energy action. Working with and through CC4CA, Boulder was a pivotal leader in the efforts to develop state-level climate and energy policy that, in 2018, produced some of the most far-reaching state emission reduction objectives in the country. CC4CA has since grown in its influence at the capitol and now represents the interests of nearly one quarter of the state’s population through a coalition of 38 local governments.
17582954104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.4Describe how your local/regional government collaborates and coordinates vertically (higher levels of government) on climate action.0As Boulder has continued to pursue its locally-based climate activities, it’s become clear that federal, state, and local energy and environmental policies do not occur in isolation. Instead, they frequently involve the sharing of responsibility. On January 14, 2021, the state released its Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap. The Roadmap represents the most action-oriented, ambitious, and substantive planning process that Colorado has ever undertaken on climate leadership, pollution reduction and a clean energy transition. It lays out an achievable pathway to meet the state’s science-based climate targets of 26% by 2025, 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050 from 2005 levels that were part of House Bill 19-1261 Climate Action Plan to Reduce Pollution. The release of the Roadmap in Colorado recognizes that rather than taking a backseat, state leadership must continue alongside a more supportive federal government, allowing the United States to achieve deeper emissions reductions through a framework that leverages comparative strengths at different levels of governance. Beyond working at the State level, Boulder has also been a national leader in exploring the use of the legal system in pushing for larger systems-level change. Both through its active participation in multi-jurisdiction efforts — like the Clean Power Plan Plaintiffs group — or its climate liability lawsuit with Boulder and San Miguel Counties against ExxonMobil and Suncor, Boulder has demonstrated that there are a range of different levers cities can take hold of to drive more fundamental systems change.
17583054104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.1Project area1Other, please specify: District energy and micro-gridding solutions
17583154104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.1Project area2Other, please specify: Sustainability and Resilience Strategy Implementation
17583254104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.1Project area3Energy efficiency / retrofit
17583354104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.2Project title1Alpine-Balsam Implementation
17583454104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.2Project title2Developing Options for a Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Chautauqua
17583554104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.2Project title3100% renewables
17583654104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.3Stage of project development1Project feasibility
17583754104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.3Stage of project development2Scoping
17583854104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.3Stage of project development3Scoping
17583954104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.4Status of financing1Project partially funded and seeking additional funding
17584054104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.4Status of financing2Project not funded and seeking full funding
17584154104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.4Status of financing3Project not funded and seeking partial funding
17584254104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.5Financing model identified1No
17584354104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.5Financing model identified2No
17584454104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.5Financing model identified3No
17584554104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.6Identified financing model description1
17584654104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.6Identified financing model description2
17584754104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.6Identified financing model description3
17584854104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.7Project description and attach project proposal1The Alpine-Balsam property, formerly the Boulder Community Health (BCH) hospital, was purchased by the City of Boulder in 2015. The strategic investment was motivated in part by the desire to shape the redevelopment of an area. The city is in the beginning stages of a multi-year process to redevelop Alpine-Balsam. The implementation will follow the Area Plan that promotes equity,affordability and sustainability through thoughtful redevelopment; the proposed uses are aligned with market and community needs. The Area Plan includes considerations for achieving environmental goals, and the hospital deconstruction project includes a sustainable recycling and reuse approachThe city is seeking to enhance the resilience and further reduce carbon emissions associated with the site. A study was conducted to compare different energy system designs to a baseline code-based construction cost and energy model. The scenarios analyzed included maximizing on-site solar, increasing the energy efficiency of site buildings and centralizing systems to heat and cool the site with renewable sources. The district system showed promising financial feasibility and long-term cost savings. Further, when combined with on-site solar and measures to improve the site’s energy efficiency, district heat could cut down on energy and maintenance costs, support reliability through reduced peak power needs, advance the city’s climate goals and reduce upfront construction costs. While the energy feasibility study provided Boulder with a lot of information to help guide the decision-making processes moving forward, it addressed one small piece of the project: the energy feasibility itself, and specifically, the energy used by buildings constructed at the Alpine-Balsam site. It does not consider the entire emissions impact, construction materials or transportation implications.Moving forward, the city would likely seek financing to support build-out of the infrastructure and better understand the full scope of emissions impact including embodied and supply chain emissions. Estimated cost $5M.
17584954104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.7Project description and attach project proposal2The Colorado Chautauqua National Historic Landmark District is one of Boulder's most beloved and significant landmarks. However, as Boulder is impacted by climate change, rising temperatures, greater intensity of precipitation events and a greater risk of wildfires among other issues, Chautauqua's historic and cultural resources are at serious risk.To address these issues, the Colorado Chautauqua Association (CCA) and the City of Boulder are developing a comprehensive Sustainability and Resilience Strategy with the key goal of better aligning priorities to plan for long-term sustainability, resilience and preservation at Chautauqua. The CCA has committed to becoming a leader in environmentally sustainable practices. The Chautauqua Sustainability & Resilience Strategy will serve as a model for sustainable historic preservation around the country. While the city and CCA are in the process of evaluating potential solutions across the focus areas of renewable energy, fire & heat, water & drainage, vegetation, and resilience -- there have been no financing mechanisms yet identified regarding how the chosen projects in will be funded and therefore completed.
17585054104City of Boulder, COUnited States of AmericaNorth America6. Opportunities6.5List any mitigation, adaptation, water related or resilience projects you have planned within your city for which you hope to attract financing and provide details on the estimated costs and status of the project. If your city does not have any relevant projects, please select 'No relevant projects' under 'Project Area'.7Project description and attach project proposal3Since 2010, the city has been exploring municipalization -- or creating our own municipal electric utility -- as a way to dramatically reduce the carbon intensity of our electric supply under direct control. Currently, Boulder’s electricity generation mix is determined by the third-party investor-owned electric utility and therefore is outside of the city's control. The exploration was put on pause in November 2020 when the Boulder community voted for a franchise agreement with Xcel Energy, with residents and businesses agreeing to remain Xcel customers under a new partnership.While Xcel Energy has made great strides in their own climate commitments, stating a goal of 85% emissions reduction by 2030 against a 2005 baseline and an 80% renewable grid by 2030 -- this ambition does not align with Boulder's commitment to getting to 100% renewable electricity supply by 2030. Therefore, the city is seeking options on how to address the remaining emissions gap in 2030 to ensure the city is procuring emissions free electricity by that date. In evaluating potential options, the city will seek to quantify the cost associated with various pathways to factor into decision making.

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