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Finance committee advances $100,000 Barr Foundation pilot for community heat resilience
Summary
The committee recommended approval of a $100,000 Barr Foundation grant to the Office of Sustainability and Environment to design community-driven heat-resilience strategies focused on residents most affected by extreme heat.
The finance committee on Jan. 21 recommended approval of a $100,000 grant from the Barr Foundation, co-administered by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, to the city’s Office of Sustainability and Environment.
Planner Elise Balarsh described the award as a fund to design and implement a community-driven solution to increase resilience to extreme heat and to center the needs of residents most affected by heat. "This will allow us to design and implement a community driven solution that advances resilience to extreme heat while centering the experiences and needs of some of our most impacted residents," Balarsh said.
The planner said the project aligns with strategies in the city’s Climate Forward plan and will develop local tactics to reduce heat risks. Committee members did not request amendments; the committee laid the item on the table to recommend approval and included it in the committee’s slate of approvals at the meeting’s close.
Balarsh identified herself for the record as "Elise Balarsh, the sustainability and resiliency planner in the Office of Sustainability and Environment."
