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Bloomington updates climate action dashboard, outlines solar, resilience and regional Project 46 commitments
Summary
City staff presented a progress report on Bloomington’s 2021 Climate Action Plan, unveiled a public dashboard, reviewed municipal solar and efficiency projects, announced resilience efforts (Heat Watch, STAYCOOL) and summarized Project 46 regional cooperation. Staff requested council help publicizing the dashboard and support for resilience funding.
Sean Mia, assistant director of sustainability in Bloomington’s Economic and Sustainable Development Department, told the Common Council on July 31 that the city is advancing multiple climate actions tied to the 2021 Climate Action Plan and that a new Climate Action Dashboard has been launched to make progress transparent to residents.
Mia said the city has budgeted $2,092,000 in 2023 and $2,130,140 in 2024 for climate action implementation from a mix of the general fund, ED LIT, CREED and TIF. "We currently have installed 3.9 megawatts worth of solar arrays at 34 municipal sites," Mia said, and described ongoing contracts for operations and maintenance (identified in the presentation as Verigee) and vendor relationships for small-business and nonprofit solar grants (MPI Solar).
The presentation detailed programs intended to expand distributed solar and low-income access: a goal to…
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