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Building Resilience Linking Covid-19 and Climate Change June 5, 2020 Dont Rebuild Systems that Broke: Investing in community-led climate resiliency in Portland, Oregon Sam Baraso Program Manager, Portland Clean Energy Fund Bureau of

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Building Resilience Linking Covid-19 and Climate Change June 5, 2020

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Quarterly Climate Adaptation Forum | June 5, 2020

Sustainable Solutions Lab

Don’t Rebuild Systems that Broke:

Investing in community-led climate resiliency in Portland, Oregon

Sam Baraso

Program Manager, Portland Clean Energy Fund Bureau of Planning & Sustainability City of Portland, OR

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Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF)

Climate Adaptation Forum Building Resilience, 6/5/2020

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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 2

What is the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF)?

  • established by a successful ballot measure passed by 65%
  • f Portland voters in November 2018
  • first-ever environmental measure in Oregon history created

and led by communities of color

  • $44-61M in new annual revenue for green jobs and

climate-related investment in frontline communities

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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 3

What is the purpose of PCEF?

  • provide long-term funding source for climate action that

supports social, economic, and environmental benefits

  • projects that benefit low-income communities and

communities of color

  • Prioritize skills training and workforce development for

economically disadvantaged and traditionally underemployed

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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 4

How is PCEF funded?

1% surcharge on retailers whose annual sales are

  • ver $1 billion nationally AND over $500,000 in

Portland.

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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 5

How are funds accessed?

NONPROFITS GRANT PROPOSALS PCEF COMMITTEE CITY COUNCIL

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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 6

Where will the money go?

What kinds of projects can be funded

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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 7

How are we accountable to meeting PCEF goals?

  • Targets:
  • At least 20% of funding to nonprofits with track record of serving economically

disadvantaged community members

  • At least 50% of clean energy projects should specifically benefit low-income residents

and communities of color.

  • Requirements:
  • Funding agreements must include terms to encourage rent stability
  • All projects must agree to a specified workforce and contractor equity plan
  • At least 180% of minimum wage to employees on PCEF projects.
  • Processes:
  • Equity-centered Grant Committee
  • Public engagement
  • Reporting and continuous improvement.
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Climate Adaptation Forum – 06/05/2020 – 8

  • 1. RFP development
  • Grant scoring criteria
  • Workforce and contractor equity agreement
  • RFP released
  • 2. Application period
  • 60 days

Year One Timeline

  • 3. Review
  • Eligibility and Technical Review
  • Scoring panels
  • Committee deliberation

4 11 18 25

2020

MAY

1 8 15 22

JUNE

29 6 13 20

JULY

27 3 10 2 12 19 26

OCT

2 9 16 23

NOVEMBER DECEMBER AUG

30 7 14 21 28

Public comment opens Release RFP Eligibility and technical review begins Scoring panels begin Committee deliberation

  • 4. Council

approval

  • Prepare and deliver

Council docs Grant approvals

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Thank you!

Sam.Baraso@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-7713 www.portlandoregon.gov/BPS/PCEF