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-- Response to Specific Questions Regarding RFQ Submission -- Joint Carrboro, Chapel Hill & Orange County GHG Emissions Inventory & Reduction Plan March 9, 2004 Megam.Janrieson, ICI,EI Energy Services, niiai)iiesoii(a iclei.oi (416) 392 -1480 Below are each of the questions you had regarding ICLEI Energy Services' response to the Joint Carrboro, Chapel Hill & Orange County RFQ for a GHG Emissions Inventory and Reduction Plan. Please don't hesitate to contact Megan Jamieson at the phone number above if there are any additional questions or points of clarification. 1. Please expand on how you would address the linkages between the GHG Inventory /Action Plan and the Metropolitan Planning Organization's 2025 Transportation Plan. Ideally, we would meet with the Durbam - Chapel -Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) at the onset of the project, This would give ICLEI, the DCHC MPO, and the Regional Inventory/Action Plan Working Group the opportunity to discuss the two plans to see how they can be brought together for the benefit of both plans, We anticipate that the DCHC MPO has already implemented some projects that have had an impact on transportation and therefore GHG emissions within the region. ICLEI would want to capture these projects in Phase 3 —Determine and _Onantify Historic and Existing Measures of the Project Approach outlined in our RFQ submission (see Page 2) The 2025 L.ong - Range Transportation Plan (2025 LRTP) also has measures planned for the future, such as the Bus Transit Plan and the Bicycle Pedestrian Plan. These Plans will reduce the generation of GHG emissions and therefore will be captured in Phase 4 — Identify Potential New A9easiaes of the Project Approach outlined in our RFQ submission (see Page 2). Greenhouse Gas emissions from dre transportation sector are a large contributor to the region's overall emissions profile Therefore, it is essential to focus on this sector when designing a plan to reduce overall GHG emissions, ICLEI plans to invite members of the DCHC MPO to participate in the Air Quality Advisor Group to help guide and implement the GHG Emissions Inventory and Reduction Plan 2 List up to 6 projects most similar in scope to the Joint Carrboro, Chapel Hill, & Orange County GHG emissions inventory and reduction plan. Include hours required to fulfill contract requirements, total cost and stage of implementation 3 For each of the six selected projects, indicate clearly what software programs and versions were used to perform the analyses. If the ICLEI Clean Air and Climate Protection (CACP) software was not used, please indicate what aspects of analysis were provided by the software employed that is not provided by CACP. The following table addresses the questions in bullets 2 and 3.