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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 20, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5-y~ <br />SUBJECT: Award of Contract and Approval of Memorandum of Agreement -Joint <br />Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Action Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource <br />Conservation, Purchasing <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Memorandum of Agreement, with <br />Attachments <br />2) Proposed Contract with IES, with <br />Attachments <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil. 245-2598 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a contract to ICLEI Energy Services of Toronto to conduct <br />a joint greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and emissions reduction action plan, and <br />to approve an interlocal Memorandum of Agreement between the Towns of Carrboro and <br />Chapel Hill and Orange County regarding administration of the project, <br />BACKGROUND: In September 2003, the elected boards from Orange County, Chapel Hill <br />and Carrboro agreed to collaborate together on a proposed project to address greenhouse <br />gas (GHG) emissions. As members of the International Council of Local Environmental <br />Initiatives (ICLEI) and the Cities for Climate Protection program, the three local governments <br />have jointly committed to undertaking an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and an <br />action plan to effect reductions in emissions. The Boards agreed to pursue the project with <br />the County's Environment and Resource Conservation Department (ERCD) serving as <br />project coordinator, and asked the staffs to develop a scope of work for the project and solicit <br />qualified firms through a Request for Qualifications, This was done in late 2003 and early <br />2004 by the staffs of each jurisdiction. After meeting to review qualifications, and ask/receive <br />answers to clarifying questions, the staff work group unanimously agreed to recommend <br />ICLEI Energy Services (IES) of Toronto as consultant, <br />Over the last six months, the staff work group has developed a proposed Memorandum of <br />Agreement (MoA) between the jurisdictions that outlines the project cost shares and <br />