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• <br /> Public Outreach <br /> Two of the central principles of sustainability planning are transparency and inclusiveness. To adhere to <br /> these principles while developing a plan, local governments should include the public throughout the <br /> planning process. Public outreach is not considered a milestone itself, since it is part of each step in the <br /> Five Milestone process. <br /> Milestone One: Conduct a Sustainability Assessment <br /> Assess the sustainability of the jurisdiction using a set of metrics to understand the key challenges. <br /> To start the planning process, a local government needs to first research and assess environmental, <br /> economic, and social equity challenges within the jurisdiction—and the current programs in place to <br /> address these issues. This can either take the form of a quick-action assessment or a comprehensive <br /> assessment. In either case, a local government needs to develop a greenhouse gas emissions inventory <br /> for both government operations and the community, using ICLEI's tools anc, protocols. The inventory will <br /> be one of the primary sources of information to guide the planning process and identify opportunities to <br /> reduce emissions. <br /> A quick-action assessment involves developing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for government <br /> and community emissions using, along with a high-level quantitative or a detailed qualitative assessment <br /> of the sustainability challenges. A comprehensive assessment involves a more extensive data analysis. It <br /> takes into account all (or most) of the data categories in the Sustainability Assessment Checklist(in your <br /> toolkit folder), which include the quick-action assessment data categories along with a more rigorous <br /> analysis of infrastructure capacity, land use patterns, and natural resources issues. Challenges ad- <br /> dressed in the sustainability assessment could include population loss, greenhouse gas emissions, high <br /> housing costs, poor air quality, rising energy costs, limited energy supply, flooding risks, endangered <br /> natural resources, or aging infrastructure. <br /> Local governments should start by casting a wide net and looking at a broad set of issues using the <br /> Sustainability Assessment Checklist, in order to define the high-priority topics they would like to address <br /> in the sustainability plan. The sustainability assessment should not only include an analysis of hard num- <br /> bers, but should also take into account public concerns and priorities. This baseline assessment will help <br /> define the scope of the plan and will be used as a platform for action to communicate to the public the <br /> key challenges facing the jurisdiction. It will also help to highlight successful existing programs that can <br /> be expanded and will identify gaps where opportunities for improvement exist. <br /> ICLEI MILESTONE ONE AWARD REQUIREMENTS <br /> Completion of a comprehensive GHG emissions inventory including both community and <br /> municipal operations <br /> E Analysis and baseline assessment of sustainability indicators <br /> Submittal to ICLEI of all data(from software tool) <br /> El Submittal to ICLEI of a report summarizing the results from the inventory and sustainability <br /> indicator assessment <br /> 13 <br />