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C. 40

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	December 11, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute Software as a Service Agreement with Community Climate Solutions

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/11/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

Jody London, 925-674-7871

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 11, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or his designee, to execute a Software as a Service Agreement with Community Climate Solutions in an amount not to exceed $50,000, including modified indemnification language, to provide an internet-based community engagement platform for tracking community carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission reductions, for the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The costs associated with this agreement will be covered by a Climate Protection grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

BACKGROUND:

On October 9, 2018, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development to accept a Climate Protection Grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for the Cleaner Contra Costa program. In partnership with the cities of Antioch, San Pablo, and Walnut Creek and local community-based organizations, Cleaner Contra Costa will launch a “Go CO₂ Free” online platform and conduct marketing and outreach to encourage community participation. The platform will serve as a tool for public engagement and behavior change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from individual households.

The County’s Climate Action Plan prioritizes educating County residents and providing opportunities for them to take actions that support the Climate Action Plan. Identifying successful strategies for influencing the millions of decisions that are made every day that have an impact on the health of our community is an important and emerging area of focus for climate action.

Community Climate Solutions provides a vendor-hosted, internet-based, customized community engagement platform for tracking community CO₂ emission reductions. County residents will be able to access the platform through a web browser and track their efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions. The vendor will assist the County to customize the platform for the community and its residents. The County will receive aggregated emission reduction reports for the purpose of evaluating the Cleaner Contra Costa program’s impact on the community.

The community engagement platform will be hosted on the internet by the vendor. The agreement obligates the vendor to indemnify the County for third-party losses arising out of the vendor's negligence or willful misconduct in performing the agreement, provided that the vendor's indemnity obligation is capped at its insurance limits under the agreement: $1,000,000 for general liability and $1,000,000 for cyber insurance. The agreement obligates the County to indemnify the vendor for third-party losses arising out of the County’s negligence or willful misconduct in its use of the platform.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to authorize this agreement would result in the County being unable to meet the terms of the grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.