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Recommendation for Ann Arbor to Apply for the 2014 Great Lakes Climate Assessment Grant
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution supporting the City of Ann Arbor applying for the 2014 GLISA Great Lakes Climate Assessment Grant sponsored by the University of Michigan Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessment Center (GLISA). City staff have been working with GLISA for several years to better understand the current and potential climate changes likely to affect Ann Arbor and participates as part of a Great Lakes regional network of cities exploring climate adaptation.
City staff proposed a project through a letter of intent to develop a set of training tools for city engineers that will 1) highlight adaptative projects and designs that are known to be effective in the Great Lakes Region (e.g., white roofs, green streets) and 2) identify key research questions for infrastructure assets where adaptive measures are not well developed (e.g., heat island effects of asphalt vs. concrete for street reconstruction). The City has been invited to submit a proposal for the grant and the grant proposal is due August 22, 2014.
Staff
Prepared by Matthew Naud, Environmental Coordinator, Systems Planning
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Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor has a long history of collaborative work with the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessment Center (GLISA) at the University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute;
Whereas, the 2014 GLISA Great Lakes Climate Assessment Grant will fund organizations to engage networks of stakeholders in science-grounded processes to identify, assess, and/or resolve climate-related problems or management issues;
Whereas, The proposed work must be clearly linked to adaptation to climate change and variability in the Great Lakes region and must build on past engagements with GLISA or GLAA-C;
Whereas, the City of Ann Arbor submitted a letter of intent to apply for a grant for the GLISA 2014 Great Lak...
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