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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Kittali Weidner, LLC in the Amount of $99,500.00 to Support the City's Circular Economy Action Planning ($99,500.00)
Memorandum
On March 17, 2025, City Council passed a resolution (R-25-089) to accept a grant in the amount of $190,630.00 from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy ("EGLE") to create a Circular Economy Action Plan. The goal of this grant application was to aid the City in moving forward its work to create a more circular economy.
This successful grant, includes three main objectives:
1. Resident engagement: This work was completed through Resident Advisory Committee, culminating in a Resident Engagement report, completed in June 2025 through a contract with Guy O. Williams and Associates. This report will serve as source material for the Circular Economy Action Plan and ensure that the City's circular economy programming is rooted in the experiences, needs, and desires of the Ann Arbor community.
2. Business and Institutional Engagement: The City will work with a competitively selected vendor to create and execute a strategy to engage Ann Arbor's businesses, institutions, and organizations around the circular economy. This will result in the creation of a Business/Institutional Engagement report that will serve as source material for the Circular Economy Action Plan, ensuring that business and institutional needs are met by the City's circular economy programming.
3. Creation of a Circular Economy Action Plan: After engaging Ann Arbor residents, businesses, organizations, and institutions, the City's chosen vendor will work with the City to create a Circular Economy Action Plan that identifies long-term opportunities, goals, barriers, and priorities for the City's current and future circular economy programming.
Over the past 18 months, major work has been undertaken for task one, leveraging separate funding, culminating in a Resident Engage...
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