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Lane Livability Consortium DRAFT WORK PLAN Purpose: To develop a framework for cooperatively selecting a preferred alternative. Activities: Discussions with local jurisdictions to develop draft. Presentations and discussions with decision-makers, such as Eugene and Springfield City Councils, Lane County Board of Commissioners, Lane Area Commission on Transportation, Joint Elected Officials, and/or LCOG Board of Directors. Products: Presentation(s); Draft Framework; Final Framework Task 4.7 Climate Change/GHG Reduction Public Outreach Purpose: To inform, educate, and involve the community in regional GHG reduction efforts specific to the transportation sector. Activities: Website development and maintenance; outreach to existing stakeholder groups; community-wide workshop and/or open house. Products: Project Website GHG Component; Public involvement materials, including presentations, fact sheets, comment sheets; Public comment summary report(s) Task 4.8 Toolkit Chapter 3 Purpose: To develop a toolkit for local jurisdictions to conduct scenario planning in compliance with the Oregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative. Activities: Documentation of GHG planning components, including data and modeling requirements, equity considerations, land use/transportation planning integration strategies, scenario planning methodology, GHG reduction strategies, regional decision-making, and public outreach and engagement. Products: GHG Planning Toolkit PHASE IV SMART COMMUNITIES: Closing the Gaps Task 5.1 Triple Bottom Line Tool Purpose: To develop a tool that provides a framework for considering environmental, economic and human outcomes in decision making, recognizing that issues and topics cannot be evaluated or addressed in isolation; using sustainability as a unifying concept to integrate and connect topics. Activities: Research and evaluation of existing triple bottom line assessment tools, including use for policy, process and capital projects; presentation to Consortium; development of preferred tool Products: Research findings; Draft Triple Bottom Line Tool; Final Triple Bottom Line Tool, including instructions, data needs, training tools Task 5.2 Equity Atlas Purpose: To develop resources that will allow for visual representation of communities of concern and their access opportunities to affordable housing, jobs, transit, schools, parks, shopping, and other community resources and amenities. Use this resource to consider how to distribute the burdens and benefits of policy and infrastructure choices. Activities: Research and evaluation of equity atlas tools (e.g. Portland) and methodology, inventory data sources and opportunities, presentation to Consortium, development of mapping tools and reports 6/17/2011 5 of 10