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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with Aclima, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices in San Francisco, CA, for air quality monitoring, at no cost to the City, for a maximum six-month pilot period. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Aclima, Inc. (Aclima), to conduct an air quality monitoring pilot project to advance the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), and use civic technology to benefit Long Beach residents. The CAAP includes a City Leadership Action to identify opportunities to expand or improve existing air quality monitoring networks and data. This effort is designed to help further that action, and the six-month pilot period will be at no cost to the City.
As described in the CAAP and associated technical studies, Long Beach is anticipated to experience rising temperatures due to climate change. Rising temperatures worsen air pollution and will most impact people sensitive to poor air quality and communities near emissions sources. Air quality is especially relevant as a secondary climate stressor to extreme heat in Long Beach, as there are several sources that impact local air quality, including the I-710 and I-405 freeways, the Port of Long Beach, nearby refineries, and other major industrial sources. To inform efforts toward access to clean air for all, the City seeks to pilot an air quality monitoring program through a solution that collects reliable air quality data, reports data to the City, and provides data in a community-friendly platform that is publicly accessible.
This pilot opportunity is part of the City’s 2021 Smart City Challenge, which follows the principles of a challenge-based procurement, where City staff articulate their challenge without prescribing how they want it solved. It was powered by the Startup in Residence (STIR) progr...
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