205479 - ENG2024-31 - Climate Resiliency Plan

Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), the City of Salmon Arm (“City”) is inviting proposals for the supply of Climate Resiliency Plan (CRP) Consulting services, commencing December 2024 – July 2025.

The City is seeking a consultant who will collaborate with City staff and stakeholders to create a Climate Resiliency Plan for presentation and approval by City Council. The planning process will start with a Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) for climate-related risks, identify broad disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation goals and create a recommended implementation plan of adaptation and risk mitigation measures, along with GHG emissions reduction measures, that maximize co-benefits between competing priorities.

The project will assess multiple hazards through the HRVA, help protect vulnerable populations and cultural assets through analysis of vulnerability data, provide recommendations for adaptation projects that will improve community safety, health and well-being and enhance biodiversity.

The proposed project encompasses the area of the City of Salmon Arm directly and indirectly our Regional Partners, namely the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD), Regional District of the North Okanagan (RDNO) and local Secwepenec First Nations Bands (particularly the Adams Lake Indian Band and the Neskonlith Indian Band). The City recognizes climate risks have no boundaries and looks to coordinate planning and resourcing with our neighbors to maximize the impact of our actions.

The CRP will be a public facing operational document that will identify both corporate and community wide actions. The CRP shall provide a roadmap for our community to mitigate climate risks to the best of our collective ability fostering a sustainably resilient community.