Meetings

2023 Meetings

Rural, Indigenous and Small Communities (RISC) Workgroup

April 20, 2023

Rural, Indigenous and Small Communities (RISC) Workgroup Information Session by Sustainable Cities Network. View video presentation on Youtube. View presentation slides.

Federal Infrastructure Workgroup

May 3, 2023

An Introduction to the Arizona Economic Recovery Center and Local First Arizona by Jason Lowry, Director of Sustainability Initiatives, Local First Arizona and Nick Shivka, Senior Manager of Sustainability Initatives, Local First Arizona. View video presentation on Youtube. View presentation slides.

April 5, 2023

Arizona Department of Transportation Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) Funding by Steven Olmsted, Environmental Planner, Arizona Department of Transportation. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

March 1, 2023

City of Phoenix Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Application Process by Larry Smallwood, Federal Infrastructure Implementation Manager, City of Phoenix. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

February 15, 2023

Introduction to Federal Infrastructure Workgroup by Braden Kay, Sustainability and Resilience Director, City of Tempe and Anne Reichman, Director, Sustainable Cities Network and Project Cities. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

Climate and Resilience Workgroup

May 15, 2023

Local Climate Action- Seize the Day! by Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA. View video presentation on Youtube. View presentation slides.

February 27, 2023

National Service as a Resource for Climate Action by Kif Scheuer, National Service Director, Farallon Strategies. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

Electric Vehicle Workgroup

May 9, 2023

ADOT Electric Vehicle Charging Program: Planning and Implementation by Dianne Kresich, Electric Vehicle Project Manager, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). View video presentation on Youtube. View presentation slides.
Strategies for Leveraging Federal Funding to Deploy EV Charging Stations in Arizona Strategy Session by Caryn Potter, Arizona Representative, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) and Alexia Melendez Martineau, Policy Manager, Plug in America, with support from Karen Apple, Electric Vehicle Program Manager, City of Phoenix and Danae Presler, Sustainability Officer, City of Avondale. View video presentation on Youtube.

April 11, 2023

Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program 101 by Rebecca Sereboff, Senior EV Infrastructure Associate, Electrification Coalition. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

February 14, 2023

Municipal electric fleets: Save taxpayers money; protect air quality and public health by Diane Brown, Executive Director, Arizona PIRG Education Fund and Tony Dutzik, Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

January 10, 2023

Opportunities to Electrify Public Transit: The Case for Microtransit by Matt Dudley, Transit Manager, City of Avondale. View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

Green Infrastructure Workgroup

May 16, 2023

Central Arizona Conservation Alliance’s Urban Initiatives by Challie Facemire, CAZCA Program Director, Central Arizona Conservation Alliance & Desert Botanical Garden and Marisol Ortiz, CAZCA Engagement Coordinator, Central Arizona Conservation Alliance & Desert Botanical Garden. View video presentation on Youtube. View presentation slides.
Water Conservation Grant Fund by Chelsea McGuire, Assistant Director-External Affairs, Water Infrastructure Finance Authority. View video presentation on Youtube. View presentation slides.

February 21, 2023

Trees for People – Cultivating Human Habitat by Lyssa Hall, Founder, Cloud Hall Creative Solutions LLC. . View video presentation on YouTube. View presentation slides.

January 17, 2023

Durango Campus Parking Lot, Landscape, and Water Conservation Retrofit Project by Harry Cooper, Landscape Architecture and Water Conservation Branch Manager, Flood Control District of Maricopa County. . View video presentation on YouTube. View the presentation slides.

2022 Meetings

November 8, 2022

Sustainable Cities Network Electric Vehicle Workgroup Meeting: EV Fleets – Best Practices with a Local Fleet Manager. Presenters: Tonya Glass, Fleet Vehicle Specialist, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). Moderated by Anne Reichman, Director, ASU’s Sustainable Cities Network. View video presentation on YouTube. View the presentation slides and the SRP EV Program.

Regional Infrastructure Exchange Series

June 28, 2022

Climate Resilient Maricopa: Regional Infrastructure Exchange Workshop 5 – Guiding Principles for Partnerships. Presenters: Missy Stults, City of Ann Arbor, Project BRYANT; Lisa McNeilly, City of Scottsdale, Baltimore Community Hubs; MasaviPerea, ChispaArizona; Emma Viera, Unlimited Potential. Moderated by Brianne Fisher, City of Tempe. View video presentation on YouTube.

May 17, 2022

Climate Resilient Maricopa: Regional Infrastructure Exchange Workshop 4 – Community-Based Partnerships. Presenters: Shallini Vajjhala, San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center; Barbra Coffee, Southern AZ Coalition for Climate Adaption and Resilience; Braden Kay, Community-City-University Partnership – Cool Kids, Cool Places, Cool Futures. Moderated by Brianne Fisher, City of Tempe. View video presentation on YouTube.

May 3, 2022

Climate Resilient Maricopa: Regional Infrastructure Exchange Workshop 3 – Data for Grant Writing and Equity. Presenters: Stacy Grant, Justice 40; Patricia Solis & Melissa Guardaro, ASU Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER); David Hondula, City of Phoenix Office of Heat Mitigation and Adaptation. Moderated by Brianne Fisher, City of Tempe. View video presentation on YouTube.

March 29, 2022

Climate Resilient Maricopa: Regional Infrastructure Exchange Workshop 2 – IIJA Funding Programs – EV, Streets, and Ecosystem Restoration. Presenters: Rio Reimagined – Melissa McCann, ASU University-City Exchange; Electric Vehicles – Karen Apple, City of Phoenix; Danae Presler, City of Avondale; and Phil McNeely, Maricopa County Air Quality Department. Moderated by Brianne Fisher, City of Tempe. View video presentation on YouTube.

March 1, 2022

Climate Resilient Maricopa: Regional Infrastructure Exchange Workshop 1 – Federal Overview & Regional Project Priorities. Presenters: Patrick Stone, Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG); Katherine Gajewski, City Scale; and Michael Armstrong, City Scale. Moderated by Brianne Fisher, City of Tempe. View video presentation on YouTube.

SCN Special Topic Meetings

February 8, 2022

Dream Play Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places by James Rojas, Place It!, and John Kamp, Prairie Farms. View video presentation on YouTube.

January 21, 2022

The Great Shift: People Centered Emergency Management to Improve Community Resilience by Dan Neely, Manager of Community Resilience and Group Recovery Manager Wellington Region Emergency Management, New Zealand; Tye Waggoner, Youth Council Coordinator, City of Tempe Office of Sustainability & Resilience; and Marcus Donaldson, Community Resilience Coordinator, City of Tempe Office of Sustainability and Resilience. View video presentation on YouTube.