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EPA Environmental Education Grant_Letter of Committment
Masterpiece on the Mississippi TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: EPA Education Grant Letter of Commitment DATE: February 11, 2014 Dubuque band AI- America City 1 2007 • 2012 • 2013 Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan recommends City Council approval of a Letter of Commitment and partnership with the University of Iowa in the EPA Environmental Education Grant Application for air quality. The City of Dubuque will receive a Subaward if the total grant is funded of $69,508 for air quality /environmental education efforts. A match of $13,175 is predicted primarily through in -kind, staff contributions. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. Mic ael C. Van Milligen MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist Masterpiece on the Mississippi TO: Mike Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist SUBJECT: EPA Education Grant Letter of Commitment DATE: February 10, 2014 Dubuque ketil All - America City 2007 • 2012 •2013 INTRODUCTION This memorandum submits approval for a letter of support and commitment for the City participating with the University of Iowa in the EPA Environmental Education Grant Application for air quality. BACKGROUND The City recently submitted a letter in conjunction with Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study ( DMATS) to EPA requesting to participate in the PM Advance program, which supports local efforts to improve air quality. The PM Advance program will involve community education around air quality, along with voluntary strategies through local business and industry, citizens, institutions and community -based organizations to improve air quality. The purpose for the environmental education model grants program through EPA is to provide funds to support environmental education projects that increase the public's awareness about environmental issues and provide them with the skills to take responsible actions to protect the environment. Grant applications must come from educational institutions. DISCUSSION The City's Air Quality Task Force, which consists of members from GDDC, ECIA, DMATS, and the City, requested assistance from the University of Iowa College of Engineering to partner with and apply for environmental education grant funds that could be used toward the PM Advance Program. Since the University of Iowa College of Engineering has experience in this area, the proposal includes working on air quality in the communities of the Upper Mississippi River Valley, all which affect Dubuque's PM 2.5 levels. The project team includes the City of Dubuque, ECIA, GDDC, the Bi -State Regional Planning Commission, and the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research. Within the University of Iowa, participants will collaborate from Engineering, Art, and the IIHR- Hydroscience Engineering departments. Additional Dubuque community and air pollution stake - holder partners will be brought on board during the environmental education project. The City already has many avenues to disseminate the proposed air quality education, 1 including the Growing Sustainable Communities Conference, City Expo, workshops for business and industry, online materials, and other ongoing community engagement activities. The goals of the grant project are: 1. Increase awareness, interest, knowledge, and decision - making skills regarding air quality in key groups through the infusion of air quality information into existing Environmental Education programs. 2. Facilitate discussion, development, and implementation of voluntary particulate matter reduction strategies through the EPA PM Advance program. 3. Realize public art that visualizes environmental issues and environmental data. 4. Replicate best practices throughout the Upper Mississippi River Valley. BUDGET IMPACT The City of Dubuque will receive a Subaward if the total grant is funded of $69,508 for these air quality /environmental education efforts. A match of $13,175 is predicted primarily through in -kind, staff contributions. The Air Quality Task Force recognizes the University of Iowa College of Engineering's air quality expertise and their experience in implementing air quality and environmental education efforts. The partnership with this grant will provide a method for creating the path forward, a plan that is a requirement of the EPA PM Advance program. RECOMMENDATION I recommend the City Council approve the Letter of Commitment and Partnership with the University of Iowa in the EPA Environmental Education Grant Application. COUNCIL ACTION Approve the attached Letter of Commitment /Support signed by the City Manager. cc Cori Burbach, Sustainable Community Coordinator Bob Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer Teri Goodman, Assistant City Manager 2 THE CITY OF Dus Masterpiece on the Mississippi Dubuque kritri AII•America City �1 I' 2007 City Manager's Office City Hall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001 -4805 Office (563) 589 -4110 Fax (563) 589 -4149 TTY (563) 690 -6678 ctymgr@cityofdubuque.org www.cityoldubuque.org January 30, 2014 SUBJECT: City of Dubuque Support of CLEAR4 Project through Subaward To whom it may concern: The City of Dubuque is excited to collaborate with the University of Iowa team, led by Charles Stanier of the College of Engineering, on the CLEAR4 project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts. In 2008, Dubuque adopted a sustainability vision and platform which includes 11 supporting principles, one of which is Healthy Air, that fall under the three pillars of economic prosperity, cultural /social vibrancy and environmental /ecological integrity. Work has been done on water, electricity, waste /resource management, health /wellness and transportation through the Smarter City Initiative with IBM Corporation. All of these efforts have major focus and efforts on community education and engagement efforts. We support the overall goals of the project, which are to increase awareness and capacity for decision making regarding air quality, provide environmental education (EE) around the areas application to the PM Advance program, realize public digital art that visualizes environmental issues, and replicate the best practices of air quality EE in the area. We have worked on the proposal, which responds to the EPA request for proposal, EPA- EE- 13 -01. If this grant is awarded, the City of Dubuque agrees to enter into a subcontract agreement with the University of Iowa to participate in fulfilling the aims and activities of the grant. The total amount of the subcontract is $69,508. In addition to projects costs covered by the subcontract award, the City of Dubuque anticipates spending at least 285 additional staff hours implementing this project. Thus, the City of Dubuque commits $13,175 in cost sharing, mainly in the form of staff time for project implementation. An overview of the contributions of the City of Dubuque to this project include: Service People Integrity Responsibility Innovation Teamwork • Growing Sustainable Communities Conference. This annual Conference is a two -day educational opportunity for municipal professionals, elected officials and business leaders who have a common interest in sustainability. As co- sponsor of the conference, the city selects the latest sustainability ideas, plans and best practices in topics such as Water, Energy & Resource management, Transportation & Mobility, Regional Economic Development, Community Knowledge & Engagement and other sustainability principles such as the focus of this grant, air quality and clean air. City staff will work with University of Iowa staff and students to recruit regional and national speakers with air quality expertise to the sustainability conference, design and publicize the sessions and trainings related to air quality at the conference, and conduct environmental education to attendees via an exhibit during the conference. • PM Advance workshops. The City of Dubuque will assist the University of Iowa in developing the detailed agenda for the workshop, to recruit participants, and to conduct the workshop. Space for the workshop will be provided by the City of Dubuque. • Air quality art course and design competition. The City of Dubuque will judge the artwork of the students in the Art and Engineering Course, and publicize the winning design from each semester within the City of Dubuque, with the goal of (when appropriate) securing a commission to allow the construction and display of a 2nd generation version of the student sculptures in the river valley. City staff will assist the students in selecting an appropriate public location for display. • Dubuque City Expo. Using the materials and training from the above events, City of Dubuque staff will add air quality to their existing education programs conducted during City Expo, and other community exhibit and engagement opportunities. City Expo is an annual education and engagement event of City of Dubuque Departments and the services they provide. • Petal Project for Sustainable Business. City staff will coordinate with ECIA to achieve the changes in the Petal Project described in the proposal narrative, to recruit local businesses to the project, and to assist in evaluation of this element of EE. • Community small grant program. City of Dubuque staff will implement the changes to the community small grant program so that it can support the aims of the grant, and have a specific focus of air quality as it relates to our "healthy air" sustainability principle. • Project website and maps of air quality. The City of Dubuque will review the development of project website elements as they are completed by the University of Iowa, provide comments, and publicize the materials to stakeholders. • Evaluation. The City of Dubuque has extensive experience in working with community health partners, in garnering feedback from stakeholders, and in qualitative and quantitative assessment (e.g., Dubuque County Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Improvement Plan for 2011 -2016; 2011). We will work closely with the University of Iowa in the design, recruitment, and delivery stages of the formative and outcome evaluations concerning the project. The City of Dubuque looks forward to partnering with the University of Iowa on this EPA Education grant opportunity. Sincerely, Michael C. Van Milligen City Manager Application for Federal Assistance SF -424 *1. Type of Submission: o Preapplication • Application o Changed /Corrected Application * 2. Type of Application: * If Revision, select appropriate letter(s): • New 0 Continuation * Other (Specify) 0 Revision * 3. Date Received: 4. Applicant Identifier: D2/O4/2014 I 5a. Federal Entity Identifier: 5b. Federal Award Identifier: State Use Only: 6. Date Received by State: 17. State Application Identifier: 8. APPLICANT INFORMATION: * a. Legal Name: University of Iowa * b. Employer/Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN /TIN): c. Organizational DUNS: 142- 6004813 10627616710000 d. Address: * Streetl: 2 Gilmore Hall Street2: * City: Iowa City County: * State: IA: Iowa Province: * Country: USA: UNITED STATES *Zip / Postal Code: 52242 -1320 e. Organizational Unit: Department Name: Division Name: Division of Sponsored Program 'Vice President for Research f. Name and contact information of person to be contacted on matters involving this application: Prefix: * First Name: Jennifer Middle Name: L. * Last Name: Lassner Suffix: Title: 'Assistant Vice President for Research Organizational Affiliation: University of Iowa * Telephone Number: 1319- 335 -2123 Fax Number: 1319- 335 -2130 * Email: Iera @uiowa.edu Funding Opportunity Number: Received Date: Time Zone: GMT-6 Application for Federal Assistance SF -424 9. Type of Applicant 1: Select Applicant Type: H: Public /State Controlled Institution of Higher Education Type of Applicant 2: Select Applicant Type: Type of Applicant 3: Select Applicant Type: * Other (specify): * 10. Name of Federal Agency: Environmental Protection Agency 11. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 66.951 CFDA Title: Environmental Education Grants * 12. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA- EE -13 -01 *Title: Environmental Education Model Grants -- Solicitation Notice for 2013 13. Competition Identification Number: Title: 14. Areas Affected by Project (Cities, Counties, States, etc.): 4Areas_Affect ed_by_ Proj ect 1017819206. p df * 15. Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project: [The CLEAR4 Project: CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts Attach supporting documents as specified in agency instructions. Funding Opportunity Number: Received Date: Time Zone: GMT-6 Application for Federal Assistance SF -424 16. Congressional Districts Of: * a. Applicant IA -002 * b. Program /Project IA -001 Attach an additional list of Program /Project Congressional Districts if needed. Con g ress ion a I D istri cts 1017819207. p df 17. Proposed Project: * a. Start Date: 107/01/2014 * b. End Date: 106/30/2016 18. Estimated Funding ($): * a. Federal 173,152.00 * b. Applicant 44,542.00 * c. State 0.00 * d. Local 0.00 * e. Other 13,175.00 *f. Program Income 0.00 * g. TOTAL 230,869.00 * 19. Is Application Subject to Review By State Under Executive Order 12372 Process? Q a. This application was made available to the State under the Executive Order 12372 Process for review on () b. Program is subject to E.O. 12372 but has not been selected by the State for review. • c. Program is not covered by E.O. 12372. * 20. Is the Applicant Delinquent On Any Federal Debt? (If "Yes ", provide explanation and attach.) Q Yes • No 21. *By signing this application, I certify (1) to the statements contained in the list of certifications ** and (2) that the statements herein are true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I also provide the required assurances** and agree to com- ply with any resulting terms if I accept an award. I am aware that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties. (U.S. Code, Title 218, Section 1001) ?j **I AGREE ** The list of certifications and assurances, or an Internet site where you may obtain this list, is contained in the announcement or agency specific instructions. Authorized Representative: Prefix: * First Name: Daniel Middle Name: IA. * Last Name: Reed Suffix: Ph.D. *Title: nice President for Research *Telephone Number: 319- 335 -2123 Fax Number: 319 - 335 -2130 * Email: era @uiowa.edu * Signature of Authorized Representative: /Daniel Reed 1 * Date Signed: 102/04/2014 1 Authorized for Local Reproduction Funding Opportunity Number: Received Date: Time Zone: GMT-6 Standard Form 424 (Revised 10/2005) Prescribed by OMB Circular A -102 Attachments AreasAffected File Name Mime Type Areas_ Affected _by_Project1017819206.pdf application /pdf AdditionalProjectTitle File Name Mime Type AdditionalCongressionalDistricts File Name Mime Type Con gression al Districts1017819207 .pdf application /pdf DebtExplanation File Name Mime Type Funding Opportunity Number: Received Date: Time Zone: GMT-6 Areas Affected by Project: Southwest Wisconsin Community of Potosi Eastern Iowa Communities of Dubuque, Davenport, Bettendorf, and Muscatine Western Illinois Communities of Moline and Rock Island Program/Project Congressional Districts: IA -001 IA -002 IL -017 WI -003 Project Narrative File(s) FileName MimeType Full_ Proposal _PDF_FINAL1017819328.pdf application /pdf Tracking Number: The CLEAR4 Project: CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts Section 3. Work Plan A. Project Summary A -1. Organization and Partnerships. The University of Iowa will lead an environmental education (EE) effort concerning continuous improvement of air quality in the communities of the Upper Mississippi River Valley. The project team includes the City of Dubuque (Iowa), the East Central Intergovernmental Organization, the Greater Dubuque Development Corporation, the Bistate Regional Planning Commission, and the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research. Within the University of Iowa, participants will collaborate from Engineering, Art, and the IIHR- Hydroscience & Engineering. Additional community and air pollution stakeholder partners will be brought on board during the EE. The project will be led by primary investigator Charles Stanier, and it will focus on the river valley communities in the Mississippi Basin from Southwest Wisconsin to Southeast Iowa. Educational activities will be focused around Dubuque, Iowa, and will be disseminated along the river valley through conferences, workshops, and online materials. The affected area has a population of over 500,000 people. The EE will mainly occur in EPA region 7 (Iowa), but will also include parts of EPA region 5 (Wisconsin and Illinois). The affected communities have moderate to serious air quality concerns with respect to atmospheric particles (a.k.a. haze, fine particulate matter, or PM2.5), and are in need of continuous improvement and public engagement. A -2. Summary. We propose a coordinated set of EE activities running from July 2014 — June 2016 around the theme of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and air quality in the upper Mississippi River Valley. The applicants are not currently receiving funding for the proposed project from the EPA's EE Grant Program. The communities of the affected region are classified as having unhealthful air during some portions of the year, have identified air quality as a priority in their Community Health Needs Assessments, and have potential compliance problems with PM2.5 levels established by the Clean Air Act. Specific aims of the proposed EE are to (1) increase awareness, interest, and decision - making skills regarding air quality issues in key groups through the infusion of air quality information into existing EE programs; (2) facilitate discussion, development, and implementation of voluntary particulate matter reduction strategies through the EPA PM Advance program; (3) realize public art that visualizes environmental issues and environmental data; and (4) replicate best practices throughout the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Due to the similarities in the communities of the proposed area, environmental education tools for one community are highly transferrable to others. Furthermore, enhancement of online tools for web and mobile device access to air quality information and EE content is targeted to further aid diss emination. Anticipated outputs (deliverables) from the project include infusion of air quality into existing activities such as the Growing Sustainably Conference, the Petal Project for Business Sustainability, and the Dubuque STEM Festival. An air quality certification module will be developed for the Green Vision Schools Project, and a successful application to the voluntary EPA PM Advance program will be completed. Anticipated short term (1 -2 years) outcomes include increased public access to air quality information, broader support of voluntary PM2.5 controls, multiple designs for public digital art that integrates air quality, and dissemination of EE practices developed through the 1 project through a website, journals, and conferences. Anticipated medium -term (2 -3 years) outcomes include improved air quality literacy. Outcomes will be demonstrated by pre- and post- surveys, enrollment of Dubuque into the PM Advance program, and increased public awareness and knowledge regarding air pollution issues within the design community. This application addresses the EPA educational priority of community projects: addressing environmental stewardship and the EPA environmental priority of air quality. The proposed activities clearly constitute EE: participants in the proposed activities will develop scientifically - sound skills and have access to data to enable informed decision - making regarding air quality in the region. Action and environmental stewardship will be achieved through outcomes such as the PM Advance program, artistic designs of environmental sculpture, and schools with certification in air quality through their Green Vision Project. The project team is staffed by experienced public health practitioners, air quality engineers, and sustainability experts. Formative and outcome assessment using a variety of quantitative and qualitative metrics will be conducted. A key outcome of the project will be enhanced capacity (measured by pre- and post- assessment evaluation) at the local level — government, educational institutions, and civic organizations — for dialogue and informed decision - making regarding air quality. A -3. Implementation /Delivery Method. The delivery method is primarily through workshops and classroom instruction, supported by public events, public art, and online educational materials. A -4. Audience. We anticipate reaching 600 participants in the workshop- and classroom -based EE. Over 90% of these will be adults, with the balance as college and K -12 students. Demographics of the participants will reflect the demographics of the eastern Iowa communities and the University of Iowa student body. The impact will be large despite these small numbers because the participants are influential members of various stakeholders (business, local government, education, community groups), and together they will craft and implement plans for pollution reductions in the affected communities; furthermore, they will serve as air quality ambassadors to their stakeholder groups and promote the air quality management plans through company and organization newsletters, policies, and peer -to -peer contacts. Minority fractions range from 3% to 10% in the affected communities, and minority enrollment is 14% at the University of Iowa. The broader (non - classroom) EE activities utilizing art and user friendly online tools will reach a much wider audience. A -5. Costs. The proposal is for $173,152 in federal funds over a two year period. The breakdown is: 39% project team salary, 25% small grants, 25% indirect costs, 2% domestic travel, and 9% other (mainly workshop expenses). B. Project Description B -1 "What" — Goals and educational and environmental priorities. This application primarily addresses the educational priority of community projects: addressing environmental stewardship in a local informal educational context. Secondarily, it addresses EE capacity building, and human health and the environment priorities of EPA. The application addresses the improving air quality environmental priority. The specific aims of the proposed EE are: 1. Increase awareness, interest, knowledge, and decision - making skills regarding air quality in key groups through the infusion of air quality information into existing EE programs. 2. Facilitate discussion, development, and implementation of voluntary particulate matter reduction strategies through the EPA PM Advance program. 3. Realize public art that visualizes environmental issues and environmental data. 4. Replicate best practices throughout the Upper Mississippi River Valley. 2 While leaders of various stakeholders in the affected communities know air quality is important, they often have severe misconceptions about the causes and possible remediation. The proposed EE projects address this. Specific behaviors that will occur as a result of the proposed EE are: (1) local government and business leaders will make more informed public and business policy decisions to reduce peak levels of PM25 in the region — many of these will be documented in the Dubuque PM Advance program; (2) the public will discuss environmental issues in a new way through public art linked to air quality information; (3) businesses will increase the use of ridesharing as a method for limiting PM2.5 pollution; (4) schools will undergo self- and external assessments regarding PM2.5 and climate; and (5) local expertise in air quality in the affected communities will increase within many different stakeholder groups, facilitating decision and discussion of air quality. B -2 "Why" — Demonstration of need. Air pollution by particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) is an important issue in the river communities of the area (Figure 1). Communities in the region include Muscatine, the Quad Cities (Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, & Rock Island), Clinton and Le Claire, Galena, Dubuque, Platteville, and Potosi. All of these areas have unhealthy air during some portions of the year, and potential compliance problems with PM25 levels established by the Clean Air Act. Reduced air quality from particulate pollution was identified as a priority in a recent Dubuque County Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Improvement Plan (CHNA- HIP).' The CHNA -HIP further identified lack of air quality expertise as a priority to be addressed. The American Lung Association classifies particle pollution with grades of "C" to "F" in the affected area.2 Two counties in the area have been required to develop plans to lower PM25 due to persistent exceedance of EPA limits.' Recommendations to the Governor and legislature highlight the importance of EE as a strategy to reduce PM2 5 levels.4 wI G,an<I -11.' 11114 NI 111111:1 Cambric* u ILLIN S.. ad, oaLome, NAVTEO, mm7'm"I111Amap, mcmmam R Corps GEBCO, USGS, FAO, MPS, NRCAN. GaoBax, IGN. Kad6¢r NL, Ordnance Sunray, ® Ean& pa n, MEG, E n China (Hong Kong), solemn, and Ma 015 , nmmund, Figure 1. Map of the Mississippi River Valley from Muscatine to Potosi, WI. Notable locations include (A) Muscatine, IA, is currently developing implementation plans to bring 24 -hr PM25, annual PM25, and S02 levels into compliance with NAAQS; (B) Quad Cities (Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, & Rock Island), with periodic violation of PM25 NAAQS; (C) Clinton, IA, with borderline compliance relative to NAAQS for PM25; (D) Dubuque, IA, focus of the EE, has an award winning "Sustainable Dubuque" program — its air quality is likely below NAAQS levels during most years, as indicated by the nearest monitor in Potosi, WI; (E) Potosi, WI, has 1 -3 days per year over the short-term PM25 standard. 3 The project region is ideal for a unified EE approach on particulate matter pollution because the relative impacts of different types of pollution are similar in each community.5 In other words, while PM2.5 air pollution is quite different (in terms of chemical makeup of particles, particle sources, etc.) from region to region within the U.S, and even from eastern to western Iowa, within the proposed area they are very similar. The Mississippi River and its associated lowland river valley topography drive some of the pollution dynamics through trapping of local air pollution emissions in floodplain areas.6 Finally, the communities share similar demographic and economic profiles. Many of the communities have major industrial facilities along the river, linked by barge and rail traffic, as well as light industry and other commercial activities. Table 1. Mapping of CLEAR4 activities to the proposal specific aims. a) —> a 00 o 5 a 11 Environ. Education Activity 11 Aim 1 — Add air quality to existing EE Aim 2 — PM Advance Workshops Aim 3 — Air Quality & Art Competition Aim 4 — Disseminate Throughout River Valley Al . Growing Sustainable Communities Conference — Feature Air Quality (C, P, L) A2. PM Advance programs — training workshops for civic leaders, educational leaders, and artists (C, K, L, A) A3. Air quality art course and design competition (C, L, P, A) • • • • o • • o o • O O o o o 0 o o o • O o • o 0 o o o O o • o 0 • A4. Dubuque City Expo — Feature Air Quality Content (C, P, L) A5. Petal Project for Sustainable Businesses — Train Mentors on Air Quality Issues and Implement VMT Reductions (C, L) A6. Community small grant program (C, S, K, P) A7. Green Vision Schools Project — Develop/Implement Air Quality and Climate Certification Programs (L, S, K, A) A8. Dubuque STEM Festival — Feature Air Quality (C, S, K, P, A) 1], Cross- Cutting Enabling Activities 1], (C1) Online resources — CLEAR4 (i) resources, (ii) interactive maps and visualizations of air quality, (iii) videos, and (iv) calendar of events. Make materials from the above activities available online or for checkout within the region. (all audiences) (C2) Assessment — CLEAR4 participant recruitment, publicity, and management of institutional review board policies; pre- and post - survey evaluation. (all audiences) o o o o I • symbols denote that the activity is a key contributor to the aim in question o symbols denote that the activity is a supporting contributor to the aim in question Audiences are indicated by letters: C = civic, business & community leaders; S = K -12 students; K= K -12 teachers and administrators; P = general public; L = local government staff; A = artists and art educators. One audience is identified as the primary audience of each activity by bold typeface. Each of the programs is described and discussed next. 4 (Al) Growing Sustainable Communities Conference. This annual two day conference attracts over 500 regional and national participants in government, business, design, and community organizations. Several enhancements to the conference are proposed to feature air quality EE and CLEAR4 goals. A science -based workshop "How and Why to Apply for PM Advance" will be developed collaboratively by University of Iowa, City of Dubuque, and ECIA personnel teaching the causes and effects of particulate matter pollution in the region. The workshop will be highly tailored to suit regional needs; this is possible given the PI's experience with Midwestern air pollution' and workshop -based adult education.8 A conference session on environmental art and on infusion of real -time environmental data into sculpture will be held as well. CLEAR4 partner organizations and those seeking community small grants will be expected to send participants to these workshops for additional EE and networking. An exhibit booth on CLEAR4, Midwestern Air Quality, and PM Advance will also be developed and staffed by project personnel. Finally, a keynote speaker with recognized national expertise in air quality management will be featured. Workshop participants will engage in pre- assessment at the beginning of the workshop, and be targeted for post assessment of medium term outcomes in 2016. In the 2nd year of the project (2015), environmental art from project aim 3 will be exhibited and student artists will attend. (A2) PM Advance workshops. The EPA PM Advance program is a voluntary program to help communities stay in compliance with the provisions of the Clean Air Act. We propose two 1/2 day training workshops for stakeholder group leaders to empower them to develop a credible PM Advance plan. The University of Iowa will lead these training workshops, and conduct pre- and post- assessment of participant knowledge regarding PM. Participants will receive hands on training with PM2 5 measurement devices and be trained on the environmental information tools available to them through existing sources and through the new developments in this grant. A focus will be on methods to communicate pros and cons of voluntary PM control to the peers and to the public. The PM Advance "message" will be further carried into the community through presentations conducted by ECIA and city staff and meetings of civic organizations (e.g., business groups, neighborhood associations, professional groups, churches, service organizations). (A3) Air quality art course and design competition. Eastern Iowa has a vibrant culture of art, with the University of Iowa as a center of visual and performance arts. Art has a unique ability to engage citizens with environmental issues, and it can sometimes overcome hesitancy to engage. The course Art and Engineering from the University of Iowa brings engineers and artists together to collaborate on art that uses and encourages conversation on technology. The art created by the students often is robotic in nature, solar powered, and uses embedded micro- environmental data. Used by permission from Anthony Castronovo. Figure 2. Example of solar- powered sculpture that responds to real -time 5 computers, motors, and lights in the design. Figure 2 shows photographs of work from the current instructor and co -I, Anthony Castronovo. The flower opens and closes based on temperature. Other recent air quality and art installations in Seoul9 and Beijing10 may serve to inspire the participants. We propose to: (1) include air quality education in the Art and Engineering course; and (2) to require student designs addressing air quality issues, if possible using real -time monitor data from regional PM2,5 sensors, or modeled air quality data available from Iowa's Center for Global Regional Environmental Research. Prototypes for all designs will be built at the end of each course offering, and will be videotaped and photographed for the project archive and website. The winning design will have the opportunity to secure a $5000 commission, be constructed in full, and displayed for at least one year in the river valley. Winning designs will also be displayed at other CLEAR4 events such as the Sustainable Communities Conference. (A4) Dubuque City Expo. City of Dubuque staff will feature air quality and CLEAR4 to residents at this event, which is attended by over 2000 people. They will use the exhibit booth from the Sustainable Communities Conference, public art from CLEAR4, and workshop and online materials with a focus on educating residents on how they can support the PM Advance program and take personal action with respect to PM. (A5) Petal Project for Sustainable Business. The Petal Project is a regional green business certification program designed to encourage organizations in the Dubuque area to adopt more environmentally friendly business practices. Businesses receive Petal Project staff assistance and a simple framework for saving money and resources. The program also establishes a community -wide definition of a green business for consumers wishing to shop based on their values. The Petal Project is divided into five categories: Staff Education, Energy Conservation, Pollution Prevention, Waste Reduction, and Water Conservation. Within each category a business must complete all of the mandatory and a specified number of optional criteria to earn that petal. Once a business has earned all five petals, it is "Petal Certified." There are currently 25 businesses participating in the program. Participating businesses must develop employee engagement and /or incentives in an attempt to reduce employee vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Many have explored options such as biking or carpool incentives and providing access to public transportation. With CLEAR4 resources, we will conduct EE at local businesses to encourage staff to leave their cars at home. This will include helping Petal employers develop incentive systems which may include Qualified Transportation Credits, education sessions to help employees learn to ride public transit, newsletters that educate staff about how their personal transportation relates to air quality, and other tools. This effort will be successful because of increased awareness and knowledge among the Petal employers. (A6) Community small grant program. The EPA EE program requires distribution of 25% of federal funds in the form of small grants (maximum of $5000). One $5,000 subawardee has been identified as part of the EE activities (the ECIA will provide Petal project air quality component). The remaining small community grants (7 -9) will be distributed through an expansion of the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant program (see appendix). Grants will be solicited in three areas: (1) development of air quality and climate Green Vision Schools Project progress patches (see below); (2) for installation and assessment of the impact of environmental art; and (3) for other activities concerning air quality in the project area. The current Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant program requires quantitative and qualitative impact reporting and the impact reporting from the small grant program will feed into the overall assessment described in section C. 6 (A7) Green Vision Schools Project. This is a voluntary environmental certification program open to schools in the project area. Annually, participating schools must work toward a progress patch. Existing patches include conservation, green building, watershed awareness, energy, and litter prevention. Under the grant, two additional progress patches will be developed: air quality, and climate. We will encourage community organizations to compete for $5,000 community small grants to develop these project patches. Activities at the schools under the program will include self - assessment by school staff and principal, custodian(s), interested teachers, staff, and students. This is followed by an external assessment and development of an action item list. (A8) Dubuque STEM Festival. Project personnel and partners will interface with K -12 students and teachers at the iEXPLORE NE Iowa Family STEM Festival held every April. This will serve to recruit new participants to project activities, and to disseminate results from the environmental art activities of the grant, the Green Visions Schools Project, and the PM Advance program. Hands on activities using real -time PM monitors on online map -based visualization will engage students. (C1 & C2) Table 1 includes two cross - cutting activities that do not themselves constitute EE, but rather enable the activities Al -A8 to be much more effective. We propose consolidation of online resources from existing sites to a site hosted at the University of Iowa Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research. The site will have five main sections: (i) resources; (ii) videos or animations; (iii) calendar of events; (iv) materials from the above activities available online or for checkout within the region; and (v) a mapping utility that will display air quality monitor data in real time and model predictions using the "consumer friendly" practices already developed at the University of Iowa for the Iowa Flood Information System (Figure 3). Air quality information will be put into context for the non - expert audience by comparison to indices and to historical averages and maxima. The computational engine developed by the Iowa Flood Information System is highly efficient, enables rapid redrawing visualization of high resolution features, utilizes the latest Google maps functionalities, allows tailoring of customized map views for specific communities and locations, is very user friendly, and ports well to tablets and mobile devices.11 Finally, we propose evaluation as a cross - cutting activity as described in section C. cG 16 1 H.:,.6J1 ±J.._,D Rafael!: 0.04 inches Return mead of ralnfillfor IngallI area is lower than 1 yam " -- di U \ ME \ STRE.U1 GAUGE WITH IFC FORECAST L0 Cedar River at Palo . USGS ID: 0556gd20- NWS 10: PLO. - l4 Stage Height: 2 ft 7 in '*v Last Reported: Wed, January 29. 20)5 10:15 pm [delay in data transfer) Rq o 0 p a6 \ Se Gaup. Hood la) L. Thu Fri Jan 16 Jan 17 Sat Jan 18 Sun Mon Ian 19 Jan 20 I ® 11E PL1Y PAUSE ' « .. NOW 21' 1024 Ira 1126 027 125 today 120 b U Figure 3. Overlay of real time data on Google maps using the Iowa Information System. Inset shows a time series of stream flow (to be replaced with PM2.5 or Air Quality Index for the proposed project). B -4 "Who" - Description of target audience and recruitment plan. A strength of the proposal plan is that by tapping into existing EE programs, recruitment concerns are minimized. Audiences are indicated by the letter codes in Table 1. Civic, business, and community leaders, including 7 leaders of advocacy groups on environmental issues are an important target audience. They will be recruited using existing member and email lists held by the CLEAR4 team members and partners. Denoted in Table 1 by the "C" code, they are the primary target audience of the Growing Sustainability Conference, the Petal Project, and the PM Advance Program training workshops. College students are the primary audience of the Air Quality and Art design competition. The Green Vision Schools Program targets primarily K -12 staff and administrators with some participation by K -12 students. The STEM festival primarily targets the general public, and will serve to recruit participation into the Green Vision Schools Program. We anticipate reaching 600 participants in the workshop- and classroom -based EE. Demographics of the participants will reflect the demographics of the eastern Iowa communities and the University of Iowa student body. C Project Evaluation. For the CLEAR4 project, we propose formative evaluation of partnership /implementation effectiveness, formative evaluation within specific EE audiences, and outcome evaluation for many of the short term outcomes in our logic mode1.12 Evaluations that involve human subjects will be cleared and monitored by the University of Iowa Institutional Review Board. The formative evaluation of the partnership /implementation will be described first below. The evaluation activities centered on specific audiences are described subsequently. Formative evaluation will be conducted early during the project to optimize the effectiveness of the partnership building and project implementation (e.g. between the University of Iowa College of Engineering, the University of Iowa College of Art, the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, the City of Dubuque, ECIA, etc.). This project involves new partnerships, and formative evaluation can help to maintain timelines and ensure efficient coordination among groups.13 The evaluation will be conducted in a three -step process between 2 and 4 months from the inception of the project: (1) an evaluation questionnaire will be distributed to each participating organization with open -ended questions regarding coordination, schedule, goals, resources, challenges, and outcomes; (2) a meeting of partners (with videoconferencing capability to make sure all can attend) will be held to discuss the survey results in large and small group settings; (3) action item lists will be generated with mid - course corrections to improve effectiveness. An email pre- assessment survey on air pollution knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors will be conducted by contacting distribution lists of the partners, past attendees of sustainability events, and attendees of the classroom style trainings within the proposal. To conduct outcome evaluation (see outcomes in logic model in appendices), a post- assessment survey will also be conducted using the same mailing list, expanded to include those additional contacts made by the partners throughout the project (e.g., participants in the Petal project, Green Vision Schools program, etc.). For classroom - based trainings, we may use paper -based surveys to ensure high completion rates. Although a professional evaluator is not included on the project team, the qualifications of the team, past project experience, availability of experienced colleagues at the University of Iowa and in the region's public health community for consultation, and the use of established tools such as MEERA and other references will lead to a meaningful evaluation of outcomes. 1Dubuque County Public Health Dept. CHNA -HIP; 2www.stateoftheair.org; 3lowa DNR 2013; 4IDNR Report to the Governor 2011; 'Dennis, et al. Atmos. Environ 2008; Pitchford et al. JAWMA 2009; Klatzman et al. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 2009; 6Czarnetzki and Newlin UNI Report 2010; ' Stanier et al. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2012; Stanier et al. CGRER Report 2009; Baek et al. LADCO Report 2010; Spak et al. LADCO Report 2012; $Parker Ph.D. Thesis 2013; 9www.livinglightseoul.net; 10Frith, H., CNN Sept. 4, 2013; 11Demir & Krajewski, Environ. Modell. Softw. 2013; 12NIH 2011; 13NIEHS 2012. 8 Section 4. Budget and Non - Federal March This is a two year project, with funds divided between project years one and two as indicated below. (Note: The University of Iowa uses a system -to- system Grants.gov submission system and the figures entered in section A of the SF424A budget form self - populate from the figures entered into section B.) University of Iowa Budget *City of Dubuque subaward includes the required Block Grant Allocations Salaries PI Dr. Charles Stanier will devote one month total (9.1% of his time each year) on this project on EPA funds for project coordination and implementation. He will organize and collaborate all of the internal and external partners, supervise the students, and have primary responsibility for ensuring the project goals are achieved. Dr. Stanier's projected salary in year one is $11,054 /month ($63.78/hr) based on an anticipated annual raise of 3 %. (The University of Iowa's cost - sharing commitment for this project includes additional time for Dr. Stanier's participation on this project as detailed in the cost share letter following this budget justification. The cost sharing includes his salary, fringe benefits, and associated indirect costs. This will result in a total of about 18.2% of his time on this project each year. See departmental letter following this section for cost sharing confirmation.) Dr. Castronovo is a visiting professor in the UI School of Art. He will devote one month total (5.6% of his time each year) to this project and will be responsible for the specific aim 3 and EE Activity A3. In this capacity, he will teach the Art and Engineering Class and mentor the students in creating designs. Although he is currently a visiting professor, he is applying for an open position at UI in his department. If hired, we anticipate a starting rate of $8,000 /month ($46.15/hr) for him as an assistant professor. (If he is not hired, we will contract with him at his new university, or select another equally qualified faculty member at UI with whom to collaborate; the Art and Engineering course will continue to be taught by a similarly qualified instructor.) Year 1 Year 2 TOTAL Monthly EPA Match EPA Match EPA Match Salaries and Wages Rate Stanier $11,054 $7,738 $11,445 $3,416 $11,386 $11,154 $22,831 Castronovo $8,000 $4,800 $3,296 $8,096 $0 Demir $8,256 $3,096 $1,063 $4,159 $0 Data /IT Person $5,522 $4,142 $1,422 $5,564 $0 Web Content Expert $5,385 $1,010 $347 $1,357 $0 graduate student $2,261 $3,527 $1,607 $5,134 $0 Undergraduate Student $4,037 $1,243 $5,280 $0 Fringe Benefits FY15+ $0 Stanier 29.20% $2,259 $3,342 $997 $3,325 $3,256 $6,667 Castronovo 29.20% $1,402 $962 $2,364 $0 Demir 35.70% $1,105 $379 $1,484 $0 Data /IT Person 35.70% $1,479 $508 $1,987 $0 Web Content Expert 35.70% $361 $124 $485 $0 graduate student 12.50% $441 $201 $642 $0 Undergraduate Student 9.20% $371 $114 $485 $0 Domestic Travel $2,884 $1,114 $3,998 $0 Supplies $1,988 $2,762 $4,750 $0 *City of Dubuque Subaward $44,758 $8,827 $24,750 $4,348 $69,508 $13,175 Modified Total Direct Cost $65,640 $19,555 $85,195 $0 Indirect $33,476 $7,541 $9,973 $7,503 $43,449 $15,044 Total $118,874 $31,155 $54,278 $26,562 $173,152 $57,717 *City of Dubuque subaward includes the required Block Grant Allocations Salaries PI Dr. Charles Stanier will devote one month total (9.1% of his time each year) on this project on EPA funds for project coordination and implementation. He will organize and collaborate all of the internal and external partners, supervise the students, and have primary responsibility for ensuring the project goals are achieved. Dr. Stanier's projected salary in year one is $11,054 /month ($63.78/hr) based on an anticipated annual raise of 3 %. (The University of Iowa's cost - sharing commitment for this project includes additional time for Dr. Stanier's participation on this project as detailed in the cost share letter following this budget justification. The cost sharing includes his salary, fringe benefits, and associated indirect costs. This will result in a total of about 18.2% of his time on this project each year. See departmental letter following this section for cost sharing confirmation.) Dr. Castronovo is a visiting professor in the UI School of Art. He will devote one month total (5.6% of his time each year) to this project and will be responsible for the specific aim 3 and EE Activity A3. In this capacity, he will teach the Art and Engineering Class and mentor the students in creating designs. Although he is currently a visiting professor, he is applying for an open position at UI in his department. If hired, we anticipate a starting rate of $8,000 /month ($46.15/hr) for him as an assistant professor. (If he is not hired, we will contract with him at his new university, or select another equally qualified faculty member at UI with whom to collaborate; the Art and Engineering course will continue to be taught by a similarly qualified instructor.) Dr. Demir is a research engineer with IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering. He will be the architect for the online application for the general public to access air quality data around Dubuque. He will focus on user friendly visualization of the data and on adapting the successful Iowa Flood Information System visualization and database platform to air quality data. Dr. Demir's platform will also perform as a server, serving out environmental data for real -time use by the Art and Engineering class. These tasks are all associated with Cross Cutting Activity Cl. Dr. Demir will work on this project for one half month total (2.3% of his time each year) and his projected salary in year one is $8,256 /month ($47.63/hr) based on an anticipated annual raise of 3 %. An engineer staff member with IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering will facilitate mapping of air quality data on the public website by participating in automatic net CDF data conversion, map reprojection, scheduled data ingestion from sensors, web service for data sharing, database generation, and other data - related tasks. These tasks are all associated with Cross Cutting Activity Cl. This person will spend up to one month on this project (5.6% of his time each year) and his salary is anticipated to be $5,522/month ($31.86/hr) in year one based on an anticipated annual raise of 3 %. A web content expert with IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering will help to develop a website for this project. These tasks are all associated with Cross Cutting Activity Cl. This person will spend a total of about 0.25 months on this project (about 2.1% of her time in year one) and her salary is anticipated to be $5,385 /month ($31.07/hr) in year one based on an anticipated annual raise of 3 %. An engineering graduate student with IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering will work on this project for about 2.25 total months (20 hours /week) for project implementation (about 9% of the student's time each year). This student will specifically participate in implementation of the following EE activities: Al, A2, A3, A4, and A8. S/he will also help develop and post online content (C1), and help with the evaluation (C2). The graduate student rate will be $2,261 /month ($26.09/hr) in year one. An engineering undergraduate student or students will work on this project for a total of about 480 hours over the course of his project at $11 /hour. This student will specifically participate in implementation of the following EE activities: A2, A3, A7, and A8. S/he will also help develop and post online content (C1), and help with the evaluation (C2). All personnel salaries are projected to increase 3% in project year two over project year one. Fringe Benefits Fringe benefits rates, listed in the detailed budget table, are negotiated with DHHS auditor. For further breakdown of fringe benefits rates, see The University of Iowa website at www.uiowa.edui—fusfm/AGMTCURR.pdf Travel Travel represents at least 24 trips for the University of Iowa core project personnel to travel between Iowa City, Dubuque, and the other participating communities over the project duration for project implementation and participation. Each round trip is projected to cost $95 for transportation (.56 /mile) and $25 for meals ($2,880 total). We anticipate three University of Iowa personnel staying overnight at the Sustainable Communities Conference during each year. This amounts to $83 /night for lodging for six nights (over two years), and $31 /day for meals for 12 days ($870). We request a travel budget of $248 for travel between Iowa City and Dubuque for the air quality art design competition participants (A3). This will cover mileage and per diem. Supplies and incidental expenses $100 per month has been reserved for rental of a server to host the mapping functions of the air quality data system starting in month 7 ($1800). The University of Iowa will make CLEAR4 team t- shirts or hats as a team - building and promotional item ($400). The balance of the supplies budget line item ($550) is for printing costs and other supplies associated with workshops, evaluation, and the STEM festival. While the majority of printing and consumables from workshops and other events will be supplied by the city of Dubuque, some handouts, booklets, or conference posters may need to be printed at the University of Iowa due to logistical concerns or deadlines. This budget also includes $2,000 in project year two for publication of project outcomes and evaluation information in peer reviewed profession journals. This cost includes required fees by the journal(s) and professional rendering of manuscript figures. Contractual The City of Dubuque is a collaborating partner on this project in the implementation of the core project activities. The City of Dubuque will also administer the block grants, which comprise 25% of the grant award funds. The Dubuque budget table and budget justification are as follows: City of Dubuque Year 1 Year 2 Total Staff Salaries $1,610 $953 $2,563 Intern Salary $3,169 $0 $3,169 Fringe Benefits $694 $411 $1,105 Travel $4,000 $4,000 $8,000 Supplies $5,500 $3,500 $9,000 Subawards $28,288 $15,000 $43,288 Total Direct Cost $43,261 $23,864 $67,125 Indirect $1,497 $886 $2,383 Total $44,758 $24,750 $69,508 Salaries: City of Dubuque staff salaries represent staff participating each year in program organization, set -up, and implementation. An entry -level of salary of about $20.06 /hr is used and about 127.77 hours of support. An intern will work about 240 hours on project implementation for all activities at a rate of about $13.20/hour during the first half of 2015. Fringe Benefits: The fringe benefits rate for city employees is 43.12% and includes FICA, IPERS, and health insurance contributions. There are no fringe benefits for the intern. Travel: Funds are request for relevant speaker honorariums, travel, lodging, and registration costs for the Growing Sustainable Communities conferences (Al). Supplies: Funds are requested for supplies and rentals for all program activities and will include such items as minor graphic design, advertising, printing, booklets, posters, tent, generator rental, etc. Also includes working box lunches for 'h day workshops. The supplies budget include $500 each year for costs associated with installation or maintenance of the sculptures by City staff (A3) Subawards: The City of Dubuque will award all of the required community grants ranging up to $5,000 each. The awards will supplement the existing community sustainability awards which are dispersed with the approval of City Council through the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant process (Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant application memo dated March 26, 2013). Modifications to the community grant process will be made to accommodate the needs of the CLEAR4 project, such as soliciting a fraction of the grants for specific activities (e.g. the Green Vision Patch development), and changing the composition of the review committee appropriately to reflect the increased air quality emphasis. It should be noted that the funds from CLEAR4 will not simply be pooled with existing Sustainable Dubuque funds. However, the process of solicitation, review, and award management will be dovetailed with the existing Sustainable Community Grant system for efficiency purposes. Indirect The City of Dubuque uses the EPA flat rate of 10% for indirect costs. Cost Sharing: The City of Dubuque provides additional cost - sharing for this project as demonstrated in the partnership letter of commitment. This cost sharing includes staff time for City of Dubuque employees as follows on the table below: City of Dubuque Cost Sharing Details: Name/Position Activiti s (Number of Hours) Total Hours Adjusted Hourly Rate Total Al A4 A5 A6 A7 A2 A3 A6 Cori Burbach, Sustainability Coordinator 20 10 40 7 20 40 15 50 202 $41.22 ($30.78/hr + $10.44/hr fringe benefits) $8,326 Mary Rose Corrigan, Public Health Specialist 20 7 2 25 54 $54.14 ($40.25/hr + $13.89/hr fringe benefits) $2,924 Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager 5 1 6 $ 75.63 ($58.54/hr + $17.09/hr fringe benefits) $454 Stephanie Valentine, Secretary 4 2 6 $28.71 ($20.06/hr + $8.65/hr fringe benefits) $172 Intern, Supervision by Mary Rose Corrigan 24 $54.14 ($40.25/hr + $17.89/hr fringe benefits) $1,299 TOTAL 292 $13.175 Indirect University of Iowa F &A rates (51.0 %) are approved by the DHHS auditor and are calculated using the Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) as its base. In this case, indirect is only charged against the first $25,000 of the subaward with the City of Dubuque. THE k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA January 30, 2014 To Whom it May Concern: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 4133 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1527 319 - 335 -1400 Fax 319- 335-1415 chemeng@engineering.uiowa.edu www.engineeri ng.0 iowa.edu /—chemeng The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE), the University of Iowa agrees to provide cost - sharing for Dr. Charles Stanier's EPA proposal titled, "CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts." If the project is funded, CBE will cover 2.03 months of Dr. Stanier's academic year salary, fringe benefits, and associated indirect costs to work on this project. The cost sharing details include: Thus, the total cost share provided by CBE is $44,542. Yours truly, c ate,, 4,7„ Sharon K. Tinker Process Safety Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department Executive Officer, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Co- director, Photopolyrnerization Center (NSF IUCRC) Year 1 Year 2 TOTAL Stanier Salary $11,445 $11,386 $22,831 Stanier Fringe Benefits $3,342 $3,325 $6,667 Modified Total Direct Cost $14,787 $14,711 $29,498 F &A (51 %) $7,541 $7,503 $15,044 Total Cost Sharing $22,328 $22,214 $44,542 Thus, the total cost share provided by CBE is $44,542. Yours truly, c ate,, 4,7„ Sharon K. Tinker Process Safety Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department Executive Officer, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Co- director, Photopolyrnerization Center (NSF IUCRC) Section 5. Appendices 5 -A. Timeline The table below contains a timeline of the activities described in the proposal. Since the design of the project is to build on existing environmental education venues (which have fixed dates), if the award is delayed, shifts to the schedule will be required. The project team has discussed these potential schedule shifts (for example, the initial workshop trainings being in the spring rather than the fall) and feels they will require minor adjustment to the schedule and possible shifting of the budgeted expenses between year 1 and year 2, but not to the project aims or outcomes. Date Event after award notification but before contract finalization Pre -award IRB application PROJECT YEAR 1 7/1/2014 Start of project 7- 9/2014 Evaluation (survey) finalization and finalization of IRB approvals. Work with partners to assemble email database of recipients of the online survey. Recruitment of participants to fall 2014 Sustainable Communities Conference. 7- 10/2104 Design of curriculum and EE for the Sustainable Communities Conference 10/2014 Online survey assessing knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors prior to EE activities 10/7 -10/8, 2014 Growing Sustainable Communities Conference, including air quality workshop & environmental art sessions, as well as pre- and post - workshop assessment 8/2014 — 2/2015 Design and construction of online website; static portions of the website will be launched first, and mapping functionalities will be added toward the end of the period 9/2014 - 11/2014 Formative assessment to strengthen partnership implementation (see section 3 -C) 1/2015 — 5/2015 Art and Engineering class at the University of Iowa will focus designs on air quality; using in class training on PM as a background, and live data feeds from the project website. Spring 2015 STEM Festival. 2/2015 — 8/2015 Public health intern at City of Dubuque 3/2015 First PM Advance training workshop 3/2015 Announcement of year 1 of small ($5K or less) subaward competition. 5/2015 First round of small awards initiated 5/2015 First set of Art and Engineering air quality sculptures available for viewing 6/2015 Designs from Art and Engineering air quality reviewed and promoted by partners; evaluation for yearlong installation Date Event PROJECT YEAR 2 Summer 2015 Design of Petal Project air quality enhancements; design of air quality and climate Green Vision Schools Project patches 7/2015 2"d PM Advance workshop; installation and unveiling of first air quality and art sculpture. 8/2015 Finalization of Dubuque / ECIA area PM Advance documentation 8/2015 — 12/2015 Art and Engineering class at the University of Iowa will focus designs on air quality; using in -class training on PM as a background, and live data feeds from the project website 9/2015 — 6/2016 Rollout of Petal project air quality enhancements; Rollout of air quality and climate Green Vision Schools Project patches 9/15/2015 EE at Dubuque City Expo 9/2015 Growing Sustainable Communities Conference 12/2015 Designs from Art and Engineering air quality reviewed and promoted by partners; evaluation for yearlong installation 1/2016 — 6/2016 Writing and submit publications 2/2016 3`d PM Advance Workshop (Quad Cities and Muscatine focus) 3/2016 Sustainability community grants announcements 4/2016 Installation and unveiling of 2nd air quality and art sculpture 3/2016 — 5/2016 Outcome assessment 6/30/2016 Assumed end of project 5 -B. Logic Model A logic model for the specific outputs and outcomes of the project is found below, based on the template in the RFP. The overriding logic of the proposal is that community leaders, business leaders, government leaders, and the general public have limited knowledge of the levels of air pollution that they breathe, the relationship of those levels to health effects, and the relative importance of the many source categories of air pollution (including long range transport from regional sources), and the most cost - effective ways of controlling air pollution. By featuring air quality EE at existing venues attended by these community members, improving access to user quality air quality data and model predictions, and then by formalizing voluntary air pollution control measures, significant progress can be made at achieving the outcomes below. Aim Output (Deliverable) Outcome ST (< 2 yr) MT (2 -3 yr) LT (3 -5 yr) Increase public awareness, interest, and decision making skills via EE Recruit civic, business, and community leaders to participate Increased access to air quality information Improved knowledge as measured in pre- and post- survey More effective state and local action for lowering and maintaining healthy air Hold events focused on public audience Increased access to air quality information Improved interest level Support of PM Advance measures and other air quality efforts Green Vision Schools Project Exposure of K -12 students, teachers, and administers to air quality issues Improved environmental literacy Support of PM Advance measures and other air quality efforts Training and implementation of PM Advance in Dubuque and other river communities Hold training workshops Increased access to air quality information Improved knowledge as measured in pre- and post- survey More effective state and local action for lowering and maintaining healthy air Public engagement on contents of PM Advance plans Broader support of voluntary PM25 controls Enrollment of Dubuque into PM Advance program Enrollment of other communities into PM Advance Art and Engineering Class and Sculpture Design Competition Recruit student artists and designers, expose them to basic air quality science Increased access to air quality information Increase appreciation and profile of air pollution within subset of the Increased involvement or engagement of art and design community in Aim Output (Deliverable) Outcome ST (< 2 yr) MT (2 -3 yr) LT (3 -5 yr) design community sustainability issues Hold design competition Secure concrete designs for public digital art that integrates air quality Engage community on a different method than traditional "facts and figures" basis Installed public digital art in the region Crosscutting aims on online dissemination and evaluation Documentation and publication of Green Schools program, design competition results, and PM Advance at conferences and journal articles* Documentation of pros and cons of the EE actions in the region Diffusion and/or improvement of the practices within the region and nationally Consolidation of air quality resources into a central online site Increased access to air quality information Improved knowledge as measured in pre- and post- survey More effective state and local action for lowering and maintaining healthy air Development of user - friendly google -map based air quality visualization tools *Target journals will be considered in more detail as the project develops. However, an initial list assembled by the project team includes Sculpture Magazine (http: / /www.sculpture.org/), Leonardo Magazine (http: / /www.leonardo.info/), Alliance for Arts in Research Universities (www.a2ru.org), SciArt in America ( http : / /www.sciartinamerica.com /), New Media Caucus: ( http : / /www.newmediacaucus.org/), College Art Association (http: / /collegeart. org /may), International Journal of Education through Art; Sculpture Magazine; Environmental Manager; the Journal of Environmental Education, Journal of Environmental Management, EOS (the weekly newsletter of the American Geophysical Union), Science Scope, and Environmental Modeling Software. Target conferences include the Iowa Governor's Conference on Public Health, the American Geophysical Union meeting, the Annual meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, or the Air and Waste Management Conference. 5 -C. Programmatic capability and past performance The University of Iowa manages hundreds of federal grants /agreements each year. Examples of other funded assistance agreements specific to the proposal personal and to proposal partners are described within and throughout this section. Charles Stanier has an active research program in modeling and data analysis of PM25, with a focus on the causes and solutions to PM2.5 pollution in the Midwestern United States. Dr. Stanier is also active in environmental education, having served on two Science Education Ph.D. thesis committees, created/delivered a professional development course at the University of Iowa in 2011, and taught a two hour workshop to middle school teachers in 2012 on the role of models in scientific practice (summer 2012). The largest of these efforts was the creation of the 2011 professional development entitled "Inquiry approaches to Climate, Weather, and Energy in the 6 -9 Classroom." The workshop attracted 21 participants, included a web -based post- workshop meeting, and included detailed in class follow -up by a Science Education Ph.D. student and publication of outcomes in her thesis with additional publications in preparation. He has authored or coauthored over 3 dozen talks on air quality and climate in the Midwest, including several talks to non - specialist and public audiences, and talks specifically on understanding and controlling PM2.5 in Eastern Iowa. Dr. Stanier was the lead science trainer to the Iowa Department ofNatural Resources PM25 Implementation Workgroup, which submitted recommendations to the governor in 2011. Stanier has authored or coauthored five reports or journal articles on Midwestern PM2.5. The Stanier group recently monitored an emergency landfill fire for air quality risks in Iowa City and operates two monitoring stations in the upper Midwest. The Stanier group graduate students are familiar with public education, and specialize in bringing hands -on real -time instrumentation to education participants. Climate, Weather, and Energy Workshop Participants, 2011. Current and pending federal funding by the Stanier group includes an active NSF CAREER award, Strengthening the Predictive Ability for New Particle Formation: A Combined Field, Data, and Modeling Approach. The project began in 2008, and was funded at a level of $643,000 for the duration of the project. The workshop described above was part of the NSF CAREER project. One graduate student completed her Ph.D. primarily supported by the NSF funds, joining NIST as a postdoctoral researcher after the project. Three graduate students are currently involved in the project, and an active field campaign is underway at Bondville, Illinois. The project has led to one published peer- reviewed journal article with additional articles in preparation. A second current federally funded project is supported by the EPA at the level of $900,000 over 5 years (2009- 2014). The project is entitled Applying Data Assimilation and Adjoint Sensitivity to Epidemiological and Policy Studies of Airborne and it brings together epidemiologists and air quality modelers in an effort to better understand health effects of particulate matter. Outcomes of the project to date include the completion of one Ph.D. student, insights into best practices for running air quality models for epidemiological data input, and three publications in preparation. A number of non - federally supported projects have been recently completed, including three dealing directly with Iowa and Midwestern Air Quality. Dr. Stanier has (as a member of the Science Team) one pending federally supported project under the NASA Earth Ventures Instrumentation program. The proposal to the NASA -EVI program is for a geostationary satellite that would sense greenhouse gases and air pollutants over North America. Dr. Stanier, as PI, has been able to successfully manage these federal agreements by recruiting personnel, managing project budget, completing project reports, designing and performing research, and disseminating research results. Particular attention has been paid to broader impact activities such as scholarly and public lectures, service on local, state and national boards, and participation in teacher trainings. The RFP requests specific information on the completion of project reports. Project reports have been completed on time, or in cases of a missed interim project report date, with prior notification and agreement of the project officer. Cori Burbach has been the Sustainable Community Coordinator for the City of Dubuque, Iowa since 2009. Prior to taking this position, she served as the International City Managers Association Local Government Management Fellow for Dubuque and Lancaster, Wisconsin. As the Sustainable Community Coordinator, Cori is responsible for implementation of the community's Sustainability Strategic Plan, public education and engagement, local business support, grant application and administration, and analysis and implementation of sustainable practices for City departments. She manages the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grants program and is the City's liaison for Smarter Sustainable Dubuque, the partnership with IBM Watson Research Center. Cori received her BA in Public Administration from the University of Northern Iowa in 2005 and her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Delaware in 2007. The City is qualified to complete the EPA grant program based on our experience both in grant administration and sustainability programming. We also have a successful history of partnering with local businesses, individuals, and non - profits to meet the needs of its residents. By utilizing the resources and staff from a diverse set of partners, we are confident in our ability to successfully implement and manage the Generation Green project The City has a history of educational campaigns related to sustainability, but has placed particular emphasis on this mission since the City Council identified becoming a green city as a priority in 2006. The City of Dubuque has been recognized by several organizations for its efforts. • Dubuque's "Are You Ready to Pledge Green ?" publication was awarded a 2008 ADDY Award by the Advertisers Club of Dubuque. The pledge card identifies ten simple changes every citizen can make in their daily life to become more sustainable. The ADDY Awards are held annually to recognize advertising excellence in the community. • Dubuque was selected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Center for Communities by Design as one of seven cities to receive technical assistance under the SDAT program in 2007. The SDAT program is AIA's community assistance program that focuses on the principles of sustainability. • The Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations awarded the City of Dubuque's Solid Waste Collection Services its 2006 Outstanding Curbside Collection Program Award at its annual conference in Dubuque. The inclusion of recycling services and a curbside foodscrap program have greatly expanded the options available to residents and businesses to be "green" in their own homes and offices. The City also has significant experience in financial management, public outreach, and grant administration in a variety of areas including sustainability. Every year, we manage and complete reporting as necessary on a variety of state and federal grants, including CDBG and Hazardous Lead funds. In 2009, the City of Dubuque was awarded grant funds of $38,000 for the Generation Green public education campaign through the EPA Education program. The campaign included informational seminars, homeowner and small business energy efficiency toolkits, programming for public access television, special events, a variety of age - appropriate promotional materials, community roundtable discussions and educational activities to help familiarize the community with diverse, sustainable approaches that will help promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Included in this campaign were activities, strategies and best management practices to educate citizens about energy alternatives and practices they can implement in their own homes to save money and energy use while expanding their knowledge about sustainability practices. Chandra Ravada supervises, coordinates, and directs the Transportation and Planning Department of the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA). In this role, he has experience managing staff, and in preparing, monitoring, and managing budgets with federal, state and local funding. He performs professional transit and transportation planning work for the agency. Ravada adds to the project team's experience in administering federal grants. Ravada has been instrumental in incorporating sustainability principles into the region's transportation plans, and is a proponent of the PM Advance program. He will assist with nearly all of the proposed EE activities, and will mentor ECIA staff in the expansion of the Petal project to include air quality education and outcomes. Ravada, in conjunction with the City of Dubuque, has recent and active federal funding, described below. The ECIA Transportation department, through DMATS and the Regional Planning Affiliation 8 (RPA) regularly manages federal programs through the Iowa DOT and Federal Highway Administration. The Transportation department organizes and oversees the long range planning and development of the multimodal transportation system. According to the locally set priorities, the MPO develops the Transportation Improvement Program for the investment of Federal transportation dollars. The MPO Planning Process has been a requirement of receiving federal funds for transportation improvements for all urbanized areas with more than 50,000 population since 1962. The staff has over 15 years of experience in organizing and overseeing the long range planning administering federal grants within the region. ECIA staff has the following experience in administering the grants in the past four years. • FFY 2010 TIGER 1. $5 2 Million for Complete Street project, Historic Millwork District, Dubuque • FFY 2011 State of Good Repair $2 3 Million for replacement of Jule Transit Bus fleet • FFY 2011 Clean Fuels $1 2 Million for replacement of Jule Transit Bus Fleet • FFY 2012 Sate of Good Repair: $8.0 million for design & construction of Intermodal Transportation Center The RFP requests specific information on the completion of project reports. Reports have been completed on time, or in cases of missed project report dates, with prior notification and agreement of the project officer. Mary Rose Corrigan has her BSN and her MSN in nursing education. She has worked for the City of Dubuque Health Services Department since 1985 and in her current position managing the Health Services Department as Public Health Specialist since 1989. She has been involved in the delivery of many public health programs and services, along with initiating many new programs and policies, including, the Crescent Community Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the City's childhood lead poisoning prevention program (funded by HUD since 1996) and most recently, the Green and Healthy Homes Program. Mary Rose works with local, state and federal partners on public health policy and programs, including health promotion and disease prevention, environmental health and community emergency preparedness education and planning, conducting periodic community health needs assessments, and completing state and federally funded grant programs. She serves on several community based organization boards and partners with many community -based organizations to assure delivery of public health services. Anthony Castronovo is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Iowa. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate level sculpture courses, he specializes in interdisciplinary coursework that combines art and engineering. Students in these courses will be an integral part of the successful outcome of this project. Each semester, 20 students will design artworks that will compete in a design competition for public art that effectively communicates local air quality. Anthony will mentor the students through lectures and technical demonstrations to fully equip the students for successful outcomes. Anthony is uniquely qualified to teach this curriculum since he has been teaching interdisciplinary courses of this nature since 2008. Furthermore, he was recruited for his current position through a national search, and he has an international reputation as a sculptor who combines art and engineering in robotic and solar powered art works. Dr. Ibrahim Demir is Assistant Research Scientist at IIHR — Hydroscience and Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Iowa. His research interests are environmental information systems, hydroinformatics, big data analytics, scientific visualization, and information communication. He serves at the CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science) Informatics, and NSF EarthCube Workflow steering committees. He is the architect and main developer of Georgia Watershed Information System, Global Water Platform, Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) and NASA iFLOODs Information System. His main role in the proposal will be design and development of an interactive mapping system to visualize and communicate air quality monitoring data and model predictions using latest web technologies. Dr. Demir's primary funding is as key personnel on the Iowa Flood Center, currently funded at $1.5M/year. In this capacity, he developed IFIS, which he continues to advance and improve. IFIS represents perhaps the most advanced and use - friendly interface for the general public to access and easily interpret maps and other flood - related data in real time. Demir is also funded in part by the Iowa Floodplain Mapping group, funded at $10M over five years. For this group, he is participating in data management and in the migration of completed floodplain maps onto the IFIS platform for public review and comment Dr. Charles O. Stanier Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 Phone: 319 - 335 -1399, Email: charles- stanier @uiowa.edu OVERVIEW Charles Stanier is a faculty member of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Iowa, and a member of its Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, and the IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering Research Center. Dr. Stanier is active in research, graduate and undergraduate education, K -12 teacher professional development, and public outreach. He works on both aerosol and gas -phase problems in carbon cycle science and air pollution using process models, 3 dimensional chemistry- transport models, and measurements. His research group maintains the NOAA West Branch Iowa tall tower CO2 observatory, and has done a number of aerosol and particulate matter sampling projects in the Upper Midwest. Principal or co- author of 35 publications, Hirsch Index 20, total citations: 1373. EDUCATION Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Camegie Mellon University (2003) M.S., Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (1998) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University (1994) HONORS /AWARDS /LICENSES (SELECT LIST) 1998 Professional Engineering License (Maryland) 2001 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2002 Teresa Heinz Scholars for Environmental Research 2006 Sheldon K. Friedlander Award of the American Association for Aerosol Research 2007 Walter R. Rosenblith New Investigator Award of the Health Effects Institute 2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award Publications (out of total of 35) that are recent and /or most relevant to the proposal • "CO2, CO and CH4 Measurements from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory's Tall Tower Greenhouse Gas Observing Network: Instrumentation, Uncertainty Analysis and Recommendations for Future High - Accuracy Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Efforts." A.E. Andrews, J.D. Kofler, M.E. Trudeau, J.C. Williams, D.H. Neff, K.A. Masarie, D.Y. Chao, D.R. Kitzis, P.C. Novelli, C.L. Zhao, E.J. Dlugokencky, P.M. Lang, M.J. Crotwell, M.L. Fischer, J.T. Lee, D.D. Baumann, A.R. Desai, C.O. Stanier, S.F.J. de Wekker, D.E. Wolfe, J.W. Munger, M.J. Parker, P.P. Tans. In press Atmos. Meas. Tech. • "On the Spatio- Temporal Relationship Between MODIS AOD and PM2.5 Particulate Matter," A.T. Porter, J.J. Oleson, C.O. Stanier. In press at the Journal of Data Science. • Yucuis, RA, Stanier, CO, and Hornbuckle, KC. Cyclic Siloxanes in Air, Including Identification of High Levels in Chicago and Distinct Diumal Variation. Chemosphere Vol. 92:8, 2013, pp. 905 -10. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.051. • Stanier, CO, Singh, A, Adamski, W, Baek, J, Caughey, M, Carmichael, GR, Edgerton, E, Kenski, D, Koerber, M, Oleson, J, Rohlf, T, Lee, SR, Riemer, N, Shaw, S, Sousan, S, Spak, S, Baek, J, Carlson, J, Carmichael, G, Kim, YJ, Riemer, N, Stanier, CO. "Overview of the LADCO Winter Nitrate Study: Hourly Ammonia, Nitric Acid and PM2.5 Composition at an Urban and Rural Site Pair During PM2.5 Episodes in the U.S. Great Lakes Region." Atmos. Phys. Chem. Vol. 12, 2012, pp. 1 -12. doi:10.5194 /acp -12 -1 -2012. • Stanier, C. Data analysis and thermodynamic sensitivity analysis of Ashland, WI and Cassville, WI filter data (July 1, 2010 — June 30, 2011). Technical memorandum to the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO). February 2012. Rosemont, IL. • Spak, S., Baek, J., Carlson, J., Carmichael, G. R., Kim, Y. J., Riemer, N., Stanier, C. Episodic Air Pollution in Wisconsin (LADCO Winter Nitrate Study) and Georgia (SEARCH Network) During Jan -Mar 2009. Phase II Report. Three Dimensional Modeling and Process Analysis. Phase II Report for the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO). January 2012. Rosemont, IL. • Bender, A., Carmichael, G., Beranek - Collins, A., Brown, M., Holloway, T., Jamroensan, A., Lee, S. -R., Marrapu, P., Pettibone, A., Sousan, S., Spak, S., Stanier, C. Understanding Episodes of High Airborne Particulate Matter in Iowa [a report commissioned by the Bi -State State Regional Commission], Feb, 2009. THE CITY OF Dus Masterpiece on the Mississippi Dubuque kritri AII•America City �1 I' 2007 City Manager's Office City Hall 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001 -4805 Office (563) 589 -4110 Fax (563) 589 -4149 TTY (563) 690 -6678 ctymgr@cityofdubuque.org www.cityoldubuque.org January 30, 2014 SUBJECT: City of Dubuque Support of CLEAR4 Project through Subaward To whom it may concern: The City of Dubuque is excited to collaborate with the University of Iowa team, led by Charles Stanier of the College of Engineering, on the CLEAR4 project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts. In 2008, Dubuque adopted a sustainability vision and platform which includes 11 supporting principles, one of which is Healthy Air, that fall under the three pillars of economic prosperity, cultural /social vibrancy and environmental /ecological integrity. Work has been done on water, electricity, waste /resource management, health /wellness and transportation through the Smarter City Initiative with IBM Corporation. All of these efforts have major focus and efforts on community education and engagement efforts. We support the overall goals of the project, which are to increase awareness and capacity for decision making regarding air quality, provide environmental education (EE) around the areas application to the PM Advance program, realize public digital art that visualizes environmental issues, and replicate the best practices of air quality EE in the area. We have worked on the proposal, which responds to the EPA request for proposal, EPA- EE- 13 -01. If this grant is awarded, the City of Dubuque agrees to enter into a subcontract agreement with the University of Iowa to participate in fulfilling the aims and activities of the grant. The total amount of the subcontract is $69,508. In addition to projects costs covered by the subcontract award, the City of Dubuque anticipates spending at least 285 additional staff hours implementing this project. Thus, the City of Dubuque commits $13,175 in cost sharing, mainly in the form of staff time for project implementation. An overview of the contributions of the City of Dubuque to this project include: Service People Integrity Responsibility Innovation Teamwork • Growing Sustainable Communities Conference. This annual Conference is a two -day educational opportunity for municipal professionals, elected officials and business leaders who have a common interest in sustainability. As co- sponsor of the conference, the city selects the latest sustainability ideas, plans and best practices in topics such as Water, Energy & Resource management, Transportation & Mobility, Regional Economic Development, Community Knowledge & Engagement and other sustainability principles such as the focus of this grant, air quality and clean air. City staff will work with University of Iowa staff and students to recruit regional and national speakers with air quality expertise to the sustainability conference, design and publicize the sessions and trainings related to air quality at the conference, and conduct environmental education to attendees via an exhibit during the conference. • PM Advance workshops. The City of Dubuque will assist the University of Iowa in developing the detailed agenda for the workshop, to recruit participants, and to conduct the workshop. Space for the workshop will be provided by the City of Dubuque. • Air quality art course and design competition. The City of Dubuque will judge the artwork of the students in the Art and Engineering Course, and publicize the winning design from each semester within the City of Dubuque, with the goal of (when appropriate) securing a commission to allow the construction and display of a 2nd generation version of the student sculptures in the river valley. City staff will assist the students in selecting an appropriate public location for display. • Dubuque City Expo. Using the materials and training from the above events, City of Dubuque staff will add air quality to their existing education programs conducted during City Expo, and other community exhibit and engagement opportunities. City Expo is an annual education and engagement event of City of Dubuque Departments and the services they provide. • Petal Project for Sustainable Business. City staff will coordinate with ECIA to achieve the changes in the Petal Project described in the proposal narrative, to recruit local businesses to the project, and to assist in evaluation of this element of EE. • Community small grant program. City of Dubuque staff will implement the changes to the community small grant program so that it can support the aims of the grant, and have a specific focus of air quality as it relates to our "healthy air" sustainability principle. • Project website and maps of air quality. The City of Dubuque will review the development of project website elements as they are completed by the University of Iowa, provide comments, and publicize the materials to stakeholders. • Evaluation. The City of Dubuque has extensive experience in working with community health partners, in garnering feedback from stakeholders, and in qualitative and quantitative assessment (e.g., Dubuque County Community Health Needs Assessment and Health Improvement Plan for 2011 -2016; 2011). We will work closely with the University of Iowa in the design, recruitment, and delivery stages of the formative and outcome evaluations concerning the project. The City of Dubuque looks forward to partnering with the University of Iowa on this EPA Education grant opportunity. Sincerely, Michael C. Van Milligen City Manager East Central Intergovernmental Association a regional response to local needs January 30, 2014 ECIA SUBJECT: East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA) Partner Commitment Letter CLEAR4 Project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts To whom it may concern: The East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA) looks forward to serving as a partner to the University of Iowa and the City of Dubuque, Iowa, in the CLEAR4 project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts. ECIA is the lead agency for Air Quality for the metropolitan area. ECIA will be supporting the CLEAR4 initiative as a partner and will provide staff and technical support as needed, but will not be providing formal cost sharing. ECIA's staff commits to several supportive roles in CLEAR4. First, we will support recruitment of people to the air quality sessions of the Growing Sustainable Communities Conference and the associated evaluation of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors around air quality. Second, we are very interested in educating stakeholders on the benefits of emission reduction and energy efficiency associated with the PM Advance program, and we will recruit stakeholders to the education workshops associated with PM Advance training and development. ECIA is the Metropolitan organization area for the tri -state region and a big proponent of car pool, van pool and bike usage programs. ECIA commits to providing additional support to business on air quality through the Petal Project as described in the proposal. ECIA Transportation Director Chandra Ravada, will be actively involved in this project with support from the Regional Economic Development & Sustainability Coordinator, Kelsey McElory- Anderson, to provide additional support to business on air quality through the Petal Project. Sincerely, ,&-0-4/47--- Kelley Hutton Deutmeyer Executive Director • I Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Study I Eastern Iowa Development Corporation I I Eastern Iowa Regional Utility Services System I Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority I ECIA Business Growth, Inc. I Region 1 Employment and Training I ECIA Regional Planning Affiliation I Region 8 Regional Transit Authority I I 7600 Commerce Park, Dubuque, IA 52002 I www.ecia.org I ecia @ecia.org I 563.556.4166 I Iowa only: 800.942.4648 I Relay Iowa 800.735.2943 f: 563.556.0348 • OFFICERS: CHAIR Larry Minard VICE -CHAIR John Thodos SECRETARY Phillip Banaszek TREASURER Kas Kelly MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES: City of Davenport Bill Gluba, Mayor Sheliia Burrege, A(derpersori Jason Gordon, Alderman Hap Volz, Citizen City of Rock Island Dennis Pauley, Mayor Chuck Austin, Alderman City of Moline Scott Raes, Mayor Sean Liddell, Alderman City of Beltendorf Bob Gallagher, Mayor City of East Moline John Thodos, Mayor City of Muscatine DeWayne Hopkins, Mayor City of Kewanee Bruce Tossell, Mayor City of Silvis; Villages of Andalusia, Carbon Cliff, Coal Valley, Cordova, Hampton, Hillsdale, Milan, Oak Grove, Port Byron, and Rapids City Ken Williams, Mayor, Carbon Cliff Cities of Aledo, Colona, Galva, Geneseo; Villages of Alpha, Andover, Atkinson, Cambridge, New Boston, Orion, Sherrard, Viola, Windsor, and Woodhull Jim Crouch, Mayor, Cambridge Cities of Blue Grass, Buffalo, Eldridge, Fruitland, LeClaire, Long Grove, McCausland, Princeton, Riverdale, Walcott, West Liberty, and Wilton Marty O'Boyle, Mayor, Eldridge COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES: Henry County Tim Wells, Chair Dennis Anderson, Member JoAnne Hillman, Member Mercer County Vacant Muscatine County Jeff Sorensen, Chair Kas Kelly, Member Rock Island County Phillip Banaszek, Chair Kim Callaway- Thompson, Member Scott Terry, Member Elizabeth Sherwin, Citizen Scott County Larry Minard, Chair Carol Earnhardt, Member Tom Sunderbruch, Member Cella Rangel, Citizen PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVES: Cheryl Goodwin Ralph H. Heninger Nathaniel Lawrence Rick Schloemer Bill Stoermer Jim Tank Rory Washburn Executive Director Denise Bulat Printed on Recycled Paper Regional Commission ission Serving local governments in Muscatine and Scott Counties, Iowa; Henry, Mercer and Rock Island Counties, Illinois. January 30, 2014 RE: Support Letter CLEAR4 Project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts To whom it may concern: The Bi -State Regional Commission agrees to serve as an in -kind partner to the University of Iowa in the CLEAR4 Project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts. Through the Commission's past air quality activities that have included but are not limited to: • Quad Cities Air Quality Task Force Coordination • Voluntary Ozone Reduction Council Participation • Community and Media Materials and Speakers Bureau • Alternative Fuels, Teacher Training and Air Quality Workshops and Conferences • Consumer Awareness Surveys o Travel Demand Management Information • "Aware of Air" Website • Transportation Policy Committee, Green Fleets and Bus Emission Activities o Quad Cities Ozone Flex Planning • Make an Impact Assessment Tool The CLEAR4 project is similar in activities and strategies which the Bi -State Regional Commission has been coordinating since 1998. Bi -State Regional Commission will publicize the CLEAR4 workshops and other events to the members of the Bi -State Air Quality Task Force and will coordinate arrangements for a day workshop on midwestern river valley particulate matter and the PM Advance program. Bi -State Regional Commission will work with the University of Iowa team to review new online materials, and provide feedback on the development of user- friendly and mobile tools for accessing real -time air quality information. In addition, the Bi -State Air Quality Task Force will be provided the opportunity to review artistic designs for sculpture and other public art that utilize air quality concepts and information in a creative and visual manner. Bi -State Regional Commission looks forward to assisting the University of Iowa and the Dubuque area through our substantive experience of over 15 years in public education re ding fir quality to the support the CLEAR 4 Project. Denise Bulat Executive Director 1504 Third Avenue, P.O. Box 3368, Rock Island, Illinois 61204 -3368 Phone (309) 793 -6300, Fax (309) 793 -6305 E -mail: info ©bistateonline.org m Website: www.bistateonline.org L THE __ UNIVERSI'R' OF IOWA CENTER FOR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH January 30, 2014 SUBJECT: Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research CLEAR4 Project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts To whom it may concern: The Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research CGRER, of which the PI Stanier is a member, looks forward to working with Charles Stanier and the other partners on CLEAR4 — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts. Although CGRER is a research institute first and foremost, we also stress education and outreach efforts to help Iowans understand the environmental challenges we face. We aim to provide research findings on key environmental impacts to decision - makers at all levels, so that they may make more informed choices. We agree to feature CLEAR4 in CGRER publications and on the CGRER website, and distribute occasional emails to CGRER members publicizing key CLEAR4 events. We will also informally advise co -I's on technical, design, and usability issues of online environmental materials such as mapped air quality data and environmental education materials. Sincerely Gregory R. Carmichael Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering Co- Director, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) Karl Kammermeyer Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Iowa. 1 424 Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories Iowa City, Iowa 52242 319 - 335 -3333 Fax 319- 335 -3337 www.cgrer.uiowa.edu 1 Greater Dubuque DEVELOPMENT CORP. January 31, 2014 Schmid Innovation Center 900 Jackson St., Suite 109 Dubuque, IA, 52001 www.greaterdubuque.org To whom it may concern: The Greater Dubuque Development Corporation looks forward to supporting the University of Iowa in the CLEAR4 project — CLEan Air in the River Valley through Technology, Partnerships, Environmental Education, and the Arts. The Greater Dubuque Development Corporation strives to create the best possible business environment for the growth of existing businesses and for the location of new businesses to the region. Clean air and high quality of life are viewed as competitive advantages by our organization, and we fully support efforts to maintain or improve air quality through environmental education and related efforts such as the Petal Project, energy efficiency measures, and the PM Advance Program. Our specific commitments to the CLEAR4 project include publicizing the CLEAR4 events to our members through emails, through our online presence, and through our newsletter. We will also have a staff presence in planning and conducting the training activities at the Sustainable Communities conference and the PM Advance trainings. We will also encourage the local business community to participate in the development of the PM Advance plan for the area. We will assist the University of Iowa and other team members in the development of recruitment lists for the various project components, and we will assist in recruiting existing businesses to engage in environmental education via the Petal Project's new proposed air quality component. Greater Dubuque will also support the development of a written "path forward" plan by the University of Iowa to satisfy the region's participation in the Environmental Protection Agency's PM Advance Program. Regards, Casey Muhm Director of Sustainable Innovation BUDGET INFORMATION - Non - Construction Programs OM B Approval No. 4040 -0006 SECTION A - BUDGET SUMMARY Grant Program Function or Activity () (a) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (b) Estimated Unobligated Funds New or Revised Budget Federal (c) Non - Federal (d) Federal (e) Non - Federal (f) Total (g) 1. EPA- EE -13 -01 66.951 $173,152.00 $173,152.00 2. Match $57,717.00 $57,717.00 3. $0.00 4. $0.00 5. Totals $230,869.00 $230,869.00 SECTION B - BUDGET CATEGORIES 6. Object Class Categories GRANT PROGRAM, FUNCTION OR ACTIVITY Total (5) (1) EPA- EE -13 -01 (2) Match (3) (4) a. Personnel $40,744.00 $22,831.00 1 $63,575.00 b. Fringe Benefits $10,703.00 $6,667.00 1 $17,370.00 c. Travel $3,998.00 1 !� $3,998.00 d. Equipment $0.00 e. Supplies $4,750.00 $4,750.00 f. Contractual $69,508.00 $13,175.00 I !� $82,683.00 g. Construction $0.00 h. Other $0.00 i. Total Direct Charges (sum of 6a -6h) $129,703.00 $42,673.00 1 !1 $172,376.00 j. Indirect Charges $43,449.00 $15,044.00 $58,493.00 k. TOTALS (sum of 6/ and 6j) $173,152.00 $57,717.00 1 $230,869.00 7. Program Income 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 I Standard From 424A (Rev. 7 -97) Prescribed by OMB Circular A -102 Tracking Number: SECTION C - NON - FEDERAL RESOURCES (a) Grant Program (b) Applicant (c) State (d) Other Sources (e) TOTALS 12. TOTAL (sum of lines 8 -11) SECTION D - FORECASTED CASH NEEDS 13. Federal Total for 1st Year 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 14. Non - Federal 15. TOTAL (sum of lines 13 and 14) SECTION E - BUDGET ESTIMATES OF FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR BALANCE OF THE PROJECT (a) Grant Program FUTURE FUNDING PERIODS (Years) (b) First (c) Second (d) Third (e) Fourth 20. TOTAL (sum of lines 16 -19) SECTION F - OTHER BUDGET INFORMATION 21. Direct Charges: 122. Indirect Charges: 23. 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