Um, good evening. Welcome to the
December 17th environmental board
meeting. Thank you for rearranging your
schedules to be able to come tonight.
Appreciate it.
As usual, if you guys have comments
tonight, for those in the room to sign
up, for those online, just uh raise your
hands. I'll keep an eye on the on the
screen there. Um I'll see you there.
Stacy will be watching as well.
To order, Stacy.
>> Sure. Yeah. Go ahead and do roll call.
Uh Tommy Anderson
>> here.
>> Nancy has an excused absence. Tommy has
an excused absence. Proj has an excused
absence. Karen Pan.
>> Uh Mina June.
Don Mc Williams
>> here.
>> Alex Lee Tickner
>> here.
>> And Nukem
>> here.
>> Keith Gonzalez
>> here.
>> John Smith
>> here.
>> And we have Corum.
>> All right. Next up, approval of minutes
for November 12th meeting. Any comments
on previous minutes?
We'll call them further.
>> Um, public comments for tonight. Do we
have anybody?
>> We've received no written comments from
board members or members of the public.
Um, and we have no members of the public
joining online or in the room.
>> No public comments. Cool. Right in. Um,
so first up is our 2025 board report and
selfanalysis. Stacy's going to give us a
quick rundown on the what's being
submitted and then we're going to take a
vote at the end. I don't need to be very
formal though just hanging around the
group
there's any we want to talk about
discussion
so we have discussed the
um the environmental board report a
couple of times
see if this will let me bring it up um
there were no edits made to the report
uh Since the last meeting, what we did
decide to include
um was the final two sections.
And Alex, I think you should be able to
see appendex A up there. Um but let me
know if you're seeing a different
document. Um what we did decide to
include last meeting was a note around
our
annual work plan. Just a note that we
were incorporating that into this report
uh with items we expected to cover in
2026
and a note around gaps and concerns
particularly around the need for
additional city investment in
environmental programming, wildlife and
as well as continued interest and
engagement with the school district.
These were things that were requested to
add into the 2020 core report and um at
our last meeting the board supported
continuing to include those in the 2025
report. Um but otherwise the report goes
through the eight duties as outlined in
city code summarizes our meeting
schedule and agenda topics from this
last year.
um includes the two letters of
recommendations that we submitted to um
PPC and city council.
Um it has the full results of the self
analysis that you all participated in
several pages.
Um,
I think that in particular this year
will be really beneficial for the mayor
elect to review since he'll be new to
working with the board. And then we have
our proposed work plan for 2026 which
we'll be discussing in more detail in a
few minutes.
That is the report. Any questions or are
there any um proposed revisions to that
report?
26 word plan where we're going to try to
include conversation that Nancy asked
about streams versus digits.
>> I was that request didn't formally come
up at a board meeting. So I was thinking
we could discuss that at our next topic
and I can include that in what is
submitted for more the formal review to
the mayor and leadership or our next
topic is on the work plan. So we can
discuss that in more detail
>> that um is there any changes that people
would like to see to
start the vote and say yeses
all the way around the room. Alex, do
you agree?
All right, consensus.
>> Okay, great. And then next steps on that
is I'll be sending it to the mayor and
Mary this week and then it will go into
the council packet um for their January
5th meeting.
>> So I was just looking up here
no longer has access to the chat.
>> She I think that's from the last
meeting. It's confu. It um continues on
from the last meeting because we have
the same team. So, she was not able. She
let me know this afternoon she couldn't
join today. So, that was probably just
when she signed off at the last meeting.
Yeah. Thank you for looking at that. So,
>> right into the 2026 work plan. and Stace
is going to run through this with us
and have a discussion.
>> Okay, great.
All right. Um, so this not next topic is
just to look ahead at our next year's
work plan. Um,
since we do have a new mayor coming in,
um, the mayor will be reviewing work
plans from the boards and commission and
providing feedback to ensure they align
with, um, priorities for the mayor and
council and what they would like the
boards and commissions to be working on
next year. Um, so this is a preliminary
work plan and I'll be taking the
feedback from the board tonight to
incorporate into that work plan. Um so
the three questions to you all are there
proposed additional topics that um you
would like to include? Are there topics
you don't want to talk talk about and we
should remove? And then sort of a side
conversation that we wanted to have was
are there specific topics proposed for
next year that we should look at
engaging other members of our community
whether through an advisory group um or
other format as proposed by the board.
This is in some ways um of a followup to
uh Dixiey's departure and wanting to
find other opportunities for committee
members that maybe can't commit to fully
engaging in the board but still bring
expertise and passion around the topics
and we want to find ways to engage them.
Um so thought we could at least start
that conversation tonight as we're
looking at the potential topics for the
board to look on next year.
So, I'll just provide a quick rundown of
what staff have put together for next
year. Um, a lot of it focuses on the
IAAP update for the next several months.
Um, potentially a couple special
meetings as we work to bring you all
sections of the IAAP. Um, as we're do
starting tonight,
um, we are also finishing our 2024
greenhouse gas inventory. So, we'll be
sharing that with the board. Um, as we
do each year, our public works team will
be bringing the storm water plan to you.
This is going to be uh done at the same
time that it's open for public comment.
So, it's opportunity for the board to
weigh in and help shape that plan. We
have a couple policies that we may be
working on next year. Um, one is from
funding that Sam, our solid waste
analyst, received. She's going to be
looking at a compostable serviceware
requirement um for uh food serving
businesses in our community. Um this is
timeline is tentative depending on how
that policy shapes up but we are
thinking early conversation in the
spring and then that would be coming
back to the board um further on. Um
other potential policies would include
revisiting our sustainable building
requirements in the city's land use
code. Right now we have requirements
around lead platinum for buildings of a
above a certain size. we want to expand
that um into other certification or
other opportunities. So we're not just
focused on lead but there are other
avenues to achieve sustainable building
uh certification within the city.
Um, and then other items, uh, having
check-ins with Dan on the urban forest
management plan,
um, natural systems checklist check-in,
and then some of our administrative
pieces here, such as board elections,
um, and the report. There are likely to
be many other topics that come out
throughout the year, but these are the
ones that we've, um, at least know are
coming and have put into the calendar
for now. Um, I was mentioning folks
earlier too, we're hoping to do a couple
other field trips this year. If you all
are aware of a great opportunity for the
board to go on a field trip or do a site
visit, you can let us know and we'll
work to get that scheduled.
So, that's a snapshot of 26. Wanted to
now see if there are additional items
that folks want to ensure this board
addresses next year. um or items that
we're proposing that you all think we
should remove from our
>> Now the discussion that NY's requested
of us to talk about streams versus
ditches, how they're classified
during construction. I don't know
what we could do with that information
if that would influence title 18
start the discussion
um something I remember that James
brought up quite a bit was
discussing this last year
that current I don't know incorporate
that next year but I think it's worth
considering
There are specific topics around
wildlife. I know this board has talked
about kind of wildlife corridors in the
past.
If the IAP's looking at a dark sky
initiative, there could be wildlife
considerations. Is there anything in
particular around wildlife or anything?
I think you do a lot of
>> Okay. And that could even start with
how is the city what does the city do
around wildlife in terms of education
and outreach and um and then we could go
from there and see. Okay.
Uh maybe the most closest fit to that
would be the urban forest management
plan date.
And I know having participated with the
field trip here a few weeks ago,
managing the forest for habitat for
wildlife is
things they look for.
That's at least in part.
Next
to to garbage and wildlife. I think we
talked that
we could get
encourage people somehow, you know, to
follow those practices.
>> Great.
>> Um, yes. And then Sam's solid waste
memo, which is attached, I can pull it
up later. Um, she provided a summary of
some of the data we've collected over
the last year on that. So there could be
a good follow-up conversation. I know we
had talked about wanting to circle back
and see if there were any kinds of
policies or other education that would
be needed.
>> Recology is still working with you guys
on, you know, barriers overturns, how
they interact,
the folks that put those cams out.
>> Yeah, they tagged I think all it's in
Sam's report. I think it was all homes
on Squawk and in Oldtown. They take
those um in the spring before fair
season. Um and then we have Seclick Fix.
The city's reporting system is set up
for where folks can report if they see
um cans overturned and when there's
repeat offenders, those staff have been
sending out letters um to those homes.
Um, we've only had a few reports on
Cclick Fix. Um, and I can peek at Sam's
report. I think it was Savings or
something. And I think four of those I
probably submitted from going around.
Um, so that's something I think we'd
like to educate people that if you see
hands overturn, please record them
because we need that data to see where
there's kind of repeat offenders or we
can make sure that we're going out and
doing that um, education. So that would
be a great one to talk about and see
where you can do some more outreach.
The question about the storm water plan
in March, I'm assuming part of that
conversation is going to be in light of
the storms and everything that's
happened. I guess I was wondering if you
already have the information on what
that conversation's supposed to look
like.
Yeah, that's a good question. This and
uh Don probably will know though this is
the required annual update of the plan.
Um this is called a national flute
discharge elimination system permit.
It's a permit that allows you to
discharge storm water state and you're
required to do an annual update to it
due at the end of March. All cities are
um this plan is basically coming to us
to say here's the update we've done last
year.
>> Would you be interested in kind of more
the resilient
like hearing from our emergency manager?
I think, you know, I don't know about
the kind of nitty-gritty details of what
that annual review is supposed to look
like, but it could be a good opportunity
for us to engage with the yeah the
resilience of the plan.
Why did they do that through potential?
Are
>> you looking for something more? So, kind
of a summary of the recent storms, how
the city reacted to it.
>> Yeah, exactly. That need isn't already
done by another committee. I think it's
important to talk about um as an
advising board, but yeah, that seems
Maybe that could listening session for
us with nothing else.
>> I wonder if that could be um folded into
the climate action plan.
>> Yeah.
>> Stacy, I'm thinking maybe sooner rather
than later.
>> Yeah. And I'm thinking maybe ahead of
the storm water plan in case there's
considerations that come out of that
that would be appropriate for that plan.
and as you all are looking at the
proposed revisions to the IAP community
resilient section. So yeah, I'll talk to
Jared, our emergency manager, but
there's no other board or commission
that um besides the council committees
that he regularly presents to
>> topics you all would not want to see.
one thing that it's more not something I
don't want to see, but um it's kind of
general too. I just uh it seems like
with a lot of environmental regulations
at the federal level falling away. Um I
don't really have specifics like the
Clean Water Act has things that might
need to be met by the state now. And I
guess I just uh I wonder if there's uh
municipal associations that are trying
to meet any needs that we can that we
the city is engaging with that we can
hear about weigh in on um just
regulatory uh you know gas that need to
be filled.
Some of this might already fall under
that.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Think about who we'd be able to meet. I
think we're sure
is looking into reddrafting the waters
of the state definition. That's what I
was think
>> standard
reduction of the greenhouse gas
there. So yeah, there's a lot. Let me
think who might be.
Anything else?
And if other topics are coming up
throughout the year, those can always be
brought up during board meetings or send
them to me and we can um bring them for
discussion if the wants to put that on
an agenda. And of course, I'll I'll I
will circle back with our clerks and the
mayor as well.
Um, are there a topic and this doesn't
necessarily have to be specifically
related to the work plan that or if
there's general thoughts about how we
might go about engaging other members of
the community that don't have the time
to commit to being on the board but have
the passion, interest, expertise, are
there partic particular topics that we
might engage them in or do you all have
general ideas about how
bring folks into the work of this board.
So, you're talking about
non board members. So, just bringing the
community into What about having a
gathering and inviting?
>> Yeah. Doesn't have to be a potluck.
Probably
some fun picnic or something and invite
the community
>> summer picnic or something.
>> Yeah.
you do the sustainability
>> event
or some other
>> the sustainability fair
>> yeah that was great
>> Alex
>> yeah I think it'd be good to have
business owners come in and and consult
on the compostable service wear
>> topic and be able to provide feedback on
the realistic implementation of a
program like that.
>> Um, and similarly with the sustainable
building requirements, maybe have some
developers or someone come in with that
kind of expertise to talk about how the
impacts of of these policies would be
implemented.
>> The district have a business group that
gets together on a regular basis. We
have the economic vitality commission.
Um
>> owners can actually get together and
talk.
>> There's the chamber.
>> Maybe start there.
>> Yeah, absolutely. Um yeah, I think as we
look at any policies moving forward in
the IAP, yeah, we can engage with the
chamber um depending on the topic. I
think that's a great suggestion, Alex,
too, to bring in some folks so that the
board can hear directly from them as
they provide their feedback on a draft
policy. So,
>> any ideas on how to get our agenda in
front of the public?
>> Right now, it's just put on the
boards of commissions page. Who looks at
that? How often?
Maybe on the the hotter topics, the
compostable serviceware,
the building requirements. Is there
something that we could push out to the
basic website assoc
right? It's
>> a good idea. Yeah. Or through especially
around some of those policies. I could
see if our economic development team,
they have pretty robust listeners to
businesses. Maybe there's topics that
could go out there.
big enough topic going to city
newsletter maybe
often the city newsletter
>> weekly every Friday. Yeah, but maybe
like the IAP update.
>> Yeah, I'll talk to our communications
team and see. I don't know if I've
necessarily seen that for other boards
and commissions, but I think that's a
great suggestion just to get more.
>> Seems like we get the same faces over
and over.
Nice to see some show.
Um I I know we have our youth members.
Um I wonder if there's more we can do to
try to engage students um in high school
or or at the college level.
>> I was going to say the youth report. So
I can even say that now.
>> Uh so it came to my attention that
there's a new class that is called
environmental engineering. And from what
I know because apparently class it was
called sustainable design. It's a very
project oriented class and I know they
do a lot of like community service and
such. So I was thinking about talking to
the teacher about actually like bringing
them forward as some kind of way they
could like present projects or attend
the meeting as well just to
I think I don't think it'll be a
terrible idea to get more people
although they're kind
>> yeah the entire class is based off like
you kind of refine projects over the
and then eventually present them.
>> Well, kind of in that vein. So, one of
our topics for tonight is the solid
waste report and we chatted beforehand
here. So I I looked at that in a fair
amount of detail the last two days and
observed from that in the uh
dashboard that over the last five years
our our recycling level has been flat
and we we were at we're at about 38%
diversion from the waist stream has been
about that over the last five years and
we want to get to 70% five years from
now. What are we going to do different
to accomplish it? It's not going to
happen by wishful thinking or just more
of the same. It's going to take some
bold steps to get there. And maybe we
need bold steps uh with inspiration from
young people,
old age.
Is that the kind of topic that is
brought up in this environmental
engineering context of um ways to raise
the bar recycling
>> the idea of the class is pretty much
like you kind of they do a lot of like
educating like this is how you can
recycle materials more efficiently. So
like how do you reuse materials to make
certain other things? So it is kind of a
topic they introduce a lot of they're
very independent to kind of do whatever
they want for the projects. So I think
depending on the students they may be
more interested in
I haven't taken the class I have friends
who have so I can talk to them more
about that they do have classes run but
I I don't currently have a teacher
chemistry class so it
>> does the school do any measurements
metrics of recyclable rates recyclable
materials versus garbage
um that I know of. I do know we've been
making an effort to make our school
events more sustainable. I think if you
remember Duncan Fischer, he talked about
um he was the president last year and he
was or he helped throw an event for
school dance for all the materials for
recyclable materials. We didn't use
anything else like plastic music
materials. So I think there's stuff like
that that we do. I don't know if there's
actual data
of that. I don't really know what we
plan on that as well.
>> Well, I think the least that
leading by example, we we had an event
and here are the stats for this
particular event. How many pounds of
recyclable material was generated versus
how many pounds actually went into the
landfill. Okay, businesses
uh step up to the plate here and and try
to equal this. Our restaurants
uh could do better in terms of waste
generated
food options
and uh
sounds like program school would be a
good example to look at. I don't know.
It's things like that that that are
needed to really uh raise the bar, get
people on board to do
make systemic change that will
get us incrementally towards that goal.
If we don't make systemic change, we're
not for sure.
>> Does Sam or college have that program
there?
I made a note to check with her. I know
when we have um we had a contractor that
was working very closely with the school
district and they were um tracking the
amount of waste generated um and using
some technology to see how full the cans
were. So, let me follow up with Sam. I
believe that there is,
>> you know, might be interesting to get
recall if you could do a tour for
this class,
you know.
a tour
>> recycling.
>> It's very educational
>> and that we're doing that with our
Gibson interns and I'll share that with
the board if if able to, but that's
something that we can help arrange if
that class is interested.
>> I also may talk to the biomedical
science teacher. I don't really know
what that class entails. I don't really
know who's taking that, but I'm sure
it's better way to start off.
Yes. So, um Karen, you brought up uh
your class
high school and you brought up colleges.
So, this made makes me think that maybe
if we went to BCC or some other colleges
maybe. Are there any other colleges
around here that people attend, right?
Who's um
one up in Samish?
>> Oh,
>> central. Is there central?
>> It's a central extension campus.
>> Well, maybe they also have classes
or classes that we could connect with,
reach out to, and see if there's some
collaborations. Green River College
just about there. And then
Mommy, you said something. I should
break it down maybe.
>> Yeah. So, as far as the the businesses,
um it seems like there's probably a lot
of
garbage that we could um the businesses
produce that could get um sent in a
different direction. So does um does
Cleanscapes work with businesses
so that they can easily you know recycle
their styrofoam and different things
that scapes?
>> Yeah. Um I Sam was not able to make it
tonight, but um that is
um one of the priorities that they've
had this year and going forward is
working with commercial as well as
continuing to work with multifamily on
recycling and composting in particular.
Um I believe we have pretty good
um recycling. So she set a goal. We're
at 90% of commercial businesses have
recycling. She set a goal to get to 100%
next year. Um compost is pretty low for
commercial businesses, but she has a 80%
goal um for next year. Um and then she
talks a little bit about the work that
they're doing with them. Um so that is a
a major focus and we can look at the
tonight we'll be looking at the revised
actions in the IAP for um materials and
resources and so if there's any way we
strengthen those we could do that but
nice
>> yeah we were talking about this earlier
um that it'd be nice if the businesses
could have that sell things that have
items that Redwell will pick up for
instance like styrofoam, the
plastic, we could just take it back to
like Lowe's,
>> Home Depot and all the different costs,
the different places we collect,
you know, and then maybe cleanes it out
from there.
>> And then One Green Planet, I don't know
if you guys know about them, but they do
um electronic they do all sorts of
recycling, but electron they do a lot of
electronics recycling for businesses.
It's widely known that QFC has a
receptacle for a plastic film, plastic
bags to be recycled.
>> That's something out.
>> Yeah, absolutely. So, I just learned
that tonight.
>> At least they want to recycle. Yeah.
>> Yeah. And Recology does do at least
residential pickups, I know, for
Styrofone and other hard to recycle
items. I'm not I don't know whether
that's also offered for multif family or
commercial, but I can check with Sam on
that and if that's something to
recommend
that could be negotiated in the future.
>> Yeah, I have friends that have a
business right next to Recology, but
they can't recycle their stuff there
because they're a business and they they
live as snowy.
>> Yeah.
>> I can't recycle.
>> You have to have a
really Yeah.
>> No.
So that that kind of triggers me and
that we we we pay money to recology to
help us recycle and they come up with
stupid rules about why we're not
recycling. That has to change if we want
to accomplish goals.
>> Yes.
>> Recycling more.
>> I mean I went in there one day.
>> I had some electronics to recycle. one
of which was a CD player may you you
older people CD uh that was you know for
the household and another was a deck for
cargo they accepted the household CD
player they would not accept the deck
for the car because that's automotive
electronics and by go by we don't accept
that what a ridiculous rule Adams so
let's see if we can figure out a way to
not help you recycle That is not right.
Uh the styrofoam thing
I'm not happy with either. Okay. Yes,
they'll accept styrofoam. So, I
attempted to use that once and I put it
out there and I alerted them. I I I did
something wrong. Sure. I didn't get the
notice in on time or something, but they
didn't pick up.
So, I I threw it in the creek.
I did. Shame on me. I put it in the
waist stream the next day out of the
frustration. But I should have harder.
But the point is it should be as easy to
recycle things as it is to not recycle
and we're not done.
So I know
well I don't know what the right the
best solution for recology is on the
styrofoam thing. I think if there were
more places that I regularly go to that
accepted style, that would be a help.
So, for example, QFC. All right, I bring
my plastic bags to QFC. I can't bring my
styrofoam. Well, maybe we should require
them or at least encourage stores like
that that we go to regularly to accept
such things. Now I have brought
styrofoam to the recology store village
but I don't go there on a regular basis
like infrequently
um and that's a special trip to bring it
there. I'm not going there for some
other reason. It needs to be to some
place that I go to every week with like
a grocery store. And okay, maybe the
city needs to provide an incentive for
them to have a little more recycling
presence
in their store or maybe not an incentive
requirement
to make something like that happen.
Uh so I don't know. I've been I've been
pondering this over the last clean
report kind of cleared me off from going
down rabbit holes and and so some
municipalities are more successful than
others in this and one of the methods
used by those that are more successful
they mandate
you know they mandate
okay now with that they mandate
recyclable food
containers etc. So by that's one way
we mandate
that's what we need. I've often thought
it would be great with places like Home
Depot, Lowe's, Best Buy, you know they
they start everything by they just had a
bin where you could come back and just
toss it in the bin and they work with
recology.
Yeah, they have bins for specific
things, plastic bags, batteries,
and compact fluorescent bulbs.
So all right sele
often bulkier
bigger bin but it would be a small
addition to
think that's that's the wild
yeah another approach is working what
they've done with batteries and paint is
working with the producers and it's on
their responsibility then to see that
those products are recycled. Um, and we
have some language in the IAP around
that. But I'm excited to dig into the
IAP actions in a minute. Tom's fired up
and has a lot of ideas.
Yeah,
maybe
>> I really like the the topic that that u
going to come up about reusable or
plastic service wear. We should put some
emphasis on that this year.
>> Um maybe um
think of ways that the city could
promote
um among the general public reduction of
reduce consumption single plastics
somehow you know we talk a lot about
recycling difficulty there but we need
to we can reduce the consump consumption
through messaging through the school
system through classes and through the
sustainability fair we could have a
table that just talks about um
reducing consumption
I'll take this.
>> Great. Um, yeah, I heard some great
suggestions for additions to the work
plan, so I'll incorporate those in as,
uh, requests from the board. And then,
um, thank you for the conversation on
other ways for engaging in the
community.
Some great suggestions there about
around businesses, general engagement. I
like the summer picnic idea. I know PCA
does that. Could be nice one just to
invite folks in in a more casual
setting. And then the ideas around high
school and college engagement
on this.
>> Well, that's you could potentially come
up with
>> that you could give businesses
>> for
doing well.
>> Yeah.
>> With reduction solid waste.
>> Yes. and then giving them like a you
know take care
a grocery store a fast food restaurant
>> love it
give them give them like an award that
they can hang up on their their
business
>> a champagne tour
>> yeah used to be that it would be yearly
by
>> Yeah,
>> there used to be an Envirro stars award
they do in the county but
>> yeah but something but it could be
related to our policy. We've done that
with the clean buildings program where
we have kind of ambassador businesses
property owners. Yeah. doing something
like that to really highlight who's out
in front
>> so that other people can see it and u
stimulates the conversation.
>> Great.
>> All right. Thank you for all the
feedback on that. I will make some
additions to the work plan and then
follow up on the outreach opportunities.
Okay.
With that, we'll move on. So, Stacy's
gonna update. She's asked that we keep
our comments to ourselves until she
finishes and she
get a lot of me talking tonight.
Okay. So, um, as we've talked about over
the last few months, we are bringing you
all sections of the IAP that are kind of
ready for review. Um, and then we'll be
revisiting some sections and then of
course eventually bringing all the plan
forward for comments. Um, tonight we
wanted to talk through four questions
with you all. Um, a renaming of the
overarching action section.
uh adding in a municipal operations
target. This would be new and one of the
few changes we'd be making to a target
in the IAP. And then we were seeking
initial feedback on the revised
overarching actions and initial feedback
on the revised material and consumption
actions. Um, so I'll just walk through a
little bit of an overview and then I do
have slides that lay out every single
action and the proposed revision. So
I'll walk through those briefly and then
we'll come back and revisit them. But
want you to have kind of the whole
snapshot before we move forward.
>> Just one.
>> Yeah.
>> I look through this presentation and I
was trying to figure out what you meant
by OB and MC. A lot of times you in a
lot of the presentations I've seen you
use acronyms but you never tell us what
they are.
>> Yes, I will talk through that. Thank
you. Yes. So here we are providing input
on the overarching that is OB uh focus
area um of the IAP and then input on the
materials and consumption focus area of
the IAP. So, as a reminder, um, and
those that are new to the board, the
IAP's broken up into six, uh, different
focus areas, and these are two of those
areas.
Um, so here are the four questions. The
renaming of one of the focus areas,
feedback on the proposed target for
municipal operations, and then feedback
on the two focus areas overarching and
materials and consumption.
And there is some animation in there.
Sorry about that. Um, so looking at the
overarching actions focus area, we are
proposing a little bit of a
restructuring and renaming
of this focus area. Within the IAAP, we
have actions around city operations a
little bit scattered. There are several
that exist in the um current overarching
focus area, but then there's a few
scattered throughout other focus areas.
So, what we would like to do is bring
those all into the overarching actions
focus area and rename it overarching and
municipal operations.
Um so, we'll come back and visit that in
a moment. Um the other changes we're
making to this section are uh proposing
a target and then of course updating the
actions.
The target that we are looking for the
overarching actions focus area
um would be to add one around municipal
greenhouse gas emissions reduction. So
right now this focus area just has a
communitywide emissions reduction goal
or target. It does not have anything any
target associated with our municipal
operations.
So, we are proposing
to align our city operations with the um
the communitywide
uh greenhouse gas emissions target but
on a faster scale. So, essentially we
would the city would be a leader and be
out front in terms of reducing our
emissions. So right now we're proposing
a 95%
reduction compared to our 2022 baseline
and net zero emissions by 2040.
Um and then we are also proposing to
develop some targets around
our light duty fleet and how much we
will have transitioned that fleet.
um a target around how many of our
buildings are 100% electric
and then maintaining a current target
that we have actually
um well it's a little bit revised but a
current target of having 100% renewable
energy for municipal operations electric
use. We have achieved this in our
buildings and we're already we're
working towards it with our water
operations and our street lighting. Um
right now the current target is just
around our building. So we're proposing
expanding that.
Um and that is because of our we are we
purchased Puget Sound Energy's green
direct program which is 100% renewable
and green powered. That's how we're
achieving that.
Um little bit of background on these
targets. So this was based on research
actually by one of our Gibson interns.
Um he looked across other jurisdictions
and what kinds of municipal targets they
have. Um some cities have them.
Belleview, Seattle, Shoreline. Um but
they there's not a lot of municipal
targets out there, but we felt that
these would be in line with those cities
that do have targets.
Um most of the jurisdictions have
compliance years for their targets
between 2030 and 20 40. Um so that's why
we were sticking within um kind of that
15-year timeline.
Um based on where we are in our current
greenhouse gas inventory, we are not um
we didn't want to propose 100%
achievement by 2030. We want something
that's ambitious, but that we also think
is achievable. Um, so we will be meeting
with our
fleet team and our facilities team to
set those percentages that um, again we
think are achievable
um, but also are a bit of a stretch for
the city that we're going to have to
work.
I think um, right now David and I
discussed having a heavy medium or heavy
duty fleet
uh, target. We thought we just don't
have the information enough information
we felt like right now and things are
changing so quickly with medium and
heavy duty fleet that we didn't feel
comfortable proposing anything like that
for this IAP. So that's why you just see
light duty fleet
>> on number two. Is there a typo in there?
Is it percent light duty fleet that EV?
>> Oh that is EV. Thank you. Yeah. Yes.
Um, so why why don't we sit on this and
I'll I can move through the actions and
then we'll
I'll move through just the overarching
focus area actions and then we can come
back and look at this section before we
get into materials and consumption.
Um, so again this would be a brand new
target in overarching.
All right. And then we have been working
to update the overarching focus area
actions. Um, and this chart is the same
chart that was in the memo,
but tries to provide the proposed
concept. We have some words smmithing to
do. We didn't want to word smith
tonight, but at least get a thumbs up
that we're kind of on the right track or
if we should be making revisions.
Um, and then we mentioned kind of how
that differs from the 2021 action. and
then um uh included that the language of
that action for reference.
So I'll just walk through these briefly.
There's two pages so I'm going to go
through pretty quickly. Um our first one
would be a modified action where that
would look at public engagement
strategies around outreach and education
on climate action in the 2021 plan. This
one was very specific to a particular
program. It was around implementing the
community climate challenge. That was
the outreach and education tool. We want
to broaden that. That allows us some
flexibility on the different programs or
tools that we use.
Advocating for climate legislation.
We're recommending retaining that
participating in regional partnerships.
Uh these are things like um King County
Cities Climate Collaborative. Um other
groups like that. We're recommending
retaining that.
Um the next one, engaging youth in
climate action. We wanted to modify kind
of generalize that one a little bit. The
language from 2021 uh read support
climate and sustainability education in
schools. We were a little nervous that
that sounded like the city's trying to
develop curriculum. We don't have
control over that. um that's not our
role, but we do work with youth on a lot
of different programming and we're
continuing to do that. Um and so wanted
an action that more encompassed our um
interest in engagement of youth and with
schooled as we're invited in
um track and report on IAP
implementation progress. We didn't have
anything around regular reporting. So,
we're proposing that as a new action.
Uh implementing workforce development
strategies. There was nothing in the
plan about climate or green jobs
workforce. That's something we're
interested in pursuing in partnership
with economic development.
Securing sustainable funding for climate
action. That's also proposed as a new um
action.
promoting successes and lessons learned.
Um, that's where, you know, we share out
a lot at a regional and even national
level the work that we're doing. That's
a proposed new action. Um,
Casey's Scap, that's the King County
strategic climate action plan that was
just passed by King County Council. Um,
that's an action that exists there. We
thought might be nice to duplicate at
the local level.
Another new action is programming for
reducing localized pollutants. This one
needs to be word smith a bit, but we
thought this would um open up
opportunities to be working on things if
directed by council such as electric
landscaping incentives or we're looking
out possibly 10 years. Is that an
ordinance that the environmental board
and council want us to pursue in the
future? Um, is there interest in closing
streets to motorized traffic during
certain times of the year? We kind we
just want to allow that flexibility if
we're looking at a longer term plan um
or any kind of idling policies.
And then the next one was um preparing
the municipal city operation greenhouse
gas inventory. That's just a slight
modification because the current
language um reads to prepare the first
one.
Um implementing internal sustainability
policies.
Uh this one is revised from a couple of
policies that were proposed in the last
IAP. Um this is really to now move
forward those policies into
implementation.
um implementing strategies to reduce our
city's footprint, uh slight
modification, as well as the action
around um our electric fleet.
Um
uh generating and storing renewable
energy at city proper properties. Uh we
just expanded that to make sure it
encompass or that it read to encompass
both buildings but also could be um
ground mounted solar or solar car ports
but beyond building those mounted on
rooftops.
Um strategies to reduce transportation
emissions. This was just an expansion of
the very specific language around bike
share and carpool
and enhancing staff ability to make
sustainability-minded decisions. This
relates to policies. Um, it's really
about
building that internal capacity and
staff um, feeling empowered to make
those decisions in their everyday work
and kind of building that uh, across our
entire city workforce.
I think that's it. So, that's a lot.
Those are all the overarching actions,
but um, these were really intended as
the ones that the city is doing with its
own operations. But this section of the
ICAP also encompass kind of the general
actions that don't necessarily fit
within another focus area like buildings
or natural systems for example. So, this
is a little bit longer than what we
currently have in terms of the number of
actions, but um it's what David and I
feel like uh needs to move forward
to take specific feedback, general
feedback, and again um more think of
these as concepts and not necessarily.
>> So, we're gonna talk about this and then
talk about the next section after.
>> Yeah, why don't we start with this page
and then we can
And I'm happy to go back and I'll go
back to the target too in a minute.
>> Well, sorry it doesn't pertain to this
page and sorry if you mentioned it, but
um I guess could you explain a little
bit more about the reasoning for u
rather than having an overarching and a
separate municipal operations?
>> Yeah, that's a great question. Um, so we
thought, um, we didn't necessarily want
to add a new focus area to the plan. We
felt like that was a pretty big change.
If the board thinks that's cleaner, we
can definitely do that. We could have an
overarching, which is maybe more the
general education. And then we could
have a municipal operations focus area.
I think we were there were a lot of
municipal actions already included in
this focus area. So, we thought it might
just be easier to bring a few more in,
but we could break that up if that's a
full structure. Thanks.
>> And I know you said that this block
operations kind of lead the way in those
overarching. So, I think it makes sense.
Just wanted to make sure we had that.
>> Yeah. Do you think would it be cleaner
to split them or
>> I don't feel strongly about it. I I I
don't know.
>> Okay. I think it makes sense uh you know
categorically to have them separate but
I also I know I get your lot for sure.
>> Yeah, that's something we can look into.
>> The strategies to reduce transportation
emissions from city employees.
I'm just wondering why does this focus
just on the city employees? Well, I
Okay. Is that because this is municipal
operations?
>> Exactly.
>> Is there an overarching goal to reduce
uh transportation issues overall?
>> Yes.
>> Yeah. So, there is another focus area
we'll revisit in early 2026. It's that's
our land use and transportation focus
area. So this one is just focused really
on overarching education outreach and
city operations.
>> Well, so I was uh I think an area that
we need to do better on is multimodal
transportation
uh transportation corridors for
multimodal devices, but that's not this.
>> Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, that we'll try
and bring that one to you all in
January.
Awesome.
Thanks.
And come here. So, the second one is
advocate for climate legislation. Um,
I would like to either add to this one
or create another one for um
interacting with or commenting, making
comments or signing on to letters to the
UTC. Mhm.
>> So the reason I'll just talk about the
reasoning behind it. So the UTC
oversees um PFC both gas and electric.
So um so there are very
there's often comments uh times where
you can comment either um verbally
sometimes they have um you don't even
you don't have even have to go in in
person anymore. They have it virtually
So you can just join and um comment or
which is especially powerful. Um the
last time I did it, um they were super
grateful for everybody who was there and
just like encouraging us to continue to
engage um because it helps them. um
if they have us behind them, then
they're more likely to be able to um
implement the uh
isn't that a policy or you know
implement the rules that make it um
easier for us to make reach our goals
>> and
that's important, right? So, um, they
want us to go participate and it it's
really huge like when the the city
either writes a letter, signs on to a
letter that's already written. Um, so a
lot of times there's there's groups that
have letters you can just sign on to.
So, it makes but or you can just glean
the information, you know, the talking
points and um, but sometimes it's hard
to do all the research. Um anyway, so
engaging
and it's been my experience that when
I've asked if the city can do this, they
don't
only one time have they uh said, "Yeah,
let's do it." Otherwise, it's like I
think we have to have it in the plan to
make the city feel empowered to be able
to do it. So, um
I would like to advocate for having
working with the UTC
and um I can even take it on to um stay
a breast of you know when the common
periods are and which are ones that
would be important for us to
the utility trade commission if folks
aren't familiar utilities um
transportation and
Yeah, thank you. Um, that's a great
suggestion that also makes me think we
do comments to the state building code
commission.
Um, so maybe we modify it to climate
legislation and regulatory bodies like
that. So I think that's a great
suggestion. Does the city have a
government affairs type of person that
monitors a lot of these groups?
>> Um, not on staff. It's contracted.
Um,
she's primarily engaged during the
legislative process, but kind of on call
I think throughout the year engaged her
in some ways outside of that process.
So, um, but definitely not as, um,
sometimes I look to Belleview or some of
the cities that have a full-time
government affairs and all their leader.
King County has been really great at
tracking that.
>> That be the person who would make
comment on our behalf at these.
>> Um,
she does the, um, folks that are
involved in the legislative session do
sometimes or at least are tracking
enough to bring the mayor in or council
member to make comment. Typically, if
we're signing on to a letter to provide
comments to UTC or other bodies, the
mayor will do that and staff will vet it
and provide a recommendation to
leadership to sign.
>> Nice.
>> So, um I know we've been talking a
little bit about messaging lately and I
know that you're totally on top of this
and behind it. I love what Connie's been
saying about like making it, you know,
easy for people like when we're talking
to the public, make it easy using words
that they don't have to look up. We
don't have to look up.
>> I shouldn't say they because I look
words up all the time.
>> So, um, and then, um, Julie Carr, who,
um, spoke with Ann and David from People
Action last night, sent me a, um, a
really cool, um, podcast about
messaging. And um I could go through all
of it, but you know there's a lot of
great um studies
um that have come out recently. There's
one coming out again in the end of the
year how how to effectively talk to the
public um
non in a nonpartisan way um to motivate
them to want to do things in regards to
climate change. So then I was thinking,
well, how can we talk, you know, how can
we get this in there? So, and it does
seem like it's overarching. So, I was
thinking, well, maybe we have um
hire a um
a messaging
person
to help with messaging to the general
public.
>> Like what's in the what's in the IAP, we
have to have it, you know, very
specific, but with the general public,
there's ways that we can do it. So, we
can use the will be especially
motivating. There's a lot of study
behind it now and it seems to change a
little bit so it's good to stay on top
of the latest data.
>> Yeah. No, that's great. Yeah. I'm
thinking maybe the first one around
public engagement strategies including
something around kind of like best
management or best messaging practices
or whether that's bringing a firm or
having staff not involved in our work
review it or a focus group review it or
Yeah, I think that's a great great
suggestion.
Yeah, it's great.
Kind of jumping around a bit, but
looking for kind of that initial
feedback, any gaps, things to revise.
>> If you want me to, I could go over what
I gleaned from the podcast or I could
just send it to
>> I think I was I think Ann sent it to me,
too. Ann to me.
>> Yeah. Keith, uh, I saw that support the
electrification was on here, too. And,
um, I just recently heard Ford is, uh, I
think stopping production of electrified
F-150s,
uh, and and it's because of those those
incentives going away. So, I just want
to make sure I'm sure y'all are
responsive to it, but um if it's the
difference between like hiring another
employee or getting an electric truck,
uh if the cost is going up that um we're
looking alternatives that we need to
like minimizing single occupancy trips
or things like that.
I know we aren't looking at words, but
for the princess programs
and like that section, what does that
really mean? Like the change I been
reading it for like a minute and I don't
know
>> what does it mean?
>> Yeah. Yeah, that's a great question and
I think we wanted to think of the
language there, but um
we do not yet have direction on to
pursue this, but we've had a lot of
community members ask about looking into
electric landscaping ordinances that
would um there be ban or incentives to
get rid of like gas powered landscaping
equipment. Um Kirkland has done this.
they have kind of a sunset and a phase
in period. Um I believe Seattle has. Um
again, we don't have direction from
council to pursue that, but there's been
a lot of interest from community
members. So there's that, but there we
were thinking there could be additional
programming um or different policies to
pursue. So, we're trying to think of
some general language that would
encompass landscaping equipment, no
idling zones, kind of just thinking
about um gas powered equipment that's
generating kind of air pollutants on a
smaller scale is what we're here.
>> Right back to what Dan was saying.
>> Yes. Messaging. Yeah.
>> Yep. So, yes, we'd want to play around
with that. And there will be for each of
these they'll have a description of
what's meant
>> screen
on the actions or the
>> Okay. Yeah, we can spend some time here
too. Sorry.
>> On the on number one there is 95% and
net zero by 2040. Is that realistic?
Have you guys done the math to see what
that's going to cost? And can I afford
that?
>> Um, and can we afford it? Uh, we
that is the target for the community by
2050. We felt like if we are looking at
doing that communitywide, we want city
to be ahead. Um, we are going to be
going through a process with a
consultant as we update this plan to see
if our actions will actually put us on
target for meeting our targets. So, I
can't necessarily answer that yet. Um,
we do think
we think we're in good shape for our
buildings. our light duty fleet is on a
path although that may change now but um
several things um one of our big our
biggest challenge is actually staff
commutes
um I don't know if you remember from the
last greenhouse gas inventory I think it
was around 25% of our emissions and that
will become a higher and higher
percentage as our building emissions go
down the pool is a huge challenge
>> so we have a couple big hurdles to
address, but we felt like we wanted an
ambitious target if we're looking at a
community target by 2050.
It's a it's a good question. We'll be
assessing over the next few months and
how far
>> consider
I like fleet. I'm all on board with that
when you come up with a good percentage,
but just take into consideration that
you have large power outages sometimes.
>> Yes.
>> And if you have a large power outage,
you like usually it's down into account
after about
>> Yeah.
>> And that's very
>> Yep. And um
>> Yep. I'll talk we have um a grant I'm
gonna talk about a minute around that.
But yeah, that's something um I think
we've been discussing it in our
community resilience section. It would
probably move into this section is
making sure there resilience
infrastructure in place for leading
buildings
that may end up moving in here.
>> I would discourage you from involving
the medium or heavy duty at this time.
Yeah,
>> focus on
the technology there.
>> Alex,
>> yeah, on this page I just it says it's
compared to a 2022 baseline, but the IAP
currently has it as a 20 or a 2007
baseline. Is there a reason for a change
in the year?
>> Yes, great question. Um I meant to
explain that. Apologies for not doing
that. Our first municipal greenhouse gas
inventory was done in 2022.
So that is that is our baseline for city
operations. That was the first city
operation greenhouse gas inventory we
did where our community greenhouse gas
inventories go back to 2007.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> That folks understand that that makes
sense folks. our ne our greenhouse gas
inventory that we'll present to you in
the new year. That's only the second
city operation.
>> Um on the engage youth election,
I know you don't control the curriculum,
but can the city
>> meet with the uh instructors at the
schools at the beginning of the year and
say, "Here's here's what we're focusing
on." Yeah.
>> Or go to a class and get a presentation.
>> Yep. Yeah. Absolutely. And we try and do
that through sustainability ambassadors.
He is trying to work on curriculum. And
then um I was going to share later. We
just held a big event at the high
school. It's actually gonna I forgot to
mention it to you in case you were there
that day, but the sustainability design
classes there ASB. there are about 90
students presenting on this work and
getting their input and the mayor elect
and a couple council members were there
as well. So yeah, absolutely we can
engage in the school. So um we can
clarify some of that in the description.
>> I know this might not be the right place
to ask this but um
has the city thought about do you guys
give orders to employees do?
And I actually think that it'd be great
if we could get um CCA to give free
cards out to everybody
and then maybe if they're not using
them, you know, if they use it, they get
to keep it if they're not using it.
>> That's great. I think based on our last
discussion and input from the tab, we
were looking at some language in the
transportation actions. So, let's
revisit that at our next meeting when we
dig into those actions. Make sure that's
captured some additional incentives or
further reduced or
>> any other comments on this topic.
>> Um why don't I I'll just pop back real
quick to the targets because I launched
right into the actions without
revisiting this. Um any other feedback
on these proposals for um city operation
targets?
>> You say water street you say water
you're talking
>> water generation. Yeah.
>> Great. Well, we'll bring these back to
you. We're um going to be looking at the
results of our 24 inventory and meeting
with our um head of facilities and fleet
in early January to look at what kind of
percentages again that are ambitious yet
we also think opportunity to achieve. Um
and so we'll bring those numbers back to
you all to meeting.
Um, and then, uh, as you have downtime
over the next few weeks and you feel
like revisiting the memo or the board
packet from tonight, um, if you have
other, uh, thoughts around any of the
proposed actions within overarching
focus area, feel free to send those
along and we will definitely be doing
another touch with the board.
Any
um final thoughts on this focus area
before we jump into materials and
consumption? Okay, great.
All right. So, in this section, um we
are really just looking at revised
actions.
Um unfortunately, Sam couldn't be here,
so I'm going to do my best to summarize
some of the revisions. Um most of these
are actually retained from what's
currently in the materials and
consumption focus area.
Um conducting recycling and composting
outreach and education.
Um updating municipal solid waste
contract. Uh so we looked that in
because there's the potential uh that
this may be a 10-year plan and so the
next solid waste contract uh would come
up for renewal or to put out for
proposal. So, we left that in.
Um,
enforcing and expanding construction and
demolition code requirements. That's
currently in the plan. Um, there's not
been a lot done there, but there's a lot
planned for this next year. Mandating
recycling and composting. Um, and this
would be specifically looking at
commercial and multifamily. That is in
the plan. And Sam has some plans to do
that work this year.
um proposing a new action around
household hazardous waste.
Um proposing a revision to food waste, a
language that was previously in there
for food waste where it would be promote
food donation and food waste prevention.
Um previously the or the current
language is partner with regional
organizations to prevent food waste. We
wanted to expand this to allow for more
opportunities
around food donation and food waste.
Um similarly proposing a revision to an
action around community reuse that would
read as support community reuse, repair
and upcycle just to broaden what was
intended there. Um and then a new one
was a single use plastics ban. Um and
this would relate to the compostable
which Sam currently has a grant to fund
for policy exploration.
that would be for the um uh restaurants
or food
businesses. So, so mostly retaining some
slight revisions and then two new
actions in this section.
Um there were some suggestions earlier
about
um I know some of you had mentioned
having some incentives or requirements
for having other businesses collect
recyclable materials.
Something we could look in here if
there's other requirements or specific
things we'd want to call out to consider
in a new solid waste contract or an
amendment to a solid waste contract.
things that we think our waist haulers
should be doing. We could call those
out.
>> I think that would be a good time to try
to get down to two
section.
>> Yeah.
>> Did you want to elaborate on that again?
So, it gets stuck in here section.
>> I'm just trying to ponder how that how
that could work.
The city can ban single use plastic
something
the city require business to collect
something that they don't generate
styrofoam collection. ction point in
Home Depot or QFC. Is that does the city
have the authority?
So, a legal kid.
>> Yeah,
that's a good question. I don't I don't
know. I don't think we probably can't
require those businesses to recycle them
because they may not stream to do so. I
don't know if we can require them to
collect if then there was an agreement
that the ecology or someone else picked
them up. So
>> you could require recology to provide
collection services per
>> Yes, we could do that. I'm not sure
about the recurrent but that's something
we can look into.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Or maybe there's an incentive. I
think that would be a good that's a good
strategology
to provide a collection of so-called
hard to recycle items um
at least
100 places.
Okay. They think they've addressed the
need because you could bring it to their
store. Well, all right. We need to
expand beyond that
collection points
um
conveniently available to say
word that I don't
yes assess assess potential for
requirement ecology
partner
collection points
for harder resale
I'd like to see
maybe the city put in some policy that
prohibits
use of plastic signage for elections
or or just announcements, you know,
public announcements like you know, you
know, put a drum plastic sign
So make biodegra biodegradable
electricides.
>> That's cool.
>> Fertilizer.
>> Okay.
>> Great.
>> With that native paper.
>> Yeah. Thank you.
>> Uh uh the single-use plastics
this um that only applies to like ser
serving kind of I guess. Would it apply
to like grocery store items that that's
a ton of single use plastics?
>> Oh. Um, I think this is
>> Yeah, I think it's Yeah, but I it might
apply like if you're getting suits at QC
and they hand
>> Yeah. But not um I don't think it's
intended for like the containers at QC
or PCC bags, chips, things like that.
>> Okay. Just making sure. And then um oh
the uh upcycle repair uh effort is that
tied into the tool library at all. Okay.
>> How is the household
that you're thinking of?
Something that economic solid waste
already offers
something different that you're thinking
of but they do collection days where
they set up like local school or
something to bring it by their
They're large collection facilities and
they have a LV1 has a little lane you
can drive through and drop it off
charge.
>> Yeah, let me
>> let me talk to Sam. It may have been
kind of promoting those events and then
um we also the city supplements them by
doing collection events hard to recycle
but also has price material collection
event. So let me talk to her about what
she was thinking there. But I think it
was mostly connecting people with
resources
>> city
collection.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Does that last one uh included
plastic bags for takeaway from say
Target?
>> Yeah. So, the city had a plastic bag ban
and then the state on one's in effect
that it does allow for the thicker
reusable plastic bag. So,
>> we could um
>> put some effort into that.
>> Just wanted to say something about that
and maybe you told me this. I know my
sister and Ellensburg were they did the
same thing. They did some research
around it. So the heavier ones um use
more petroleum and then they they cost
more to ship around. They're nice, you
know, because you can reuse them. We all
lot of us have our reusable ones. But so
it got to the question of are they
actually better?
Well, our mayor elect helped move that
forward in Isaqua and move that ban
forward at the state. So, he'll be a
good resource to talk to
enforcing one for the thicker plastic
>> specifically backwards.
>> Well, I I I read an article about the I
think it was in Seattle and so somebody
had the did the calculations to
determine that action resulted in 15%
more plastic
because they they still get thrown away.
The the heavier duty ones still get
thrown some of them get thrown away and
they use more plastic. So the net result
>> they're heavier to ship. So
>> um yeah, we could look at incorporating
that language around exploring
comments on this focus area
and okay well I think we went through
most of those questions um
brought up the idea possibly looking at
splitting of the overarching education
outreach actions and municipal so we'll
look at that and definitely want more
feedback from the board. You'll provide
some feedback on the municipal
operations target and then great um
feedback on the two focus area action.
So
>> may I want to considering actions in
in actions that are going to affect the
population versus municipality
make that clear have just a overarching
action section.
Okay,
>> it's up to that nice balance.
>> Just so it reads clear for the public.
>> I just think it's confusing
proposed change.
>> Okay.
>> Just seems
don't understand if I'm trying to
understand it the people on the street.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> Why is overarching actions called OD?
>> That's how it was in the plan. Right.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
They just use it for the numbering of
the action.
>> Exactly. OA makes more sense to me as
well.
>> Yeah.
But we could think about um
maybe keep the suggestion keep kind of
building off your suggestion is
overarching and then we kind of separate
within community action overarching
community and overarching municipal
>> like subsections or something.
>> Yeah.
>> I did your email, oh is that supposed to
be EP?
>> It's each of the actions within there is
like OB 1.1.
>> We can change those. It's our update, so
you can change that.
>> Okay. Well, great. That was super
helpful feedback. Um what we'll be doing
is
um taking all that input, working on
revisions to the actions, and then um
bringing back to the board at some point
um these sections again for another
look. Um at our January meeting, we're
still kind of assessing which sections
ready to bring forward, but um most
likely we'll bring forward
transportation and land use since we've
already talked a bit about the
transportation actions and I think's
pretty ready to go. It's already had
some initial feedback from TAB and PPC
is likely coming up next.
Um, wait.
I have a number of reports and we're
ready.
>> All right. Um, so we had three reports
attached to the packet. Um, the first
one was the IAP end of year report. I
sent that out to you all a couple times.
I have a few hard copies here. Um it's
the first time we've done more of a
communityf facing report. So it was
meant to have a little bit more
storytelling heavy on the photos. Um
sharing kind of the key results or
takeaways. Um please share that out.
We'll probably be using this as a
template going forward in report. Um Sam
put together a very detailed solid waste
report on the work that she's been
doing, the successes they've had and
some of the interesting partnerships and
programming that's happened with solid
waste. Um we'll get her back here soon
to provide it in person report um and
talk through some more of those
programs.
Um and then David and Dan did a write up
on the tree giveaway which happened in
mid November. Um gave away I believe 275
trees to community members. They gave
away all the trees. Um had some great
really ran very smoothly. Uh great
partnership with fish. Uh provided a
number of volunteers.
Um and DEA was just uh worked uh worked
very smoothly. So, they have a couple
lessons learned on things that they'll
improve for next year, but the thought
is to make continue to make this an
annual um event for the community
members to get retrieved.
Um and then just a few updates with
things going on. Um we have our two
solar projects in the works, Pickering
Barn and the Senior Center. Um Pickering
Barn still working on some of the
permitting. Um there's potential that
still could be installed before the end
of the year, otherwise
2026. Um but we'll make sure to invite
all of you um when there is a ribbon
cutting ceremony for that project. Um
and then the senior center project that
is moving forward with the
um and we'll have the contract for
approval to council early in the new
year. Excited to get that one moving.
Um, we also have a number of energy
efficiency projects in the works. Um,
some major weatherization upgrades were
just made at our public works building.
Um, and we put in a grant this week um
for some funding for community center
electrification work.
Um, we also heard back on two grants
which we're really excited about. Um,
both from PSSE. Uh, one is a ebike
rebate program. So we'll be launching
that in the spring probably at the same
around the same timeship
with um wash dot as they do their second
round of ebike rebates. And then um we
also got funding from PSSE to do shared
EV charging design at this school
district administrative building. Um,
we'd be the city and the ISD will work
in partnership to develop a design for
fast charging at that facility that
would likely encompass a solar carport
or some kind of resiliency element um so
that our police vehicles or um electric
buses could still charge at least a
limited time frame if there was a power
outage. Um so those grants will be
underway this year and then we're in the
process of applying for the fourth time
um for charging at Tibbitz Valley Park
just at the parking lot here by the
skate park.
Um let's see I mentioned the um event we
did in November is high school with the
mayor elect um and students there. We're
excited to engage more um with the ASB
students as well the sustainability
design class. So that will be exciting
to explore further. Um and then we are
in discussions with King County Library
System about um partnering to open the
tool library. Iate you more on that. So
they're looking at having a kind of a
prototype or a pilot um launching at
other branches. So, we'll likely be
developing a survey for the community
that'll go out early in the new year to
see, you know, what would be of most
interest and
so we can prioritize what types of tools
or electronics that we'd be purchasing
their equipment. Um, as well as trying
to build a volunteer uh base that would
help with uh evaluation of tools and
repairs as needed. Um, we also want to
make it kind of a community gathering
space where there could be workshops and
different events
to a library. So, really excited to part
partner with PCLS on that and um
possibly have a head of the prototype
for the rest of their system.
Those are my major updates. Um,
thank yeah Karen, anything else for you
for
>> Okay, great. Yeah. And then our next
meeting is January 14th. Um
probably looking again at the updated
proposed work plan and then digging into
that section.
>> You mentioned tool library and is
purchasing tools. Um are you also
planning on having people donate tools
for
>> possibly? Yeah, that's that would be a
proposal um with KCLS. We're working on
a concept paper with them and that is to
have donations. It seems like this will
for sure might be able to get company
sponsorships too like still you know
some of these big tool makers that would
>> give you tools to kind of promote
>> absolutely
>> purchase. Yeah. Yeah. Some local large
stores here at that point. Um yeah,
>> steel workshop in Criia in a few weeks.
I could ask if they do that kind of
thing.
>> That's it.
>> Any final words? Anybody?
>> Yeah. One quick one about the tree
canopy and the tree met. Um, I saw
something recently where Belleview did a
a tree planting with children
>> and that could have a real big impact on
on their learning if they were to go to
a park plant some trees.
You get to somehow have it a bed for
school for class
or even high school.
>> Yeah.
>> But maybe a better engagement school.
Alex has it.
>> Um, we're planning a tree planting
called Tots and Trees with Green Isiqua
in March which is aimed for people with
pretty with much younger kids like
toddler age to early elementary school.
So that'll be the second Saturday in
March. Um, we'll be hosting that with
Green Esqua. So those are great events.
I don't know where yet. That's the
city's going to figure that out.
>> That's great. Yeah, I'll find out more
from Dan.
>> Great. Um, and Alex, sorry I put you on
the spot. Do you want to talk at all
about six PPD or you can hold that for
another meeting too?
>> No, if if folks want to hear about um
6PD monitoring briefly, I can share some
pictures of what we've been doing and um
just briefly. So, uh 6PD quinone is a
chemical that comes off of tires. Well,
6PBD comes off of tires and breaks down
into 6PBD quinone, which is highly toxic
to coo and cutthroat salmon and
potentially other species. So, when we
have big storm events, this chemical is
getting washed into our riverways. And
we are seeing coo in particular
um dying before they're able to spawn.
And so, um, Toronto Limited along with a
number of partners including Washington
Department of Ecology and King County
and local municipalities have been
conducting monitoring throughout the
region to see where there are hot spots
for 6PD quinone so that we can
potentially go and treat the storm water
runoff in some way or another, either
through um
filtration systems that they're working
on or through natural
building processes and things like that.
Um, and so we took on an extra project
this year where we are monitoring at 20
sites around Lake Samish and Lake
Washington. Um, and let me just share my
screen. I can show
window. We'll see what I end up
accidentally opening here.
Um, they're pretty simple. This is what
one of the samplers looks like. Um,
that's my colleague Dave. Um, are you
seeing my picture right now?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Um, so the sampler, there's these
three little passive samplers. They're
just filtrous membranes that collect
particles in the water as it as it
passes through them. Um, so they're just
inside a little steel cage and then
inside a minnow trap. Um, and we deploy
these into creeks. Let me find another
good picture.
I think there's some in the another
folder possibly. Um here's one. Um so we
just deploy these into creeks so that
the membranes stay underwater. We leave
them out for 4 to 6 month or 4 to 6
weeks. Um and then we go out and pull
them and send them off to department of
ecology to get processed. And so we're
getting a timew weighted
sample um and can look back and see over
this time period we saw you know this
much 6 PPDQ collected
over um a 4 to 6 week period and and how
many storm events that happens to cover.
Um so that can just kind of help us
determine where we might want to focus
some of those efforts. Um so this is
ongoing. We don't have anything deployed
right now and I'm I'm glad that we
pulled everything because it would have
gotten lost
um in this most recent flood event and
the potential flooding events coming up.
But we'll be redeploying in January and
going throughout the springtime to catch
additional storm events. We're also kind
of interested in seeing differences
between that first storm event in the
fall to see like what's built up over
the summertime, how much you're getting
with that first storm event versus
towards the end of the season when we've
had a lot of storm events and
potentially are having less concentrated
amounts going into creeks um at
different time periods or based on how
much how much flow we're getting into
the stream systems. Um, another update
is that you will likely be seeing
something coming out of a bill coming
into the legislature this year um to
work on the long-term solution for 6PD
quinon. So, this is Trout Unlimited is
helping to develop this bill, working
with um
uh it's a local isqua representative
that I can't think of his name right now
who is potentially going to sponsor the
bill. um but to begin to remove it from
tires. Um so this will implement a ban
from it in tires in 2035
and work on a fee on tires with 6 PPD in
them in the meantime to get folks to
begin removing them from the
production. Um, good news is is that
there's a number of companies that have
identified alternative chemicals to use
in place of 6TPD. So, we're hopeful that
this turnover will begin happening
sooner rather than later. Um, and we'll
be able to see that in the manufacturing
process and then eventually in 2035,
we'll for sure have tires without this
chemical in them.
>> Is it Zach that's working on it? Nice.
>> Yes, I believe so. Yeah.
Alex, did you have you sent any results
any samples off to ecology and got
results back yet?
>> We have not gotten results back yet. Um,
we're kind of waiting on the ecologies
lab to get those. They're also doing the
regional survey. Their their stuff is
going out less regularly. So, they had
one sampling event in the springtime
that covered about a six week period and
then one in this fall time that covered
about a six week period. Whereas, we are
going out cons more consistently. Um,
but we haven't gotten any data yet from
those. I hope that we will have that
information soon. Um, but just kind of
as a reference in Isiqua, we have two
samplers on Isiqua Creek, one at the
hatchery, one below the um, Parkway. We
have one on Lewis Creek or we have two
on Lewis Creek above and below um, I90.
Um, over on
Hans Jensen or not Hans Jensen, sorry.
Laughing Jacobs, one on Ebrite, um and
then we have some up north on
uh Bear Creek and Wanita Creek and then
over on the Cedar um and in Cole Creek
as well.
And then a couple more on the the east
side of Lake Washington, too.
>> That's good to hear. We'll share that
with the regional storm water groups
>> on a storm water effort. 6BD's also been
a very hot topic quite some time. Um, so
the storm water folks have been working
on how to treat 6P to get it out of the
system before it gets into the streams.
We found some some devices that work.
Bio remediation works fairly well. Um,
just think of, you know, running water
through a sand and compost filter.
Basically, it grabs 6PD and it doesn't
allow it to go any further and just
traps it. So, that in the simplest form
works quite well. and they're testing
all sorts of other filtration devices
right now. There's there's probably
eight to 10 if not more studies going on
on 6PD. We know currently in storm
water. Um ecology is putting a ton of
money into this as well. has uh the
stormwater work group where the permites
under that NPS pay in fees and then the
the work group issues out
studies study research funds after so
it's a big topic and there's um there's
a subgroup on the other side Alex I
don't know if you're aware of called the
six PBD subgroup under ecology and those
meetings are usually 200 and so on
people
>> talk about this very top. So, it's being
moved on breast.
>> Alex, do you need uh any more volunteers
in the field for testing?
>> I would love more volunteers. Yes, we
did have some come out with us. Um not
this last sampling event, but the
sampling event before that. So, yeah, if
anyone's interested, you can shoot me an
email and um we can talk about logistics
around that.
>> We'll do. Thanks.
>> Thanks.
>> This is all super exciting.
It's good stuff.
>> I have a question.
>> Once it gets in the sand, does anybody
know how long it lives there?
>> Once it gets into the what?
>> The sand. So, it must deteriorate
it to a point where it it's non-toxic by
a certain point.
>> I don't know the halflife of the
chemical. I could ask some of the
scientists that are working on it.
What it does, it gets inside the fish's
brain and confuses them and they get
disoriented and they lose track of where
they're going. They flip upside down and
bang into things. They just never make
it to spawn. It used to be called
pre-spawn mortality. They knew what was
happen.
And it was local researchers that found
>> hearing about it for Larry Frank.
>> So happens that there's all this good
news to hear.
>> Thank you, Alex.
>> Yeah. Thank you.
>> With that, we'll call the meeting.
Thanks everyone.
>> Thank you.
>> Thanks everyone.
>> Thanks Alex
Stacey.