Environmental Board · Wednesday, February 10, 2021 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Board Membership

packet pp.3

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Staff report:

ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD Staff Liaison Megan Curtis-Murphy, Senior About Sustainability Coordinator Created in 2020, the objective of the Email Environmental Board is to protect, preserve and enhance the natural environment and take Regular Members action on climate change to reduce its impacts 2021 - Jamie Finch by advising the Mayor, City Council and City 2022 - Dani Madden* departments on the City’s plans, policies, 2022 - Don McQuilliams regulations and programs related to 2023 - Rishi Hazra* environmental stewardship. 2023 - Cameron Fisher 2023 - Lara Lebeiko Membership 2024 - Nancy Davidson 2024 - Dan Hintz The Environmental Board is comprised of nine 2024 - Anne Newcomb regular members, and up to three alternates. All members are appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the City Council. Alternate Members Terms expire April 30 of the year listed. For 2021 - Janet Wall…

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of Jan. 27, 2021

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-27-21 Environmental Board Minutes Page 1

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Adoption of Board Rules & Regulations

Award, (D) · 20 min · Liepa Braciulyte, Sustainability Intern · packet pp.9–19

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Staff report:

CITY OF ISSAQUAH ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD RULES & REGULATIONS

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0:01 ↗ let's see due to the virtual format

0:03 ↗ of the of today's meeting i'd like to

0:05 ↗ start by providing some guidelines

0:08 ↗ we have participants attending by phone

0:10 ↗ and video

0:12 ↗ and for all meeting attendees please i

0:14 ↗ should turn my phone off

0:16 ↗ please speak clearly and pause

0:17 ↗ frequently state your name

0:20 ↗ each time before speaking mute your

0:23 ↗ microphone when not speaking

0:26 ↗ use call-in information in the meeting

0:28 ↗ invite to call into the meeting if

0:30 ↗ you're having technical issues

0:33 ↗ so with that um since we've called to

0:36 ↗ order i would like to now

0:38 ↗ uh begin and for commissioners i'd like

0:41 ↗ to remind you that as we're going

0:43 ↗ through the meeting

0:44 ↗ to use the chat to indicate if you would

0:46 ↗ like to speak and i guess i better turn

0:48 ↗ my channel on i haven't done that yet

0:50 ↗ um if you'd like to ask a question

0:54 ↗ or a comment and wait and i'll

0:56 ↗ acknowledge you uh please do not put any

0:59 ↗ substantive

1:00 ↗ comments in the chat um we'll ask you to

1:03 ↗ provide those wrongly

1:04 ↗ verbally um i think there might be one

1:07 ↗ commissioner or board member on the pool

1:09 ↗ on the phone if you're on the phone

1:12 ↗ please identify yourself

1:14 ↗ as we go through the room roll call and

1:17 ↗ we'll check in

1:18 ↗ intermittently to see if you have things

1:20 ↗ that you would like to

1:21 ↗ provide comments on or questions you can

1:24 ↗ also press star 3

1:26 ↗ to raise your hand and i see assume one

1:28 ↗ of the city staffs monitoring the star 3

1:31 ↗ to help us out with that one

1:32 ↗ so that helps um

1:37 ↗ it is in since we are taking action

1:39 ↗ there may be public comments that

1:41 ↗ people want to provide um they're an

1:44 ↗ important part of the public process

1:46 ↗ and we take them seriously and factor

1:47 ↗ them into all the decisions we make

1:50 ↗ for members of the public joining us

1:52 ↗ welcome if you'd like to make comments

1:55 ↗ please press star 3 on your phone

1:57 ↗ at the appropriate time when we ask for

1:59 ↗ comments we'll then call the last two

2:01 ↗ digits of your phone number when it is

2:03 ↗ your turn to make comments

2:06 ↗ when recognized please unmute your

2:08 ↗ microphone

2:09 ↗ star six may be what you have to do on

2:11 ↗ your phone and if we need reminders i

2:13 ↗ think there are people here that can

2:14 ↗ help you

2:15 ↗ state your name address and relationship

2:18 ↗ to the city

2:18 ↗ are you a residence property owner

2:21 ↗ business owner

2:23 ↗ speak clearly and pause frequently

2:26 ↗ please limit your comments to five

2:28 ↗ minutes

2:30 ↗ and mute your microphone when you're

2:32 ↗ done

2:33 ↗ if you do not respond to your name or

2:36 ↗ phone number when it is called

2:37 ↗ or if your connection is lost

2:39 ↗ unexpectedly

2:40 ↗ the meeting will need to proceed you are

2:43 ↗ encouraged to rejoin

2:44 ↗ the beating when you were able with that

2:47 ↗ little

2:47 ↗ script i think we're ready to do the

2:51 ↗ call to order

2:53 ↗ so at this point i'm going to do a roll

2:55 ↗ call and when i call your name i'm going

2:56 ↗ to ask you're going to say here or

2:58 ↗ something appropriate along those lines

3:00 ↗ and and we'll find

3:04 ↗ out who's actually here and if how many

3:06 ↗ um alternates we'll actually need so

3:08 ↗ we'll begin and as we know i'm nancy

3:10 ↗ davidson and i'm here

3:12 ↗ jamie are you here sure

3:16 ↗ cameron fisher hello good evening

3:19 ↗ everyone

3:21 ↗ um rishi is asked will not be here

3:23 ↗ tonight he's

3:24 ↗ um asked for an alternate and we'll call

3:26 ↗ them and that will be syria tonight

3:29 ↗ and if i butcher your names please learn

3:31 ↗ that i will

3:32 ↗ probably in a couple of meetings have it

3:34 ↗ down pat um

3:36 ↗ dan are you here here

3:40 ↗ thank you laura are you joining us are

3:42 ↗ you on your phone

3:47 ↗ actually uh nancy this is tisha deputy

3:50 ↗ clerk it looks like that is laura let me

3:51 ↗ send her a real quick

3:52 ↗ quest request to unmute laura you're

3:55 ↗ going to need to or

3:56 ↗ whoever our phone and caller is you're

3:58 ↗ going to need to press

3:59 ↗ star six on your phone and you may also

4:01 ↗ need to unmute

4:07 ↗ hey i'm unmuted this is laura oh great

4:10 ↗ thank you

4:14 ↗ danny are you joining us today hi

4:17 ↗ here thank you thank you don mcwilliams

4:21 ↗ here great and

4:30 ↗ um and then serving for rishi is surya

4:33 ↗ siri are you joining us today

4:35 ↗ [Music]

4:38 ↗ hi and then we have a couple alternates

4:40 ↗ here janet are you joining us tonight hi

4:42 ↗ janet

4:44 ↗ and tommy anderson here

4:47 ↗ great thank you very much

4:50 ↗ great we do have a forum it appears so

4:53 ↗ we're good there

4:55 ↗ sorry i gotta shuffle papers along the

4:57 ↗ way so our first

4:58 ↗ um order of business is the approval of

5:01 ↗ minutes

5:02 ↗ um i assume everyone has not had an

5:05 ↗ opportunity to review them at this point

5:07 ↗ i'd like to see if anybody has any

5:08 ↗ comments to make on the minutes from the

5:10 ↗ meeting

5:11 ↗ for january 27th any comments

5:16 ↗ seeing none i'm assumed that they are

5:18 ↗ approved i can just say they're approved

5:20 ↗ at this point correct

5:22 ↗ yes i want the city clerk's office to

5:24 ↗ say yes

5:26 ↗ great okay i have a few reminders before

5:30 ↗ we get into the business

5:31 ↗ at hand and this is something that came

5:33 ↗ up and i'm gonna do it early because

5:36 ↗ uh we got surprised last time by a

5:39 ↗ couple of things first of all

5:40 ↗ please no emojis i don't know if they're

5:42 ↗ turned off but i hope they are

5:44 ↗ um not supposed to use those uh

5:47 ↗ last time a few of us lost the internet

5:50 ↗ um during the course of the meeting

5:52 ↗ including the chair and the vice chair

5:54 ↗ in the event that happens which could

5:56 ↗ happen at some point

5:57 ↗ um someone like the city

6:01 ↗ officials that are on city staff that

6:03 ↗ around here will try to take it over if

6:04 ↗ they two are lost

6:06 ↗ you guys need to figure out someone to

6:07 ↗ take over the meeting

6:09 ↗ um we will call in and try and find a

6:12 ↗ way to get back in

6:14 ↗ if you lose the quorum which is what

6:16 ↗ five members

6:17 ↗ active members then the meeting is

6:19 ↗ automatically cancelled and someone

6:21 ↗ needs to cancel and adjourn the meeting

6:24 ↗ um you know we were surprised in our

6:25 ↗ first meeting that we lost it we were

6:27 ↗ fortunate that was only a minute or two

6:29 ↗ for jamie and i to get back on

6:31 ↗ but um please keep that in mind i just

6:34 ↗ wanted to go over that so we all

6:36 ↗ understood that we all have to step

6:38 ↗ up when uh things like that happen uh

6:41 ↗ the last thing i want to talk about

6:42 ↗ is quickly we kind of had a meeting with

6:44 ↗ megan last week and

6:46 ↗ we're hoping if there's something that

6:48 ↗ needs a motion that's kind of odd

6:50 ↗ such as in the ev ordinance there was a

6:52 ↗ lot of action we didn't take any actions

6:54 ↗ but there were a lot of discussion that

6:55 ↗ could have led to motions

6:57 ↗ if you know about emotion that you plan

6:59 ↗ to make please try and get it to megan

7:01 ↗ the day before the meeting on tuesday so

7:03 ↗ we can read it

7:04 ↗ and they actually get it down if we if

7:07 ↗ it comes up in the course of

7:09 ↗ the comments or discussion if something

7:12 ↗ changes and you want to make a motion

7:13 ↗ that

7:14 ↗ you're not prepared for the night before

7:16 ↗ that's perfectly fine

7:18 ↗ but we may ask you to repeat it a couple

7:20 ↗ of times just so we get it down and can

7:22 ↗ take it down so those

7:24 ↗ are just a couple of comments that we're

7:25 ↗ learning along the way

7:27 ↗ so those are just some reminders

7:30 ↗ did i do okay everybody with me still

7:32 ↗ okay

7:34 ↗ all right with this point i'm going to

7:36 ↗ turn it over for um

7:37 ↗ public comments do we have anyone on the

7:42 ↗ if you have to hit star or something

7:50 ↗ nancy this is uh this is the deputy city

7:53 ↗ clerk tisha

7:54 ↗ again and i am taking another quick look

7:57 ↗ here

7:58 ↗ but at this time it doesn't appear that

8:00 ↗ we have any members of the public

8:02 ↗ on the phone with us tonight and i i can

8:05 ↗ confirm that that's the case

8:08 ↗ okay well with that we'll close the

8:10 ↗ public comments at this time and we'll

8:12 ↗ move on

8:12 ↗ into agenda items and the first one is

8:15 ↗ the adoption of

8:17 ↗ rules and regulations for the board and

8:19 ↗ tisha this one's yours so we'll turn it

8:21 ↗ over to you and i'll mute myself

8:26 ↗ great thanks nancy i'm gonna go ahead

8:28 ↗ and share my screen here

8:35 ↗ get my bearings okay

8:39 ↗ great so um we

8:42 ↗ uh you all looked um at your rules and

8:46 ↗ regulations

8:47 ↗ at the last no not at the last meeting

8:49 ↗ um at your first meeting in january

8:52 ↗ and um there are no uh we had some there

8:55 ↗ were some great questions and um i think

8:57 ↗ largely it was

8:58 ↗ you know informational for you to be

8:59 ↗ aware of some of um

9:01 ↗ your duties and some of the uh

9:03 ↗ procedures around your

9:05 ↗ participation as a board member so

9:07 ↗ tonight the the same version of the

9:09 ↗ rules and regulations were provided in

9:11 ↗ the agenda and after

9:12 ↗ i'm gonna just have a i have a few

9:14 ↗ things i'd like to touch on

9:16 ↗ um real quick and then it would be

9:19 ↗ wonderful to have

9:20 ↗ a motion to adopt the rules and i can

9:22 ↗ put the wording of that

9:24 ↗ motion in the chat for someone to make

9:26 ↗ um and then someone else will need to

9:28 ↗ second that motion

9:30 ↗ and um i see um because i'm talking

9:33 ↗ talking on this subject and i see that

9:35 ↗ anne has a couple of

9:36 ↗ questions and do you want to um well i

9:39 ↗ guess if if the chair is

9:40 ↗ is willing i'd be happy to answer anne's

9:44 ↗ questions if she wanted to verbalize

9:45 ↗ those

9:46 ↗ please move forward with that answer the

9:48 ↗ questions that'd be great

9:51 ↗ okay and could you please unmute and um

9:54 ↗ ask your questions

9:56 ↗ sure i just want to clarify what would

9:58 ↗ be considered emotion do we need to

10:00 ↗ stay state i move

10:04 ↗ i felt like we were having a lot of

10:05 ↗ conversation last time but i didn't

10:06 ↗ really hear anybody say i

10:08 ↗ moved this although we were making

10:10 ↗ statements

10:11 ↗ um so i'm curious as to

10:16 ↗ what exactly a emotion would be

10:20 ↗ yeah um that is a really good question

10:22 ↗ and so

10:23 ↗ um as the board has more items coming

10:26 ↗ before it for recommendation i think

10:28 ↗ it's gonna feel

10:29 ↗ there's gonna be more of a flow that

10:32 ↗ that you'll

10:33 ↗ become aware of so at your last meeting

10:36 ↗ i believe you were providing

10:37 ↗ that first level of input on the ev

10:39 ↗ charging ordinance

10:40 ↗ right but you weren't making your formal

10:43 ↗ recommendation you were providing some

10:45 ↗ initial input

10:46 ↗ and then um my understanding is megan

10:48 ↗ will be bringing that item back to you

10:50 ↗ and you'll be making a motion to

10:54 ↗ approve the recommend a formal

10:57 ↗ recommendation i imagine she'll probably

10:59 ↗ have something prepared and writing

11:01 ↗ included in your agenda packet and

11:03 ↗ emotion will be needed

11:04 ↗ at the meeting that you had previously

11:05 ↗ where you were providing informal input

11:08 ↗ to help guide that recommendation

11:10 ↗ emotion isn't necessary that was just

11:12 ↗ discussion and feedback

11:14 ↗ um so it's more when it comes time to

11:18 ↗ make a formal

11:19 ↗ official recommendation that an emotion

11:22 ↗ is needed and then sometimes

11:24 ↗ to kind of make adjustments to that

11:26 ↗ formal recommendation

11:28 ↗ can require emotions as well

11:31 ↗ yeah that's what i thought i just wanted

11:33 ↗ to make sure because um

11:35 ↗ i didn't remember there being any at the

11:37 ↗ last meeting

11:39 ↗ so thank you i appreciate that tisha can

11:41 ↗ i add something on the agenda

11:43 ↗ when it says an a in the parentheses

11:45 ↗ that's an action item

11:46 ↗ so there to do that there needs to be a

11:48 ↗ motion and a second for it

11:51 ↗ um there's others that have these which

11:53 ↗ are discussion items or comment items

11:55 ↗ and that's all the eevee ordinance was

11:58 ↗ but like tonight on the um adoption of

12:01 ↗ the board's rules and regulations that's

12:04 ↗ adoption and therefore we'll take a

12:05 ↗ motion

12:06 ↗ and a second and vote on it

12:11 ↗ yeah that's a great clarification um

12:14 ↗ so my name again i am tisha geezer i'm

12:17 ↗ the deputy city clerk and also here

12:18 ↗ tonight is the city clerk um tina eggers

12:21 ↗ and tina

12:22 ↗ may jump in at any point over these next

12:24 ↗ few slides and is also available for

12:26 ↗ for questions as well so we're happy to

12:29 ↗ see you again

12:30 ↗ um so again there were some great

12:33 ↗ questions at the january meeting about

12:34 ↗ the rules and regulations and then again

12:37 ↗ a few questions have

12:38 ↗ come into the clerk's office and via

12:40 ↗ megan since that time and so

12:42 ↗ we wanted to take an opportunity um to

12:45 ↗ respond to some of those questions which

12:47 ↗ have largely been about

12:48 ↗ adding items to the agenda bringing

12:51 ↗ something to the board

12:52 ↗ uh to consider and so we wanted to talk

12:55 ↗ a little bit about the board's work plan

12:57 ↗ and let me advance my slide here

13:00 ↗ um and just kind of step back and just

13:03 ↗ give you

13:03 ↗ the um the big vision

13:07 ↗ of uh or i guess sort of process for how

13:11 ↗ items come to the board um so this

13:14 ↗ graphic here is intended

13:15 ↗ to sort of just show you the

13:17 ↗ relationship of the board scope in

13:18 ↗ relation to

13:20 ↗ some other aspects of the city you'll

13:23 ↗ notice at the top

13:24 ↗ is a big green circle that says

13:26 ↗ community input and

13:27 ↗ community input is sort of inserted sort

13:30 ↗ of all through the layers

13:32 ↗ of this graphic but this kind of shows

13:35 ↗ you

13:36 ↗ how what helps inform the city's annual

13:39 ↗ uh budget and work plan which in turn

13:42 ↗ informs

13:43 ↗ um your work plan as a board related to

13:47 ↗ environmental issues i know there's also

13:50 ↗ there are also a few things in the board

13:52 ↗ scope that are going to be kind of

13:53 ↗ automatic that are considered every year

13:56 ↗ but much of your

13:57 ↗ work plan is going to be based on the

13:59 ↗ city's work plan in any given year and i

14:01 ↗ know from being part of that first

14:03 ↗ meeting

14:04 ↗ you have a big one this year

14:07 ↗ and i anticipate um for a number of

14:09 ↗ years

14:14 ↗ so more specifically we wanted to share

14:17 ↗ a little bit

14:17 ↗ about the city's annual budget process

14:19 ↗ and this is a real

14:21 ↗ high level overview here um but i think

14:24 ↗ this

14:24 ↗ is helpful and will help you think about

14:27 ↗ again just that

14:28 ↗ that flow of of work to the board and

14:32 ↗ also to the city

14:33 ↗ um so every summer the mayor works with

14:37 ↗ city staff to start developing her

14:40 ↗ annual budget and looks to the strategic

14:44 ↗ plan which i should mention that um the

14:46 ↗ city

14:47 ↗ the city's strategic plan is is fairly

14:49 ↗ new it was um

14:51 ↗ adopted in uh may of 2019 and it was

14:55 ↗ about a year-long

14:56 ↗ effort that involved a lot of community

14:58 ↗ input hopefully some of you had the

15:00 ↗ opportunity to participate

15:01 ↗ and so the city is really excited to

15:03 ↗ have that sort of guiding document and

15:05 ↗ so

15:06 ↗ that is being used to help build the

15:09 ↗ annual budget

15:10 ↗ the mayor's budget gets shared presented

15:14 ↗ um to the city council in the fall and

15:16 ↗ they um

15:17 ↗ you know they review it and usually make

15:19 ↗ some adjustments

15:21 ↗ and then adopt it in november and based

15:23 ↗ on that approved budget the city

15:26 ↗ then confirm up its uh work plan for the

15:29 ↗ year and and that also in turn

15:31 ↗ helps determine what you as one of the

15:34 ↗ advisory boards will be working on

15:36 ↗ in the year to come uh and then you know

15:40 ↗ it's this nice

15:41 ↗ cycle because um as you're reviewing and

15:43 ↗ recommending items they're in turn

15:45 ↗ going back to the city council um for

15:48 ↗ for them to consider and formally act

15:51 ↗ um and one of the important pieces of

15:54 ↗ this slide is also to help show you

15:56 ↗ um that as you as a board

15:59 ↗ may gather consensus around some things

16:01 ↗ you want to see the city doing in the

16:03 ↗ future

16:04 ↗ in the environmental realm that it's

16:07 ↗ important to think about

16:08 ↗ um sharing information and which

16:11 ↗ will be uh presented to the mayor's

16:14 ↗ office

16:14 ↗ through megan or potentially directly um

16:18 ↗ to the city administration and then that

16:19 ↗ is that information can be used to help

16:22 ↗ in the next year's

16:23 ↗ planning um and in the next slide i'll

16:26 ↗ show you some specific

16:27 ↗ mechanisms you have as a board to really

16:29 ↗ um

16:31 ↗ share your your voice and vision um for

16:34 ↗ the city's

16:35 ↗ environmental initiatives

16:40 ↗ so um it's important and i i'm sure i

16:44 ↗ mean i know this is already occurring

16:46 ↗ um so this is just to reiterate that as

16:48 ↗ you um come across

16:49 ↗ i know i know there's a lot of knowledge

16:52 ↗ in this group

16:53 ↗ and passion and as you come across

16:57 ↗ issues that you think the city should be

16:59 ↗ looking at or want

17:00 ↗ want us to consider it's important to

17:03 ↗ connect with megan so that

17:04 ↗ she can help um help you understand what

17:08 ↗ might be

17:09 ↗ going on in the city already um maybe

17:11 ↗ reasons for

17:14 ↗ why that item isn't before you at that

17:16 ↗ time

17:17 ↗ she may be able to share a plan that's

17:19 ↗ already in place or

17:21 ↗ maybe um maybe what you're interested in

17:23 ↗ is something that's slated

17:24 ↗ um for you know a future year or is

17:26 ↗ contingent on

17:28 ↗ work being done in another part of the

17:30 ↗ city

17:32 ↗ and then you are encouraged to as a

17:35 ↗ board

17:36 ↗ find consensus around things that you

17:38 ↗ would like to see the city do in the

17:40 ↗ future

17:42 ↗ and have that documented in some way so

17:45 ↗ one of those ways

17:46 ↗ is going to be through your

17:46 ↗ recommendation reports

17:49 ↗ i saw in looking at your scope in our

17:52 ↗ municipal code

17:53 ↗ that you're actually tasked with helping

17:55 ↗ the city plan

17:57 ↗ for climate resiliency so that's likely

17:59 ↗ an item that will come to you where

18:01 ↗ you'll get

18:02 ↗ you'll get to help set the plan and

18:04 ↗ priorities

18:05 ↗ for that item at other times you might

18:08 ↗ have something come to you

18:09 ↗ and the ev charging ordinance would be a

18:11 ↗ good example where you're being asked to

18:13 ↗ weigh in

18:14 ↗ on a specific set of requirements the

18:17 ↗ city is considering

18:18 ↗ but maybe you as a board have

18:21 ↗ something you would like the city to

18:23 ↗ strongly consider in the future

18:26 ↗ the recommendation report that you'll be

18:28 ↗ considering at one of your future

18:29 ↗ meetings would be an

18:30 ↗ opportunity for you to to formalize that

18:34 ↗ um as a group so that would be a case

18:36 ↗ where

18:37 ↗ someone on the board could propose a

18:39 ↗ motion that might have a statement

18:41 ↗ like you know the board urges the city

18:44 ↗ to explore

18:45 ↗ such and such um and even you know even

18:48 ↗ a time frame this is you just

18:49 ↗ sharing um your hope for the future

18:54 ↗ uh another opportunity you have as a

18:56 ↗ board to help

18:57 ↗ um relay potential future work plan

19:00 ↗ items

19:01 ↗ um is your annual report which will be

19:04 ↗ shared with the

19:05 ↗ mayor and city council annually and so

19:07 ↗ that's again another place you could

19:09 ↗ formalize some thoughts

19:10 ↗ and then lastly um you know working with

19:14 ↗ megan

19:15 ↗ it may be that she can help facilitate a

19:17 ↗ meeting with the city administration if

19:18 ↗ there's something that you

19:20 ↗ really want to learn more about or um

19:23 ↗ want some discussion on it and that

19:25 ↗ would be an appropriate time to have the

19:26 ↗ chair

19:27 ↗ um or vice chair you know represent the

19:29 ↗ board in that way

19:31 ↗ so um and i'm i don't i'm hoping that um

19:35 ↗ nancy let me know if you see any other

19:37 ↗ questions i'm just going to plow forward

19:39 ↗ to my

19:40 ↗ last slide here

19:43 ↗ so that what i was just talking about is

19:45 ↗ really again just trying to give you a

19:47 ↗ sense for how the work will come to the

19:48 ↗ board and some mechanisms you have if

19:50 ↗ you have

19:51 ↗ a vision or desire that isn't

19:55 ↗ currently before you to address this

19:57 ↗ last point here i wanted to make

19:59 ↗ is just a bit of a technicality

20:03 ↗ as you are communicating with the city

20:06 ↗ or other groups now that you are on this

20:09 ↗ board

20:10 ↗ we just want to make sure that you

20:11 ↗ understand um

20:13 ↗ how best to do that so certainly if the

20:16 ↗ board has made

20:18 ↗ a decision a formal recommendation say

20:20 ↗ let's again say on the ev charging

20:22 ↗ ordinance and you want to represent the

20:24 ↗ board as a member and share

20:26 ↗ the recommendation that's very

20:28 ↗ appropriate

20:30 ↗ if you are if the board has discussed

20:33 ↗ something but hasn't settled on it

20:35 ↗ um or maybe you have uh a minority

20:38 ↗ opinion

20:40 ↗ on the board it will be important to uh

20:43 ↗ preface comments or you know sort of

20:46 ↗ written emails or anything you're

20:48 ↗ sharing um as

20:49 ↗ an individual interest so a question

20:53 ↗ came in about this and we

20:54 ↗ thought it was a great question it's

20:56 ↗ something our city we talked

20:58 ↗ with the city council about and they

21:00 ↗ have some specific

21:02 ↗ procedures in their rules so again

21:05 ↗ just wanted to share that with that i'm

21:08 ↗ going to take this slide down

21:09 ↗ and just ask if there's any questions or

21:11 ↗ tina if you had anything you wanted to

21:13 ↗ add

21:14 ↗ yes uh clerk ager speaking thank you

21:16 ↗ tisha

21:17 ↗ great information um the only thing that

21:19 ↗ i would add is that

21:21 ↗ um with your work plan um

21:25 ↗ i believe megan presented your draft

21:27 ↗ board work plan

21:28 ↗ at the first meeting in january and it

21:31 ↗ talked through your meeting dates

21:33 ↗ and some of those items that would be in

21:35 ↗ front of you

21:36 ↗ through march so for your future agendas

21:41 ↗ we would look for what we would call a

21:46 ↗ planning calendar to be inserted on your

21:48 ↗ agenda

21:49 ↗ and we see that the appropriate place

21:51 ↗ for that would be

21:52 ↗ under other business and announcements

21:55 ↗ because

21:55 ↗ right there you have a place that talks

21:58 ↗ about your upcoming meeting

22:00 ↗ and so it's a good document and it's a

22:02 ↗ good reminder to know

22:04 ↗ what's coming next what is your present

22:07 ↗ work plan

22:09 ↗ and and that document does build your

22:11 ↗ agenda

22:12 ↗ so i just wanted to point that out while

22:14 ↗ you don't have one in your packet today

22:16 ↗ we will work with staff on being

22:19 ↗ consistent with that in the future okay

22:26 ↗ and

22:26 ↗ uh with that i am going to put a

22:30 ↗ motion in the chat that someone is

22:31 ↗ welcome to make if there's any questions

22:33 ↗ about anything

22:34 ↗ tina or i just spoke about or the

22:36 ↗ document itself please feel free

22:39 ↗ that's the end of our presentation

22:42 ↗ okay does um anybody have any questions

22:44 ↗ or comments prior to

22:46 ↗ moving forward with motions or on this

22:52 ↗ please put it in the chat box so that we

22:54 ↗ can

22:55 ↗ track that

22:58 ↗ all right i have one question then i'll

23:00 ↗ start this thing um the annual report i

23:02 ↗ assume that's prepared by staff

23:04 ↗ just because the chair is really not

23:06 ↗ very excited to prepare it

23:10 ↗ i uh this is tisha again i think that um

23:15 ↗ you'll you'll work through that process

23:16 ↗ i know in um some with our some of our

23:19 ↗ other boards

23:20 ↗ often uh the staff is looking for

23:22 ↗ guidance from you

23:23 ↗ on the content of the report but would

23:25 ↗ play a role in assembling the

23:27 ↗ information

23:27 ↗ and you know putting it in that report

23:29 ↗ format

23:31 ↗ great and yeah clerk baker speaking um

23:34 ↗ ultimately the board gets to approve the

23:36 ↗ final version of that

23:37 ↗ so it will be an action item in front of

23:39 ↗ the board

23:43 ↗ okay uh jamie has a question

23:47 ↗ jamie this is jamie speaking um i was

23:50 ↗ curious about like i remember when megan

23:53 ↗ laid out kind of our work plan it had

23:55 ↗ every month's meeting

23:56 ↗ like this is the thing that we're going

23:58 ↗ to be working on

23:59 ↗ or having to act on uh

24:02 ↗ i was curious how special meetings

24:06 ↗ get identified within that like what is

24:08 ↗ the process for

24:10 ↗ a topic coming down the pike and

24:14 ↗ there being a feeling that we might need

24:16 ↗ to have like a study session prior to

24:17 ↗ having any action

24:19 ↗ kind of similar with the eb ordinance so

24:21 ↗ i was curious how that process works

24:26 ↗ um this is tisha i think i think

24:29 ↗ one thing and tina might have some

24:33 ↗ information here too i think what could

24:36 ↗ be helpful

24:36 ↗ and one of the purposes of having that

24:39 ↗ planning document tina is talking about

24:41 ↗ is if you have concerns about the board

24:45 ↗ reaching a decision in the time frame

24:48 ↗ that's pla

24:49 ↗ been planned by staff it

24:52 ↗ would be a good idea to to share that

24:55 ↗ perspective and see if other board

24:58 ↗ members

24:58 ↗ and really in advance if possible so

25:01 ↗ there

25:02 ↗ are often um these timelines can be

25:06 ↗ complex

25:07 ↗ often work that you're weighing in on

25:09 ↗ has a path

25:10 ↗ through other advisory boards in the

25:12 ↗ city council um

25:14 ↗ so that could also be a reason for a

25:16 ↗ special meeting

25:18 ↗ right um if if there's a time and

25:20 ↗ consideration

25:22 ↗ and the board wants some more time on an

25:23 ↗ issue that might

25:25 ↗ necessitate a special meeting um or just

25:28 ↗ you know at this time you do have a lot

25:30 ↗ of work you've been tending towards two

25:31 ↗ meetings a month to

25:32 ↗ help accommodate that um tina do you

25:36 ↗ have anything to add

25:38 ↗ uh thank you clerk speaking

25:41 ↗ that's accurate um it really is the

25:44 ↗ what's the deadline driven um timing for

25:47 ↗ the

25:48 ↗ for the item and that itself will drive

25:50 ↗ the need for special meetings

25:52 ↗ um or if there's just more discussion

25:55 ↗ and you find that

25:57 ↗ you need to continue the discussion um

26:00 ↗ and then megan will work with you on uh

26:04 ↗ how that fits in and and all the

26:06 ↗ noticing that is required with that

26:08 ↗ so we'll we'll make sure that you're

26:10 ↗ successful

26:13 ↗ thank you very helpful thanks

26:16 ↗ any other questions or comments please

26:22 ↗ with with that i um this is nancy again

26:25 ↗ davidson

26:26 ↗ um i forgot to introduce myself i'm

26:29 ↗ looking for someone to make a motion

26:30 ↗ please if you could

26:31 ↗ say something in the chat i would

26:33 ↗ appreciate it so i can call on

26:39 ↗ uh jamie please

26:42 ↗ jamie speaking um i move to adopt the

26:45 ↗ rules and regulations

26:46 ↗ as presented i need someone to second

26:50 ↗ that please so could someone please put

26:52 ↗ in there

26:54 ↗ that they've left a second

27:04 ↗ cameron please move forward i think i

27:06 ↗ stick in jamie's motion

27:12 ↗ with that um is there any discussion on

27:15 ↗ the motion that's been made

27:18 ↗ caring none i need to take a vote now i

27:20 ↗ just have a question for the city clerk

27:22 ↗ do we have to call each person's name to

27:24 ↗ vote or can we

27:26 ↗ just check to see if it's unanimous tish

27:29 ↗ i need a little guidance here

27:33 ↗ okay this is uh this is tisha again this

27:36 ↗ is a great

27:36 ↗ question and great item to ask that

27:39 ↗ question on

27:40 ↗ a lot of times if it feels like there's

27:42 ↗ consensus

27:43 ↗ you could ask if there was any objection

27:46 ↗ to

27:47 ↗ approving the rules and if no one

27:50 ↗ objected

27:50 ↗ you could just state they were approved

27:52 ↗ but the rules actually require

27:54 ↗ a majority of the full board um to be

27:57 ↗ adopted and amended

27:59 ↗ and so in that case it's probably wise

28:01 ↗ to to take

28:02 ↗ a roll call vote just to sort of just

28:06 ↗ get that documented if if you're willing

28:08 ↗ chair

28:09 ↗ [Music]

28:10 ↗ i'm happy to do that no problem so here

28:13 ↗ we go

28:16 ↗ excuse me i'm sorry uh nancy this is

28:18 ↗ tisha again i am gonna um

28:20 ↗ unmute laura real quick so that she can

28:23 ↗ um

28:23 ↗ voice her vote laura you'll need to

28:25 ↗ press star six on your phone and may

28:27 ↗ need to unmute your phone

28:30 ↗ and while we're waiting for that uh

28:32 ↗ clerk baker speaking

28:33 ↗ i just want to remind the board that

28:36 ↗ once a motion is made and seconded

28:38 ↗ this is your opportunity to speak

28:41 ↗ up and discuss the motion

28:45 ↗ and if there were amendments that you

28:46 ↗ were looking to make uh

28:48 ↗ this is your opportunity to do that so i

28:50 ↗ would caution you to

28:51 ↗ pause and then um you know

28:56 ↗ then proceed with your vote

29:01 ↗ thank you clerk edgars appreciate that

29:03 ↗ so laura

29:04 ↗ um does anybody have any more comments

29:07 ↗ or amendments or changes to this they'd

29:09 ↗ like on the motion

29:10 ↗ just checking in with that we're going

29:13 ↗ to take a roll call vote on the motion

29:15 ↗ on the floor in that motion is to adopt

29:17 ↗ the rules and regulations as

29:18 ↗ presented um laura i

29:22 ↗ hopefully you can vote first since

29:26 ↗ uh but i don't know what word to say

29:28 ↗ right now agreed

29:29 ↗ say i i i your name right

29:33 ↗ great jamie hi

29:38 ↗ cameron hi

29:41 ↗ dan hi

29:47 ↗ danny

29:52 ↗ danny aye sorry can you hear me

29:55 ↗ thank you dawn

29:58 ↗ hi ann

30:02 ↗ aye and syria

30:07 ↗ am i saying your name correctly it's

30:10 ↗ very close

30:11 ↗ it's surya saria okay thank you i

30:15 ↗ appreciate that

30:16 ↗ yeah i do appreciate it okay

30:20 ↗ with that we'll move on to our next

30:22 ↗ agenda item

30:24 ↗ excuse me nancy yes this is tisha can i

30:28 ↗ um

30:28 ↗ ask how you uh voted on i would like to

30:31 ↗ vote

30:32 ↗ i'm sorry and the chair votes i

30:36 ↗ all right and i was um noting that and i

30:38 ↗ note that that was

30:39 ↗ a vote of nine um in favor and zero

30:42 ↗ opposed so the rules are adopted thank

30:44 ↗ you

30:45 ↗ am i always supposed to say that's nine

30:47 ↗ in favor and

30:49 ↗ or whatever and one post and i think

30:52 ↗ yeah yes and actually i think for future

30:54 ↗ meetings it would probably be wise to

30:56 ↗ have a staff person call the role

30:58 ↗ so they can prompt you to vote as well

31:00 ↗ okay

31:01 ↗ thank you very much appreciate the

31:02 ↗ feedback as you all know i am learning

31:05 ↗ along the way

31:06 ↗ to do this especially in a zoom setting

31:09 ↗ so it's new to me

31:11 ↗ so with that let's move on to the next

31:14 ↗ agenda item which is a discussion item

31:16 ↗ and it's regarding the ruth and dan keys

31:19 ↗ and community award

31:21 ↗ and with that um liba i think it's you

31:26 ↗ yes thank you does did you hear me all

31:29 ↗ right

31:31 ↗ yes all right so

31:34 ↗ hello everyone as you may know my name

31:36 ↗ is liapa brachilite

31:37 ↗ and i'm an intern at the office of

31:39 ↗ sustainability in issaquah

31:41 ↗ today i will give you an overview of two

31:43 ↗ awards that the city

31:45 ↗ recognizes for environmental achievement

31:47 ↗ and stewardship

31:48 ↗ the ruth and dan keys award for a

31:50 ↗ sustainable environment

31:52 ↗ and the community environmental award

31:54 ↗ afterwards i will explain how interested

31:57 ↗ environmental board members can get

31:58 ↗ involved in the award decision process

32:02 ↗ so the first award is called the ruth

32:04 ↗ and dan keys award for sustainable

32:06 ↗ environment

32:06 ↗ was created to honor the legacy of a

32:08 ↗ lifelong environmental advocate in the

32:10 ↗ isoqua region

32:12 ↗ the award aims to recognize those

32:14 ↗ community members who have demonstrated

32:16 ↗ leadership

32:16 ↗ and undertaken significant efforts which

32:18 ↗ have resulted in clear benefits to the

32:20 ↗ environment

32:21 ↗ and long-term sustainability of the

32:23 ↗ isoqua community

32:26 ↗ the other award is called the community

32:28 ↗ environmental award

32:29 ↗ which is awarded to individuals groups

32:32 ↗ and organizations whose achievements are

32:34 ↗ noteworthy in their impact to the

32:36 ↗ environment

32:36 ↗ and benefit to the community this award

32:39 ↗ recognizes achievements that may be

32:41 ↗ smaller in scale or vision

32:43 ↗ shorter in duration or more localized in

32:45 ↗ impact than the ruth and dan

32:47 ↗ keys award criteria and eligibility for

32:51 ↗ both awards is included in the

32:52 ↗ information packet

32:54 ↗ and on the nomination form itself

32:58 ↗ in the past award recipients were

33:00 ↗ recognized at a council meeting

33:03 ↗ now that we have an environmental board

33:04 ↗ we plan to recognize the winners during

33:06 ↗ one of our regular board meetings

33:09 ↗ recipients will be honored with a

33:10 ↗ special award commemorating their

33:12 ↗ achievement during our

33:13 ↗ april 14th board meeting recipients of

33:16 ↗ the ruth keys award will receive

33:18 ↗ a treat planted in their honor and a 500

33:20 ↗ cash award

33:22 ↗ thanks to a generous endowment from the

33:23 ↗ ruth and then he's the state

33:26 ↗ recognition for the recipients that she

33:28 ↗ meant will also be made in the mayor's

33:30 ↗ report

33:30 ↗ at a city council meeting and through

33:32 ↗ city publications

33:35 ↗ environmental board members can get

33:37 ↗ involved in the award decision process

33:39 ↗ by serving on the mayor's nomination

33:41 ↗ committee

33:42 ↗ which will review award applications and

33:44 ↗ provide input to the mayor

33:46 ↗ no more than four members are permitted

33:48 ↗ in order to avoid quorum

33:50 ↗ interested board members must notify

33:52 ↗ megan curtis murphy by february 19th

33:55 ↗ if interested in participating on the

33:57 ↗ nomination committee

33:59 ↗ just so we're clear with the timeline

34:01 ↗ the nomination applications go out

34:03 ↗ tomorrow

34:03 ↗ for both awards they will be published

34:06 ↗ in the insider

34:07 ↗ social media and other venues and shared

34:09 ↗ broadly with members of the community

34:11 ↗ and of course the environmental board

34:14 ↗ then on march 8th all award nominations

34:16 ↗ are due

34:17 ↗ afterwards the nomination committee will

34:19 ↗ take a look at all the applications

34:21 ↗ discuss them with each other and with

34:23 ↗ the mayor lastly on april

34:25 ↗ april 14th the award recipients will be

34:27 ↗ announced in the environmental board

34:29 ↗ meeting

34:30 ↗ let me know if you have any questions

34:36 ↗ so this is nancy davidson again and we

34:39 ↗ had a conversation

34:40 ↗ jamie myself and megan lipa earlier this

34:44 ↗ week

34:44 ↗ and what we'd like to propose is getting

34:47 ↗ a subcommittee of the environmental

34:49 ↗ board so we do not have a quorum for

34:50 ↗ this um so we're not actually taking a

34:53 ↗ vote

34:53 ↗ to work with the mayor and her office

34:56 ↗ and probably megan on this so it's kind

34:58 ↗ of a surprise for whoever is nominated

35:00 ↗ and ultimately selected

35:02 ↗ it's ultimately the mayor's decision but

35:04 ↗ i'm sure the environmental board's input

35:06 ↗ will be carefully or

35:07 ↗ the environmental board members

35:09 ↗ participating in the subcommittee's

35:12 ↗ input will be highly considered when

35:15 ↗ she's making her decisions

35:16 ↗ but the goal would be is if you're

35:18 ↗ interested it will be a subcommittee

35:20 ↗ up to about four members from what i

35:22 ↗ understand

35:25 ↗ are there any questions at this point

35:27 ↗ that we'd like to ask of the

35:29 ↗ administration

35:30 ↗ uh jamie

35:33 ↗ jamie speaking um yep do you know if the

35:37 ↗ past recipients will be shared as part

35:39 ↗ of

35:39 ↗ the nomination packet or the the

35:42 ↗ materials that that are going to be sent

35:43 ↗ out

35:47 ↗ um i don't believe so i'll ask that to

35:49 ↗ megan um if you do want a list of past

35:51 ↗ recipients

35:52 ↗ the information is i think i can share

35:55 ↗ that

35:56 ↗ is something i can share um so

35:59 ↗ um i can get back to you with that in

36:02 ↗ this week

36:04 ↗ okay thank you if you could share that

36:06 ↗ with the environmental board

36:09 ↗ all of members that would be great too

36:11 ↗ so just so that we all have it

36:13 ↗ please we have a question from danny

36:17 ↗ danny go ahead yeah sorry i just want to

36:20 ↗ uh this is danny i just want to make

36:21 ↗ sure that um i understand it correctly

36:23 ↗ so

36:24 ↗ um we don't have to let megan know if

36:27 ↗ we're interested it'll just be

36:28 ↗ randomly selected members or

36:32 ↗ uh you should actually let megan know um

36:35 ↗ and the last day to let her know is

36:38 ↗ february 19th so

36:42 ↗ it won't be a random selection you'll

36:43 ↗ have to email her and let her know

36:50 ↗ and this is nancy again just as a

36:52 ↗ reminder it can only be

36:54 ↗ four members of the environmental board

36:55 ↗ to avoid a quorum

36:58 ↗ with that um we have another question

37:00 ↗ from dawn

37:06 ↗ i've done mute um just a question on the

37:09 ↗ process you said that that people get

37:11 ↗ nominated are people allowed to

37:12 ↗ self-nominate for this award

37:16 ↗ yes okay

37:22 ↗ um cameron hat this is nancy again uh

37:25 ↗ cameron has a question

37:26 ↗ yeah cameron here um question there

37:29 ↗ maybe to

37:30 ↗ city staff uh how many candidates are

37:33 ↗ there on a uh

37:34 ↗ that are typically nominated on these uh

37:36 ↗ these awards

37:39 ↗ usually about three to five per year so

37:42 ↗ not a not a big group

37:50 ↗ whoops excuse me you had to admit as

37:52 ↗ well are there any other questions from

37:54 ↗ the board

37:58 ↗ uh jamie you have another question

38:01 ↗ this is jamie uh and this might be for

38:04 ↗ city staff uh a question around

38:07 ↗ how subcommittees would typically

38:10 ↗ convene

38:11 ↗ um and maybe this is something that

38:13 ↗ megan will will lay it's likely

38:15 ↗ something she'll lay out but just was

38:16 ↗ curious generally how

38:18 ↗ subcommittees would come together at

38:20 ↗ least on on other commissions or boards

38:32 ↗ yeah i can so i i believe what um

38:36 ↗ lyeppa was sharing is the mayor's

38:38 ↗ interested in

38:39 ↗ getting a few members of the

38:41 ↗ environmental board to serve on sort of

38:43 ↗ an informal nominating committee that

38:46 ↗ the mayor's

38:47 ↗ convening so it won't it's not

38:49 ↗ technically

38:50 ↗ a committee or subcommittee of

38:53 ↗ the board it's a few board members

38:56 ↗ volunteering to help her review those

38:58 ↗ nominations it may be in the future

39:00 ↗ that the environmental board decides to

39:03 ↗ appoint

39:04 ↗ a subcommittee for a purpose and as

39:07 ↗ nancy was explaining

39:09 ↗ the difference there is that then that

39:11 ↗ board would be

39:12 ↗ reporting back to the full board and the

39:15 ↗ full board would

39:16 ↗ be making a recommendation so this is a

39:18 ↗ little different and a little bit more

39:19 ↗ discreet it allows

39:20 ↗ um those award nominees

39:24 ↗ that their nomination to be

39:27 ↗ kept you know kept a secret until the

39:30 ↗ award can be

39:31 ↗ announced

39:37 ↗ are there any other questions this is

39:39 ↗ nancy again

39:42 ↗ so just a reminder to all the board

39:44 ↗ members please if you're interested

39:46 ↗ in helping the mayor with this um and

39:49 ↗ representing the board

39:50 ↗ please get your information to um

39:54 ↗ megan by the 19th and i see that cameron

39:56 ↗ had a question while i was answering

39:58 ↗ that so

39:59 ↗ cameron i'll turn it over to you cameron

40:01 ↗ here sorry nancy uh for the interruption

40:04 ↗ uh i just had one final question felipe

40:08 ↗ there are there are two awards i

40:10 ↗ understand uh the

40:12 ↗ ruth and dan keys and then the community

40:14 ↗ awards

40:15 ↗ sustainability award will the select

40:17 ↗ group of

40:18 ↗ four uh board members be working on both

40:21 ↗ awards or is it just one

40:22 ↗ one one specific ward

40:28 ↗ um i'll get back to that later i believe

40:30 ↗ it's both but i will confirm with you

40:33 ↗ later this week thank you for the

40:36 ↗ question

40:46 ↗ great well that um covers the agenda

40:49 ↗ items we have for tonight

40:51 ↗ at this point since we're not taking

40:53 ↗ action on that that was just a

40:54 ↗ discussion

40:55 ↗ item i'm moving on to the fifth item in

40:58 ↗ our agenda which are reports

41:00 ↗ and the first report i'm going to need

41:02 ↗ some help with

41:03 ↗ is the equity convening that occurred i

41:06 ↗ think there were two sessions on it

41:08 ↗ um we had jamie danny and siri uh

41:11 ↗ participate in it

41:12 ↗ participate in it and i'm not sure who's

41:15 ↗ going to be reporting on this one

41:17 ↗ so um i will turn that to jamie to kind

41:20 ↗ of

41:20 ↗ at least tell me who that might be

41:22 ↗ because i know he was part of it thank

41:23 ↗ you

41:27 ↗ and i will uh turn your turning over to

41:30 ↗ uh danny and surya because i think they

41:33 ↗ were going to

41:34 ↗ potentially tag team but i'm not

41:36 ↗ actually sure myself

41:39 ↗ so whichever one of you uh wants to

41:41 ↗ start go ahead

41:43 ↗ this is danny i can start it off um so

41:46 ↗ we went to both of them um i can talk

41:49 ↗ more about the first one because i have

41:50 ↗ a couple notes on that um but basically

41:53 ↗ it was um super great we kind of heard

41:56 ↗ from

41:56 ↗ a lot of um i think it was the human

41:59 ↗ resources commission

42:00 ↗ kind of on the work that they're doing

42:02 ↗ around equity

42:03 ↗ um and they have kind of laid out

42:07 ↗ a plan for a new board and then also we

42:10 ↗ heard from

42:10 ↗ several groups um one appointed uh

42:14 ↗ one was from um isaac high school

42:17 ↗ actually

42:18 ↗ and i think they're the issaquah equity

42:20 ↗ council

42:21 ↗ um and they kind of talked about some of

42:23 ↗ the awesome work that they've done which

42:24 ↗ is really cool to kind of hear from

42:26 ↗ um some of my fellow peers about you

42:29 ↗ know how they're really trying to make

42:31 ↗ our high school a better place it was

42:32 ↗ pretty it's pretty nice um

42:34 ↗ and also it was just great to

42:37 ↗ and also um a lot of it was kind of like

42:40 ↗ discussions on

42:41 ↗ what does equity really mean in issaquah

42:44 ↗ like what can we all

42:45 ↗ try to do and um i know actually in the

42:49 ↗ application for this board one of the

42:50 ↗ questions was kind of talking about

42:52 ↗ how we will including equity and kind of

42:55 ↗ like our decision making

42:56 ↗ our thinking and uh you know we also

42:58 ↗ talked about it a lot in our last

43:00 ↗ meeting so it was really interesting to

43:02 ↗ see

43:03 ↗ uh where the larger community is at as

43:05 ↗ far as equity and it was um

43:07 ↗ yeah and serbia can add to that but

43:09 ↗ that's kind of just

43:12 ↗ and so the second week meetings

43:16 ↗ and more of the specifics of what they

43:18 ↗ found throughout the community and what

43:19 ↗ they heard throughout the community

43:20 ↗ um i'll just summarize quickly um their

43:22 ↗ key points

43:23 ↗ uh their first key point was that not

43:25 ↗ everyone feels safe

43:26 ↗ um they emphasize that the group around

43:29 ↗ us may feel safe but we have to pay

43:31 ↗ attention to the reality that a lot of

43:32 ↗ people in a squad don't feel safe

43:35 ↗ um the second point was that racism

43:36 ↗ exists it's alive and well

43:38 ↗ and that was like stated explicitly um

43:41 ↗ the third point was

43:43 ↗ what really hurt people across the city

43:44 ↗ were the microaggressions the things

43:46 ↗ that are prevalent on a daily basis

43:48 ↗ which creates those unsafe spaces and

43:51 ↗ disrupts people's days

43:53 ↗ the fourth key point was that the school

43:55 ↗ system needs innovation

43:57 ↗ um many people feel that they need to be

43:59 ↗ supported by the school system and that

44:00 ↗ one

44:01 ↗ is more targeted at the youth who are

44:03 ↗ going through the system

44:06 ↗ number five is community awareness

44:09 ↗ on the issues that um the issue of race

44:11 ↗ has varied um people of color and not

44:13 ↗ non-people of color have experienced

44:15 ↗ different issues so that's a matter of

44:17 ↗ not invalidating their voices

44:19 ↗ in those issues um and then also

44:22 ↗ in that point there is a discussion

44:24 ↗ around the small window of opportunity

44:26 ↗ they had

44:26 ↗ following the death of george floyd

44:28 ↗ where there was this huge momentum going

44:30 ↗ on to

44:31 ↗ combat issues of race and specifically

44:34 ↗ um racial inequities um but

44:37 ↗ there was a comment about needing con

44:40 ↗ needing to continue the momentum even

44:42 ↗ past

44:43 ↗ um what occurred last year um so that's

44:45 ↗ something that the

44:46 ↗ new board will discuss um the risk of

44:49 ↗ apathy and status quo was brought up

44:52 ↗ um and then also the issue of

44:54 ↗ homelessness and

44:55 ↗ the large population of homelessness and

44:57 ↗ so one of the challenges that they left

45:00 ↗ for all the

45:01 ↗ all the boards across the city were to

45:03 ↗ make sure that

45:04 ↗ we hear the community um to take into

45:07 ↗ account

45:08 ↗ their voices um take into account maybe

45:11 ↗ getting some focus groups and some of

45:12 ↗ the decisions we make especially if

45:14 ↗ there's

45:15 ↗ a lot of long-term implications with

45:17 ↗ those decisions

45:18 ↗ but also having a long term and also um

45:22 ↗ making sure we all have a long-term

45:24 ↗ commitment and a long-term mindset for

45:26 ↗ whatever

45:27 ↗ we discuss in this board and whatever

45:29 ↗ action we take because while dates are

45:30 ↗ important

45:32 ↗ um the long-term impact matters more so

45:35 ↗ yeah

45:37 ↗ that's a lot i hope i hope that made

45:40 ↗ sense

45:41 ↗ that was a great presentation and thank

45:43 ↗ you very much for

45:45 ↗ participating in that those convenings

45:48 ↗ and bringing the feedback back to this

45:50 ↗ board

45:51 ↗ um i'm going to put you two on the spot

45:53 ↗ baby jamie as well does anybody have any

45:55 ↗ questions for these three participants

45:57 ↗ from the environmental board

46:04 ↗ seeing no questions come up i want to

46:06 ↗ thank you all for participating and

46:08 ↗ we'll try and

46:09 ↗ consider when we want to reach out to

46:11 ↗ the community further

46:13 ↗ hopefully megan will be able to help us

46:14 ↗ along the way with that

46:16 ↗ that would be great the next report

46:20 ↗ is that um i was planning on hearing

46:23 ↗ about

46:24 ↗ is the discussion that occurred at the

46:27 ↗ council study session

46:28 ↗ last evening on the ev ordinance

46:31 ↗ megan was planning on doing that but

46:33 ↗ lipa i think you're

46:36 ↗ planning on doing it and just as a side

46:38 ↗ note i too uh listened in on the

46:40 ↗ conversation last night so

46:42 ↗ thank you great yeah

46:45 ↗ so last night as nancy just said

46:49 ↗ during the council study session megan

46:51 ↗ presented on the electrical

46:53 ↗ electric vehicle charging ordinance she

46:55 ↗ shared feedback

46:56 ↗ that we've gotten from the planning

46:58 ↗ policy commission and the environmental

47:00 ↗ board

47:01 ↗ and the council members appreciated

47:02 ↗ hearing all the perspectives

47:04 ↗ and agreed with most a lot of the

47:06 ↗ feedback that they heard

47:08 ↗ and also the city attorney included a

47:10 ↗ memo on his legal opinion regarding

47:12 ↗ single-family requirements

47:14 ↗ which will be included next time this

47:16 ↗ comes to the board

47:18 ↗ in terms of next steps the council

47:19 ↗ requested the ordinance to go back to

47:21 ↗ the environmental board

47:22 ↗ for a formal recommendation in march

47:26 ↗ and a planning policy commission public

47:28 ↗ hearing also in march

47:29 ↗ and then return back to council for

47:31 ↗ final action on april 5th

47:34 ↗ and this item will return to the board

47:36 ↗ at the march 10th meeting where we will

47:38 ↗ fill out the recommendation report

47:41 ↗ yeah thank you thank you and this is

47:45 ↗ nancy davidson again um

47:47 ↗ [Music]

47:49 ↗ if there's any questions but i'd also

47:52 ↗ encourage you it was the last agenda

47:54 ↗ item

47:54 ↗ on the council study session last night

47:57 ↗ if you have a chance it might be

47:59 ↗ helpful to at least listen to that

48:00 ↗ portion of it if you have time

48:03 ↗ or feel so inclined it was an

48:05 ↗ interesting conversation

48:06 ↗ from my perspective but i would

48:09 ↗ encourage you to do that

48:11 ↗ and are there questions regarding what

48:14 ↗ happened last night

48:18 ↗ seeing no questions come up that

48:20 ↗ concludes

48:21 ↗ the reports at this time i'm going to

48:24 ↗ move into

48:25 ↗ agenda item number six which is the

48:27 ↗ other business and announcements

48:29 ↗ and the chair is going to take a little

48:31 ↗ prerogative for a minute thank you for

48:33 ↗ the

48:33 ↗ encouragement anne about how i'm doing

48:35 ↗ running the meeting i needed that thanks

48:38 ↗ anyway uh it's the first one and so

48:41 ↗ and without megan here i just wanted to

48:43 ↗ point that out now let's talk about

48:44 ↗ other business

48:46 ↗ we have um some webinars that are coming

48:49 ↗ up there's two of them

48:50 ↗ one on the 20th which is this saturday

48:54 ↗ and one on the 27th regarding uh cities

48:57 ↗ climate action

48:58 ↗ there's a climate action summit summit

49:00 ↗ webinars

49:01 ↗ um we were supposed to get feedback if

49:03 ↗ you wanted to participate

49:04 ↗ to megan and she gave us a date which

49:07 ↗ i'm sorry don't recall at this time

49:09 ↗ but there were four of us that had

49:11 ↗ indicated an

49:12 ↗ interest in participating in one or both

49:14 ↗ of them

49:16 ↗ and um i just wanted to check in but

49:19 ↗ the people that have indicated an

49:21 ↗ interest

49:22 ↗ is anne has indicated an interest in

49:25 ↗ participating in both

49:27 ↗ attending both uh laura

49:31 ↗ laura had asked to participate i'm not

49:33 ↗ sure if you wanted to go to one or both

49:35 ↗ and perhaps city clerk can you tag her

49:38 ↗ up so she can talk and see what her

49:39 ↗ interest was

49:42 ↗ please

49:47 ↗ laura are you there

49:52 ↗ yes yes lots of buttons here

49:56 ↗ would you like to participate in both of

49:58 ↗ them is that my understanding is that

49:59 ↗ correct

50:00 ↗ i'm hoping to go to both of them if i

50:01 ↗ could make it yeah that'd be great

50:04 ↗ jamie had indicated an interest in

50:06 ↗ attending the second one

50:08 ↗ and i have an interest in participating

50:10 ↗ in the first one so

50:12 ↗ at this point we don't have enough

50:13 ↗ people for a quorum for any of them so i

50:15 ↗ would encourage

50:17 ↗ the four of us that have signed up and

50:19 ↗ indicated an interest to please register

50:21 ↗ for the uh webinars that are in your

50:24 ↗ email that you've inter

50:25 ↗ indicated an interest if anyone else

50:28 ↗ plans to attend please send megan and i

50:31 ↗ an email because we have to limit the

50:33 ↗ number of participants from this board

50:36 ↗ in those webinars um to four

50:40 ↗ however they are going to be available

50:42 ↗ later i think on youtube or something

50:44 ↗ like that

50:45 ↗ and so that information will get out to

50:47 ↗ you when we get it after the webinars

50:49 ↗ have occurred

50:50 ↗ so you can go back and listen to those

50:52 ↗ as well so that's

50:54 ↗ what i have to report on that one

50:57 ↗ um with that the only other business

51:00 ↗ that i'm aware of and then i'll ask if

51:02 ↗ there's anybody else

51:03 ↗ is the agenda items that are coming up

51:05 ↗ in march megan did send something

51:07 ↗ out to us about that our marriage agenda

51:10 ↗ items even though it's not on our agenda

51:12 ↗ include

51:13 ↗ us taking action on the ev ordinance

51:16 ↗ um we're going to be talking uh there's

51:19 ↗ the background that megan was not able

51:21 ↗ to make today

51:22 ↗ on the environmental stewardship and

51:24 ↗ climate background

51:26 ↗ that she was had sent out earlier and

51:29 ↗ she's going to present that to us

51:31 ↗ um the storm and surface water master

51:34 ↗ plan is supposed to be coming to us

51:37 ↗ and an npdes

51:40 ↗ report of activities in npdes is

51:43 ↗ national pollution

51:45 ↗ discharge elimination system boy i can

51:47 ↗ remember that from my old working days

51:49 ↗ anyway um there's a report on that i

51:51 ↗ don't know what that means but

51:53 ↗ there's a report so those are the

51:55 ↗ reports or other business and

51:57 ↗ announcements i'm aware of does anyone

51:59 ↗ else have anything else

52:00 ↗ for the good of the order

52:05 ↗ see man um i want to thank those of you

52:08 ↗ that let us know if you could or

52:09 ↗ couldn't attend even though you're not

52:11 ↗ here

52:12 ↗ but please let myself and jamie and

52:15 ↗ megan know if you're not going to be

52:16 ↗ able to make it so that we can get

52:17 ↗ someone

52:18 ↗ teed up as an alternate um we understand

52:21 ↗ that happens at times and with that

52:25 ↗ uh seeing no further business do i have

52:28 ↗ to take a motion to adjourn or can i

52:29 ↗ just addre no motion needed okay

52:32 ↗ with that i'm going to adjourn the

52:33 ↗ meeting and wish you all well and

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