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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

6:30 PM · 1h 11m
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Section
1. CALL TO ORDER
1a
Board Membership
packet pp.3
Previously discussed: Environmental Board · Apr 28, 2021
Open packet at p.3 ↗
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 2022 - Dani Madan* by advising the Mayor, City Council and City 2022 - Don McQuilliams departments on the City’s plans, policies, 2023 - Rishi Hazra* regulations and programs related to 2023 - Cameron Fisher environmental stewardship. 2023 - Lara Lebeiko 2024 - Nancy Davidson 2024 - Dan Hintz Membership 2024 - Anne Newcomb The Environmental Board is comprised of nine 2025 - Jamie Finch 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 2022 - Tom Anderson…
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2a
Minutes of Apr. 28, 2021
packet pp.5–8
Previously discussed: Environmental Board · Apr 28, 2021
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Staff report:
CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board – Special Meeting 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting April 28, 2021 MINUTES
4. AGENDA ITEMS
4a
Election of Chair and Vice Chair
Action · 10 min · packet pp.9–17
Topics: Elections
▶ Watch from 17:36 Open packet at p.9 ↗
Staff report:
Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov
4b
Issaquah Climate Action Plan Overview
35 min · Megan Curtis-Murphy, Senior Sustainability Coordinator · packet pp.19–25
Topics: Climate
▶ Watch from 17:36 Open packet at p.19 ↗
Staff report:
2021 Climate Legislative Update MAY 12, 2021 | BOARD MEETING LIEPA BRACIULYTE, SUSTAINABILITY INTERN
4c
2021 Climate Legislative Update
Information · 20 min · Liepa Braciulyte, Sustainability Intern
Topics: Climate
▶ Watch from 17:38
6. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
6a
2021 Environmental Board Tentative Schedule
packet pp.27
▶ Watch from 1:10:28 Open packet at p.27 ↗
Staff report:
EV Charging Ordinance 3/24/21 Storm and Surface Water Master Plan NPDES Report of Activities April (No meeting on April 14th) October 4/19/21 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and 10/13/21 (7:00 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) pm) Presentation at City Council Meeting 4/28/21 Environmental Awards Ceremony (6:00 pm) 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Plan May November 5/12/21 Chair and Vice Chair Election 11/10/21 Annual Report Issaquah Climate Action Plan Overview 2021 Climate Legislative Update June December 6/9/21 Commercial Recycling Outreach Grant 12/8/21 Report Environmental Regulatory Compliance Program Overview
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0:02 ↗ uh i'm the chair
0:03 ↗ of the isoqua environmental board uh
0:06 ↗ welcome to the may 12
0:09 ↗ 2021 meeting um
0:12 ↗ due to the virtual format of today's
0:14 ↗ meeting i'd like to start by providing
0:16 ↗ some guidelines
0:17 ↗ we have participants attending by
0:19 ↗ computer and others who
0:20 ↗ may be attending by phone for all
0:22 ↗ meeting attendees please speak clearly
0:25 ↗ and pause frequently
0:27 ↗ state your name and each time before
0:29 ↗ speaking
0:30 ↗ mute your microphone when not speaking
0:33 ↗ if you're having technical issues
0:35 ↗ please try try joining the meeting using
0:37 ↗ a different device such as a smartphone
0:39 ↗ or tablet
0:41 ↗ or there's the call-in information in
0:43 ↗ the meeting invite that you can use to
0:45 ↗ call into the meeting
0:47 ↗ with that i'm going to ask megan to go
0:50 ↗ ahead and do a roll call of the board
0:52 ↗ tonight
0:57 ↗ great thank you um so when i call your
1:00 ↗ name just say here
1:02 ↗ tom anderson here
1:05 ↗ surya bola pragata
1:09 ↗ here nancy davidson
1:14 ↗ here jamie finch
1:17 ↗ here cameron fisher
1:21 ↗ yeah rishi hazra
1:25 ↗ here dan hintz
1:28 ↗ here laura libico
1:34 ↗ here danny madden
1:38 ↗ here and
1:41 ↗ we do not have um don oh sorry and janet
1:45 ↗ wall
1:46 ↗ here thank you and ann newcombe has an
1:50 ↗ excuse absence
1:52 ↗ this evening and we are still waiting on
1:55 ↗ dawn
1:56 ↗ great thank you all just as a reminder
2:00 ↗ to the commissioners
2:01 ↗ um if you desire to speak please send a
2:04 ↗ chat to all panelists
2:05 ↗ and type question or comment and then if
2:08 ↗ i see it i will try to acknowledge you
2:10 ↗ as the chair
2:12 ↗ uh please do not put any substantial
2:14 ↗ substance
2:15 ↗ substantive boy i'm having a good night
2:17 ↗ comments in the chat for any
2:19 ↗ commissioners on the phone and i don't
2:20 ↗ think there are you can use star 3 to
2:22 ↗ raise your hand
2:24 ↗ with that we're going to move on to the
2:26 ↗ second item in the agenda
2:29 ↗ and that's the approval of the minutes
2:31 ↗ for april 28th
2:34 ↗ 2021 are there any comments
2:37 ↗ on the um and i see megan
2:40 ↗ has a comment i'll get to you a minute
2:41 ↗ any comments on the minutes
2:46 ↗ seeing no comments or changes the
2:49 ↗ minutes stand approved
2:51 ↗ with that i'm going to ask megan to
2:53 ↗ speak up to
2:54 ↗ her issue go ahead megan thank you this
2:57 ↗ is megan curtis murphy
2:59 ↗ i want to mention both dawn mick
3:01 ↗ williams and ann newcombe both have
3:03 ↗ excused absences for
3:04 ↗ tonight and that janet wall and tom
3:08 ↗ anderson would be serving as regular
3:10 ↗ members this evening
3:14 ↗ thank you with this we'll move into item
3:18 ↗ three on our agenda and that is the
3:20 ↗ public comments
3:21 ↗ and before we start taking public
3:23 ↗ comments there are some guidelines
3:25 ↗ associated with that that i need to
3:27 ↗ share with everyone and by the way this
3:28 ↗ is nancy davidson again
3:31 ↗ the public comments are important part
3:32 ↗ of the public process
3:34 ↗ we take them seriously and factor them
3:37 ↗ into the decisions we make
3:38 ↗ for members of the public joining us
3:41 ↗ welcome
3:42 ↗ if there anyone in the meeting now who
3:43 ↗ would like to make public comments
3:45 ↗ please raise your
3:46 ↗ virtual hand to do this if you're on the
3:48 ↗ phone
3:49 ↗ press star 3. if you join by computer or
3:53 ↗ smartphone look for
3:55 ↗ sorry my phone went off look for a
3:58 ↗ hand icon this varies by device
4:02 ↗ one option may be to go to the
4:03 ↗ participants panel and select your name
4:06 ↗ and then choose raise your hand it may
4:08 ↗ also be located under the reactions menu
4:11 ↗ or more menu i will wait for a moment
4:14 ↗ and see if anyone raises the hand
4:16 ↗ to megan
4:19 ↗ yes we have two people looking to make
4:22 ↗ public comment this evening so ann
4:24 ↗ i will now make you a panelist
4:29 ↗ so you should be able to unmute um
4:32 ↗ please unmute your microphone as you
4:34 ↗ start state your name
4:35 ↗ address and relationship to the city
4:37 ↗ speak clearly and pause frequently
4:40 ↗ we're going to ask you to limit your
4:41 ↗ comments to five minutes and
4:43 ↗ mute your microphone when you're done
4:45 ↗ welcome man
4:49 ↗ can you hear me great
4:52 ↗ okay hey i'm anne flick
5:01 ↗ and i thank you for this opportunity to
5:03 ↗ talk about the
5:05 ↗ climate action plan first of all i want
5:08 ↗ say something about the big picture and
5:10 ↗ that is how the climate action plan fits
5:12 ↗ into other city plans
5:14 ↗ and apologies yes though
5:19 ↗ those nests circle on the slide
5:22 ↗ is going to have in her presentation
5:26 ↗ it's really important the republican
5:28 ↗ network is defensive plan
5:29 ↗ and the strategic plan that
5:33 ↗ will support climate action also how
5:36 ↗ the climate action plan fits in with
5:38 ↗ other relevant plans
5:40 ↗ such as the master mobility plan storm
5:42 ↗ water parks etc
5:44 ↗ etc was complex because climate action
5:48 ↗ hit so many areas and likewise the city
5:51 ↗ should provide
5:52 ↗ ample opportunities um for community
5:55 ↗ involvement
5:57 ↗ in the title 18 land use code overhaul
6:00 ↗ process that is going on
6:03 ↗ payroll attraction is crucial in
6:05 ↗ lowering our carbon
6:07 ↗ emissions in terms of the process the
6:10 ↗ community would like to know more about
6:12 ↗ how the city departments will be working
6:14 ↗ together
6:15 ↗ portland's success in meeting carbon
6:18 ↗ emission goals
6:19 ↗ used strong leadership over all the
6:23 ↗ departments
6:24 ↗ shared goals proximity of workplace
6:27 ↗ and frequent joint meetings and planning
6:29 ↗ across the departments
6:32 ↗ also um the scope and duration of the
6:35 ↗ actions need to be thought about
6:38 ↗ port portland needed a hundred
6:41 ↗ actions over a period of time years to
6:44 ↗ get
6:45 ↗ and also what role the consultant
6:47 ↗ cascadia is playing
6:49 ↗ would be of interest also how we will
6:52 ↗ work with but not depend
6:53 ↗ entirely on regional and state movement
6:56 ↗ in these areas
6:57 ↗ let's be a leader in the region
7:01 ↗ think about federal support take
7:03 ↗ advantage of federal grants and programs
7:05 ↗ that will be provided by the biden
7:07 ↗ administration
7:09 ↗ and lobby for a bipartisan federal
7:12 ↗ carbon fee
7:13 ↗ and dividend through our representative
7:16 ↗ kim schreier
7:17 ↗ this legislation will greatly enhance
7:20 ↗ our local
7:21 ↗ carbon emission reduction efforts spur
7:24 ↗ clean energy innovation and improve
7:27 ↗ economic equity so
7:31 ↗ priorities focused on the biggest
7:34 ↗ contributors to greenhouse gas emissions
7:36 ↗ buildings and transportation this is a
7:40 ↗ real
7:40 ↗ challenge to face but others have
7:42 ↗ succeeded in doing it
7:44 ↗ through creative solutions and value
7:46 ↗ driven
7:47 ↗ dedication dedication we can
7:50 ↗ too to lower the greenhouse
7:53 ↗ gas emissions we must significantly
7:56 ↗ improve
7:57 ↗ the energy efficiency of existing
7:59 ↗ buildings
8:00 ↗ and shift the culture and options of our
8:03 ↗ transportation systems
8:05 ↗ electrifications of clean energy sources
8:08 ↗ is a big part of the solution our
8:12 ↗ energy and utilities and waste
8:14 ↗ management providers need to be aligned
8:16 ↗ with what we're doing and actually
8:19 ↗ in other areas should be in proportion
8:22 ↗ to how we contribute to lowering
8:24 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions
8:26 ↗ and also to their value in preserving
8:30 ↗ what we still have left
8:32 ↗ in nature while we try to rescue and
8:35 ↗ recover the damage that's being done
8:37 ↗ so it's a lot i offered
8:40 ↗ you in my written comments i see a
8:44 ↗ priorities
8:45 ↗ workbook with a tool and it was created
8:48 ↗ over many months by representatives
8:51 ↗ from local pca groups
8:54 ↗ resiliency is important alongside
8:57 ↗ but is secondary to reducing emissions
9:01 ↗ not succeeding with that emission
9:04 ↗ reduction will over
9:08 ↗ any resiliency efforts we can put
9:10 ↗ together and finally building
9:13 ↗ long-term monitoring and adjusting
9:15 ↗ implementation
9:17 ↗ so of implementation so measurement of
9:19 ↗ progress
9:21 ↗ increase our greenhouse gas inventory
9:23 ↗ frequency and
9:25 ↗ provide problem solving sessions among
9:27 ↗ departments
9:29 ↗ community involvement interwoven into
9:31 ↗ this project
9:32 ↗ is the last priority but not the least
9:35 ↗ it's the most important
9:37 ↗ bring together current community and new
9:40 ↗ neighborhood groups for education
9:42 ↗ discussion
9:43 ↗ projects and mutual support i have many
9:46 ↗ ideas for this that i don't have time to
9:47 ↗ go into
9:48 ↗ but we do have a lot of resources in our
9:53 ↗ community we have
9:54 ↗ people for climate action we have
9:55 ↗ climate solutions we have many groups
9:58 ↗ that have uh materials and resources
10:01 ↗ that the city
10:02 ↗ could use particularly if city resources
10:04 ↗ are limited for community work
10:06 ↗ and finally what success looks like the
10:09 ↗ city
10:10 ↗ community consultants and support groups
10:13 ↗ work
10:13 ↗ collaboratively toward the same goals in
10:16 ↗ a framework of positive
10:19 ↗ intersecting community values
10:22 ↗ all city plans and policies and
10:25 ↗ regulatory codes
10:26 ↗ support significant priority
10:30 ↗ climate action there is a built-in
10:33 ↗ long-term 20 to 30-year commitment
10:38 ↗ frequent implementation measurements
10:41 ↗ and ongoing adjustments as needed
10:45 ↗ and finally we will get to the lowered
10:48 ↗ carbon emissions
10:49 ↗ in our a4c goals and
10:53 ↗ even above that nature will be preserved
10:57 ↗ with peace and justice in human
11:00 ↗ relations
11:02 ↗ thank you thank you ann
11:05 ↗ and uh just for people that may watch
11:08 ↗ this later or on the phone we did
11:09 ↗ receive a very nice email
11:11 ↗ with very similar points made by anne
11:13 ↗ earlier this week so
11:15 ↗ just wanted to share that with people
11:17 ↗ calling in
11:18 ↗ and also we also received comments from
11:21 ↗ another citizen
11:22 ↗ in the city about the
11:25 ↗ climate action plan suggesting some
11:27 ↗ actions that we should be considering
11:29 ↗ and tying it into other jurisdictions
11:32 ↗ and what has happened so just those are
11:33 ↗ two comments that we received
11:36 ↗ with that um if are there anybody else
11:39 ↗ that has asked to make comics megan
11:42 ↗ yes there is so connie i will make you a
11:44 ↗ panelist and if there's anyone else who
11:46 ↗ is an attendee and would like to make
11:49 ↗ comments you can raise your hand
11:51 ↗ again the hand raise feature is in the
11:54 ↗ lower right hand corner of the
11:56 ↗ participants screen
11:57 ↗ so if anyone else would like to do that
11:59 ↗ you're welcome to do so
12:11 ↗ hi i'm connie marsh i live up on squawk
12:14 ↗ mountain
12:15 ↗ and uh i've been watching the attempts
12:18 ↗ of citizens
12:20 ↗ to make inroads in climate action
12:23 ↗ for i think 25 years when john
12:26 ↗ siebeth it broke his heart he worked
12:29 ↗ so hard for so long to gain anybody's
12:32 ↗ attention on climate
12:34 ↗ change and getting people
12:38 ↗ to actually do something that the
12:42 ↗ next person who worked at it was ron
12:45 ↗ sims
12:46 ↗ who was the county exec and
12:49 ↗ he just said we'd better plant
12:52 ↗ a heap of trees and so that sort of
12:55 ↗ started this massive
12:57 ↗ tree planting thing um
13:02 ↗ but nobody was really on board it's like
13:05 ↗ who are these wacko people who think
13:06 ↗ there's climate change
13:08 ↗ because it's inconvenient uh it costs
13:11 ↗ money
13:11 ↗ it makes developers not do certain
13:15 ↗ things
13:15 ↗ and do other things that cost money
13:18 ↗ generally
13:20 ↗ never caught on the city it talked about
13:24 ↗ green
13:24 ↗ it gave some examples like z home was
13:28 ↗ supposed to be a model example
13:30 ↗ but it was never a model example uh
13:33 ↗ it just it was itself and we created a
13:36 ↗ lot of paper
13:37 ↗ and we tried to i don't know
13:40 ↗ track action the city did some things in
13:43 ↗ its
13:43 ↗ own self but we never had
13:46 ↗ a strong
13:50 ↗ uh single-minded voice
13:53 ↗ toward climate action and so
13:56 ↗ now climate action is sexy right
14:00 ↗ and so everybody's going wow we have to
14:02 ↗ get on board with this it feels
14:03 ↗ urgent the young people are thinking
14:06 ↗ these are our lives what are we going to
14:07 ↗ have
14:07 ↗ left and so there's a ground swell
14:11 ↗ toward getting on board with this
14:15 ↗ now having watched things come and go in
14:18 ↗ order to make
14:19 ↗ inroads in our environment and
14:22 ↗ climate as part of the environment
14:25 ↗ because
14:26 ↗ it is we have to consistently
14:30 ↗ create a a guiding star
14:33 ↗ that we look at for everything we do in
14:36 ↗ the city
14:37 ↗ and a climate action plan doesn't really
14:39 ↗ do that
14:40 ↗ um maybe it would indicate that
14:43 ↗ we need this guiding light we can no
14:46 ↗ longer
14:47 ↗ just keep things the same because that's
14:50 ↗ what we've agreed to do
14:51 ↗ for the last forever for a while we
14:54 ↗ could just impact now
14:55 ↗ our comprehensive plan and all our rules
14:58 ↗ have said for years
14:59 ↗ just don't make it worse well a death by
15:02 ↗ a thousand cuts has made it a little bit
15:04 ↗ worse and a little bit worse and a
15:06 ↗ little bit worse
15:06 ↗ until now all of a sudden we're feeling
15:09 ↗ like it's a
15:09 ↗ it's a crisis life as we know it has
15:12 ↗ changed
15:13 ↗ so now not just keeping it the same we
15:16 ↗ have to make it
15:17 ↗ better and better and
15:20 ↗ better in order to continue to exist
15:24 ↗ elegantly on this planet
15:26 ↗ in the future but unless we
15:29 ↗ can establish a a
15:32 ↗ strong single-minded focus
15:36 ↗ that we want to spend money we want to
15:38 ↗ spend time and effort and we want to
15:40 ↗ make the developers and everyone get on
15:42 ↗ board with this
15:44 ↗ we won't go very far so i'm basically
15:47 ↗ echoing and but i'm using different
15:49 ↗ language
15:50 ↗ because i think that unless the
15:52 ↗ community gets behind
15:54 ↗ this and supports the politicians who
15:56 ↗ are behind this
15:57 ↗ and agrees to fund this and it goes
15:59 ↗ through all of our departments and all
16:01 ↗ the things we do
16:03 ↗ we are not going to make it better if
16:05 ↗ we're lucky it could stay the same so
16:08 ↗ the language that i think needs to be
16:10 ↗ in this uh climate action plan
16:14 ↗ the most important is not the action
16:17 ↗ plan itself
16:18 ↗ but but a far larger
16:21 ↗ overarching
16:24 ↗ vision mission for the city that guides
16:27 ↗ us in that direction for all things
16:29 ↗ environmental
16:30 ↗ so i don't know if this rings a bell
16:32 ↗ with any of you
16:33 ↗ but i think the ability to communicate
16:36 ↗ it to the citizenry with the urgency it
16:38 ↗ deserves
16:39 ↗ is what the city has failed to do for a
16:41 ↗ very long time
16:42 ↗ and continues to fail to do in its
16:45 ↗ jargon
16:46 ↗ so um that would be my my
16:50 ↗ sort of single-minded point thank you
16:58 ↗ thank you connie megan has anyone else
17:01 ↗ signed up to provide comments or raise
17:02 ↗ their hand
17:05 ↗ i'm not seeing anyone at the moment if
17:08 ↗ anyone
17:09 ↗ does want to provide comments and
17:12 ↗ you do not see the c hand raise the
17:15 ↗ raise hand function
17:16 ↗ you're welcome to chat to the host as
17:18 ↗ well so i will just give that one more
17:20 ↗ moment as we have a couple attendees on
17:27 ↗ and i am not seeing anyone else
17:30 ↗ so we can move on to the next item all
17:33 ↗ right with that the public comments
17:35 ↗ section of the
17:36 ↗ agenda is closed our next agenda item
17:39 ↗ is the regular business of the board and
17:42 ↗ the first
17:43 ↗ item on that is the election of chair
17:45 ↗ and vice chair
17:47 ↗ and i'm fortunate that i was having to
17:49 ↗ provide a script on how what i'm
17:51 ↗ supposed to do with this one let me get
17:53 ↗ it up on the other computer real quick
17:54 ↗ so that i can read it and
18:01 ↗ sorry just for a minute
18:07 ↗ okay so
18:11 ↗ the following process will be used to
18:13 ↗ elect the officers
18:14 ↗ first i will call for nominations when
18:16 ↗ all nominations have been made
18:19 ↗ i will close the nomination if only one
18:22 ↗ nomination is made
18:24 ↗ the member is collected is considered
18:26 ↗ elected to the position by unanimous
18:28 ↗ consent
18:30 ↗ if multiple nominations are made the
18:33 ↗ board members will have
18:34 ↗ the opportunity to discuss the nominees
18:38 ↗ i will then ask the board members to
18:40 ↗ cast votes
18:41 ↗ on the nominees in the order they were
18:43 ↗ nominated by roll call vote
18:46 ↗ board members may vote for only one
18:48 ↗ nominee per office
18:49 ↗ they may vote and may vote for
18:52 ↗ themselves
18:53 ↗ the first board member receiving a
18:55 ↗ majority vote
18:56 ↗ is declared the chair we'll then do it
19:00 ↗ for the vice chair
19:02 ↗ everybody understand the process and if
19:04 ↗ not raise your hand or put your
19:06 ↗ just ask a question in the chat
19:10 ↗ with that i'm going to ask if there are
19:12 ↗ any nominations for the chair
19:22 ↗ i nominate nancy davidson
19:27 ↗ thank you there's a nomination for nancy
19:29 ↗ davidson as their chair
19:31 ↗ is there anybody else that would like to
19:33 ↗ nominate someone else for the chair
19:36 ↗ position
19:38 ↗ jamie did you have somebody you wanted
19:39 ↗ to nominate
19:42 ↗ all my thunder okay
19:46 ↗ anyone else with that the chair
19:49 ↗ nomination is off the table and thank
19:52 ↗ you again i guess i'm volunteering for
19:53 ↗ another year with all of you as the
19:55 ↗ chair uh now i'm opening the nominations
19:59 ↗ for the vice chair position
20:01 ↗ i'm looking for nominations for someone
20:03 ↗ for vice chair do i have any
20:04 ↗ nominations
20:11 ↗ i'll nominate jamie finch thank you
20:14 ↗ uh jamie has been nominated rishi did
20:17 ↗ you have someone else you wanted to
20:19 ↗ nominate
20:21 ↗ no jamie as well okay
20:25 ↗ see anybody else want to nominate
20:27 ↗ someone
20:30 ↗ i think no other people wishing to chat
20:34 ↗ or speaking up with that the nominations
20:37 ↗ are closed and congratulations jamie you
20:39 ↗ are continuing on as the vice chair
20:40 ↗ thank you
20:42 ↗ thanks everyone thanks everybody
20:46 ↗ back to the agenda okay the next agenda
20:49 ↗ item for tonight is the issaquah climate
20:52 ↗ action plan overview that will be
20:53 ↗ presented by megan
20:55 ↗ megan please move forward
20:58 ↗ great thank you i will go ahead and
21:01 ↗ share my
21:02 ↗ screen
21:12 ↗ i assume everyone can see that there now
21:16 ↗ great all right
21:19 ↗ so i'm megan curtis murphy i'm the
21:21 ↗ senior sustainability coordinator with
21:23 ↗ the city
21:24 ↗ so tonight i'm going to provide a brief
21:26 ↗ overview of the climate action plan
21:28 ↗ and our scope of work for the project
21:30 ↗ and then following that i'll be asking
21:32 ↗ the board to consider
21:33 ↗ and provide input on a couple questions
21:39 ↗ first off we've selected casparia
21:41 ↗ consulting group to help us put together
21:43 ↗ the plan
21:44 ↗ they are a local consulting firm and
21:46 ↗ have helped several neighboring cities
21:48 ↗ with their own plans
21:49 ↗ including redmond and bellevue both
21:51 ↗ recently
21:53 ↗ along with the consulting group and even
21:55 ↗ more importantly we have a group of city
21:57 ↗ staff
21:58 ↗ from several departments who will also
21:59 ↗ be helping with the plan
22:01 ↗ we have a core team of staff from
22:04 ↗ departments including office of
22:05 ↗ sustainability
22:07 ↗ public works parks and community
22:09 ↗ services and community planning and
22:11 ↗ development
22:13 ↗ so the timeline for this work is short
22:15 ↗ just from april through december of this
22:17 ↗ year
22:17 ↗ but there's a couple of reasons for that
22:20 ↗ first through discussions with the
22:21 ↗ community and council
22:23 ↗ we heard that actions to reduce
22:24 ↗ emissions are the most important thing
22:27 ↗ so to focus our time and resources on
22:29 ↗ the actions themselves
22:31 ↗ the city has been engaged in several
22:33 ↗ actions previously
22:35 ↗ from enrolling in green direct for a new
22:37 ↗ electric for renewable electricity
22:39 ↗ for city operations to the isquas
22:42 ↗ solarize campaign that we had
22:44 ↗ and most recently the electric vehicle
22:46 ↗ charging ordinance
22:47 ↗ so the focus has been on action thus far
22:51 ↗ the second reason is although the
22:52 ↗ timeline is short we have already done
22:55 ↗ a lot of the work to get us started in
22:56 ↗ the planning process
23:00 ↗ last july the community put forward a
23:02 ↗ list of recommendations for how the city
23:05 ↗ and communities should address climate
23:06 ↗ change
23:07 ↗ the first of that was developing a
23:09 ↗ climate action plan which we're excited
23:11 ↗ to get work started on now
23:13 ↗ the other recommendations will also be
23:14 ↗ evaluated in the planning process
23:17 ↗ the city will also leverage much of the
23:19 ↗ planning work that we've already done
23:21 ↗ through the mobility master plan the
23:23 ↗ sustainable building action strategy
23:25 ↗ and the park strategic plan through the
23:27 ↗ implementation of all these plans
23:30 ↗ will be intentional and how these
23:31 ↗ actions will help the city reduce
23:33 ↗ emissions and reach our climate goals
23:37 ↗ last there are a lot of partners with
23:38 ↗ resources and tools that we can use
23:41 ↗ the k4c developed the climate action
23:43 ↗ toolkit that has readily available
23:45 ↗ actions
23:46 ↗ and tools for cities to use and other
23:48 ↗ groups such as people for climate action
23:50 ↗ we heard from earlier has also developed
23:53 ↗ prioritized lists
23:55 ↗ what we need to do in issaquah now is
23:57 ↗ select those actions
23:58 ↗ that are specific to our population our
24:01 ↗ building types our businesses
24:02 ↗ and our land use patterns in the city
24:04 ↗ and develop that framework to get the
24:06 ↗ work done
24:11 ↗ this plan will sit amongst other city
24:13 ↗ efforts first we have the comprehensive
24:15 ↗ plan
24:15 ↗ which establishes the city's future
24:18 ↗ vision and policy direction over a
24:19 ↗ longer period
24:21 ↗ next is the city's strategic plan which
24:24 ↗ sets goals for a five-year period
24:26 ↗ and will be revisited by the community
24:29 ↗ other city plans then feed into the
24:32 ↗ strategic plan and the climate action
24:33 ↗ plan will be one of those
24:35 ↗ several of the plans will be
24:37 ↗ cross-referenced in the climate action
24:38 ↗ plan
24:39 ↗ as they include projects or programs
24:41 ↗ they'll help us reduce our carbon
24:43 ↗ emissions
24:44 ↗ for example when we developed the
24:46 ↗ mobility master plan
24:48 ↗ climate was a consideration and that
24:50 ↗ plan established goals to reduce vehicle
24:52 ↗ miles traveled
24:53 ↗ and prioritize projects that helped get
24:55 ↗ that work done
25:00 ↗ this slide is a brief overview of the
25:02 ↗ scope of work to be accomplished
25:04 ↗ the first item is to review background
25:06 ↗ materials which we just discussed with
25:08 ↗ the various inputs that we have for the
25:09 ↗ plan
25:11 ↗ next we'll set targets and goals the
25:13 ↗ consultant will use our previous
25:15 ↗ inventories to forecast emissions and
25:18 ↗ recommend the targets and goals to get
25:20 ↗ us there
25:22 ↗ step three is to understand the
25:23 ↗ community values and engage them in the
25:25 ↗ work
25:26 ↗ again this is something that we've
25:28 ↗ already started last year when we
25:29 ↗ brought the community together for the
25:31 ↗ climate convening
25:33 ↗ we'll work with the consultant to
25:35 ↗ develop a robust engagement strategy and
25:37 ↗ involve both internal
25:38 ↗ and external outreach so this will
25:41 ↗ include boards and commissions
25:43 ↗ reconvening the community and of course
25:46 ↗ include city council and staff as well
25:49 ↗ at the first convening we had
25:50 ↗ representation from a wide array of
25:52 ↗ stakeholders
25:53 ↗ including community groups like people
25:55 ↗ for climate actions
25:56 ↗ non-profits like climate solutions
25:59 ↗ industry groups like master builders
26:01 ↗ associations
26:02 ↗ businesses such as costco and the
26:05 ↗ chamber of commerce
26:06 ↗ and utility partners with puget sound
26:09 ↗ energy and cascade water alliance
26:12 ↗ so we'll continue to engage these groups
26:14 ↗ and more
26:15 ↗ so partners have an opportunity to be
26:17 ↗ engaged in the process
26:18 ↗ early and to help inform policies and
26:20 ↗ actions
26:22 ↗ which brings us to the next step of
26:24 ↗ developing the strategies and actions
26:27 ↗ we'll start with a wider menu of actions
26:29 ↗ and then we'll work to assess and
26:31 ↗ prioritize
26:32 ↗ so we have a focused list for the city
26:36 ↗ the final step is preparing the roadmap
26:38 ↗ which will be the draft and file
26:40 ↗ final plan as well as a detailed
26:42 ↗ implementation plan
26:44 ↗ that calls out specific leads for
26:46 ↗ projects partners to work with and
26:48 ↗ timelines to get the work done
26:54 ↗ before we get into the questions and
26:55 ↗ discussion i want to briefly share the
26:57 ↗ recommendations from the community
26:59 ↗ convening on climate
27:00 ↗ as they'll be important input into the
27:02 ↗ plan
27:03 ↗ again the first recommendation is to
27:05 ↗ develop a climate action plan so we're
27:07 ↗ excited to get started with that work
27:09 ↗ the next one is making improvements to
27:11 ↗ environmental standards
27:13 ↗ such as updates to the title title 16
27:15 ↗ building code
27:16 ↗ and the title 18 land use code so again
27:19 ↗ work is started on the title 18
27:21 ↗ component
27:22 ↗ of which the board will be getting more
27:24 ↗ into the details later this year
27:27 ↗ the other recommendations are items that
27:29 ↗ we'll also consider in the planning
27:30 ↗ process and to start to put more
27:32 ↗ detailed actions to them
27:34 ↗ including electrification of buildings
27:36 ↗ and transportation
27:37 ↗ reducing emissions through
27:39 ↗ implementation of the mobility master
27:40 ↗ plan
27:42 ↗ engaging and educating the community
27:45 ↗ establishing partnerships to manage our
27:47 ↗ urban forest
27:48 ↗ and continuing recycling but also
27:50 ↗ looking further upstream
27:52 ↗ to reducing waste and consumption
27:55 ↗ so most of these items are focused on
27:57 ↗ local actions here in issaquah which are
27:59 ↗ important
28:00 ↗ but it's also important to have the
28:02 ↗ state and federal momentum
28:03 ↗ to reach our climate goals so this
28:06 ↗ evening the next presentation will be
28:08 ↗ liepa sharing some exciting updates from
28:10 ↗ the 2021
28:12 ↗ legislative session that will help us to
28:14 ↗ reach some of those goals as well
28:20 ↗ so i just reviewed the things the
28:22 ↗ community wants us to focus on the
28:23 ↗ in the plan through the community
28:24 ↗ convenient climate so
28:26 ↗ now i'm interested to hear a bit more
28:28 ↗ from the board on which areas you think
28:30 ↗ are the most important to focus on in
28:32 ↗ the plan
28:33 ↗ so either topically about the process
28:35 ↗ itself
28:36 ↗ or or or more about the actions of
28:40 ↗ that's where your focus areas are so are
28:42 ↗ there things you definitely want to see
28:44 ↗ included
28:44 ↗ are there things you think the city
28:46 ↗ should prioritize over others
28:48 ↗ so since this is a new board that was
28:50 ↗ formed after the convening last year
28:53 ↗ i'm excited to hear your thoughts on
28:55 ↗ this and perspective as we
28:56 ↗ are getting started in the process
29:00 ↗ i'm also interested to hear how you
29:02 ↗ might define success for the plan
29:04 ↗ so what does success look like to you
29:07 ↗ another way to think about that
29:08 ↗ is if we were to come back in a year how
29:10 ↗ would we know that this was
29:12 ↗ a successful planning process
29:15 ↗ okay i see cameron has a question
29:17 ↗ cameron go ahead
29:19 ↗ thank you nancy uh cameron fisher um
29:22 ↗ just trying to get my head around the
29:25 ↗ the process there
29:27 ↗ with the um developing of the goals
29:30 ↗ um are you uh item two yes thank you
29:34 ↗ um are you looking to have the
29:36 ↗ consultant
29:38 ↗ uh pull together the information from
29:41 ↗ from the different departments and
29:42 ↗ identify goals or has the city got
29:46 ↗ some formulation of of goals that they
29:48 ↗ would like to implement
29:49 ↗ and and work with the consultant can you
29:51 ↗ kind of walk me through that
29:52 ↗ that development sure yes i think it's a
29:56 ↗ mix of both um so we have
29:58 ↗ our climate action goals um already
30:00 ↗ adopted that are in
30:02 ↗ our comprehensive plan as well so all
30:04 ↗ the work that we have leads up to that
30:06 ↗ comprehensive plan effort
30:08 ↗ so part of it will be looking at those
30:09 ↗ higher level goals
30:11 ↗ assessing if if those are what we
30:14 ↗ what actions we need to get there but
30:16 ↗ also seeing if those are the right ones
30:18 ↗ are they
30:18 ↗ in line with what else we're seeing in
30:21 ↗ the region do we need to be more
30:22 ↗ stringent to get the reductions that we
30:24 ↗ need
30:25 ↗ so we'll be looking at the ones that we
30:27 ↗ have but then also working with the
30:28 ↗ departments to have
30:30 ↗ more specific goals around the various
30:33 ↗ topics of climate so
30:35 ↗ for example around mobility looking at
30:38 ↗ um vehicle miles traveled was something
30:41 ↗ that we looked at
30:42 ↗ in the development of that plan around
30:44 ↗ energy efficiency
30:46 ↗ so the the consultant will be working to
30:48 ↗ do that
30:49 ↗ and we've also been able to look at some
30:51 ↗ other regional plans that have been
30:53 ↗ developed so we have some
30:55 ↗ some areas to base that off of as well
31:01 ↗ are there any other questions or
31:03 ↗ comments
31:08 ↗ uh laura go ahead
31:12 ↗ can you hear me okay i'll assume yes
31:16 ↗ unless someone interrupts um i think an
31:18 ↗ important thing for
31:19 ↗ what success looks like is a lot of
31:22 ↗ what i've heard so far this might be my
31:24 ↗ interpretation is about
31:26 ↗ problem solving um with the emergent
31:29 ↗ crisis of climate change and our
31:31 ↗ emissions but i think
31:33 ↗ something that would be important is to
31:34 ↗ frame um
31:36 ↗ a sort of dashboard that looks at
31:38 ↗ opportunities as well i think is
31:40 ↗ uniquely positioned to do a lot with you
31:43 ↗ know
31:44 ↗ losing my head set um we're uniquely
31:48 ↗ positioned with
31:48 ↗ the amount of vegetation we have and the
31:50 ↗ access to the mountains to actually do a
31:52 ↗ lot of climate
31:53 ↗ climate contribution and um even work
31:56 ↗ with offset programs
31:57 ↗ and then reserving you know a lot of
31:59 ↗ land
32:00 ↗ to do what we can't do as well the more
32:02 ↗ you know and then also um
32:05 ↗ if we can have a dashboard that makes
32:06 ↗ all of that really applicable to the
32:08 ↗ everyday
32:09 ↗ resident that if we have a dashboard
32:11 ↗ that says here's
32:12 ↗ how much my lawn takes up of my yard and
32:14 ↗ if i reduce that i can see and
32:16 ↗ understand how i contribute to the
32:18 ↗ city's goals
32:19 ↗ of of climate um sustainability that
32:22 ↗ would be really helpful so
32:23 ↗ um i think it's easy to get lost in
32:25 ↗ these but if we can i would love to see
32:26 ↗ like a dashboard but then also
32:28 ↗ frame the way that we're looking at um
32:32 ↗ not just a negative like how do we stop
32:34 ↗ from being terrible
32:35 ↗ but thinking about how do we take those
32:37 ↗ unique resources we have that a lot of
32:39 ↗ seattle does not have and how do we
32:41 ↗ sort of farm out some opportunities the
32:43 ↗ community that's outside of here that
32:45 ↗ can work with us
32:46 ↗ to make use of our unique position to
32:48 ↗ benefit the overall climate
32:52 ↗ thank you laura the next person up is
32:55 ↗ jamie jamie go ahead
32:59 ↗ danny fincher um megan i heard a
33:02 ↗ question just around
33:03 ↗ like i know with the stormwater master
33:05 ↗ plan they kind of had a map of the touch
33:07 ↗ points
33:08 ↗ that they expect to have throughout the
33:10 ↗ process do you when do you expect to
33:12 ↗ have something
33:13 ↗ laying out kind of where what that map
33:16 ↗ looks like
33:19 ↗ so that's something we're starting to
33:20 ↗ work on now we're coming up with a
33:22 ↗ detailed engagement
33:24 ↗ plan so i expect a lot of that
33:26 ↗ engagement will be happening
33:29 ↗ probably in the july summer time frame
33:33 ↗ but we'll have that next time we come
33:35 ↗ back to this but there'll be touch
33:36 ↗ points with the environmental board as
33:38 ↗ well as
33:39 ↗ planning policy commission other boards
33:41 ↗ and city council
33:42 ↗ and then community of course as well but
33:44 ↗ we'll have that more detailed
33:46 ↗ next time we come back to the board
33:50 ↗ great thank you uh next comment is from
33:54 ↗ rishi we should go ahead please
33:57 ↗ this is rishi here um i had a comment i
33:59 ↗ think this kind of aligns with both
34:00 ↗ aspects of feedback that the city's
34:02 ↗ looking for
34:02 ↗ so i think one of the most important
34:04 ↗ aspects to focus on in the plan is
34:06 ↗ being able to accurately measure um how
34:09 ↗ much
34:09 ↗ is contributing to the greenhouse gas
34:12 ↗ emissions and being able to tie
34:14 ↗ specific uh you know sectors of the
34:16 ↗ industry
34:17 ↗ here um and map those based on
34:20 ↗ what's coming from isaac why and what's
34:21 ↗ not because understanding
34:23 ↗ how much iso is actually contributing to
34:26 ↗ the overall will help us understand
34:28 ↗ how um or what aspects of our plan we
34:31 ↗ should focus on in the future and what
34:32 ↗ we should add and what we should modify
34:34 ↗ um so we can tell you know which which
34:37 ↗ parts are most effective
34:43 ↗ right jamie you had a comment
34:47 ↗ thanks nancy this is jamie finch um
34:50 ↗ yeah moving to answering some of the
34:52 ↗ questions that you asked megan i think
34:55 ↗ in terms of the focus i do feel like
34:58 ↗ and this is sort of along the lines of
34:59 ↗ what rishi was saying
35:01 ↗ um a clear process of how we measure
35:04 ↗ success of what we're doing at the point
35:06 ↗ that we're actually implementing
35:08 ↗ and how we adjust and and
35:11 ↗ kind of how we measure success along the
35:13 ↗ way i think one of the most interesting
35:16 ↗ insights from the recent webinar was was
35:19 ↗ how berkeley
35:20 ↗ had realized that that some of their
35:22 ↗ tactics had actually
35:23 ↗ not had the the effect that they uh
35:26 ↗ thought and we're making adjustments on
35:27 ↗ the fly so i think
35:29 ↗ how do we make sure that we are really
35:32 ↗ actively and this could be a dashboard
35:34 ↗ there's a bunch of ways that this could
35:35 ↗ come to life but i think a framework to
35:37 ↗ ensure that we are
35:38 ↗ uh really really understanding
35:41 ↗ performance along the way
35:42 ↗ and a process to ensure that as we learn
35:46 ↗ more we are applying those learnings to
35:48 ↗ what we do next
35:49 ↗ um i think in terms of what does success
35:52 ↗ look like i do think that that last step
35:54 ↗ of the process what the roadmap and
35:56 ↗ implementation plan look like
35:58 ↗ i've seen some climate action plans in
36:00 ↗ the past that had kind of a list of
36:02 ↗ actions
36:03 ↗ but it wasn't really clear how that was
36:04 ↗ going to come to life and so
36:06 ↗ i think the way that we're prioritizing
36:09 ↗ funding
36:10 ↗ and ensuring that what we think is going
36:14 ↗ to have the most impact is being done
36:15 ↗ as soon as possible uh is the part that
36:18 ↗ would want to see really clearly define
36:21 ↗ in any plan that we put together to
36:23 ↗ ensure that
36:23 ↗ it's not just a list of things we could
36:25 ↗ do but a really thoughtful plan as to
36:27 ↗ how we're going to do them and
36:29 ↗ prioritize
36:31 ↗ thank you right i signed up the comment
36:35 ↗ this is nancy davidson
36:36 ↗ i think one of the things i'm hoping to
36:39 ↗ see out of this plan as a way to engage
36:41 ↗ more of our community in it
36:43 ↗ often the city has plans to kind of sit
36:45 ↗ on the shelf like comp plan and things
36:47 ↗ like this
36:48 ↗ but this is actually something that can
36:50 ↗ touch every
36:51 ↗ family business in the community and we
36:54 ↗ don't often see them engaged in our
36:57 ↗ activities in the city the cip
36:59 ↗ whatever it is that we're reviewing at
37:00 ↗ the time and somehow we need to overcome
37:03 ↗ of this because the only way we can be
37:05 ↗ successful
37:06 ↗ with climate is if everyone does their
37:08 ↗ part or
37:10 ↗ tries to do their part not just pays
37:11 ↗ their taxes but actually does something
37:13 ↗ at home to make a difference
37:15 ↗ and um i guess i'm interested to see
37:19 ↗ success that if we can get
37:22 ↗ more of our population actively trying
37:24 ↗ to do
37:25 ↗ one two three things to try and improve
37:28 ↗ their carbon output
37:30 ↗ um that's a big step and i think that's
37:32 ↗ a big order to ask
37:33 ↗ for but i think this is the one plan
37:37 ↗ that you can actually get the community
37:39 ↗ around
37:40 ↗ the comp plan is a nice pie in the sky
37:42 ↗ that really doesn't
37:43 ↗ touch a lot of people but this is
37:45 ↗ something the children at home
37:47 ↗ the kids in school if you start even at
37:49 ↗ that level
37:50 ↗ and move it on up to the parents it can
37:53 ↗ actually make a difference
37:54 ↗ and so i think this is one that you can
37:56 ↗ actually get the community around
37:58 ↗ how you do it i don't know how to do it
38:00 ↗ but i just think that is
38:02 ↗ success means to me is if we have
38:05 ↗ something
38:06 ↗ that 50 80 whatever the target is of the
38:10 ↗ community is actually doing one or two
38:12 ↗ things
38:12 ↗ planning a tree whatever it is to
38:15 ↗ improve the climate
38:16 ↗ um that's a measure of success um in a
38:20 ↗ certain period of time
38:21 ↗ that's just my comments
38:25 ↗ anybody else want to comment
38:30 ↗ uh jamie go ahead
38:33 ↗ thanks nancy this is jamie finch um just
38:36 ↗ going stop failing off of what nancy
38:38 ↗ said i do think it's also
38:40 ↗ a great opportunity to show how these
38:43 ↗ actions
38:43 ↗ if you were to attract them in some way
38:46 ↗ how
38:47 ↗ little actions by every single resident
38:49 ↗ of issaquah or
38:50 ↗ a significant portion how those add up
38:52 ↗ to really significant impacts and
38:54 ↗ um the idea of how i think there's also
38:57 ↗ like there's a
38:58 ↗ portion of this climate action plan
39:00 ↗ that's like marketing more so than any
39:02 ↗ like
39:02 ↗ how do you market this and make sure
39:04 ↗ that there's communications plan around
39:06 ↗ this that
39:07 ↗ really does reach a lot of people and
39:09 ↗ that's a piece that i think
39:10 ↗ uh it can't just be a
39:14 ↗ a boring thing that sits on the shelf
39:16 ↗ how do you make this really appealing
39:18 ↗ how do you make sure that anyone
39:19 ↗ it's it's it's approachable it's
39:21 ↗ something that people can understand and
39:23 ↗ feel like they have
39:24 ↗ a way to be a part of it so um
39:27 ↗ couldn't agree more with nancy and i do
39:29 ↗ think one other um
39:30 ↗ related idea and connie brought this up
39:33 ↗ before
39:34 ↗ i do think that um connected to okay
39:37 ↗ we're gonna have specific actions within
39:38 ↗ the climate action plan
39:40 ↗ and i don't know if this is within the
39:42 ↗ climate action plan or something that
39:43 ↗ we're doing in parallel
39:44 ↗ i do think that there should be a
39:46 ↗ framework in
39:48 ↗ how the city is making big decisions
39:50 ↗ around really
39:51 ↗ any of the major plans that we're doing
39:52 ↗ that is
39:54 ↗ taking a more specific look at how can
39:56 ↗ we make
39:57 ↗ uh those actions have not just no
40:00 ↗ uh environmental like downsides but
40:03 ↗ how do those contribute to us reducing
40:06 ↗ our emissions so
40:07 ↗ i think some of the examples that we
40:09 ↗ talked about before we're like
40:10 ↗ electrification of heating
40:12 ↗ how does that become something that's
40:14 ↗ included in the cip as a specific at
40:16 ↗ least
40:17 ↗ proposal or option for for the council
40:20 ↗ to consider
40:21 ↗ um so i just think that that is is
40:24 ↗ something that we
40:24 ↗ we shouldn't overlook and again i don't
40:26 ↗ know if it fits into the
40:28 ↗ uh the climate action plan itself but
40:30 ↗ just
40:31 ↗ i do agree with what khan was saying
40:32 ↗ earlier that we do need to think about
40:34 ↗ not just for individuals but the city
40:36 ↗ reframing how we think about the
40:38 ↗ decisions that we make
40:40 ↗ thank you and i
40:43 ↗ said that i wanted to comment later but
40:45 ↗ i'm going to build off jamie just since
40:46 ↗ have this opportunity and i think it'd
40:48 ↗ be really cool if we had a
40:50 ↗ residence and a business toolkit that
40:52 ↗ they could use to measure their own
40:54 ↗ success so it's something that they went
40:57 ↗ home they said this year i'm going to do
40:59 ↗ this
40:59 ↗ next year i'm going to do that it's a
41:01 ↗ tool kit that we can actually
41:02 ↗ communicate to people send out enough
41:05 ↗ flyer or something to say here help us
41:06 ↗ with climate action and let us know how
41:08 ↗ you've done
41:09 ↗ um i just think that kind of personal
41:11 ↗ touch
41:12 ↗ uh because the community with covet and
41:15 ↗ all these in
41:16 ↗ these kind of meetings is very hard to
41:18 ↗ feel like it's a community anymore
41:21 ↗ and i think people will be willing to
41:23 ↗ contribute so i think a personal
41:26 ↗ resident tool kit and a business toolkit
41:29 ↗ would be helpful
41:30 ↗ and i won't anyway with that one i'm
41:33 ↗ turning it over to
41:34 ↗ i think danny you asked me next go ahead
41:37 ↗ yeah hi
41:37 ↗ um this is danny and i i would second
41:40 ↗ most the points that um
41:41 ↗ everyone's made so far uh definitely as
41:44 ↗ far as like
41:45 ↗ clear um goals and a specific
41:48 ↗ idea of like what kind of result we want
41:50 ↗ to see because i think
41:51 ↗ um i do i agree with uh connie's
41:54 ↗ sentiments earlier where
41:56 ↗ often with these kinds of action plans
41:57 ↗ the goals can be a little vague and it's
42:00 ↗ a little bit like unclear what we are
42:03 ↗ going to do and like how exactly we're
42:04 ↗ going to do it
42:05 ↗ um and as far as like aspects or areas i
42:09 ↗ think we should focus on specifically
42:11 ↗ i i do love the idea of bringing the
42:13 ↗ community in you know i think
42:14 ↗ um we live in such an amazing city
42:18 ↗ where um a lot of our residents like
42:20 ↗ there's so much environmental fervor and
42:22 ↗ so much
42:23 ↗ like energy and passion so like really
42:25 ↗ building off of that and being like hey
42:27 ↗ like here's something that you can do
42:29 ↗ even um i would uh advocate for
42:32 ↗ maybe even including like some kind of
42:34 ↗ education aspect i think that was part
42:36 ↗ you know the recommendations from the
42:37 ↗ climate convening um i think megan you
42:40 ↗ mentioned this like even doing like
42:41 ↗ another climate convening about uh
42:44 ↗ you know this plan and getting more
42:45 ↗ feedback like that would be really
42:48 ↗ really beneficial um and you know just
42:50 ↗ like some kinds of steps towards like
42:52 ↗ or uh some kind of outline for like
42:53 ↗ individual actions or something like
42:55 ↗ that so
42:56 ↗ yeah great
42:59 ↗ laura you're up next um
43:03 ↗ i'll start with the question i had which
43:05 ↗ is to confirm the time frame
43:07 ↗ i know that we get something to lie but
43:09 ↗ can we
43:10 ↗ i'm not sure what our feedback is for
43:12 ↗ next steps can you clarify that quickly
43:16 ↗ so we're still working on the engagement
43:19 ↗ plan right now which will
43:20 ↗ detail out when all the touch points
43:22 ↗ will be but the board will have an
43:24 ↗ opportunity to
43:25 ↗ to weigh in on each of the sections so
43:28 ↗ goals and targets and then strategies
43:30 ↗ and actions
43:31 ↗ so there'll be multiple touch points um
43:34 ↗ with the board as well as the community
43:37 ↗ throughout the planning process so
43:40 ↗ starting so what happens in july
43:42 ↗ specifically like
43:43 ↗ each of that would just be phased in
43:45 ↗ over the next months or
43:47 ↗ july the next i'm expecting the july
43:50 ↗ meeting will probably be the next touch
43:52 ↗ point with the
43:53 ↗ board um i talked with nancy and jamie a
43:56 ↗ little bit if we wanted to do a later
43:58 ↗ june session just to get something um
44:01 ↗ earlier but i think that's we're kind of
44:03 ↗ still planning that in with the
44:04 ↗ consultants to figure out how many touch
44:06 ↗ points we need and
44:08 ↗ and where they fit over the summer so we
44:11 ↗ did just get them on
44:12 ↗ on board so we're still working through
44:14 ↗ that process but no we want to move
44:16 ↗ quickly to start getting
44:18 ↗ that engagement going so i expect there
44:20 ↗ will be a lot of touch points over
44:22 ↗ the summer with community and boards and
44:24 ↗ commissions but i will
44:26 ↗ even if we don't have a focused session
44:28 ↗ and discussion on
44:29 ↗ um you know goals and targets at our
44:31 ↗ next meeting which i don't anticipate we
44:33 ↗ will
44:34 ↗ i'll use that as an opportunity to
44:36 ↗ provide an update on on where we're at
44:38 ↗ so maybe we can have
44:39 ↗ a graphic about what the engagement plan
44:41 ↗ looks like even if we're not getting
44:43 ↗ into the topic yet because i'm hearing
44:44 ↗ that that's something that um the board
44:46 ↗ might be interested in seeing
44:49 ↗ yeah so that was thank you very much
44:51 ↗ that's helpful my
44:52 ↗ comment was um it's hard to tell a
44:55 ↗ little bit from
44:55 ↗ the outline that we have of like are all
44:58 ↗ the bases covered um
45:00 ↗ because it seemed like the presentation
45:02 ↗ or like the outline was focusing a
45:04 ↗ little on
45:05 ↗ um some like goals that would come out
45:08 ↗ of it but usually you know
45:09 ↗ so my point is that um the un you know
45:12 ↗ they have a
45:13 ↗ really solid sustainability goals and
45:15 ↗ then there's also eco districts which
45:16 ↗ have really nice sustainability goals so
45:18 ↗ i'd like to see some of the formality
45:20 ↗ to the framework i'm assuming that's
45:22 ↗ happening but since you're asking for
45:23 ↗ feedback i thought i'd mention like
45:24 ↗ those are
45:25 ↗ um helpful tools just to like we're
45:27 ↗ saying for framing and then
45:29 ↗ um for what everyone was saying overall
45:31 ↗ it sounds like we really want to
45:32 ↗ peel back like peel back the curtains so
45:34 ↗ that there's a lot of transparency and
45:36 ↗ that even you know free
45:37 ↗ for ourselves and then also for us to be
45:39 ↗ able to hold
45:40 ↗ our commercial operators accountable
45:43 ↗ it's a lot easier if we can have some
45:44 ↗ sort of
45:45 ↗ clarified benchmark i just googled the
45:47 ↗ bellevue um sustainability
45:49 ↗ plan and their uh dashboard and just as
45:51 ↗ a brief glance
45:52 ↗ i didn't do anymore who's using homework
45:54 ↗ but as a brief glance it seemed like
45:55 ↗ it's still too abstract
45:57 ↗ um for what we were just talking about
45:59 ↗ just to to share that that um
46:01 ↗ some of those formalities would be
46:02 ↗ helpful i'm done thanks
46:05 ↗ thanks laura uh next question the
46:08 ↗ comment is rishi what did you say please
46:10 ↗ go ahead
46:12 ↗ i had two comments one was um to touch
46:14 ↗ on the aspect of bringing our community
46:16 ↗ together that was brought up earlier
46:17 ↗ um i'm associated with an organization
46:19 ↗ sustainability ambassadors and ours
46:21 ↗ is mainly targeted towards youth um and
46:24 ↗ we have a series of impact projects that
46:26 ↗ our youth ambassadors
46:27 ↗ create and then follow through in their
46:30 ↗ time with the program
46:31 ↗ and these impact projects are specific
46:33 ↗ actions that people can take
46:36 ↗ to help their community and the impact
46:37 ↗ of those actions are small but
46:39 ↗ collectively
46:40 ↗ the impact increases so i think some
46:42 ↗ sort of collaboration between the city
46:44 ↗ and an organization like um sustainably
46:46 ↗ ambassadors
46:47 ↗ um and you know connecting those impact
46:49 ↗ projects and making it reach a larger
46:51 ↗ audience can help us
46:52 ↗ you know bring the community together to
46:54 ↗ have a large collective impact
46:56 ↗ and my second comment had to do with
46:58 ↗ what i think the plan should focus on i
47:00 ↗ think another focus should be just
47:02 ↗ directly combating um ghg emissions so
47:05 ↗ mainly around buildings and
47:06 ↗ transportation
47:07 ↗ and i think electrification is probably
47:09 ↗ one of the
47:10 ↗ key components that we should focus on
47:12 ↗ in our plan
47:26 ↗ nancy you're on mute
47:30 ↗ any um any other comments or questions
47:34 ↗ well i had one last comment and i i
47:36 ↗ think the city is often tried to be a
47:38 ↗ leader
47:39 ↗ in some of the actions and activities
47:41 ↗ that it's taken
47:42 ↗ and i would hope in this environment we
47:44 ↗ continue to try and push that along the
47:46 ↗ way
47:47 ↗ that we don't just um
47:50 ↗ that we actually demonstrate with our
47:52 ↗ projects such as in the cip
47:54 ↗ or the actions we take that we're
47:56 ↗ actually showing the leadership that we
47:58 ↗ need to
48:00 ↗ that's it seeing nobody else with any
48:03 ↗ other comments or questions
48:05 ↗ and move on on the agenda next on the
48:08 ↗ agenda is the 2021
48:10 ↗ climate legislative update and
48:14 ↗ luipa i think that's up to you
48:18 ↗ yes thank you great i'll share
48:21 ↗ my screen and is my audio good loud
48:24 ↗ enough
48:32 ↗ great
48:34 ↗ see my screen well awesome
48:38 ↗ all right so hello everyone my name is
48:41 ↗ liepa
48:42 ↗ and i'm the sustainability intern here
48:44 ↗ at issaquah
48:45 ↗ so we just heard a bit about the second
48:48 ↗ climate action plan
48:49 ↗ but in addition to local action state
48:52 ↗ and federal legislation
48:53 ↗ is important so that isawa could achieve
48:56 ↗ its goals
48:57 ↗ so here i'm going to give a short
48:59 ↗ overview of some of the major climate
49:02 ↗ laws passed in washington state
49:03 ↗ legislature this year
49:10 ↗ so before diving into this year's bills
49:12 ↗ i would actually like to briefly mention
49:14 ↗ some notable climate laws that have been
49:16 ↗ passed in previous years
49:20 ↗ um so one of the most important bills
49:22 ↗ that was passed is the clean energy
49:24 ↗ transformation act
49:25 ↗ or ceta which was passed in 2019
49:29 ↗ applies to all utilities that provide
49:31 ↗ electricity in the state
49:32 ↗ so this includes puget sound energy it
49:36 ↗ requires that by 2025
49:38 ↗ all utilities must stop using coal in
49:40 ↗ their electricity fuel mix
49:42 ↗ by 2030 electricity must be carbon
49:45 ↗ neutral
49:45 ↗ which means they can still provide
49:47 ↗ electricity that comes from
49:49 ↗ gas or natural gas as long as it is
49:51 ↗ offset by other actions
49:54 ↗ and then lastly by 2045 100 of the
49:57 ↗ electricity
49:58 ↗ must be from renewable sources and they
50:00 ↗ can't use
50:01 ↗ carbon offsets to get to that goal
50:04 ↗ it's important to note that while cedar
50:06 ↗ requires that electricity transitions to
50:09 ↗ cleaner sources
50:10 ↗ it does not put limits on natural gas
50:12 ↗ use that is burned directly in buildings
50:14 ↗ which is a major source of building
50:16 ↗ emissions
50:17 ↗ and in addition to ceta another
50:20 ↗ important law that was passed
50:21 ↗ is the 2019 clean buildings act here in
50:25 ↗ issaquah and many other cities
50:26 ↗ buildings are the fastest growing source
50:28 ↗ of emissions
50:30 ↗ the clean buildings act requires that
50:32 ↗ all commercial buildings that are over
50:34 ↗ 000 square feet in size comply with the
50:36 ↗ state energy performance standard
50:39 ↗ the law aims to reduce greenhouse gas
50:41 ↗ emissions and energy consumption
50:43 ↗ it also provides an incentive program
50:46 ↗ for large commercial and multi-family
50:48 ↗ buildings
50:50 ↗ um an incentive program helps them
50:52 ↗ become more energy efficient
50:55 ↗ so okay sorry about that
51:02 ↗ here is a overview of the puget sound
51:05 ↗ energy electricity fuel mix from 2019
51:09 ↗ as we can see coal is a significant
51:11 ↗ factor it's 35 percent of the
51:13 ↗ electricity fuel mix
51:15 ↗ but by 2025 they're required to replace
51:18 ↗ it with some other sources whether
51:20 ↗ that's hydro
51:21 ↗ gas wind or others so that will
51:24 ↗ definitely reduce
51:25 ↗ emissions in issaquah too
51:32 ↗ so going to the laws that were passed
51:34 ↗ this year in 2021
51:36 ↗ statewide one of the acts is called the
51:39 ↗ healthy environment for all
51:40 ↗ act or the heal act and this law creates
51:43 ↗ an environmental justice task force
51:46 ↗ which would provide recommendations to
51:47 ↗ various state agencies
51:49 ↗ on how to make their policies and
51:50 ↗ actions better align with environmental
51:52 ↗ justice
51:54 ↗ among other things the bill defines
51:56 ↗ environmental justice in state law
51:58 ↗ directs funding to provide benefits to
52:00 ↗ highly impacted communities
52:02 ↗ works to increase equitable community
52:04 ↗ participation
52:05 ↗ establishes an environmental justice
52:07 ↗ council and supports the continued
52:09 ↗ development of the environmental health
52:11 ↗ disparities map
52:13 ↗ and also it requires that environmental
52:16 ↗ justice assessments
52:18 ↗ are required for grants and loan awards
52:20 ↗ for transportation projects of 15
52:22 ↗ billion or more
52:26 ↗ another law i want to talk about is
52:28 ↗ called the low carbon fuel standard
52:31 ↗ this was the third attempt to pass it in
52:34 ↗ washington state
52:36 ↗ and california oregon and british
52:38 ↗ columbia already have similar
52:39 ↗ legislation
52:41 ↗ so this law requires that by 2038 the
52:44 ↗ carbon
52:44 ↗ intensity of transportation fuels has to
52:47 ↗ be 20 percent lower than 20
52:49 ↗ than in 2017. this doesn't mean that
52:53 ↗ each type of fuel needs to be 20 percent
52:55 ↗ cleaner
52:56 ↗ it just means that the aggregate
52:58 ↗ intensity of all transportation fuels
53:00 ↗ has to be 20
53:01 ↗ cleaner the requirements can be reached
53:04 ↗ any mix of technologies including
53:06 ↗ hydrogen fuels electric vehicles
53:08 ↗ biofuels
53:10 ↗ or renewable natural gas which is when
53:12 ↗ methane is collected from
53:14 ↗ livestock operations sewage systems or
53:16 ↗ landfills
53:18 ↗ this law will encourage the growth of
53:20 ↗ evs and local jurisdictions can help by
53:22 ↗ building out the ev
53:23 ↗ charging infrastructure like issaquah
53:26 ↗ issaquah recently did by passing the ev
53:28 ↗ charging
53:29 ↗ ordinance um
53:32 ↗ and it's important to note that fuel
53:35 ↗ prices are not expected to increase
53:37 ↗ because there will be more competition
53:38 ↗ in the market
53:40 ↗ and in addition um this program however
53:44 ↗ can't begin until the legislature passes
53:47 ↗ a transportation package
53:48 ↗ which must generate at least five cents
53:51 ↗ per gallon of gasoline sold
53:53 ↗ and that package is expected to be
53:56 ↗ passed
53:56 ↗ around 2023
54:02 ↗ the next law that was passed this year
54:05 ↗ in the state
54:06 ↗ is called the climate commitment act
54:08 ↗ also known as cap and invest or cap and
54:11 ↗ trade
54:13 ↗ it paves the way to net zero carbon
54:15 ↗ emissions by 2050
54:16 ↗ by capping how much greenhouse gases
54:19 ↗ industries can emit
54:20 ↗ and the cap is lowered each year if a
54:23 ↗ company pollutes over the limit
54:24 ↗ they have to pay a fee the revenue
54:27 ↗ generated from these fees is then used
54:29 ↗ for
54:29 ↗ a variety of transportation energy and
54:31 ↗ conservation projects
54:33 ↗ for example converting washington state
54:35 ↗ ferries to electric
54:37 ↗ they currently use diesel and
54:39 ↗ electrifying public transit
54:42 ↗ in providing assistance to affected
54:44 ↗ workers and low-income people to
54:45 ↗ transition to a clean energy economy
54:49 ↗ the environmental justice council that's
54:51 ↗ created with the heal act will provide
54:53 ↗ recommendations on what projects the
54:55 ↗ revenues will fund
54:56 ↗ and make sure communities of color and
54:58 ↗ low-income communities are benefiting
55:00 ↗ from the funds
55:02 ↗ however there's one cape cavia and
55:05 ↗ that's similar to the clean fuel
55:06 ↗ standard this act can't begin until a
55:08 ↗ transportation package is passed
55:13 ↗ another bill that we're talking about
55:16 ↗ is called preparing for a zero emission
55:19 ↗ transportation future the bill requires
55:23 ↗ that washington state department of
55:25 ↗ transportation develops a public mapping
55:28 ↗ or forecasting tool that provides
55:29 ↗ locations and
55:30 ↗ information on charging and fueling
55:33 ↗ infrastructure
55:34 ↗ it requires utility utilities to do low
55:37 ↗ forecasting that consider anticipated
55:39 ↗ levels of zero emission vehicle use
55:42 ↗ it also requires updates to building
55:44 ↗ code for ev charging in residential
55:46 ↗ occupancies by july
55:48 ↗ 2024 so that means it's
55:51 ↗ it's possible that by jul after july
55:54 ↗ 2024
55:56 ↗ um issaquah will be able to have ev
55:59 ↗ charging requirements for single-family
56:01 ↗ homes
56:02 ↗ not just multi-family and commercial
56:07 ↗ this law also establishes a goal of all
56:09 ↗ new vehicles
56:10 ↗ registered and purchased in state to be
56:12 ↗ 100 electric by
56:15 ↗ this requirement will only be enforced
56:18 ↗ 75 of the vehicles in washington state
56:22 ↗ state pay a road usage fee instead of a
56:24 ↗ gas tax
56:25 ↗ so if you're aware currently um
56:30 ↗ cars in washington state pay a gas tax
56:32 ↗ and that gas tax is then used to
56:35 ↗ fund highway and road construction
56:37 ↗ that's the primary revenue
56:39 ↗ for that construction but since a lot of
56:42 ↗ our vehicles are becoming more electric
56:44 ↗ and more efficient that revenue source
56:47 ↗ is going to decrease
56:49 ↗ so since the state still needs revenue
56:51 ↗ to build highways
56:53 ↗ they are planning to change the tax
56:55 ↗ structure from
56:56 ↗ gas tax to a road usage fee
57:00 ↗ yeah um so having more accessible ev
57:04 ↗ charging stations in issaquah will be
57:06 ↗ very helpful in encouraging the growth
57:08 ↗ of evs
57:09 ↗ and supporting the influx of evs in the
57:12 ↗ next 10 years
57:13 ↗ um due to this law so as you've seen
57:16 ↗ this law and also the low-carbon fuel
57:19 ↗ standard kind of work together to
57:21 ↗ increase transportation electrification
57:25 ↗ they kind of work together with isoqua's
57:28 ↗ current
57:29 ↗ um charging infrastructure law so yeah
57:32 ↗ thank you very much
57:39 ↗ wait are there any questions from anyone
57:42 ↗ regarding the presentation
57:44 ↗ or comments
57:49 ↗ jamie go ahead please
57:55 ↗ speaking um first of all thanks leopa
57:58 ↗ for putting that together i think
57:59 ↗ really great to get updates on all those
58:02 ↗ topics and
58:04 ↗ so really appreciate you doing that um i
58:06 ↗ had a question
58:08 ↗ on both the carbon fuel intensity
58:11 ↗ or whatever that low carbon uh
58:15 ↗ that piece of legislation as well as the
58:17 ↗ last one you spoke about
58:19 ↗ around how they're going to be enforcing
58:22 ↗ or how they would go about enforcing
58:23 ↗ like the
58:24 ↗ all all new vehicles being
58:27 ↗ 100 electric and
58:30 ↗ also the the carbon intensity of the
58:33 ↗ fuel sources is that
58:34 ↗ something that it's it's on the
58:36 ↗ manufacturers or who are they
58:38 ↗ who are they going to be regulating in
58:40 ↗ those laws
58:46 ↗ um i must i think it's on the
58:48 ↗ manufacturers um
58:50 ↗ these kind of laws so like the fuel low
58:52 ↗ carbon fuel standard
58:53 ↗ is pretty common in other states um
58:57 ↗ so it's i'm pretty sure it's going to be
59:00 ↗ enforced on the manufacturers
59:02 ↗ but i can double double check that for
59:04 ↗ you yeah
59:07 ↗ great thank you
59:13 ↗ are there any other questions or
59:15 ↗ comments this is megan i can just chime
59:17 ↗ in as well i'm not sure exactly
59:19 ↗ the um the regulation for that but i
59:22 ↗ know with some other laws um often it
59:24 ↗ will get
59:25 ↗ the rulemaking process will get directed
59:27 ↗ to one of the state agencies
59:29 ↗ so for example the department of ecology
59:32 ↗ might be directed to make the rules on
59:34 ↗ it and then do the enforcement on it
59:36 ↗ that's happened with a lot of the
59:37 ↗ legislation in the past so that's
59:39 ↗ that likely might be where it came from
59:41 ↗ or where it goes
59:48 ↗ so i have a question about it uh you
59:50 ↗ referred to the last
59:51 ↗ two pieces of legislation that passed
59:54 ↗ indicated that
59:55 ↗ uh the legislature needed to do
59:58 ↗ something to make it work
1:00:00 ↗ for example with the zero emission and
1:00:02 ↗ cars in 2030
1:00:04 ↗ they needed to find a new way to fund
1:00:06 ↗ roads if they don't find a new way to
1:00:08 ↗ fund roads is the um
1:00:12 ↗ no new cars having um
1:00:15 ↗ you know all new electric cars after
1:00:16 ↗ 23rd does that just go away then
1:00:21 ↗ it won't be enforced so the goal will
1:00:23 ↗ still be there um but it won't be
1:00:25 ↗ strictly enforced
1:00:27 ↗ um yes
1:00:35 ↗ dan i see you have a question go ahead
1:00:38 ↗ yeah i'd just be curious what the city's
1:00:39 ↗ role is and for
1:00:41 ↗ for advocating for some of these type of
1:00:43 ↗ laws at the state level
1:00:44 ↗ i guess i really just don't know what
1:00:45 ↗ that looks like i'd be curious if
1:00:47 ↗ there's just a little bit of context
1:00:48 ↗ on that
1:00:55 ↗ yeah so i know that the city advocated
1:00:57 ↗ for um
1:00:58 ↗ the low carbon fuel standard this year
1:01:01 ↗ and the previous year
1:01:02 ↗ um so they do advocate for some of these
1:01:05 ↗ i'm not sure if megan wants to talk more
1:01:07 ↗ about this
1:01:10 ↗ yeah this is megan um it can occur in a
1:01:12 ↗ few different ways um so there's
1:01:14 ↗ opportunities
1:01:15 ↗ um in in the past to go down to olympia
1:01:18 ↗ and now to
1:01:19 ↗ to do virtual public comments so um
1:01:23 ↗ there's been various uh elected
1:01:24 ↗ officials that have done that in support
1:01:26 ↗ of legislation before
1:01:28 ↗ um uh something else that the city
1:01:30 ↗ council did
1:01:31 ↗ um not this year for the clean fuel
1:01:33 ↗ standard but the year before it was that
1:01:35 ↗ they got together and wrote a letter so
1:01:37 ↗ there's a letter
1:01:38 ↗ in support of it from city council we
1:01:41 ↗ also have
1:01:42 ↗ a legislative
1:01:47 ↗ advocate the lobbyist name was escaping
1:01:51 ↗ um so on occasion they might uh talk in
1:01:53 ↗ support of bills on behalf of the city
1:01:55 ↗ as well
1:01:59 ↗ okay jamie you had a question go ahead
1:02:01 ↗ jamie
1:02:02 ↗ thank you nancy james thank you um
1:02:06 ↗ so this gives us a good uh summary of
1:02:08 ↗ some of the things that passed are there
1:02:10 ↗ things that are proposed or on the
1:02:12 ↗ horizon that you think we should be
1:02:14 ↗ aware of
1:02:15 ↗ in this same vein i'm just thinking kind
1:02:18 ↗ of towards dan's question is there
1:02:19 ↗ anything that we should be trying to
1:02:21 ↗ ensure that either
1:02:23 ↗ individuals or the city is is actively
1:02:26 ↗ engaged on
1:02:32 ↗ again maybe megan was more equipped to
1:02:34 ↗ talk about that i mean i know
1:02:36 ↗ a clean build um healthy buildings
1:02:40 ↗ law that didn't pass this year um they
1:02:42 ↗ might work on that again next year
1:02:44 ↗ and it would have affected
1:02:48 ↗ a lot more buildings than the existing
1:02:50 ↗ clean building law
1:02:51 ↗ and it would help electrify um
1:02:55 ↗ future buildings so
1:02:58 ↗ yeah megan do you have any more things
1:03:00 ↗ to add
1:03:02 ↗ i believe there's some others but
1:03:04 ↗ they're not in top of mind right now
1:03:06 ↗ but i think overall this was considered
1:03:09 ↗ a very successful legislative session
1:03:11 ↗ for climate
1:03:12 ↗ um from from my understanding from some
1:03:15 ↗ as the number of bills and big bills we
1:03:18 ↗ got passed it wasn't necessarily
1:03:19 ↗ expected at the beginning of the session
1:03:22 ↗ um you know with with covid and
1:03:23 ↗ everything going on so
1:03:25 ↗ overall it was successful as being part
1:03:28 ↗ of the king county city's climate
1:03:30 ↗ collaboration
1:03:31 ↗ that group will often let us know before
1:03:33 ↗ legislative session what their
1:03:35 ↗ um you know what climate bills are
1:03:37 ↗ expected to come down so it gives us
1:03:38 ↗ some time to start to prepare for some
1:03:40 ↗ of that
1:03:41 ↗ um so we usually get a rundown of what
1:03:43 ↗ passed what didn't pass
1:03:46 ↗ and more of that detailed information
1:03:48 ↗ prior to the next session
1:03:54 ↗ laura do you have a comment
1:03:58 ↗ yeah just an aside um this is super
1:04:00 ↗ helpful so thank you for keeping us
1:04:02 ↗ updated um as an aside cautionary tale
1:04:06 ↗ that um with the electric vehicles i've
1:04:08 ↗ some press the past couple weeks saying
1:04:10 ↗ that there isn't enough
1:04:12 ↗ metal in the world to provide
1:04:14 ↗ sustainable
1:04:15 ↗ electric vehicles and that there are a
1:04:16 ↗ lot of problems with it which just
1:04:18 ↗ reminds me i'm not saying to not do it
1:04:20 ↗ but it reminds me of when led lights
1:04:21 ↗ came out
1:04:22 ↗ that a lot of cities were really eager
1:04:24 ↗ to go implement them and then found
1:04:26 ↗ that you know we didn't know a lot about
1:04:27 ↗ blue light and how that infects
1:04:29 ↗ affects people um so there's some
1:04:31 ↗ importance just to remind us all i think
1:04:34 ↗ for sort of city council perspective
1:04:35 ↗ that um it's important
1:04:37 ↗ that we recognize that technology will
1:04:38 ↗ have limitations and that we have to
1:04:40 ↗ build in flexibility because a lot of
1:04:42 ↗ these will be the wrong
1:04:42 ↗ not necessarily the wrong direction but
1:04:44 ↗ we'll require uh tweaking and i think
1:04:47 ↗ vehicles will definitely the mobility
1:04:48 ↗ plans and other you know
1:04:50 ↗ sequestration plans will be important as
1:04:54 ↗ we all meander through it
1:04:56 ↗ thank you laura and i had a comment in
1:04:59 ↗ that as i know that the council
1:05:01 ↗ on an annual basis develops a
1:05:02 ↗ legislative agenda
1:05:04 ↗ and um i think it would be very useful
1:05:08 ↗ if the environmental board
1:05:09 ↗ could perhaps provide some input to the
1:05:12 ↗ council
1:05:13 ↗ prior to development of that which i
1:05:15 ↗ think happens in january of every year
1:05:17 ↗ is when the council adopts their
1:05:18 ↗ legislative agenda some my request to
1:05:20 ↗ the administration is to
1:05:23 ↗ bring forward some ideas of how we might
1:05:25 ↗ be able to weigh in
1:05:26 ↗ at least let us have a chance to provide
1:05:29 ↗ environmental aspects to that agenda
1:05:40 ↗ any other questions or comments
1:05:46 ↗ okay thank you very much leopa for your
1:05:48 ↗ great presentation on that
1:05:50 ↗ with that that concludes our agenda our
1:05:53 ↗ business items of the agenda with that
1:05:55 ↗ we're going to turn it over to reports
1:05:57 ↗ and i think megan do you have any
1:05:59 ↗ reports for us tonight
1:06:01 ↗ i do have a couple um so the first is
1:06:04 ↗ just about the cip so at our last
1:06:06 ↗ meeting
1:06:07 ↗ the environmental board got together and
1:06:09 ↗ provided input on that
1:06:11 ↗ so that was forwarded to council along
1:06:13 ↗ with input from
1:06:14 ↗ a few of the other boards and
1:06:16 ↗ commissions and that was
1:06:18 ↗ part of the agenda packet for last night
1:06:21 ↗ in their considerations
1:06:23 ↗ so again that was a new process and um
1:06:25 ↗ council really appreciated getting
1:06:27 ↗ getting that varied perspective from all
1:06:29 ↗ the boards and commissions so
1:06:30 ↗ again thank you for your input on that
1:06:33 ↗ and they'll be
1:06:34 ↗ looking to adopt that at their next
1:06:35 ↗ council meeting on monday
1:06:39 ↗ another thing i just wanted to provide a
1:06:41 ↗ quick little report out
1:06:43 ↗ from our earth month activities so i'm
1:06:45 ↗ just going to share my screen quick and
1:06:50 ↗ i'm getting that issue leap are you able
1:06:54 ↗ to make me a presenter by any chance
1:07:00 ↗ um do you know how
1:07:04 ↗ let me try oh
1:07:09 ↗ all right thank you i'll have to have
1:07:12 ↗ you show me the trick later
1:07:17 ↗ all right um so as you know the the city
1:07:20 ↗ worked with several partner
1:07:21 ↗ organizations um on our earth month
1:07:24 ↗ events and we had several different
1:07:27 ↗ events occurring so i was just going to
1:07:28 ↗ do a little recap of the sum
1:07:31 ↗ the city put on an event giving out rain
1:07:34 ↗ barrels and compost bins that we
1:07:35 ↗ received through some grant funding
1:07:37 ↗ sets up picture in the upper left one of
1:07:40 ↗ the days was bright and sunny and the
1:07:41 ↗ other day was less so so
1:07:43 ↗ you got the prettier picture there the
1:07:46 ↗ next photo
1:07:47 ↗ is from an issaquah alps trails club
1:07:49 ↗ event
1:07:50 ↗ this was actually one of the first green
1:07:52 ↗ issaquah events that we had
1:07:54 ↗ um where they had a group of volunteers
1:07:58 ↗ going out
1:07:59 ↗ and removing some invasive species
1:08:03 ↗ i wanted to touch on the fact that we we
1:08:04 ↗ have a green issaquah partnership in the
1:08:07 ↗ and that is a great partnership with
1:08:09 ↗ forterra
1:08:10 ↗ and mountains of sound and several
1:08:12 ↗ partner organizations
1:08:14 ↗ as well as volunteers to come out and
1:08:17 ↗ help take care of some of our forests
1:08:20 ↗ so with that partnership program we have
1:08:23 ↗ a forest stewardship program
1:08:26 ↗ where we have some residents and members
1:08:29 ↗ of the community that have trained to be
1:08:30 ↗ forest stewards
1:08:32 ↗ and they are then able to host their own
1:08:34 ↗ volunteers
1:08:35 ↗ to go out and do events like this um
1:08:39 ↗ so again this has been have a
1:08:41 ↗ partnership
1:08:42 ↗ in the making um it was a bit delayed to
1:08:45 ↗ have the
1:08:45 ↗ volunteer events uh due to covid last
1:08:48 ↗ year but we are getting going with some
1:08:50 ↗ with that first one happening in
1:08:51 ↗ in april um so if you want more
1:08:54 ↗ information about that there's a green
1:08:56 ↗ issaquah partnership website um
1:08:58 ↗ and you'll be able to start signing up
1:09:00 ↗ for some of those restoration
1:09:01 ↗ um and and planting and removing
1:09:04 ↗ invasive species
1:09:06 ↗ events um another event that we had in
1:09:09 ↗ earth month
1:09:10 ↗ there was the friends of lake samama
1:09:11 ↗ state park they put together some
1:09:14 ↗ restoration events and
1:09:15 ↗ also an earth walk in the park that
1:09:18 ↗ people could come to get some various
1:09:22 ↗ water conservation items or seeds and
1:09:24 ↗ then go on
1:09:25 ↗ their own earth walk and then last
1:09:28 ↗ their downtown issaquah association had
1:09:32 ↗ their keep issaqua beautiful day
1:09:34 ↗ where they do some trash pickups in
1:09:36 ↗ downtown and
1:09:37 ↗ as well as some plantings we also had a
1:09:41 ↗ webinar with vercology
1:09:43 ↗ about learning how to recycle write
1:09:45 ↗ where we had several participants come
1:09:47 ↗ in and ask questions and learn more
1:09:48 ↗ about that
1:09:50 ↗ and there was also lots of other things
1:09:52 ↗ people could do on their own during the
1:09:53 ↗ month so
1:09:54 ↗ overall it was great to to celebrate
1:09:56 ↗ earth month
1:09:57 ↗ and um we'll be doing you know more
1:10:00 ↗ events
1:10:01 ↗ uh later this year and and in the future
1:10:03 ↗ so just wanted to share some of those
1:10:05 ↗ uh stories with you guys
1:10:08 ↗ and i think that is it for my report
1:10:14 ↗ great does anybody else on the board
1:10:16 ↗ have anything else to report
1:10:21 ↗ seeing no one commenting that concludes
1:10:25 ↗ that portion of the agenda uh now moving
1:10:27 ↗ on to
1:10:28 ↗ um other business and announcements and
1:10:31 ↗ i will turn it back over to megan go
1:10:33 ↗ ahead
1:10:35 ↗ i do not have anything specific here we
1:10:38 ↗ included the
1:10:38 ↗ calendar in the agenda packet so you're
1:10:41 ↗ able to see
1:10:42 ↗ those upcoming meetings and what we'll
1:10:45 ↗ talking about though so we'll continue
1:10:46 ↗ to update that as we go
1:10:51 ↗ does anybody else have anything to add
1:10:54 ↗ to the meeting
1:10:56 ↗ with that thank you all for your time
1:11:00 ↗ this meeting is adjourned good evening
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