Environmental Board · Wednesday, November 13, 2024 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of October 9, 2024 n/a

packet pp.3–5

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 10-09-24 Environmental Board Minutes Page [1] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board 6:30 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave. October 9, 2024 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Annual Board Report and Self Analysis

30 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager / Board Liaison David Reedy, Sustainability Coordinator · packet pp.7–16

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Dec 31, 2021

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Staff report:

Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

2025 Draft Environmental Board Workplan (D)

20 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager / Board Liaison · packet pp.17–20

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Staff report:

Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

2025 ICAP Priority Programs and Projects (I)

30 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager David Reedy, Sustainability Coordinator · packet pp.21–35

Topics: Climate

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Staff report:

Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

5. REPORTS

Fossil Fuel Transition Assessment (Written n/a Report)

packet pp.37–38

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Staff report:

Office of Sustainability 130 E Sunset Way | P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 issaquahwa.gov

6. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

2024 Environmental Board Workplan

packet pp.39–43

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Staff report:

APPROVED: 3/13/2024 REVISED: 11/6/2024

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0:00 ↗ thanks everybody for coming uh welcome

0:01 ↗ to the November 13th meeting of the ISA

0:04 ↗ environmental board I'm Don M I'll be

0:05 ↗ your chair tonight due to the hybrid

0:07 ↗ nature of the meeting we'll have some

0:09 ↗ members attending in person other is by

0:11 ↗ computer the phone for all me me

0:14 ↗ attending in remotely please state your

0:17 ↗ name each time before speaking um if

0:19 ↗ joining remotely please mute your

0:21 ↗ microphone when you're not speaking and

0:23 ↗ Commissioners in the room if you desire

0:24 ↗ to speak please flip your tag up as

0:26 ↗ we've been doing we will summarize

0:28 ↗ agreement around recommend to end each

0:31 ↗ topic as

0:32 ↗ necessary um first we're going to start

0:34 ↗ by taking a roll call ofers in attend

0:37 ↗ Stacy

0:38 ↗ Minister uh Tom Anderson here Nancy

0:42 ↗ Davidson here Jamie Finch here P

0:47 ↗ Kandi here Kiran pan here Mina June here

0:52 ↗ Don

0:53 ↗ McWilliams Dixie Barrett here Alex Lee

0:57 ↗ tigner here Ann newom here uh Keith

1:00 ↗ Gonzalez has an excused

1:03 ↗ absence and John

1:05 ↗ Smith we have

1:08 ↗ corn all right I see Connie up there and

1:11 ↗ if I heard that conversation correctly

1:13 ↗ Connie wants to comment after the board

1:15 ↗ report and self analysis possibly she

1:17 ↗ said she'll raise her hand if she has

1:19 ↗ questions and we'll uh look to the chair

1:22 ↗ whether to recognize okay Connie will be

1:24 ↗ watching for your hand to come if you

1:26 ↗ have questions on

1:28 ↗ that with that I think we can get going

1:31 ↗ um so the first is approval of minutes

1:34 ↗ is there anybody um that wants to see

1:36 ↗ any changes to the previous

1:40 ↗ minutes math

1:43 ↗ approved then mayor joining us tonight

1:46 ↗ thank you mayor thanks for taking the

1:48 ↗ time um did you want to start off with

1:51 ↗ your agenda Stacy or did you want to

1:53 ↗ give the mayor time yeah why don't we

1:55 ↗ start off with mayor Polly um I think we

1:58 ↗ have talked at our meeting about having

2:01 ↗ some engagement with Council uh I was

2:03 ↗ advised to start with mayor paully um so

2:06 ↗ the board could have a brief

2:07 ↗ conversation ask any questions you have

2:10 ↗ um receive any feedback or guidance from

2:12 ↗ the mayor um it looks like we'll have

2:15 ↗ some more time in December um in order

2:18 ↗ to ask questions and have a little bit

2:19 ↗ more preparation but if we have any uh

2:22 ↗ questions the board would like to ask

2:24 ↗ tonight since we have this opportunity

2:26 ↗ that would be great um M Paulie I'm not

2:28 ↗ sure if there's anything you wanted to

2:30 ↗ start off by saying to the environmental

2:32 ↗ board sure just a I mean it's been a bad

2:36 ↗ news good news to weeks um on the bad

2:39 ↗ news side at the federal level we're

2:42 ↗ probably not going to be able to expect

2:46 ↗ um great things in the next few years in

2:49 ↗ terms of support for the kinds of work

2:51 ↗ that the community and this board wants

2:53 ↗ to do uh good news sign two items um y

2:58 ↗ climate commitment Act

3:00 ↗ which is one of our big funders um made

3:03 ↗ it through but also sent a really strong

3:05 ↗ message that the there's huge support

3:08 ↗ for this probably more than what some

3:10 ↗ people realized in terms of um it's good

3:14 ↗ legislation it's going to get the good

3:16 ↗ outcomes and for a city like isqua where

3:18 ↗ we have a staff team that has worked so

3:20 ↗ hard to work with Department of Commerce

3:23 ↗ and every single granting opportunity

3:25 ↗ they could um this is really good news

3:27 ↗ for us and I guess the last bit of good

3:29 ↗ news is that we just um had a council

3:33 ↗ conversation last night and what is

3:35 ↗ probably one of our most difficult

3:38 ↗ budget experiences for this community

3:41 ↗ and the council that's sitting right now

3:43 ↗ since 2010 which is really the last time

3:46 ↗ that the city had to make some extremely

3:49 ↗ hard decisions about Staffing and

3:50 ↗ funding um big kudos to Stacy and David

3:55 ↗ for their suggestions on how their

3:58 ↗ particular group would move through this

4:00 ↗ but most of our city departments ended

4:02 ↗ up taking a 12% haircut except for

4:05 ↗ Public Safety um uh and um that was

4:09 ↗ super painful so we lost a lot of

4:12 ↗ positions and there were capable staff

4:15 ↗ in those positions in this budget um not

4:18 ↗ so with our sustainability group glad to

4:20 ↗ say that with some creative thinking um

4:23 ↗ we are staying relatively staff the same

4:27 ↗ and with climate commitment act staying

4:29 ↗ in place many of our opportunities for

4:31 ↗ funding are in place and so that's the

4:34 ↗ second little bit of good news um but

4:37 ↗ very interested in hearing about the

4:38 ↗ self assessment there are no questions

4:41 ↗ tonight I did add some time uh I think a

4:44 ↗ half an hour on the December 9th meeting

4:47 ↗ as well so whatever your preference

4:52 ↗ is question from

4:57 ↗ May I'll give you a thought to think

4:59 ↗ about mayor um as you think about it for

5:02 ↗ the next month maybe coup I've always

5:04 ↗ been curious what the council is

5:06 ↗ thinking for the board's agenda moving

5:09 ↗ forward into the next year and I think

5:11 ↗ we'd love to have your guys' input on

5:13 ↗ what's important to council as we put

5:15 ↗ together our work

5:16 ↗ plan yeah and I think that's a great

5:19 ↗ question I'll work with Stacy on kind of

5:21 ↗ looking at the budget and the work plan

5:23 ↗ that is grafted so far coming out of

5:25 ↗ that I mean we really don't know till

5:27 ↗ Council approves the final budget

5:28 ↗ whether or not there's a little bit more

5:30 ↗ horse trading or a little you know

5:32 ↗ request to shift things around or cut

5:34 ↗ from here or there but um I'll think

5:37 ↗ about it I'll work on some points with

5:39 ↗ Stacy I think we're very fortunate in

5:42 ↗ our community that we have a fairly

5:45 ↗ unified um counsel in terms of the work

5:47 ↗ that you are doing um they like trying

5:50 ↗ thing they like to Pilot they like to

5:53 ↗ experiment um they like to lead where

5:56 ↗ they can lead but also to pay attention

5:58 ↗ to what's going on in other larger

5:59 ↗ jurisdictions where we may be able to

6:01 ↗ steal something after somebody else has

6:03 ↗ going through the pilot so I think we're

6:06 ↗ in a pretty good situation politically

6:09 ↗ but it's nice that some of the boards

6:11 ↗ that have been set up in the last few

6:12 ↗ years have a way of reporting back out

6:15 ↗ to the council and I think one of the

6:17 ↗ things we need to work on is to help

6:18 ↗ some of our other boards and commissions

6:20 ↗ to be able to do the kind of reporting

6:21 ↗ back that you're doing but yes

6:23 ↗ definitely we'll think about it and come

6:26 ↗ back with um some thoughts and comments

6:29 ↗ thank thank you for

6:32 ↗ that ncy hi mayor um one of the

6:36 ↗ questions I have for you is uh the

6:38 ↗ relationship between the city and the

6:40 ↗ school district since they're such a big

6:42 ↗ player in terms of Transportation

6:45 ↗ parking and education of our kids

6:48 ↗ particularly in light of the failure of

6:50 ↗ the bond issue well apparent failure of

6:52 ↗ the bond issue it's pretty much

6:54 ↗ like so I guess the question I have for

6:57 ↗ you is what is the relationship between

7:00 ↗ the elected officials of the city and

7:02 ↗ the school district's elected officials

7:04 ↗ to move forward environmental and

7:06 ↗ climate change

7:08 ↗ initiatives you know ever since our new

7:11 ↗ superintendent came on um that's been a

7:13 ↗ good thing it's been a good change she

7:15 ↗ has spent the last two years pretty much

7:17 ↗ focused on the B and so as you can

7:19 ↗ imagine it not passing has really sent a

7:22 ↗ swirl back through her and her

7:24 ↗ Administration I'm sure the school board

7:26 ↗ as well we did get to have a me meeting

7:30 ↗ three or four months ago at the school

7:32 ↗ district one of the first in I think

7:34 ↗ four years to try and find some common

7:37 ↗ work that we can do a again I know that

7:40 ↗ there is um excitement within the

7:43 ↗ student body to see more connections and

7:47 ↗ more proactive work together um but not

7:50 ↗ a lot of traction yet in the

7:51 ↗ administration there is a another event

7:54 ↗ being planned for January or February um

7:57 ↗ and I'm not sure what the agenda might

7:59 ↗ be for that but there are huge gains

8:02 ↗ that can be made by getting the school

8:05 ↗ board and the

8:08 ↗ administration you know climate action

8:11 ↗ resiliency Energy Efficiency they have

8:13 ↗ some of the biggest infrastructure in

8:16 ↗ town some of the biggest buildings

8:18 ↗ they're also required to follow the

8:20 ↗ state law in terms of building

8:21 ↗ efficiency which wasn't part of the bond

8:23 ↗ um actually the part of the bond that I

8:25 ↗ probably supported the most was based on

8:28 ↗ the possibility that they were going to

8:29 ↗ be able to do some big work on um Energy

8:32 ↗ Efficiency within their buildings so

8:34 ↗ it's a work in progress I think the

8:36 ↗ council leadership of the last two to

8:38 ↗ three years has done a better job than

8:40 ↗ previously at trying to um get us more

8:44 ↗ aligned and to have some projects we can

8:46 ↗ work on together I seen one like uh in

8:49 ↗ the climate action area probably being a

8:51 ↗ great choice um but I'm not really sure

8:54 ↗ what the next agenda is maybe one of the

8:56 ↗ things Stacy can remind me is to do

8:59 ↗ something sort of report out about what

9:00 ↗ this next might meeting might be and

9:02 ↗ what the topics might be so for example

9:04 ↗ here's something I was disappointed of

9:06 ↗ when this SCH High School got rebuilt um

9:09 ↗ there was kind of like joking around

9:10 ↗ that oh my goodness here we are building

9:12 ↗ this building with you know the

9:15 ↗ environment in mind and they didn't put

9:16 ↗ in any water building stations um and I

9:20 ↗ thought oh that's that's just like

9:22 ↗ insane and so I had assumed that that

9:24 ↗ would be something they would remedy but

9:26 ↗ um a student project ended up finding

9:28 ↗ the fund to remedy it and I really feel

9:31 ↗ like that sort of highlights where the

9:33 ↗ district is right now and that yes

9:36 ↗ they're putting some uh thinking into

9:38 ↗ their um infrastructure planning but the

9:41 ↗ students still want to see more than

9:43 ↗ what the administration is providing so

9:45 ↗ I think there's big opportunities there

9:49 ↗ thanks Jan hi mayor um my question was

9:53 ↗ something that we actually covered at

9:55 ↗ our Retreat uh earlier this year and it

9:58 ↗ was really

10:00 ↗ curious on your thoughts around how we

10:02 ↗ as a board could help or um get involved

10:05 ↗ in the budget cycle that's something

10:06 ↗ that obviously the way money it's spent

10:08 ↗ in the city is really important and so

10:10 ↗ curious both on timing like when

10:12 ↗ feedback is most valuable in your

10:14 ↗ opinion and then if there's certain

10:16 ↗ types of feedback that that you think

10:18 ↗ would be helpful or or constructive as

10:20 ↗ part of the

10:21 ↗ process D that's a great question Jamie

10:24 ↗ typically in the past the boards of

10:25 ↗ commissions have not gotten involved in

10:27 ↗ the budgeting cycle and primarily for

10:29 ↗ the reason that my opinion only um you

10:33 ↗ have to really focus in a certain area

10:35 ↗ of work that the city does and so for

10:38 ↗ you to feed into the budget process your

10:41 ↗ Advocate that's actually fighting for um

10:44 ↗ maintaining environmental programs or

10:46 ↗ getting uh additional Staffing verses is

10:48 ↗ Stacy and so um we are not in a place

10:53 ↗ where we want to be seeing all of our

10:55 ↗ different boards and commissions coming

10:57 ↗ in and advocating for that particular

10:59 ↗ area so that it's you against the Arts

11:02 ↗ against planning who wants us to do some

11:04 ↗ more land do studies we really rely on

11:07 ↗ the boards and commissions for once the

11:09 ↗ council has approved a budget that you

11:12 ↗ are able then to work with Stacy to have

11:15 ↗ a work plan developed um that how your

11:19 ↗ work feeds into the council policy and

11:21 ↗ decision making for that year and

11:23 ↗ Reporting back on successes so we

11:26 ↗ haven't actually used boards Commissions

11:28 ↗ in the past to participate in the buting

11:31 ↗ process if you have thoughts or ideas of

11:34 ↗ how we can do that without making it you

11:36 ↗ know one um order commission

11:40 ↗ advocating for advocating for just the

11:43 ↗ environment the are just advocating for

11:45 ↗ the Arts and City commission if you can

11:48 ↗ figure out a way how we might be able to

11:50 ↗ do that I'm open to

11:52 ↗ suggestions thank

11:55 ↗ you answer your question J thank you and

12:01 ↗ hey Mary L poly thanks for coming

12:04 ↗ tonight

12:06 ↗ um so my question is do you know if

12:11 ↗ school um school districts or schools

12:14 ↗ can get funding from the

12:17 ↗ CCA I I'm not sure about the CCA but

12:21 ↗ Stacy's probably better able to answer

12:23 ↗ that question they're definitely able to

12:25 ↗ access any programs that we as a city

12:27 ↗ are offering to get those larger um

12:31 ↗ structures and Facilities um up to uh

12:35 ↗ improve improvements within the energy

12:37 ↗ code so Stacy there's there's no reason

12:39 ↗ that we stop them from applying from the

12:41 ↗ programs that you're talking about I'm

12:43 ↗ assuming no and there's been some grant

12:45 ↗ opportunities through the CCA that

12:46 ↗ school districts can apply for and they

12:48 ↗ were even successful with the Energy

12:51 ↗ Efficiency one I believe or tentatively

12:54 ↗ that's what I've heard I don't know if

12:55 ↗ that's been

12:59 ↗ if they actually got their baselines is

13:02 ↗ that how they fed their estimate into

13:04 ↗ that request that they had have they

13:06 ↗ done their their work their homework

13:08 ↗ yeah so all the bond request was based

13:11 ↗ on the work that McDonald Miller did on

13:13 ↗ all of theout

13:16 ↗ program that's great and I think um one

13:19 ↗ of the other big things in terms of

13:22 ↗ impacts from the school population is

13:26 ↗ like as we all see that huge string of

13:30 ↗ Vehicles dropping people off when we

13:31 ↗ have a a in place already and the impact

13:36 ↗ that has on greenhouse gas emissions

13:38 ↗ from Vehicles is huge and that's

13:40 ↗ something where I think we have some

13:41 ↗ students that are in but I'm not sure

13:43 ↗ typically in the past the school

13:45 ↗ district has wanted to you know reach

13:47 ↗ out to the parent community and and you

13:50 ↗ guys should really stop doing this

13:52 ↗ because this not community's best

13:54 ↗ interest and students best interest

13:56 ↗ climate res

13:59 ↗ so they they have a interesting

14:01 ↗ relationship with their demographic um

14:04 ↗ is maybe a little more late back than we

14:08 ↗ would hope you know when you build all

14:10 ↗ the parking stalls the student cars

14:12 ↗ would come so if we're going to pretend

14:15 ↗ that we're going to be living in a new

14:18 ↗ um urban area we have to start designing

14:23 ↗ well there's a lot of things about the

14:24 ↗ same schools that we should be changing

14:26 ↗ so and also one of the other big things

14:29 ↗ that I need their assistance with uh on

14:31 ↗ the long range planning side is that we

14:33 ↗ need to look at what school facilities

14:35 ↗ will be available in Central Central aqu

14:38 ↗ will be the most populated part of our

14:40 ↗ city in 20 to 25 years and we don't want

14:44 ↗ to see

14:45 ↗ everybody

14:47 ↗ thriving SCH the whole thing doesn't

14:49 ↗ work if that's where we're going to end

14:51 ↗ up with our future School design we have

14:53 ↗ asked over the last six years for an

14:56 ↗ opportunity to sit down and talk about

14:57 ↗ what um Central was schools or school

15:01 ↗ expansion would look like and again that

15:02 ↗ just hasn't gained much traction they'

15:04 ↗ really had to focus on this one new high

15:06 ↗ school and then complying with these

15:09 ↗ different regulations but there is a ton

15:12 ↗ of room for opportunity for improved

15:16 ↗ cooperation project sharing all kinds of

15:19 ↗ items they can be big Gaines for us good

15:25 ↗ news awesome thank you thank you man

15:29 ↗ thank you mayor um not seeing any other

15:32 ↗ questions tonight is all about Stacy and

15:35 ↗ David three different topics um the

15:38 ↗ annual board report self analysis the

15:40 ↗ 2025 draft environmental board work plan

15:44 ↗ and then the IAP priority programs and

15:46 ↗ projects the first two topics um just

15:49 ↗ looking for input tonight we'll be

15:51 ↗ approving those in December the last

15:53 ↗ topic is information

15:55 ↗ so great well thanks Mar PA for us and

15:59 ↗ um answering some initial questions

16:01 ↗ we'll have some more prepared for our

16:03 ↗ next meeting in December and look

16:04 ↗ forward to seeing you again there um

16:07 ↗ tonight we were going to walk through

16:10 ↗ the environmental board report um as Don

16:13 ↗ said this is the draft report um our

16:17 ↗ hope is to get feedback tonight so that

16:19 ↗ we can then vote to approve this in

16:21 ↗ December with the changes that are

16:23 ↗ offered this evening um I walked through

16:26 ↗ the outline last meeting I will just do

16:29 ↗ a quick run through um again and then

16:31 ↗ take feedback and then we'll transition

16:33 ↗ to David who did uh a very quick

16:36 ↗ analysis of the uh survey that folks

16:39 ↗ filled out um he did that just today um

16:43 ↗ so we'll provide that uh brief overview

16:46 ↗ of the self analysis and have a bit of

16:48 ↗ time for discussion prior to

16:49 ↗ incorporating those results into the

16:52 ↗ report um so as a reminder the annual

16:55 ↗ board report is required to be submitted

16:58 ↗ to count

16:59 ↗ each year by December 31st it's really a

17:02 ↗ summary of all of the work that we've

17:04 ↗ done uh as required under our Municipal

17:07 ↗ Code um the report is broken up into

17:11 ↗ those various requirements that's the

17:13 ↗ structure we've just used over the last

17:16 ↗ few years um with this uh version we

17:19 ↗ have added an additional section at the

17:22 ↗ end um that the board requests and I'll

17:24 ↗ speak to in a moment um so first we walk

17:27 ↗ through um um any input that we've been

17:30 ↗ providing on plans and codes uh this

17:34 ↗ board uh did provide feedback on a

17:37 ↗ number of City plans this year um and so

17:41 ↗ that is summarized and then also all of

17:43 ↗ those letters related to the plans will

17:46 ↗ be attached to the report um again then

17:50 ↗ it speaks of providing formal written

17:52 ↗ statements so summarized here and then

17:55 ↗ uh we will be attaching um those to the

17:58 ↗ the

18:00 ↗ report um there's another section on

18:02 ↗ reviewing research best practices that

18:05 ↗ one uh have had a little been unclear of

18:08 ↗ what to summarize in the past I think

18:10 ↗ there's a little bit more clarity this

18:12 ↗ year we've had some specific items

18:14 ↗ around urban

18:15 ↗ forestry um sustainable buildings and

18:18 ↗ infrastructure will be coming at the

18:20 ↗ next meeting um and then um just last

18:24 ↗ meeting we had a presentation on repair

18:26 ↗ and study so getting into a little bit

18:28 ↗ more research that may advise uh have

18:32 ↗ the board advis on some policy in the

18:35 ↗ future um the natural environment

18:37 ↗ checklist we've had uh just one

18:39 ↗ in-person meeting on that that topic at

18:42 ↗ our last discussion um we've had some

18:45 ↗ written updates through um this year and

18:49 ↗ we've identified uh improvements going

18:51 ↗ into

18:53 ↗ 2025 um quick summary of meetings really

18:56 ↗ dedicated to IAP topics even though we

18:59 ↗ try to provide written or verbal updates

19:01 ↗ on where we are with implementation uh

19:04 ↗ each meeting we have had a few meetings

19:06 ↗ that have been um dedicated to

19:08 ↗ presenting to you on certain

19:11 ↗ programs um the next section is on

19:15 ↗ recommendations again many of those are

19:17 ↗ summarized in the letters that the board

19:19 ↗ provided uh each year and then the or um

19:24 ↗ throughout the year and then the last

19:25 ↗ two items are providing this report and

19:28 ↗ carrying out other duties um which we

19:30 ↗ have not been

19:32 ↗ assigned the new sections the board

19:34 ↗ requested that we add in um was to

19:37 ↗ include our 2025 annual work plan in the

19:41 ↗ past we haven't developed that until

19:43 ↗ January February of the of the current

19:46 ↗ year um so this board report is planning

19:50 ↗ to uh introduce that draft preliminary

19:53 ↗ work plan and then the board also

19:56 ↗ requested a summary of G apps or

19:59 ↗ concerns be included um these are items

20:02 ↗ that we've identified throughout the

20:04 ↗ year that we think need some additional

20:06 ↗ or that you all think need additional

20:08 ↗ attention from the city including

20:10 ↗ Staffing um around the environment

20:13 ↗ engagement of the school

20:15 ↗ district um and climate um and then a

20:18 ↗ bit of information around um where we

20:21 ↗ might be going in terms of having

20:23 ↗ conversations around further climate

20:25 ↗ Investments so this section is new this

20:27 ↗ year

20:29 ↗ um and then the rest of the board report

20:32 ↗ will include a summary of all the

20:34 ↗ agendas topics so we had each meeting um

20:38 ↗ we will attach all of the letters or

20:40 ↗ recommendations that were written to

20:42 ↗ council or other boards and commissions

20:45 ↗ um the self

20:46 ↗ analysis

20:48 ↗ results and there's one other

20:54 ↗ item and then our proposed work plan

20:57 ↗ will also be included which we'll be

20:59 ↗ discussing later this evening so that's

21:02 ↗ a quick overview of the annual report we

21:04 ↗ are looking for uh any feedback that

21:06 ↗ folks have any gaps um revisions that

21:09 ↗ you'd like to see made if there's word

21:11 ↗ smithing revisions you can send those to

21:13 ↗ me after the meeting as well but happy

21:15 ↗ to discuss any of

21:19 ↗ it so I have a question before I provide

21:22 ↗ my feedback and that is when you present

21:24 ↗ this to council is it set with a cover

21:26 ↗ memo similar to what you provideed to to

21:28 ↗ us and then just attached

21:31 ↗ correct so the cover memo will generally

21:34 ↗ look like the memo you provided to us

21:37 ↗ correct yeah the cover memo um for

21:39 ↗ providing this type of report would be

21:41 ↗ very um just to introduce the memo

21:43 ↗ essentially because all the content is

21:45 ↗ or excuse me introduce the report

21:47 ↗ because all the content is included in

21:49 ↗ the report so my comment to you is on

21:51 ↗ the cover memo that companies since we

21:53 ↗ have two new sections that we've

21:55 ↗ identified that we think are important

21:57 ↗ for the council to see and they're

22:00 ↗ buried at the bottom of the overall

22:02 ↗ porch they may not get the attention of

22:06 ↗ the council that we would like with this

22:09 ↗ so I request that in your cover me to

22:11 ↗ the council that you identify that we

22:14 ↗ have two new sections so perhaps put

22:16 ↗ them in your cover memo so that they

22:18 ↗ actually see them um and I would suggest

22:21 ↗ doing that each time if there's

22:22 ↗ something the board wants from Council

22:24 ↗ or needs Direction and wants them to pay

22:26 ↗ attention to the rest of the stuff kind

22:28 ↗ of the same stuff over and over this is

22:30 ↗ what we've been doing you've seen us

22:32 ↗ give letters but we're asking for

22:34 ↗ something from councel and it would be

22:36 ↗ helpful if that was a little more

22:38 ↗ upfront from me that's just my feedback

22:40 ↗ thank you for

22:41 ↗ great

22:43 ↗ J um yeah I think some of what Nancy

22:46 ↗ said I think really resonates to me some

22:48 ↗ of it's just like how are we pulling it

22:50 ↗ the really important priorities what do

22:51 ↗ we want to get across in a message

22:53 ↗ because there's a lot of words here a

22:55 ↗ lot of it's like kind of our report card

22:57 ↗ looking back and so what are the things

22:59 ↗ that what are those key messages that we

23:00 ↗ want to make sure that Council hears if

23:03 ↗ they only read an executive summary so I

23:05 ↗ do think that that memo is really a

23:07 ↗ critical tool and some of the things

23:10 ↗ that I don't necessarily see captured or

23:13 ↗ they're kind of hidden just like

23:14 ↗ thinking through like if we're more

23:16 ↗ forward looking on what is important at

23:19 ↗ least that's my opinion on what's

23:21 ↗ important in 202 in environmentally

23:24 ↗ related topics I mean I think well for

23:27 ↗ one like youve talked a few times about

23:29 ↗ the like kind of lack of oversight

23:32 ↗ across natural environment topics like

23:34 ↗ it's sort of it's a bunch of different

23:35 ↗ staff members realistic that we're

23:37 ↗ probably not going to get a new staff

23:38 ↗ member with budget where it's at so what

23:40 ↗ are the alternatives to identifying how

23:43 ↗ we can track and understand across what

23:45 ↗ Dan's doing with Urban Forest management

23:47 ↗ all the other kind of more code based

23:49 ↗ things that we're working on for Title

23:52 ↗ 18 updates how are we measuring this how

23:54 ↗ can we as a board but also as a city

23:57 ↗ track our per performance against those

23:59 ↗ goals I think is just something that I

24:01 ↗ don't our national environment checklist

24:02 ↗ is just not doing that and I think

24:04 ↗ you've been trying to get it there just

24:06 ↗ is it's never gotten very close in my

24:08 ↗ opinion to where that could be so I

24:10 ↗ think that's one kind of theme that I'm

24:12 ↗ trying to understand and make sure that

24:13 ↗ we can track we're going to do an IAP

24:15 ↗ update making sure that that's more

24:17 ↗ measurable more track like I think how

24:20 ↗ we're tracking those really key areas of

24:22 ↗ what we're doing is something that I

24:23 ↗ would hope is a focus for for the next

24:26 ↗ year and then I think the final final

24:30 ↗ thought here was um we talk about like

24:33 ↗ Urban Force management plan is going to

24:35 ↗ be a big Focus for next year one of the

24:37 ↗ things that feedback that I had during

24:39 ↗ that meeting that I I'm curious on other

24:42 ↗ board members stops was it was and I

24:44 ↗ don't know exactly how that plan is

24:46 ↗ going to get implemented but if it's

24:47 ↗ anything like IAP where there's like a

24:50 ↗ staff liaison Dan or Stacy with IAP and

24:53 ↗ then a board that's the main board

24:55 ↗ that's involved with that I think at the

24:57 ↗ time that was going to be s which is

24:59 ↗ more about I think Dan's reporting

25:01 ↗ relationship than like who actually has

25:04 ↗ a lot of is has expertise and I think a

25:06 ↗ lot of focus on canopy so that's one

25:09 ↗ other thing that I think we may if other

25:10 ↗ board members agree that seems like a a

25:14 ↗ decision that I I would want to have

25:16 ↗ highlighted that it seems like the

25:18 ↗ environmental board is the appropriate

25:20 ↗ board to provide feedback and kind of

25:22 ↗ ongoing oversight it all also ties into

25:25 ↗ for looking at what is going to be great

25:27 ↗ to track overall progress in natural

25:29 ↗ environment Urban Forest management plan

25:32 ↗ is going to be one of the best tools

25:33 ↗ going forward on on where we might get

25:35 ↗ that so I'm curious from other board

25:37 ↗ members if if you agree with me there

25:40 ↗ because I think that it'd be great if

25:41 ↗ you do so kind of voice voice that so

25:43 ↗ that that can be something that we

25:45 ↗ include here I second James I

25:49 ↗ agree I agree but I think that for

25:52 ↗ management plan is important Parks too

25:55 ↗ so it's going to be kind of a pusher PLL

25:57 ↗ between this

25:58 ↗ and you see we have a joint

26:01 ↗ meeting proposed in uh what is it July

26:05 ↗ talk about that the Parks

26:08 ↗ Board are you requesting that the that

26:11 ↗ plan live with the environmental board

26:14 ↗ and not with the parks word or a mixture

26:16 ↗ well I I guess I it seems much more

26:19 ↗ logical that looking at the subject

26:21 ↗ matter in that there is some that

26:23 ↗ touches on what is is happening in Parks

26:26 ↗ um a lot of times what happens in Parks

26:28 ↗ is that actually at odds with canopy

26:29 ↗ cover like they're having to make

26:31 ↗ decisions it's kind of a conflict of

26:33 ↗ interest in some ways because it's like

26:35 ↗ they're the ones advocating for fields

26:36 ↗ and things that actually aren't great so

26:39 ↗ it just seems kind of like an odd

26:41 ↗ pairing for that to be the board the

26:43 ↗ board that would be and I don't know I

26:44 ↗ don't know what the city's plans are

26:46 ↗ this was something that Dan I think was

26:48 ↗ going to take away but um yeah anyways

26:51 ↗ that so yes I think the short answer is

26:54 ↗ yes I can highlight that in the memo Dan

26:58 ↗ had an initial conversation about um the

27:01 ↗ plan is written so he will once adopted

27:04 ↗ from Council he will have his direction

27:06 ↗ for implementing the plan and probably

27:08 ↗ doing joint reporting to both Park Board

27:12 ↗ and environmental board joint meetings

27:15 ↗ where possible where he'd report out on

27:17 ↗ progress and then of course if there's

27:20 ↗ programs or policy related to the plan

27:24 ↗ where feedback is needed would probably

27:25 ↗ be touching base with both um for so

27:28 ↗ that's at least the initial conversation

27:30 ↗ we've had and trying to do more joint

27:32 ↗ meetings where possible where there's

27:34 ↗ but that's for further discussion that

27:36 ↗ was very initial but to go on with that

27:39 ↗ topic I think that's been the challenge

27:42 ↗ of this board and not focusing on the

27:44 ↗ environment to the extent I mean Stacy's

27:46 ↗ really focus on

27:47 ↗ sustainability and climate change

27:50 ↗ appropriately so that's really what we

27:52 ↗ would but we really are an environmental

27:54 ↗ board looking at more than just climate

27:56 ↗ change and sustainability

27:58 ↗ and I agree with um Jamie that the urban

28:02 ↗ Force plan really should be here because

28:05 ↗ we're the environmental Flor it is an

28:07 ↗ environmental topic it's not a Parks

28:09 ↗ topic that's just my

28:11 ↗ opinion thank

28:14 ↗ you I have a question does sharing it

28:19 ↗ with the the parks for diminish it

28:23 ↗ somehow like um what is the um the

28:26 ↗ negative of sharing

28:28 ↗ that Forest plan with the board and the

28:32 ↗ parks or know think that's a question

28:35 ↗ for the parks department um you how do

28:37 ↗ they plan to implement it into their

28:39 ↗ park

28:40 ↗ system is it going to be integral to

28:43 ↗ their other Parks or their more

28:46 ↗ developed Parks or is it be a stone

28:49 ↗ program I've seen different bottles of

28:52 ↗ different cities on how they do I would

28:54 ↗ think if it enhances what they're doing

28:56 ↗ with Parks then

28:58 ↗ it would be um a bonus to have it have

29:02 ↗ them be really involved in it as

29:04 ↗ well and I think it be similar to kind

29:07 ↗ of how manage the IAP or other plans are

29:11 ↗ managed where when we are proposing to

29:15 ↗ implement a program within that plan

29:17 ↗ where we need feedback from certain

29:19 ↗ boards based on their expertise we we go

29:22 ↗ to other boards besides the

29:23 ↗ environmental board for feedback on the

29:25 ↗ IAP Equity board probably be doing more

29:28 ↗ with um uh Transportation Advisory Board

29:31 ↗ in the future Park board so um I I don't

29:35 ↗ see the urban Forest management plan

29:37 ↗ necessarily needing to be kind of owned

29:39 ↗ by one board but really depending on the

29:43 ↗ programs and plans that are being

29:44 ↗ implemented Dan will be touching base

29:46 ↗ with those different boards and probably

29:49 ↗ looking um mostly to the park board

29:52 ↗ environmental boards if that falls

29:54 ↗ within the expertise but um I'll have I

29:57 ↗ can have for their conversations with

29:59 ↗ him and the parks team and kind of see

30:01 ↗ uh where they are but I don't

30:03 ↗ necessarily think that a plan needs to

30:05 ↗ be assigned one board as kind of a a

30:09 ↗ owner really lives across all of the

30:11 ↗ city boards and

30:13 ↗ commissions me um yeah when I was

30:16 ↗ working with Dan I know that um we did

30:19 ↗ some or I did some work like looking at

30:21 ↗ the urban Force management plan and I

30:23 ↗ think that for the most part it was kind

30:25 ↗ of being Untouched by or like focus on

30:28 ↗ and like push out of the way and I think

30:29 ↗ a lot of the language also is spec more

30:32 ↗ specific to the park board but I wonder

30:34 ↗ if there's like revisions in the like

30:36 ↗ smaller actions that we can take towards

30:38 ↗ the goals that are outlined in there cuz

30:41 ↗ I think that um a lot of it is also like

30:43 ↗ longterm and I don't know when the last

30:45 ↗ time it was updated was but I think it

30:47 ↗ was before Co and so a lot of that is

30:50 ↗ like unaligned with goals that the

30:53 ↗ sustainability plan

30:56 ↗ has okay thank you

31:00 ↗ other comments on our annual

31:05 ↗ report all right you guys want to go

31:07 ↗ into that self announcement great yeah

31:09 ↗ and what I can do I'll definitely

31:10 ↗ emphasize the items that were brought up

31:12 ↗ this evening in the memo and I can

31:14 ↗ provide the board with that draft memo

31:16 ↗ as well so you have a chance to provide

31:17 ↗ that

31:24 ↗ Fe all

31:26 ↗ right um so as was

31:31 ↗ mentioned

31:33 ↗ um I threw these slides together a

31:37 ↗ couple hours ago we wanted to wait until

31:39 ↗ the last minute so that as many folks as

31:41 ↗ possible could uh provide their uh self

31:44 ↗ analysis self assessment uh to us to to

31:48 ↗ pull into this so um apologies for not

31:51 ↗ getting these out ahead of time

31:54 ↗ um there we go um but we will uh send

31:58 ↗ these out um yeah so um self analysis uh

32:05 ↗ at a quick glance um we do have we had

32:09 ↗ 10 out of 12 board members complete the

32:12 ↗ an assessment this year um that is up

32:14 ↗ from eight uh last year so that's that's

32:17 ↗ exciting and that's uh some great uh

32:21 ↗ participation um overall the

32:23 ↗ environmental board members felt uh good

32:25 ↗ about their contribution um to the city

32:29 ↗ um felt uh positively about uh the depth

32:33 ↗ and level that they were that the board

32:34 ↗ has been able to uh dig into and dive

32:37 ↗ into uh plans reports things like that

32:41 ↗ um the environmental board has felt

32:43 ↗ positively about staff support and about

32:45 ↗ um the breath and types of topics that

32:48 ↗ are coming to the

32:49 ↗ board um there are definitely some s

32:52 ↗ suggestions for improvements including

32:54 ↗ on the meeting process and then some of

32:57 ↗ the feedback loops so um some of what we

32:59 ↗ had talked about earlier but making sure

33:01 ↗ that there is uh continued conversation

33:03 ↗ between Administration uh Council Etc

33:06 ↗ and the board so I'll dig into those a

33:08 ↗ little bit uh in a minute

33:12 ↗ so just to start off with some

33:14 ↗ highlights um these are some of the most

33:17 ↗ positive pieces of the self assessment

33:19 ↗ things that came out there um there

33:23 ↗ there's a spelling error so sorry about

33:26 ↗ that but um the board was was uh

33:28 ↗ appreciative of the opportunity for

33:29 ↗ thoughtful and thorough feedback of a

33:31 ↗ lot of topics so um there was definitely

33:33 ↗ some appreciation for being able to dive

33:35 ↗ in uh in depth into uh different topics

33:40 ↗ um there was uh some perspectives around

33:45 ↗ um wanting to be able to touch on many

33:47 ↗ different types of projects and so um

33:50 ↗ sometimes kind of different projects

33:51 ↗ coming back to the board multiple times

33:53 ↗ did um uh could have felt um like a lot

33:58 ↗ for some folks but um for the most part

34:01 ↗ folks felt very appreciative of of

34:03 ↗ diving into the topics Additionally the

34:06 ↗ topics brought to the environmental

34:07 ↗ board were all relevant and valuable and

34:10 ↗ you'll see kind of one of the the switch

34:12 ↗ opposite sides of that on the next slide

34:15 ↗ but um staff and presenters have

34:17 ↗ supported the environmental board well

34:18 ↗ over the last year and came to the

34:20 ↗ environmental board prepared with their

34:23 ↗ presentations um environmental board

34:25 ↗ members um have felt that this is gener

34:27 ↗ really a positive experience joining the

34:29 ↗ board providing feedback to the city

34:31 ↗ getting more involved into what the city

34:34 ↗ uh has done and is doing uh related to

34:37 ↗ All Things

34:39 ↗ environment and then the final one that

34:41 ↗ I wanted to highlight for now is that uh

34:42 ↗ support for new environmental board

34:44 ↗ members has improved this year um

34:48 ↗ however uh there we want to continue to

34:51 ↗ uh expand support for new members

34:53 ↗ there's definitely some things that

34:54 ↗ we've we've talked about and so that was

34:56 ↗ something that was not as a as a

34:58 ↗ positive and something that um we want

35:01 ↗ to board members noted that we wanted to

35:03 ↗ continue uh pushing forward um uh next

35:08 ↗ year so a couple opportunities for

35:11 ↗ improvement um this is not uh this is

35:14 ↗ not everything this is just some of some

35:15 ↗ summaries here but um the one of the

35:18 ↗ ones that was talked about most was

35:20 ↗ improving those feed lab feedback loops

35:22 ↗ between um environmental board

35:24 ↗ recommendations what was implemented and

35:27 ↗ how those Rec recomendations were taken

35:28 ↗ by uh the administration and by Council

35:31 ↗ so making sure that um staff and Council

35:35 ↗ can report back to the environmental

35:37 ↗ board on how we're receiving uh comments

35:40 ↗ and recommendations on programs and

35:43 ↗ policies and making sure that that is uh

35:45 ↗ a strong feedback loop there um there

35:48 ↗ are a lot of topics to cover um the

35:51 ↗ environmental board noted that they were

35:53 ↗ all uh valuable and relevant topics but

35:56 ↗ that there are a lot of them and that at

35:58 ↗ times uh it has been difficult that

36:01 ↗ we've had some long meetings lots to

36:03 ↗ review things like that and so um there

36:06 ↗ was um an interest in in thinking about

36:09 ↗ prioritizing the topics that are coming

36:10 ↗ to the board to make sure that um uh the

36:14 ↗ board is focusing in on those those

36:16 ↗ topics uh that are most important for uh

36:19 ↗ for the city and and most important for

36:20 ↗ this this board to look

36:23 ↗ at um there was interest uh there was a

36:27 ↗ lot of uh environmental board engagement

36:29 ↗ on plans documents this year um as was

36:32 ↗ noted before uh but there was also some

36:35 ↗ interest uh in the self analysis on um

36:39 ↗ providing feedback and getting more

36:40 ↗ involved in uh some more initiatives and

36:44 ↗ project level work that staff are doing

36:46 ↗ as well so um that's kind of jumping in

36:49 ↗ from kind of that higher level looking

36:51 ↗ down at at um you know city-wide plans

36:54 ↗ long range plans things like that and

36:57 ↗ jump into giving a little bit more

36:58 ↗ feedback into specific uh specific

37:01 ↗ projects and

37:03 ↗ initiatives um there was interest from

37:07 ↗ multiple board members on exploring

37:09 ↗ opportunities for more Community

37:11 ↗ involvement and engagement both in what

37:13 ↗ staff are doing so making sure that uh

37:16 ↗ the work that we're doing with the

37:17 ↗ climate action plan is getting out

37:19 ↗ climate action plan and other

37:20 ↗ environmental initiatives are getting

37:22 ↗ out to the community um as well as

37:25 ↗ thinking about ways to involve the

37:26 ↗ community in the work of the

37:28 ↗ environmental board itself right so

37:31 ↗ that's definitely something that we'll

37:33 ↗ we'll get to dig into there and then

37:35 ↗ there were uh a number of different

37:37 ↗ specific process recommendations so uh

37:40 ↗ some of those were um related to things

37:43 ↗ like uh reports or um summaries that

37:47 ↗ could be provided to the environmental

37:48 ↗ board on um what we've been discussing

37:51 ↗ what we uh had previously discussed on

37:53 ↗ different topics things like that um one

37:55 ↗ of my favorites was um a request for

37:58 ↗ some more informal uh Gatherings and

38:03 ↗ um you know environmental board bonding

38:06 ↗ and kind of support and field trips

38:08 ↗ things like that type of stuff as well

38:11 ↗ um so there were also some of those

38:12 ↗ specific recommendations on how we could

38:14 ↗ improve

38:15 ↗ there and then the final piece uh from

38:19 ↗ the uh self assessment for right now um

38:22 ↗ these were the items uh in order that

38:25 ↗ were of highest interest to the board um

38:28 ↗ based on the the rankings from the uh

38:30 ↗ self assessment so the urban Forest

38:32 ↗ management plan was uh the um the item

38:37 ↗ that was identified by the most

38:38 ↗ environmental board members of being as

38:41 ↗ being of interest to the board followed

38:43 ↗ by Transportation Planning iapf action

38:46 ↗ updates decarbonization efforts both for

38:48 ↗ the city and the community so that's

38:50 ↗ thinking about um what we're doing at

38:52 ↗ our city operations as well as our

38:54 ↗ programs and uh policies to support uh

38:57 ↗ CommunityWide

38:58 ↗ decarbonization and then Wildlife

39:00 ↗ corridors and then um the final one here

39:03 ↗ was the uh IAP update process which is

39:06 ↗ planned for 2025 and

39:09 ↗ 2026 um although these are the the top

39:13 ↗ six um all of the priorities that were

39:16 ↗ on that self assessment did get votes so

39:18 ↗ so folks across the environmental board

39:20 ↗ do have a wide range of interests and

39:22 ↗ are are interested in in all of the

39:24 ↗ topics from waste management for to uh

39:27 ↗ um to these uh identified here and then

39:30 ↗ there were also some other great uh

39:32 ↗ ideas provided by board members as well

39:35 ↗ written in ideas so thinking about um uh

39:39 ↗ some of the Public Works plans and so

39:42 ↗ storm water sewer plans things like that

39:45 ↗ um as well as looking at the the

39:47 ↗ interface between wildlife and waste um

39:50 ↗ management so there are a number of

39:52 ↗ other good ideas that were uh provided

39:54 ↗ for uh staff to consider bringing in the

39:58 ↗ future so with that that was my my quick

40:02 ↗ and rough um pull together of

40:05 ↗ information from this self assessment um

40:08 ↗ but we'll be diving more into it uh in

40:11 ↗ the next couple weeks and kind of uh

40:13 ↗ putting that information more together

40:16 ↗ so that's what I have there any

40:19 ↗ questions or thoughts on the self

40:21 ↗ assessment folks can either provide more

40:23 ↗ uh any thoughts on what they've seen or

40:26 ↗ um add to anything that I uh

40:31 ↗ summarized we going to see a more

40:33 ↗ detailed version

40:36 ↗ of yes it will be in the report it'll be

40:39 ↗ included as part of the report so

40:41 ↗ that'll be in the diser

40:43 ↗ packet but yeah I think now we were just

40:45 ↗ looking for any Reflections on that we

40:48 ↗ can definitely have some more discussion

40:50 ↗ in December does this reflect how you

40:53 ↗ all filled out the survey any um

40:56 ↗ questions or

41:00 ↗ be yeah I be back at the than going out

41:04 ↗ the other day the question I was going

41:06 ↗ to ask the board was both new members

41:09 ↗ and youth members if there's anything in

41:11 ↗ particular that I mean obviously your

41:13 ↗ feedback is sprinkled in here but if

41:15 ↗ there's anything that uh it sounds like

41:19 ↗ things were an improvement from previous

41:21 ↗ years if there's any ideas or doesn't

41:23 ↗ have to be just first year members but

41:25 ↗ anyone on that topic I think that was

41:27 ↗ something that definitely came out of

41:29 ↗ the retreat that's a big topic so

41:32 ↗ there's any thoughts from the board

41:33 ↗ members on improvements are things that

41:36 ↗ that worked really well that we should

41:38 ↗ consider focusing

41:39 ↗ on just

41:48 ↗ he I don't have any comment

41:57 ↗ other comment on that um I'm going to

41:59 ↗ pause there for just a second because

42:02 ↗ thank you Connie Connie wanted to have a

42:04 ↗ chance for public comments

42:11 ↗ here Connie you're muted on RN you

42:13 ↗ should be able to unmute there you go go

42:15 ↗ ahead okay I just was making sure that

42:18 ↗ that was for me so um the Connie Marsh I

42:22 ↗ live on squat so you all are my favorite

42:26 ↗ board because you are thoughtful you do

42:29 ↗ your work and you actually question and

42:33 ↗ you make the city far better and so I

42:37 ↗ appreciate you all and I'm here to tell

42:39 ↗ you I don't say that very often so there

42:42 ↗ you

42:44 ↗ go on the the the issues that I see with

42:50 ↗ the board being

42:52 ↗ successful are that that information

42:56 ↗ that is

42:57 ↗ provided to the

42:59 ↗ board

43:01 ↗ is not necessarily the most perant or

43:06 ↗ the the heaviest hitting pieces of the

43:09 ↗ world that I I personally think should

43:12 ↗ be provided um when I look at our

43:15 ↗ long-term Transportation program and I

43:17 ↗ see that that is not being brought to

43:20 ↗ the board even though it is being

43:22 ↗ threaded through a comprehensive plan I

43:24 ↗ think these are the conversations for

43:27 ↗ our longterm future that that need to be

43:30 ↗ provided to the board in advance and

43:33 ↗ these are policy level changes on what

43:37 ↗ we want our city to be in 20 years and

43:41 ↗ they gave you the language but you never

43:44 ↗ got to have a conversation about how it

43:48 ↗ all works together and how

43:49 ↗ Transportation can transform to make the

43:53 ↗ city different and so then when I look

43:56 ↗ at the budget and I see that Metroflex

43:58 ↗ was initially removed from the budget

44:01 ↗ one of our one of our um our new Transit

44:06 ↗ things and instead we're funding a whole

44:11 ↗ bunch of new vehicles you go wait a

44:13 ↗ second okay let's have a conversation

44:16 ↗ about what the balance of this looks

44:18 ↗ like and how it can work in reality and

44:21 ↗ I don't know how to get that style of

44:25 ↗ conversation to the Environ board

44:27 ↗ because that is actually How the City

44:29 ↗ Works they funnel bits of

44:33 ↗ information to who you and um and Stacy

44:38 ↗ cannot see everything and I often see

44:42 ↗ things go through that have not gotten

44:43 ↗ to the environmental board that should

44:45 ↗ have been to the environmental board and

44:48 ↗ I'm not sure how they end up at Council

44:50 ↗ committee uh before they end up or if

44:54 ↗ they they never end up in the

44:55 ↗ environment board so the process for

44:59 ↗ prioritizing what you all look at is not

45:03 ↗ transparent to you and so a discussion

45:06 ↗ about how you prioritize and who gets to

45:10 ↗ choose what you see I is one of the

45:13 ↗ things that I think is lacking here so

45:17 ↗ um yeah I think I think maybe four or

45:20 ↗ five those things have happened in the

45:22 ↗ last two months and it makes me crazy

45:25 ↗ because you all would have something to

45:26 ↗ say about it that would be very

45:29 ↗ important so anyway you all are

45:32 ↗ wonderful um I appreciate everything you

45:35 ↗ do and uh I'm hoping for a better year

45:39 ↗ next year even thank

45:47 ↗ you with that close that one move on to

45:50 ↗ the next topic so the 2025 draft

45:54 ↗ environmental board work plan

45:58 ↗ great so um over the last few months we

46:00 ↗ have been working just internally with

46:03 ↗ staff to identify topics to come to the

46:05 ↗ board in 2025 we have not yet

46:08 ↗ Incorporated the input from the self

46:12 ↗ analysis um but glad to see that many of

46:14 ↗ the topics you all uh saw as a priority

46:17 ↗ or ranked as a priority um are reflected

46:19 ↗ in the work plan there's definitely um a

46:21 ↗ few gaps that we'll talk about um and

46:25 ↗ then also we can have a conversation

46:27 ↗ around

46:28 ↗ the um more informal engagements and

46:31 ↗ field trips is that something we were

46:32 ↗ also looking to propose for next

46:35 ↗ year so I was just going to pull up our

46:38 ↗ draft work plan um capture any

46:41 ↗ additional comments um again we will be

46:43 ↗ taking the results from the self

46:44 ↗ analysis and uh working with lead staff

46:48 ↗ on those topics to build into this work

46:50 ↗ plan um but did want to get some initial

46:53 ↗ feedback tonight um and then in December

46:56 ↗ we'll be look for kind of a thumbs up

46:58 ↗ vote on this it is a flexible work plan

47:01 ↗ we adjust it almost every month

47:03 ↗ depending on if there's changes in

47:05 ↗ timing for things going to council or

47:09 ↗ sometimes urgent topics arise um uh so

47:14 ↗ uh just keep that in mind that there are

47:16 ↗ adjustments made throughout the

47:18 ↗ year um would it be helpful do folks

47:20 ↗ want me to kind of walk through at least

47:23 ↗ what's sketched out

47:24 ↗ here have you all had a chance to look

47:27 ↗ at it and just want to jump into

47:29 ↗ feedback I can give kind of a general

47:33 ↗ summary of our thought for the year

47:37 ↗ thankful oh P go

47:41 ↗ ahead uh hi CC and so this is a generic

47:45 ↗ question not necessarily specific to the

47:48 ↗ work plan um I know we talked about it

47:51 ↗ that you know you will be updating some

47:54 ↗ of the reports which keep coming back

47:56 ↗ back to the board like IAP um and you

47:59 ↗ know there will be some kind of summary

48:01 ↗ or what's done so far so that you know

48:04 ↗ then next time it comes in front of the

48:06 ↗ board um you know whichever members want

48:09 ↗ to choose they have the opportunity

48:11 ↗ whoever wants to choose they have the

48:13 ↗ opportunity to look at you know kind of

48:15 ↗ refresh themselves before they look at

48:17 ↗ the report again um I thought you had

48:21 ↗ sent an email but I don't quite remember

48:23 ↗ it so just I wanted to check what was

48:26 ↗ the status on that and if it's possible

48:28 ↗ to look at that once in a while

48:30 ↗ especially before you know the IAP

48:32 ↗ update or some of these things keep

48:34 ↗ coming back on yeah I think Pro let me

48:37 ↗ know if this is not what you're

48:39 ↗ referring to but we did um in

48:42 ↗ preparation for the board retreat last

48:44 ↗ January and then um cleaned up a

48:47 ↗ document that provides a summary of kind

48:50 ↗ of major codes policy plans and then a

48:54 ↗ summary of Where the board has engaged

48:56 ↗ on those topics over the years we are

48:59 ↗ working to try and keep that updated so

49:02 ↗ we can send out that resource guide

49:04 ↗ again um for example it will um uh

49:08 ↗ summarize the meetings where the board

49:10 ↗ touched Title 18 or the comprehensive

49:13 ↗ plans that you can refer back to those

49:15 ↗ meetings if you need um a bit of the

49:18 ↗ background but then we'll also provide a

49:20 ↗ brief written summary on what the board

49:22 ↗ has discussed and engaged on is that was

49:25 ↗ that the topic

49:27 ↗ the document correct that's what I was

49:29 ↗ talking about but the only thing is I

49:31 ↗ don't know how often you update it I'm

49:34 ↗ not necessarily adding more work or

49:36 ↗ wanting to you to update it every time

49:38 ↗ but especially for the reports like IAP

49:40 ↗ and you know Capital Improvement plan

49:42 ↗ these things keep coming back um so you

49:46 ↗ know it's good to know especially for

49:48 ↗ the members who have not been with the

49:49 ↗ board for a long time um you know I I

49:53 ↗ just would like to look at it before I

49:56 ↗ see what going on now on the on the

49:59 ↗ report on the plan yeah thanks we do try

50:02 ↗ to keep that updated regularly based on

50:04 ↗ the topics that have been brought to the

50:06 ↗ board um we can resend that out so folks

50:10 ↗ can um favor that links and refer back

50:14 ↗ to it um and then within the memos for

50:17 ↗ our topics we usually include

50:20 ↗ information on resources or passp

50:22 ↗ discussions we're trying to uh improve

50:27 ↗ that and basically it would be

50:29 ↗ information pulled from that resource

50:31 ↗ guide so you all don't have to remember

50:33 ↗ to look back at that resource guide um

50:35 ↗ so that's something we're continuing to

50:37 ↗ work on so at least within the memo you

50:39 ↗ receive for the board packet you'll have

50:41 ↗ that summary of when the board has

50:43 ↗ touched that topic before um and can and

50:47 ↗ have a brief summary of Where the board

50:49 ↗ landed on the

50:50 ↗ topic yeah that's that would be great

50:53 ↗ thank you great and then just

50:55 ↗ specifically to the IAP updates um I

50:58 ↗ will'll just note we're preparing a

51:00 ↗ detailed update for Council right now

51:02 ↗ that will go to them in early December

51:05 ↗ we will make sure you all see that uh

51:07 ↗ prior to going to council um so that one

51:09 ↗ we have an update on all of the actions

51:11 ↗ that were um uh working on in I have

51:16 ↗ thank

51:17 ↗ you Andy I have a request for addition

51:21 ↗ to the January meeting yes and that is

51:24 ↗ given what mayor Paulie said about um um

51:27 ↗ the budget implications it would be

51:29 ↗ really helpful if we heard what happened

51:32 ↗ with the budget not only in your

51:35 ↗ department or your sustainability but

51:39 ↗ clearly there's things that will happen

51:40 ↗ in parks and um Community Development

51:44 ↗ since we saw a lot of you comp plan

51:46 ↗ things like that going through to kind

51:48 ↗ of get a feel for because the budget

51:50 ↗ sets the priorities for each of the

51:52 ↗ Departments it sets what your work plan

51:55 ↗ is and since it's not approved the

51:57 ↗ council clearly is weighing in on that

51:59 ↗ at this time it would be helpful if we

52:01 ↗ knew what the council's priorities were

52:02 ↗ since that's goinging to that signals

52:05 ↗ coming through great absolutely

52:10 ↗ great um this is just adding on to what

52:12 ↗ rash said as a suggestion on how to get

52:15 ↗ us to remember to go back and that

52:17 ↗ document is you send out those great

52:18 ↗ emails like a few days before and you

52:20 ↗ could include the link in there so

52:23 ↗ that go and check it time but if it's in

52:26 ↗ there I'll remember to go check so that

52:28 ↗ would be

52:30 ↗ helpful

52:32 ↗ Tom uh yeah so just want to reflect on

52:35 ↗ the priorities that you saw from the

52:39 ↗ survey that okay Transportation was like

52:42 ↗ number two that's cool that's one of the

52:45 ↗ topics which is near and dear to my

52:47 ↗ heart the multimodal transportation

52:50 ↗ corridors these are key things to get in

52:53 ↗ our pipeline here to improve liability

52:56 ↗ and an environmental footprint it is the

52:59 ↗ CL coming forward all right so I see

53:02 ↗ there is one month here we have the

53:04 ↗ Mobility plan implementation update in

53:08 ↗ September um so let's say we increase uh

53:13 ↗ review of Transportation related stuff

53:16 ↗ what are we going to throw out you know

53:18 ↗ so how how will that juggling act be

53:22 ↗ performed

53:24 ↗ um are we going to vote on it

53:27 ↗ or how do you envision that tradeoff to

53:31 ↗ be made that's a great question that's

53:33 ↗ something I typically consult with the

53:35 ↗ chair Vice chair as we have new topics

53:37 ↗ come on or something urgent I'll I reach

53:40 ↗ out to them or we might sit down and

53:42 ↗ kind of prioritize where we're

53:44 ↗ overloaded on

53:46 ↗ meetings it's I mean it's a difficult

53:49 ↗ thing because these are all good topics

53:52 ↗ but they're limited resources right and

53:55 ↗ one of the things we did talk about last

53:57 ↗ when we had our um Retreat if memory

54:01 ↗ serves was well all right the whole

54:03 ↗ board reviews every topic we could

54:06 ↗ fragment into subcommittees that focused

54:10 ↗ on specific areas in order to parallel

54:14 ↗ our work that that is something that

54:17 ↗ could be done it would be more overhead

54:20 ↗ um certainly on on your end to run that

54:23 ↗ show that way but uh that would be

54:27 ↗ something we could do if we wanted to

54:30 ↗ keep the bread but yet focus and some uh

54:35 ↗ yeah specific prioritized areas lower in

54:39 ↗ depth

54:41 ↗ yeah um that's all yeah one area or one

54:46 ↗ approach we've had to when we've um had

54:48 ↗ so many topics coming forward is looking

54:51 ↗ at where we can move to written updates

54:53 ↗ especially if it's just an informational

54:55 ↗ update and so you've probably been

54:57 ↗ noticing a lot of written updates in the

55:00 ↗ board packet where we would want to

55:02 ↗ prioritize for

55:04 ↗ conversation um plans that need input

55:07 ↗ any proposed policies those types of

55:09 ↗ things that have um that we really need

55:11 ↗ the boards for both feedback versus

55:14 ↗ something where we just wanted to update

55:15 ↗ the B board so that's where we're trying

55:18 ↗ to kind of balance out um our meeting

55:21 ↗ agendas as well me check with Kish and

55:24 ↗ see if it's legal for us to put together

55:27 ↗ subgroups to dig into topics in more

55:30 ↗ detail I'm thinking visibility is

55:34 ↗ it under the the the way the board

55:37 ↗ operates we allow yeah I believe we had

55:39 ↗ that conversation after the retreat we

55:41 ↗ can do that of course if there's a quum

55:44 ↗ it's a public meeting so it is more work

55:46 ↗ on us to make sure agendas are developed

55:48 ↗ and published and we're holding a public

55:50 ↗ meeting um but we can break into

55:53 ↗ subcommittees as needed um that could be

55:56 ↗ something we talk about for next year

55:58 ↗ with the IAP update or CIP that's coming

56:02 ↗ things like that some of these bigger

56:03 ↗ topics where maybe folks want to

56:06 ↗ consider a subcommittee that can dig in

56:08 ↗ a little bit deeper so but yeah I can um

56:11 ↗ work with Tia just to kind of lay out

56:13 ↗ what the process and rules are sub

56:17 ↗ committees

56:18 ↗ Jam um one topic uh just looking at that

56:23 ↗ priority list and while I think it was

56:27 ↗ three or four um and I think just

56:29 ↗ generally the topic of wildlife I think

56:31 ↗ that was maybe there weren't a lot of

56:32 ↗ wildlife topics so that be like that's

56:34 ↗ maybe a proxy for wildlife um and just

56:38 ↗ looking through our work plan we don't

56:39 ↗ really have it would sort of in like uh

56:43 ↗ raran report is probably like indirect I

56:45 ↗ just I think that like one of the best

56:48 ↗ parts about the natural environment are

56:49 ↗ the animals that live in it and we so

56:52 ↗ frequently lose that in our

56:54 ↗ conversations um it's so I think I

56:57 ↗ personally don't really understand what

56:58 ↗ are the big barrier like wild left

57:00 ↗ quarter barrier what what should we be

57:02 ↗ thinking about there and the thing that

57:03 ↗ you keep caring for me about that I

57:05 ↗ really think we need to address is um

57:08 ↗ the impact of not like we talk a lot

57:11 ↗ about waste diversion at the landfill

57:13 ↗ but what about before the landfill and

57:16 ↗ like I live in Oldtown and in the last

57:19 ↗ two weeks it's over half the days I walk

57:21 ↗ my dog every morning half the days there

57:23 ↗ are over half the days over turn trash

57:26 ↗ can overturned um compost bins and the

57:30 ↗ last time this happened this bear is on

57:31 ↗ its way to the same outcome that the

57:34 ↗ mama bear and three Cubs from a couple

57:36 ↗ years ago that ended up they got moved

57:38 ↗ and then they ended up having to get

57:39 ↗ euthanized and I don't think people know

57:41 ↗ this but there's also like even if they

57:43 ↗ did there's not really any consequence

57:45 ↗ for doing that and so like that's

57:47 ↗ another topic that I'm passionate about

57:49 ↗ I've mentioned multiple times here like

57:51 ↗ I know we have um the waste management

57:54 ↗ uh Cera the title of the person but like

57:58 ↗ that to me is like something that we

57:59 ↗ need to be talking about and this board

58:01 ↗ should be talking about and that the

58:03 ↗ city and it sounds like there are

58:04 ↗ conversations but um that's just how we

58:08 ↗ impact Wildlife is something that I

58:09 ↗ don't think we spent enough time on in

58:11 ↗ general I think there's a couple

58:13 ↗ different topics that are timely for us

58:15 ↗ to to SP

58:17 ↗ time so there's not a wild court or plan

58:21 ↗ or something that we can specifically

58:23 ↗ comment on but it rolls into a bunch of

58:25 ↗ other plans uh course management plan

58:28 ↗ the right Paran how kind s the code

58:32 ↗ so I would ask let's think about that a

58:34 ↗ little bit where we can influence

58:36 ↗ that yeah we've had a pending topic for

58:39 ↗ two years on Wildlife corridors um

58:42 ↗ because we had talked with Doug was at

58:43 ↗ our last meeting um about doing a study

58:47 ↗ that keeps being delayed because of

58:49 ↗ budget um issues in the planning

58:51 ↗ department but it's still something

58:53 ↗ that's on their radar so definitely keep

58:55 ↗ these ones and some of the other topics

58:57 ↗ around kind of go coexisting

59:00 ↗ and and

59:05 ↗ yeah studies on existing while that

59:07 ↗ corridors that are known yeah there a

59:10 ↗ few so great we'll make sure that makes

59:13 ↗ it in this year Alex this is just like a

59:16 ↗ process comment can you send when you

59:18 ↗ send this back out Jo can you have that

59:20 ↗ traction SP see what was added if

59:24 ↗ anything gets removed because we're

59:30 ↗ busy um I think I have more thoughts on

59:33 ↗ this that we'll prob talk about later in

59:35 ↗ the meeting but um to me like when I

59:37 ↗ hear what Jamie is saying I think this

59:39 ↗ all really a lot of this boils down to

59:42 ↗ community engagement which we really

59:44 ↗ only have I think once um and uh because

59:48 ↗ so much of I think what we're trying to

59:50 ↗ do it's it feels sometimes like we're

59:51 ↗ you know 12 of us trying to save the

59:54 ↗ world and um you know before I was even

59:57 ↗ asked if I was interested in any of I

59:59 ↗ didn't even know you guys existed and I

1:00:01 ↗ I'm you know I'm a business owner in

1:00:03 ↗ isqua and I've been 16 years now right

1:00:07 ↗ so I I just am wondering if we we're

1:00:10 ↗ sometimes making our lives Harder by not

1:00:14 ↗ um you know thinking

1:00:16 ↗ about what the community can help us do

1:00:20 ↗ because we are one voice but if the

1:00:23 ↗ community is behind us and they know who

1:00:24 ↗ we are and what we're trying to do you

1:00:26 ↗ know is that going to help our cause and

1:00:29 ↗ then and I think my comments will be

1:00:30 ↗ probably what we're talking about later

1:00:32 ↗ in some ways maybe we can connect with

1:00:34 ↗ Community just a

1:00:38 ↗ thought the only comment I would have to

1:00:41 ↗ add it's you um yeah I just think the

1:00:45 ↗ the plan needs needs some space and some

1:00:48 ↗ open space and open time for developing

1:00:50 ↗ new ideas it's it's ch

1:00:54 ↗ P fo pull

1:00:56 ↗ there's you know Jamie's brought up

1:00:58 ↗ something that that is not plan I've got

1:01:02 ↗ some ideas things that be talk about we

1:01:04 ↗ had some free space at every meeting or

1:01:06 ↗ every other meeting to to brainstorm on

1:01:10 ↗ new things

1:01:11 ↗ City

1:01:13 ↗ [Music]

1:01:16 ↗ great um the only thing I would add is

1:01:18 ↗ that when you're bringing some of these

1:01:20 ↗ like I see C up there quite a bit um

1:01:22 ↗ bring them early enough that we can

1:01:25 ↗ influence the decision making so I'm not

1:01:28 ↗ at the 11th Hour when the documents

1:01:30 ↗ going to B print

1:01:33 ↗ yeah that's

1:01:35 ↗ great great um I can just highlight a

1:01:38 ↗ couple of things some of these will be

1:01:40 ↗ talking yeah just the transportation

1:01:42 ↗ plan since that's one of our high

1:01:43 ↗ priorities if it's not coming till

1:01:46 ↗ November is that what you said or

1:01:47 ↗ whenever it was it's probably pretty

1:01:50 ↗ well cooked by the time it gets to

1:01:53 ↗ us sorry no yeah September NC it's

1:01:58 ↗ listed as an update

1:02:01 ↗ so would that mean that we don't have

1:02:03 ↗ any influence on it I don't know that's

1:02:05 ↗ that would be an update on

1:02:06 ↗ implementation that's underway so um oh

1:02:10 ↗ it's already crafted and it's just an

1:02:12 ↗ update on how the yeah I'll need to talk

1:02:15 ↗ with staff about is there if there's an

1:02:17 ↗ actual update on David if you put you on

1:02:20 ↗ the spot well they have to have a sent

1:02:22 ↗ to the state by June okay they brought

1:02:24 ↗ it to us last year so to get funding

1:02:27 ↗ funds the T the T you're talking about

1:02:29 ↗ the tip not the mity agenda yes um yeah

1:02:34 ↗ I was thinking about the Mobility plan

1:02:37 ↗ um great I will reach out to John it

1:02:41 ↗ will be included as part of the CIP um

1:02:45 ↗ but I can see if there's another um

1:02:47 ↗ aspect of that he can bring to us

1:02:52 ↗ SE um I was just going to highlight a

1:02:54 ↗ couple things that are outside of David

1:02:58 ↗ and my's work plan that we'll be talking

1:02:59 ↗ about a minute um that will likely be

1:03:02 ↗ big topics I don't have any timelines

1:03:04 ↗ yet so some of these are guesses but the

1:03:07 ↗ CIP um a year and a half ago was really

1:03:10 ↗ the first time the boards and

1:03:12 ↗ commissions were involved in that so I'm

1:03:14 ↗ anticipating there'll be additional

1:03:16 ↗ engagement we have draft environmental

1:03:19 ↗ and climate criteria that were

1:03:21 ↗ incorporated into the CIP last year I

1:03:25 ↗ hope and expect and we'll Advocate that

1:03:27 ↗ we have an opportunity to improve upon

1:03:28 ↗ those they're really just a a starter

1:03:32 ↗ criteria um so that may be a focus of

1:03:34 ↗ this

1:03:35 ↗ spring um want to have an opportunity

1:03:38 ↗ for you all to hear from the students

1:03:40 ↗ again I thought those were really um

1:03:42 ↗ fantastic presentations last June and we

1:03:44 ↗ have a number of additional student

1:03:46 ↗ projects underway um so we'll be um

1:03:49 ↗ inviting them back to

1:03:51 ↗ present um Urban Forest management plan

1:03:54 ↗ um we anticipate coming for at least two

1:03:57 ↗ touch

1:03:59 ↗ points um and

1:04:01 ↗ then there's other big items we you'll

1:04:05 ↗ be hearing about David and I in just a

1:04:06 ↗ minute um the one thing we did want to

1:04:09 ↗ get some feedback on is as was shown in

1:04:12 ↗ the self analysis which was great is

1:04:15 ↗ we'd like to have some more informal

1:04:17 ↗ Gatherings either outside of our

1:04:18 ↗ meetings or in um place of our meetings

1:04:21 ↗ um we have some students working on a

1:04:23 ↗ geocaching project that could be a a fun

1:04:26 ↗ tour to get us all out in geocache

1:04:30 ↗ um uh but really looking for other ideas

1:04:33 ↗ I know several of you are for stewards

1:04:36 ↗ um John's got monthly litter pickup but

1:04:39 ↗ just really looking for opportunities um

1:04:42 ↗ if you all want to lead um a field trip

1:04:45 ↗ with the board or have an idea let us

1:04:48 ↗ know and we can see if it either would

1:04:50 ↗ be a good um evening uh option to

1:04:53 ↗ replace our meeting or we can put it out

1:04:55 ↗ was an optional um addition special you

1:04:58 ↗ find to help John pick up garbage very

1:05:01 ↗ fun

1:05:04 ↗ yeah welcome that yeah great you could

1:05:08 ↗ put that on as kind of an April first

1:05:10 ↗ month one too in that same vein so I'm

1:05:13 ↗ involved with the Seattle Urban

1:05:15 ↗ carnivore project and there are

1:05:17 ↗ hammerland Tiger Mountain that my team

1:05:20 ↗ uh manages I I don't know if that would

1:05:22 ↗ be within the scope of what the board

1:05:25 ↗ would be interested in but anyway we can

1:05:27 ↗ take a field trip to visit the

1:05:29 ↗ cameras that'd be fun yep y the

1:05:33 ↗ management approves that I don't know

1:05:35 ↗ Seattle Urban carnivore project run by

1:05:37 ↗ the M Park Zoo might have opinions that

1:05:41 ↗ I don't

1:05:42 ↗ think yeah I used to run the ones on

1:05:44 ↗ Cougar

1:05:47 ↗ not

1:05:49 ↗ J yeah there was just um one thing I

1:05:52 ↗ wanted to mention hearkening back to

1:05:55 ↗ like one of the initial conversations we

1:05:57 ↗ had about um the urban Forest management

1:05:59 ↗ plan and like ownership I think it's

1:06:01 ↗ less about ownership but it's one one

1:06:03 ↗ thing that kind of stood out in this

1:06:04 ↗ conversation is the difference and the

1:06:06 ↗ amount of updates we get on the IAP for

1:06:09 ↗ example versus what's going on with

1:06:11 ↗ transportation and obviously it's not

1:06:13 ↗ Apple that apples but I think that like

1:06:16 ↗ one of the things I'm most interested is

1:06:17 ↗ not like who has own but like is Dan

1:06:20 ↗ going to be sending the same level of

1:06:21 ↗ updates that you do on IAP to us or is

1:06:24 ↗ it because it's own like those are the

1:06:26 ↗ type like I think just how do we make

1:06:27 ↗ sure that we can stay engaged and it's

1:06:29 ↗ not like going outside of like

1:06:31 ↗ Transportation right now feels like it's

1:06:33 ↗ like fighting Upstream to get any

1:06:36 ↗ engagement on it how do we make sure

1:06:38 ↗ that's not how they're reforced and I

1:06:40 ↗ don't think it will because that's not P

1:06:41 ↗ that's I think we're more closely

1:06:42 ↗ aligned in transportation probably with

1:06:45 ↗ with what happens there but that I think

1:06:46 ↗ this is a good example of like we've

1:06:49 ↗ been talking about it for years and it's

1:06:50 ↗ still hard on transportation and how do

1:06:52 ↗ we just make sure that's not the case on

1:06:54 ↗ Force management that it's not like by

1:06:56 ↗ default it's not coming to us kind of

1:06:58 ↗ thing so just I don't I don't need any

1:07:01 ↗ respond I just think it's this is a good

1:07:03 ↗ example that brought this to mind one

1:07:07 ↗ one just quick thought on that is that

1:07:08 ↗ there is the transportation Advisory

1:07:11 ↗ board so like for the transportation

1:07:12 ↗ plan there's a specific board where that

1:07:15 ↗ that owns the plan very much like IAP

1:07:17 ↗ and this plan and this board um whereas

1:07:20 ↗ to the conversation earlier there's less

1:07:23 ↗ of a a direct for

1:07:27 ↗ ownerships

1:07:29 ↗ right they were like the equivalent of

1:07:31 ↗ tab for transportation would have been

1:07:33 ↗ parks for urb for management so that's

1:07:35 ↗ that's my point is that yeah I think

1:07:38 ↗ that's what I'm saying yeah

1:07:41 ↗ great Jonathan I was just thinking about

1:07:45 ↗ tours I took the tour I thought that

1:07:48 ↗ pretty good

1:07:50 ↗ um but other tours that we could

1:07:53 ↗ potentially do is something about

1:07:56 ↗ City's utilities or specifically water

1:07:59 ↗ quality where we get a water how's it

1:08:02 ↗ tested where is it where is it

1:08:05 ↗ sourced that

1:08:08 ↗ would

1:08:11 ↗ great I just happened to find um be

1:08:14 ↗ looking for this for a different project

1:08:17 ↗ um and the city has a whole report on

1:08:21 ↗ that which I can forward to the

1:08:23 ↗ Environmental Group if you guys are

1:08:24 ↗ interested

1:08:27 ↗ talks all about City's water have you

1:08:29 ↗ guys seen that yeah it goes out to every

1:08:33 ↗ resident September say published yeah so

1:08:37 ↗ each resident should receive

1:08:39 ↗ that y requ that's the same one that

1:08:42 ↗ you're the requirement of all water

1:08:44 ↗ purveyor is send out mannually and has

1:08:46 ↗ to describe where your water comes from

1:08:48 ↗ what's in your water the sampling

1:08:50 ↗ efforts see undertakes on of their

1:08:52 ↗ Partners to test your water and then

1:08:55 ↗ most you should be able to find on the

1:08:57 ↗ city website to type

1:09:00 ↗ inle is that the same one and or was

1:09:02 ↗ there different I think so

1:09:05 ↗ yeah do you know if there's a similar

1:09:07 ↗ thing for say air quality there's not

1:09:11 ↗ like that's something that would fit

1:09:12 ↗ pretty well

1:09:15 ↗ with uh the CCA has a whole bunch of the

1:09:18 ↗ air quality monitor projects going on

1:09:21 ↗ that are funded so maybe we can look to

1:09:24 ↗ see H one near us iing forward there's a

1:09:27 ↗ map um from cinton prosperous that has

1:09:31 ↗ all the projects and where they are and

1:09:32 ↗ their updates so has forward with that

1:09:35 ↗ and would that be helpful because I

1:09:37 ↗ don't know if the city of is can do one

1:09:39 ↗ s yeah I was wondering if the pet on

1:09:42 ↗ clean air um Authority if they publish

1:09:45 ↗ something I haven't I can check but

1:09:48 ↗ there's going to be a ton more mod

1:09:49 ↗ monitoring stations around because of

1:09:52 ↗ the CCA great I'm going to one last

1:09:56 ↗ comment for Alex then we're going to end

1:09:57 ↗ it on that because we're bu next time I

1:10:01 ↗ don't think I added this as a topic on

1:10:02 ↗ the support self assessment but add

1:10:05 ↗ storm water Improvement on there topic

1:10:08 ↗ storm water Improvement yeah storm water

1:10:10 ↗ management especially in like relative

1:10:13 ↗ to 6 PDD and other

1:10:15 ↗ toxics I talk for

1:10:20 ↗ hours be a guest

1:10:24 ↗ presenter quite a great idea there um

1:10:28 ↗ yeah the other thing I was thinking to

1:10:30 ↗ dict to your point the sustainability

1:10:32 ↗ Fair maybe the board would be up for

1:10:34 ↗ having a table I know a lot of you will

1:10:36 ↗ probably have your own tables there but

1:10:38 ↗ just thinking about ways to get out in

1:10:39 ↗ the community or Farmers Market except

1:10:42 ↗ that sh what we're doing

1:10:44 ↗ so great um well David and I will

1:10:48 ↗ incorporate the feedback from the self

1:10:51 ↗ analysis and all of the input tonight um

1:10:54 ↗ and then present you all with uh updated

1:10:58 ↗ draft work plan in December um for your

1:11:01 ↗ we'll be looking for a thumbs

1:11:06 ↗ up thanks Stacy um so next you got the

1:11:09 ↗ IAP R programs and

1:11:13 ↗ projects and this is just informational

1:11:16 ↗ for us yeah I think we will be

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1:11:20 ↗ um looking for um input um so we want to

1:11:25 ↗ walk through what David N said as

1:11:28 ↗ priorities for next year a lot of these

1:11:31 ↗ are very reflective in the budget if

1:11:33 ↗ folks have had an opportunity to look at

1:11:35 ↗ um the mayor's prall's budget um we of

1:11:39 ↗ course are still waiting for Budget

1:11:41 ↗ approval and so some of these may be

1:11:43 ↗ revised if there are significant changes

1:11:45 ↗ to the budget um tonight uh want to um

1:11:49 ↗ just see if there's feedback questions

1:11:51 ↗ from the board and then of course if

1:11:53 ↗ there are areas of interest or gaps that

1:11:56 ↗ you see um to let us know um we would

1:11:59 ↗ most likely need to go out and look for

1:12:01 ↗ funding for those particular areas um

1:12:04 ↗ but uh are we'll do so if they're of

1:12:08 ↗ interest to the board and um something

1:12:10 ↗ that you're really seeing as a gap or

1:12:11 ↗ things that we aren't thinking of or are

1:12:13 ↗ planning to pursue next

1:12:19 ↗ year all right so um as mentioned kind

1:12:22 ↗ of the feedback we're looking for

1:12:23 ↗ tonight is the does do our priorities

1:12:27 ↗ align with the board's expectations for

1:12:29 ↗ where we're planning to focus on IAP

1:12:30 ↗ implementation

1:12:32 ↗ 2025 are there um any other areas that

1:12:35 ↗ you would want us to

1:12:37 ↗ prioritize um and then also looking for

1:12:39 ↗ opportunities where we um might be able

1:12:41 ↗ to further engage the

1:12:44 ↗ community um so we'll be David and I'll

1:12:46 ↗ both be speaking through uh a set of the

1:12:50 ↗ priorities um mostly to focus around

1:12:53 ↗ decarbonization fac ities and Fleet

1:12:57 ↗ resilience waste um and our greenhouse

1:13:00 ↗ gas inventory we'll also have a IAP

1:13:04 ↗ update that will'll be starting over

1:13:06 ↗ this next year and we're looking at

1:13:07 ↗ policies and of course pursuing grant

1:13:09 ↗ funding that's just a quick highlight of

1:13:12 ↗ what we'll be digging

1:13:14 ↗ into um so one of our major areas of

1:13:17 ↗ focus um as it is our largest source of

1:13:20 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions is on

1:13:23 ↗ residential and commercial building

1:13:24 ↗ decar

1:13:25 ↗ carbonization we have several programs

1:13:27 ↗ already that are focused on incentives

1:13:30 ↗ for

1:13:31 ↗ decarbonizing um residents um as well as

1:13:34 ↗ Energy Efficiency and commercial

1:13:36 ↗ buildings um we are also uh most of

1:13:38 ↗ those programs all this number of

1:13:42 ↗ Education

1:13:43 ↗ opportunities um the Key Programs were

1:13:46 ↗ focused on our continuation of energy

1:13:48 ↗ smart East Side um right now focused on

1:13:50 ↗ heat pumps although we're looking at

1:13:52 ↗ expanding that program into other

1:13:55 ↗ incentives um our clean buildings

1:13:57 ↗ program which is mostly focused on the

1:13:59 ↗ larger buildings commercial um nonprofit

1:14:03 ↗ multifamily um we also have a program

1:14:06 ↗ that will continue through April of 2025

1:14:10 ↗ um encouraging businesses and residents

1:14:12 ↗ to um purchase or enroll in green

1:14:15 ↗ power um we will be piling piloting a

1:14:19 ↗ new electrification incentive in isqua

1:14:22 ↗ looking at the results of that and then

1:14:24 ↗ considering a residential or excuse me a

1:14:27 ↗ regional

1:14:28 ↗ expansion and then we're also looking at

1:14:31 ↗ potentially a pilot for a

1:14:34 ↗ weatherization program and then also

1:14:37 ↗ another solar program if folks were here

1:14:40 ↗ in 2018 We R ran a solariz program um

1:14:43 ↗ and we are pursuing a contract with the

1:14:46 ↗ organization to do another program this

1:14:49 ↗ spring you taking a feedback as you go

1:14:51 ↗ on sure yeah feel free to jump in any

1:14:53 ↗ chance you might include your list and

1:14:56 ↗ Outreach to the chamber to try and get

1:14:57 ↗ some of the commercial and some of the

1:14:59 ↗ buildings and some those folks involved

1:15:02 ↗ in we would love that we have tried

1:15:05 ↗ doing a few webinars and presentations

1:15:08 ↗ and having chamber share information on

1:15:11 ↗ our clean buildings program if folks

1:15:13 ↗ have contacts at the chamber or an inn

1:15:16 ↗ or other ideas

1:15:19 ↗ um would the director we have it's been

1:15:23 ↗ about a year and a half since we first

1:15:25 ↗ launch the program so probably overdue

1:15:27 ↗ for another um Outreach but we we work

1:15:31 ↗ mostly through our Economic Development

1:15:33 ↗ um team because they're the primary

1:15:35 ↗ contact but yeah worth another

1:15:43 ↗ for oh yes I almost forgot what

1:15:46 ↗ I um so I heard that possibly some of

1:15:51 ↗ your ca grants didn't get approved and

1:15:55 ↗ wondering what those projects were that

1:15:56 ↗ didn't get approved and you're planing

1:16:00 ↗ be apply yeah um we are putting together

1:16:03 ↗ a summary of all the grants that have

1:16:05 ↗ been approved um are pending and that

1:16:09 ↗ have not been approved for our IAP

1:16:11 ↗ update to council we have a couple of

1:16:14 ↗ solar grants that were not approved um

1:16:18 ↗ but we have submitted those to psse for

1:16:20 ↗ their solar program so we're still

1:16:22 ↗ waiting on those um we have a couple

1:16:25 ↗ pending say which ones those are um

1:16:27 ↗ which grants they are or which for

1:16:30 ↗ senior center and Pickering B we

1:16:33 ↗ submitted twice um and now we're waiting

1:16:36 ↗ for

1:16:37 ↗ psse there's huge demand I think in

1:16:40 ↗ limited funding but we we have um

1:16:43 ↗ through the solar plus storage Grant

1:16:45 ↗ David manage we have all the plans drawn

1:16:48 ↗ up for those so we're ready to go to

1:16:50 ↗ contract once we receive the funding um

1:16:53 ↗ we can talk about this later but we do

1:16:54 ↗ have some funding in our city budget

1:16:56 ↗ that would go towards solar projects too

1:16:59 ↗ and then we're waiting on a couple yeah

1:17:01 ↗ so for the most part the grants that we

1:17:03 ↗ haven't gotten um have been more focused

1:17:05 ↗ on um City operations

1:17:08 ↗ decarbonization um most of the

1:17:10 ↗ residential commercial building

1:17:12 ↗ decarbonization grants um have been

1:17:14 ↗ successful overall um and the reason the

1:17:17 ↗ city hasn't been as successful on our

1:17:19 ↗ own facilities it's just there's uh a

1:17:23 ↗ mix of different things we don't have

1:17:24 ↗ huge buildings and a lot of those grants

1:17:26 ↗ are going to the bigger buildings um we

1:17:29 ↗ are not a community identified as um uh

1:17:33 ↗ being overburdened by environmental

1:17:35 ↗ justice considerations from the the

1:17:36 ↗ state map so there are kind of a couple

1:17:39 ↗ different reasons where I still think we

1:17:41 ↗ put in very good applications um but we

1:17:45 ↗ do yes absolutely so we do try and

1:17:47 ↗ highlight things like the freeway and

1:17:50 ↗ and pull out pieces of those maps to to

1:17:52 ↗ help make our case but for the most part

1:17:54 ↗ our grand have been uh very successful

1:17:57 ↗ on the residential side and more

1:17:59 ↗ middling success on the um City

1:18:02 ↗ operations side but we're still

1:18:03 ↗ continuing to

1:18:07 ↗ try Alice um just a thought on the

1:18:10 ↗ community outreach and real Poli

1:18:12 ↗ programs if you have business owners or

1:18:14 ↗ residents who participated and may be

1:18:16 ↗ interested in posting open house or

1:18:18 ↗ coffee CL type of situation eating the

1:18:21 ↗ STA and like somehow incentivizing

1:18:23 ↗ people to program business stay in place

1:18:27 ↗ that's a great idea we were just talking

1:18:29 ↗ about for our new um electrification

1:18:32 ↗ pilot to do some open houses we hadn't

1:18:34 ↗ talked about having them posted at other

1:18:37 ↗ locations so

1:18:41 ↗ great

1:18:43 ↗ Jamie

1:18:45 ↗ um question on the pilot is the pilot a

1:18:48 ↗ contractor facing incentive by chance or

1:18:50 ↗ is

1:18:50 ↗ it we just wrapped up Community

1:18:53 ↗ engagement to get feedback on that so

1:18:55 ↗ we're evaluating either a rebate SL

1:18:58 ↗ reimbursement option where the city cuts

1:19:00 ↗ a

1:19:01 ↗ check after the homeowner has paid for

1:19:04 ↗ the equipment we're looking at a

1:19:05 ↗ contractor option we're even exploring

1:19:08 ↗ like a Lowe's rebate Home Depot rebate

1:19:11 ↗ um so we're looking at all those options

1:19:13 ↗ taking feedback we just got from a

1:19:15 ↗ survey and focus groups that advise

1:19:19 ↗ on this couple AG or we can get a

1:19:23 ↗ broader group of contractors and not

1:19:26 ↗ rely on people that want to decarbonize

1:19:29 ↗ but that are thinking about and already

1:19:31 ↗ need to replace a system in their home

1:19:34 ↗ those will be the people that you can

1:19:35 ↗ shift with much less money than having

1:19:37 ↗ to pay for the whole system or pay for a

1:19:40 ↗ huge portion of the system so like I

1:19:42 ↗ hope that we can find a way through

1:19:44 ↗ either what the city's doing or uh

1:19:47 ↗ Energy Smart East Side to uh get

1:19:49 ↗ expanded group beyond the Mitsubishi

1:19:52 ↗ contractors the other piece related that

1:19:55 ↗ um I assume I I'm guessing once here all

1:19:58 ↗ the he money becomes available that will

1:20:00 ↗ be a big Focus yes because that is

1:20:03 ↗ obviously a huge Shunk of money I don't

1:20:05 ↗ know how many of our citizens are going

1:20:08 ↗ how many or how many people here will be

1:20:09 ↗ eligible for it but um I don't know if

1:20:12 ↗ that how that factors into the plan or

1:20:14 ↗ how what your your team is thinking

1:20:16 ↗ about for how that'll be communicated

1:20:18 ↗ yeah a lot of our um programs right now

1:20:20 ↗ Were Meant to kind of fill the need

1:20:23 ↗ until those federal dollars come um I

1:20:25 ↗ can't remember off the top of my head

1:20:27 ↗ the income qualifications for those but

1:20:29 ↗ I believe they're going to be lower than

1:20:31 ↗ what we've been able to offer at the

1:20:33 ↗ state level and may um rely on some

1:20:36 ↗ federal poverty rates so um there may

1:20:39 ↗ still need be a need for us to continue

1:20:41 ↗ our incentives for the slightly higher

1:20:44 ↗ income brackets or up to um moderate

1:20:46 ↗ income in in this County so um but yes

1:20:49 ↗ we're expecting to hear more from

1:20:52 ↗ Commerce on that Federal funding program

1:20:56 ↗ um over the next few months because I

1:20:58 ↗ believe they're planing to roll it out

1:20:59 ↗ somewh quarter quarter three quarter

1:21:01 ↗ four next year well so we're kind of

1:21:04 ↗ late I think it's taking a while yeah so

1:21:06 ↗ if folks aren't aware these are um

1:21:09 ↗ federal dollars that states could apply

1:21:10 ↗ for for basically electrification

1:21:13 ↗ incentive program so to help fund um

1:21:17 ↗ lowincome um low income households with

1:21:20 ↗ heat pumps and other um electric

1:21:22 ↗ appliances and Equipment the state

1:21:24 ↗ through the climate commitment act has

1:21:26 ↗ also had what they call here funding um

1:21:28 ↗ that we have some of that to run

1:21:30 ↗ programs right now but we'll have

1:21:32 ↗ federal dollars coming in in the future

1:21:35 ↗ and there's programs run I think about

1:21:37 ↗ 20 states have programs up and running

1:21:40 ↗ all over the

1:21:43 ↗ countries great and you have another

1:21:45 ↗ question or you

1:21:49 ↗ sorry great so yeah this is a a really

1:21:52 ↗ big focus of our staff um Wiley our

1:21:56 ↗ amacore fellow you all haven't had a

1:21:58 ↗ chance to meet yet um she teaches dance

1:22:01 ↗ on Wednesday nights um she is going to

1:22:03 ↗ be focusing in on a lot of these

1:22:05 ↗ programs um as well over her time

1:22:09 ↗ city um and then waste this is a large

1:22:13 ↗ part of the IAP it is not something

1:22:15 ↗ David and I manag so I just wanted to

1:22:18 ↗ mention it here um you will be hearing

1:22:20 ↗ from our Solid Waste analyst in December

1:22:23 ↗ uh Sam Harvin she'll be presenting her

1:22:26 ↗ work plan for 2025 to you all um she is

1:22:29 ↗ planning on a number of food waste

1:22:32 ↗ prevention initiatives probably looking

1:22:34 ↗ at updating some City policies around

1:22:36 ↗ food waste and um construction and

1:22:39 ↗ demolition waste um and then also

1:22:42 ↗ looking at expanding our reuse and

1:22:44 ↗ repair um programming uh primarily

1:22:47 ↗ around education workshops and events so

1:22:51 ↗ very quick here uh she'll have a lot

1:22:52 ↗ more to to share with you all just

1:22:55 ↗ this might be a quick P for me to just

1:22:56 ↗ throw in my two cents about Community

1:22:58 ↗ engagement um and I know we don't

1:23:02 ↗ necessarily manage this but I think this

1:23:03 ↗ is an interesting place for us to think

1:23:04 ↗ about entering the conversation with

1:23:06 ↗ community members um because uh I I

1:23:10 ↗ think a lot of the things that we talk

1:23:11 ↗ about they um probably care about but

1:23:14 ↗ maybe not as deeply as most of us would

1:23:17 ↗ um but almost everybody has thoughts

1:23:19 ↗ about waste because it affects them

1:23:21 ↗ every single day um and I I think

1:23:23 ↗ there's a couple of thoughts that we

1:23:25 ↗ might want to consider I I don't

1:23:27 ↗ necessarily know how we would um do this

1:23:30 ↗ but like we have the sustainability Fair

1:23:33 ↗ um I think uh I've there's lots of

1:23:36 ↗ cities that do um that host uh like

1:23:39 ↗ recycling events uh hard to recycle

1:23:42 ↗ events we tried to actually to do one

1:23:43 ↗ last year not with the city but like it

1:23:46 ↗ was me and like it was very Grassroots I

1:23:48 ↗ think we had like five people show up

1:23:49 ↗ but um but like there's a lot of stuff

1:23:52 ↗ that's hard to recycle but there's a lot

1:23:53 ↗ of companies that can do that so I think

1:23:55 ↗ if we um manage like work with

1:23:58 ↗ businesses that are already trying to do

1:23:59 ↗ it we can make it easy and then the

1:24:01 ↗ other thing that um we've actually done

1:24:03 ↗ is we've um had some success working

1:24:06 ↗ with the green teams at the elementary

1:24:07 ↗ school so this would be an interesting

1:24:08 ↗ way to enter maybe talk about connecting

1:24:11 ↗ with the school board um and uh in doing

1:24:14 ↗ some um textile drives and uh I think

1:24:18 ↗ what was missing and what would have

1:24:19 ↗ been really cool and a kind of cool way

1:24:21 ↗ for us to enter the conversation is um

1:24:24 ↗ there's so many great topics to talk to

1:24:26 ↗ kidss about in education around waste

1:24:29 ↗ like how much it takes to make a pair of

1:24:30 ↗ clothing like what happens when we use

1:24:31 ↗ it again so I think it could have been a

1:24:33 ↗ really fun way to kick things off and

1:24:36 ↗ you know do a presentation perhaps for

1:24:38 ↗ this the kids they one of the schools

1:24:40 ↗ that did a really like had an amazing

1:24:42 ↗ Drive um they had a little competition

1:24:46 ↗ like who could uh collect the most

1:24:47 ↗ amount of pounds of clothes and so I

1:24:50 ↗ think there's just like I think if we're

1:24:51 ↗ creative it wouldn't take a lot of work

1:24:54 ↗ because again we can partner with like

1:24:55 ↗ businesses like mine and I'm sure

1:24:56 ↗ there's lots of other businesses that

1:24:58 ↗ would be interested we have four um you

1:25:00 ↗ know reuse stores in um isqua alone and

1:25:05 ↗ then you've got you know ridwell and

1:25:06 ↗ there's plenty of other people doing

1:25:08 ↗ this kind of stuff we just have to kind

1:25:09 ↗ of be that I think if we can be the glue

1:25:11 ↗ and then put our name on the top and

1:25:13 ↗ then have a table that says hey while

1:25:14 ↗ you're here did you know that this is

1:25:16 ↗ what we do and we'd love your support

1:25:17 ↗ and come to a meeting and you know maybe

1:25:20 ↗ I think for our long-term Health that's

1:25:21 ↗ something we actually need probably put

1:25:22 ↗ a little more thought into is you know

1:25:24 ↗ we can't do this for the next 50 years

1:25:27 ↗ Le what

1:25:29 ↗ people just a thought

1:25:33 ↗ great but are they big and are they

1:25:36 ↗ hosted by

1:25:38 ↗ us yeah we started and you may not see

1:25:42 ↗ the information as not a resident

1:25:44 ↗ although it should go out to businesses

1:25:46 ↗ so that's a good thing we'll talk to Sam

1:25:48 ↗ about um yeah the city last year started

1:25:51 ↗ partnering with city of samamish to save

1:25:53 ↗ on resources because we were doing the

1:25:55 ↗ exact same events and the the East Side

1:25:57 ↗ Catholic um facility is just a great one

1:26:01 ↗ to work with so um we try to do them

1:26:04 ↗ twice a year so Sam can talk a little

1:26:05 ↗ bit about those in December but finding

1:26:08 ↗ better connections to businesses would

1:26:09 ↗ be great and I might reach out to you

1:26:12 ↗ well not hosted by the city but making

1:26:15 ↗ sure that like we are a host of it

1:26:18 ↗ somehow I don't know maybe maybe it

1:26:21 ↗ doesn't matter but it seems like like I

1:26:22 ↗ said I didn't know you guys even existed

1:26:24 ↗ yeah so like whatever we can put our

1:26:26 ↗ name on it's going to be good

1:26:29 ↗ like like you think thank you and then

1:26:33 ↗ social

1:26:34 ↗ media just briefly on this if you

1:26:37 ↗ haven't already Bo to S can you make

1:26:39 ↗ sure she's ready to talk about the topic

1:26:41 ↗ that jie brought up yes yes she

1:26:47 ↗ yes Jonathan have next along the same

1:26:51 ↗ lines of what Dixie was talking about

1:26:53 ↗ something that City can do is promote

1:26:57 ↗ reduction of solid waste

1:26:58 ↗ non-biodegradable packagings

1:27:01 ↗ specifically Plastics um a lot of the

1:27:03 ↗ businesses in town um produce a lot of

1:27:07 ↗ plastic waste and the city uh could um

1:27:12 ↗ have some outreach program to businesses

1:27:14 ↗ and people about um reducing the use of

1:27:20 ↗ plastics it's it's um Plastics are not

1:27:25 ↗ sustainable and for sustainability we

1:27:28 ↗ need to figure out a way to reduce the

1:27:31 ↗ use of plastics

1:27:33 ↗ and you know I don't see anything about

1:27:36 ↗ Solid Waste as part of our

1:27:38 ↗ sustainability um it seems to be pretty

1:27:42 ↗ pretty easy thing we could do as a city

1:27:44 ↗ to approach our businesses our

1:27:47 ↗ restaurants um our grocery stores gas

1:27:50 ↗ stations everyone that sells products

1:27:53 ↗ maybe we don't

1:27:54 ↗ legislate change what we

1:27:57 ↗ we speak to each each restaurant owner

1:28:02 ↗ and ask them to inventory their use of

1:28:07 ↗ plastics I I don't even want to go get

1:28:10 ↗ take out anymore half of our

1:28:13 ↗ restaurants it's sad to see how

1:28:17 ↗ our plastic bags are coming back into

1:28:20 ↗ common use in our our stes so I'd like

1:28:24 ↗ to see the city somehow add that to

1:28:27 ↗ their agenda for

1:28:30 ↗ sustain I would say PCC is a good role

1:28:32 ↗ model a fantastic role in fact I went to

1:28:37 ↗ get a depard milk the other day at um

1:28:42 ↗ PC and I was there for other things by

1:28:46 ↗ every single one of the mil carts had

1:28:48 ↗ plastic

1:28:50 ↗ threepiece opening

1:28:52 ↗ B and um

1:28:54 ↗ I I drove I left there drove the

1:28:59 ↗ PCC paron that did not include the

1:29:02 ↗ plastic the plastic

1:29:06 ↗ c

1:29:09 ↗ p thank you good now

1:29:15 ↗ BR uh thanks joh uh so yeah I agree with

1:29:19 ↗ what you know people have been saying I

1:29:21 ↗ think um Dixie and John both have great

1:29:24 ↗ ideas and uh I just wanted to add to

1:29:27 ↗ that a little bit especially for schools

1:29:30 ↗ you know yeah the green teams are great

1:29:32 ↗ I know of multiple robotics teams who

1:29:34 ↗ did their you know community outreach

1:29:37 ↗ events where they actually had uh hard

1:29:40 ↗ to recycle stuff being collected like

1:29:43 ↗ you know your laptops or your electronic

1:29:45 ↗ waste and then they you know collected

1:29:47 ↗ all of that from different households or

1:29:50 ↗ ran a you know Rec recycling event in a

1:29:54 ↗ School collected all of it and then you

1:29:56 ↗ know uh disposed it off properly so we

1:29:59 ↗ can do something like that and you know

1:30:01 ↗ if you um like at the time of

1:30:04 ↗ sustainability Fair before the

1:30:06 ↗ sustainability fair you know I know it's

1:30:08 ↗ usually advertised in the ISA schools

1:30:11 ↗ bulletin um but also you can you know

1:30:14 ↗ just two months before the

1:30:16 ↗ sustainability fair you can advertise if

1:30:19 ↗ any schools are interested in helping

1:30:21 ↗ running in events for sustainability fa

1:30:24 ↗ or if you have any specific jobs Stacy

1:30:26 ↗ you can think of um I think some of the

1:30:29 ↗ schools green teams as well as these

1:30:31 ↗ robotics teams and stuff would be

1:30:33 ↗ interested in picking it up for

1:30:35 ↗ community outreach um and regarding the

1:30:38 ↗ Plastics which John was talking about um

1:30:41 ↗ even ridwell does some you know uh

1:30:44 ↗ school events like they will if if you

1:30:47 ↗ reach out to them they can do you know a

1:30:50 ↗ free recycling event of certain things

1:30:52 ↗ for your school like I've seen the

1:30:55 ↗ advertisement um so these can be

1:30:57 ↗ arranged to you know if there is

1:30:59 ↗ interest and if if City or anything we

1:31:03 ↗ can do it as set individual resources as

1:31:07 ↗ well that's it thank you

1:31:10 ↗ right yeah great suggestions I will send

1:31:13 ↗ those on to Sam and make sure she can

1:31:15 ↗ touch on the ones um that are in her

1:31:17 ↗ work plan next year and then we can talk

1:31:19 ↗ more about maybe what isn't in the work

1:31:21 ↗ plan and how we might see that through

1:31:23 ↗ yeah that would

1:31:25 ↗ be great I think I'm hitting it to David

1:31:28 ↗ now great so um next priority is uh City

1:31:33 ↗ facilities and Fleet decarbonization so

1:31:36 ↗ um one of the things that we've heard

1:31:38 ↗ from the development of the IAP from

1:31:40 ↗ this board from Council uh is that uh we

1:31:44 ↗ as a city should be a leader or should

1:31:46 ↗ be lead by example when we can uh

1:31:49 ↗ relating to decarbonization and

1:31:51 ↗ addressing our greenhouse gas emissions

1:31:53 ↗ so um this is one of our big priorities

1:31:56 ↗ this year um buildings and

1:31:57 ↗ transportation continue to be the

1:31:59 ↗ largest source of greenhouse gas

1:32:00 ↗ emissions from City operations um and so

1:32:03 ↗ that's that's really where we're we're

1:32:05 ↗ digging into uh thinking about

1:32:07 ↗ addressing our greenhouse gas

1:32:09 ↗ emissions um within this area I'm kind

1:32:12 ↗ of uh splitting it out into these two

1:32:15 ↗ two different um tracks the first is uh

1:32:18 ↗ continuing to do our planning work um

1:32:20 ↗ and building a transmission line of new

1:32:23 ↗ new projects right so that's thinking

1:32:25 ↗ about the design work thinking about the

1:32:29 ↗ uh uh plans and um analyses around what

1:32:34 ↗ different projects are going to have

1:32:36 ↗ different impacts on our greenhouse gas

1:32:38 ↗ emissions that we can prioritize for um

1:32:41 ↗ CIP for our Capital Improvement plan for

1:32:43 ↗ our budgets things like that the other

1:32:46 ↗ side is uh actually trying to move

1:32:49 ↗ forward with projects so many of these

1:32:51 ↗ projects take a very long time to to get

1:32:53 ↗ in the ground

1:32:54 ↗ um but we're excited that we have uh we

1:32:57 ↗ have designs for some projects we have

1:32:59 ↗ funding for some projects um and we're

1:33:02 ↗ really hoping and planning to uh get

1:33:04 ↗ some of those projects completed in the

1:33:07 ↗ next um next year so some of those

1:33:10 ↗ include things like EV charging stations

1:33:12 ↗ at three different facilities including

1:33:14 ↗ this one um for our Fleet transition um

1:33:18 ↗ things like uh doing

1:33:20 ↗ some uh HVAC replacement and trying to

1:33:23 ↗ reduce the of natural gas at some of our

1:33:25 ↗ facilities informed by our fuel

1:33:27 ↗ transition assessment which uh there was

1:33:29 ↗ a a written report in today's packet

1:33:32 ↗ about some of that planning work um and

1:33:35 ↗ then also uh doing um doing our work to

1:33:38 ↗ try and identify and move forward some

1:33:40 ↗ of those renewable energy projects um at

1:33:43 ↗ uh City facilities and so um I mentioned

1:33:46 ↗ before we have been unsuccessful at some

1:33:47 ↗ of our grants but we do have some

1:33:49 ↗ funding um set aside to support some of

1:33:52 ↗ those projects um and we're also trying

1:33:54 ↗ to continue to build that that um

1:33:57 ↗ pipeline of that transmission line of

1:33:59 ↗ different renewable energy projects

1:34:01 ↗ solar micro grids and uh some other

1:34:04 ↗ exciting uh ideas as well so that uh

1:34:06 ↗ when opportunities do arise we uh we

1:34:09 ↗ seiz them as best we can

1:34:11 ↗ so that's a a brief summary of our

1:34:14 ↗ facilities and Fleet

1:34:15 ↗ decarbonization efforts any any

1:34:19 ↗ questions

1:34:21 ↗ there a good comment the report so I'll

1:34:25 ↗ just say it in this one since it seems

1:34:26 ↗ to fit um it seemed like the report

1:34:30 ↗ there was a lot of things that said like

1:34:32 ↗ it's there's a lot of expensive things

1:34:34 ↗ you w be there's a huge cost to set up

1:34:36 ↗ these transitions has the city in the

1:34:39 ↗ mean time considered doing like offsets

1:34:41 ↗ and urban credits and things like that

1:34:43 ↗ to offset the cost of the

1:34:46 ↗ current the current carbon sorry I'm

1:34:49 ↗ failing words right now

1:34:52 ↗ yeah time while we try and figure out

1:34:54 ↗ where we're going to get funding for $5

1:34:57 ↗ million yeah and uh that $5 million is

1:35:01 ↗ low I will admit also that does not uh

1:35:04 ↗ that was just equipment that didn't

1:35:06 ↗ include electrical upgrades which are

1:35:07 ↗ needed so just as a a warning um I've

1:35:10 ↗ been digging into some of that analysis

1:35:12 ↗ over the last couple days um we do

1:35:17 ↗ offset our electric use uh emissions so

1:35:20 ↗ you'll see that in the next that that

1:35:23 ↗ was already incor in the previous

1:35:24 ↗ greenhouse gas inventory and that'll be

1:35:26 ↗ seen in the next one where we um

1:35:28 ↗ purchase into a green power program

1:35:32 ↗ Direct uh green direct from psse so that

1:35:36 ↗ essentially connects our electric use

1:35:38 ↗ with renewable energy use at psse um so

1:35:42 ↗ we do offset our electric use that that

1:35:44 ↗ way um we have not yet fully dived into

1:35:49 ↗ thinking about offsetting our emissions

1:35:52 ↗ from natural gas use in our

1:35:54 ↗ facilities um I think they we've looked

1:35:57 ↗ into it on a much smaller scale for some

1:36:00 ↗ city operations efforts or for some city

1:36:03 ↗ travel um efforts um but I think we've

1:36:07 ↗ had trouble identifying kind of the the

1:36:10 ↗ right offset opportunity that we thought

1:36:12 ↗ was um appropriate and was an accurate

1:36:18 ↗ um kind of one for one or um connection

1:36:22 ↗ to our our emissions that we're doing

1:36:26 ↗ so

1:36:31 ↗ yeah okay so the next uh item is

1:36:35 ↗ community resilience so this uh area of

1:36:38 ↗ priority recognizes that the the impacts

1:36:40 ↗ of climate change are already here um

1:36:42 ↗ that are being felt by our community um

1:36:45 ↗ and so we are trying to um uh continue

1:36:49 ↗ to build our community's capacity to

1:36:52 ↗ withstand those impacts

1:36:54 ↗ so work in this area uh looks like um

1:36:58 ↗ identifying and pursuing opportunities

1:37:00 ↗ to improve resilience uh climate

1:37:02 ↗ resilience at City facilities so this is

1:37:04 ↗ uh an overlap with the previous slide

1:37:07 ↗ but again thinking about things like

1:37:08 ↗ micr grids and um backup generators and

1:37:12 ↗ and those pieces of equipment so that uh

1:37:14 ↗ if the power goes out or if there is a

1:37:16 ↗ climate emergency that we can continue

1:37:18 ↗ uh City operations and also provide

1:37:21 ↗ additional services to residents um and

1:37:24 ↗ community members uh who might need

1:37:27 ↗ them micro or explain mic sure pleas yes

1:37:31 ↗ thank you for that so uh the micro grids

1:37:34 ↗ that we're we're looking at here are

1:37:35 ↗ thinking about um Power Systems Electric

1:37:39 ↗ Power Systems for facilities that can

1:37:42 ↗ operate even when the power goes out the

1:37:44 ↗ psse power goes out in a region so what

1:37:48 ↗ that will generally look like would be

1:37:50 ↗ um solar or some sort of renewable

1:37:52 ↗ energy gener a connected to um a battery

1:37:57 ↗ system on two facilities so that's the

1:38:00 ↗ general idea of what we're looking at

1:38:02 ↗ here um micro grids are are not cheap

1:38:06 ↗ but we are again pursuing grant

1:38:07 ↗ opportunities that we can here and also

1:38:09 ↗ identifying areas where um we could

1:38:12 ↗ further those uh in the city as

1:38:15 ↗ well um additionally i' mentioned that

1:38:18 ↗ we're going to continue to coordinate uh

1:38:20 ↗ with our emergency management team uh to

1:38:23 ↗ continue resilience Hub project

1:38:25 ↗ implementation so um this is something

1:38:27 ↗ that I've mentioned a couple times at

1:38:29 ↗ the board we haven't brought to the

1:38:30 ↗ board in uh in too much depth uh yet but

1:38:33 ↗ um this continues to build these buildup

1:38:36 ↗ uh sites across the city that can um

1:38:39 ↗ support community members before during

1:38:41 ↗ and after climate

1:38:43 ↗ emergencies um and that's co-managed

1:38:45 ↗ between the sustainability team and

1:38:46 ↗ Emergency Management and then the final

1:38:49 ↗ piece here is continuing to develop

1:38:51 ↗ resources and tools uh to provide

1:38:53 ↗ provide to community members to engage

1:38:55 ↗ community members um so that folks feel

1:38:57 ↗ supported and um more prepared for uh

1:39:01 ↗ the impacts of climate change um and so

1:39:03 ↗ that's things like story Maps um

1:39:06 ↗ information on on clim expected climate

1:39:08 ↗ impacts things like that as

1:39:13 ↗ well yes sorry

1:39:18 ↗ questions quick one um just as we think

1:39:22 ↗ about Community result

1:39:24 ↗ climate change there two main impacts I

1:39:26 ↗ think of that are relevant on like their

1:39:29 ↗ aack systems are it getting hotter in

1:39:31 ↗ summers and they being more Wildfire

1:39:33 ↗ smoke and that as an opportunity I don't

1:39:36 ↗ I haven't seen a lot of like

1:39:38 ↗ communication around reminding people

1:39:39 ↗ that e pumps also do cool but um that

1:39:43 ↗ might be something you're already doing

1:39:44 ↗ but something to think about heading

1:39:45 ↗ into summer season or campaigns think

1:39:49 ↗ that gets inated to see air

1:39:51 ↗ filtration one not having windows open

1:39:53 ↗ is the way the approach that yeah and

1:39:57 ↗ that also goes into even thinking about

1:39:59 ↗ um building climate resilience for our

1:40:01 ↗ own facilities right we have some

1:40:03 ↗ facilities where uh you know I'm

1:40:05 ↗ thinking about our Fleet shop where

1:40:06 ↗ people are working uh you know and it

1:40:09 ↗ can gets very hot in there there's not a

1:40:11 ↗ there's not as good air filtration and

1:40:13 ↗ and air circulation and things so we're

1:40:15 ↗ looking at ways that we can even um

1:40:17 ↗ within our own City facilities try and

1:40:19 ↗ support the resilience using um heat

1:40:22 ↗ pump options and things like that

1:40:26 ↗ so okay um two others on this slot uh

1:40:31 ↗ slide so um we're going to be uh working

1:40:34 ↗ on our 2024 greenhouse gas inventory

1:40:37 ↗ next year so the year is almost up um

1:40:40 ↗ and so we're going to be initiating data

1:40:42 ↗ collection coordination with our

1:40:44 ↗ Consultants on this um and updating

1:40:46 ↗ greenhouse gas inventory inventory

1:40:48 ↗ communication and materials so um we're

1:40:51 ↗ going to do uh

1:40:53 ↗ do this in as timely a manner as we as

1:40:56 ↗ we can unfortunately some of the

1:40:57 ↗ CommunityWide data especially um is not

1:41:01 ↗ generally available until later in 2025

1:41:04 ↗ or later in the year after the year

1:41:06 ↗ you're trying to assess um so we'll be

1:41:09 ↗ gathering what data we can and then also

1:41:11 ↗ uh similar to our 2022 inventory um

1:41:14 ↗ we're hoping to uh present roughly one

1:41:18 ↗ year little over a year after uh the end

1:41:21 ↗ of 2024 so that would look like winter

1:41:25 ↗ 2026 um the idea with this is that we it

1:41:28 ↗ will get to inform uh the next priority

1:41:31 ↗ which is informing the the IAP 2026

1:41:35 ↗ update so a crucial piece of that update

1:41:38 ↗ process is thinking about where are our

1:41:40 ↗ greenhouse gas uh emissions at that

1:41:43 ↗ point so um we want to make sure that as

1:41:46 ↗ we go into that update process uh again

1:41:48 ↗ we're trying to get as um early data as

1:41:51 ↗ we can to inform that that update um we

1:41:54 ↗ are kicking off that update um next year

1:41:58 ↗ so we're going to be looking at

1:41:59 ↗ Community engagement in the spring um

1:42:02 ↗ and then we're expecting environmental

1:42:03 ↗ board engagement in the summer and fall

1:42:05 ↗ of next year um and our hope is to uh

1:42:08 ↗ get the IAP updated and approved by uh

1:42:12 ↗ June of 2026 so that it can really

1:42:14 ↗ inform uh budgeting decisions at that

1:42:17 ↗ point so both of these kind of work

1:42:20 ↗ hopefully as as flawlessly or as

1:42:22 ↗ seamless as possible into each other um

1:42:25 ↗ as the greenhouse gas inventory will

1:42:27 ↗ inform that IAP update

1:42:30 ↗ process 2026 is like January February

1:42:33 ↗ 2026

1:42:35 ↗ December like yes yeah yes sorry that is

1:42:40 ↗ it's a good

1:42:42 ↗ point winter 2526

1:42:48 ↗ yes um just on the timing of this update

1:42:51 ↗ I saw on the agenda

1:42:53 ↗ on the work plan that we're be getting

1:42:55 ↗ some of this information in January is

1:42:57 ↗ that correct for the IAP update yeah our

1:43:01 ↗ we are have not even started the

1:43:03 ↗ conversations yet with our consultant on

1:43:05 ↗ the engagement process but our hope is

1:43:08 ↗ to bring to the board in January at

1:43:10 ↗ least a preliminary kind of schedule

1:43:13 ↗ especially around the community

1:43:14 ↗ engagement piece which will happen

1:43:16 ↗ primarily in the spring um and we still

1:43:20 ↗ need to get our heads together exactly

1:43:22 ↗ what does the IAP update look like um

1:43:26 ↗ just early thinking this is not a

1:43:28 ↗ complete overhaul probably a bit more of

1:43:31 ↗ a clean cleanup refinement improving

1:43:34 ↗ metrics connecting actions to um the

1:43:37 ↗ targets that's at least initially what

1:43:40 ↗ um we're thinking but we want to have

1:43:42 ↗ more of that conversation with the

1:43:45 ↗ board talk about that janary

1:43:54 ↗ um so it seems like there's a lot of

1:43:56 ↗ great ideas around Community involvement

1:43:59 ↗ and I just wanted to run a couple more

1:44:00 ↗ ideas by you so I went to the city uh

1:44:06 ↗ volunteer portion of the website um

1:44:08 ↗ where people go to find out ways to

1:44:10 ↗ volunteer and um was thinking that under

1:44:13 ↗ the city programs potentially we could

1:44:16 ↗ have um the climate action uh category

1:44:21 ↗ and maybe we could even get a volunteer

1:44:23 ↗ to help um organize the

1:44:26 ↗ volunteers as I know that organizing

1:44:28 ↗ volunteers can take a lot of time um or

1:44:32 ↗ we could just um send them in different

1:44:34 ↗ directions of um ways that we already

1:44:36 ↗ know that they could be volunteering to

1:44:38 ↗ help inment um or spread the news about

1:44:44 ↗ the climate action

1:44:46 ↗ plan and then another idea and this is

1:44:49 ↗ another place where maybe we could use

1:44:51 ↗ some of those volunteers um do do we

1:44:53 ↗ have a educational boo about ways to get

1:44:58 ↗ involved with the IAP at the farmers

1:45:02 ↗ market no we have brought programming to

1:45:05 ↗ the farmers market a couple times but

1:45:07 ↗ that relies on David myself for our

1:45:10 ↗ Civics spk fellow being available um and

1:45:13 ↗ we do have a list serve of volunteers

1:45:15 ↗ that we reach out to to help with those

1:45:17 ↗ kind of events I know you've helped at

1:45:20 ↗ some of them um but yeah we haven't done

1:45:24 ↗ um kind of just a general booth on ways

1:45:27 ↗ to get engaged um I know our volunteer

1:45:30 ↗ web page I think is primarily focused on

1:45:32 ↗ Parks programs right now it's been a

1:45:36 ↗ while since I looked at it but that's

1:45:37 ↗ something we could make sure to details

1:45:40 ↗ yeah yeah because we do I keep just a a

1:45:44 ↗ list of folks that have expressed

1:45:46 ↗ interest so um but to make it easier for

1:45:49 ↗ folks to reach out to us um because we

1:45:52 ↗ do need a lot help the events and

1:45:54 ↗ sustainability fair so you can think a

1:45:56 ↗ little bit more about

1:45:59 ↗ that just some thoughts that maybe we

1:46:02 ↗ could get volunteered would you guys

1:46:05 ↗ have to be like I know like me

1:46:08 ↗ personally I always think oh we could do

1:46:10 ↗ the farmers market I could help out with

1:46:12 ↗ that but then when it gets down to it

1:46:13 ↗ you know on the weekend in summer I

1:46:16 ↗ usually don't I've got other things go

1:46:18 ↗ on right so but maybe there would be a

1:46:21 ↗ volunteer who coordinate that all

1:46:23 ↗ volunteering right so maybe there would

1:46:25 ↗ be a volunteer that would want to do

1:46:27 ↗ that there's people amazing people out

1:46:29 ↗ there yeah that's a great suggestion

1:46:32 ↗ yeah maybe they just get all the

1:46:34 ↗ materials from you guys and and maybe

1:46:38 ↗ getting them like take turns this we're

1:46:41 ↗ pretty well versed here in environmental

1:46:43 ↗ board maybe just do like you didn't

1:46:47 ↗ watch of

1:46:49 ↗ PR great thank you and gaj

1:46:58 ↗ you hear me sorry okay um so Stacy I

1:47:02 ↗ just wanted to add uh especially for

1:47:04 ↗ sustainability fair if you are looking

1:47:07 ↗ for volunteers you know ahead of time um

1:47:10 ↗ if you reach out to me I can help you

1:47:12 ↗ find student volunteers or teens as well

1:47:16 ↗ um especially middle school high

1:47:18 ↗ schoolers based on the timing would be

1:47:20 ↗ happy to help out and get volun

1:47:24 ↗ great thank you yes we will be starting

1:47:26 ↗ recruitment in January Wiley is going to

1:47:28 ↗ be leading that so we will definitely

1:47:30 ↗ reach out to you and all board members

1:47:33 ↗ sure great do you have the day party set

1:47:36 ↗ we do April 26th we're at the end of the

1:47:39 ↗ month this year it's a

1:47:42 ↗ Saturday sat day it is the 22nd is our

1:47:46 ↗ day so we're the Saturday after we were

1:47:49 ↗ we've tried to avoid that in the past

1:47:51 ↗ because downtown is a qu Association the

1:47:54 ↗ Hatcher so many Community Partners the

1:47:57 ↗ zoo do events that day um but that

1:48:01 ↗ happened to be the day that was

1:48:02 ↗ available at Pickering Barn um so we

1:48:05 ↗ kind of jumped on it but hope to partner

1:48:07 ↗ with all those other um events that are

1:48:10 ↗ happening yeah say you

1:48:12 ↗ should get that word out to them to ask

1:48:15 ↗ them to send them to the sustainable

1:48:17 ↗ yeah yep I did send an early alert to

1:48:20 ↗ them just to let them know um so we'll

1:48:23 ↗ try and

1:48:24 ↗ coordinate you'll be hearing lots more

1:48:27 ↗ about

1:48:29 ↗ this all right we've gone we are very

1:48:33 ↗ short on time so I think we just have a

1:48:35 ↗ couple more things to highlight um so a

1:48:38 ↗ few items we just wanted to note these

1:48:40 ↗ are you will not see these reflected in

1:48:43 ↗ the budget because these are primarily

1:48:45 ↗ staff time but other areas David and I

1:48:47 ↗ are prioritizing is looking at um

1:48:51 ↗ policies that could be used to fulfill a

1:48:54 ↗ need where programs um may not be able

1:48:57 ↗ to help us make progress towards our

1:49:00 ↗ targets um so we will be kind of

1:49:03 ↗ evaluating which policies we want to

1:49:04 ↗ pursue this year um as I believe I

1:49:07 ↗ mentioned earlier Sam's also looking at

1:49:09 ↗ policies to pursue for waste and I think

1:49:12 ↗ we'll probably share some initial ideas

1:49:14 ↗ with you all in

1:49:15 ↗ December um and then of course um always

1:49:18 ↗ high priority is pursuing that grant

1:49:19 ↗ funding I think a lot of the grants were

1:49:22 ↗ most likely going to be looking at are

1:49:25 ↗ um first our own building improvements

1:49:28 ↗ um so can we get those solar grants

1:49:30 ↗ Energy Efficiency um Appliance

1:49:32 ↗ Replacements that'll be a big priority

1:49:34 ↗ but we'll pursue um grants to support

1:49:37 ↗ our community efforts as well as those

1:49:38 ↗ are

1:49:42 ↗ available um and then a few items kind

1:49:45 ↗ of on the flip side that you will see

1:49:48 ↗ reflected in the budget that went to

1:49:50 ↗ council but are not um projects that

1:49:53 ↗ David and I necessarily lead is um we

1:49:56 ↗ did put in some Transportation Planning

1:49:59 ↗ Grant matching funds this year our uh

1:50:02 ↗ planning department applied for a grant

1:50:05 ↗ um around active Transportation if

1:50:07 ↗ they're successful some of those funds

1:50:09 ↗ will come out of our budget um if that

1:50:13 ↗ Grant is not successful we plan to work

1:50:15 ↗ closely with our transportation team

1:50:17 ↗ both the planners and Engineers to

1:50:19 ↗ identify other ways those funds could go

1:50:21 ↗ towards transport ation projects um and

1:50:24 ↗ then we're also working closely with Dan

1:50:27 ↗ on um a tree giveaway program one of the

1:50:30 ↗ recommendations that came out of the

1:50:31 ↗ Evan school um research and presentation

1:50:35 ↗ that you all saw in June um that

1:50:37 ↗ probably won't be launched until fall

1:50:43 ↗ 2025 so that is a quick snapshot of the

1:50:47 ↗ work um David and I are plan to

1:50:49 ↗ prioritize next year in terms of IAP

1:50:53 ↗ implementation wanted to see uh we heard

1:50:55 ↗ lots of great feedback ideas um

1:50:57 ↗ throughout the presentation is there any

1:51:00 ↗ other items that jump to your mind in

1:51:02 ↗ terms of gaps or things you really

1:51:03 ↗ expected to see us working on next year

1:51:06 ↗ that weren't reflected in that

1:51:11 ↗ presentation super quick um one of the

1:51:14 ↗ things as part of IAP update that would

1:51:16 ↗ be really interesting to talk about are

1:51:18 ↗ the criteria that you're thinking about

1:51:20 ↗ for evaluating

1:51:21 ↗ actions so we love to I think that great

1:51:25 ↗ topic that maybe was already in

1:51:34 ↗ account

1:51:44 ↗ else I guess I was kind of looking

1:51:46 ↗ something up um so through the CL

1:51:49 ↗ commitment act there's already a bunch

1:51:51 ↗ of um on one of their

1:51:54 ↗ websites there's a bunch of ways that

1:51:57 ↗ people can get rebates things are just

1:52:02 ↗ already all set up so what what do you

1:52:04 ↗ think about sharing that with our

1:52:06 ↗ community yeah let me take a look at

1:52:09 ↗ that because I know the he funding isn't

1:52:11 ↗ yet available the federal here funding

1:52:13 ↗ but oh look we've been trying to share

1:52:15 ↗ incentives um for instance the car

1:52:18 ↗ rebates this summer The PSC incentives

1:52:21 ↗ that were available

1:52:23 ↗ um f income level and then the switches

1:52:26 ↗ on is being used to promote it's a

1:52:30 ↗ multi-count initiative being proposed uh

1:52:33 ↗ being used to promote a lot of the

1:52:34 ↗ incentives the utility bill credit and

1:52:37 ↗ yeah the utility bill credit I was

1:52:38 ↗ referring to but yeah if there's other

1:52:40 ↗ resources you come by that we haven't

1:52:43 ↗ tracked down please feel free to send

1:52:45 ↗ those to us and we'll see if they're

1:52:47 ↗ already in part of the promotion or

1:52:48 ↗ other ways we can promote great thanks

1:52:52 ↗ thank you you know um yeah I don't know

1:52:54 ↗ if you if there was youth comment or

1:52:56 ↗ youth

1:52:57 ↗ um yeah com on the sustainability policy

1:53:02 ↗ suain ambassadors yeah I was actually

1:53:05 ↗ going to ask can we can you just give us

1:53:07 ↗ your updates be a writing and email so

1:53:10 ↗ we can have chance for yes I have maybe

1:53:13 ↗ two or three things maybe to mention

1:53:15 ↗ verbally but I'll provide I have a long

1:53:16 ↗ list of council updates either that just

1:53:19 ↗ happened or are coming I will provide

1:53:21 ↗ those in email tonight

1:53:24 ↗ um yeah so the sustainability and uh

1:53:26 ↗ policy that was proposed and that I

1:53:28 ↗ mentioned last time um has there first

1:53:31 ↗ they were on the school board agenda to

1:53:33 ↗ present their official draft of OE 17

1:53:36 ↗ and um they reformed everything to fit

1:53:38 ↗ the school district style but

1:53:39 ↗ essentially the purpose of it would be

1:53:41 ↗ to have a standalone sustainability OE

1:53:44 ↗ um for the district and so they're

1:53:46 ↗ currently waiting to hear back regarding

1:53:48 ↗ their first official read and to pass an

1:53:50 ↗ OE need two official reads so they're

1:53:52 ↗ I'm sure of the timeline but are waiting

1:53:54 ↗ and hoping to get that approved sometime

1:53:57 ↗ in the new year that fantastic yeah go

1:54:06 ↗ on anything B Ken

1:54:11 ↗ sorry real quick updates um so December

1:54:15 ↗ uh we will hear from Sam Solid Waste

1:54:17 ↗ updates uh believe we're still planning

1:54:21 ↗ to do a sustainability Sustainable

1:54:23 ↗ Building and infrastructure policy

1:54:25 ↗ update that's an internal policy we're

1:54:27 ↗ working on so here from our consultants

1:54:29 ↗ and then we'll be looking at the report

1:54:31 ↗ and work plan for approval um we had the

1:54:34 ↗ surprise visit from the mayor today um

1:54:36 ↗ she has planned to come back in December

1:54:38 ↗ so if there are other questions that you

1:54:40 ↗ all have I can send um please send those

1:54:43 ↗ to me I'll share those with her in

1:54:45 ↗ advance and then we had one question

1:54:48 ↗ about our December meeting we had talked

1:54:50 ↗ about possibly doing a little bit more

1:54:52 ↗ of a social gathering at 6 600 to 6:30

1:54:55 ↗ maybe a potluck if folks would be

1:54:57 ↗ interested in that um and then moving

1:54:59 ↗ into our regular meeting hopefully

1:55:01 ↗ wrapping up around 8 um that might be

1:55:04 ↗ optimistic but we just to get a show of

1:55:06 ↗ hands if folks would be available and

1:55:09 ↗ interested to come early I believe it's

1:55:12 ↗ the

1:55:13 ↗ 11 is the

1:55:15 ↗ 11th um to come 600 to 6:30 I know Dixie

1:55:19 ↗ that might be hard with I never know

1:55:21 ↗ story yeah we can save you a plate of

1:55:23 ↗ food um and if folks can come if you'd

1:55:26 ↗ want to do a little pop

1:55:29 ↗ look show a hands interest

1:55:33 ↗ okay enough

1:55:35 ↗ interest tentative okay we'll plan on

1:55:38 ↗ that we'll send out more information

1:55:39 ↗ ahead of time

1:55:42 ↗ um there's a lot happening with Council

1:55:45 ↗ including budget um just I know there

1:55:48 ↗ was some interest around budget so just

1:55:50 ↗ to share really quickly um uh the first

1:55:53 ↗ uh when staff provided and the mayor

1:55:56 ↗ provided the budget to council

1:55:57 ↗ sustainability really was highlighted a

1:55:59 ↗ number of times as a

1:56:01 ↗ priority um so far fortunately we've had

1:56:04 ↗ little impact on our department we did

1:56:07 ↗ um do a 12% reduction of the waste

1:56:09 ↗ Haller administrative fee that was a CL

1:56:12 ↗ about 120 thou 120,000 a year that we

1:56:16 ↗ requested um from our ask um but as you

1:56:21 ↗ heard from the May other just

1:56:23 ↗ departments had pretty hard hits had

1:56:25 ↗ staff cuts um so we really feel

1:56:27 ↗ fortunate we're also very fortunate to

1:56:29 ↗ have a lot of access to Grant funds that

1:56:31 ↗ can help with our staffing um and our

1:56:33 ↗ program so right now we're feeling we're

1:56:36 ↗ in a good position for the next two

1:56:38 ↗ years there's still a number of

1:56:40 ↗ deliberations and hard discussions

1:56:42 ↗ Council needs to have um but I'll send

1:56:44 ↗ you all some updates on that schedule if

1:56:46 ↗ interested they are looking to approve

1:56:48 ↗ the budget by early

1:56:50 ↗ December um the last thing I did just

1:56:52 ↗ want to mention um verbally is uh we

1:56:57 ↗ while CCA survived initiative

1:57:00 ↗ 20166 um did pass so there are some

1:57:04 ↗ evaluations looking at what impact that

1:57:06 ↗ will have on incentive programs for

1:57:09 ↗ electrification um we've had some

1:57:11 ↗ initial legal analysis um we're also

1:57:13 ↗ looking to the guidance of the state um

1:57:16 ↗ given that so much grant funding is out

1:57:19 ↗ for

1:57:20 ↗ electrification programs um at this time

1:57:22 ↗ we've not been told to pause any of

1:57:24 ↗ those incentive programs um but we'll be

1:57:27 ↗ working with legal team if if that does

1:57:30 ↗ happen and keep you all

1:57:32 ↗ informed um you've probably heard that

1:57:36 ↗ there's a lawsuit against that we were

1:57:38 ↗ just on a call yesterday wondering if it

1:57:40 ↗ had been filed if something had been

1:57:41 ↗ filed we I think so and I you sent that

1:57:44 ↗ if you like okay yeah and the reason

1:57:46 ↗ 2066 has some language around cities

1:57:49 ↗ utilities and counties um prohibiting

1:57:52 ↗ there's another term in there or

1:57:54 ↗ discouraging um uh basically folks not

1:57:57 ↗ using natural gas so there's a question

1:58:00 ↗ around doing Center programs discourage

1:58:02 ↗ folks from transitioning from natural

1:58:04 ↗ gas so many more conversations to have

1:58:07 ↗ um but at this time we're continuing

1:58:09 ↗ with our programs as is until until we

1:58:12 ↗ are told

1:58:15 ↗ otherwise all right thank you very much

1:58:17 ↗ and with that I'll call lead your

1:58:18 ↗ journey

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