Environmental Board · Wednesday, May 13, 2026 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of April 16, 2026

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 04-16-26 Environmental Board Minutes Page [1] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave SE April 16, 2026 MINUTES

Minutes of April 22, 2026

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES b) 04-22-26 Environmental Board Minutes Page [1] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave April 22, 2026 MINUTES SE

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Welcome and Introductions

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Changes to Board Rules and Regulations (A)

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2025-2026 Board Recap

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City Projects and Programs

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5. REPORTS

Updated 2026 Workplan

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0:03 ↗ Okay.

0:06 ↗ >> Okay. Welcome everybody. This is the uh

0:09 ↗ May 13th environmental board meeting. Uh

0:12 ↗ my name is Don Mcwills. I'll be your

0:13 ↗ chair tonight. Our meetings are hybrid

0:16 ↗ in nature. So we have some people

0:17 ↗ online, some people in the room. Um for

0:19 ↗ those of you online, if you want to uh

0:22 ↗ if you have a comment to make, please

0:23 ↗ just raise your virtual hand and I'll be

0:25 ↗ watching for it and I'll call you in the

0:26 ↗ order I see. For those of you at the

0:28 ↗ table, we flip our sign up when we want

0:30 ↗ to make a comment and then I'll just

0:31 ↗ come around and grab you as I see the

0:33 ↗ signs going.

0:35 ↗ >> Hi, Roger.

0:37 ↗ >> Hey, um Stacy, can you give us call to

0:39 ↗ order tonight?

0:41 ↗ >> Uh we'll just do a roll call and just

0:43 ↗ say here if you're uh Tommy Anderson

0:47 ↗ >> here.

0:47 ↗ >> Uh Nancy Davidson has an excused

0:50 ↗ absence. Tommy Dubau

0:52 ↗ >> here.

0:53 ↗ >> Pashka Pandi

0:55 ↗ >> here. Kieran Pond has an excused

0:57 ↗ absence. Don Mapleium here.

1:00 ↗ >> Risha Chararma.

1:02 ↗ >> Shannon Rock.

1:03 ↗ >> Yep.

1:04 ↗ >> Alex Lee Tigner

1:06 ↗ >> here.

1:07 ↗ >> Susie Dearo

1:08 ↗ >> here.

1:09 ↗ >> Uh Keith Grimmer Gonzalez um has an

1:12 ↗ excused absence. There's potential he

1:14 ↗ might join later. Okay.

1:16 ↗ >> And Triar Krishnan

1:17 ↗ >> here.

1:20 ↗ >> All right. And um sorry I didn't alert

1:23 ↗ folks this before. We do have with Nancy

1:27 ↗ out um one of our alternates. Uh you

1:32 ↗ want to sit in as a regular member. We

1:34 ↗ do have an item to vote on tonight. Um I

1:36 ↗ might just pick Shannon if that's okay.

1:39 ↗ Uh you're the first on my list and then

1:41 ↗ what I do is just rotate through. So,

1:43 ↗ next time we need to alternate, we'll

1:44 ↗ just go to Susie and then

1:50 ↗ >> Great.

1:52 ↗ >> Thank you. Um, next up we have approval

1:54 ↗ of minutes. We have two sets of minutes

1:55 ↗ to approve. So, the April 16th meeting

1:57 ↗ and the April 22nd meeting. Are there

2:00 ↗ any changes to the minutes anybody would

2:03 ↗ like to see?

2:06 ↗ >> I think we only had a couple people that

2:08 ↗ were at those meetings

2:09 ↗ >> two there. Okay. hearing. None. We'll

2:12 ↗ call those approved. Okay. We have any

2:15 ↗ public comments tonight, Stacy? I don't

2:16 ↗ see anybody.

2:17 ↗ >> We do not have any members of the public

2:19 ↗ and we did not receive any written

2:22 ↗ public comment.

2:24 ↗ >> Good. All right, let's start with start

2:26 ↗ with introductions. Um, so we have four

2:27 ↗ new members with us tonight.

2:29 ↗ Congratulations. Welcome. We're happy to

2:30 ↗ have you here. And I think why don't the

2:33 ↗ board the existing board members just do

2:36 ↗ a quick intro of each of us and then if

2:37 ↗ you guys want to just say a quick word,

2:39 ↗ we'd appreciate that. maybe just your

2:40 ↗ name, your interest in the board, kind

2:42 ↗ of how what brought you here. So, I'm

2:44 ↗ Don McWills. I joined the board back in

2:46 ↗ 2020, you believe, when the board first

2:48 ↗ started. Um, and I've been with it ever

2:50 ↗ since. Uh, moved up from board member to

2:53 ↗ vice chair to now currently chair. Um, I

2:56 ↗ came into the board because I've always

2:58 ↗ worked in the environmental industry and

2:59 ↗ had a passion for it and just live right

3:01 ↗ up the street in Preston. So, it opened

3:02 ↗ up. I thought it would be an interesting

3:04 ↗ role.

3:06 ↗ Tom

3:08 ↗ >> uh Tom Anderson I live here in Isiqua.

3:10 ↗ I've also been with the board from the

3:13 ↗ beginning 2020.

3:15 ↗ And I guess I the thing that kind of

3:17 ↗ attracted me to getting involved with

3:19 ↗ the board. I'm I'm a volunteer with the

3:21 ↗ Isquel Trails Club. So the connection of

3:25 ↗ Isiqua with the the trails and the

3:28 ↗ Isiqua Alps that surround us is an

3:31 ↗ important thing to me. And I wanted to

3:33 ↗ bring that little aspect of my life into

3:37 ↗ into the board. And I also volunteer

3:39 ↗ with the squala history museum. So

3:41 ↗ maintenance historical aspect of our

3:44 ↗ community is also important to me and

3:47 ↗ sometimes that ties in with our work

3:50 ↗ here. So those things appealed to me. So

3:54 ↗ I got on board.

3:56 ↗ >> Thank you Tom Raj.

3:58 ↗ >> Um hi I'm Praj. Um so I'm an

4:02 ↗ environmental engineer by education

4:04 ↗ lived in Samamesh close to Isakwa for

4:07 ↗ over 20 years and really like the

4:10 ↗ neighborhood and now I don't work s I'm

4:13 ↗ passionate about sustainability and now

4:15 ↗ I don't work in consulting so I wanted

4:18 ↗ to still do something you know which is

4:21 ↗ technical and that's why I'm on the

4:23 ↗ board for a couple of years and I hope

4:25 ↗ you will enjoy it too being here.

4:27 ↗ Welcome.

4:29 ↗ >> Thank you. um whether they're online

4:31 ↗ folks. Alex, how about you?

4:36 ↗ >> Good evening everyone. U my name is Alex

4:38 ↗ Lee Tigner. I am the vice chair of the

4:40 ↗ board. Um I have been serving for I

4:44 ↗ think three years now. Um and I work for

4:48 ↗ a nonprofit called Trout Unlimited that

4:50 ↗ works out of Lake Seamish State Park

4:51 ↗ throughout the Lake Seamish um and King

4:53 ↗ County areas. Um, and I have, um, the

4:57 ↗ joy of getting to do community outreach,

4:59 ↗ engagement, education, research and

5:01 ↗ monitoring, and habitat restoration. Um,

5:03 ↗ and so my role fits really well with the

5:07 ↗ s the um environmental board's goals,

5:11 ↗ and I was um, excited to join a few

5:13 ↗ years ago and and I enjoy um, getting to

5:16 ↗ continue on.

5:18 ↗ >> Thank you, Alex. Tommy.

5:21 ↗ >> Hi. Good evening. Tommy Dau um grew up

5:24 ↗ in the Klahani neighborhood sort of

5:26 ↗ adjacent to Isiqua. Uh my background uh

5:29 ↗ is really in politics. I studied uh

5:32 ↗ political science at the UDub and I took

5:34 ↗ some climate politics classes that sort

5:36 ↗ of got me interested in

5:37 ↗ environmentalism.

5:39 ↗ Um, and through my work in campaigns and

5:42 ↗ uh, legislative staffing, sort of

5:44 ↗ interacted with local government, uh,

5:46 ↗ especially through Isiqua and so kind of

5:49 ↗ followed some advice to get on the

5:50 ↗ environmental board. Um, and I now work

5:53 ↗ as a, uh, legislative political director

5:56 ↗ for a labor union operating engineers

5:59 ↗ local 302. Uh, and so good to be here

6:02 ↗ tonight.

6:04 ↗ >> Thank you, Tommy. All right. Um how

6:06 ↗ about we just go around the table? We'll

6:08 ↗ start with you.

6:10 ↗ >> Sounds good. Thank you. Thanks for

6:12 ↗ having me here. I'm glad to join. Really

6:13 ↗ happy to join here. Um well, I used to

6:16 ↗ be in business consulting for several

6:18 ↗ years and um a few months ago I quit

6:21 ↗ that and became an independent

6:22 ↗ consultant and wanted to also focus on

6:26 ↗ environmental issues and climate change

6:28 ↗ and related areas. And uh I heard about

6:31 ↗ the amazing work this board does and

6:33 ↗ wanted to be part of it. and of course

6:35 ↗ um preserve the community as much as

6:37 ↗ possible. Um we have a wonderful

6:40 ↗ neighborhood, a lot of natural assets

6:41 ↗ and and want to be part of what we do

6:44 ↗ here. Glad to be here.

6:45 ↗ >> Thank you.

6:48 ↗ >> Uh my name is Shannon Rock and uh

6:50 ↗ similar I feel like to every one of you,

6:52 ↗ I'm passionate about the outdoors and

6:54 ↗ want to sustain and take care of the

6:57 ↗ critters in our environment and as well

6:59 ↗ as this beautiful area that we live. And

7:01 ↗ so when uh spot opened up and I had

7:04 ↗ space in my life, I thought I would try

7:06 ↗ give it a try.

7:08 ↗ >> Thank you.

7:09 ↗ >> Hi everyone. I'm Susie Dearo. I'm glad

7:12 ↗ to be here and nice to meet all of you.

7:14 ↗ Um I moved to Isaqua a little over a

7:17 ↗ year ago now. Um and I've spent my

7:19 ↗ career working in sustainability on

7:22 ↗ climate um in a variety of different

7:24 ↗ spaces from food and agriculture systems

7:27 ↗ to uh decarbonization strategy uh fleet

7:32 ↗ electrification and currently working on

7:34 ↗ climate uh technology innovation. Um

7:38 ↗ most of my work is on a national or

7:41 ↗ international scale and I was really

7:44 ↗ interested um in the opportunity to

7:46 ↗ contribute locally. Um and I think it's

7:50 ↗ an important time to be involved in the

7:52 ↗ democratic process. Um so looking

7:55 ↗ forward to contributing.

7:57 ↗ >> Thank you.

7:59 ↗ >> Hi everyone. Um I'm Risha Sherman. I'm

8:01 ↗ here as our youth representative. I'm a

8:03 ↗ freshman at Ezeka High School. I'm also

8:05 ↗ on our youth advisory board and I'm here

8:07 ↗ mostly just because I really care about

8:09 ↗ this community. I've lived here my whole

8:10 ↗ life and I'm passionate about the

8:12 ↗ environment. So yeah, I'm looking

8:13 ↗ forward to working with you all.

8:15 ↗ >> Thank you, Risha. Thank you everybody.

8:17 ↗ We appreciate it and um we're happy to

8:19 ↗ have you here and we hope you enjoy it.

8:23 ↗ Anything to add?

8:25 ↗ >> Okay.

8:28 ↗ All right. Next up, Stacey's going to

8:29 ↗ walk us through some um changes to our

8:32 ↗ board rules and regulations. We may or

8:34 ↗ may not have a vote at the end of this.

8:36 ↗ We'll kind of

8:38 ↗ see what we feel like.

8:43 ↗ >> Right. Can I get a thumbs up? Tommy, can

8:45 ↗ you see uh the document on the screen?

8:48 ↗ Okay, great. Um so after discussions,

8:53 ↗ well, back up. Um our board has rules

8:56 ↗ and regulations. Um hopefully it may

8:59 ↗ have been a few years since folks have

9:00 ↗ looked at them. Hopefully um those new

9:04 ↗ members that participated in the board

9:06 ↗ training last week believe they were

9:08 ↗ mentioned there. Um but they basically

9:10 ↗ just talk about the operations of our

9:12 ↗ board. We have modified them over the

9:15 ↗ last few years um especially kind of as

9:19 ↗ we came back in person after COVID um

9:22 ↗ allowing for some virtual attendance

9:24 ↗ just thinking about our missions and

9:26 ↗ travel. Um, so they have been modified

9:28 ↗ over the last couple of years and, um,

9:32 ↗ this spring we started having

9:34 ↗ conversations about two additional

9:38 ↗ potential modifications that we want to

9:40 ↗ propose to the board. Um, as Don said,

9:43 ↗ we do not need to make a decision

9:44 ↗ tonight. Um, there is one item that we

9:47 ↗ would need to take action on even if we

9:49 ↗ don't make a decision, which I'll speak

9:51 ↗ about in a few minutes. Um, but these

9:53 ↗ are up for discussion. uh really just

9:55 ↗ looking on the board's input and what

9:56 ↗ your preferred direction is. Um the

9:59 ↗ first topic is our rules and regulations

10:03 ↗ currently state that we elect our chair

10:06 ↗ and vice chair in May. Um that's because

10:08 ↗ the new terms are starting then they can

10:10 ↗ serve a full year um in case they're

10:13 ↗ going to be rotating off. What's really

10:15 ↗ challenging is that when we have new

10:17 ↗ members of the board joining, they do

10:20 ↗ not have an opportunity to get to know

10:22 ↗ other members of the board before voting

10:24 ↗ for a chair and vice chair. And so many

10:27 ↗ of the city's boards and commissions

10:29 ↗ have postponed and changed their rules

10:31 ↗ and regulations to do the chair and vice

10:34 ↗ chair vote in the fall. In discussing

10:37 ↗ with Don and Alex, um we thought that

10:40 ↗ made sense. Um and so we wanted to bring

10:42 ↗ that to the board for discussion and see

10:44 ↗ if there's interest in postponing. Um if

10:47 ↗ we're not ready to take action on this

10:49 ↗ tonight, we can vote to essentially

10:52 ↗ delay a vote until June. Um that would

10:56 ↗ ensure that we're not in violation of

10:58 ↗ our current rules and regulations that

11:00 ↗ says we must vote in our chair and vice

11:02 ↗ chair tonight. Um

11:06 ↗ why don't I pause on that one and we can

11:08 ↗ take any discussion thoughts and then I

11:11 ↗ can discuss the other one.

11:13 ↗ >> Okay. So our choices are we can either

11:16 ↗ delay the vote till September and if

11:17 ↗ that's the case then would Alex and I

11:19 ↗ remain in our current roles.

11:20 ↗ >> Yes. So, what I've proposed, and this is

11:22 ↗ all up for discussion, um, is that we

11:25 ↗ move the election till September, um,

11:28 ↗ and then what I thought might make sense

11:31 ↗ is at the current chair and vice chair

11:34 ↗ would serve out that September meeting,

11:36 ↗ um, finish their term then, and then the

11:39 ↗ new chair and vice chair could start

11:40 ↗ October and be in their role until

11:44 ↗ September, the following September. Now,

11:46 ↗ if we have chair and vice chair that

11:49 ↗ rotate off in the same year, that might

11:52 ↗ get a little complicated and I can talk

11:54 ↗ to our clerks about how other boards and

11:56 ↗ commissions deal with that. Um, but I

11:59 ↗ think usually our our terms are

12:02 ↗ staggered enough that I think that would

12:04 ↗ be probably a pretty rare circumstance.

12:06 ↗ Um, so let's say

12:09 ↗ Don let's say Don and Alex uh remain as

12:13 ↗ chair and vice chair. Don decides to um

12:17 ↗ leave the board next spring, then Alex

12:20 ↗ could move into that chair role until

12:22 ↗ october and we could elect someone new,

12:25 ↗ but we can work through those details

12:27 ↗ with the clerks.

12:28 ↗ >> Raj,

12:30 ↗ >> um I think that's a great idea. I

12:32 ↗ support the vote if you're actually

12:34 ↗ taking the vote. Uh because you know, as

12:36 ↗ you said, I mean, this is this makes

12:38 ↗ sense because the new members don't know

12:40 ↗ anything about the board or the chair or

12:43 ↗ the vice chair. So you know it gives

12:45 ↗ them a little bit of time to and I think

12:48 ↗ pushing it by few months I think it

12:50 ↗ makes sense so that they get a feel of

12:52 ↗ the board and what the board does as

12:54 ↗ well as they will get to know people

12:57 ↗ what they do and you know so I I think

13:00 ↗ it's a great idea and I would vote yes

13:02 ↗ if you're taking a vote today

13:04 ↗ Tom.

13:06 ↗ >> Uh yes I would concur. It sounds like a

13:08 ↗ a well motivated

13:10 ↗ idea. I I'm curious though like what uh

13:13 ↗ what other what boards have decided to

13:15 ↗ follow this path and have there been any

13:18 ↗ that have decided no?

13:20 ↗ >> Yeah, it was only brought to my

13:22 ↗ attention a couple months ago that some

13:24 ↗ of the boards do this. I know I can't

13:26 ↗ name off the top of my head all of them.

13:28 ↗ I know the transportation advisory board

13:30 ↗ does this and then I believe there's two

13:33 ↗ or three others um that have made this

13:36 ↗ move and as the liaison learned about it

13:39 ↗ most of the other boards and commissions

13:41 ↗ are planning to propose this as well.

13:44 ↗ >> Were there any cases where they learned

13:46 ↗ about it and they voted it down?

13:49 ↗ >> Not that I'm aware of nor any cases

13:51 ↗ where they moved to a later election,

13:54 ↗ decided that didn't work and move back.

13:56 ↗ I haven't heard of those situations, but

13:58 ↗ yeah, great questions.

13:59 ↗ >> Thank you.

14:06 ↗ >> I think we're ready to take a vote on

14:08 ↗ this is what I'm hearing. So, um, how do

14:10 ↗ you Does it have to be official? Yay,

14:12 ↗ nay. Or just things for

14:14 ↗ >> the rules and regulations. We should

14:15 ↗ probably do an official.

14:17 ↗ >> Okay.

14:17 ↗ >> So, um, so Shannon, we'll have you vote

14:20 ↗ tonight. Um,

14:23 ↗ >> yes. So, why don't we take this one and

14:25 ↗ then we can talk about the other one.

14:28 ↗ So, would we need a motion?

14:30 ↗ >> Oh, I propose a motion to move our our

14:35 ↗ uh terms to September instead of May.

14:39 ↗ >> I second that.

14:44 ↗ >> And then I can do a You want me to do a

14:47 ↗ roll call? Okay, we'll do a roll call.

14:48 ↗ Just say yay or nay. Uh Tom Anderson.

14:52 ↗ >> Yay.

14:54 ↗ Tommy,

14:56 ↗ >> yay.

14:58 ↗ >> Rush,

14:59 ↗ >> yay.

15:00 ↗ >> Don,

15:01 ↗ >> yay.

15:02 ↗ >> Risha,

15:03 ↗ >> yay.

15:04 ↗ >> Shannon,

15:04 ↗ >> yay.

15:06 ↗ >> Alex,

15:07 ↗ >> yay.

15:08 ↗ >> Okay, that passes.

15:11 ↗ >> Congratulations. We haven't done a vote

15:12 ↗ in a while. Yay.

15:15 ↗ >> Great. Um, great. Well, we will work

15:18 ↗ with the clerks to

15:20 ↗ formalize that and then Don and Alex,

15:23 ↗ you will end up receiving this document

15:26 ↗ for a signature um once we that change

15:30 ↗ official. Um all right. And then the

15:33 ↗ next change that was proposed was

15:34 ↗ brought forward by some board members.

15:37 ↗ Um, we have had several special meetings

15:40 ↗ in a different meeting room over by the

15:42 ↗ community center uh this spring as we

15:45 ↗ were working through the climate action

15:47 ↗ plan and several of the board members

15:49 ↗ just found that space a little more

15:51 ↗ inviting and intimate and easier for

15:53 ↗ conversation. It is a much smaller space

15:57 ↗ um and so they proposed or asked if it

15:59 ↗ would be possible for us to move our

16:01 ↗ meetings there. That space is in high

16:03 ↗ demand. Um there's another group that

16:06 ↗ meets this evening

16:08 ↗ um on the second Wednesday of the month.

16:10 ↗ And so the um best option assuming we

16:13 ↗ don't want to meet on a Friday evening

16:16 ↗ is the fourth Wednesday of the month.

16:18 ↗ And so this change would move our

16:21 ↗ meetings from the second to the fourth

16:23 ↗ Wednesday of the month and to steal

16:25 ↗ headroom. Um this is not something we

16:28 ↗ need to vote on tonight. Uh folks can

16:31 ↗ check personal calendars. I'm happy to

16:33 ↗ give those that haven't seen the space a

16:36 ↗ quick tour. Um,

16:39 ↗ so there's no urgency with this. Um, the

16:42 ↗ one item I did mention to Dawn is for

16:44 ↗ our June meeting, which is currently

16:47 ↗ scheduled for June 10th, we have many

16:50 ↗ students slotted to come and talk about

16:52 ↗ all the work they've been doing this

16:54 ↗ year and we would not want to move that

16:56 ↗ meeting to the end of June because they

16:58 ↗ will be on summer break. So, if we do

17:01 ↗ make this change tonight, um I would

17:04 ↗ request it goes into effect for our July

17:07 ↗ meeting or whichever meeting you all

17:10 ↗ want to.

17:12 ↗ >> Um so, Stacey, I've been to that meeting

17:15 ↗ to that meeting room and it is fine. The

17:18 ↗ only thing is we do have a lot of times

17:20 ↗ lot of public uh speakers for public

17:23 ↗ comment as well as you do have some

17:26 ↗ guest speakers from parks or other

17:28 ↗ departments. Um so if we have both of

17:31 ↗ them at the same time I'm not sure if

17:34 ↗ there is enough space for everybody

17:36 ↗ right because I think that can hold

17:39 ↗ probably 10 to 15 people max I think

17:44 ↗ well

17:45 ↗ >> and we have had around 15 or more at

17:48 ↗ times if we have means more people for

17:51 ↗ public comment as well as then we have

17:54 ↗ all 10 members and then we have you know

17:57 ↗ two or three guest speakers. Yeah, I

17:59 ↗ think it will exceed. That would be my

18:01 ↗ only concern. Otherwise, I don't see an

18:03 ↗ issue with that.

18:05 ↗ >> Thanks, Crash. Susie,

18:06 ↗ >> yeah, I have two questions or concerns.

18:09 ↗ Um, my first question um is wanting to

18:12 ↗ make sure that um the steelhead room has

18:14 ↗ equivalent uh like virtual capacity and

18:17 ↗ like the the level of uh AV that the

18:22 ↗ space has. Um if it doesn't have that,

18:25 ↗ that might be a potential downside. Um,

18:27 ↗ and then the other flag, um, is that

18:30 ↗ moving to the fourth Thursday or fourth

18:33 ↗ Wednesday of the month. I imagine that

18:35 ↗ we'll run into more conflicts, um, in

18:37 ↗ November and December with the holidays.

18:40 ↗ >> Um, and curious how rescheduling due to

18:44 ↗ um, changes has been in the past, if

18:46 ↗ that's been an issue.

18:48 ↗ >> Yes, great question. So, um, AV, yes, it

18:53 ↗ is fully equipped. Um, and some of our

18:55 ↗ boards and commissions meet there. So,

18:57 ↗ it would be tight as PR said around that

19:00 ↗ table. There would be enough space for

19:01 ↗ us. The public comment is definitely a

19:04 ↗ little tight. You've you've sat in no

19:06 ↗ public comment back there. Um, but it is

19:08 ↗ equipped for the meetings. And then, um,

19:12 ↗ whenever we meet, not on our regular

19:15 ↗ date, um, we can do that whenever we

19:18 ↗ want. we just posted as a special

19:19 ↗ meeting. So, typically I reach out to

19:21 ↗ the board members, make sure we have um

19:24 ↗ quorum for meeting on a different date.

19:26 ↗ So, we could reschedu those Thanksgiving

19:29 ↗ um or November, December, but you're

19:31 ↗ right, we would run into more holiday

19:33 ↗ conflicts and probably need to schedule

19:35 ↗ around those. So, yeah, great point.

19:40 ↗ Uh, is it necessary for us to state the

19:45 ↗ specific rule in our rules and

19:48 ↗ regulations? Is this a procedural thing

19:51 ↗ that

19:51 ↗ >> That's a good question. It is in all of

19:54 ↗ the rules and regulations. Um, and it

19:57 ↗ may be for awareness of the public, but

19:59 ↗ I can ask our clerks about that. So,

20:02 ↗ yeah. Question.

20:03 ↗ >> Well, it seems overly specific.

20:05 ↗ >> Yes. unnecessarily specific

20:10 ↗ would be my take on it, but I mean we

20:12 ↗ still have to decide what we want to do.

20:15 ↗ But I I would vote for not having it

20:18 ↗ stated in there or or put in some weasel

20:21 ↗ words in there and declare uh the

20:24 ↗ preferred location or as determined by

20:29 ↗ uh staff.

20:32 ↗ But then I guess there's complications.

20:34 ↗ Well, how do you make that announcement

20:37 ↗ uh in compliance with others and all

20:40 ↗ that? Is that is that a complication?

20:43 ↗ >> If um the way we usually do it is if

20:46 ↗ we're not meeting in our regular room,

20:49 ↗ we note it as a special meeting and

20:51 ↗ that's just shared in the agenda that

20:53 ↗ goes out. So, that's the public notice.

20:56 ↗ Um, I can ask if we could not list

21:01 ↗ our meeting location and keep the second

21:04 ↗ Wednesday and if Steelhead happens to be

21:08 ↗ open some second Wednesdays, we meet

21:10 ↗ there instead and rotate back and forth.

21:13 ↗ Are you interested in more kind of

21:15 ↗ having a variet being a little more

21:17 ↗ flexible on where we meet or

21:21 ↗ >> um Well, so I I support the spirit of

21:25 ↗ this recommendation and I do prefer the

21:27 ↗ other room mostly just because it's

21:30 ↗ closer to me.

21:33 ↗ I support it, but I also would support

21:37 ↗ being less specific in the official

21:41 ↗ rules and regulations to allow more

21:44 ↗ flexibility,

21:45 ↗ >> okay,

21:47 ↗ >> in the future if needed. So for example,

21:50 ↗ if we were having a presentation that

21:52 ↗ had we sometimes we have three or four

21:55 ↗ presenters

21:57 ↗ >> and it's on a topic that we expect three

21:59 ↗ or four public people to speak. Well

22:02 ↗ then maybe we would choose to bring it

22:04 ↗ here because of that size of the

22:08 ↗ potential crowd

22:11 ↗ and we'd have that option.

22:13 ↗ >> Yeah. or if it's a more kind of intimate

22:16 ↗ conversation like on the climate plan,

22:18 ↗ we're gonna have a lot of dialogue, that

22:20 ↗ other space can be nice.

22:22 ↗ >> Yeah.

22:23 ↗ >> Okay. I can definitely speak to the

22:24 ↗ clerks about that and bring back more

22:27 ↗ information

22:29 ↗ in June or July about that.

22:32 ↗ >> Thanks, Tom. Alex, I think you're next.

22:38 ↗ >> There we go. Um just leading and adding

22:41 ↗ on to Tom's comment about if and and

22:44 ↗ project's comments about if we do

22:46 ↗ anticipate more people coming um if we

22:49 ↗ have extra presenters or if we

22:51 ↗ anticipate more public comment what is

22:53 ↗ the flexibility of the Tibbitz manner

22:57 ↗ being open on that fourth Wednesday so

22:59 ↗ that if we needed to shift to that

23:02 ↗ instead of rescheduling um to a date

23:04 ↗ that could accommodate is is Tibbitz

23:06 ↗ typically open also on the fourth

23:08 ↗ Wednesdays of each month that we could

23:09 ↗ shift easily.

23:11 ↗ >> I'll check on that. I'm not sure.

23:15 ↗ The top of my head, I don't believe that

23:17 ↗ there are any boards or commissions that

23:19 ↗ meet on a fourth Wednesday, but I can

23:21 ↗ definitely check on that. Yeah, in that

23:23 ↗ case I'd be if it's more flexible and we

23:26 ↗ could potentially move to Tibbitz

23:27 ↗ easily, then I'd be fine with listing

23:30 ↗ the steelhead room as our regular

23:32 ↗ meeting space and then adjusting if

23:34 ↗ needed um to accommodate those larger

23:38 ↗ meetings.

23:40 ↗ >> Great. Yeah,

23:42 ↗ >> thank you. Alex Rush, do you have

23:43 ↗ another comment?

23:44 ↗ >> Yeah. So, I just had one thing to add uh

23:47 ↗ to what Tom said. um Stacy because I

23:50 ↗ have a little bit of concern with moving

23:53 ↗ you know keeping the flexibility and

23:55 ↗ moving the room back and forth. I mean

23:56 ↗ once in a while it's fine but if it's

23:59 ↗ because every time you know when you're

24:01 ↗ running late for the meeting and people

24:04 ↗ might miss where to go. If it's

24:06 ↗ straightforward here it is every time

24:08 ↗ I'll just come here because I remember

24:10 ↗ last month you had a special meeting and

24:12 ↗ you sent out the email like three times

24:14 ↗ that it's not on Wednesday, it's not on

24:16 ↗ Wednesday, it's not on Thursday, it's on

24:19 ↗ Thursday and I still, you know, got on

24:21 ↗ the meeting on Wednesday and I'm like

24:24 ↗ nobody's here. So these things happen.

24:26 ↗ >> Yeah.

24:27 ↗ >> So you know it may be a little bit of

24:29 ↗ nightmare for you guys if there is a on

24:32 ↗ a regular basis back and forth. That's

24:34 ↗ once in a while it's fine once you

24:36 ↗ choose the room for as they mentioned

24:38 ↗ for public comment. If you want to come

24:40 ↗ here it's different but

24:42 ↗ >> for the more or less part it should be

24:44 ↗ one steady. I think

24:46 ↗ >> Shannon did you have a comment or is

24:48 ↗ that good addressable?

24:49 ↗ >> Well I was just wondering if there was

24:51 ↗ um flexibility since size of the room

24:53 ↗ keeps coming up. Is there flexibility

24:55 ↗ for overflow like or have you guys had

24:59 ↗ meetings there where people a lot of

25:01 ↗ people came and you they could

25:03 ↗ wait on

25:05 ↗ >> Yeah. Not that room is really

25:07 ↗ >> there are there are three rows of maybe

25:10 ↗ four chairs in the back but it's it's

25:13 ↗ tight. Yeah. You don't

25:15 ↗ >> I've been in meetings in there where

25:16 ↗ it's pretty full of people and it it is

25:20 ↗ workable. Um but it it can get full if

25:24 ↗ you have um a lot of presenters. So for

25:26 ↗ example, the student presentations

25:27 ↗ coming up um you know if they're guests

25:31 ↗ and parents and whatnot show up it could

25:34 ↗ get tight that instance.

25:36 ↗ >> Yeah,

25:38 ↗ >> I'll add a little bit if nobody else has

25:40 ↗ any comments. Um hearing what

25:42 ↗ everybody's saying, I have similar

25:44 ↗ concerns. I'm not a big fan of the

25:45 ↗ fourth Wednesday.

25:46 ↗ >> Okay,

25:47 ↗ >> I'll just put that out there right away.

25:48 ↗ for Susie's concern. So, it's going to

25:50 ↗ get difficult towards the end of the

25:52 ↗ year.

25:53 ↗ >> Um,

25:54 ↗ >> and then, uh, doing the steel head room

25:57 ↗ for all of our meetings. Yeah, I don't

25:59 ↗ think we're going to have enough room on

26:00 ↗ some of our bigger meetings. And I don't

26:02 ↗ like the idea, like Project says, of

26:03 ↗ going back and forth, back and forth,

26:04 ↗ and not having a dedicated home. What if

26:07 ↗ we use the steelhead room for our

26:09 ↗ special meetings?

26:10 ↗ >> Yeah.

26:11 ↗ >> Or as needed.

26:12 ↗ >> Yep.

26:13 ↗ >> We can try it out a little longer. That

26:15 ↗ way, we don't have to vote on anything

26:17 ↗ tonight. Yeah, we just leave it as is.

26:21 ↗ >> That sounds Yeah, I'm hearing enough

26:23 ↗ questions, some concerns. Maybe we table

26:26 ↗ this, we'll book that for special

26:29 ↗ meetings, maybe when we want to have a

26:30 ↗ little bit more dialogue, engagement,

26:33 ↗ and we can if anyone wants to bring this

26:36 ↗ back up throughout the year and look at

26:38 ↗ switching um or we can revisit next

26:41 ↗ year too.

26:43 ↗ >> I work with everybody. Okay.

26:47 ↗ You're still gonna bike a little bit

26:49 ↗ further Tom.

26:53 ↗ >> Okay, great. Well, we will move forward

26:56 ↗ with the clerks changing the election

26:59 ↗ timeline. We will hold off on changing

27:02 ↗ the meeting date or room. If anyone is

27:06 ↗ interested in bringing that back up,

27:08 ↗ please let me know. Um, and I can dig

27:10 ↗ into a couple of these questions in the

27:12 ↗ meantime so we have that information.

27:14 ↗ Okay.

27:25 ↗ I can find the right presentation.

27:33 ↗ Okay, so next topic um

27:39 ↗ work.

27:44 ↗ Okay, great. Um, next topic is, uh, Don

27:48 ↗ and Alex had just asked with the

27:51 ↗ beginning of this next year of the

27:53 ↗ environmental board, could we do a brief

27:55 ↗ recap of, uh, what the board worked on

27:58 ↗ over the last year? So, I have some very

28:02 ↗ basic slides, uh, quick run through and

28:05 ↗ overview, and I definitely invite, uh,

28:07 ↗ board members to jump in and share other

28:11 ↗ insight or thoughts that they have. um

28:14 ↗ on any of the topics that we went

28:16 ↗ through over the last year.

28:21 ↗ Jeez, it went into PowerPoint live and

28:23 ↗ we'll see things. Um all right so just

28:28 ↗ as a little background for our new

28:30 ↗ members refresher for the existing

28:32 ↗ members the way this board develops our

28:35 ↗ work plan is um board members can

28:38 ↗ propose ideas throughout the year of

28:40 ↗ topics that they want to discuss or that

28:43 ↗ they want staff to bring to them. Um,

28:46 ↗ and then a lot of the work plan

28:48 ↗ development though is staff uh bringing

28:52 ↗ the priorities of the administration and

28:54 ↗ council to the board. And so what David

28:58 ↗ and I do is pull together that draft

29:00 ↗ work plan usually November or December

29:02 ↗ of each year. We share that with the

29:04 ↗ environmental board for one or two

29:06 ↗ rounds of input. We've been doing kind

29:08 ↗ of a thumbs up approval in January. Um

29:12 ↗ and then that is that draft work plan is

29:16 ↗ submitted to the mayor and council. Um

29:19 ↗ we don't do necessarily a formal vote on

29:22 ↗ it because I consider it a working

29:24 ↗ draft. Things shift throughout the year

29:26 ↗ if um staff aren't quite ready to bring

29:29 ↗ the topics because of some delays for

29:32 ↗ particular reasons um or something new

29:35 ↗ and urgent pops up. Um it is always a

29:38 ↗ kind of a working um moving work plan.

29:41 ↗ Um I have been I forgot the last few

29:44 ↗ months but um now uh working to make

29:47 ↗ sure that work plan uh the most current

29:49 ↗ version is attached to your agenda. So

29:51 ↗ you'll see where that is um each month.

29:57 ↗ Um so over it's been a busy year. Um

30:00 ↗ over the last year we started last

30:03 ↗ spring by revisiting uh city tree code.

30:07 ↗ Uh about three years ago, this board was

30:10 ↗ very very involved in helping reshape

30:13 ↗ the city's land use code and the tree

30:15 ↗ code as part of that. Um as the city had

30:18 ↗ implemented the land use code, they

30:20 ↗ found that some parts of the tree code

30:22 ↗ just didn't work, weren't making sense,

30:25 ↗ and so they wanted to revise it. So it

30:27 ↗ really did work um on the ground. So

30:30 ↗ this board provided a lot of input to

30:31 ↗ that process. Um we've also started each

30:35 ↗ June having students come to talk about

30:37 ↗ the projects that they've been working

30:39 ↗ with us on. Um we have usually a number

30:42 ↗ of Gibson interns that are working with

30:45 ↗ us. We've had um university capstone

30:48 ↗ projects from the UDub. Uh we work with

30:51 ↗ a group called sustainability

30:52 ↗ ambassadors. So you'll have an

30:55 ↗ opportunity next month to hear from

30:56 ↗ several of those students as well.

31:00 ↗ Um David presented uh quite a bit on our

31:04 ↗ municipal projects that were underway

31:06 ↗ last year. Um

31:08 ↗ our decarbonization assessment. Um

31:11 ↗ several of the projects that were

31:12 ↗ underway such as solar that you'll hear

31:15 ↗ a little bit more about tonight. Um we

31:17 ↗ also had a bit of a deep dive into one

31:19 ↗ of our community programs that I'll also

31:21 ↗ talk about later tonight, our clean

31:23 ↗ buildings program.

31:26 ↗ The board provided input to our

31:28 ↗ buildings and infrastructure policy.

31:30 ↗ This was a 20 year old policy, 22 year

31:33 ↗ old policy

31:35 ↗ >> um that we updated and it was approved

31:38 ↗ by council in November. Uh we are now

31:42 ↗ working to implement that policy and

31:43 ↗ we'll be bringing updates um throughout

31:46 ↗ the years.

31:48 ↗ Uh and then a lot of our work last fall

31:51 ↗ and uh into 26 was uh focused on

31:55 ↗ providing input to the climate action

31:57 ↗ plan update early in the fall was really

32:00 ↗ providing feedback to staff on process

32:03 ↗ beginning to review actions. Um and then

32:06 ↗ I'll talk about in a minute what they've

32:07 ↗ worked on in 26. Um and then we also do

32:11 ↗ an annual report each year. So you all

32:13 ↗ will have an opportunity to do a survey,

32:16 ↗ self analysis survey. What was your

32:18 ↗ experience like? What do you think about

32:20 ↗ um how the board operated this year? Um

32:22 ↗ and then we pull those results into a

32:24 ↗ report that also lists out our

32:26 ↗ accomplishments to council.

32:29 ↗ Uh moving into 26, uh we have had many

32:34 ↗ meetings this year so far, uh focused on

32:36 ↗ reviewing the climate action plan

32:38 ↗ update, going section by section, um

32:41 ↗ really digging deep into targets and

32:43 ↗ actions. Uh David presented on the 2024

32:47 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions inventory.

32:51 ↗ And then over the last couple months,

32:53 ↗ we've heard from um staff on a storm

32:56 ↗ water management plan update as well as

32:58 ↗ our transportation improvement program

33:01 ↗ uh which is our list of all the

33:02 ↗ transportation pro projects that are

33:04 ↗ anticipated over the next six years.

33:10 ↗ Uh what we see upcoming over the next

33:12 ↗ few months. Uh next month we'll hear

33:15 ↗ from several

33:17 ↗ uh students on the various projects

33:19 ↗ they've been working on the last few

33:21 ↗ years. Later this summer we'll get into

33:23 ↗ some of the waste programming and

33:25 ↗ policies that our solid waste analyst is

33:27 ↗ working on. Uh we'll be meeting with our

33:29 ↗ urban forester uh to get an update on

33:32 ↗ implementation of the urban forest

33:33 ↗ management plan. Uh each year we look at

33:37 ↗ the city's natural systems checklist. Um

33:40 ↗ this is looking at how city code is

33:43 ↗ doing at protecting the environment.

33:46 ↗ Um and then we'll be starting to

33:48 ↗ implement the the hopefully adopted

33:50 ↗ climate action plan and be sharing with

33:52 ↗ you our progress on uh actions within

33:55 ↗ the plan.

33:59 ↗ >> Questions as you go.

34:01 ↗ >> That's the end of the slide. So I invite

34:03 ↗ other board members to share other

34:05 ↗ things that you remember from this last

34:07 ↗ year and then happy to take any

34:09 ↗ questions too.

34:10 ↗ >> Let's grab Shre's comment first.

34:12 ↗ >> Oh my question was um so when these

34:15 ↗ meetings come up the waste management or

34:18 ↗ urban forest management plan

34:19 ↗ implementation

34:21 ↗ of course we'll have a chance to review

34:23 ↗ it before the thing comes up before the

34:26 ↗ presentation happens. But what do they

34:28 ↗ look for? I mean, would we have a chance

34:30 ↗ to discuss before the meeting meeting

34:32 ↗ actually happens?

34:33 ↗ >> Oh, um, do we have a chance to discuss

34:36 ↗ before the meeting? Not typically. Um,

34:39 ↗ there's always the opportunity board

34:40 ↗ members can reach out to staff with

34:42 ↗ questions that they have to try and get

34:44 ↗ clarity before the meeting, but really

34:47 ↗ the meeting is the opportunity to have

34:49 ↗ that discussion, provide feedback. We

34:52 ↗ try to work with staff to have very

34:55 ↗ specific questions they're asking the

34:57 ↗ board and typically it's policy related

35:00 ↗ for this board. Um sometimes staff are

35:03 ↗ just bringformational.

35:05 ↗ So most of what David and I are

35:07 ↗ presenting next isformational tonight.

35:09 ↗ Um but often there's discussion

35:11 ↗ questions. So

35:13 ↗ >> Got it.

35:14 ↗ >> Yeah. Does that make sense? Yeah.

35:15 ↗ >> Makes sense. Yeah.

35:16 ↗ >> See it goes. Thank you.

35:17 ↗ >> Yeah. Yeah. And there's always the

35:18 ↗ opportunity to ask for one-on-one

35:21 ↗ meetings or a smaller group meeting. We

35:23 ↗ did that recently um with one of the the

35:26 ↗ city codes and some couple board members

35:28 ↗ that were particularly interested. So,

35:31 ↗ >> yeah, the staff are very responsive,

35:32 ↗ Vanessa. Um but I would ask that you go

35:34 ↗ through Stacy if you want to reach out

35:36 ↗ to any of the staff just so she's aware

35:37 ↗ of it.

35:39 ↗ But yeah, I've reached out to several of

35:41 ↗ them over the years and they're more

35:43 ↗ than happy to meet with you and talk

35:45 ↗ about details

35:47 ↗ on the systems checklist. Stacy,

35:50 ↗ >> yes,

35:50 ↗ >> for the last couple of years, we'd asked

35:52 ↗ for specific examples.

35:55 ↗ >> See if Minnie can bring

35:57 ↗ >> specific projects.

35:58 ↗ >> Yes,

36:00 ↗ >> that one's been a work in process

36:02 ↗ progress since I started, I think, on

36:04 ↗ what exactly we're trying to get at. So,

36:07 ↗ yep.

36:11 ↗ any um reflections from other board

36:14 ↗ members on topics we worked on this year

36:16 ↗ or other questions folks have

36:21 ↗ >> so I don't know if we had any field

36:24 ↗ trips

36:25 ↗ >> oh yes we did a field trip last summer

36:27 ↗ yeah

36:28 ↗ >> oh yeah

36:29 ↗ >> um I have been talking with Dan about

36:31 ↗ doing one in July up to um at Tiger

36:35 ↗ Mountain to talk about the uh forest

36:37 ↗ management agement plan and maybe touch

36:39 ↗ a little bit on wildfire preparedness up

36:41 ↗ there. Um so we're trying to do a little

36:45 ↗ more field trips or provide

36:46 ↗ opportunities for board members to get

36:49 ↗ >> I think we did one more um David was

36:52 ↗ there

36:54 ↗ >> yeah flex

36:55 ↗ >> I I don't remember the name

36:57 ↗ >> the is creek restoration

36:58 ↗ >> project so that we did and I think in

37:01 ↗ summer we did

37:02 ↗ >> also we have in past couple of years we

37:05 ↗ have also offered the recology tours

37:07 ↗ which I've taken at one time um and I

37:11 ↗ just wanted to had um means it the IAP

37:14 ↗ implementation just is shown as one

37:17 ↗ bullet but it took hours and hours and

37:20 ↗ number of special meetings and all kinds

37:23 ↗ of things. So that has been the

37:25 ↗ highlight for 2025 I would say for the

37:29 ↗ environmental board

37:32 ↗ and uh there are a lot of small pieces

37:34 ↗ which go in ICAP like the sustain they

37:37 ↗ had the climate resilience plan or

37:41 ↗ emergency prepared plan and there was a

37:44 ↗ lot of stuff which the city did in

37:46 ↗ conjunction which we heard about in the

37:48 ↗ environmental board meetings. um they

37:51 ↗ had a lot of um um education and

37:54 ↗ community outreach events where they

37:56 ↗ actually train people for the emergency

37:58 ↗ preparedness. So um a lot of it was in

38:02 ↗ ICAP what comes under the ICAP umbrella

38:06 ↗ but there were lot of different pieces

38:08 ↗ which went into it and which we

38:10 ↗ discussed last year.

38:12 ↗ >> Yeah.

38:18 ↗ I just want to mention the field trip

38:20 ↗ aspect.

38:22 ↗ >> Sorry, I blurred it out.

38:27 ↗ >> At the same time,

38:28 ↗ >> not a problem.

38:32 ↗ >> Any questions?

38:36 ↗ >> I don't know if you can. Do you want to

38:38 ↗ test it out?

38:39 ↗ >> I cannot.

38:40 ↗ >> Okay,

38:41 ↗ >> never mind.

38:42 ↗ >> We'll figure that out. Okay.

38:49 ↗ And if any of the newer members, if you

38:50 ↗ guys do have questions about anything

38:52 ↗ we've discussed in the past, if it

38:53 ↗ starts to come up, feel free to reach

38:55 ↗ out um to any of us and and just ask,

38:58 ↗ "Hey, can I get a a heads up on this?"

39:01 ↗ You know, give me a little bit of

39:02 ↗ background. We're happy to help out.

39:07 ↗ >> All right. So, I'm going to do a a

39:10 ↗ hopefully pretty brief presentation on

39:12 ↗ climate action in city operations. Um

39:15 ↗ just as a a quick introduction for new

39:18 ↗ members especially uh my name is David

39:20 ↗ Rei. I'm the sustainability coordinator

39:22 ↗ with the city. Been here about three and

39:23 ↗ a half years uh now. Um and uh I manage

39:30 ↗ a lot of the programs, projects, efforts

39:35 ↗ uh related to city operations and and

39:37 ↗ climate action um directly with um many

39:40 ↗ of the other departments of the city. So

39:42 ↗ I work very closely with our facilities

39:44 ↗ team, our fleet team, our emergency

39:46 ↗ manager uh and others to um think about

39:49 ↗ how we can try and infuse projects

39:52 ↗ across the city with uh a climate lens.

39:55 ↗ Um

39:57 ↗ I have my background in environmental

39:59 ↗ policy uh through my graduate degree.

40:01 ↗ I've worked in environmental education,

40:03 ↗ land conservation, solar, uh, sol

40:06 ↗ statewide solar programs, um,

40:09 ↗ transportation justice, couple other

40:11 ↗ areas. So, um, I'm quite a generalist

40:14 ↗ and I think as you'll see today, I work

40:16 ↗ on a pretty general wide ranging uh, set

40:19 ↗ of projects as well.

40:23 ↗ So,

40:24 ↗ so the goal of uh the presentation today

40:28 ↗ is to highlight um what we've been doing

40:30 ↗ uh around municipal climate actions for

40:32 ↗ new uh and returning uh board members.

40:35 ↗ I've talked about many of these things

40:37 ↗ in passing before um but I believe this

40:40 ↗ will be my first presentation where I'm

40:41 ↗ trying to kind of highlight it all

40:43 ↗ together. So, um, especially as we're

40:45 ↗ thinking about the updated IAP that's,

40:48 ↗ uh, hopefully going to get adopted this

40:49 ↗ summer, um, this presentation is really,

40:52 ↗ uh, meant to to show where we are, where

40:54 ↗ we are when it when it comes to leading

40:56 ↗ by example in climate action at the

40:58 ↗ city. Um, and, uh, and kind of where

41:02 ↗ we're going to go uh, in the next couple

41:03 ↗ years. Some specific questions just um,

41:07 ↗ for interest. we have uh done our best

41:10 ↗ to try and communicate a little bit uh

41:12 ↗ to the public around what we're doing

41:14 ↗ with uh municipal climate actions to uh

41:17 ↗ probably varied success. And so, uh, I

41:20 ↗ think just in in our, uh, evergoing, uh,

41:23 ↗ goals of improving how we're

41:25 ↗ communicating and thinking about, uh,

41:28 ↗ priorities in climate action

41:29 ↗ communication, um, throughout this

41:31 ↗ presentation, um, and at the end, we'd

41:34 ↗ love to hear any thoughts on how we can

41:36 ↗ improve or or, um, continue to to, um,

41:40 ↗ prioritize climate communication

41:42 ↗ specifically related to municipal

41:44 ↗ climate actions.

41:47 ↗ So, uh, board members who have been on

41:50 ↗ the board for a little while have

41:51 ↗ probably seen this graph before. For for

41:53 ↗ those new, this is our, uh, municipal

41:55 ↗ operations greenhouse gas inventory from

41:58 ↗ 2024. There's about a year and a half

42:00 ↗ lag, uh, between when we get our, uh,

42:04 ↗ inventories completed. Um,

42:07 ↗ this uh, inventory is the second

42:09 ↗ municipal greenhouse gas inventory we've

42:11 ↗ completed. Our first one was in 2022.

42:14 ↗ And what I'm highlighting here really is

42:16 ↗ that uh buildings which are kind of the

42:19 ↗ yellow emissions uh and transportation

42:22 ↗ which does encompass the purple as well

42:24 ↗ as the blue are our largest sources of

42:27 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions. And so uh at

42:29 ↗ city operations and so um that is really

42:32 ↗ where we've been focusing um our efforts

42:35 ↗ in terms of trying to um decarbonize our

42:38 ↗ city facilities, our fleet, things like

42:41 ↗ that. And and I'll dig into that a

42:42 ↗ little bit more. Um, there's a lot of

42:45 ↗ data that goes into this, which

42:46 ↗ buildings we have that are on natural

42:48 ↗ gas, which are not, right? Our pool is

42:51 ↗ one of our largest natural gas users in

42:53 ↗ the city, our on-road fleet. Um, uh, we

42:56 ↗ have about 150 to 170 vehicles in our

43:00 ↗ fleet. Um and uh you know a lot of those

43:04 ↗ emissions are coming from those vehicles

43:05 ↗ that are driving longer distances uh

43:07 ↗ versus the ones that are kind of just

43:09 ↗ boopping around town very for very small

43:12 ↗ uh amounts of miles each year. So um

43:15 ↗ there's definitely a lot of nuance in

43:16 ↗ this. And then I'll also mention right

43:18 ↗ employee commute is 26% of our uh

43:22 ↗ municipal operations greenhouse gas

43:24 ↗ emissions. And so that's um an added one

43:26 ↗ um that I'll touch on in this, but that

43:28 ↗ is particularly difficult to uh address

43:32 ↗ since most of these emissions are things

43:34 ↗ that the city controls. Employee commute

43:36 ↗ is one uh we have a little less control

43:38 ↗ over since our employees get to the city

43:40 ↗ um on their own. So, we're going to go

43:44 ↗ into some depth now in a minute on uh

43:48 ↗ some specific projects, but um I wanted

43:50 ↗ to mention kind of why we're focusing on

43:53 ↗ municipal operation uh uh climate

43:56 ↗ action. And so, the first bit is in the

43:59 ↗ climate action plan and in the

44:00 ↗ comprehensive plan. Um it's stated that

44:03 ↗ the city needs to lead by example when

44:05 ↗ it comes to climate action. We don't

44:07 ↗ want to be telling our community to take

44:10 ↗ climate action, install heat pumps, do

44:12 ↗ this work without necessarily showing

44:14 ↗ that we as the city are uh are also

44:18 ↗ committed to making those same efforts.

44:21 ↗ Additionally, some projects can be good

44:23 ↗ long-term financial investments. So we

44:25 ↗ are trying to find projects that save

44:27 ↗ energy um that generate uh electricity

44:32 ↗ um that you know transitioning some

44:34 ↗ vehicles to electric uh that have uh

44:37 ↗ those long-term financial benefits over

44:39 ↗ the years. They can provide those

44:41 ↗ savings for us over maybe a traditional

44:44 ↗ or a like forlike replacement. Um the

44:47 ↗ city is a long-term entity. We're not

44:50 ↗ going anywhere. And so one of the

44:52 ↗ benefits there is that we can think long

44:54 ↗ term about those financial investments

44:56 ↗ and say okay even if it we're not going

44:58 ↗ to see the financial return in two years

45:00 ↗ that's okay if we'll see it um over over

45:03 ↗ many years. Additionally projects can

45:06 ↗ have additional staff and community

45:07 ↗ benefits. So one of the ones I'll share

45:10 ↗ uh in the future uh uh later in this

45:13 ↗ slide is um related to battery

45:16 ↗ landscaping equipment. Right. Um some of

45:18 ↗ our uh efforts throughout the city uh

45:21 ↗ can just improve um the air quality for

45:24 ↗ staff in buildings. They can improve uh

45:27 ↗ reduce noise in vehicles or when using

45:30 ↗ landscaping equipment which can make our

45:32 ↗ staff uh staff's job that much better.

45:35 ↗ And additionally, there's community

45:36 ↗ benefits by reducing pollution in our

45:39 ↗ community uh by taking uh gas powered

45:42 ↗ cars off the road, things like that. And

45:45 ↗ then the final piece I'll mention,

45:46 ↗ right, is many projects are sustainable

45:50 ↗ versions of projects we were going to do

45:52 ↗ anyways, right? So, uh, some of what

45:55 ↗ I'll talk about are, for instance,

45:57 ↗ updating our HVAC systems that are at

45:59 ↗ the end of life and need to happen

46:01 ↗ anyways. And so by Stacy and myself

46:03 ↗ getting involved, we get to say, "Let's

46:06 ↗ choose the climate friendly version

46:08 ↗ instead of um uh maybe replacing it with

46:12 ↗ another natural gas HVAC system." And we

46:14 ↗ like to try and bring money to the table

46:16 ↗ through grants and other programs. And

46:17 ↗ I'll talk about that in a little bit as

46:19 ↗ well to make these possible.

46:22 ↗ So digging in a little bit to uh project

46:25 ↗ highlights on buildings. Stacy, I don't

46:27 ↗ know if we can watch these videos.

46:30 ↗ Um,

46:32 ↗ okay.

46:32 ↗ >> They're in the packet.

46:33 ↗ >> They're in the packet. I encourage you

46:35 ↗ to take a look because they are

46:36 ↗ representative of some of what we've

46:37 ↗ tried to do related to communication.

46:39 ↗ This one in particular is a short video

46:42 ↗ our uh city put out on um the pool

46:45 ↗ covers. So, showing our pool covers

46:47 ↗ getting deployed for some of the first

46:49 ↗ times across our pool.

46:51 ↗ But over the last couple years, we spent

46:54 ↗ a lot of time planning some of these

46:56 ↗ energy efficiency projects, some of

46:57 ↗ these decarbonization projects,

46:59 ↗ renewable energy projects, and now we've

47:01 ↗ been, uh, really trying to implement

47:02 ↗ them across the city. And so, um, we

47:06 ↗ just completed our Pickering Barn solar

47:08 ↗ project, which we've talked about, and

47:09 ↗ some folks were at the ribbon cutting

47:11 ↗ for that. Um and then we're still in the

47:13 ↗ midst of a project installing uh solar

47:16 ↗ and battery storage at the Isiqua Senior

47:18 ↗ Center. And that because this battery

47:20 ↗ storage is a very large complex project.

47:23 ↗ Um but these projects in combination

47:27 ↗ will uh increase the amount of solar

47:29 ↗ generation on city properties five

47:31 ↗ times. Um before we only had one city

47:33 ↗ facility that had solar which was fire

47:36 ↗ station 72 installed in 2011.

47:40 ↗ Uh we also have a couple solar uh

47:43 ↗ projects in the transmission line, some

47:45 ↗ initial designs, structural analyses,

47:47 ↗ things like that. So that we're always

47:49 ↗ looking for that extra bit of funding

47:51 ↗ and and next step where we can move

47:52 ↗ forward. We also have a number of

47:55 ↗ different projects to reduce natural gas

47:58 ↗ use at city facilities. This is a big

47:59 ↗ one. As you saw, it was one of the

48:01 ↗ biggest sources of emissions at the

48:03 ↗ city. So the pool covers is a great

48:05 ↗ example of that. Um it's hard to make

48:09 ↗ them look as cool as they are. Um but

48:11 ↗ they are basically blankets that go over

48:13 ↗ the pool every night. Um and they

48:16 ↗ prevent uh heat from escaping from the

48:19 ↗ pool. And so by keeping that heat in the

48:21 ↗ pool, you don't have to run your your uh

48:24 ↗ heaters as long. You're reducing any uh

48:27 ↗ chemicals getting um evaporated out,

48:30 ↗ reducing water evaporation. Um and so it

48:33 ↗ just improves the efficiency of the

48:34 ↗ pool. And as we've talked about before,

48:37 ↗ pool electrification, which would be the

48:39 ↗ best way to get rid of natural gas at

48:40 ↗ the pool, is very costly and very

48:43 ↗ difficult. And so this is a great

48:45 ↗ interim step as we're thinking about the

48:48 ↗ uh pool full decarbonization over the

48:50 ↗ long term. We also have some insulation

48:53 ↗ projects, weatherization projects, and

48:55 ↗ then a number of heat pump projects. And

48:57 ↗ I wanted to mention uh for Tom one even

49:00 ↗ that we're applying for at the Isiqua

49:02 ↗ Depot um applying for grants there to

49:05 ↗ try and uh help preserve history in a

49:07 ↗ way that also supports decarbonization.

49:10 ↗ So all of those projects in com

49:12 ↗ combination are expected to reduce our

49:14 ↗ natural gas use between 20 to 25%. Um

49:18 ↗ which is uh very exciting. We are also

49:21 ↗ working with our facilities team to

49:23 ↗ improve their training so that they can

49:24 ↗ take a more active role and uh think

49:27 ↗ critically about how we can save energy

49:29 ↗ throughout city facilities.

49:31 ↗ All of this being said, we have a number

49:33 ↗ of challenges remaining. So we have some

49:35 ↗ very expensive projects on the horizon,

49:37 ↗ expensive and complex projects like full

49:40 ↗ decarbonization. Um we have a number of

49:42 ↗ natural gas uh HVAC systems at our

49:45 ↗ public works campus that will be very

49:46 ↗ expensive to replace uh when it is time

49:50 ↗ to do that. We've uh been dealing with

49:52 ↗ some tight time frames. So we've been

49:54 ↗ seeking funding um and trying to

49:57 ↗ implement projects uh that have

50:00 ↗ timelines associated with them. And so

50:02 ↗ we're doing our best to navigate these

50:05 ↗ complex changes that uh we're getting

50:08 ↗ better at, but that are uh a bit of a

50:11 ↗ departure from how we normally operate.

50:12 ↗ And so that has uh been a bit of a

50:14 ↗ challenge. We also have a really busy

50:16 ↗ facilities team and especially looking

50:18 ↗ forward, you might have seen we have a

50:20 ↗ new city hall in consideration. Um and

50:24 ↗ so our facilities team is pulled in a

50:26 ↗ lot of different directions. Um, and so

50:28 ↗ I do my best to work with them and

50:31 ↗ support them and and work with them and

50:32 ↗ and we have really wonderful part

50:34 ↗ partners on that facilities team, but

50:36 ↗ especially looking forward there's a lot

50:38 ↗ of facilities needs and so we uh work

50:41 ↗ really hard to advocate for these

50:42 ↗ sustainability projects where we can.

50:45 ↗ Next slide.

50:48 ↗ Fleet equipment. So the other big piece

50:51 ↗ here is our electric fleet or our our

50:54 ↗ city fleet. Um, over the last couple of

50:56 ↗ years, we've installed 17 uh uh EV

51:01 ↗ chargers uh last year. Um,

51:06 ↗ yes, 17 EV charges. I was counting my

51:08 ↗ head. Um, and then we've been doing

51:11 ↗ landscape equipment. So, that video was

51:13 ↗ a um a goofy video that's uh showing

51:18 ↗ kind of the difference between the gas

51:19 ↗ powered landscaping equipment versus the

51:21 ↗ quiet landscaping equipment. and our

51:23 ↗ parks team kind of had fun demonstrating

51:25 ↗ what that looks like in a video form.

51:28 ↗ Um, we've had uh eight new electric v uh

51:31 ↗ vehicles added to our fleet and we have

51:33 ↗ a couple of additional ones coming up.

51:35 ↗ Um, and then I'll also say we're looking

51:37 ↗ forward to um continuing to expand that.

51:40 ↗ I was on a call with our fleet manager

51:41 ↗ today and we're in the process of

51:43 ↗ identifying those next level of uh

51:46 ↗ vehicles that we're we're working to

51:47 ↗ electrify. We um are working also to um

51:52 ↗ kind of continue to to knock on the

51:54 ↗ challenge of police electrification. Um

51:57 ↗ that's one of those more challenging uh

51:59 ↗ fleet electrification questions um along

52:02 ↗ with medium and heavy duty vehicles.

52:04 ↗ those snow plows are uh difficult to

52:07 ↗ electrify and we want to make sure that

52:09 ↗ um as we're undertaking these types of

52:11 ↗ projects that we have the

52:12 ↗ infrastructure, the planning um and the

52:14 ↗ support necessary so that we uh can

52:16 ↗ continue to provide uh the services to

52:19 ↗ the city necessary even with this

52:22 ↗ transition. Some challenges on this

52:25 ↗ front um are charger management, right?

52:28 ↗ charge electric vehicle chargers are um

52:32 ↗ they've been around for a long time, but

52:33 ↗ it's a rapidly changing market of

52:35 ↗ electric vehicle chargers and electric

52:37 ↗ vehicles. And so managing chargers that

52:41 ↗ might not be working as well as they

52:43 ↗ should has taken up a fair amount of my

52:46 ↗ time and we're still working through

52:48 ↗ those growing pains of adding new

52:50 ↗ chargers to the city and trying to

52:52 ↗ troubleshoot problems when they've

52:53 ↗ arisen. Similarly, the EV market has

52:56 ↗ changed. So some of the best EVs that we

52:59 ↗ were very excited about purchasing that

53:01 ↗ we have purchased uh like the Ford

53:03 ↗ Lightning are no longer on the market

53:05 ↗ and so we are trying to scramble and say

53:08 ↗ okay what is the other option that we

53:10 ↗ can look at here instead.

53:13 ↗ Um,

53:15 ↗ and then I'll also say, right, one of

53:16 ↗ our other continued challenges is is

53:18 ↗ continuing to work with change

53:20 ↗ management of our staff who aren't used

53:22 ↗ to electric vehicles and making sure

53:24 ↗ that they feel comfortable, supported,

53:26 ↗ and and recognize that they can continue

53:28 ↗ to do their job in electric vehicles and

53:30 ↗ then making sure we're getting the right

53:32 ↗ ones for them. Take a quick pause here

53:35 ↗ for a quick question from PJ.

53:38 ↗ >> Yeah. So, I have one question related to

53:40 ↗ the EV.

53:41 ↗ >> Yeah. um text. So I did not know that EV

53:45 ↗ charges is such a big problem. So how

53:48 ↗ often like you know how how often or how

53:52 ↗ frequently do you have to replace or

53:54 ↗ repair you know the standard EV charges.

53:57 ↗ I'm not talking about the superchargers

53:59 ↗ or something, right?

54:00 ↗ >> I'm I'm guessing you're talking about

54:02 ↗ the regular chargers.

54:03 ↗ >> Yeah. So, these are city-owned chargers,

54:05 ↗ which are um if you're familiar with EV

54:08 ↗ chargers, they come in kind of level

54:09 ↗ one, which is just your regular outlet,

54:11 ↗ level two, which is slowish charging,

54:14 ↗ but can charge your vehicle overnight.

54:16 ↗ They are those right there on the

54:17 ↗ screen, and then kind of the fast

54:19 ↗ chargers that charge your car in like 20

54:21 ↗ minutes. We don't have any of those fast

54:23 ↗ chargers right now. We've been relying

54:25 ↗ on the level two chargers, which works

54:26 ↗ for our vehicle fleet at the time.

54:29 ↗ Um, we have not had to replace any

54:32 ↗ chargers that are damaged or not

54:34 ↗ working. Instead, the main issue has

54:37 ↗ been, you know, charger network

54:39 ↗ failures. So, they're, you know,

54:41 ↗ something is wrong with our software

54:44 ↗ that that's helping run these chargers

54:46 ↗ or uh the charger something is going on

54:49 ↗ inside uh the software or hardware of

54:53 ↗ the charger itself that is causing um it

54:56 ↗ to charge slower than it should. Um, and

54:59 ↗ so it's we have not had to replace any

55:01 ↗ yet. Um, fingers crossed we don't have

55:04 ↗ to replace any of the ones that we just

55:06 ↗ installed. Um, but it has been more of

55:10 ↗ um, continuing to try and communicate

55:12 ↗ with all of the service organizations

55:15 ↗ that are intended to help us manage

55:18 ↗ these chargers. And I'll kind of liken

55:20 ↗ it with, you know, when you're reaching

55:21 ↗ out to your internet company or

55:23 ↗ something and you're trying to get

55:24 ↗ somebody on the phone and it's just not

55:27 ↗ quite as easy as you might wish it was

55:30 ↗ to kind of troubleshoot and fix some of

55:31 ↗ these problems.

55:33 ↗ >> Um, thank you for that, David. And I

55:35 ↗ have a few other questions, but I can

55:37 ↗ wait till the presentation is over.

55:39 ↗ They're general questions.

55:40 ↗ >> Perfect. Tom, do you have Eevee

55:42 ↗ question?

55:43 ↗ >> Uh, yeah. Well, I just wanted to comment

55:45 ↗ that so I recently replaced my level two

55:48 ↗ charger. It was a perfectly good

55:50 ↗ charger, but I wanted to participate

55:52 ↗ with the PSC Flex CV program and my

55:56 ↗ charger was not compatible in the

55:58 ↗ program and they have, you know, a

56:01 ↗ rebate, $300 rebate on on a new one that

56:04 ↗ is compatible. probably you don't

56:06 ↗ qualify as a city entity, but any maybe

56:10 ↗ there is some deal and maybe maybe

56:13 ↗ they're on maybe they have vetted these

56:16 ↗ well enough that they're you know a good

56:19 ↗ choice anyway. But anyway, that was just

56:22 ↗ a thought. You should look into what PSC

56:25 ↗ is recommending for their flex program

56:29 ↗ and uh maybe that aligns with your

56:32 ↗ needs.

56:33 ↗ >> Absolutely. I'll take a closer look at

56:35 ↗ the Flex EV program in particular. Um

56:38 ↗ PSSE has been an active participant in

56:40 ↗ helping us electrify. We've um gotten a

56:43 ↗ lot of funds from them. We intend to get

56:45 ↗ more funds from them. Um and uh uh they

56:50 ↗ have been a a good partner in supporting

56:52 ↗ that.

56:53 ↗ >> Well, just in terms of the philosophy of

56:54 ↗ the Flex EV, it would be well for the

56:57 ↗ city to be on that program as well,

56:59 ↗ regardless of whether they subsidize.

57:02 ↗ >> Absolutely. the Chargers. It I like the

57:04 ↗ idea of it anyway. That's why I took

57:07 ↗ action on it. Uh but there haven't been

57:10 ↗ any Flex EV events since I went online

57:14 ↗ with this. So I I I haven't seen the

57:17 ↗ whole process, but um I it sounds like a

57:20 ↗ good idea.

57:21 ↗ >> Excellent.

57:23 ↗ All right. Next slide.

57:25 ↗ >> All right. So beyond specific projects,

57:28 ↗ we've also been active in the policy

57:29 ↗ space. So, we have a staff EV charging

57:32 ↗ policy. Staff can charge at our EV

57:34 ↗ chargers so long as there's not a fleet

57:36 ↗ vehicle there. Um, we have passed a

57:39 ↗ sustainable purchasing policy that we've

57:41 ↗ been working to implement. We've updated

57:43 ↗ some municipal waste policies related to

57:46 ↗ uh making sure there's composting and

57:47 ↗ waste audits and things like that at

57:49 ↗ city facilities. And then also what was

57:52 ↗ mentioned earlier as I presented last

57:53 ↗ year on our updated sustainable building

57:55 ↗ and infrastructure policy um which got

57:58 ↗ passed last November and Stacy and I are

58:00 ↗ working to implement that right now. And

58:02 ↗ so we are we have uh tenatively uh

58:06 ↗ identified some projects with our public

58:07 ↗ works team that will be triing the

58:09 ↗ envision framework which is shown on the

58:12 ↗ right hand side of the screen. Um, and

58:14 ↗ it's, you know, if you're familiar with

58:15 ↗ LEA, it's a a framework that allows you

58:17 ↗ to get points for projects based on the

58:19 ↗ sustainable sustainability principles of

58:21 ↗ those projects. We are not seeking

58:24 ↗ certification on these projects at this

58:26 ↗ point, but really assessing our projects

58:29 ↗ against the framework to understand how

58:31 ↗ how would we do if we were to use it.

58:34 ↗ Um, what are the areas that we can try

58:36 ↗ and push further on some of these

58:37 ↗ infrastructure projects? And part of the

58:40 ↗ idea here is really thinking beyond the

58:42 ↗ building, beyond um the vehicles

58:44 ↗ themselves. How do we think about

58:46 ↗ sustainability when it comes to uh

58:49 ↗ complex infrastructure projects um uh

58:53 ↗ that uh are not quite that might not be

58:56 ↗ as straightforward on on kind of the the

58:59 ↗ the big changes we might want to make.

59:01 ↗ So, um, we're excited to dig into that

59:03 ↗ and hoping to get, um, some lessons

59:05 ↗ learned over the LA next couple of years

59:07 ↗ on on triing that process out. And so, I

59:10 ↗ anticipate you'll get a presentation

59:11 ↗ from me on that in the future. Next

59:14 ↗ slide.

59:16 ↗ All right. Project funding um, to

59:18 ↗ support these programs. I counted up

59:20 ↗ we've gotten around two almost $3

59:22 ↗ million to help support these programs.

59:25 ↗ um everything from the micro grid

59:27 ↗ project uh to heat pumps at the

59:29 ↗ community center to um PSSE incentives

59:32 ↗ to help us put in uh insulation etc. the

59:36 ↗ external funds covered up to 100% of

59:39 ↗ total project costs such as in the case

59:41 ↗ of the micro grid senior center um and

59:44 ↗ as low as I think 8% on some energy

59:47 ↗ efficiency projects right and I think

59:50 ↗ what's again important to note here is

59:52 ↗ that uh many of these projects are

59:54 ↗ projects that needed to happen anyways

59:56 ↗ and so by working with the

59:58 ↗ sustainability team working with uh the

1:00:00 ↗ facilities team we've been really active

1:00:02 ↗ trying to leverage those external funds

1:00:05 ↗ so that it becomes an easy choice for

1:00:07 ↗ the city to take the sustainability

1:00:09 ↗ route instead of the um you know like

1:00:13 ↗ for like natural gas boiler or something

1:00:15 ↗ else. And so um we've been really active

1:00:17 ↗ on this front. Um we've had a lot of

1:00:19 ↗ help from the climate commitment act uh

1:00:22 ↗ through this from Puget Sound Energy and

1:00:24 ↗ we're uh still actively looking. I will

1:00:28 ↗ be submitting another couple grants in

1:00:29 ↗ the next few weeks. So uh definitely

1:00:31 ↗ active there as well.

1:00:35 ↗ Yeah, I'm curious about um kind of the

1:00:37 ↗ the overall budget for um the

1:00:39 ↗ sustainability and environmental

1:00:41 ↗ programs that you've been discussing and

1:00:44 ↗ and working on um and how this 3 million

1:00:48 ↗ fits into that. Um I'm curious whether

1:00:51 ↗ um you know for uh decarbonization

1:00:54 ↗ projects like replacing HVAC systems at

1:00:58 ↗ end of life um whether that is coming

1:01:01 ↗ from uh what would be earmarked for

1:01:04 ↗ sustainability or for uh you know

1:01:07 ↗ typical facilities budget.

1:01:09 ↗ >> Excellent. I I might have Stacy talk

1:01:11 ↗ about the full budget uh sustainability

1:01:13 ↗ budget question, but um for many of the

1:01:17 ↗ facilities projects, so things like um

1:01:21 ↗ uh an upcoming project where we'll be

1:01:23 ↗ putting heat pumps into the community

1:01:24 ↗ center, the costs for that project

1:01:27 ↗ beyond the grants that we've been able

1:01:30 ↗ to secure comes from our facilities

1:01:32 ↗ fund. So there is and then you know for

1:01:35 ↗ example the um uh this includes some

1:01:37 ↗ money we got for supporting our

1:01:40 ↗ transition to electric vehicles from the

1:01:42 ↗ elective pay tax credits before those

1:01:44 ↗ expired. Um the the uh balance of funds

1:01:49 ↗ beyond the elective pay tax credits we

1:01:51 ↗ got came from the departments and the

1:01:54 ↗ fleet replacement fund for those

1:01:56 ↗ projects. Right. So there's kind of a

1:01:58 ↗ mix. There are some others like the

1:02:00 ↗ solar project at Pickering Barn where

1:02:02 ↗ sustainability put some of our own funds

1:02:04 ↗ into that. Um and so this the the

1:02:08 ↗ projects that this almost 3 million

1:02:10 ↗ supports supports um uh augments our

1:02:14 ↗ budget that we're putting into projects

1:02:15 ↗ as well as broader city budget as well.

1:02:18 ↗ Stacey, you want to highlight kind of

1:02:19 ↗ the full budget?

1:02:20 ↗ >> Yeah, I can touch on the budget briefly.

1:02:22 ↗ We'll probably dig into budget in June

1:02:25 ↗ or July as the city embarks on its

1:02:27 ↗ budget process. So, um, as of now,

1:02:30 ↗ sustainability's been really fortunate.

1:02:32 ↗ We have a dedicated funding source. It

1:02:34 ↗ comes from our waste hauler. Um, it's

1:02:36 ↗ called an administrative fee. It's

1:02:38 ↗ basically, um, a small fee that

1:02:40 ↗ residents or, um, not only residents,

1:02:42 ↗ but businesses play pay on their ecology

1:02:46 ↗ bill. Um, that goes into a fund. It's

1:02:49 ↗ varied from about 600 to 900,000 per

1:02:52 ↗ year that it generates. It's a flexible

1:02:54 ↗ percentage um for the administrative fee

1:02:57 ↗ that council can change over time and we

1:03:00 ↗ share that those funds with our solid

1:03:02 ↗ waste program. Um we've also used it to

1:03:05 ↗ fund like additional communication

1:03:07 ↗ staff. Um we generally use it for more

1:03:12 ↗ program type work. Um but we have tried

1:03:15 ↗ to budget for some capital projects the

1:03:18 ↗ last couple years. So like the Pickering

1:03:19 ↗ Barn, we paid pretty much exclusively

1:03:22 ↗ out of our budget with a few um we had a

1:03:24 ↗ small award and a few other things, but

1:03:27 ↗ um we have been trying to put in kind of

1:03:29 ↗ one or two capital budgets, some of the

1:03:31 ↗ EV charging going in um to that budget,

1:03:34 ↗ but typically it's covered more kind of

1:03:36 ↗ the programmatic type projects. So

1:03:39 ↗ that's where we are now.

1:03:41 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:03:43 ↗ >> Can I ask one quick question on the

1:03:45 ↗ funding here? So I had a question on

1:03:48 ↗ that too. I mean this this number looks

1:03:51 ↗ good but so how has it been in 2025? I

1:03:55 ↗ was just wondering if this is something

1:03:57 ↗ which was you know which the grants and

1:04:00 ↗ stuff you got before or has it been

1:04:03 ↗ steady source of grants for you or have

1:04:05 ↗ you had difficulty recently?

1:04:07 ↗ >> Yes.

1:04:08 ↗ >> Some of the policy changes at the

1:04:10 ↗ federal level and stuff too. It's a good

1:04:12 ↗ question and and I'll clarify this is

1:04:14 ↗ only for municipal projects Stacy and in

1:04:16 ↗ your presentation we'll talk about

1:04:18 ↗ grants also for community projects. Um

1:04:22 ↗ we I would say we have not seen a

1:04:25 ↗ slowdown in

1:04:27 ↗ uh external funding to support municipal

1:04:30 ↗ projects as of right now. Um we have not

1:04:35 ↗ really tried uh super hard to get

1:04:38 ↗ external funding from the federal

1:04:39 ↗ government. It's been mostly state state

1:04:42 ↗ and and utility funds from uh the

1:04:45 ↗ climate commitment act which is still in

1:04:47 ↗ operation and so um as of right now we

1:04:51 ↗ have not seen large slowdowns. you know,

1:04:54 ↗ I think we are um prepared and and you

1:04:59 ↗ know, eager to take advantage of funds

1:05:01 ↗ while it does exist, recognizing that

1:05:04 ↗ there are existing and and potentially

1:05:07 ↗ future budget challenges that the state

1:05:09 ↗ will face and that you know um different

1:05:12 ↗ entities will face. And so we are trying

1:05:15 ↗ to take advantage of these funds as

1:05:17 ↗ whenever we can as soon as we can

1:05:20 ↗ recognizing they have the potential to

1:05:23 ↗ go away or reduce in the future.

1:05:25 ↗ >> So seems like you do have funds for at

1:05:27 ↗ least the immediate future to continue

1:05:30 ↗ with the projects, right? That was

1:05:33 ↗ >> our current projects we have funding for

1:05:34 ↗ and we are

1:05:36 ↗ >> because especially for solar solar

1:05:38 ↗ panels and stuff these are long-term

1:05:40 ↗ projects, right? So I means you need to

1:05:42 ↗ have funds to at least till the break

1:05:44 ↗ even point to continue the project.

1:05:46 ↗ Right. So

1:05:47 ↗ >> one you know for example on solar the

1:05:51 ↗ federal elective tech tax pay credits

1:05:53 ↗ that the cities can get um that one

1:05:56 ↗ actually expires later than the EV1

1:05:58 ↗ does. And so this uh we can still get

1:06:01 ↗ 30% of solar projects covered uh through

1:06:04 ↗ July next year through June next year.

1:06:07 ↗ um battery projects, we can actually

1:06:10 ↗ keep getting a percent of that covered

1:06:12 ↗ up through 2032 still. Um and so there

1:06:15 ↗ are um still some of those existing ones

1:06:19 ↗ moving forward. Um solar projects, it's

1:06:21 ↗ a little bit, you know, we'll see how uh

1:06:25 ↗ what other external funds we can find um

1:06:27 ↗ once the elective pay tax credit goes

1:06:30 ↗ away, but um we're still optimistic on

1:06:33 ↗ on a couple options.

1:06:35 ↗ >> That's good to know. And yeah, I was

1:06:37 ↗ just going to mention the Climate

1:06:38 ↗ Commitment Act was designed to bring in

1:06:40 ↗ less money and provide more grants over

1:06:44 ↗ time as emissions reduction go down. Um,

1:06:48 ↗ and so we definitely, as Dave mentioned,

1:06:50 ↗ anticipate seeing less and less grant

1:06:52 ↗ opportunities over time. We have an

1:06:55 ↗ action in the 2026 IAP update for

1:06:59 ↗ looking at a more sustainable funding

1:07:01 ↗ source. So a lot of cities have been

1:07:03 ↗ doing in-depth studies of what are their

1:07:05 ↗ options. So we very much anticipate over

1:07:08 ↗ the next two years having those

1:07:09 ↗ conversations with you allunities.

1:07:13 ↗ >> Thank you Tommy.

1:07:15 ↗ >> Yeah. Um I do apologize if it was

1:07:18 ↗ already mentioned, but um what can you

1:07:20 ↗ provide some examples of uh projects

1:07:23 ↗ that CCA dollars have helped fund and

1:07:26 ↗ sort of on top of that um has it been a

1:07:28 ↗ pretty good experience uh for the city

1:07:31 ↗ uh getting projects um you know to

1:07:33 ↗ qualify for CCA dollars? What's that

1:07:35 ↗ been like?

1:07:36 ↗ >> Yeah, that's a great question. So um we

1:07:39 ↗ have Sorry,

1:07:40 ↗ >> so many projects. We have a lot of

1:07:42 ↗ projects that have gotten CCA funds. And

1:07:45 ↗ so, uh, you know, an example is we've

1:07:48 ↗ had we've used CCA funds for a lot of

1:07:51 ↗ the design and planning around some of

1:07:55 ↗ these projects. So, even though we might

1:07:57 ↗ know a project needs to happen, we need

1:07:59 ↗ to get the feasibility study and the,

1:08:01 ↗ you know, the permitting and the 100%

1:08:03 ↗ design and everything else so it can get

1:08:05 ↗ through permitting. Um, and CCA has

1:08:08 ↗ helped support, uh, the Pickering Barn.

1:08:11 ↗ solar feasibility study, the uh senior

1:08:14 ↗ center solar and micro grid feasibility

1:08:16 ↗ study. It's supported

1:08:18 ↗ um couple the fuel transition

1:08:22 ↗ assessment. Um

1:08:24 ↗ >> heat pump, our heat pump program. I'll

1:08:26 ↗ talk about we have three grants with

1:08:28 ↗ PSSE right now that are all CCA dollars.

1:08:32 ↗ We have um we have our grants and awards

1:08:36 ↗ list, so we're happy to share that out.

1:08:38 ↗ Um yeah, we pretty much have tried to

1:08:41 ↗ pursue almost every CCA related grant um

1:08:46 ↗ if we're at least somewhat eligible.

1:08:49 ↗ >> I also we would not have been able to

1:08:51 ↗ make the uh projects that we have done

1:08:54 ↗ happen without CCA funding uh generally

1:08:58 ↗ so or at least the same amount of

1:09:00 ↗ projects

1:09:01 ↗ >> and in ter I think you asked Tommy too a

1:09:03 ↗ little bit about the experience. It's

1:09:05 ↗ really varied by the grant. I think for

1:09:08 ↗ some of them um some grants department

1:09:11 ↗ of commerce have tried to make it very

1:09:13 ↗ streamlined where they have almost an

1:09:15 ↗ allocation to cities or jurisdictions.

1:09:18 ↗ So application is very streamlined. The

1:09:21 ↗ reporting is very streamlined.

1:09:23 ↗ A lot of the projects David has pursued

1:09:26 ↗ like the the micro grid it's very um

1:09:30 ↗ in-depth applications reporting process.

1:09:32 ↗ So it's really dependent on the

1:09:34 ↗ particular program grant program um how

1:09:38 ↗ much of a capacity lift and kind of the

1:09:41 ↗ experience of managing that grant and

1:09:43 ↗ being an applicant

1:09:45 ↗ for my

1:09:46 ↗ >> I will say generally much better than

1:09:47 ↗ federal grants though. So you know no

1:09:50 ↗ matter what uh they're not federal

1:09:52 ↗ grants that's good in terms of ease on

1:09:54 ↗ our staff time.

1:09:57 ↗ >> Questions?

1:09:58 ↗ >> Yeah. Um thank you. Um question is um we

1:10:01 ↗ can take it off different time if

1:10:04 ↗ there's not as in the context I know the

1:10:06 ↗ context here is all on municipal

1:10:07 ↗ projects right yeah my question was more

1:10:09 ↗ around community projects right

1:10:11 ↗ non-munipal community projects I'm

1:10:12 ↗ assuming those are larger in scope and

1:10:14 ↗ bigger perhaps my question is uh twofold

1:10:17 ↗ basically um one is I don't think I I

1:10:22 ↗ assume it's a public works and the fleet

1:10:24 ↗ and the different department they take

1:10:26 ↗ more ownership of it and in the planning

1:10:28 ↗ and execution ution of it. Right?

1:10:30 ↗ question is um how much of a say do you

1:10:33 ↗ do we have for a sustainability team

1:10:36 ↗ into their planning into their um

1:10:38 ↗ setting the parameters around um what to

1:10:41 ↗ buy and how to buy how to execute um

1:10:43 ↗ especially from the point of view of

1:10:45 ↗ emissions reductions resiliency and

1:10:47 ↗ that's what your focus would be and and

1:10:50 ↗ and last related thing is what are the

1:10:53 ↗ typical challenges that you've seen

1:10:54 ↗ again we can take it off in different

1:10:56 ↗ time since it's not municipal projects

1:10:59 ↗ but I'm curious Yeah. So, what I'll say

1:11:01 ↗ is on communitywide projects, Stacy will

1:11:04 ↗ talk about that has a a separate

1:11:05 ↗ presentation kind of in a minute. And

1:11:07 ↗ and I will say a lot of those projects,

1:11:09 ↗ right, recognizing our community

1:11:10 ↗ emissions are the largest source of our

1:11:12 ↗ emissions, right? That's where um we

1:11:15 ↗ have a lot of funding going, right, is

1:11:18 ↗ for those communitywide programs. A lot

1:11:20 ↗ of these municipal programs are are

1:11:23 ↗ helpful for us partially because we have

1:11:24 ↗ control over what's going to happen when

1:11:27 ↗ a system needs to be replaced or

1:11:28 ↗ something like that.

1:11:30 ↗ on how we how the board can kind of uh

1:11:35 ↗ uh have a say and an impact on kind of

1:11:38 ↗ what these different departments are

1:11:40 ↗ doing. Um I would say a lot of that

1:11:42 ↗ comes through the advocacy in the

1:11:44 ↗ climate action plan and the climate

1:11:46 ↗ action plan update as well as the

1:11:48 ↗ policies that we've brought. So for

1:11:50 ↗ instance um when the uh sustainable

1:11:54 ↗ purchasing policy, sustainable building

1:11:56 ↗ and infrastructure policy have come to

1:11:58 ↗ the board as well as the IAP itself have

1:12:00 ↗ come to the board um incorporating

1:12:04 ↗ strong language related to

1:12:06 ↗ sustainability and climate action into

1:12:08 ↗ those policy level pieces. then assuming

1:12:12 ↗ passed by council, then go down and help

1:12:15 ↗ direct what public works and parks and

1:12:18 ↗ facilities are going to end up doing

1:12:20 ↗ with their dollars. And then you know on

1:12:23 ↗ the side uh Stacy and I have worked very

1:12:25 ↗ hard to kind of build those

1:12:26 ↗ relationships with those departments so

1:12:28 ↗ that if they have any question or any

1:12:30 ↗ opportunity they come to us if not first

1:12:33 ↗ at least second or third so we can kind

1:12:35 ↗ of come up with uh solutions that that

1:12:37 ↗ do kind of check those sustainability

1:12:39 ↗ boxes. Um and then what was the second

1:12:42 ↗ question? basically the kind of

1:12:44 ↗ challenges you've had push and uh I know

1:12:47 ↗ it's very situation contextual depends

1:12:50 ↗ on the project but

1:12:53 ↗ >> uh yes all sorts of different challenges

1:12:55 ↗ from design challenges to you know

1:12:58 ↗ structural issues of buildings to um I

1:13:02 ↗ think some of the big ones are balancing

1:13:06 ↗ uh all of the different trade-offs and

1:13:08 ↗ priorities that go into any given

1:13:10 ↗ project right some projects need to

1:13:12 ↗ happen past. Some projects uh don't have

1:13:15 ↗ the budget uh for kind of the ideal

1:13:18 ↗ sustainability option we want to go

1:13:20 ↗ down. Um sometimes uh projects

1:13:25 ↗ uh we just we need to put funds and and

1:13:28 ↗ staff time and effort in other

1:13:29 ↗ directions, right? And so, uh, we are an

1:13:33 ↗ active city with a lot of really

1:13:35 ↗ wonderful folks on our staff and, uh,

1:13:37 ↗ those many folks across the city are

1:13:39 ↗ are, um, uh, working hard and and don't

1:13:44 ↗ have a whole lot of extra capacity. And

1:13:46 ↗ so, uh, I think those have been some of

1:13:49 ↗ the challenges that we've been working

1:13:51 ↗ hard to address and and sometimes

1:13:53 ↗ successfully sometimes uh less

1:13:55 ↗ successfully, but is is overcoming, uh,

1:13:58 ↗ capacity challenges, funding issues,

1:14:01 ↗ things like that to make sure that these

1:14:03 ↗ projects actually happen. And I will say

1:14:06 ↗ like some of these projects uh we might

1:14:08 ↗ go into them thinking they're going to

1:14:09 ↗ be nice and simple and instead it takes

1:14:12 ↗ a good portion of my time plus our

1:14:14 ↗ facilities time plus our fleet manager's

1:14:16 ↗ time etc. And so um those capacity and

1:14:19 ↗ funding issues are real uh real

1:14:21 ↗ challenges there.

1:14:22 ↗ >> Anything else you want?

1:14:23 ↗ >> No.

1:14:25 ↗ >> Good stuff.

1:14:26 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:14:27 ↗ >> Awesome. And I think I'm near the end

1:14:29 ↗ but just what comes next finishing

1:14:31 ↗ projects underway. We don't want to

1:14:32 ↗ leave anything kind of hanging. So,

1:14:34 ↗ we're going to make sure we finish our

1:14:35 ↗ current projects. We're trying to

1:14:37 ↗ maintain our existing decarbonization

1:14:40 ↗ projects. That's talking about some of

1:14:42 ↗ our easy chargers and things like that.

1:14:44 ↗ We don't want to make a or our solar

1:14:45 ↗ system. We don't want to put it up and

1:14:47 ↗ then just say wipe our hands of it and

1:14:49 ↗ don't check on it in for five years,

1:14:51 ↗ right? So, we want to maintain what

1:14:52 ↗ we're doing. Um, we are going to be

1:14:55 ↗ looking at uh our third round of EV

1:14:57 ↗ purchases and EV charging expansion. Um,

1:15:00 ↗ we have our first round. We have

1:15:02 ↗ chargers ready to go. Um but uh we want

1:15:06 ↗ to make sure that we are as positioned

1:15:08 ↗ as poss well positioned as possible for

1:15:11 ↗ the EV transition. Um and then I will

1:15:14 ↗ also say some major building retrofit

1:15:15 ↗ planning. So thinking about our new city

1:15:17 ↗ hall, thinking about transitioning our

1:15:20 ↗ existing city hall and police department

1:15:21 ↗ to a full police department. There's

1:15:23 ↗ going to be work at those facilities for

1:15:25 ↗ those uh efforts. And so thinking about

1:15:29 ↗ how can we do that uh sustainability and

1:15:31 ↗ incorporate sustainability and

1:15:32 ↗ principles into those projects where we

1:15:34 ↗ can. So those are some of the next

1:15:36 ↗ pieces.

1:15:38 ↗ Finally, feedback and question from the

1:15:40 ↗ board. These are just some of what I

1:15:41 ↗ posed at the beginning. Um if you have

1:15:43 ↗ any questions generally about what I've

1:15:45 ↗ talked about, I'm happy to answer them.

1:15:47 ↗ If you're really excited to dive into

1:15:48 ↗ data or or projects specifically with

1:15:51 ↗ me, send me an email. I'm happy to also

1:15:53 ↗ do that as well. always happy to meet

1:15:55 ↗ folks um and chat about this, but we are

1:15:58 ↗ also interested in hearing about how we

1:16:00 ↗ can better talk about um our municipal

1:16:03 ↗ projects. They're these things that take

1:16:05 ↗ a lot of my time, a lot of our city

1:16:07 ↗ time. Um and they're kind of it's it's a

1:16:11 ↗ little difficult to talk about an

1:16:12 ↗ insulation project or a pool cover

1:16:14 ↗ project. And so any suggestions, ideas

1:16:17 ↗ are are really valued so we can think

1:16:19 ↗ about how to lead by example and and

1:16:21 ↗ communicate that as well. So thank you.

1:16:24 ↗ >> Thanks David Raj. I think you're up

1:16:27 ↗ first.

1:16:28 ↗ >> Yeah. Uh so David I have two questions.

1:16:30 ↗ So the first one is um you said there

1:16:33 ↗ were 26% emissions by employee commute

1:16:37 ↗ right in your greenhouse gas accounting

1:16:39 ↗ and that seems to be a huge amount

1:16:42 ↗ uncontrolled by the city per se. Um I

1:16:45 ↗ was just curious to see how that

1:16:47 ↗ compares with the neighboring cities

1:16:48 ↗ because if you have looked at that

1:16:50 ↗ because I know you do look at what

1:16:52 ↗ typically Belleview, Redmond or you know

1:16:55 ↗ no Kwami or other cities do and I was

1:16:58 ↗ just curious how does it compare?

1:17:00 ↗ >> A great question. It's been a little

1:17:02 ↗ while since I've specifically looked at

1:17:04 ↗ those numbers at other cities. Um I know

1:17:08 ↗ so the nearby enter uh east side cities

1:17:12 ↗ that we've compared to um the ones that

1:17:16 ↗ have

1:17:17 ↗ better public transit access generally

1:17:20 ↗ have a smaller employee commute

1:17:23 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions percentage. So,

1:17:25 ↗ you know, think about Belleview, right?

1:17:26 ↗ A lot of or at least many staff are

1:17:29 ↗ having an easier time at least biking in

1:17:32 ↗ or taking public transit in, especially

1:17:33 ↗ with the two-line extension. Um, that

1:17:36 ↗ includes Redmond now. Uh, now that

1:17:39 ↗ that's uh that project has passed,

1:17:40 ↗ Mercer Island, right? Um we I think

1:17:44 ↗ we've seen more similar employee commute

1:17:47 ↗ numbers to cities that are kind of a

1:17:50 ↗ little bit further uh removed from

1:17:53 ↗ Seattle and and might have a little bit

1:17:55 ↗ um less full um transportation and and

1:18:01 ↗ bike networks connecting to where people

1:18:03 ↗ live. So

1:18:06 ↗ >> um and the other question I had was um

1:18:10 ↗ how many years is typically a break even

1:18:13 ↗ period for solar projects because you

1:18:16 ↗ know when does the actual capital

1:18:18 ↗ investment you know

1:18:20 ↗ >> meets the efficiency for the benefits or

1:18:25 ↗ the savings you will have right per se

1:18:27 ↗ energy savings is it typically set I I

1:18:30 ↗ was curious how much is it municipal So

1:18:34 ↗ >> or the city projects because

1:18:37 ↗ >> that will drive because the capital

1:18:39 ↗ investments will be big that will drive

1:18:41 ↗ the funding or the efficiency or the

1:18:44 ↗ operation of the project I would say.

1:18:46 ↗ >> So uh it varies depending on the

1:18:48 ↗ project. So for the Pickering Barn

1:18:50 ↗ project I think we're expecting uh

1:18:52 ↗ payback in I think it was like 12 to 14

1:18:55 ↗ years. Um and those solar panels are set

1:18:58 ↗ to operate for 25 plus years hopefully.

1:19:02 ↗ Um the senior center project is fully

1:19:05 ↗ grant funded. So that's payback day one.

1:19:07 ↗ As soon as it's turned on, we start

1:19:09 ↗ making money off of it compared to where

1:19:11 ↗ we were before. Um future projects, it's

1:19:15 ↗ going to depend a little bit on which

1:19:16 ↗ grant funds and which additional funds

1:19:18 ↗ we can secure for it. Um if we cannot

1:19:21 ↗ find any additional funds, then it

1:19:23 ↗ becomes a little more challenging to get

1:19:26 ↗ kind of a lower payback number.

1:19:28 ↗ >> Yeah. So the point I was getting at was

1:19:29 ↗ and I'm I'm guessing probably you guys

1:19:32 ↗ have some analysis in place to see what

1:19:35 ↗ is the break even period for each

1:19:38 ↗ project and if you have funding enough

1:19:40 ↗ funding to you know at least continue

1:19:42 ↗ till that time or forward right to

1:19:45 ↗ really get the benefit out of it.

1:19:47 ↗ >> Absolutely.

1:19:48 ↗ >> Okay thank you

1:19:51 ↗ >> Tom.

1:19:53 ↗ Uh yeah, my comment is on the

1:19:55 ↗ communication question, the what method

1:19:58 ↗ should be used for communicating to the

1:20:00 ↗ public about uh your work and all that.

1:20:04 ↗ Are you familiar with uh the Redmond

1:20:07 ↗ sustainability

1:20:08 ↗ newsletter?

1:20:10 ↗ It's it's pretty spiffy. It's pretty

1:20:12 ↗ nice. Um so for example uh so a

1:20:18 ↗ Pickering barn project um so a verb

1:20:22 ↗ about that was set out in the Isiqua

1:20:25 ↗ Insider as a a means of communicating to

1:20:29 ↗ the public. Um, we don't have something

1:20:33 ↗ comparable that as far as I'm aware

1:20:35 ↗ comparable to the Redmond newsletter.

1:20:38 ↗ But who all gets that Redmond

1:20:40 ↗ newsletter? Which is the more effective

1:20:42 ↗ way of communicating? I don't know the

1:20:44 ↗ answer to that. I'm kind of would be

1:20:47 ↗ worried that the spiffy thing was well

1:20:50 ↗ only certain people are going to sign up

1:20:52 ↗ for that. The the quiet the people who

1:20:55 ↗ already are on board are going to sign

1:20:57 ↗ up for that. And if and perhaps it is

1:21:00 ↗ more effective to communicate to a

1:21:02 ↗ broader uh segment of the

1:21:05 ↗ citizenry if you just weave it in with

1:21:09 ↗ the other news coming out. I don't know

1:21:11 ↗ the answer but that would be a good

1:21:14 ↗ study for your your interns

1:21:20 ↗ with that question.

1:21:21 ↗ >> Fair enough. you could do some

1:21:23 ↗ experiments and and well anyway um I'm

1:21:27 ↗ just offering that uh I I like their

1:21:32 ↗ uh their messaging. Whether it's more

1:21:35 ↗ effective than the messaging you're

1:21:38 ↗ doing now, I do not know.

1:21:39 ↗ >> Okay. But maybe maybe there's been some

1:21:42 ↗ research in that uh as to what what are

1:21:44 ↗ the most effective ways to communicate

1:21:48 ↗ with um citizens on things like this,

1:21:53 ↗ but I don't know the answer to that.

1:21:57 ↗ >> Thank you. It is something we've

1:21:58 ↗ discussed before.

1:22:00 ↗ >> Great Gibson Act project for next year.

1:22:03 ↗ Yeah, we've struggled with that a lot

1:22:05 ↗ and played around with the idea of a

1:22:06 ↗ newsletter.

1:22:08 ↗ >> Is it getting a newspaper too?

1:22:11 ↗ >> Yes. Yeah,

1:22:13 ↗ >> that's option.

1:22:14 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:22:16 ↗ >> All right. Thanks, Tom. Jan,

1:22:18 ↗ >> I just had sort of a basics question. I

1:22:21 ↗ realized that I'm not familiar with um

1:22:24 ↗ what is owns in terms of the number of

1:22:27 ↗ buildings or the space. Is that

1:22:29 ↗ >> question?

1:22:30 ↗ >> Yeah. on website or the fleet or all the

1:22:32 ↗ different departments like is there a

1:22:34 ↗ big org chart for the city? I don't know

1:22:37 ↗ what the scope is.

1:22:38 ↗ >> Uh it's a great question. Um I do not

1:22:43 ↗ believe we have a publicly available or

1:22:45 ↗ chart.

1:22:46 ↗ >> We could put it in the resource guide

1:22:48 ↗ which I'll mention maybe a quick for the

1:22:50 ↗ board resource guide.

1:22:52 ↗ >> Yes, we can do that. It as a brief

1:22:54 ↗ answer to the to that idea and question.

1:22:57 ↗ We have about 280 employees, okay,

1:23:00 ↗ >> give or take there. Um, we have

1:23:05 ↗ 20ish buildings.

1:23:07 ↗ Um, I have not counted specifically

1:23:10 ↗ recently, but part of the problem here

1:23:12 ↗ is that we own a lot of small buildings

1:23:16 ↗ and we lease a couple of these out. So,

1:23:19 ↗ um, in front of the community center

1:23:21 ↗ there's like a couple little houses. We

1:23:23 ↗ own those and we have a couple staff

1:23:26 ↗ members working out of those. Generally,

1:23:28 ↗ when we're talking about our climate

1:23:30 ↗ emissions and things like that,

1:23:32 ↗ greenhouse gas emissions, climate

1:23:34 ↗ impact, there's a handful of larger

1:23:36 ↗ buildings that we pay more attention to

1:23:39 ↗ since they have a bigger impact.

1:23:41 ↗ Community center, public works, the

1:23:43 ↗ pool, and city hall. Those are kind of

1:23:45 ↗ the four big ones. And then soon to be

1:23:48 ↗ the next big one will be our new city

1:23:50 ↗ hall. when we purchase that that will

1:23:52 ↗ become our third largest building. Um

1:23:56 ↗ our fleet uh I do not believe that uh is

1:23:59 ↗ is publicly available anywhere but we

1:24:02 ↗ have around 150 to 170 vehicles. Um they

1:24:06 ↗ are spread out across the city which has

1:24:08 ↗ posed a problem a challenge with uh

1:24:11 ↗ electrification because there's not one

1:24:13 ↗ central location where they all sit. We

1:24:15 ↗ have building inspectors here. We have a

1:24:18 ↗ lot of our public works staff and uh

1:24:21 ↗ equipment over at our public works

1:24:22 ↗ campus. Police vehicles are downtown. We

1:24:25 ↗ have our facilities and parks shop in

1:24:29 ↗ downtown Isiqua kind of tucked away and

1:24:31 ↗ that's where a lot of the parks

1:24:33 ↗ maintenance vehicles are at. Um so we

1:24:36 ↗ have our vehicles really widely spread

1:24:38 ↗ which is an extra challenge there. Um

1:24:42 ↗ but our vehicles travel about 3,000

1:24:44 ↗ miles every year. It's the average since

1:24:46 ↗ it's a small city. Uh they go up to

1:24:49 ↗ about 12,000 miles uh for for the

1:24:52 ↗ farther traveling ones. But

1:24:55 ↗ >> yeah, thanks rough details.

1:24:58 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:25:00 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:25:01 ↗ >> Um my comment was going to be on um the

1:25:04 ↗ communication piece. um without knowing

1:25:08 ↗ like the the means of communication that

1:25:09 ↗ you already uh reference and and use. Um

1:25:13 ↗ like I tend to think about it through

1:25:15 ↗ where do people uh spend time physically

1:25:18 ↗ and where they spend time virtually. Um

1:25:21 ↗ physically I think um you know if you

1:25:24 ↗ don't already have placards um or

1:25:26 ↗ signage um it would be great to add a

1:25:29 ↗ did you know sign at the pool um and a

1:25:33 ↗ like look up and details on on solar at

1:25:37 ↗ Pickering Barn. Um and then um virtually

1:25:43 ↗ um I think there's also an opportunity

1:25:45 ↗ to use um you know when local elected

1:25:49 ↗ officials are sending out flyers um is

1:25:52 ↗ there an opportunity to partner with

1:25:53 ↗ them add a blurb in that um so that

1:25:56 ↗ you're already taking advantage of

1:25:58 ↗ communication that's going out. Um, and

1:26:00 ↗ then I think, um, with regard to, uh,

1:26:04 ↗ kind of emails, um, there's the city

1:26:07 ↗ emails of course, um, but then there's

1:26:09 ↗ also like third party, um, east side

1:26:12 ↗ events emails. Um, and if there's a

1:26:14 ↗ press release, that'd be a great place

1:26:15 ↗ to publicize that. Um, and then, uh, you

1:26:20 ↗ know, making a post on the Isiqua Reddit

1:26:23 ↗ or Next Door is another way to to get

1:26:25 ↗ the word out to folks as well. Um I

1:26:27 ↗ think it's also helpful to communicate

1:26:30 ↗ uh not only with the lens of

1:26:32 ↗ sustainability um but talking about the

1:26:36 ↗ other benefits in terms of cost

1:26:38 ↗ efficiency

1:26:40 ↗ um applicability to your own residence

1:26:44 ↗ um so that we're not only speaking to

1:26:48 ↗ the choir and folks who are interested

1:26:49 ↗ in sustainability.

1:26:51 ↗ >> Great.

1:26:52 ↗ >> Excellent. Thank you for that. Thank you

1:26:53 ↗ Susie.

1:26:55 ↗ Um, my comment was also on the

1:26:57 ↗ communication. Um, I definitely agree

1:26:59 ↗ with what she was saying there about

1:27:00 ↗ maybe like Reddit. I think a priority

1:27:02 ↗ should definitely be having easy access

1:27:04 ↗ if we don't want just people who are

1:27:06 ↗ already aware of these projects to be

1:27:08 ↗ involved and we want to spread the

1:27:09 ↗ information. And I think in terms of

1:27:11 ↗ making youth aware specifically with

1:27:13 ↗ projects like the pool project, I would

1:27:15 ↗ say the majority of people who go to the

1:27:17 ↗ pool are like swimming teams, high

1:27:18 ↗ schoolers, teenagers. Um, I think every

1:27:21 ↗ high school has like newsletters or

1:27:23 ↗ weekly showings that they show to

1:27:25 ↗ classes. And I think schools will be

1:27:28 ↗ happy to share information on these

1:27:30 ↗ projects, especially since a lot of high

1:27:31 ↗ schools have environmental clubs that

1:27:33 ↗ would love to advocate for what this

1:27:35 ↗ team is doing, what the sustainability

1:27:36 ↗ team is doing. And then, I'm not sure

1:27:38 ↗ how many of you are aware, I come from

1:27:40 ↗ the Highlands. We have like a Highlands

1:27:41 ↗ newsletter

1:27:42 ↗ >> um, I think every month or every season.

1:27:44 ↗ I think something similar to that or

1:27:46 ↗ even having it included in the Highlands

1:27:48 ↗ newsletter if possible would be a good

1:27:51 ↗ way to like access the community and

1:27:53 ↗ have a um better reach. I think a lot of

1:27:55 ↗ people go to those kinds of newsletters

1:27:57 ↗ or like the Highlands newsletter to

1:27:59 ↗ understand what's going on in the

1:28:00 ↗ community, stay updated. So again, like

1:28:02 ↗ what was being talked about with the

1:28:04 ↗ newsletter would be a great way to keep

1:28:05 ↗ people updated.

1:28:06 ↗ >> Great. Awesome.

1:28:08 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:28:12 ↗ >> Okay. Well, thank you all. I appreciate

1:28:14 ↗ it. Uh that was I think one of my first

1:28:16 ↗ presentations with all of it encompassed

1:28:18 ↗ in one. So hopefully it wasn't too

1:28:20 ↗ overwhelming.

1:28:21 ↗ >> Yeah, great great questions and great

1:28:24 ↗ input. Um we are at 8 o'clock so I will

1:28:29 ↗ um

1:28:31 ↗ good discussion though. So, I am going

1:28:32 ↗ to go pretty quickly through some of our

1:28:34 ↗ community projects. Um,

1:28:39 ↗ and then I can absolutely bring back any

1:28:42 ↗ of these for a deeper dive.

1:28:54 ↗ Okay.

1:28:55 ↗ Um, so I was just going to talk through

1:28:58 ↗ some of our current programs that we run

1:29:00 ↗ for the community and then what might be

1:29:03 ↗ coming up. Of course, a lot of that may

1:29:05 ↗ be decided as we um have the new climate

1:29:09 ↗ action plan adopted um and some new

1:29:11 ↗ programs that may come from that.

1:29:14 ↗ Uh just as an overview of how we

1:29:16 ↗ approach our community programming,

1:29:19 ↗ um we look to the climate action plan.

1:29:22 ↗ Um we've really followed that path that

1:29:25 ↗ was laid out in 2021 based on the

1:29:28 ↗ actions, policies or projects that were

1:29:30 ↗ identified. Um we are also strategic in

1:29:34 ↗ terms of setting up a budget that will

1:29:38 ↗ um help support those programs. But we

1:29:39 ↗ have also been opportunistic when needed

1:29:42 ↗ to pursue grant opportunities.

1:29:44 ↗ um maybe to move a program or project

1:29:46 ↗ forward ahead of when we were planning

1:29:49 ↗ or to shift it a little bit to meet a

1:29:51 ↗ particular grant opportunity.

1:29:54 ↗ We have also approached our programming

1:29:56 ↗ with trying to focus on programs that

1:30:00 ↗ would increase equity. So for instance,

1:30:03 ↗ a lot of our programs um provide a

1:30:05 ↗ higher rebate or free services for

1:30:07 ↗ households with low income or for um

1:30:10 ↗ seniors. We are moving forward some

1:30:13 ↗ programs for renters this year. Um but

1:30:15 ↗ have really tried to lead with that in a

1:30:18 ↗ lot of our um grant applications and

1:30:20 ↗ then how we design our programs. Um, and

1:30:23 ↗ then another piece is we've really tried

1:30:26 ↗ to build partnerships. And I'll I'll dig

1:30:28 ↗ into this um the next couple slides, but

1:30:31 ↗ looking at programs that we can run

1:30:33 ↗ across multiple cities in order to

1:30:36 ↗ increase um our efficiencies um or if

1:30:40 ↗ there's other organizations that we can

1:30:42 ↗ partner with in the community.

1:30:45 ↗ uh as David spoke about for our own city

1:30:48 ↗ operation emissions um very similar when

1:30:51 ↗ we're looking at community programming

1:30:53 ↗ as we are very focused on buildings and

1:30:55 ↗ transportation um those are our biggest

1:30:57 ↗ emissions also across the whole

1:31:00 ↗ community

1:31:01 ↗ um and so we do particular programs and

1:31:04 ↗ projects associated with those uh we do

1:31:06 ↗ a lot of outreach and education that is

1:31:08 ↗ embedded within those programs but we

1:31:10 ↗ are also out doing kind of general um

1:31:13 ↗ education

1:31:15 ↗ as well. Um, and then I did want to note

1:31:18 ↗ that uh we've touched on some of this.

1:31:20 ↗ We work a lot with our solid waste

1:31:22 ↗ analysts, our urban forester. They are

1:31:25 ↗ doing a ton of work on waste education.

1:31:27 ↗ Um, really creative waste programming

1:31:30 ↗ and policies, our green isqua, um, our

1:31:34 ↗ forest steward programs. That's all

1:31:35 ↗ managed by other departments. So, I'm

1:31:37 ↗ not going to talk about those programs

1:31:39 ↗ tonight, but they are very essential

1:31:41 ↗ components of our climate action work.

1:31:44 ↗ and you'll hear more about them uh

1:31:46 ↗ throughout the year. Um so uh one of our

1:31:51 ↗ really great opportunities is working

1:31:53 ↗ with our neighboring cities. Um this

1:31:55 ↗ started a bit ad hoc uh when I joined

1:31:59 ↗ the city about four years ago. There was

1:32:01 ↗ some shared interest. We decided to test

1:32:02 ↗ out some shared programming. We have now

1:32:06 ↗ developed into a formal partnership that

1:32:08 ↗ we call the east side climate

1:32:09 ↗ partnership. We have a interlocal

1:32:12 ↗ agreement makes everything official. Um

1:32:14 ↗ and it allows us to pursue grants

1:32:17 ↗ together. We have shared staff. Um we

1:32:20 ↗ take on different components of work.

1:32:22 ↗ Some of us will hold a contract for the

1:32:24 ↗ project while others might uh be leading

1:32:28 ↗ the outreach for example.

1:32:30 ↗ Um there's four main programs I'll touch

1:32:34 ↗ on tonight. We have done a lot of other

1:32:35 ↗ work with this group like our greenhouse

1:32:38 ↗ gas emissions inventory. we did as part

1:32:40 ↗ of this partnership. Um, but I'll touch

1:32:43 ↗ on these four programs this evening.

1:32:47 ↗ So, Energy Smart East Side is one of our

1:32:49 ↗ biggest investments both in terms of the

1:32:52 ↗ amount of city budget we put in, but we

1:32:54 ↗ have also been very aggressive in the

1:32:57 ↗ grant space. Um I think we're nearing

1:33:01 ↗ say

1:33:03 ↗ uh I will find the numbers but something

1:33:05 ↗ around $8 million that we have um

1:33:08 ↗ pursued and secured for this program

1:33:10 ↗ between city budget and grants. Um but I

1:33:14 ↗ can provide those numbers to you. Um

1:33:16 ↗ it's one of our greatest opportunities

1:33:18 ↗ for working with uh our residents. This

1:33:21 ↗ program is focused on transitioning

1:33:24 ↗ folks that are on natural gas primarily,

1:33:26 ↗ very few folks that are still on oil on

1:33:28 ↗ the east side, but transitioning them to

1:33:30 ↗ electric heating um to specifically to

1:33:34 ↗ heat pumps. We also work with households

1:33:36 ↗ that have older inefficient electric

1:33:39 ↗ heating. Um we are approaching our

1:33:42 ↗ thousandth heat pump install across um

1:33:46 ↗ the six cities. will be doing a big

1:33:48 ↗ press release um uh in the next month or

1:33:51 ↗ two around that. Um and this program

1:33:54 ↗ really focus on heat pump rebates for

1:33:57 ↗ all income levels. So, we work with heat

1:33:59 ↗ pump distributors to have um a discount

1:34:02 ↗ that's applied for all income levels and

1:34:05 ↗ then we have other rebates that are

1:34:07 ↗ funded by cities or grants or the

1:34:09 ↗ utility um that support those in kind of

1:34:12 ↗ a middle income as well as households

1:34:15 ↗ that have low income. Um we have a free

1:34:18 ↗ heat pump program for those lower income

1:34:20 ↗ households.

1:34:22 ↗ Um we uh sorry for the acronym here. We

1:34:26 ↗ also had a program last year that was

1:34:27 ↗ focused on adult family homes. So, we

1:34:30 ↗ worked with um we actually reached out

1:34:32 ↗ to all adult family homes across the

1:34:34 ↗ east side um and we were able to um do

1:34:38 ↗ heat pump transitions for uh those that

1:34:40 ↗ were interested through a state grant

1:34:43 ↗ program.

1:34:45 ↗ Most recently, we've had um this newer

1:34:49 ↗ approach where we're focused on more

1:34:51 ↗ clusters of households and even condos.

1:34:54 ↗ typically those that u might be Arch

1:34:57 ↗ Housing um or King County um housing

1:35:01 ↗ authority housing or have some

1:35:03 ↗ proportion of the residents that live in

1:35:06 ↗ those households. It's allowed us to

1:35:09 ↗ work with that community and then

1:35:11 ↗ advance 20 to 30 installs at one time.

1:35:15 ↗ Um so often there's a discount from the

1:35:18 ↗ distributors. um we're able to kind of

1:35:20 ↗ focus our efforts in a more concentrated

1:35:23 ↗ way and advance those um installs pretty

1:35:26 ↗ quickly and uh at less cost and more

1:35:30 ↗ efficiently. So we have two projects

1:35:32 ↗ right now in the Isiqua Highlands um and

1:35:34 ↗ a third I think will be coming on later

1:35:36 ↗ this summer. We'll be doing some

1:35:38 ↗ celebration up there this summer with

1:35:40 ↗ one of the um associations. So, we'll um

1:35:43 ↗ make sure the board is aware of

1:35:46 ↗ um we are also going to be expanding the

1:35:50 ↗ program beyond heat pumps. It was always

1:35:52 ↗ envisioned it would go beyond heat

1:35:54 ↗ pumps. Um where we'll be looking at

1:35:56 ↗ weatherization and we also want to start

1:35:58 ↗ testing out hot water heater

1:36:01 ↗ heat pump hot water heaters as well. Um

1:36:04 ↗ this year we're also going to be

1:36:05 ↗ starting to work with rental properties.

1:36:08 ↗ There's just there's it's a little bit

1:36:10 ↗ complicated, which is why it's taken us

1:36:12 ↗ a few years um where we need to be

1:36:14 ↗ working with um the home owner um to get

1:36:18 ↗ their agreement, but then we also need

1:36:20 ↗ to have an agreement in place with the

1:36:22 ↗ homeowner that they're not going to

1:36:24 ↗ increase rent after we've

1:36:27 ↗ partially funded to make these

1:36:28 ↗ improvements to their home. So, a little

1:36:30 ↗ bit more complicated. Um but we're

1:36:32 ↗ excited to be rolling that out uh this

1:36:34 ↗ year.

1:36:37 ↗ um just drop this in here. I won't go

1:36:40 ↗ through the data, but just to note that

1:36:42 ↗ we are uh we have a new system in place

1:36:46 ↗ now to really be tracking all of these

1:36:47 ↗ installs from um what we call our boost

1:36:51 ↗ program is our free heat pump

1:36:52 ↗ installation. We'll start to see these

1:36:55 ↗ big spikes when we have these um condo

1:36:58 ↗ association projects go in. Um, we track

1:37:01 ↗ our what used to be called our market

1:37:03 ↗ rate, which was um kind of more the

1:37:05 ↗ moderate income rebate. And then, um, we

1:37:08 ↗ track any kind any distributor

1:37:11 ↗ rebate that they offer. Um, there's

1:37:14 ↗ usually quite a lag from the

1:37:16 ↗ distributor's reporting, uh, issuing the

1:37:18 ↗ rebates. Um, so sometimes we also see

1:37:21 ↗ those boosts um, after they've submitted

1:37:23 ↗ a a number of invoices. Um, and then we

1:37:27 ↗ do actually track all of our permitting

1:37:29 ↗ data. Um, so those that go outside of

1:37:32 ↗ our program and didn't um, take

1:37:34 ↗ advantage of one of the rebates, we are

1:37:36 ↗ starting to track that data over the

1:37:38 ↗ last couple years, too. So, we just know

1:37:40 ↗ the rate of transition to uh, heat pumps

1:37:43 ↗ in the community.

1:37:45 ↗ Um, so this summer, I'm excited to see

1:37:47 ↗ we should see some really big uh, bumps

1:37:50 ↗ here from some of the projects happening

1:37:51 ↗ in the Aqua Highlands.

1:37:55 ↗ Um, the next program I'll talk about,

1:37:57 ↗ this is a new partnership under the East

1:37:59 ↗ Side Climate Partnership, our clean

1:38:01 ↗ buildings incentive program. We did a

1:38:03 ↗ deep dive into this program, I think

1:38:06 ↗ last August or September. Um but in a

1:38:10 ↗ one minute summary, there is a state law

1:38:12 ↗ um where buildings over 20,000 square

1:38:15 ↗ feet, including multifamily buildings,

1:38:17 ↗ have um energy efficiency requirements

1:38:20 ↗ to meet and they have some reporting

1:38:22 ↗ that they have to meet. Um if they do

1:38:25 ↗ not meet the reporting requirements by a

1:38:27 ↗ certain time or um those larger

1:38:30 ↗ buildings with energy efficiency

1:38:31 ↗ requirements, there are uh fines that

1:38:34 ↗ can be put in place. There are also

1:38:36 ↗ incentive dollars available for them to

1:38:38 ↗ complete the reporting um or complete

1:38:41 ↗ the energy efficiency upgrades.

1:38:44 ↗ So for about three years, we ran our own

1:38:47 ↗ program in Isiqua that was to support

1:38:50 ↗ the building owners of Isiqua in meeting

1:38:53 ↗ state the state uh requirements. And we

1:38:57 ↗ did that because we believe that many

1:39:00 ↗ building owners would not make the

1:39:01 ↗ change without that technical support

1:39:04 ↗ and some incentives. Um, and because it

1:39:07 ↗ was it was beneficial to the city to do

1:39:09 ↗ that and seeing our own emissions

1:39:12 ↗ reduced through those energy efficiency

1:39:14 ↗ requirements. Um, and also to secure

1:39:16 ↗ more incentive dollars in our community.

1:39:20 ↗ We have now partnered with Belleview and

1:39:21 ↗ Redmond. We just relaunched the program

1:39:24 ↗ about a month ago um where we're working

1:39:27 ↗ together with one contractor to um help

1:39:30 ↗ building owners across all three cities.

1:39:33 ↗ Um, we are focused on the more

1:39:37 ↗ disadvantaged buildings and supporting

1:39:39 ↗ them first and helping them get through

1:39:41 ↗ some of the compliance requirements. Uh,

1:39:44 ↗ but we are also a education u resource

1:39:47 ↗ for any building owners. We're

1:39:50 ↗ anticipating with the funding we have

1:39:52 ↗ this year, we will help about 8 to 10

1:39:55 ↗ buildings um get through their full

1:39:57 ↗ compliance and cover costs for that. Um,

1:40:00 ↗ but we're anticipating many others will

1:40:03 ↗ uh advance their compliance through uh

1:40:05 ↗ the outreach and education that we're

1:40:07 ↗ doing. So, an example of the types of

1:40:09 ↗ buildings that were looking to support

1:40:12 ↗ meeting compliance would be um like the

1:40:15 ↗ YWCA,

1:40:16 ↗ uh Hutchinson House, um

1:40:20 ↗ uh or some of the some of the senior

1:40:22 ↗ living facilities, for example. Um, ones

1:40:25 ↗ that we've worked with in the past

1:40:26 ↗ include Timber Ridge, uh, the school

1:40:28 ↗ district. Um, we've worked a bit with

1:40:31 ↗ Village Theater, for example.

1:40:34 ↗ >> Really great question. Yeah.

1:40:36 ↗ Second compliance is they electrify the

1:40:38 ↗ buildings using heat pumps, things like

1:40:40 ↗ that.

1:40:41 ↗ >> Not necessarily. Yeah. So, um, buildings

1:40:44 ↗ of a certain size have what they call an

1:40:48 ↗ energy unit, um, a target that they have

1:40:50 ↗ to meet and that target varies on where

1:40:53 ↗ you are in the state based on kind of

1:40:55 ↗ weather and climate. Um, and it varies

1:40:58 ↗ on the use type. So, every building has

1:41:01 ↗ every building type and depending on

1:41:03 ↗ where it's located has a different

1:41:04 ↗ target. So like a medical facility that

1:41:07 ↗ might be open 24 hours a day is going to

1:41:09 ↗ have a different target than a office

1:41:11 ↗ building that operates 8 to5. Um and so

1:41:16 ↗ so I lost my train of thought. Sorry

1:41:18 ↗ your specific question.

1:41:19 ↗ >> I was wondering compliance how deep does

1:41:21 ↗ it go?

1:41:22 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:41:23 ↗ >> So it's around the energy use. So for

1:41:26 ↗ some of the buildings it could be um

1:41:29 ↗ switching to LEDs and maybe putting in

1:41:31 ↗ Ruba automated lighting system and that

1:41:34 ↗ might help them reach compliance and

1:41:36 ↗ that could be a really inexpensive

1:41:38 ↗ pretty quick change. Others may need to

1:41:41 ↗ do a complete HVAC retrofit um for

1:41:45 ↗ example and install solar and do an

1:41:48 ↗ automated system if it's a really old

1:41:50 ↗ inefficient building. Um, but we've had

1:41:54 ↗ really good feedback um from Isiqua

1:41:57 ↗ School District. I can't remember if it

1:41:59 ↗ was the middle school or high school.

1:42:01 ↗ They made one of the changes they need

1:42:04 ↗ to needed to make. Um, the the school

1:42:07 ↗ district invested around $150,000.

1:42:10 ↗ They had a grant to cover the rest of

1:42:12 ↗ the work and it was a lot around the

1:42:14 ↗ building automation and they're

1:42:16 ↗ expecting a payback within uh two years

1:42:19 ↗ for that project just through the energy

1:42:21 ↗ savings. So, we're hearing great

1:42:23 ↗ feedback from a lot of buildings that

1:42:25 ↗ are making these changes. They're

1:42:27 ↗ actually going to see um the payback

1:42:30 ↗ from their investments pretty quickly.

1:42:32 ↗ >> Amazing. Is that what you factored in?

1:42:34 ↗ >> Some of them are going to be a lot more

1:42:36 ↗ complicated and expensive. Um I

1:42:39 ↗ shouldn't expect that. The school

1:42:40 ↗ district also had a grant to help cover

1:42:42 ↗ some of that, but um that's we're hoping

1:42:44 ↗ to help buildings secure um these

1:42:47 ↗ incentive dollars to help cover some of

1:42:50 ↗ those costs soon.

1:42:54 ↗ Um the next one I'll mention that the uh

1:42:57 ↗ cities are partnering on again with

1:42:59 ↗ Belleview and Redmond. We received a

1:43:02 ↗ grant from Puget Sound Energy to do an

1:43:04 ↗ electric bike rebate that is going to

1:43:06 ↗ launch in June. Uh we're expecting uh

1:43:09 ↗ distributing about 30 to 40 rebates in

1:43:12 ↗ Isiqua. The rebates amounts will vary

1:43:15 ↗ depending on income level. Um, and we're

1:43:18 ↗ working really closely with our local

1:43:20 ↗ uh, bike retailers. Um, as we work to

1:43:24 ↗ implement our own city rebate, we are

1:43:26 ↗ also working to promote a state program.

1:43:29 ↗ That state program is open now. Um, they

1:43:32 ↗ do have a lower rebate amount. They have

1:43:35 ↗ a more limited selection of bikes. Um so

1:43:39 ↗ we're very interested to see kind of the

1:43:42 ↗ difference of uptake of folks that

1:43:43 ↗ receive the rebates

1:43:45 ↗ um if they use them depending on

1:43:48 ↗ comparing the the two programs. Um the

1:43:51 ↗ one advantage of the state program is it

1:43:53 ↗ is a year long program. Um ours will be

1:43:56 ↗ kind of a one-time and we'll see if

1:43:58 ↗ there's a lot of interest we may run it

1:43:59 ↗ again.

1:44:03 ↗ Um, and then the last one I I put under

1:44:06 ↗ ECP because we are partnering with

1:44:07 ↗ Seamish uh for the first time this year.

1:44:10 ↗ And I'll have um Oh, this is my older

1:44:12 ↗ presentation. Sorry, I took out the the

1:44:15 ↗ question marks around the trees there.

1:44:16 ↗ Um, I'll have maybe David fill that in.

1:44:19 ↗ Um, so last year, as the board is aware,

1:44:23 ↗ was our first year in doing a tree

1:44:24 ↗ giveaway. Uh, David really ran that with

1:44:26 ↗ our uh urban forester. Uh this is a

1:44:29 ↗ partnership with a local nonprofit

1:44:32 ↗ called 300 trees. Um the city has a lot

1:44:37 ↗ of discretion and picking which tree

1:44:39 ↗ varieties to make sure they really meet

1:44:41 ↗ our needs here. Um,

1:44:44 ↗ uh, the team did a really great job of

1:44:47 ↗ kind of phasing the outreach, making

1:44:49 ↗ sure that they were reaching out to, uh,

1:44:52 ↗ neighborhoods that had less tree canopy

1:44:54 ↗ first, um, and then opening it up more

1:44:57 ↗ broadly to the community. Um, last year

1:45:00 ↗ was the first year 250

1:45:03 ↗ >> 290

1:45:04 ↗ >> 290 trees and then this year we're going

1:45:06 ↗ to have more trees,

1:45:07 ↗ >> 350 to 375 in Isiqua, about 300 in

1:45:10 ↗ Seamish.

1:45:13 ↗ That will be November again.

1:45:15 ↗ >> Yes, November 7th. Applications open

1:45:17 ↗ July 10th. If you want a tree and you

1:45:19 ↗ live in Isqua,

1:45:21 ↗ >> write it down now. July 10th.

1:45:24 ↗ >> Great. Um, so I did open my older

1:45:26 ↗ presentation, so hopefully there's no

1:45:28 ↗ other weird marks in here. Um, so I'll

1:45:31 ↗ just mention a couple other programs as

1:45:33 ↗ we start to run out of time. Um these

1:45:36 ↗ are uh just city alone, not through our

1:45:40 ↗ east side partnership. Um but we are

1:45:42 ↗ super excited to be partnering with King

1:45:44 ↗ County Library System on opening their

1:45:47 ↗ first uh tool library or what they are

1:45:50 ↗ calling a curiosity collection. Um

1:45:52 ↗ because it will also include um things

1:45:55 ↗ like canning equipment and a cider press

1:45:58 ↗ and giant Jenga if you're having a

1:46:01 ↗ summer barbecue. Um, these are all items

1:46:03 ↗ you'll be able to check out at the

1:46:04 ↗ library. Um, and so we've been working

1:46:08 ↗ with them. Actually, Sam, our solid

1:46:10 ↗ waste analyst, is using some of her

1:46:12 ↗ budget to purchase a lot of those items

1:46:14 ↗ and we'll be partnering with them on uh

1:46:16 ↗ programming as well. So, um thinking

1:46:19 ↗ about uh like a edible landscaping

1:46:23 ↗ workshop and then folks can go and check

1:46:25 ↗ out um the canning equipment or the food

1:46:29 ↗ preservation equipment um from the

1:46:31 ↗ library as well as all the the gardening

1:46:34 ↗ tools that they need. Um and then our

1:46:38 ↗ team uh

1:46:41 ↗ received uh ownership of the commute

1:46:43 ↗ trip reduction program last year. Uh

1:46:46 ↗ this is a statewide law where employees

1:46:50 ↗ employers of a certain size um with

1:46:54 ↗ certain work hours um are required to

1:46:57 ↗ participate in a commute trip reduction

1:46:58 ↗ where they're really um encouraging and

1:47:00 ↗ incentivizing employees to choose

1:47:03 ↗ alternatives to drive alone commuting.

1:47:06 ↗ Um so thinking about that 26% of our

1:47:09 ↗ emissions coming from staff commuting.

1:47:12 ↗ We're thinking about ways to encourage

1:47:14 ↗ our staff to think about alternative

1:47:16 ↗ trips um as well as working with the

1:47:18 ↗ city's largest employers. So, this is

1:47:20 ↗ like Costco, King County Library System,

1:47:23 ↗ uh Sanmar, um for example.

1:47:27 ↗ Um and then I did want to note, we'll

1:47:29 ↗ hear a little bit about this from the

1:47:30 ↗ students, but um we're also trying to

1:47:34 ↗ think about programming where we can

1:47:36 ↗ really better promote transit. um think

1:47:39 ↗ of new ideas around transit in the city.

1:47:42 ↗ Um students are working on kind of a

1:47:45 ↗ circulator shuttle research project for

1:47:47 ↗ example um as well as doing uh some

1:47:50 ↗ interesting promotion around um bus use.

1:47:56 ↗ Let's see. I'm going to move through

1:47:57 ↗ this quickly. Um these are items coming

1:48:02 ↗ up um that are community focused. Um, so

1:48:06 ↗ we're working closely with human

1:48:07 ↗ services and our emergency manager on

1:48:10 ↗ what we call a clean air giveaway. This

1:48:11 ↗ will be a fan and filter um distribution

1:48:15 ↗ program. Um, primarily working with or

1:48:18 ↗ looking uh to work with our more senior

1:48:20 ↗ communities, um, households that may not

1:48:22 ↗ have air conditioning, lower income

1:48:24 ↗ households. Um, we ran uh induction

1:48:29 ↗ cooking uh cooktop classes this last

1:48:32 ↗ winter uh in partnership with uh PCC.

1:48:36 ↗ We're interested in possibly doing that

1:48:38 ↗ again. They were super popular, so that

1:48:40 ↗ might be something we bring back in the

1:48:41 ↗ fall. Um and then we also

1:48:46 ↗ last year um prepared a business

1:48:49 ↗ resource guide on sustainability

1:48:52 ↗ um uh at the the uh recognition that

1:48:56 ↗ many businesses were looking for more

1:48:58 ↗ resources. Um so we're thinking about

1:49:02 ↗ how we might be able to get back out

1:49:03 ↗ into the business community and promote

1:49:05 ↗ that resource guide.

1:49:08 ↗ Um, and then just mention a couple of

1:49:10 ↗ our more community-f facing capital

1:49:13 ↗ projects. Uh, we are working with PSSE

1:49:16 ↗ on transitioning

1:49:18 ↗ uh, street lights to LEDs. A lot of ours

1:49:21 ↗ are transitioned already, but we have a

1:49:23 ↗ lot um, uh, remaining to transition.

1:49:27 ↗ LEDs uh, use a lot less energy. Um, and

1:49:32 ↗ then as part of that, we are also uh

1:49:35 ↗ working with PSSE to dim lights during

1:49:37 ↗ certain hours because LEDs are also a

1:49:39 ↗ lot brighter. Um, and we're seeing

1:49:42 ↗ already with some of those initial

1:49:43 ↗ transitions uh some huge savings. Um, we

1:49:47 ↗ are covering some of the cost of this

1:49:49 ↗ transition, but then also receiving

1:49:52 ↗ incentives back from PSSE. So, we

1:49:54 ↗ anticipate um it'll either be

1:49:56 ↗ costneutral in terms of the actual

1:49:59 ↗ project or payback in less than a year

1:50:01 ↗ depending on the incentives and then the

1:50:04 ↗ city will be saving tens of thousands of

1:50:06 ↗ dollars each year in energy use.

1:50:10 ↗ Um we're also installing our second pole

1:50:13 ↗ charger with PSC that'll be going up on

1:50:15 ↗ the north side of the senior center in

1:50:17 ↗ the next few weeks. And then we're

1:50:20 ↗ starting work on an EV charging project

1:50:22 ↗ at Tibbitz Valley Park. It'll be in um

1:50:24 ↗ the parking lot right here by the um

1:50:27 ↗ skate park.

1:50:29 ↗ So, a few capital projects too for the

1:50:31 ↗ community.

1:50:33 ↗ Um and then I will probably wrap up

1:50:36 ↗ here, but just a note, we do a lot of

1:50:38 ↗ community events. We thinking of

1:50:40 ↗ communications, we try to be out in the

1:50:42 ↗ community as much as possible

1:50:45 ↗ um at tableabling events for our

1:50:47 ↗ different programs and and then of

1:50:49 ↗ course our sustainability fair is our um

1:50:51 ↗ major event that David and I lead each

1:50:54 ↗ year. Um we are trying to partner more

1:50:57 ↗ with community events um by offering

1:51:00 ↗ kind of like a sponsorship or some uh

1:51:03 ↗ service. So, uh, we're going to test out

1:51:06 ↗ sponsoring a bike ballet service, uh,

1:51:09 ↗ for a new festival coming this summer to

1:51:12 ↗ Isaqua. Um, and then partnering with,

1:51:15 ↗ uh, some of our regional partners on

1:51:17 ↗ other classes that they do.

1:51:21 ↗ And I will probably leave it by saying

1:51:23 ↗ 2728.

1:51:25 ↗ We'll continue a lot of programs, but

1:51:26 ↗ we'll we'll see what's in the IAP and

1:51:29 ↗ and what's in our budget.

1:51:35 ↗ Okay. Any questions for Stacy? Comments?

1:51:39 ↗ We have a couple of minutes.

1:51:40 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:51:41 ↗ >> So, I just have a comment. So, Stacy, I

1:51:44 ↗ think the additional programs you have

1:51:45 ↗ listed are great. Um, I do think the

1:51:49 ↗ ideas you have to do with the King

1:51:52 ↗ County in conjunction with the King

1:51:54 ↗ County are really I think great programs

1:51:56 ↗ and I think they will be really

1:51:58 ↗ successful outreach events. Um I was

1:52:02 ↗ going to suggest the shuttle also when I

1:52:04 ↗ saw it on your slide as well. um you

1:52:07 ↗ know for reducing the specifically for

1:52:09 ↗ the employee commute emissions

1:52:12 ↗ >> um and I don't know if the city already

1:52:14 ↗ provides or

1:52:16 ↗ >> gives any benefit um employer benefit

1:52:20 ↗ for you know subsidized bus passes or

1:52:22 ↗ anything but that would be a good option

1:52:24 ↗ to do but if there is a possibility of

1:52:27 ↗ shutters especially if you're working

1:52:28 ↗ with Costco or the nearby bigger

1:52:31 ↗ employers

1:52:33 ↗ um to provide you know with the

1:52:35 ↗ employees that may be a good option to

1:52:38 ↗ look into.

1:52:39 ↗ >> Yeah, great great um points there. Yeah,

1:52:42 ↗ the city does provide free Orca cards

1:52:45 ↗ for staff and then there are um we are

1:52:48 ↗ trying to be better about educating

1:52:50 ↗ internally about like band pools and

1:52:52 ↗ those types of programs. And then um

1:52:55 ↗ Costco has asked for a lot of support

1:52:58 ↗ around um their van pools and shuttles.

1:53:01 ↗ And especially we've been talking a lot

1:53:03 ↗ about how to connect from the South

1:53:05 ↗ Belleview park and ride for their staff

1:53:08 ↗ that are coming in from Seattle on the

1:53:09 ↗ light rail to get them here so they

1:53:11 ↗ don't have to transfer multiple times to

1:53:13 ↗ buses. Um but they are a big van poolool

1:53:18 ↗ user but trying to think of kind of that

1:53:20 ↗ um last mile or couple mile um commute

1:53:24 ↗ for those coming in from Seattle in

1:53:26 ↗ particular. Um, yeah, in the shuttle, I

1:53:29 ↗ think we're really interested in

1:53:30 ↗ exploring different ideas for that.

1:53:34 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:53:36 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:53:37 ↗ >> You got a few minutes left. If you want

1:53:39 ↗ to go through the work plan real quick.

1:53:41 ↗ >> I'll um I don't think I need to. Yeah,

1:53:44 ↗ the updated work plan. There are a few

1:53:46 ↗ adjustments made to that. Just mostly

1:53:48 ↗ moving things out that haven't been

1:53:50 ↗ quite ready um to come to the board. Um,

1:53:54 ↗ I might just touch base on what happened

1:53:57 ↗ Monday night at the committee of the

1:53:59 ↗ whole and then I have just a few items

1:54:02 ↗ coming up. Um, so David and I presented

1:54:06 ↗ Monday night to our council's committee

1:54:09 ↗ of the whole. Um, so it is all council.

1:54:13 ↗ The mayor doesn't usually attend the

1:54:14 ↗ committee of the whole meetings, but

1:54:16 ↗ it's a little less formal of an

1:54:20 ↗ interaction between the committee

1:54:21 ↗ members where they can really get into

1:54:23 ↗ more dialogue dialogue and discuss than

1:54:25 ↗ at a regular council meeting. Um, we uh

1:54:30 ↗ had a brief amount of time to present.

1:54:32 ↗ So really focused on the process we've

1:54:34 ↗ gone through to update the climate

1:54:36 ↗ action plan and then we touched on some

1:54:38 ↗ of the major changes in particular some

1:54:41 ↗ of the targets and um more aggressive

1:54:45 ↗ actions the policy related actions that

1:54:47 ↗ are being proposed in the climate plan.

1:54:50 ↗ Um what was determined by the committee

1:54:54 ↗ is that we will return to that committee

1:54:56 ↗ on June 8th. uh we are planning to bring

1:54:59 ↗ them a full draft of the plan and uh dig

1:55:04 ↗ deep into um some of the major changes

1:55:07 ↗ and components of the plan. Um they will

1:55:11 ↗ provide their feedback. David and I will

1:55:13 ↗ try and incorporate that feedback on the

1:55:15 ↗ 9th and then our goal is to come to you

1:55:18 ↗ all on the 10th and summarize the

1:55:20 ↗ feedback that we get um from council um

1:55:25 ↗ and then work with you all to prepare a

1:55:27 ↗ recommendation letter uh back to council

1:55:30 ↗ on council on whether or not you approve

1:55:32 ↗ the plan.

1:55:35 ↗ depending on what happens on the 8th,

1:55:36 ↗ that may change. If they want to see

1:55:38 ↗ major changes, um we may delay bringing

1:55:40 ↗ that back to the environmental board,

1:55:42 ↗ but that is our plan right now. So, you

1:55:44 ↗ all will receive a full draft of the

1:55:47 ↗ climate plan in your meeting packet for

1:55:49 ↗ the 10th, but just know you'll receive

1:55:51 ↗ an update from us on the 9th on kind of

1:55:53 ↗ what happened the evening of the 8th.

1:55:56 ↗ >> Um,

1:55:58 ↗ great. And then next meeting so we'll be

1:56:00 ↗ talking about climate action plan and

1:56:02 ↗ then we are planning to have the

1:56:04 ↗ students come and present on their

1:56:07 ↗ projects from this year. Our budget

1:56:10 ↗ process is a little um shifted. We have

1:56:13 ↗ new staff in budget or in finance

1:56:16 ↗ department. Um so we may bring kind of

1:56:19 ↗ an intro of the budget in June but we

1:56:21 ↗ may delay that um till later in the

1:56:23 ↗ summer. So that's a little bit about

1:56:26 ↗ what's upcoming over the next month.

1:56:30 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:56:30 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:56:32 ↗ >> Thank you everybody for coming tonight.

1:56:34 ↗ >> It was a good meeting. So we are

1:56:36 ↗ ajourned.

1:56:41 ↗ >> Thank you all.

1:56:44 ↗ Dallas speak.

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