Environmental Board · Wednesday, June 10, 2026 · City Council Digest

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of May 13, 2026

5 min · packet pp.3–5

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 05-13-26 Environmental Board Minutes Page [1] CITY OF ISSAQUAH Environmental Board 6:30 PM Tibbetts Manor, 750 17th Ave. May 13, 2026 MINUTES NW, Issaquah

4. REGULAR BUSINESS

Student Intern Presentations

Information · 45 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager · packet pp.7

Previously discussed: Park Board · Feb 24, 2026 Transportation Advisory Board · Feb 25, 2026 Planning Policy Commission · Feb 26, 2026 Environmental Board · Mar 25, 2026 Environmental Board · Apr 22, 2026 City Council Committee of the Whole · Jun 8, 2026

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Staff report:

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

Issaquah Climate Action Plan Update

60 min · Stacy Vynne McKinstry, Sustainability Manager · packet pp.9–165

Topics: Climate

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Because the outcome of the June 8th conversation with the Committee of the Whole is unknown, staff request the Environmental Board remain flexible with this agenda item. We anticipate following one of the two options below for our

5. REPORTS

Updated Board Workplan

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APPROVED: 1/14/2026 REVISED: 6/3/2026

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0:06 ↗ Welcome everybody. Um, welcome to the

0:08 ↗ June 10th environmental board meeting.

0:10 ↗ Thank you for joining us tonight

0:11 ↗ everybody. Um, this is a hybrid meeting.

0:14 ↗ My name is Don Mcwills. I'll be the

0:15 ↗ chair tonight. This is a hybrid meeting.

0:17 ↗ So, we have some folks online, some

0:18 ↗ folks in the room. For the folks in the

0:20 ↗ room that have questions, comments,

0:21 ↗ please tip your sign up and call them in

0:23 ↗ the order I see. For those of you

0:24 ↗ online, raise your hands and I'll be

0:26 ↗ watching up there to to call you in the

0:28 ↗ order that I see as well.

0:32 ↗ >> Stacy, can you pause for

0:35 ↗ >> uh Tom Anderson

0:36 ↗ >> here?

0:37 ↗ >> Nancy Davidson

0:38 ↗ >> here.

0:39 ↗ >> Tommy Dvau

0:40 ↗ >> here.

0:41 ↗ >> Raja Pandi

0:43 ↗ >> here.

0:44 ↗ >> Uh Kieran Pan has an excused absence. Uh

0:47 ↗ Don Mc Williams.

0:49 ↗ >> Uh Rea Risha Chararma has an excused

0:52 ↗ absence. Shannon Rod

0:53 ↗ >> here. Alex Lee Tignar has an excused

0:57 ↗ absence. Susie Dearo

0:59 ↗ >> here.

1:00 ↗ >> Uh Keith Gmer Gonzalez

1:02 ↗ >> here

1:03 ↗ >> and Fred Krishnan I think is joining

1:07 ↗ later

1:09 ↗ and we have quum tonight.

1:11 ↗ >> Okay. Thank you.

1:13 ↗ Um next up approval of minutes. Is there

1:16 ↗ any comments from the previous minutes

1:18 ↗ of the last

1:22 ↗ hearing? None. We'll call them approved.

1:24 ↗ All right. Our two topics tonight. Oh,

1:26 ↗ first, public comments. Do we have any

1:27 ↗ public comments, Stacy?

1:28 ↗ >> Uh, I did not have anyone indicate they

1:30 ↗ wanted to provide public comment. We did

1:32 ↗ receive written public comment from Ann

1:34 ↗ Fletcher on the IAP. Um, is there anyone

1:37 ↗ in the room that wants to provide public

1:40 ↗ comment?

1:43 ↗ >> Nope. Okay. All right. two topics

1:45 ↗ tonight. Um, we have the student interns

1:47 ↗ here tonight that give us their uh

1:51 ↗ they're going to do presentations for us

1:53 ↗ of their recent recent projects they've

1:54 ↗ been working on. Then we're going to

1:55 ↗ take a short break and then Stacy's

1:57 ↗ going to walk us through the IAP that

1:59 ↗ went to council last night and they had

2:01 ↗ a couple small changes and she wants to

2:03 ↗ introduce those and if everything's

2:04 ↗ good, we might be able to approve it

2:06 ↗ tonight.

2:08 ↗ >> Okay, great. Um and I did forget to note

2:11 ↗ that um Shredar, Susie, and Shannon will

2:14 ↗ be sitting in as regular members tonight

2:16 ↗ for the voting agenda item.

2:18 ↗ >> Great. Um well, thank you so much. Uh we

2:20 ↗ have done this for the last couple of

2:22 ↗ years, but had an opportunity for the

2:24 ↗ students that we've been working with

2:25 ↗ over the last school year to present all

2:27 ↗ the amazing work that they've been

2:29 ↗ doing. Um so, first we're going to hear

2:31 ↗ from three of the Gibson High School

2:34 ↗ interns. Um they range from sophomore,

2:37 ↗ junior, and graduating senior. Um and

2:39 ↗ have been working on a huge variety of

2:41 ↗ projects that they'll be speaking about.

2:43 ↗ Um and then we'll hear from our team of

2:46 ↗ sustainability ambassadors that have

2:48 ↗ also been working on a number of

2:49 ↗ projects mostly related around

2:51 ↗ transportation and they'll be discussing

2:53 ↗ a bit about the work that they're

2:54 ↗ planning to do over this next school

2:56 ↗ year. Um we thought we would then take

2:58 ↗ about a 10-minute break. Uh that way if

3:00 ↗ you want to interact with any of the

3:02 ↗ students, ask any follow-up questions,

3:04 ↗ um you can do that. So we're going to

3:06 ↗ start with the Gibson High School

3:07 ↗ interns. I think Bridget is gonna get it

3:10 ↗ over first.

3:13 ↗ Um you can stand up here. It's a little

3:15 ↗ awkward for the camera, but best for the

3:18 ↗ the audience.

3:21 ↗ >> Yeah, stand up. You're welcome to sit

3:23 ↗ too if you're more comfortable.

3:26 ↗ >> Totally stand

3:28 ↗ everyone.

3:29 ↗ Oh thanks.

3:32 ↗ >> Hi, I'm Bridget Lesley. I was um one of

3:36 ↗ Stacy's interns this year. I've been

3:39 ↗ interning with her for the past two

3:40 ↗ years. Um

3:45 ↗ pretty my main project this year though

3:50 ↗ working on solar arch installations at

3:54 ↗ Pickering Barn and the senior center.

3:56 ↗ So, as some of you may know, there are

3:59 ↗ solar panels that are being installed um

4:01 ↗ at both Pickering Barn and the senior

4:03 ↗ center. So, to help our community gain a

4:06 ↗ little more of an insight into the solar

4:08 ↗ panels that are being installed, um they

4:10 ↗ wanted the city wanted to um put up a

4:14 ↗ couple of art installations to get more

4:17 ↗ community engagement and community

4:18 ↗ interaction and just to help our

4:20 ↗ community gain a little more education

4:23 ↗ into solar panels and solar energy. So

4:26 ↗ my I was also working with a now college

4:30 ↗ graduate Paige who was so amazing to

4:34 ↗ work with. Um we our first kind of main

4:38 ↗ goal was um doing a community outreach

4:41 ↗ uh event at the city visiqual library in

4:45 ↗ October where we showed a couple of

4:48 ↗ possible ideas for what we could be

4:50 ↗ putting up as the actual art

4:53 ↗ installations at these specific um

4:57 ↗ places here in Isiqua. And then we got

4:59 ↗ some community feedback from the from

5:02 ↗ people in our lovely Isabella community

5:05 ↗ of what they thought could be different

5:08 ↗ about the um installations, what they

5:11 ↗ liked about them, what they didn't like,

5:13 ↗ and what what else they wanted to see

5:15 ↗ from us as far as this project went. Um,

5:18 ↗ some of the most interesting feedback I

5:20 ↗ think that we got was like what what

5:23 ↗ more can we do to educate um the rest of

5:26 ↗ our community and also um if we can add

5:30 ↗ any more artistic elements into the

5:33 ↗ actual art pieces. Um so for the

5:36 ↗ Pickering Barn um art piece it we had a

5:39 ↗ couple of different iterations. Um, some

5:41 ↗ of them were more educational and had a

5:44 ↗ lot more signage of how solar um, energy

5:47 ↗ was actually going to be used or how um,

5:52 ↗ sorry, how um, energy is

5:57 ↗ being used in our daily lives and how we

6:00 ↗ could be reducing our energy and those

6:03 ↗ types of things. And then another

6:05 ↗ iteration was actually a sunflower um

6:09 ↗ that had mini solar panels on the leaves

6:12 ↗ and then also outlets for people to then

6:15 ↗ charge either like an ebike or a ecooter

6:18 ↗ or even like a cell phone. Um and they

6:21 ↗ did the community did lean more towards

6:23 ↗ the um the more artistic piece of that

6:26 ↗ and so that was pretty interesting to

6:28 ↗ see that they wanted something more

6:29 ↗ artistic from us. And then as far as the

6:32 ↗ senior center art piece, uh the we found

6:37 ↗ that the um community just wanted to

6:39 ↗ know what did the seniors think of this?

6:40 ↗ What do they want to see from this

6:43 ↗ project? And then from the feedback we

6:47 ↗ got from that, we had to then go and

6:49 ↗ talk to the actual seniors that were in

6:51 ↗ the senior center almost every day. What

6:53 ↗ do they what do they want to see in

6:55 ↗ their space? So we got to talk to them

6:58 ↗ and they were very lovely to talk to.

7:01 ↗ They had so many amazing ideas. Um they

7:04 ↗ were very um open to any and all ideas

7:07 ↗ that we had. So it was very difficult to

7:09 ↗ try and narrow down just one. But um the

7:12 ↗ three that we came up with were um to

7:14 ↗ have a professional um art artist try

7:17 ↗ and commission a mural for us um and

7:20 ↗ then possibly have panels different

7:22 ↗ panels of the of a a mural um around a

7:27 ↗ solar battery that would be in like the

7:30 ↗ backside of the senior center. Um, and

7:33 ↗ then another one was to have a more

7:35 ↗ community focused art piece where the

7:37 ↗ seniors would actually go out and paint

7:39 ↗ a specific either like shape or a fish

7:43 ↗ like at IB they have that big fish mural

7:46 ↗ on their fence. Um, and the third one

7:49 ↗ was a kind of combination of the two

7:52 ↗ where we would possibly partner with a

7:55 ↗ artist and then also community members

7:58 ↗ to try and create a vigor art piece uh

8:01 ↗ on the fencing of a solar battery. And

8:05 ↗ based on that, we kind of were leaning

8:07 ↗ more towards the community one just to

8:10 ↗ help engage more of our community to get

8:12 ↗ them more um interaction around this

8:16 ↗ kind of project. Uh

8:18 ↗ and then it kind of was at a standstill

8:22 ↗ for a little while just because there

8:25 ↗ were a couple of hiccups in the road. Uh

8:28 ↗ but um by the time that uh I had to go

8:33 ↗ and leave this internship, I created a

8:37 ↗ um write up of all the possible ideas of

8:41 ↗ um the art installations for the senior

8:44 ↗ center. So, what does the fencing look

8:46 ↗ like around the battery? What does the

8:48 ↗ different art pieces look like around

8:50 ↗ the battery fencing? Um, and how we

8:53 ↗ could engage the community with those

8:56 ↗ art pieces as well as the next steps for

8:58 ↗ the city to continue on with that um

9:02 ↗ senior center art piece project. Um, so

9:05 ↗ that was so amazing. But as far as the

9:07 ↗ Pippering Barn art installation project,

9:10 ↗ that has been uh more of me and Paige

9:13 ↗ collaborating together. Uh we got to

9:16 ↗ present an actual prototype of what uh a

9:21 ↗ possible mockup of a solar

9:26 ↗ flower, if you will, would look like in

9:29 ↗ the space. Uh kind of a smaller version.

9:32 ↗ Uh Stacy, did you bring

9:34 ↗ >> I did not.

9:34 ↗ >> Okay. to bring it, but I can bring up a

9:37 ↗ picture of it. So,

9:38 ↗ >> um, so Paige basically created a believe

9:42 ↗ it's plaster or paperier-mâché version

9:46 ↗ of what the uh flower could look like in

9:50 ↗ the space. And then she uh put on a

9:55 ↗ mockup of what a solar panel could look

9:58 ↗ like for the leaves and what it could

10:01 ↗ look like in the space. And then we got

10:02 ↗ to present it at the actual unveiling of

10:04 ↗ the solar panels at Pick Pickering Barn

10:08 ↗ and got community feedback and people

10:11 ↗ were very positive about that. So that

10:14 ↗ was very endearing to see. So it was all

10:18 ↗ so amazing and

10:21 ↗ yeah, we also got to present it at um

10:23 ↗ the sustainability fair. couple of

10:25 ↗ people came up to us um at the front

10:27 ↗ booth of the I guess the entrance booth

10:31 ↗ of where it was um and were asking about

10:35 ↗ what it was, how people how we came up

10:38 ↗ with it and I got to talk to a couple

10:40 ↗ people about that. So, it was a very

10:44 ↗ interesting and fun project. I got to

10:47 ↗ collaborate on with a couple of

10:49 ↗ different people.

10:52 ↗ >> Great. Okay. Do you want to introduce

10:55 ↗ Oliver?

10:57 ↗ >> Yes.

10:58 ↗ >> Oliver Jones who's in um the online

11:01 ↗ version of this meeting is my advisor or

11:04 ↗ has been my adviser for the past four

11:06 ↗ years um at Gibson High School um and

11:11 ↗ >> here supporting me and another student

11:14 ↗ Emma um in via online. So

11:21 ↗ >> hi everyone. I'm not sure you all can

11:24 ↗ hear me.

11:26 ↗ Yeah. So, I would just say thanks thanks

11:28 ↗ so much to uh to all the work Bridget's

11:31 ↗ done, of course, and then of course to

11:33 ↗ Stacy for supporting uh Bridget, but

11:36 ↗ also our u our entire program. So, thank

11:41 ↗ thanks for having me.

11:43 ↗ >> Okay, great. Nice job.

11:44 ↗ >> Yeah, very nice.

11:45 ↗ >> When's the artwork going to be

11:47 ↗ installed? Um, I am not 100% sure, but

11:51 ↗ that also has to do with some of the

11:52 ↗ funding to the actual project, but I

11:55 ↗ believe the city has been putting in

11:59 ↗ funding or has been planning in funding

12:01 ↗ in their next year's budget or for the

12:05 ↗ Pickering project. We're considering in

12:07 ↗ our budget for next year. We also want

12:08 ↗ to look for grant project for the um

12:12 ↗ battery project around the fencing that

12:14 ↗ is part of our grant. So, we'll that

12:16 ↗ will be going in once we have the

12:19 ↗ fencing and and all that, possibly the

12:21 ↗ fall, but yeah, we may be looking for

12:23 ↗ another student or volunteer that can

12:25 ↗ help run a community program to pull

12:27 ↗ that together.

12:28 ↗ >> Nice.

12:31 ↗ >> This is a very cool project and I think

12:34 ↗ this is amazing. Um, so I wanted to

12:36 ↗ check I was just curious and maybe this

12:38 ↗ is a question for Stacy. How much is the

12:40 ↗ cost associated with you know these

12:42 ↗ kinds of artistic solar panels if you

12:44 ↗ want to install in multiple places means

12:47 ↗ I'm guessing there will be some

12:49 ↗ difficulty with the

12:51 ↗ um you know the structure itself to

12:53 ↗ actually have effective solar panels

12:56 ↗ installed right

12:57 ↗ >> plus the cost associated with that do

13:01 ↗ you want I so we talked to a nonprofit

13:03 ↗ organization that works on solar art

13:06 ↗ projects and the type of model page and

13:09 ↗ Bridget were looking at the version you

13:11 ↗ saw was a small version. I think they

13:13 ↗ were envisioning five, six feet tall.

13:16 ↗ Um, and what they thought would with

13:19 ↗ that side, the amount of solar and then

13:22 ↗ a battery that could charge a ebike or

13:24 ↗ even light it up. Um, probably 20 to

13:28 ↗ 30,000 depending how big we wanted the

13:31 ↗ battery. If it's just to light up the

13:33 ↗ piece of work or just do it during the

13:35 ↗ day, it may not be that much. But with

13:37 ↗ the metal fabrication um for that type

13:39 ↗ of structure, that was the estimate. So

13:42 ↗ we'll be looking for some grants, maybe

13:44 ↗ have a small city match for that type of

13:46 ↗ project.

13:49 ↗ >> You did a lot of research on that, too.

13:50 ↗ I don't have anything else to

13:51 ↗ >> add. Most most of the metal fabricators

13:54 ↗ that I did find in Washington or I guess

13:56 ↗ the Seattle area um their main focus was

13:59 ↗ in like fencing and building more

14:04 ↗ industrial

14:05 ↗ um metal works for like bigger

14:09 ↗ companies, not the more artistic side of

14:12 ↗ things. It was kind of difficult to find

14:16 ↗ stuff that would match our vision.

14:25 ↗ Oh, sorry a little sidrack there.

14:28 ↗ >> I'm just curious if staff has looked at

14:30 ↗ I know that some of the tech companies

14:33 ↗ are using some very small solar pieces

14:36 ↗ like SpaceX has a very interesting solar

14:39 ↗ system that they're using in their

14:40 ↗ satellites. have taken a tour of their

14:42 ↗ facility and have we ever looked at

14:44 ↗ partnering with some of these tech

14:45 ↗ companies that are using solar

14:47 ↗ technology and maybe having them help

14:49 ↗ fund some of these things and reaching

14:51 ↗ out to them?

14:52 ↗ >> We haven't yet. I think those are we're

14:54 ↗ be interested in grants but maybe it's a

14:56 ↗ technology partnership as well because

14:59 ↗ most yeah the metal fabricators they're

15:01 ↗ not they don't do the solar so we'd have

15:03 ↗ to work with someone else. It'd be

15:05 ↗ really kind of cool to get some of their

15:07 ↗ tech expertise on this stuff involved

15:09 ↗ because it's a different beast than the

15:12 ↗ panels that you're putting out there to

15:14 ↗ generate a lot of electricity and

15:16 ↗ they're putting those really small they

15:19 ↗ unfold in the sky techn. It's amazing

15:24 ↗ what they're doing with solar.

15:26 ↗ So

15:27 ↗ >> great. Yeah. Thank you.

15:32 ↗ >> Okay. Any other questions? very much. We

15:34 ↗ look forward to seeing you.

15:41 ↗ >> I'm going to college in Oregon, WAMIT

15:44 ↗ University. So, lot lots of cool fun

15:47 ↗ stuff ahead.

15:48 ↗ >> Good luck.

15:52 ↗ >> Right. Will, do you want to say

15:54 ↗ >> Yeah,

15:57 ↗ >> come on up.

15:59 ↗ >> All right.

16:01 ↗ Uh

16:03 ↗ slide situation.

16:04 ↗ >> Yes, I will pull it up. Just give me one

16:07 ↗ minute.

16:08 ↗ >> All right.

16:11 ↗ >> Do you want to say?

16:12 ↗ >> Yeah, that works.

16:13 ↗ >> Okay, cool.

16:14 ↗ >> Sorry for online folks having not the

16:17 ↗ best uh visual, but um it's okay.

16:21 ↗ >> I swear I don't hate you.

16:28 ↗ >> You want to start introducing yourself?

16:29 ↗ Well, just take me one minute and I'll

16:31 ↗ bring it down.

16:32 ↗ >> Um, hello everyone. I'm a high school

16:34 ↗ junior. My name is Will Keryotti. Um,

16:37 ↗ I've had an internship also with

16:39 ↗ sustainability but with David instead of

16:42 ↗ Stacy this year. Um, my lovely adviser

16:46 ↗ is in the back. She's supporting me. Her

16:48 ↗ name is Mia.

16:52 ↗ Okay.

16:53 ↗ Um,

16:55 ↗ this internship was strongly focused on

16:58 ↗ data, especially at the start, but it

17:00 ↗ did kind of branch out in different

17:02 ↗ directions. It's been a really cool

17:04 ↗ thing and it's actually got me

17:05 ↗ considering sustainability as a career

17:07 ↗ path. So, it's been really fun. Um,

17:12 ↗ one of the first things I worked on this

17:15 ↗ year was um in reference to the clean

17:18 ↗ buildings incentive program. Basically,

17:21 ↗ it was if a building is a certain size,

17:23 ↗ they have to meet a certain standard of

17:27 ↗ cleanliness with their energy and with

17:29 ↗ how they manage things. Um, and I was

17:34 ↗ going through kind of a list of

17:36 ↗ buildings of that size and going, "What

17:38 ↗ kind of building is this?" Um, and

17:40 ↗ seeing how we could help them meet that

17:43 ↗ standard and incentivize them to so that

17:45 ↗ they're not just like, "Well, I'd rather

17:48 ↗ take a fine.

17:50 ↗ Um

17:52 ↗ so that was one of my first projects. Um

17:56 ↗ my next project was reviewing municipal

18:00 ↗ sustainability standards. Basically we

18:03 ↗ were looking at standards that we could

18:04 ↗ set for the city itself um for going

18:08 ↗ forward into a new climate action plan

18:11 ↗ and seeing what kind of standards other

18:15 ↗ cities had set for themselves. Um, I

18:18 ↗ looked at cities like both nearby

18:22 ↗ Belleview Seattle um Redmond Reon

18:26 ↗ like the nearby area to see what their

18:30 ↗ plans regarding climate were. But I also

18:33 ↗ looked at cities that were doing

18:34 ↗ particularly well all over the US to see

18:37 ↗ what kind of standards they had set for

18:39 ↗ the city. Um, and three standards that

18:43 ↗ we found were really common and

18:46 ↗ potentially doable for Isiqua were

18:50 ↗ electrifying the city's light fe light

18:52 ↗ light fleet of vehicles, reducing some

18:54 ↗ percentage of buildings using natural

18:56 ↗ gas, and an overall emissions reduction.

18:59 ↗ Um

19:02 ↗ the next project that I did was

19:07 ↗ um a city sustainability story map. So

19:11 ↗ if you aren't familiar with the term

19:14 ↗ story map, it's related to ArcGIS or

19:18 ↗ global information systems. It's

19:20 ↗ basically

19:22 ↗ um a way to make a bit of a website out

19:26 ↗ of a bunch of data. Um, and I looked at

19:30 ↗ a bunch of different city sustainability

19:32 ↗ programs and what they were doing in the

19:36 ↗ data we had collected from them to see

19:40 ↗ if they were actually working. Um, this

19:42 ↗ is actually an ongoing project and I've

19:45 ↗ only gotten to put a strong focus on a

19:48 ↗ couple of city programs, but I hope to

19:52 ↗ get through at least the list of all of

19:53 ↗ them I have right now by the end of next

19:57 ↗ year, if not more. Um,

20:00 ↗ if you would like next slide, please.

20:03 ↗ Um, one program I looked at was our tree

20:05 ↗ giveaway program. Um, I basically

20:08 ↗ charted out where every tree that we had

20:11 ↗ planted from that tree giveway program

20:13 ↗ was in reference to, um, originally the

20:17 ↗ canopy um, because we were trying to

20:20 ↗ meet a specific canopy goal. Um, but I

20:23 ↗ actually moved to charting it in

20:24 ↗ relation to the tree equity score, which

20:27 ↗ is a way of taking that in relation to

20:31 ↗ canopy heat

20:34 ↗ demographic that lives in that area to

20:37 ↗ make it

20:39 ↗ to make it more um equal and more useful

20:45 ↗ um for us to see where trees are getting

20:47 ↗ planted. Something that was noticed is

20:50 ↗ you can probably tell on the map, the

20:52 ↗ darker green um is where a higher tree

20:55 ↗ equity score is. Um more trees are there

20:59 ↗ or people are less affected by lack of

21:01 ↗ trees. Um

21:05 ↗ and so a lot of trees are ending up

21:07 ↗ focused in those areas that are already

21:09 ↗ doing very very well. So that is

21:12 ↗ something that can be addressed and we

21:15 ↗ can look at that and see how can we make

21:17 ↗ it easier for people in other areas to

21:20 ↗ access programs like the tree giveaway.

21:22 ↗ Um the next program I've been looking at

21:26 ↗ this year um was the clean air program.

21:29 ↗ I've been looking at a couple of

21:30 ↗ different metrics to try to measure

21:33 ↗ um

21:35 ↗ how we can see if it's working well

21:40 ↗ enough because

21:42 ↗ the issue is all of Isiqua is affected.

21:46 ↗ Sorry. First of all, the the clean air

21:49 ↗ giveaway program was um a program made

21:51 ↗ in reference to wildfire smoke. It is a

21:55 ↗ giveaway of a fan with a filter um that

21:58 ↗ helps filter out smoke from air. Um

22:02 ↗ and

22:04 ↗ I'm trying to find a metric by which to

22:07 ↗ measure if it's successful enough. Um, I

22:12 ↗ might have to go back and alter what

22:15 ↗ data I'm looking at, bring in more data,

22:18 ↗ or I might have to find some kind of

22:20 ↗ survey that can help be minute enough

22:24 ↗ that I can use it referentially to this,

22:27 ↗ but I'm still figuring that out. So,

22:29 ↗ that's going to be a bit of a next year

22:30 ↗ project, too. Um

22:33 ↗ and then another project I have had with

22:36 ↗ the city um was actually not a project

22:40 ↗ that started with the city. It is my

22:42 ↗ capstone. So for those of you who don't

22:44 ↗ know, we go to a project based learning

22:47 ↗ school. And for your last two years, you

22:49 ↗ do a really big long project called your

22:52 ↗ capstone. Junior year, the year I'm in

22:54 ↗ now, is all about research. Senior year

22:56 ↗ is all about action. Um, and I when I

23:02 ↗ was here realized that sustainability

23:04 ↗ fair would be a really good venue to

23:07 ↗ collect information on my project

23:09 ↗ because my project is how can I get

23:12 ↗ people my age more access to or more

23:15 ↗ into outdoor recreation. Um, and I was

23:19 ↗ like, well, I can find out

23:23 ↗ what people like to do there. Um, and I

23:26 ↗ can use that as a jumping off point to

23:29 ↗ figure out what kinds of things I could

23:32 ↗ do there. Um, and from that I collected

23:36 ↗ a bunch of data from a bunch of people,

23:37 ↗ whether it was talking to me, whether it

23:39 ↗ was putting a little stamp on a board I

23:42 ↗ had or filling out a survey. Um, I had a

23:45 ↗ couple different avenues of people to

23:46 ↗ reach me. Um,

23:49 ↗ and I determined that something that's

23:51 ↗ really helpful is like social and

23:53 ↗ community events. Um, so I've actually

23:56 ↗ planned kind of loosely already two

23:59 ↗ things for next year, which is one a

24:02 ↗ smaller crash course at my school um,

24:05 ↗ regarding like intro to hiking and

24:07 ↗ outdoor stewardship and like making it

24:10 ↗ more accessible to teenagers to get

24:13 ↗ outside. Um, and I can also use that as

24:16 ↗ a venue for feedback for what I will be

24:18 ↗ doing later in the spring of my senior

24:20 ↗ year. Um, probably a community event.

24:23 ↗ And I've reached out to urban forestry

24:26 ↗ to help me plan that and it looks really

24:28 ↗ great so far.

24:31 ↗ Um I don't Do I have more slides? I

24:35 ↗ don't. Lovely.

24:46 ↗ >> Any questions from there?

24:49 ↗ branch.

24:50 ↗ >> Uh so I have a question on your um the

24:53 ↗ story map you had for the tree giveaway

24:55 ↗ program right?

24:56 ↗ >> Yeah.

24:56 ↗ >> So you said the dark green areas is

24:59 ↗ where especially we have enough tree

25:01 ↗ canopy and the giveaway trees are still

25:04 ↗ ending up there, right? So my question

25:06 ↗ was how do you know the where the

25:08 ↗ giveaway trees are going? Means because

25:11 ↗ uh did they actually track who took it

25:14 ↗ or the address the trees were going to?

25:16 ↗ >> Um yeah. So when someone does the tree

25:19 ↗ giveaway program, they're like, "Hey,

25:21 ↗ here's where I'm blending it." Um, and

25:23 ↗ then we take that data and we go from

25:25 ↗ there.

25:27 ↗ >> Okay. So the tree giveaway program, I

25:29 ↗ mean, at the sustainability fair or that

25:31 ↗ is different, is it? That is very small

25:33 ↗ portion of it.

25:34 ↗ >> That one

25:35 ↗ >> because I got a tree from there and they

25:38 ↗ didn't ask for my address or anything.

25:39 ↗ So I was just curious to know how they

25:42 ↗ track it. Okay. Yeah.

25:45 ↗ Thank you.

25:48 ↗ Tom.

25:49 ↗ >> Uh, yes. I was just curious whether you

25:51 ↗ looked into the air quality monitors

25:54 ↗ known as the purple air system as one

25:58 ↗ input to your health monitoring

26:01 ↗ um part of the program.

26:04 ↗ >> Um, I don't think so.

26:07 ↗ >> It might be something you can look into.

26:09 ↗ So what it is is um citizens and and

26:14 ↗ institutions can buy a little monitor

26:17 ↗ and I have one at my house and it's on

26:20 ↗ the web and purple air is an app that is

26:24 ↗ used to check on these so you can get a

26:26 ↗ measure of of like particulate matter in

26:30 ↗ in the air from smoke or whatever

26:32 ↗ throughout a region using using the

26:35 ↗ power of that app. Now, you you won't

26:38 ↗ get a real lot of resolution. Isqua,

26:40 ↗ there's there's at least a half a dozen

26:42 ↗ of them or so in the city of Isiqua, but

26:45 ↗ there's not a hundred. Uh so, it might

26:48 ↗ be something to at least be part of the

26:50 ↗ story, but probably not the full story

26:52 ↗ that you want to capture. So, worth

26:54 ↗ looking into anyway.

26:56 ↗ >> Thank you.

26:56 ↗ >> Yeah, you bet. Shannon,

26:59 ↗ >> I was just curious uh how many people

27:01 ↗ you got to speak with at the

27:02 ↗ sustainability fair. I wasn't there. So

27:04 ↗ I was wondering how like I don't know

27:07 ↗ the turnout.

27:08 ↗ >> Did you feel like you got

27:09 ↗ >> ballpark of maybe 20? I don't know. I

27:12 ↗ had I got to speak to a lot of people

27:15 ↗ and that was actually the main way I got

27:16 ↗ feedback.

27:17 ↗ >> Sure.

27:18 ↗ >> Um but I had like maybe 10 people give

27:21 ↗ me like I had paper pamphlets that you

27:24 ↗ could write down. I had a couple of

27:25 ↗ people respond to an online survey. Um

27:28 ↗ and then I had a lot of people just like

27:30 ↗ want to put a little stamp down. Yeah.

27:33 ↗ >> Um, so

27:36 ↗ that's about the numbers. I'm trying to

27:39 ↗ remember exactly. It's kind of a small

27:42 ↗ group and it definit Well, not

27:44 ↗ definitely. It there's some likelihood

27:47 ↗ that it skews outdoorsy. Um, just

27:50 ↗ because it's people who are out and

27:52 ↗ about. Um, I might be less likely to be

27:55 ↗ tapping the like antisocial teenager

27:59 ↗ market. Um,

28:02 ↗ >> but I think it was still kind of useful

28:06 ↗ to hear what people liked there.

28:08 ↗ >> Feedback's good.

28:09 ↗ >> Um, and I think it was definitely enough

28:12 ↗ for me to go off of and say community

28:15 ↗ events are really useful for people and

28:17 ↗ like social events, things that are fun

28:21 ↗ and with other people um, feel more

28:23 ↗ approachable.

28:24 ↗ >> Great.

28:26 ↗ Great

28:28 ↗ job.

28:28 ↗ >> Great. Thank you. Next up,

28:35 ↗ >> next up is Emma.

28:44 ↗ >> And we had some tech issues with Emma's

28:48 ↗ presentation. So, there's some missing

28:50 ↗ images but

28:52 ↗ >> okay.

28:52 ↗ >> Oh, we'll get through it.

28:56 ↗ >> I'm sorry.

28:58 ↗ at the city sustainability department.

29:03 ↗ My project this year has been working on

29:06 ↗ is climate action plan update. I've been

29:08 ↗ working on tracking and summarizing

29:10 ↗ public comment in the comment tracker um

29:12 ↗ which helps keep the public comments and

29:15 ↗ changes for the IAP organizing

29:18 ↗ the comment tracker. Um, at the

29:21 ↗ beginning of the year, um, I attended

29:23 ↗ the climate event at the library to get

29:26 ↗ some community input, um,

29:29 ↗ some possible new actions and ideas for

29:31 ↗ the plan update. After this, I

29:33 ↗ summarized the data I received from the

29:35 ↗ event and put it in the comment tracker.

29:38 ↗ Um the majority of my work in the

29:40 ↗ commerce sector was revolving around

29:42 ↗ summizing public comments from community

29:44 ↗ community members and such as the

29:47 ↗ transportation board and different like

29:49 ↗ companies and that and comments. Um one

29:53 ↗ of the bigger challenges with this task

29:55 ↗ was making sure kept all of the main

29:57 ↗ points of each comment well making sure

29:59 ↗ it wasn't too long and could be easily

30:01 ↗ understood.

30:02 ↗ Um, the comment tracker also included

30:05 ↗ six categories that I had to organize

30:07 ↗ the comments into. The categories were

30:08 ↗ overarching changes, buildings and

30:10 ↗ energy, transportation and land use,

30:12 ↗ materials and consumption, natural

30:14 ↗ systems and water resources and

30:15 ↗ communities and wellbeing. So basically

30:18 ↗ like they usually send me like an email

30:20 ↗ with like a big letter from someone or

30:22 ↗ like that and then I would summarize it

30:24 ↗ and put it in whichever category I

30:26 ↗ thought it fit best into. Um,

30:30 ↗ another project I've been was worked on

30:32 ↗ was making um a survey for students in

30:36 ↗ Isqua school district to give their

30:38 ↗ input on the IAP update since um we

30:41 ↗ thought that a lot of high school

30:42 ↗ students don't always feel they have too

30:44 ↗ many opportunities to share their fun

30:46 ↗ like this. So, we first did some

30:48 ↗ research on how to make an effective

30:50 ↗ survey and ways to keep people engaged

30:52 ↗ um and not like drop off the survey

30:54 ↗ halfway through. We did decide to keep

30:56 ↗ the survey mostly multiple choice for

30:58 ↗ this reason. Once we had developed the

30:59 ↗ survey, we sent it out to as many

31:01 ↗ students as we could though. There was

31:03 ↗ like

31:05 ↗ class where we had mostly Gibson next

31:07 ↗ students because that's where we go to

31:09 ↗ school. Um which though we did get some

31:12 ↗ people from school high school. Um

31:15 ↗ though it was mostly Gibson neck, we

31:17 ↗ still got a lot of responses and the

31:20 ↗ data was valuable. You can't really you

31:22 ↗ can't see it because it's like not let

31:24 ↗ you but um after we sent out the survey

31:29 ↗ we took the data and created a write up

31:31 ↗ to show city staff our findings. Um

31:35 ↗ yeah,

31:37 ↗ and then a smaller thing that I did was

31:41 ↗ working on researching implementation

31:44 ↗ plans for from other cities so that

31:47 ↗ Stacy and David could use my research

31:49 ↗ when creating escort implementation

31:51 ↗ plan. Um I researched about how the

31:53 ↗ other cities formatted their plans and

31:55 ↗ what sort of metrics they used. Um and

31:58 ↗ then we had a meeting kind of talked

32:00 ↗ about what we wanted to use for class

32:02 ↗ and what wasn't as important. Um the

32:06 ↗ main two cities that I was reaching were

32:07 ↗ from researching from was Belleview and

32:09 ↗ Redmond. Um and then the final project

32:12 ↗ that I've been working the past few

32:14 ↗ weeks was updating like the web page for

32:19 ↗ the IAP. Um so I just I looked at the

32:22 ↗ old one and

32:24 ↗ um updated to reflect the 26 updates and

32:29 ↗ switch it to a 10 year plan. Um, and so

32:32 ↗ Stacy and I thought that

32:34 ↗ initial work that I done

32:37 ↗ and then

32:40 ↗ um I've done we've done a few different

32:42 ↗ things besides those. Um, we helped the

32:45 ↗ sustainability fair and we updated like

32:46 ↗ the passport.

32:48 ↗ Um, we toured the ecology recycling

32:51 ↗ center which was very interesting. And

32:54 ↗ then I hope Bridget like monitored some

32:56 ↗ of the geocaches that she put in last

32:58 ↗ year as part of her internship here. Um

33:01 ↗ and then some of my main takeaways um

33:03 ↗ from this internship I learned about

33:05 ↗ what it would be like having a job in

33:07 ↗ this department improving my

33:08 ↗ professional communication expanding my

33:10 ↗ knowledge on sustainability and better

33:12 ↗ understanding of how much effort and

33:15 ↗ like time it takes to implement major

33:18 ↗ policies and plans like I have. Yeah.

33:31 ↗ >> Yeah. Um, what were some of your

33:33 ↗ findings from the student survey?

33:36 ↗ >> Um, well, it was mostly I mean there was

33:39 ↗ like we basically asked questions on all

33:41 ↗ the different categories and like what

33:43 ↗ people's thought about different things.

33:46 ↗ Um, a lot of things that we found,

33:48 ↗ especially because it was mostly from

33:50 ↗ our school, was that they didn't have

33:52 ↗ like enough like storage for like bikes

33:55 ↗ and stuff. So, yeah, as a like part of

33:59 ↗ my benefit school, I've been working on

34:00 ↗ like putting one a bike rack at our

34:03 ↗ school to help with that.

34:05 ↗ >> Building a bike rack. He's working on

34:08 ↗ building a bike rack.

34:10 ↗ >> Cool.

34:14 ↗ >> Yeah. Thank you. Um so you you got all

34:17 ↗ the comments that you talked about

34:19 ↗ across different categories or six

34:20 ↗ categories.

34:22 ↗ How were those comments generally across

34:24 ↗ which category did you get the most and

34:26 ↗ were they suggestions or were they what

34:29 ↗ kind of comments did you get?

34:30 ↗ >> Um I mean like there was there was a lot

34:32 ↗ from like most of different categories

34:34 ↗ and a lot of people had like multiple

34:36 ↗ comments within their like thing that

34:38 ↗ they sent. So like across different

34:40 ↗ categories so I just kind of separate

34:41 ↗ it. Um, I mean a lot of them were just

34:43 ↗ like suggestions on what like on like

34:46 ↗ current actions that were in there and

34:47 ↗ what they thought could be changed about

34:49 ↗ them or in support or sometimes they

34:51 ↗ would be like kind of suggestions for

34:53 ↗ new actions as well.

34:55 ↗ >> Good to know. Thank you.

34:57 ↗ >> Very cool.

34:58 ↗ >> Thank you, Emma.

35:06 ↗ >> Um, we are going to transition now to

35:08 ↗ sustainability ambassadors. So this

35:11 ↗ wonderful group is gonna come up. Um let

35:14 ↗ me

35:25 ↗ have not presented from Canva before. So

35:27 ↗ let me see if that will work. You guys

35:30 ↗ want to change? That would be good. Let

35:33 ↗ me know.

35:34 ↗ >> Yeah. Thank you.

35:38 ↗ >> There's a couple and I don't want to

35:39 ↗ have to make you Not a lot. Sorry.

35:46 ↗ All right. So, we are the sustainability

35:48 ↗ masters. As Tracy lovely, thank you for

35:51 ↗ having us here. Um, introduced us

35:53 ↗ earlier.

35:55 ↗ We are going to be talking about a brief

35:57 ↗ overview of what we've done in the past

35:58 ↗ year and maybe even a dipping a little

36:01 ↗ bit back and then a little bit forward

36:03 ↗ too with what we want to do in the

36:04 ↗ future. So, just start off the bat and

36:08 ↗ get into the carbon commute count.

36:10 ↗ Similar to

36:10 ↗ >> your names first.

36:11 ↗ >> Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. So, uh, yeah,

36:14 ↗ I'm Cersei Allan. I'm a junior in high

36:17 ↗ school is high school.

36:18 ↗ >> I'm Tanner Mills. I'm a sophomore high

36:20 ↗ school.

36:21 ↗ >> Oh, hi everybody. Nice to see all of you

36:22 ↗ here. My name is Belle. I'm a junior at

36:24 ↗ ESCO High School.

36:25 ↗ >> Hi guys. It's nice to meet you. I'm

36:27 ↗ Tahina Donna and I'm also a junior at

36:29 ↗ Esco High School.

36:30 ↗ >> Thank you. Sorry to interrupt. No

36:31 ↗ worries. My bad.

36:35 ↗ Okay. Um, well, thank you for that.

36:39 ↗ Sorry. Okay. So, the carpet is something

36:42 ↗ is a kind of our first objective of this

36:44 ↗ year, similar to what uh Will has done

36:47 ↗ at Gibson. Um, it we've been tracking at

36:52 ↗ in the King County area, but also since

36:55 ↗ we are all from Islqu

36:57 ↗ has done. Um, here's a brief overview.

37:01 ↗ We mapped out all the city uh cities and

37:04 ↗ then also mostly schools. We were able

37:07 ↗ to track transportation um

37:10 ↗ car uh carbon emission data. Sorry. So

37:14 ↗ um here you'll be able to see a little

37:17 ↗ bit but we'll zoom in closer on what we

37:20 ↗ did. So we actually were able to get

37:22 ↗ 13,400 responses from King County alone

37:26 ↗ which is a very great feat for us. So

37:30 ↗ you We are hoping to have this data as a

37:33 ↗ secure and um trustworthy data point for

37:37 ↗ a baseline in the future for future

37:38 ↗ projects. Um

37:41 ↗ so good to get sorry it was good to get

37:43 ↗ a very baseline sort of overview and we

37:45 ↗ got a pretty good like said reach. We

37:47 ↗ didn't get to all of the schools we were

37:48 ↗ hoping to. As you can see, there are

37:50 ↗ some that are missing data. But that

37:51 ↗ again would be um something that we look

37:53 ↗ forward to uh next year just so we can

37:56 ↗ have a baseline for all schools and so

37:57 ↗ we can um sort of implement our new like

38:00 ↗ wider projects and have um data points

38:02 ↗ to begin from for all those.

38:06 ↗ Okay. So for Isqua spirits again, we

38:08 ↗ were able to get like zooming in on

38:10 ↗ Isco, we're able to see three schools

38:13 ↗ with 1,653

38:15 ↗ responses and we were able to calculate

38:17 ↗ out that it's 2.2 pounds of CO2 per day

38:21 ↗ just in transportation alone. So that

38:23 ↗ was a pretty big finding and we'll

38:25 ↗ definitely be fueling some of our like

38:27 ↗ uh biking and bus pushes that we're

38:30 ↗ going to be doing. Um, so I'm sure all

38:33 ↗ of you on here are pretty well

38:34 ↗ acquainted with how much one ton of CO2

38:36 ↗ is due to your like environmental

38:38 ↗ prowess and like understanding like and

38:41 ↗ I don't even mean that sarcastically.

38:42 ↗ I'm sure like I've seen a I've saw you

38:44 ↗ guys bike in. I was like, "Oh, these

38:45 ↗ guys these guys are on it." So yeah,

38:47 ↗ this is one C ton of CO2, but Isqua

38:51 ↗ alone, Isqua School alone per year does

38:54 ↗ 454 tons of CO2 in transportation. So

38:58 ↗ this is I think that it's good to have

39:00 ↗ numbers like this for us so we can you

39:02 ↗ know tell people about it and educate

39:04 ↗ and also understand where we can remedy

39:06 ↗ certain areas.

39:07 ↗ >> It's pretty eye opening because that is

39:09 ↗ quite a large sum. So anything we can do

39:11 ↗ kind of chip away at that block would be

39:13 ↗ monumental and especially if we can

39:15 ↗ continue that over time. Um, since we

39:17 ↗ are juniors and most of our squad team

39:19 ↗ is juniors, we um, look forward to the

39:21 ↗ future of Lake Tanner implementing more

39:22 ↗ people into sustainability ambassadors

39:24 ↗ just to keep this program going and to

39:26 ↗ keep because our our main goal is for to

39:27 ↗ have these um, incentives that we'll be

39:29 ↗ going over after this as well just so

39:31 ↗ that they're long lasting and so that

39:32 ↗ it's um, it's a continuity and not just

39:36 ↗ something that we're doing now and then

39:37 ↗ kind of fizzles out later.

39:38 ↗ >> Yeah. And the two such is the liberty

39:39 ↗ there. That is roughly about how much

39:42 ↗ 454 tons weighs. So that it's like quite

39:46 ↗ a lot.

39:47 ↗ >> Just quick is this cars or cars and

39:49 ↗ buses or buses?

39:51 ↗ >> Yes. So we actually did a split of like

39:54 ↗ what we understood like of the carbon

39:56 ↗ emissions for transport and it was uh

40:00 ↗ considering buses as well but it was a

40:02 ↗ very small sliver. Bella you said for

40:05 ↗ people transporting was like five. Yeah.

40:07 ↗ So, it was mostly individual vehicles

40:10 ↗ because, um, when like on the survey

40:11 ↗ that we got this from, it was what

40:13 ↗ transport you use to get to school. And

40:15 ↗ so, um, I think I don't know the exact

40:17 ↗ percentage, but over 80% it was

40:19 ↗ individual, uh, vehicles, which is quite

40:21 ↗ a lot. Um, and I'll go into that in

40:24 ↗ Thank you.

40:25 ↗ >> All right. Yeah. And the carbon commute

40:26 ↗ count is it's important because of its

40:29 ↗ relation to ISCO policies. The ISCO

40:32 ↗ climate action plan as was mentioned

40:34 ↗ earlier and as OE7 which is also

40:37 ↗ spearheaded by some sustainability

40:39 ↗ ambassadors in the past. Matthew Fischer

40:42 ↗ was uh it is pretty congruent and um we

40:46 ↗ want to really uphold that effort that

40:47 ↗ has been made before us. So just saying

40:50 ↗ how it fits into not just sustainability

40:52 ↗ ambassadors but the policies already

40:54 ↗ implemented too. Yeah, there's our

40:57 ↗ lovely Yeah, and there's a Gibson

40:59 ↗ sustainability ambassador Zoe if you

41:00 ↗ guys know.

41:02 ↗ See it.

41:04 ↗ Yeah. And so just the goal of collecting

41:07 ↗ this data is to um have a baseline for

41:10 ↗ each school and um for the fall and um

41:14 ↗ like throughout the school year is just

41:15 ↗ to have a really good baseline from the

41:16 ↗ beginning and sort of adapt our

41:18 ↗ expectations for for each school and um

41:21 ↗ just sort of the attainability of some

41:24 ↗ of our goals like individually because

41:25 ↗ if we're going to have a very broad it

41:27 ↗ just it just doesn't really work within

41:29 ↗ the individual school like for Gates

41:30 ↗ since you guys are very project based

41:32 ↗ like it's different than Isqual High

41:33 ↗ School because we have

41:34 ↗ over 2400 students who all have

41:37 ↗ individual cars and who don't most

41:39 ↗ people don't live close to the school

41:41 ↗ and so um just having that base point is

41:44 ↗ very very important um to like I was

41:47 ↗ saying earlier to continue these

41:48 ↗ programs

41:50 ↗ >> okay and then carpool

41:51 ↗ >> all right so um based off what I just

41:54 ↗ said we do have around 2500 students at

41:57 ↗ school high school um three quarters of

42:00 ↗ those students do drive their own

42:02 ↗ vehicles to school which is data that

42:04 ↗ we've collected from the carbon commute

42:05 ↗ center. And so the IHS carpool story or

42:09 ↗ the carpool priority is um is the

42:14 ↗ incentive for people to carpool to

42:16 ↗ school. And so our first and um so how

42:18 ↗ this works is each year students who

42:21 ↗ have licenses apply for a parking pass

42:23 ↗ at the school. Um and it's more of ease

42:25 ↗ for transportation for each student.

42:27 ↗ Like everyone has sports after school.

42:28 ↗ It's really nice to be able to park in

42:30 ↗ the main law. It's also kind of a social

42:31 ↗ thing. So, it's more of a social

42:32 ↗ incentive for that as well. I know that

42:34 ↗ I want a main lot spot because I do

42:36 ↗ sports and I do not want to have to walk

42:37 ↗ to get my car at the end of the day. Um,

42:40 ↗ so people who two or more licensed

42:42 ↗ drivers will be riding together to

42:43 ↗ attend the high school. Um, they apply

42:44 ↗ for a parking pass together and then

42:46 ↗ each day they will come together to

42:47 ↗ school and then leave which excuse me

42:50 ↗ which alleviates um saying five cars

42:52 ↗ going just in just one. Um and then so

42:55 ↗ they would get first priority for passes

42:56 ↗ and then it would be individual seniors,

42:58 ↗ individ individual juniors and then

43:00 ↗ individual sophomores who are lowest

43:01 ↗ priority and um it's only if spaces

43:04 ↗ remain and there are spaces free parking

43:06 ↗ spaces around the school um that they

43:08 ↗ can park at. Um the only limitation for

43:10 ↗ parkpool passes is that they um you do

43:13 ↗ have to pay for the main lot and so that

43:15 ↗ is a consideration as well. Um but if

43:17 ↗ it's again it's an incentive for

43:19 ↗ multiple groups of multiple groups of

43:21 ↗ people to go together because you can

43:23 ↗ split the cost of that

43:24 ↗ >> and uh like Bella said it is something

43:26 ↗ that is already established and so the

43:29 ↗ one of uh future goals could be that we

43:33 ↗ encourage this and I know that a lot of

43:34 ↗ other schools in the King County area

43:37 ↗ are looking to do more carpool based

43:40 ↗ passes and I think how's done it is a

43:42 ↗ really good system that it's almost yeah

43:45 ↗ like this in integrated into our culture

43:47 ↗ of how we get to school. And so, yeah,

43:50 ↗ we're we're really trying to make a

43:52 ↗ model for other schools to do that as

43:54 ↗ well.

43:55 ↗ >> Um, and then along the lines of

43:57 ↗ transportation, uh, we're moving to

43:58 ↗ Transit Bingo, which is a new, um, a new

44:02 ↗ thing that we've begun this year, which

44:04 ↗ is quite a lot of work has been put into

44:05 ↗ this. And so, Transit Mingo is basically

44:08 ↗ a fun way to encourage the use of public

44:10 ↗ transit to and from school and just in

44:12 ↗ everyday life. Um, I know that most of

44:14 ↗ you know the light rail opened this

44:16 ↗ year. So, that's also been a very big

44:17 ↗ push for us as well. That's been very

44:19 ↗ good for numbers and I've had a lot of

44:21 ↗ myself included, me and my friends have

44:22 ↗ ridden it multiple times. It is safe and

44:24 ↗ it's um very um accessible to people

44:27 ↗ especially in this area since it's

44:29 ↗ coming over to the east side. Um, and so

44:32 ↗ way that we implemented transingo into

44:33 ↗ our school was for clubs and school and

44:36 ↗ individual groups to um complete

44:37 ↗ challenges to earn bingos, which is what

44:39 ↗ each square is. And then the school with

44:41 ↗ the most bingo wins at the end of the

44:42 ↗ year. And there is a cash, I'm not sure

44:44 ↗ if it's cash, but there's a uh money

44:46 ↗ prize. And so that's also an incentive

44:48 ↗ for people to um complete bingos. And

44:50 ↗ then um specifically for us for

44:52 ↗ sustainability ambassadors, we do things

44:54 ↗ called impact projects. And to be a

44:56 ↗ sustainability ambassador, you're

44:57 ↗ expected to do three in your time. Um

44:59 ↗ and Cersei and we have excuse me, we

45:02 ↗ have created a transit bingo impact

45:04 ↗ project with Cersei is completed. And so

45:06 ↗ she'll go through that right now.

45:07 ↗ >> Yeah. So this is just an example of one

45:09 ↗ of the entries. It's my own entry. Um,

45:11 ↗ and I actually did a video to help uh

45:15 ↗ spread like I made a video to kind of

45:17 ↗ broadcast how easy it is. And it was a

45:21 ↗ uh I think I actually did all of these

45:23 ↗ in one trip. So, it was a cool

45:26 ↗ experiment to kind of see how people are

45:28 ↗ receptive to like the kind of game

45:31 ↗ approach to sustainability. And that was

45:34 ↗ it was wellreceived. The video was very

45:36 ↗ wellreceived amongst my peers. Uh but I

45:40 ↗ think that in the future if we were to

45:42 ↗ do this again, if we were to do this

45:45 ↗ again, we would definitely make sure to

45:47 ↗ have the prize money that Bella has uh

45:50 ↗ that Bella mentioned, make sure that the

45:52 ↗ prize is very well understood amongst

45:55 ↗ all of the classrooms. That's something

45:57 ↗ that was definitely a constraint for

46:00 ↗ some of the teachers. They didn't fully

46:01 ↗ understand and that's something that

46:03 ↗ we're going to continue on with next

46:04 ↗ year. Yeah. And just on that note, it's

46:06 ↗ um going forward since it was a new new

46:09 ↗ implementation this year, obviously

46:11 ↗ there's going to be some hiccups.

46:12 ↗ Obviously, there's not going to be a

46:13 ↗ great, you know, it's not going to stick

46:15 ↗ as much as we want it to. And so, the

46:17 ↗ result that we did get was really great

46:18 ↗ for the first year. And hopefully, we'll

46:20 ↗ be able to um push that out to the

46:22 ↗ school in a more um straightforward way

46:26 ↗ and so that um the stu the teachers can

46:28 ↗ then show that to students. And so it's

46:30 ↗ not just coming from um students who

46:32 ↗ don't have a big super big voice in the

46:34 ↗ community. And so um this could be your

46:38 ↗ school next is sort of the idea that

46:41 ↗ we're going for and we're sort of trying

46:42 ↗ to push the that the money prize. Um and

46:45 ↗ with 49 bingo and 800 pounds of carbon

46:48 ↗ um emissions avoided this year the

46:50 ↗ winner was

46:52 ↗ >> Yeah.

46:52 ↗ >> Wita High School.

46:53 ↗ >> Yes.

46:54 ↗ >> Um and they I'm not entirely sure. Um I

46:58 ↗ think we've we've talked to the to the

47:00 ↗ sustainability officers there and they

47:01 ↗ shared with us some of their um uh some

47:04 ↗ of their pathways of sharing the transit

47:07 ↗ bingo and it was just through through

47:08 ↗ classes through clubs. I know that the

47:10 ↗ eco club at Wanita is very strong and so

47:12 ↗ that's how they pushed it through as

47:13 ↗ well. And so um I'm part of the equal

47:15 ↗ club at Isco High School. And so I tried

47:17 ↗ to push it through that as well for

47:19 ↗ that, but we are quite small and so I

47:20 ↗ think it was about three or four of us

47:22 ↗ who actually completed a bingo this

47:24 ↗ year, which is a little bit unfortunate,

47:25 ↗ but hopefully we'll be able to grow that

47:26 ↗ again next year through those avenues.

47:28 ↗ >> Yes. Okay. Um Yeah. And then also a

47:32 ↗ small thing, there is like a Spanish bus

47:34 ↗ pingo which I thought is a very like

47:35 ↗ just personally I do like I I've taken

47:38 ↗ Spanish classes in the past and I

47:40 ↗ thought this was a really interesting

47:41 ↗ and very on point uh addition that a

47:44 ↗ curriculum could add and uh definitely

47:47 ↗ will be investing more in this in the

47:48 ↗ future. again, Spanish teachers weren't

47:51 ↗ fully they didn't fully understand the

47:54 ↗ games um actual how it was done and how

47:58 ↗ the ASB was able to distribute money. I

48:01 ↗ think that was something that uh Spanish

48:03 ↗ teachers didn't really understand. So

48:05 ↗ that was something that's something

48:06 ↗ we're going to work on next year again

48:07 ↗ like that was previously mentioned.

48:09 ↗ We're going to talk with Wanita and how

48:11 ↗ they pursue that. But yeah, this is

48:14 ↗ another thing that I think me personally

48:15 ↗ are pretty excited about. And then just

48:16 ↗ to specify SP when we say Spanish brush

48:18 ↗ bingo bus bingo, excuse me, we mean that

48:20 ↗ the Spanish classes push out a Spanish

48:23 ↗ version of the bingo board. And so that

48:25 ↗ the students are then um required to

48:28 ↗ complete a bingo like for the class. It

48:30 ↗ wasn't necessarily in the curriculum

48:32 ↗ this year to actually complete that.

48:33 ↗ Like what we would try to do in the

48:35 ↗ future is so all the teachers implement

48:37 ↗ this into their curriculum and you get

48:39 ↗ you get points in the class for it. So

48:41 ↗ it's more of an required thing rather

48:43 ↗ than just you know, oh here's this

48:45 ↗ board. I don't know what it means.

48:46 ↗ Great. Move on.

48:47 ↗ >> Yeah. So, yeah.

48:48 ↗ >> Yeah. And a lot of Spanish teachers

48:50 ↗ recepted to received it very well. They

48:52 ↗ really liked it. But again, like they

48:54 ↗ did communication.

48:55 ↗ >> Yeah.

48:56 ↗ >> Okay. And then Yeah. Here's a photo from

48:59 ↗ the two line opening. That's something

49:01 ↗ we were able to be at the ribbon cutting

49:03 ↗ of and uh again, we're going to have a

49:06 ↗ workshop surrounding the two line and

49:09 ↗ since it's pretty fresh in the

49:10 ↗ community.

49:12 ↗ Yeah. Okay.

49:14 ↗ So we had May bike to school months

49:20 ↗ and we went through and during this

49:22 ↗ month we took photos of multiple photos

49:24 ↗ multiple times of of four schools. So we

49:26 ↗ have PCMS, CMS, IHS and IMS. We weren't

49:30 ↗ able to put all the photos on here cuz

49:32 ↗ not enough room. But for PCMS and CMS,

49:35 ↗ we don't have as many bikes or scooters

49:37 ↗ due to the rain in the photos. But we

49:41 ↗ have decent participation from PCMS in

49:43 ↗ terms of scooters and bikes overall. And

49:45 ↗ CMS, there is a small amount of bikes in

49:50 ↗ scooter participation due to the fact

49:52 ↗ that it's so hilly and people don't

49:53 ↗ really want to bike all the time there.

49:55 ↗ >> IHS on the other hand, we always have uh

49:58 ↗ electric bikes, electric scooters, bikes

50:00 ↗ in general. People are always biking

50:02 ↗ there and our bike racks are almost

50:03 ↗ always full. And IMS is about the same.

50:06 ↗ Today, that day was a little small, but

50:10 ↗ usually it's pretty full there, but they

50:12 ↗ sad sad part is they only have about one

50:14 ↗ bike rack, so they can't have a ton of

50:17 ↗ storage there. So, we might push to see

50:18 ↗ if we can get more bike racks there in

50:20 ↗ the future so more people can

50:21 ↗ incentivize

50:22 ↗ >> to bike. So 7.9% of students from IMS

50:26 ↗ and IHS use micromobility um according

50:29 ↗ to the carbon commute count and then

50:30 ↗ 29.2% of students use ebikes and

50:33 ↗ scooters out of the students who bike to

50:35 ↗ school.

50:36 ↗ >> And this is an important baseline for

50:38 ↗ some of the movements that we're doing

50:39 ↗ like the bike to school that is

50:42 ↗ occurring now and then will occur later

50:44 ↗ in October. Uh we also are using the

50:47 ↗ information of our geography and like

50:50 ↗ understanding why people might not bike

50:52 ↗ to for how we can fuel events in the

50:55 ↗ future like making it more of like a

50:57 ↗ sporty type event for if it's a more

51:00 ↗ taxing hill or if it's a more flat area

51:03 ↗ talk about as a more leisure activity.

51:05 ↗ So understanding social aspects from the

51:09 ↗ data here.

51:12 ↗ So our goal is like like Cersei just

51:15 ↗ covered is to establish a bike rack

51:16 ↗ baseline for all schools and the month

51:19 ↗ uh bike to school month was a very good

51:21 ↗ way to do that since it was very

51:23 ↗ incentivized or not incentivized but it

51:25 ↗ was very widespread you should bike to

51:27 ↗ school. Um and we also want to encourage

51:28 ↗ more ebike participation plus bike

51:30 ↗ participation in general and promote the

51:32 ↗ October bike to school day.

51:35 ↗ So our DA sustainability toolkit was

51:37 ↗ built by some ambassadors not just at is

51:39 ↗ a quality department but overall and its

51:42 ↗ goal was to get a widespread uh baseline

51:45 ↗ and detailed way to promote

51:48 ↗ sustainability within DECA because DECA

51:50 ↗ is such a large organization that

51:52 ↗ pushing it out could reduce carbon

51:54 ↗ emissions and sustainability overall.

51:58 ↗ >> Yeah.

52:01 ↗ And then this is our ASB sustainability

52:04 ↗ plan, which is ASB is another huge big

52:07 ↗ part of Isiqua High School culture,

52:09 ↗ which is basically the leadership point

52:12 ↗ of it. So we're the ones that plan the

52:14 ↗ school dances, the spirit weeks,

52:17 ↗ basically anything that happens around

52:19 ↗ Isiqua High School is pretty much done

52:21 ↗ by ASB. So whenever you see on the

52:23 ↗ slides encourage this, advertise this,

52:26 ↗ most of that is done through ASB and the

52:29 ↗ sustainability initiatives that we've

52:30 ↗ done in ASB. And so you can see here how

52:33 ↗ we created a sustainable purchasing

52:35 ↗ guide this year. And then also through

52:38 ↗ that that would also change the event

52:40 ↗ planning that we would do for events

52:42 ↗ like homecoming, prom, and then also to

52:45 ↗ which I don't know if you guys know what

52:46 ↗ that is, but also like spring fling and

52:48 ↗ things like that. Um, and basically is

52:52 ↗ the whole point of it was this year

52:54 ↗ during the summer we found around 4,000

52:56 ↗ plastic forks in the back closet and

52:59 ↗ people will still planning on buying

53:02 ↗ more forks for homecoming that year. We

53:05 ↗ don't need more than 4,000 forks for

53:07 ↗ homecoming. So, the point is to reuse

53:09 ↗ what we have and not to buy more things

53:12 ↗ just for the sake of a new theme and

53:16 ↗ just aesthetic purposes. And so that's

53:18 ↗ what we did with ASB this year.

53:21 ↗ And yeah, like Tahina said, since ASB is

53:24 ↗ such a large governing body, not only in

53:26 ↗ Isqua, for every high school, um we

53:29 ↗ really want to heavily focus on the

53:31 ↗ expectations of the sustainability

53:33 ↗ initiatives in ASB just so they have an

53:35 ↗ understanding of of how to successfully

53:38 ↗ um plan and uh go through events without

53:43 ↗ creating as much waste as we have in the

53:44 ↗ past. And another thing would be like

53:46 ↗ football games like um just the the

53:49 ↗ trash and waste that's left by the

53:51 ↗ masses of people just so we have a

53:52 ↗ better way to kind of control that and

53:54 ↗ just um keep our school clean because

53:56 ↗ that's the the baseline ways we can um

54:00 ↗ go through with ASB sustainability tool.

54:02 ↗ >> And in the future we're planning on

54:03 ↗ having a lot more initiatives around

54:05 ↗ sporting events like cleaning up stuff

54:09 ↗ from because the football games get kind

54:10 ↗ of messy. So cleaning up after yourself

54:14 ↗ and then hopefully gaining like a raffle

54:16 ↗ ticket or something to get a prize has

54:18 ↗ been something that we've talked about.

54:20 ↗ And this year we also did an Earthweek

54:22 ↗ spirit week. And so through that we did

54:25 ↗ a lot of these initiatives where you

54:27 ↗ sign up for an orchid card. You get a

54:29 ↗ piece of candy. You turn off the lights

54:32 ↗ in your classroom. You get a chance to

54:34 ↗ win a prize. You fill up water bottles.

54:37 ↗ You get a chance to fill to fill up a

54:39 ↗ prize. you bring your reusable water

54:41 ↗ bottle, you get free stickers. So, just

54:43 ↗ those initiatives is really what gets

54:45 ↗ kids to care about this stuff because

54:48 ↗ while we care about the sustainability

54:50 ↗ aspect, these are tired teenagers and

54:52 ↗ they don't really know a whole lot. So,

54:55 ↗ we got to find some way to make them

54:56 ↗ participate. And on the note of ASB, we

54:59 ↗ actually were able to do a town hall in

55:01 ↗ which ASB was invited along with a

55:03 ↗ sustainable design and technology class.

55:06 ↗ and we got the uh city of Isiqua the

55:09 ↗ board to come and it was uh most notably

55:12 ↗ a Q&A type of session where we were able

55:14 ↗ to talk with others. Um David Rey and uh

55:17 ↗ Stacy were also there. So it was it was

55:20 ↗ just a great collaboration time and

55:22 ↗ ability to uh talk with others. Bella

55:25 ↗ and Tanner, I know that you guys

55:27 ↗ >> Yeah. So me and Cersei are actually in

55:28 ↗ that sustainability class and I was so

55:31 ↗ moved and so um just infatuated with the

55:34 ↗ meeting and and all the information

55:35 ↗ shared that I actually ended up chasing

55:36 ↗ Peter down after the meeting to ask him

55:38 ↗ how I could get involved and I would not

55:40 ↗ be standing in front of all of you today

55:42 ↗ um as a sustainability ambassador if we

55:44 ↗ have not had this town hall. So,

55:46 ↗ personally, I very very am um hoping

55:50 ↗ that we can continue this as a tradition

55:52 ↗ at Isqua High School and hopefully

55:54 ↗ spread it to um more cities and more

55:56 ↗ districts as well, just so we can get

55:58 ↗ the involvement that we're hoping to

55:59 ↗ continue with. Um and like I said

56:02 ↗ earlier, with graduating seniors,

56:03 ↗ there's always an influx and um a push

56:05 ↗ out of students. And so, we just want to

56:07 ↗ keep a a very baseline um strong team.

56:10 ↗ And so if we were to be able to have

56:12 ↗ this town hall next year and the year

56:14 ↗ after that, that would allow us to do

56:15 ↗ so.

56:16 ↗ >> Yeah. Same thing with Bella. This town

56:18 ↗ hall. Uh when I was there, I was also I

56:20 ↗ heard what Peter and Cersei and Tahina

56:22 ↗ and Cam were all talking about. And then

56:23 ↗ the Q&A and seeing what the city's

56:25 ↗ really doing and wants to do and I

56:27 ↗ realized that that's something I want to

56:29 ↗ be a part of. And I ended up talking to

56:30 ↗ my friends after it. And a lot of them

56:32 ↗ also have the same like they want to do

56:34 ↗ this, they just don't have the time

56:35 ↗ commitment. So, I feel like if we go to

56:37 ↗ more town halls and we have more like if

56:39 ↗ we really are open with uh school and

56:41 ↗ with the kids what they want to do, um I

56:43 ↗ feel like a lot more people would join

56:44 ↗ because this was really limited to a

56:46 ↗ certain amount of people and it was only

56:48 ↗ really ASB and then some sustainability

56:50 ↗ classes. So, I think if this is like a

56:52 ↗ assembly or some sort of larger event

56:55 ↗ that was more advertised with posters, I

56:58 ↗ feel like we could get a lot more

56:58 ↗ participation and then our people for

57:00 ↗ sustainability ambassadors.

57:02 ↗ >> Yes, we're very lucky to have fella in

57:05 ↗ there.

57:07 ↗ Okay. Did you do it?

57:09 ↗ >> No. Yes. Okay. So, yeah. Again, like

57:12 ↗ they said, we're trying to do as many

57:14 ↗ town halls as possible in the future and

57:17 ↗ we're very happy with our work.

57:19 ↗ >> And then really quick, um, as I

57:21 ↗ mentioned earlier, the entire precipice

57:23 ↗ of the ASB toolkit is to be adaptable,

57:25 ↗ right? because we want as many schools

57:27 ↗ as possible to take in these initiatives

57:30 ↗ and sort of make it work for that school

57:32 ↗ just so there's they're doing something

57:34 ↗ instead of oh well you know we can't do

57:36 ↗ this one thing and just kind of throw in

57:38 ↗ the plan away. We want to reach as many

57:40 ↗ people and as many groups as as possible

57:43 ↗ and it's um it's more inviting if if

57:45 ↗ it's not such a rigid structure. And so

57:48 ↗ having that adaptability and having sort

57:50 ↗ of these fun events to like pick and

57:52 ↗ choose what you want to do and fit into

57:53 ↗ the school day is a really just

57:55 ↗ important way to spread our influence.

57:58 ↗ And we've already started doing that. So

58:00 ↗ over last summer we me and a couple

58:03 ↗ other sustainability ambassadors created

58:05 ↗ the toolkit that you guys saw. And then

58:08 ↗ that's kind of just like a template for

58:10 ↗ what you can do. And then essentially

58:11 ↗ what would happen is we would present it

58:13 ↗ to all the other sustainability masters

58:15 ↗ and they would take it to their

58:16 ↗ respective schools and format it for

58:19 ↗ their own ASVs. And we've already

58:21 ↗ started that process which is really

58:22 ↗ exciting.

58:23 ↗ >> Yes.

58:24 ↗ >> And also um adding on to what Tina says

58:27 ↗ not just ASV but we can also we're also

58:29 ↗ thinking of like diversifying and how

58:30 ↗ can we bring sustainability to any type

58:32 ↗ of club. Me and Tanner are in robotics

58:34 ↗ and so that'll be a very interesting

58:36 ↗ angle. Um I think we have dinner every

58:38 ↗ night when it gets really busy. So how

58:41 ↗ do we add sustainability there? How do

58:43 ↗ we recycle more parts? Um yeah, so this

58:46 ↗ is just start.

58:49 ↗ Yeah. And then to end off the circulator

58:52 ↗ route. Um originally it was called route

58:55 ↗ 200 and or the freebie. And so this has

59:01 ↗ been something that is has gone away in

59:03 ↗ the past, but the increase of Highlands

59:06 ↗ residents and just movement around

59:09 ↗ there. Even though there is the metrlex,

59:11 ↗ we're looking at how can we maybe

59:13 ↗ possibly bring it back and you know

59:15 ↗ pitching to the city looking at how we

59:17 ↗ can really um get we want we first our

59:21 ↗ first step actually was to get a

59:24 ↗ assessment of what the students actually

59:25 ↗ think like what do students want? would

59:28 ↗ they actually want this back? And we got

59:30 ↗ resounding um responses in the amount of

59:33 ↗ time. I think it was pretty it was a

59:35 ↗ pretty short window. We got 16 869

59:38 ↗ responses and there was a good amount

59:42 ↗ from the highlands. And so that's really

59:44 ↗ good news to hear considering um it is

59:47 ↗ aimed for the Highlands residents. Uh

59:49 ↗ and even though there were

59:53 ↗ yeah even though there's like route 554

59:56 ↗ on the measure of flex there's still a

59:57 ↗ high need for it and so this is

59:59 ↗ something that we're very excited about

1:00:01 ↗ and is yeah and so with that we it was

1:00:04 ↗ such a short window of time when this uh

1:00:06 ↗ survey and this route was presented to

1:00:07 ↗ us um and we it was spread over I think

1:00:10 ↗ three or four different individual

1:00:12 ↗ groups. I spread it to the Eagle Club.

1:00:14 ↗ Uh you guys spread it to robotics. I

1:00:15 ↗ spread it to two of my individual

1:00:17 ↗ classes. And so for um the amount of

1:00:20 ↗ time that we were given it was pretty

1:00:21 ↗ good uh turnout. However um we are

1:00:24 ↗ looking to still push um to get to

1:00:26 ↗ collect data from this just so we have a

1:00:28 ↗ like a very strong baseline to then

1:00:30 ↗ present this to um it's called

1:00:32 ↗ transportation and if they decide to

1:00:34 ↗ actually uh bring it back or not. Um and

1:00:36 ↗ then again this would go with the bus

1:00:38 ↗ bingo transit. It would encourage that.

1:00:40 ↗ would encourage um again the carb

1:00:42 ↗ commute count and we could hopefully

1:00:44 ↗ increase the number of um public

1:00:46 ↗ transport users and decrease um just

1:00:49 ↗ individual vehicle use as well.

1:00:51 ↗ >> Yes. And if you guys want the QR code is

1:00:54 ↗ there if you guys are curious about

1:00:57 ↗ possibly reviving just speculating

1:01:01 ↗ interest but you will have an impact. So

1:01:04 ↗ if you guys want um and I think that

1:01:06 ↗ that's our last slide. Thank you guys.

1:01:08 ↗ Thank you so much.

1:01:17 ↗ >> First, thank you. Um, so good

1:01:20 ↗ presentation, lots of great initiatives,

1:01:23 ↗ great job. Um, so a couple of things

1:01:25 ↗ here. So, first one I wanted to check

1:01:27 ↗ was, um, you talked about transit bingo,

1:01:30 ↗ right? And the success of or how many

1:01:33 ↗ people actually contributed and stuff.

1:01:35 ↗ So um that is specifically for school

1:01:38 ↗ buses right that runs it bingo or is it

1:01:40 ↗ >> No, it's for public public buses.

1:01:42 ↗ >> So then I had a suggestion on that. Have

1:01:45 ↗ you reached out to King County

1:01:47 ↗ >> library system? The libraries have

1:01:50 ↗ events where you can hold a booth and

1:01:52 ↗ actually keep your flyers for transit.

1:01:54 ↗ Oh really?

1:01:55 ↗ >> That would be a great idea. I mean

1:01:56 ↗ county library system host lots of these

1:01:59 ↗ kinds of events and they would be happy

1:02:02 ↗ to do it because it's it's meant for the

1:02:04 ↗ community. So that would be a good way

1:02:06 ↗ to do that. And also you might have

1:02:08 ↗ already reached out to different um

1:02:11 ↗ green teams or eco clubs in different

1:02:12 ↗ schools.

1:02:13 ↗ >> Yes, absolutely. We um we try to get to

1:02:16 ↗ middle schools as well just since this

1:02:17 ↗ is not a high school based um group and

1:02:20 ↗ we got in contact with Isqu Middle

1:02:22 ↗ School but not Cougar Mountain. that

1:02:23 ↗ that will be our next sort of reach for

1:02:25 ↗ that.

1:02:26 ↗ >> And couple of other uh places you can

1:02:28 ↗ also reach out to will be youth boards,

1:02:30 ↗ city youth boards as well as um lots of

1:02:34 ↗ most elementary schools in the area have

1:02:38 ↗ STEM fairs where they will have all

1:02:40 ↗ these kinds of booths available and you

1:02:42 ↗ know uh they will have sustainability or

1:02:45 ↗ earth events things like that. So those

1:02:47 ↗ would be good ways to have a booth and

1:02:49 ↗ talk about it um to increase the

1:02:52 ↗ visibility primarily. But I think the

1:02:54 ↗ library would be a great area to move

1:02:57 ↗ to.

1:02:57 ↗ >> Thank you. I appreciate that.

1:02:58 ↗ >> Um and the other question I had was um

1:03:02 ↗ the data for um the carbon commute,

1:03:06 ↗ right? The tons data. So you said you

1:03:09 ↗ did surveys. So my question was

1:03:11 ↗ especially since you had the data

1:03:13 ↗ specific to Isaakqua high school I was

1:03:16 ↗ just curious to see did you do the

1:03:18 ↗ survey so if you have 2500 students did

1:03:21 ↗ you get 2500 or close to 2500 responses

1:03:25 ↗ or how confident are you about the

1:03:27 ↗ carbon commute data

1:03:30 ↗ >> I would say that it was pretty decent

1:03:32 ↗ and considering like I think that

1:03:35 ↗ obviously all data can be manipulated

1:03:37 ↗ but as someone who took the survey

1:03:39 ↗ myself and also guided my friends

1:03:41 ↗ through you know the survey themselves.

1:03:44 ↗ I was able to see how

1:03:47 ↗ there was a section where you could see

1:03:50 ↗ how far away from the school do you live

1:03:52 ↗ and then also um like what kind of like

1:03:57 ↗ auto like automotive do you take do you

1:03:59 ↗ take a car etc do you car poolool and so

1:04:02 ↗ that was important in how we do

1:04:04 ↗ calculations so we actually had a way to

1:04:06 ↗ calculate distance and then equate it to

1:04:09 ↗ how many um how much carbon have you

1:04:12 ↗ actually emitted and so that's how So,

1:04:14 ↗ we were able to get numbers like that.

1:04:15 ↗ We would take the distance that was

1:04:17 ↗ traveled that the student would input

1:04:19 ↗ and then um put it into our um

1:04:23 ↗ calculations. So, I think I'm pretty

1:04:25 ↗ confident. And then just to answer your

1:04:26 ↗ question specifically, out of 2500

1:04:28 ↗ students, about uh I think it was 1,653

1:04:32 ↗ actually filled out the survey

1:04:33 ↗ completely. So, um, obviously not not

1:04:36 ↗ enough, like not the entire school, not

1:04:38 ↗ 100% of the school, which is what we

1:04:39 ↗ would officially like, but also it's

1:04:41 ↗ just very hard to push out, uh,

1:04:43 ↗ something electronically throughout the

1:04:44 ↗ school day, just again with with

1:04:46 ↗ teachers and not wanting phones and

1:04:48 ↗ stuff like that because that was our

1:04:49 ↗ main avenue of of pushing that out. We

1:04:51 ↗ also did put it on Canvas and so every

1:04:53 ↗ student at a school, high school has

1:04:55 ↗ access to Canvas, which is our learning

1:04:56 ↗ portal. And so, um, unfortunately, you

1:04:59 ↗ know, we can't make a student fill it

1:05:01 ↗ out, right? So, um, hopefully next year

1:05:04 ↗ we'll have a a better baseline for that

1:05:06 ↗ and we'll actually increase our numbers.

1:05:08 ↗ But, but yeah, that was that's what we

1:05:09 ↗ got from this year.

1:05:10 ↗ >> And the reason I was bringing that up is

1:05:12 ↗ since you're keeping the percent

1:05:14 ↗ reduction goal over the years, right?

1:05:16 ↗ You want to know that how much how much

1:05:18 ↗ how many responses you got the first

1:05:20 ↗ year versus how many responses you are

1:05:22 ↗ getting the third year. So for example

1:05:24 ↗ if if third year you're getting 2500

1:05:26 ↗ responses and your you know ton of data

1:05:29 ↗ like the carbon commute number looks

1:05:31 ↗ higher you want to include that so that

1:05:34 ↗ you know exactly you know so that you

1:05:36 ↗ will have a better estimate of how much

1:05:38 ↗ reduction is happening. Yeah, thank you.

1:05:41 ↗ >> Great job. Thank you. Thank you.

1:05:43 ↗ >> Thank you, PJ. Nancy,

1:05:45 ↗ >> by the way, great job, guys. I'm very

1:05:47 ↗ impressed.

1:05:48 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:05:48 ↗ >> Um, I have a suggestion. You're talking

1:05:50 ↗ about reducing your waste like at

1:05:52 ↗ homecoming and at football games.

1:05:55 ↗ >> Have you ever gone down to climate

1:05:57 ↗ pledge and asked for a tour of how

1:05:58 ↗ they're doing it? because they are

1:06:01 ↗ totally sustainable and you need to go

1:06:03 ↗ down and talk to the experts that have

1:06:05 ↗ found a way to reduce the amount that

1:06:08 ↗ they're of garbage and stuff like that.

1:06:10 ↗ What they what are they doing and how

1:06:12 ↗ could they partner with you to do

1:06:14 ↗ something better at high schools? And I

1:06:17 ↗ think it would be an a I think they

1:06:19 ↗ would embrace you. I think it would be a

1:06:21 ↗ great opportunity for all of you to meet

1:06:24 ↗ some of the leaders in the community

1:06:25 ↗ that are trying to change things. And I

1:06:28 ↗ highly encourage you and if you need any

1:06:31 ↗ help, I know a few people so I might be

1:06:33 ↗ able to not. But anyway, I just think

1:06:35 ↗ it's a great place to

1:06:39 ↗ ways to reduce how much garbage goes in,

1:06:42 ↗ especially at big events like

1:06:43 ↗ homecoming, football games, all that

1:06:45 ↗ stuff. So, I don't know. Have you looked

1:06:47 ↗ at climate pledge at all?

1:06:48 ↗ >> I actually not true. Not true. I really

1:06:51 ↗ appreciate you saying that because um me

1:06:53 ↗ and Peter have been working on something

1:06:54 ↗ for a little while. This is sort of an

1:06:55 ↗ individual project that I've been going

1:06:57 ↗ on. Um, but I don't know if obviously I

1:06:59 ↗ see you're wearing a Kraken sweatshirt,

1:07:00 ↗ so I I know you're into the sports and

1:07:02 ↗ everything

1:07:04 ↗ pledge a lot.

1:07:05 ↗ >> Oh, yeah. Big fan. So, I um but I have

1:07:09 ↗ been looking into the Green Sports

1:07:10 ↗ Alliance, which is a national

1:07:12 ↗ organization that um that does exactly

1:07:15 ↗ what you're speaking about. And actually

1:07:17 ↗ um both T-Mobile Stadium um I don't

1:07:19 ↗ think Lumenfield is quite up there yet

1:07:20 ↗ and Climate Pledge are the um first zero

1:07:24 ↗ carbon. Yes. And so I've been

1:07:27 ↗ researching that quite a bit and uh me

1:07:29 ↗ and Peter's goal is to create a student

1:07:32 ↗ group that um is an affiliation with

1:07:34 ↗ them and that uh brings in all of those

1:07:38 ↗ all of just the waste and just kind of

1:07:40 ↗ there's many different levels of what

1:07:41 ↗ they do and obviously they're on a

1:07:43 ↗ professional level so they have funding

1:07:44 ↗ which is a big um right

1:07:46 ↗ >> a big issue for for high school level um

1:07:49 ↗ just to bring to sort of bring that to

1:07:51 ↗ down to high school level and um there

1:07:53 ↗ is there they are in affiliation with

1:07:55 ↗ colleges. And so we actually were

1:07:58 ↗ thinking of applying to the organization

1:08:00 ↗ as a college base, like a college group,

1:08:04 ↗ excuse me. And they have memberships.

1:08:05 ↗ They have um they have a few different

1:08:08 ↗ avenues to get into um with all of the

1:08:11 ↗ the mentors and the um people in higher

1:08:14 ↗ positions um with that information. So I

1:08:15 ↗ I do appreciate you saying that,

1:08:17 ↗ bringing that up because that is

1:08:17 ↗ something that personally I have been

1:08:19 ↗ working on behind the scenes. So

1:08:20 ↗ >> cool. Thank you.

1:08:21 ↗ >> Very cool.

1:08:23 ↗ >> Thank you, Susie. Yeah. Um I'm curious

1:08:27 ↗ um since uh a lot of the initiatives

1:08:31 ↗ that you were driving um focused on kind

1:08:34 ↗ of bottoms up individual student actions

1:08:37 ↗ um you did also talk about a policy that

1:08:39 ↗ you drove um for the school district.

1:08:42 ↗ I'm curious how you think about um kind

1:08:44 ↗ of topdown initiatives as opposed to

1:08:48 ↗ kind of grassroots um like how do you

1:08:51 ↗ think about engaging

1:08:53 ↗ um you know your school procurement

1:08:56 ↗ uh or

1:08:58 ↗ uh other district policies that could

1:09:01 ↗ have um kind of a top down impact. Um

1:09:05 ↗ I'm curious how your English

1:09:07 ↗ >> when you say top down just to clarify do

1:09:09 ↗ you mean like from teachers level and

1:09:10 ↗ it's kind of that the higher level of

1:09:13 ↗ students is that what you mean?

1:09:14 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:09:15 ↗ >> Uh sort of a like leadership or

1:09:18 ↗ governance perspective right because um

1:09:20 ↗ you know you were talking about like

1:09:22 ↗ buying forks

1:09:24 ↗ >> um but what about like the forks in your

1:09:26 ↗ cafeteria things like that like how are

1:09:29 ↗ you thinking about uh influencing some

1:09:32 ↗ of those decisions? um that could you

1:09:35 ↗ know kind of have that that trickle down

1:09:37 ↗ influence um and change

1:09:41 ↗ more practices than on an individual

1:09:44 ↗ level.

1:09:44 ↗ >> Yeah. So the forks in our cafeteria is

1:09:47 ↗ actually already compostable. So all of

1:09:49 ↗ the material that we use in the school

1:09:51 ↗ cafeteria is 100% compostable and we

1:09:55 ↗ actually have like

1:09:56 ↗ >> how to recycle and how to compost and

1:09:59 ↗ what's trash and what's not. We made

1:10:01 ↗ sure to cover that in our spirit week

1:10:04 ↗ and also we put a few social media posts

1:10:06 ↗ and things like that just so students

1:10:08 ↗ would know how to do waste. So I will

1:10:10 ↗ say that from my knowledge our like

1:10:13 ↗ leadership and like our management is

1:10:16 ↗ very green minded and they do a lot. I

1:10:19 ↗ think the point of our ASB and DECA

1:10:22 ↗ initiatives was trying to get more kids

1:10:24 ↗ to care about it as well because that's

1:10:26 ↗ kind of what brought upon the bottom up

1:10:29 ↗ approach like you said because it's like

1:10:32 ↗ four like five of us at Isaka High

1:10:34 ↗ School isn't going to be enough to like

1:10:37 ↗ change the minds of 2,500 kids. So, it's

1:10:40 ↗ kind of that like little baby steps that

1:10:43 ↗ like you get used to the idea of

1:10:44 ↗ sustainability and then eventually

1:10:46 ↗ hopefully in a few years to come it'll

1:10:49 ↗ be a natural thing that comes on like of

1:10:52 ↗ course we pick up after ourselves and of

1:10:54 ↗ course we use compostable things and we

1:10:56 ↗ bring reusable water bottles and things

1:10:58 ↗ like that. So, I think the point is

1:11:00 ↗ getting used to the idea of

1:11:02 ↗ sustainability. And then um specific

1:11:05 ↗ specifically today was something that I

1:11:07 ↗ witnessed um along the lines with like

1:11:09 ↗ the the compostable utensils and stuff

1:11:11 ↗ that we used. Um someone came into our

1:11:14 ↗ into lunch today and went over the

1:11:16 ↗ loudspeaker and announced that Isqua had

1:11:18 ↗ won some some sort of compostable award

1:11:21 ↗ or some sort of um award related to the

1:11:24 ↗ waste that we have or like the most you

1:11:26 ↗ know green school for waste or something

1:11:28 ↗ like that. I'm not entirely sure what

1:11:29 ↗ the announcement was, but we did receive

1:11:33 ↗ some sort of of recognition for that.

1:11:35 ↗ Um, at the um at the city level, there

1:11:39 ↗ it was a city person who came in and I

1:11:40 ↗ got to speak with her after for a

1:11:42 ↗ minute. Um, but she was on her way out

1:11:43 ↗ and it was it was about to be classed.

1:11:45 ↗ So I didn't exactly get specifics but um

1:11:48 ↗ just from to relate back to your your

1:11:50 ↗ trickle down approach we we have been

1:11:52 ↗ doing things like that and I I do think

1:11:54 ↗ that um through the ASB toolkit it that

1:11:57 ↗ will be another avenue for that just

1:11:59 ↗ since it is this like higher level and

1:12:02 ↗ it is other than like sending out

1:12:04 ↗ surveys and doing things at the baseline

1:12:05 ↗ it's just sort of we're like sandwiching

1:12:06 ↗ right now if that makes sense and so

1:12:07 ↗ it's hard to reach the people in the

1:12:08 ↗ middle who don't you know have phones

1:12:10 ↗ and they can't fill out the survey or

1:12:12 ↗ there's just there's so many um

1:12:14 ↗ variables that go into things like that.

1:12:16 ↗ And so, um, we're just trying to like

1:12:17 ↗ move our way in from both sides, I

1:12:19 ↗ guess, if that makes sense to me.

1:12:21 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:12:22 ↗ >> Uh, I actually know that the city basic,

1:12:25 ↗ they were monitoring our trash and

1:12:26 ↗ recycle and composting like abilities,

1:12:29 ↗ and I think that that's where that award

1:12:31 ↗ came from. Yeah. So if anyone was like

1:12:34 ↗ dying to know but I think also in terms

1:12:36 ↗ of trickle down a big thing that we're

1:12:37 ↗ doing is education and honing in on how

1:12:40 ↗ teachers can be more conscious of the

1:12:43 ↗ environment and I think that that will

1:12:45 ↗ could have a really big impact at our

1:12:48 ↗ school and then maybe even in the school

1:12:49 ↗ board even further. uh just talking

1:12:52 ↗ about ed um environmental

1:12:55 ↗ like factors so much uh in terms of

1:12:58 ↗ recent I think with our digital

1:13:00 ↗ conferences that are coming up we're

1:13:02 ↗ offering even like stipens to teachers

1:13:05 ↗ and licensed professionals that are

1:13:07 ↗ really renowned at our school like I

1:13:08 ↗ know some of the math board like math

1:13:11 ↗ legs of the school or some of the

1:13:13 ↗ English legs of the school some of the

1:13:15 ↗ science legs that can be they're able to

1:13:17 ↗ go to some of our conferences that we're

1:13:19 ↗ holding and running and um through

1:13:21 ↗ whatever types of motivations they're

1:13:23 ↗ able to come out with it with a lot of

1:13:25 ↗ experience in environmental work and how

1:13:27 ↗ it can be integrated into their jobs and

1:13:29 ↗ I think that that is something that

1:13:30 ↗ could have a major effect even

1:13:31 ↗ subconsciously

1:13:33 ↗ um in when they're teaching like how oh

1:13:36 ↗ this unit of calculus maybe I oh I know

1:13:39 ↗ this could be related to environment

1:13:42 ↗ environmental um like pushes uh because

1:13:45 ↗ of this conference that I did even if

1:13:47 ↗ it's just subconsciously for them or

1:13:49 ↗ even if just and it's they shut out in a

1:13:51 ↗ lesson one day. I think that that's

1:13:53 ↗ pretty monumental and um just little

1:13:56 ↗ steps like that and that we're looking

1:13:58 ↗ on making bigger in the future. So,

1:13:59 ↗ thank you.

1:14:00 ↗ >> Great.

1:14:00 ↗ >> Thank you guys.

1:14:01 ↗ >> Thanks.

1:14:02 ↗ >> Thank you guys. Great work.

1:14:04 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:14:10 ↗ >> Those were such good presentations. We

1:14:12 ↗ didn't want to cut anyone off. So, we

1:14:14 ↗ are running a little bit behind, but why

1:14:15 ↗ don't we take a couple minute break in

1:14:17 ↗ case you want to catch any of the

1:14:18 ↗ students on their way out and then we

1:14:21 ↗ will talk about

1:14:26 ↗ >> almost gives me hope.

1:14:31 ↗ >> It's starting. It's looking better,

1:14:32 ↗ doesn't it?

1:14:36 ↗ >> The next generation

1:15:03 ↗ Thank you so much. I love that. Love to

1:15:05 ↗ see

1:15:18 ↗ I'm stand by

1:15:30 ↗ 2016.

1:15:35 ↗ Oh, that's an old I think right now

1:16:06 ↗ the amount of waste

1:16:08 ↗ And then you like do a video about it.

1:16:19 ↗ >> You did. Yeah.

1:16:23 ↗ >> I know. It's kind of too

1:16:45 ↗ Are you

1:16:48 ↗ sure my friends

1:16:57 ↗ got to get

1:17:01 ↗ that? But

1:17:04 ↗ >> we can tear our work down.

1:17:06 ↗ >> Yeah. But I'm not a

1:17:09 ↗ sustainability. So,

1:17:22 ↗ which is why the last

1:17:34 ↗ question

1:17:37 ↗ as a freshman already knowing

1:17:40 ↗ So, I want to get rid

1:18:04 ↗ >> still. We have a survey like

1:18:11 ↗ >> we try to continue initiatives through

1:18:13 ↗ them. It's summer, so people are

1:18:15 ↗ traveling, so it's not as like

1:18:16 ↗ productive as

1:18:39 ↗ the solar things that are running these

1:18:40 ↗ things,

1:18:42 ↗ but they are Yeah.

1:18:44 ↗ >> So, all it took is a turtle for my son.

1:18:47 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:18:47 ↗ >> You know, and he's working on the

1:18:48 ↗ satellite. So,

1:18:52 ↗ >> anyway. Okay.

1:18:53 ↗ >> Thank you very much. Nice to meet you.

1:18:55 ↗ Good luck.

1:18:58 ↗ Good luck.

1:19:03 ↗ >> Great job, y'all.

1:19:05 ↗ Excited about next year and everything

1:19:07 ↗ else.

1:19:15 ↗ And then I talked to a guy.

1:19:23 ↗ >> So I was just there one day.

1:19:27 ↗ Yeah.

1:19:36 ↗ >> How are they doing?

1:19:38 ↗ And I think there's people that are just

1:19:44 ↗ sold the whole thing.

1:19:44 ↗ >> That's right. I mean

1:19:47 ↗ this could not recreate

1:19:53 ↗ working on it for a while. Have

1:19:54 ↗ >> you ever

1:20:09 ↗ contact

1:20:12 ↗ it's

1:20:15 ↗ hadn't gone.

1:20:18 ↗ >> I think my first my first was a concert.

1:20:23 ↗ >> Oh, it's normal.

1:20:25 ↗ >> I have not yet been to a crack before.

1:20:28 ↗ >> I know. She could do public comment.

1:20:35 ↗ >> Do you really

1:20:37 ↗ stop at 8:30?

1:20:40 ↗ >> I know about this because

1:20:44 ↗ just ask how you guys

1:20:49 ↗ at the sustainability.

1:20:50 ↗ >> Well, I've met you at the um at her

1:20:52 ↗ party that she had

1:20:54 ↗ the group.

1:20:58 ↗ >> Yes, but I don't think

1:21:00 ↗ >> yes.

1:21:03 ↗ >> No, I didn't make that connection thing.

1:21:06 ↗ >> She No, she

1:21:09 ↗ very exciting.

1:21:11 ↗ >> Did you go the heat. We didn't

1:21:16 ↗ >> talking

1:21:21 ↗ mid May to mid June has been

1:21:24 ↗ >> Let's go ahead and start again, folks.

1:21:26 ↗ >> It's um dark purple.

1:21:33 ↗ >> Great. Um okay, next. That was really

1:21:36 ↗ fun. I feel like that's always the best

1:21:38 ↗ uh meeting of the year is hearing all

1:21:40 ↗ the time. Can they come back next year?

1:21:43 ↗ Get an update on the project.

1:21:46 ↗ >> That was so positive.

1:21:47 ↗ >> Yes,

1:21:48 ↗ >> we are trying to do this every every

1:21:51 ↗ June. So, sustainability ambassadors

1:21:52 ↗ will be back in

1:21:54 ↗ there. Some of them.

1:21:56 ↗ >> Yeah. Great. And they referenced the ISD

1:21:59 ↗ sustainability policy that I think

1:22:00 ↗ Matthew and Zoe presented on last year.

1:22:04 ↗ So, um, all right. We're going to

1:22:05 ↗ transition to just as exciting of a

1:22:08 ↗ topic, the climate plan. uh potentially

1:22:11 ↗ our last conversation about the plan

1:22:14 ↗ update. Um but before we do that, I had

1:22:16 ↗ neglected to introduce Katie, who is our

1:22:19 ↗ summer intern. She's been with us for

1:22:22 ↗ actually almost a month now. Will be

1:22:24 ↗ with us through August. Do you want to

1:22:25 ↗ do a quick intro and talk about what

1:22:27 ↗ you're working on?

1:22:28 ↗ >> Yeah, sure. So, um I'm a graduate

1:22:30 ↗ student. I'm getting my MPA right now

1:22:33 ↗ focusing on environmental governance,

1:22:35 ↗ environmental politics. Um, my

1:22:38 ↗ background is in nonprofit and I wanted

1:22:40 ↗ to know what the government side of

1:22:41 ↗ things look like and Stacy and David

1:22:44 ↗ have brought me on and been really

1:22:45 ↗ awesome so far and going to get to do a

1:22:48 ↗ lot of cool things this summer. Um,

1:22:50 ↗ recently I've been helping with ebike

1:22:52 ↗ rebes, clean air, a little bit with the

1:22:54 ↗ IAP. Um, going to be helping with a

1:22:57 ↗ whole host of different projects over

1:23:00 ↗ the summer. got to work a little bit

1:23:02 ↗ with these awesome interns over the last

1:23:04 ↗ few weeks um before they were off. So

1:23:07 ↗ really excited to get some more exposure

1:23:10 ↗ to local sustainability governance and

1:23:13 ↗ learn from y'all while I'm here.

1:23:15 ↗ >> Welcome.

1:23:15 ↗ >> Cool. Welcome.

1:23:17 ↗ >> How long are you around for?

1:23:18 ↗ >> Till the end of August. So it's about 14

1:23:20 ↗ weeks total. Okay.

1:23:23 ↗ >> All right. Thank you.

1:23:24 ↗ >> Um Ann, did you want to Where'd she go?

1:23:27 ↗ >> Right here.

1:23:27 ↗ >> Oh, there you are.

1:23:28 ↗ >> Save time. I know you're behind

1:23:30 ↗ schedule.

1:23:30 ↗ >> Yeah, feel free if you want to provide

1:23:32 ↗ some comment ahead of the ed

1:23:33 ↗ conversation.

1:23:34 ↗ >> Okay, great. I know all the rules. You

1:23:36 ↗ don't have to go through the rules.

1:23:38 ↗ >> Okay. I'm Anne Fletcher. I'm a resident

1:23:40 ↗ uh and a member of People for Climate

1:23:42 ↗ Action and uh I was blown away. I wow

1:23:46 ↗ the students. Um I'm a former teacher,

1:23:49 ↗ retired teacher. So that was really

1:23:50 ↗ heartening. Uh and uh so many uh

1:23:53 ↗ connections and um and co- benefits. Um

1:23:57 ↗ uh a number of you a few years ago,

1:24:00 ↗ actually four years ago, I think um PCA

1:24:03 ↗ was blessed with two uh Isco High School

1:24:06 ↗ students in PCA that were there for two

1:24:09 ↗ years. They were amazing. Uh and uh um

1:24:12 ↗ they they were in DECA sustainability

1:24:15 ↗ and they talked about that and they won

1:24:17 ↗ for their food waste project. they won

1:24:20 ↗ the state um the whatever they won first

1:24:23 ↗ place at state and third place at

1:24:26 ↗ national or something. Anyway, I've kept

1:24:28 ↗ in touch with them and it it is

1:24:30 ↗ uplifting and we do need that in this

1:24:32 ↗ line of work, don't we?

1:24:35 ↗ So, um I did want to mention that I was

1:24:38 ↗ at the city council meeting um and uh

1:24:41 ↗ Stacy and David did a stellar job. Um

1:24:44 ↗ and uh I could tell from the city

1:24:46 ↗ council, maybe you were able to watch

1:24:48 ↗ the meeting um on on a video or

1:24:50 ↗ something, but um they were really

1:24:52 ↗ positive towards the excellence of the

1:24:54 ↗ work that you all did and that all

1:24:56 ↗ everybody did um and uh the um uh and

1:25:01 ↗ just uh the input that was uh solicited

1:25:06 ↗ and and incorporated and discussed. It

1:25:09 ↗ was really a process.

1:25:11 ↗ I would like to congratulate you all on

1:25:14 ↗ that and celebrate uh what a great job

1:25:18 ↗ another upper. Um so um the other thing

1:25:22 ↗ I would I I noticed is that the council

1:25:25 ↗ is aware of some of the barriers um that

1:25:28 ↗ we face in the climate action plan to

1:25:31 ↗ get better results. Um, and one way to

1:25:34 ↗ overcome certain barriers is working

1:25:36 ↗ with our legislature, um, and other

1:25:39 ↗ major regional players on specific

1:25:42 ↗ sustainability targets that we can't

1:25:44 ↗ accomplish all on our own. Um, June

1:25:48 ↗ 18th, there's a breakfast meeting at

1:25:49 ↗ 7:45 a.m. I did ask them after the

1:25:52 ↗ meeting because they were trying to

1:25:53 ↗ decide what their priorities were going

1:25:54 ↗ to be, and it's at Tibbitz Manor, and

1:25:57 ↗ the um, state legislators will be there

1:25:59 ↗ and the city council. It's public. I

1:26:01 ↗ mean, it's not for us to speak or

1:26:03 ↗ participate, but to observe. And so, I

1:26:05 ↗ just wanted to let everybody know about

1:26:07 ↗ that. I I plan on going, although I

1:26:08 ↗ don't really like getting up that early,

1:26:10 ↗ but but I I'm going to go. Um, but

1:26:13 ↗ reflecting back on the meeting, um, the

1:26:15 ↗ one area actually both the big climate

1:26:18 ↗ emitters, I I um keep thinking, is there

1:26:21 ↗ anything else we can do? Is there

1:26:22 ↗ anything I know you guys have too, what

1:26:24 ↗ else can we do? Um, keep looking for

1:26:27 ↗ opportunities. Um the urgency is there

1:26:30 ↗ and um how can we strengthen things even

1:26:32 ↗ more? Um our actions in buildings and

1:26:35 ↗ energy um had to be put a little bit

1:26:38 ↗ more general but they hold a lot of

1:26:39 ↗ flexibility. Um we need to rap rapidly

1:26:43 ↗ establish programs and policies or

1:26:45 ↗ ordinances whatever it is we need

1:26:47 ↗ because it just takes a long time to

1:26:49 ↗ make changes especially in the building

1:26:51 ↗ and energy um sector. So, um, uh, uh, I

1:26:57 ↗ think though that we do have a there

1:26:58 ↗ were a couple of things in our

1:27:00 ↗ sustainability work plans we could

1:27:02 ↗ prioritize that were really promising

1:27:04 ↗ actions. I just wanted to point out a

1:27:06 ↗ couple of them. Um, one is um the one

1:27:09 ↗ about exploring the feasibility and

1:27:11 ↗ implementation pathways to require

1:27:13 ↗ upgrade on housing energy systems at the

1:27:16 ↗ time of replacement. Um I that was

1:27:19 ↗ something that the environmental board

1:27:21 ↗ um sent something to um the council

1:27:24 ↗ committee and then uh and then they sent

1:27:26 ↗ something back. It was kind of a a

1:27:29 ↗ different way of looking at it, but I

1:27:30 ↗ think it has possibility and I think

1:27:32 ↗ there um is um some interest in the

1:27:35 ↗ council that that might be doable. So uh

1:27:38 ↗ from what I've talked to at least with

1:27:40 ↗ some of them. So I think that that's

1:27:42 ↗ something that we should um really keep

1:27:44 ↗ keep on on our radar. And then the other

1:27:46 ↗ thing is um uh to uh increase our

1:27:49 ↗ outreach reach to commercial buildings.

1:27:51 ↗ I noticed one of the students was

1:27:53 ↗ working on that, you know, their

1:27:54 ↗ assessments and and upgrades. Um uh

1:27:57 ↗ especially those below the state size.

1:28:00 ↗ Um I I haven't seen it but I maybe there

1:28:02 ↗ is but it would be great to see or keep

1:28:04 ↗ data on you know exactly you know how

1:28:07 ↗ many buildings uh participate and and

1:28:09 ↗ what the size is and and and and do we

1:28:12 ↗ have the capacity to reach out to some

1:28:14 ↗ of the smaller uh buildings as well. Um

1:28:18 ↗ and that whole area is a little bit

1:28:20 ↗ fuzzy but right now but I just think it

1:28:23 ↗ has a lot of potential. So those two

1:28:25 ↗ things. Um and then the one thing I want

1:28:27 ↗ to mention on transportation is you saw

1:28:31 ↗ maybe you haven't seen but there's just

1:28:33 ↗ a lot going on about light rail because

1:28:35 ↗ everybody's so excited about it. But

1:28:37 ↗ that's like a couple of decades and we

1:28:40 ↗ need something in the meanwhile and that

1:28:42 ↗ is inside the city. And I heard it again

1:28:46 ↗ from the students the circulator bus the

1:28:48 ↗ old 200. I've lived here for years and

1:28:50 ↗ I'll be used to take that, but um it it

1:28:53 ↗ would be great to have something like

1:28:54 ↗ that. And and I live in Oldtown, so I

1:28:57 ↗ would love to um be able to get to the

1:29:00 ↗ other side of I90. I can't get to the

1:29:02 ↗ other side of I90 from where I live. Um

1:29:05 ↗ it you can get partway, but you can't

1:29:07 ↗ get all the way. And and I can walk it,

1:29:09 ↗ but some people can't. Uh and uh it

1:29:12 ↗ would it would be very helpful. So, um,

1:29:15 ↗ uh, my understanding is that the city

1:29:17 ↗ council would have to provide budget

1:29:19 ↗ because it's not in the budget for that.

1:29:21 ↗ Um, however, it does seem, even though

1:29:23 ↗ it's a tight, uh, economic times, it

1:29:26 ↗ seems like something that might be worth

1:29:29 ↗ um, uh, the public, the community will

1:29:32 ↗ push for it. I know that. I know I can

1:29:34 ↗ get people to, you know, to come out to

1:29:36 ↗ support that. Um, and then thank you for

1:29:39 ↗ the call for action that was in the

1:29:41 ↗ plan. I know that came from the

1:29:43 ↗ environmental board and I just think

1:29:45 ↗ that that is great. Um it really fits

1:29:48 ↗ well with what PCA is focusing on this

1:29:51 ↗ year too which is um to develop that uh

1:29:54 ↗ a robust community education and

1:29:56 ↗ engagement. Uh and we would like to make

1:29:58 ↗ it like a movement.

1:30:00 ↗ So, we really look forward to working

1:30:03 ↗ with this um with the city on this and

1:30:06 ↗ um with a um uh partnering with a lot of

1:30:10 ↗ cities so that we can um send this

1:30:13 ↗ message out all over um the east side in

1:30:16 ↗ King County. Thank you.

1:30:17 ↗ >> Thank you.

1:30:21 ↗ >> All right. Um so this evening we were

1:30:23 ↗ going to talk about some of the changes

1:30:25 ↗ that we've made since last meeting with

1:30:27 ↗ the board and preventing presenting um

1:30:29 ↗ the draft content. We'll talk about the

1:30:32 ↗ feedback that we heard from council on

1:30:34 ↗ Monday evening. Um we have about five

1:30:39 ↗ changes that we want to pull up and

1:30:41 ↗ track changes just so you can look at

1:30:43 ↗ those based on the council feedback we

1:30:45 ↗ heard um and then talk about next steps

1:30:48 ↗ with the plan. We are the um feedback we

1:30:53 ↗ had from council was pretty minor. We're

1:30:54 ↗ proposing some minor changes. So this

1:30:57 ↗ evening we are looking to the board for

1:31:00 ↗ a formal approval if you feel ready.

1:31:03 ↗ Um that would be a recommendation to

1:31:05 ↗ council to move forward their process to

1:31:07 ↗ adopt

1:31:07 ↗ >> just a quick process. So all of the

1:31:10 ↗ other boards that have had input are

1:31:12 ↗ done with their input at this point in

1:31:13 ↗ time.

1:31:14 ↗ >> Okay.

1:31:15 ↗ >> Yep. And we had a verbal approval from

1:31:17 ↗ this board on April 22nd with

1:31:20 ↗ recommendation for three additional

1:31:21 ↗ sections which I'll touch on.

1:31:23 ↗ >> Thanks.

1:31:24 ↗ >> Yeah. Um, great. So, the major changes

1:31:28 ↗ since you all have seen this on April

1:31:30 ↗ 22nd, obviously we have done a lot of

1:31:32 ↗ formatting. Um, I think you saw a pretty

1:31:34 ↗ raw version of it and then David and I

1:31:36 ↗ prepared the three sections that were

1:31:38 ↗ requested as an just mentioned call to

1:31:40 ↗ action, a section on what is this plan,

1:31:43 ↗ what is it not, and then we also

1:31:45 ↗ developed a section that talked about

1:31:47 ↗ what we aren't able to do with this plan

1:31:49 ↗ or some of the limitations or barriers

1:31:51 ↗ that we face. Um, this plan was shared

1:31:55 ↗ with council uh for the discussion on

1:31:58 ↗ Monday. David and I did a deep dive into

1:32:01 ↗ the targets as well as highlighted about

1:32:04 ↗ six actions that were policy leaning to

1:32:08 ↗ make sure that they were comfortable

1:32:09 ↗ with those actions moving forward. Um

1:32:12 ↗ feedback we received uh ahead of the

1:32:15 ↗ meeting and at the meeting. Um there

1:32:18 ↗ were questions about 10-year plan. Uh

1:32:21 ↗ why a 10-year plan? How are we going to

1:32:24 ↗ ensure that there's checkpoints

1:32:25 ↗ throughout the 10-year plan? I know some

1:32:27 ↗ of the similar questions we've heard

1:32:28 ↗ from some of the board members. Um, so

1:32:30 ↗ we shared kind of the justification from

1:32:33 ↗ an administrative side. We also have

1:32:35 ↗ kind of a general sense of the work that

1:32:36 ↗ needs to be done and then shared all

1:32:38 ↗ those different checkpoints we

1:32:40 ↗ anticipate throughout the process and

1:32:42 ↗ that the plan can always be brought back

1:32:44 ↗ for update. Um, so council was

1:32:46 ↗ comfortable with the 10-year plan. There

1:32:48 ↗ were questions around um how we uh

1:32:52 ↗ reached the revised tree canopy target.

1:32:55 ↗ So, we shared a bit of the the numerous

1:32:58 ↗ discussions we've had with you all and

1:33:00 ↗ park board and with Dan and how that was

1:33:03 ↗ reached. There are questions around

1:33:06 ↗ um more emphasis on heat pumps in terms

1:33:09 ↗ of considering as a target or additional

1:33:11 ↗ measures. Um and then feedback during

1:33:16 ↗ the presentation and discussion

1:33:19 ↗ primarily focused on digging into a few

1:33:23 ↗ of the policies that are being proposed.

1:33:26 ↗ Um and so you'll see in the track

1:33:28 ↗ changes we'll go through in a minute

1:33:30 ↗ that we've tried to emphasize a few

1:33:33 ↗ areas just based on that feedback. But

1:33:36 ↗ overall, a lot of that discussion that

1:33:38 ↗ was had on Monday are discussions we

1:33:41 ↗ plan to have once we bring a policy to

1:33:45 ↗ council in the future. Um right now

1:33:48 ↗ what's proposed in the climate plan is

1:33:50 ↗ conceptual around the policy and we'd be

1:33:52 ↗ doing a lot more review and research um

1:33:55 ↗ prior to bringing one. Um other things

1:33:58 ↗ you want to highlight from Monday

1:34:00 ↗ presentation? Anything else? Um, no,

1:34:04 ↗ just the update on the

1:34:07 ↗ community well-being target.

1:34:08 ↗ >> Oh, yes. Um, and we'll share that in

1:34:11 ↗ just a moment. Um, there was, uh,

1:34:14 ↗ through email exchange with deputy

1:34:15 ↗ council president Jen. Um, ahead of the

1:34:18 ↗ meeting, she had some concerns about one

1:34:21 ↗ of our targets for community resilience

1:34:23 ↗ and well-being that talks about 100% of

1:34:26 ↗ community members feeling like they are

1:34:28 ↗ prepared for an emergency. and her point

1:34:30 ↗ being just there's always going to be

1:34:32 ↗ people that don't feel like they're

1:34:34 ↗ prepared. So, let's consider lowering

1:34:36 ↗ that target. So, we have a proposal to

1:34:38 ↗ share with you all tonight.

1:34:40 ↗ Um, and then some of the other specific

1:34:42 ↗ feedback we can discuss as we go through

1:34:44 ↗ the plan, but that most of the

1:34:47 ↗ discussion really was digging into some

1:34:49 ↗ future policies that we'll be bringing

1:34:51 ↗ to them.

1:34:53 ↗ Um, and then what they discussed for

1:34:56 ↗ next steps. So, I'll just share that

1:34:57 ↗ briefly before we go through those

1:34:59 ↗ changes was they do want the council's

1:35:03 ↗ um planning, development, and

1:35:05 ↗ environment committee who has we have

1:35:07 ↗ met with them a couple times already. Um

1:35:09 ↗ they would like another touch point with

1:35:11 ↗ them um July, early July to see the

1:35:15 ↗ changes we're proposing and then um the

1:35:18 ↗ full plan would go to council for

1:35:20 ↗ adoption on the 20th of July.

1:35:23 ↗ Do we um do we get signups from

1:35:25 ↗ different groups like important groups

1:35:27 ↗ at least the PTC and um you know the the

1:35:30 ↗ transportation and the kind of groups?

1:35:33 ↗ >> No, they've all provided feedback. Um

1:35:35 ↗ what we'll talk about in a moment is the

1:35:38 ↗ um council really looks to you all. you

1:35:40 ↗ are kind of the owners of this plan. And

1:35:43 ↗ so we um can do this very simple

1:35:47 ↗ recommendation memo where it just said

1:35:49 ↗ basically the board is recommending

1:35:51 ↗ council move forward with adoption.

1:35:54 ↗ So

1:35:54 ↗ >> yeah, broadly I mean I was in there

1:35:56 ↗ through the formation of the plan of the

1:35:58 ↗ entire plan but broadly speaking it

1:36:01 ↗ feels like the integration across the

1:36:03 ↗ divisions across the groups especially

1:36:05 ↗ in one of the slides there are 15 um on

1:36:08 ↗ page 15 there are 13 different plans

1:36:10 ↗ that are highlighted it feels like the

1:36:12 ↗ integration isn't that tight and if they

1:36:14 ↗ don't literally sign off where is the

1:36:16 ↗ accountability right it's not on us the

1:36:18 ↗ plan is not ours it's actually it should

1:36:21 ↗ be an integrated plan that pulls

1:36:23 ↗ together all these plans and holds

1:36:24 ↗ everybody accountable to something.

1:36:26 ↗ >> Yeah. And they um

1:36:30 ↗ the all of the those boards and

1:36:32 ↗ commissions have weighed in on the

1:36:34 ↗ relevant aspects for their expertise. So

1:36:37 ↗ we have vetted uh we've had multiple

1:36:40 ↗ meetings with transportation advisory

1:36:42 ↗ board for example to talk about any of

1:36:44 ↗ the targets and actions related to their

1:36:46 ↗ work planning policy we've met with on

1:36:49 ↗ all the land use and policy recommended.

1:36:51 ↗ So they have and all of that input

1:36:53 ↗ they've provided whether or not we take

1:36:56 ↗ their input we are sharing that with

1:36:58 ↗ council for council to then make the

1:37:00 ↗ decision on whether or not to include.

1:37:03 ↗ >> So yeah it's a good that's a good

1:37:05 ↗ question. We don't usually get sign off

1:37:08 ↗ from all boards and commissions before

1:37:10 ↗ moving a plan forward. It's usually the

1:37:12 ↗ one that has kind of the greatest kind

1:37:15 ↗ of ownership or oversight. But yes, this

1:37:17 ↗ is very much a plan that um that's why

1:37:20 ↗ we've had 18 or so meetings with all

1:37:23 ↗ those boards and commission because we

1:37:25 ↗ do need everyone to touch this plan. But

1:37:27 ↗ yeah, it's a good question. We can see

1:37:29 ↗ if that's something council wants us to

1:37:31 ↗ to do.

1:37:33 ↗ >> We have had several meetings with joint

1:37:36 ↗ meetings with the other commissions to

1:37:38 ↗ talk about it back and forth in the same

1:37:39 ↗ room. So, we've come to agreement with

1:37:41 ↗ them.

1:37:44 ↗ >> Yeah, sounds good. Thank you. Yeah,

1:37:46 ↗ appreciate it.

1:37:47 ↗ I I was going to jump in just to a few

1:37:49 ↗ changes. Um we have I think five we

1:37:53 ↗ wanted to walk through and none of them

1:37:56 ↗ besides the change to the target for

1:37:59 ↗ community resilience none are

1:38:01 ↗ substantial and pretty minor changes. So

1:38:04 ↗ please bear with me. I thought this

1:38:06 ↗ would be given the short turnaround we

1:38:08 ↗ thought this would be the easiest way um

1:38:11 ↗ to do this.

1:38:15 ↗ All right. So the first one is um I will

1:38:19 ↗ scroll in

1:38:21 ↗ uh

1:38:23 ↗ deputy council president Jen and a few

1:38:25 ↗ other council members were very

1:38:27 ↗ interested in looking at how isqua can

1:38:31 ↗ really be a leader in bringing more

1:38:33 ↗ clean energy infrastructure and energy

1:38:36 ↗ storage and really being a partner with

1:38:38 ↗ our utility. Um and so you'll see a

1:38:42 ↗ couple other changes we're proposing

1:38:43 ↗ that get at that. the first place. Um

1:38:47 ↗ this is which section is this? It's kind

1:38:50 ↗ of an overview section. Um this is not

1:38:53 ↗ getting into action and targets yet, but

1:38:54 ↗ we talk about uh the challenges we face

1:38:57 ↗ with our grid. Um and so what we what

1:39:01 ↗ Dave and I have done is just add some

1:39:03 ↗ additional emphasis on we will partner

1:39:06 ↗ with our utility um to build out

1:39:09 ↗ infrastructure. This might be working

1:39:11 ↗ with them with projects. This may be

1:39:13 ↗ looking at ways we might make our

1:39:14 ↗ permitting process easier or um looking

1:39:18 ↗ at the state or federal level for

1:39:20 ↗ efficacy. So, it was just fine-tuning a

1:39:22 ↗ little language in this section um just

1:39:25 ↗ to call out uh those specific needs as

1:39:30 ↗ um requested by council.

1:39:36 ↗ >> Questions concern that up a little bit.

1:39:39 ↗ >> Yes. Sorry. Well, the one you're showing

1:39:41 ↗ us, Stacy, that's not the same one

1:39:43 ↗ that's in our packet, is it?

1:39:44 ↗ >> No. So, these were changes as of Monday

1:39:47 ↗ that we just worked on. So, it's just

1:39:49 ↗ adding a little bit different language

1:39:52 ↗ here. It it was already discussed

1:39:54 ↗ through working with PSA to enhance

1:39:56 ↗ capacity. That language you see is

1:39:58 ↗ struck out. Um we are just um adding

1:40:02 ↗ even more emphasis on that and listing

1:40:05 ↗ out potential ways we could work with

1:40:06 ↗ PSSE through projects permitting or

1:40:08 ↗ advocacy.

1:40:11 ↗ >> Yep.

1:40:11 ↗ >> Do you want thumbs up like we've used?

1:40:13 ↗ >> I think that'd be great. Yeah. Any

1:40:15 ↗ concerns with this language?

1:40:18 ↗ >> Okay. Thumbs on screen. Thank you.

1:40:22 ↗ >> Any concerns?

1:40:25 ↗ >> All right.

1:40:28 ↗ All right. I am going to 222. Then we're

1:40:33 ↗ going to get buildings and energy. This

1:40:35 ↗ is um

1:40:38 ↗ the first actually this one uh we would

1:40:41 ↗ like some input. So this page is

1:40:44 ↗ providing a summary of our targets and

1:40:47 ↗ metrics and this is for buildings and

1:40:49 ↗ energy. Uh deputy council president Jen

1:40:52 ↗ had asked about could we have a new

1:40:54 ↗ target for heat pumps. Um, I think Dave

1:40:59 ↗ and I would recommend

1:41:01 ↗ not uh away from a target. Uh, that

1:41:04 ↗ feels very specific where our targets

1:41:07 ↗ are usually around kind of overall

1:41:09 ↗ consumption, energy, um, greenhouse gas

1:41:12 ↗ emissions. So, what we are recommending

1:41:15 ↗ is possibly a new measure. Our current

1:41:18 ↗ measure we have are heat pumps and other

1:41:21 ↗ equipment that's installed through city

1:41:23 ↗ projects and programs. So, this we can

1:41:26 ↗ track through the types of maps that

1:41:28 ↗ Will was presenting where we have people

1:41:30 ↗ applying for our programs. They're maybe

1:41:32 ↗ offered an incentive for some free

1:41:34 ↗ equipment. Um, the city is investing in

1:41:38 ↗ those programs. However, what we could

1:41:41 ↗ also include is a separate measure that

1:41:45 ↗ looks at heat pumps installed

1:41:47 ↗ communitywide that maybe aren't coming

1:41:49 ↗ through one of our specific programs.

1:41:51 ↗ So, but they may be influenced our

1:41:53 ↗ outreach and education. Um, but we want

1:41:56 ↗ to know overall what's that transition

1:41:58 ↗ look like across the city. Um, Energy

1:42:01 ↗ Smart East Side already measures this

1:42:03 ↗ and we do it through um there's a little

1:42:07 ↗ bit of a judgment call through data that

1:42:09 ↗ comes in through the permitting process.

1:42:11 ↗ Um, but we do have this data um

1:42:15 ↗ citywide. And so this would capture not

1:42:17 ↗ only programs that the city's investing

1:42:20 ↗ money in providing rebates, incentives,

1:42:22 ↗ but also just where that transition is

1:42:24 ↗ happening naturally.

1:42:26 ↗ >> So are you saying that if you're putting

1:42:28 ↗ a heat pump in, you need to get a permit

1:42:30 ↗ through the city's permitting

1:42:31 ↗ department? Is that what I just

1:42:32 ↗ understood?

1:42:33 ↗ >> Yes. The one challenge is there is not a

1:42:35 ↗ checkbox for heat pump on that permit.

1:42:38 ↗ And so there is um written notes by

1:42:41 ↗ inspectors that goes in and our team has

1:42:44 ↗ to interpret that a little bit if they

1:42:46 ↗ don't specifically call out heat pump.

1:42:48 ↗ >> Can you get the permitting department to

1:42:50 ↗ make that quick change?

1:42:52 ↗ >> It is very challenging because it's a

1:42:54 ↗ regional platform and there has to be

1:42:57 ↗ approval regionally.

1:42:59 ↗ >> Yeah. Changes to purchasing takes.

1:43:03 ↗ >> Seems like a good question.

1:43:05 ↗ >> Next discussions. Yes, it's it is more

1:43:09 ↗ complicated than it seems like it should

1:43:11 ↗ be.

1:43:11 ↗ >> Come on, Nancy.

1:43:13 ↗ >> I know. I used to work for government.

1:43:16 ↗ >> We have great staff very well trained in

1:43:19 ↗ interpreting it. Um so we are tracking

1:43:21 ↗ this data monthly.

1:43:23 ↗ >> But wait, I was surprised um you even

1:43:25 ↗ need permission for heat pumps. But I

1:43:27 ↗ thought by looking at the repairs

1:43:29 ↗ number, how many how many folks applied

1:43:30 ↗ for rebates uh that is a good indicator

1:43:33 ↗ of how many replacements happened,

1:43:35 ↗ right?

1:43:36 ↗ >> Yes. Yes, I think we also want to though

1:43:38 ↗ capture those that aren't coming through

1:43:40 ↗ one of our programs because we can only

1:43:41 ↗ reach a certain amount of folks. So, but

1:43:43 ↗ maybe they maybe our outreach and

1:43:45 ↗ education is reaching them too. But, um

1:43:49 ↗ that's

1:43:50 ↗ >> just a quick So, when a new building

1:43:52 ↗ goes in like a new townhouse or

1:43:54 ↗ something and they use heat pumps

1:43:56 ↗ instead of other types, are you tracking

1:43:58 ↗ that too?

1:43:59 ↗ >> That is a good question. The data we're

1:44:01 ↗ getting is the replacement. I'll have to

1:44:03 ↗ check if it's new build as well.

1:44:05 ↗ >> Wouldn't we want to track new build?

1:44:07 ↗ Because they used to put in furnaces,

1:44:09 ↗ you know, the other kinds of furnaces

1:44:11 ↗ and so wouldn't we want to be tracking

1:44:13 ↗ because most of them from what I'm

1:44:14 ↗ looking in the outside you see heat

1:44:16 ↗ pumps.

1:44:16 ↗ >> Yes, most of them with the building

1:44:18 ↗ code. I think it'd be difficult not to.

1:44:20 ↗ But yeah, let me double check because

1:44:22 ↗ it's through a um electrical permit

1:44:24 ↗ that's why it's being triggered. But let

1:44:26 ↗ me check if that's the new build.

1:44:28 ↗ Probably should track that as well

1:44:30 ↗ because it will help us.

1:44:31 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:44:33 ↗ Susie.

1:44:33 ↗ >> Yeah. My question is going to be about

1:44:35 ↗ the data quality. Um, it sounds pretty

1:44:38 ↗ manual and like there are gaps. Um, I'm

1:44:41 ↗ curious how confident you feel in your

1:44:43 ↗ ability to actually, you know, stand

1:44:47 ↗ behind the data that you'd be reporting

1:44:49 ↗ if this gets added.

1:44:50 ↗ >> Yeah. I think our program, they're

1:44:52 ↗ looking at this across six cities right

1:44:54 ↗ now. I think they feel pretty confident.

1:44:57 ↗ there's certain words that they can pull

1:44:59 ↗ out and they've talked with lots of

1:45:01 ↗ building inspectors and learned how to

1:45:03 ↗ interpret some of that language. Um, but

1:45:05 ↗ that's absolutely something I can follow

1:45:07 ↗ up with them, but I think they feel

1:45:09 ↗ pretty confident in their data. They're

1:45:10 ↗ able to report. So, but yeah, great

1:45:12 ↗ question.

1:45:16 ↗ >> Assuming you can get all our questions

1:45:18 ↗ answered, I think

1:45:20 ↗ >> yeah, well, we can and I think Dave and

1:45:22 ↗ I can talk with uh Deputy Council

1:45:24 ↗ President Jen, too, if this would help

1:45:25 ↗ satisfy. I think we're reluctant to add

1:45:27 ↗ a new very specific target, but we can

1:45:30 ↗ see if she'd be comfortable with just a

1:45:32 ↗ measure as well.

1:45:39 ↗ >> Is there is there a public interface to

1:45:42 ↗ that data so that we could like, you

1:45:44 ↗ know, okay, Abby, I'd like to check to

1:45:46 ↗ see whether your data is correct.

1:45:49 ↗ >> Is there a way to do that?

1:45:51 ↗ >> We would not release it per address. I

1:45:54 ↗ think you could ask and I could see if

1:45:57 ↗ it's in our database. Um, right now we

1:46:01 ↗ don't present we we share that

1:46:04 ↗ information on our dashboard. Um,

1:46:07 ↗ but we don't have public access to the

1:46:10 ↗ system where that's stored in monthly,

1:46:13 ↗ but you could definitely ask if it's

1:46:15 ↗ captured. We want to be careful about

1:46:18 ↗ not releasing individual data.

1:46:20 ↗ >> Yeah, it's troublesome. King County

1:46:23 ↗ property records. I think they have some

1:46:26 ↗ sort of indication of heat source um in

1:46:29 ↗ there, but that's hit and miss. Um

1:46:34 ↗ it it wouldn't improve the data quality

1:46:36 ↗ is probably more likely to be wrong than

1:46:39 ↗ right anyway. Okay.

1:46:41 ↗ >> Okay. Yeah, good question.

1:46:43 ↗ >> Are we okay with them pursuing this or

1:46:45 ↗ do you want this?

1:46:47 ↗ >> And this is tracking new construction as

1:46:50 ↗ well.

1:46:50 ↗ >> I think it is although I just want to

1:46:53 ↗ make sure we're not losing that piece.

1:46:55 ↗ >> Okay,

1:46:56 ↗ >> great. Yep. I added new builds and then

1:46:58 ↗ this is one we would vet with um the

1:47:00 ↗ council committee on the 7th of July

1:47:03 ↗ too.

1:47:05 ↗ >> Okay.

1:47:07 ↗ Um next one is that target. Oh, I'll

1:47:11 ↗ just mention this in case folks see this

1:47:13 ↗ in the changes. Uh there was just a

1:47:15 ↗ clarification wanted on percent of EBS

1:47:17 ↗ registered in the city of Isiqua. was a

1:47:19 ↗ measure proposed by the environmental

1:47:21 ↗ board. We just modified the language to

1:47:24 ↗ ensure it was clear what was intended

1:47:26 ↗ here.

1:47:28 ↗ Um but the change proposed is under the

1:47:32 ↗ community resilience and well-being

1:47:34 ↗ target. Um this board had developed the

1:47:38 ↗ 85% satisfaction rating by the community

1:47:40 ↗ for emer for the city emergency

1:47:43 ↗ response. And then we also wanted

1:47:45 ↗ something around individuals feeling

1:47:47 ↗ prepared. So, we had proposed 100%. Um,

1:47:51 ↗ based on Deputy Council President Jen's

1:47:54 ↗ concern of those that just will never

1:47:57 ↗ say that they're prepared. Um, David, I

1:47:59 ↗ thought just keeping that uh moving that

1:48:03 ↗ adjusting that number to um the same

1:48:05 ↗ percent as the communitywide

1:48:08 ↗ um

1:48:09 ↗ >> at 85%.

1:48:10 ↗ >> And just one addition here is that um

1:48:12 ↗ for that specific target, we don't have

1:48:14 ↗ a baseline.

1:48:15 ↗ >> Correct. That is

1:48:16 ↗ >> so this is uh

1:48:19 ↗ we're we're making a best judgment in

1:48:21 ↗ this market for now.

1:48:23 ↗ >> This would be a new question asked in

1:48:25 ↗ the survey.

1:48:26 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:48:28 ↗ >> Any concerns adjusting that from 100 to

1:48:30 ↗ 85?

1:48:31 ↗ >> No. No concern.

1:48:32 ↗ >> Thumbs up.

1:48:33 ↗ >> Say thumbs.

1:48:34 ↗ >> All right.

1:48:34 ↗ >> Okay.

1:48:35 ↗ >> Okay.

1:48:36 ↗ >> Uh Tommy, do you have a question?

1:48:41 ↗ >> Yeah. Thank you. Um so I I don't want to

1:48:45 ↗ like jump around through the IAP but I

1:48:47 ↗ was curious um you know in the

1:48:51 ↗ implementation

1:48:53 ↗ uh strategies or like implementation

1:48:55 ↗ action sections specifically under like

1:48:59 ↗ um I don't know water and natural

1:49:01 ↗ systems section some of the like the

1:49:04 ↗ metrics for um some of the resilience

1:49:08 ↗ community resilience

1:49:11 ↗ uh actions some of the metrics were

1:49:13 ↗ described as like improving

1:49:17 ↗ resilience

1:49:18 ↗ and I'm curious if that means you know

1:49:22 ↗ if the measure of resilience for those

1:49:24 ↗ actions is this survey.

1:49:30 ↗ >> Um

1:49:31 ↗ >> yeah I can I can speak to that a little

1:49:33 ↗ bit. So, um,

1:49:36 ↗ what you're speaking to are some of our

1:49:39 ↗ actions mostly in,

1:49:43 ↗ uh, the natural systems and the

1:49:45 ↗ community well-being section. Um, where

1:49:48 ↗ our measurements

1:49:50 ↗ are going to be less focused on kind of

1:49:53 ↗ the quantitative measures um, that we

1:49:56 ↗ were looking at above, right? Like

1:49:57 ↗ numbers of heat pumps, bike lanes,

1:50:00 ↗ things like that. Um, and so some of

1:50:03 ↗ those would be measured through these

1:50:07 ↗ metrics or or would be associated with

1:50:09 ↗ these metrics when we're thinking about

1:50:11 ↗ specifically how it's related to our

1:50:14 ↗ community and individuals feeling

1:50:17 ↗ prepared for uh climate emergencies in

1:50:20 ↗ the city. Um especially in natural

1:50:22 ↗ systems though there are going to be a

1:50:24 ↗ couple actions

1:50:26 ↗ um that are associated more with the

1:50:29 ↗ this kind of plan level goal of building

1:50:32 ↗ climate resilience through our natural

1:50:34 ↗ system ecosystem level resilience as

1:50:37 ↗ well. um which is more of a qualitative

1:50:41 ↗ kind of descriptive based um assessment

1:50:44 ↗ of whether or not we in in some cases

1:50:47 ↗ kind of whether or not we are um

1:50:51 ↗ uh kind of a achieving the resilience

1:50:53 ↗ that we want to see. Um again some of

1:50:56 ↗ that is a little bit some of the some of

1:50:58 ↗ the targets are uh more easily measured

1:51:02 ↗ quantitatively like through tree canopy

1:51:04 ↗ or uh water conservation things like

1:51:07 ↗ that. But um uh it's speaking that

1:51:10 ↗ they're speaking to that there will be

1:51:12 ↗ some kind of descriptive

1:51:14 ↗ um evaluation about whether or not we're

1:51:16 ↗ we're reaching the the goals of those

1:51:18 ↗ actions or not.

1:51:20 ↗ >> Does that help answer the question a

1:51:22 ↗ little?

1:51:23 ↗ >> Yeah. And you know, um I do apologize

1:51:25 ↗ for not sort of voicing this opinion

1:51:27 ↗ when we last looked at this this as a

1:51:29 ↗ measure of preparedness and I don't know

1:51:32 ↗ if maybe um I think it's is it the

1:51:36 ↗ community emergency response team or you

1:51:38 ↗ know it may be some you know there's

1:51:40 ↗ there's other uh measures that are

1:51:42 ↗ associated with like disaster response

1:51:44 ↗ or emergency response but you know in in

1:51:48 ↗ you know as far as um the climate action

1:51:50 ↗ plan I wish that there were another

1:51:53 ↗ measure or another um sort of metric for

1:51:58 ↗ like you know um community resilience a

1:52:00 ↗ aside from a survey about how someone

1:52:03 ↗ feels about um how prepared they are

1:52:07 ↗ that is more objective and I know that

1:52:10 ↗ there's sort of like disaster risk

1:52:12 ↗ resilience scorecards out there that

1:52:15 ↗ have a city scale um sort of checklist

1:52:19 ↗ um that you know does give you sort of a

1:52:23 ↗ quantitative measurement of of um

1:52:26 ↗ disaster resilience. And I don't know if

1:52:27 ↗ maybe that you know that emergency

1:52:29 ↗ preparedness or emergency response um

1:52:33 ↗ you know u organization

1:52:35 ↗ um has has some of that built in but um

1:52:38 ↗ but yeah I just I I felt it then and I I

1:52:40 ↗ just feel compelled to say it now that

1:52:42 ↗ you know like a a survey on how someone

1:52:44 ↗ feels prepared they are does not is not

1:52:46 ↗ the most accurate measurement of how

1:52:47 ↗ prepared they actually are.

1:52:50 ↗ Um so Don can I add something to it?

1:52:54 ↗ >> So to Tommy's question David I thought

1:52:57 ↗ we had when we looked at the metrics you

1:53:00 ↗ know uh I thought there was not just

1:53:03 ↗ this but there was also about how many

1:53:06 ↗ community education or emergency

1:53:08 ↗ preparedness events the number of events

1:53:10 ↗ you did as well as the number of

1:53:13 ↗ residents who attended it or something

1:53:15 ↗ like that. So there was a quantitative

1:53:18 ↗ aspect to you know what we could do in

1:53:21 ↗ in terms of resilience and I thought

1:53:23 ↗ that was included

1:53:24 ↗ >> part of our cap.

1:53:26 ↗ >> Yeah. So under our one of our uh

1:53:28 ↗ overarching measures is tracking how

1:53:32 ↗ many uh public engagement

1:53:35 ↗ uh I think it's how many people we

1:53:36 ↗ engage uh through plan of climate

1:53:39 ↗ programming and that would be uh

1:53:41 ↗ something that we would in in collecting

1:53:44 ↗ that number we'd be looking at you know

1:53:46 ↗ across our program solid waste emergency

1:53:49 ↗ management um and those programs that

1:53:51 ↗ are specifically connected to climate uh

1:53:54 ↗ uh topics such with climate resilience

1:53:57 ↗ >> right so it just not mentioned in this

1:53:59 ↗ particular section but it is included as

1:54:01 ↗ a part of my gap right

1:54:03 ↗ >> yes means question

1:54:05 ↗ >> there is quantitative measurements

1:54:07 ↗ included where possible for climate

1:54:10 ↗ resilience

1:54:13 ↗ >> and we had discussed with our emergency

1:54:16 ↗ manager Jared should we include like

1:54:18 ↗ number of C members number of cert

1:54:21 ↗ trainings and we just we weren't sure it

1:54:24 ↗ really capt captured um how the

1:54:27 ↗ community was doing and the city no

1:54:30 ↗ longer has kind of the the

1:54:32 ↗ neighborhoodbased program. Um so we

1:54:35 ↗ couldn't necessarily look how many

1:54:36 ↗ neighborhoods were signed up for those

1:54:38 ↗ programs. So um we felt like this is a

1:54:42 ↗ survey that goes out every two years. Um

1:54:46 ↗ it is statistically significant. Um and

1:54:50 ↗ it really felt like the best

1:54:51 ↗ quantitative measure, but we can or

1:54:54 ↗ target. Um but we can absolutely look at

1:54:57 ↗ additional metric if folks feel like we

1:54:59 ↗ need something else to to measure.

1:55:02 ↗ >> My understanding from Jared when he was

1:55:03 ↗ here that some of that information he's

1:55:05 ↗ going to be collecting for his needs for

1:55:07 ↗ his emergency management program. He

1:55:10 ↗ just didn't have a very good avenue to

1:55:12 ↗ collect that right now. He was working

1:55:14 ↗ on

1:55:20 ↗ What's on how do you want us to look at

1:55:22 ↗ something else? We could also move

1:55:25 ↗ forward without something right now, but

1:55:28 ↗ that's we could consider adding a

1:55:31 ↗ measure in the future. Um

1:55:34 ↗ >> when's the next time we see this?

1:55:36 ↗ >> Uh well, I imagine in the future like a

1:55:39 ↗ couple years from now or next year or

1:55:41 ↗ another year. Um, tonight was planned as

1:55:45 ↗ kind of our last touch point on this.

1:55:47 ↗ Um,

1:55:48 ↗ >> so just to add Stacy, I do think we did

1:55:51 ↗ because we did discuss this quite a bit

1:55:54 ↗ because this is a little bit difficult

1:55:55 ↗ to measure quantitatively. So there was

1:55:58 ↗ I remember being a part of discussion

1:56:00 ↗ where we discussed different ways we

1:56:03 ↗ could measure and I'm pretty sure we do

1:56:05 ↗ have some quantitative measures. Maybe

1:56:08 ↗ we may just need to refer that language

1:56:10 ↗ here or you know modify the language.

1:56:13 ↗ It's I think it's all about that. I

1:56:15 ↗ personally don't think there is any

1:56:17 ↗ majors need to be quantitative measures

1:56:19 ↗ need to be included in addition I mean

1:56:25 ↗ >> chief.

1:56:27 ↗ Yeah, I just also want to concur with

1:56:29 ↗ that and and I I don't know if this is

1:56:31 ↗ kind of in in line with what Jared's

1:56:33 ↗ trying to track down data wise, but

1:56:36 ↗ yeah, I think I might have mentioned

1:56:37 ↗ before along uh in this discussion is um

1:56:41 ↗ I think there's like FEMA flood risk

1:56:43 ↗ kind of maps and like I think DNR is

1:56:46 ↗ developing a new fire risk map

1:56:47 ↗ statewide. Um these could be maybe

1:56:50 ↗ sources of data to draw from for this

1:56:52 ↗ kind of thing. Um, but yeah, I I agree

1:56:54 ↗ it'd be good to have a little bit more

1:56:56 ↗ comprehensive uh information around

1:56:59 ↗ this.

1:57:06 ↗ Well, maybe that's something um this

1:57:09 ↗ isn't exactly getting to your point,

1:57:11 ↗ Tommy, but um with our reporting out on

1:57:14 ↗ community member engagement, we could

1:57:17 ↗ try and break out some of that

1:57:18 ↗ information just to look at how what

1:57:21 ↗ types of programming community members

1:57:23 ↗ are engaged in. And then we could um

1:57:26 ↗ work with Jared over the next year or

1:57:28 ↗ two, see what kind of other uh

1:57:31 ↗ quantitative reporting we might be able

1:57:33 ↗ to do or um if there's any kind of

1:57:35 ↗ scorecard for the city. Would that be

1:57:38 ↗ satisfactory? Okay.

1:57:48 ↗ Okay.

1:57:52 ↗ Okay. Add a note so we can capture that

1:57:56 ↗ and we can raise that with council as

1:57:58 ↗ well. Um on July 7th they have any

1:58:00 ↗ suggestions.

1:58:02 ↗ Okay. We have just two others. Um please

1:58:06 ↗ forgive me.

1:58:08 ↗ Scroll down.

1:58:14 ↗ Um

1:58:16 ↗ this as we've mentioned before there was

1:58:18 ↗ interest in really uh emphasizing the

1:58:22 ↗ need for our

1:58:24 ↗ uh our electric grid capacity and so not

1:58:29 ↗ changing the intent but you and I um

1:58:32 ↗ just taking that information in or

1:58:34 ↗ proposing just a couple of other areas

1:58:36 ↗ where we could emphasize that language.

1:58:39 ↗ Um, one is in this 2.3 where we had

1:58:41 ↗ advoc advocacy and then 3.1 which is

1:58:45 ↗ around projects and just adding in again

1:58:47 ↗ that grid infrastructure, energy storage

1:58:50 ↗ u making sure that that's called out

1:58:52 ↗ more um in addition to the the renewable

1:58:56 ↗ energy projects.

1:58:59 ↗ Any concerns about that? Okay,

1:59:01 ↗ >> no questions.

1:59:03 ↗ >> Okay, great. And then the last one

1:59:09 ↗ um

1:59:12 ↗ again same uh same theme here uh that

1:59:16 ↗ interest in clean energy and storage. Uh

1:59:19 ↗ we wanted to just call out that

1:59:21 ↗ specifically in the land use action that

1:59:24 ↗ talks about um looking at city codes and

1:59:27 ↗ how to maybe streamline some of these

1:59:29 ↗ projects a little bit more easier. Um

1:59:32 ↗ and so we just called that out to see if

1:59:35 ↗ that will help um satisfy coun council's

1:59:38 ↗ interest where we would look at

1:59:40 ↗ opportunities to um more streamline that

1:59:42 ↗ permitting process.

1:59:47 ↗ >> Yeah. Yes.

1:59:48 ↗ >> Okay.

1:59:50 ↗ >> Yeah.

1:59:51 ↗ >> Question. Um

1:59:54 ↗ I was looking at this one earlier today.

1:59:56 ↗ Um we can sidebar this one later. I

1:59:59 ↗ don't want to derail this review. Um to

2:00:02 ↗ me it seems to be important to me it

2:00:04 ↗ seems to be really important that um the

2:00:07 ↗ transportation in infrastructure

2:00:08 ↗ projects and our ICAP targets are really

2:00:12 ↗ closely aligned right um particularly

2:00:16 ↗ there's got to be some I I would think

2:00:18 ↗ other cities have done this um there's

2:00:20 ↗ got to be some integration tighter

2:00:23 ↗ integration in other words if tip were

2:00:25 ↗ to um approve some projects or go

2:00:27 ↗ through some selection there's got to be

2:00:30 ↗ tie into IAP targets. Hey, how does this

2:00:33 ↗ impact greenhouse gas reduction? I'm

2:00:35 ↗ sure this would have been considered

2:00:36 ↗ before, but I didn't see that in um in

2:00:39 ↗ in the u in the plan. I was curious how

2:00:42 ↗ that worked out.

2:00:44 ↗ >> Yeah, that's a great point. Um and I

2:00:46 ↗ think we can talk about this a bit more.

2:00:48 ↗ So, one of the projects um that David

2:00:50 ↗ worked on a lot last year with the board

2:00:53 ↗ was our updating our sustainable

2:00:55 ↗ building and infrastructure policy. Um,

2:00:57 ↗ so you're not seeing it in here because

2:00:59 ↗ that is done. I think we have some

2:01:00 ↗ language around implementation and staff

2:01:02 ↗ training, but we are piloting on a

2:01:05 ↗ couple projects now where we would be uh

2:01:08 ↗ looking towards criteria for sustainable

2:01:12 ↗ um infrastructure certification. Uh we

2:01:15 ↗ likely won't get those projects

2:01:16 ↗ certified, but we're at least applying

2:01:18 ↗ the criteria and seeing how they do. Um

2:01:21 ↗ and then that is something that our hope

2:01:23 ↗ would be based on those pilot projects

2:01:25 ↗ we could apply going forward. Um but it

2:01:28 ↗ would consider the environmental impacts

2:01:30 ↗ of those projects the um the greenhouse

2:01:34 ↗ gap emissions associated with those

2:01:35 ↗ projects etc. So that is one way we're

2:01:38 ↗ looking at kind of bringing that lens to

2:01:41 ↗ the projects and make sure that project

2:01:42 ↗ managers working on whether it's

2:01:44 ↗ transportation or other infrastructure

2:01:46 ↗ projects are considering those

2:01:47 ↗ sustainable

2:01:49 ↗ um impacts. Is that a little bit? Yeah,

2:01:51 ↗ happy to talk about that.

2:01:54 ↗ >> Um, thank you.

2:01:55 ↗ >> There's also our capital improvement

2:01:57 ↗ plan process where we did add a new

2:02:00 ↗ environmental climate criteria a couple

2:02:02 ↗ years ago. This board really influenced

2:02:04 ↗ that needs to be revisited and uh

2:02:07 ↗ revamped uh which we'll go through that

2:02:09 ↗ process next year and probably bring

2:02:10 ↗ that to you all.

2:02:12 ↗ >> It'll come early this year that this

2:02:14 ↗ time though.

2:02:15 ↗ >> Yeah.

2:02:16 ↗ >> Just thought I'd point that out.

2:02:17 ↗ >> Yes.

2:02:19 ↗ Um those were the specific changes. Any

2:02:22 ↗ of the um additional changes you may

2:02:24 ↗ have seen that I scrolled through were

2:02:26 ↗ very very minor, but we will make sure

2:02:28 ↗ that you all have this copy as it goes

2:02:30 ↗ out to um the council committee. Um

2:02:34 ↗ recognizing we're over time, but we did

2:02:36 ↗ want to see if there were any other

2:02:38 ↗ changes um that you all wanted to make

2:02:41 ↗ sure uh were proposed this evening

2:02:44 ↗ before we bring this back to the council

2:02:46 ↗ committee in July.

2:02:52 ↗ I just want to commend the staff on

2:02:54 ↗ their efforts on this. As someone who

2:02:56 ↗ helped participate in the original

2:02:58 ↗ climate action plan, I think Tom is I

2:03:00 ↗ don't know who else was here when we

2:03:02 ↗ passed. Tom was on on the board. Anybody

2:03:04 ↗ else?

2:03:05 ↗ >> That's a big improvement. Were you part

2:03:08 ↗ of it, too? I can't remember who was all

2:03:09 ↗ here.

2:03:10 ↗ >> Were you part of it? No. I just think

2:03:12 ↗ it's a big improvement and I think you

2:03:14 ↗ guys have done a heroic effort and I

2:03:16 ↗ want to congratulate you on your efforts

2:03:19 ↗ and hopefully we will see success and

2:03:22 ↗ budget to implement. There you go.

2:03:26 ↗ >> Thank you.

2:03:27 ↗ >> Um, one question for the board before we

2:03:29 ↗ adjourn real quick. Um, are we okay

2:03:32 ↗ having Stacy just voice her opinion that

2:03:35 ↗ we recommend adoption or do we want a

2:03:36 ↗ formal letter to council like we've done

2:03:38 ↗ in the past for other things?

2:03:39 ↗ >> I think we need a formal letter. This is

2:03:41 ↗ a big deal.

2:03:42 ↗ >> You do want to learn. Okay.

2:03:43 ↗ >> I think it's a big enough deal that we

2:03:45 ↗ should

2:03:47 ↗ >> Stacy.

2:03:48 ↗ Sorry.

2:03:49 ↗ >> That's okay. Uh yeah, we have a very

2:03:52 ↗ recommendation report that went out in

2:03:54 ↗ the packet, but I am happy to write a

2:03:57 ↗ letter. Um so we can um typically what

2:04:02 ↗ we've done for new members of the board

2:04:04 ↗ is I'll drop the letter, Don and Alex

2:04:07 ↗ will review it, we'll send it out to the

2:04:09 ↗ board. Um we'll give folks we have well

2:04:13 ↗ yeah we have a little bit of time I

2:04:15 ↗ think before July 7th we'd want your

2:04:17 ↗ feedback on it. Um so we'll give you a

2:04:20 ↗ few days for feedback. Um you'll want to

2:04:22 ↗ reply directly to me because we can't

2:04:24 ↗ start an email conversation amongst the

2:04:26 ↗ board. So if you have feedback please

2:04:27 ↗ send it directly to me. Um I will work

2:04:30 ↗ on revisions um and send it to Don and

2:04:34 ↗ Alex for approval. How we've done it. So

2:04:37 ↗ if there are substantial revisions,

2:04:38 ↗ we'll send out a new version for

2:04:40 ↗ approval. So do a bit of an email

2:04:42 ↗ approval.

2:04:43 ↗ >> Yeah.

2:04:45 ↗ >> Great. So we'll plan to draft that in

2:04:49 ↗ the next week or so. Um and get that out

2:04:54 ↗ and we'll need it finalized

2:04:57 ↗ the week around the by the 30th I think

2:05:01 ↗ is when we would need it for that

2:05:02 ↗ committee meeting

2:05:04 ↗ to look at that. Okay.

2:05:07 ↗ >> Yeah. And just thank you. We have been

2:05:09 ↗ talking about the IAP for 14 plus

2:05:13 ↗ months. I think I haven't counted up all

2:05:15 ↗ the meetings yet. So really really

2:05:17 ↗ appreciate all the input. You all have

2:05:19 ↗ had great influence on this and I think

2:05:22 ↗ we're really happy with it. Council is

2:05:24 ↗ really happy with it. The departments

2:05:26 ↗ are very happy with it. So

2:05:28 ↗ >> great work.

2:05:29 ↗ >> Great work.

2:05:31 ↗ Um given that we're over time, can you

2:05:33 ↗ just send out the work plan?

2:05:36 ↗ >> Um work plan is in uh the packet. Okay.

2:05:39 ↗ Um and then just our last two things,

2:05:41 ↗ next week we launch the ebike rebate uh

2:05:45 ↗ goes live. We'll be having a try and

2:05:47 ↗ apply event the following week that

2:05:49 ↗ Katie has been working on. We can send

2:05:51 ↗ out a flyer for that. Um we are also

2:05:54 ↗ doing our clean air giveaway uh which is

2:05:57 ↗ our van and filter. We'll have an event

2:05:59 ↗ at the Circle for pickup. Um for folks

2:06:01 ↗ that have applied and been approved,

2:06:03 ↗ they'll pick it up next um Wednesday and

2:06:06 ↗ then Saturday there's an event at the

2:06:08 ↗ senior center um for pickups. Um so we

2:06:11 ↗ can send out more information about both

2:06:13 ↗ of those. And then last thing I was

2:06:14 ↗ going to mention is July we are going to

2:06:16 ↗ do a field trip with Dan. Um Dan's going

2:06:19 ↗ to take us to Tradition Plateau um talk

2:06:22 ↗ about forest management and wildfire

2:06:25 ↗ there. So

2:06:25 ↗ >> is that on our July meeting day? That

2:06:27 ↗ would be on our July meeting date. So,

2:06:29 ↗ we'll just move that to a field trip. Of

2:06:31 ↗ course, folks same time

2:06:33 ↗ >> can't attend. Yeah, we'll make it um a

2:06:36 ↗ little bit more optional if folks want a

2:06:38 ↗ break or you can come and walk around in

2:06:40 ↗ the woods with Dan, which is very fun to

2:06:42 ↗ do. So,

2:06:43 ↗ >> Okay.

2:06:46 ↗ >> All right. Thank you. With that meeting,

2:06:49 ↗ >> thank you.

2:06:53 ↗ >> Question is things go forward.

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