Sustainability Committee: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 7:30PM. Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
This meeting includes discussion of Ygrene Energy Fund PACE Program, Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance or Building Energy Saving Ordinance, annual presentation to School District, Arts & Green Festival, outreach activities.
*** AGENDA ***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes from March 18, 2015 meeting
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
For persons desiring to address the Commission/Committee/Board on an item that is not on the agenda please note that each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. The Brown Act limits the Committee’s ability to take and/or discuss items that are not on the agenda; therefore, such items are normally referred to staff for comment or to a future agenda.
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
A. CCA Steering Committee Update
County CCA Steering Committee Staff Report to Council 4-6-2015
Letter from Alameda County Board of Supervisors 3-12-2015
6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
A. Presentation by Marcus Savage regarding the Ygrene Energy Fund PACE Program for energy upgrades and seismic retrofit projects
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
Background Documents regarding Ygrene Energy Fund PACE Program
B. Discussion of potential Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance (RECO) or Building Energy Saving Ordinance (BESO)
Recommendation: The Committee should establish policy alternatives to be further analyzed.
RECO-BESO Memo to Sustainability Committee 04-15-15
Berkeley BESO Information 04-15-15
Chico RECO Information 04-15-15
RECO-BESO Matrix of Pros and Cons 4-15-15
RECO-BESO Matrix of Policy Options 4-15-15
C. Update on annual presentation to School District Board of Education
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
Annual Sustainability Committee Update to the Board of Education - April 2015
D. Arts & Green Festival Subcommittee update
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
E. Update on Sustainability Committee booth at the Arts & Green Festival
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
F. Update on outreach meeting and discussion of outreach activities
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
G. Committee discussion of working effectively with Council
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
(Commission/Committee/Board Member announcement of requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on announcement of future agenda items).
A. Next regular meeting – May 20, 2015
8. ADJOURNMENT
The Committee agenda is available for public inspection at the Albany Community Center/Library, Senior Center and City Hall. The agenda and supporting staff reports, if available, can be found on our web page at www.albanyca.org. Please note that if you provide your name and address when speaking before the Committee it will become part of the official public record, which will be posted on the Internet. Agenda related writings or documents provided to a majority of the Sustainability Committee regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development Department, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany CA.
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Sustainability Minutes 2015-04-15
