Sustainability Committee Meeting: Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 7:30PM. Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
This meeting includes discussion of Proclamation for former Committee Member; Climate Action Plan & 2017-18 Work Plan; BEADO & Berkeley BESO update; Arts & Green Festival; Climate Action Plan Implementation Subcommittee report; Schools Subcommittee Report; Chair & Vice Chair selection.
*** AGENDA ***
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS WILL NOW BE HELD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes from November 15, 2016 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
5-1. Welcome new committee member Nick Peterson
5-2. East Bay Community Energy update
5-3. Update on green building reach codes
6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
6-1. Proclamation for former Committee Member Janet Smith-Heimer
Recommendation: Adopt a Proclamation of Appreciation for former Committee Member Janet Smith-Heimer.
6-2. Climate Action Plan update and discussion of 2017-2018 Work Plan
Recommendation: Receive report on climate action progress and discuss next steps.
CAP Implementation Update
CAP Implementation Measure Status Matrix 2017
Draft 2017-2018 Work Plan
6-3. BEADO update and Berkeley BESO data
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
Berkeley BESO Data
6-4. Discussion of Sustainability Committee role in the Arts & Green Festival
Recommendation: Discuss the role of the Committee in planning the festival.
6-5. Report from Climate Action Plan Implementation Subcommittee
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
6-6. Report from Schools Subcommittee
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
6-7. Discussion of subcommittee membership
Recommendation: Discuss subcommittee membership and appoint members as necessary.
6-8. Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for 2017
Recommendation: Select new Chair and Vice Chair.
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).
Possible future agenda items include:
- 2017-2018 Work Plan (March)
- Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (March)
- Report on deep decarbonization (March)
- Parking study update
- Green infrastructure update
- CAP 2.0
- Albany citizen portal
A. Next regular meeting – Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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 2017-02-01
