Sustainability Committee Meeting: Wednesday, April 20, 7:30PM. Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
This meeting includes discussion of Building Energy Assessment & Disclosure Ordinance, CAP funding, Federal Carbon Fee & Dividend Policy, Arts & Green Festival, and City Public Works facility sustainable features.
*** AGENDA ***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes from March 16, 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
- New committee member introduction
- Alameda County Community Choice Energy (CCE) update
- Adaptation planning
6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
A. Building Energy Assessment and Disclosure Ordinance
Recommendation: Discuss policy matrix and next steps.
Stopwaste Background on Residential Energy Assessment and Disclosure Ordinances
B. Discuss CAP funding
Recommendation: Discuss Council feedback and next steps.
C. Resolution endorsing a Federal Carbon Fee and Dividend Policy
Recommendation: That Council pass the attached resolution.
Federal Carbon Fee & Dividend Memo 4-20-2016
Carbon Fee & Dividend Resolution
California Impact of Carbon Fee and Dividend
Summary of Financial Impact on Households of Carbon Fee and Dividend
D. Arts & Green Festival Subcommittee update
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
E. Update on sustainable features of City Public Works facility
Recommendation: Provide feedback on plans.
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:
- BayREN PACE Regional Collaborative Services Agreement (May)
- Update on green building reach codes (May)
- Discussion of ad hoc subcommittees (May)
- Parking study update (June)
- 2035/2050 targets – CAP 2.0, adaptation, consumption-based inventories
- UUT reform
- Schools subcommittee update
A. Next regular meeting – May 18, 2016
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 2016-04-20
