Sustainability Committee Meeting: Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 7:30PM. Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
*** AGENDA ***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes from January 20, 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
- General Plan Update
- Alameda County Community Choice Energy (CCE) Program Update
- BAAQMD Consumption-Based Inventory
- Albany Unified School District Sustainability Committee
Albany Unified School District Board of Education Sustainability Committee
6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
A. Arts & Green Festival Subcommittee update
Recommendation: Information only. No action required.
B. Presentation from Preston Jordan regarding potential restructuring of utility users’ taxes to align with CAP objectives
Recommendation: For information and discussion. No action required.
C. Report from subcommittee on CAP funding
Recommendation: Discuss next steps.
D. Report from subcommittee on Building Energy Assessment and Disclosure Ordinance
Recommendation: Discuss next steps.
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:
- Resolution endorsing a Federal Carbon Fee and Dividend Policy
- Discussion of ad hoc subcommittees
- Net Zero Target
- Green building in planned new schools
- Green building reach codes
- UC Village
A. Next regular meeting – March 16, 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 2016-02-17
