** NOTE LOCATION CHANGE **
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3-1. Approve minutes from July 15 meeting (attached)
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. Energy Efficiency Projects & Grant Funding – update (Attachment 1)
6. REPORTS
6-1. Long Range Planning/Sustainable Development Subcommittee – update
6-2. Urban Landscape Subcommittee - update
6-3. Education Subcommittee – update
7. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
7-1. Draft Administrative Climate Action Plan (EDAW, Inc. – Attachment 2)
7-2. Review Draft UC Village EIR, comments provided by the Long-Range Planning Subcommittee and formulate comments to provide to the Planning & Zoning Commission (Attachment 3)
7-3. Wind Energy at Albany Bulb – discuss recent meeting outcomes and potential next steps (Attachment 4)
7-4. Review draft letter to USDA re. community garden (Attachment 5)
7-5. Review draft letter to Fern Tiger Associates regarding inclusion of climate change analysis (Attachment 6)
8. 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).
8-1. Next meeting October 21, 2009 – 979 San Pablo Avenue – Green Building Guidelines (P&Z), Green Albany landscape proposal (Urban Landscape Subcommittee), liaison role with Albany School Board
9. ADJOURNMENT
Attachments
1. Energy Efficiency Projects & Grant Funding – Staff Memo
2. Draft Administrative CAP – EDAW, Inc. – http://www.albanyca.org/index.aspx?page=256
3. Long-Range Planning Subcommittee comments on UC Village Draft EIR (available at meeting)
4. September 8 City Council Staff Report – Wind Energy
5. Draft letter to USDA
6. Draft letter to Fern Tiger Associates
The Committee packet is available for public inspection at the Albany Library, Fire Department 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, 979 San Pablo Avenue, Albany CA.
Sustainability Minutes 2009-09-16
