NOTE LOCATION CHANGE:
Albany Library - Edith Stone Room
1247 Marin Avenue, Albany
July 15, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3-1. Approve minutes from June 17 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. 4th of July outreach summary
5-2. Stopwaste.Org 2008 Waste Characterization Study – update
5-3. Energy efficiency grants – update
5-4. Sustainability Committee participation in “Carbon Neutral Albany” communications
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. University Village Draft EIR (Jeff Bond)
7-2. Draft Administrative Climate Action Plan (EDAW, Inc.)
7-3. Review request for City Council to consider wind energy feasibility study at Albany Bulb
7-4. Green Albany Day/Arts and Music Festival 2010
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 September 16, 2009 (August recess) – Comments on Draft Administrative CAP (EDAW, Inc.), Green Albany landscape proposal (Urban Landscape Subcommittee), Solar outreach to commercial
9. ADJOURNMENT
Attachments
1. City Council Staff Report – 2008 Waste Characterization Study
2. Staff Email – University Village Draft EIR
3. Draft Administrative CAP – EDAW, Inc. – http://www.albanyca.org/index.aspx?page=256
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 2009-07-15
