1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3-1. Approve minutes from December 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

6. PRESENTATION
6-1. BART Retrofit Project along Ohlone Greenway (Ann Chaney, Community Development Director)

7. REPORTS
7-1. Long Range Planning/Sustainable Development Subcommittee – update
7-2. Urban Landscape Subcommittee - update
7-3. Education Subcommittee/Green Albany Day – update
7-4. Climate Action Plan - update

8. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
8-1. Selection of Committee Chair & Vice-Chair
8-2. Long Range Planning Subcommittee Recommendation: “Project Review Policy” (Smith-Heimer)
8-3. Reorganizing the Social and Economic Justice Commission and Sustainability Committee into one commission
8-4. Draft Proclamation for Golden Gate Fields Green Efforts – initial review
8-5. “Green Albany” Urban Farming Proposal – initial review

9. 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).
9-1. Next meeting February 18, 2009 – Green building guidelines/site drainage – planning staff
March meeting – EDAW – draft CAP measures

10. ADJOURNMENT

Attachments
1. EDAW CAP Proposed Outline
2. Draft Proclamation Golden Gate Fields
3. “Green Albany” Urban Farming Proposal


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.

Minutes 1-21-09