Sustainability Committee Meeting: Wednesday, April 18, 2018  at 7:30PM.  Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL 

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES                   

A. Approve minutes from March 21, 2018 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      

5-1. Sustainability Events

5-2. Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Plan RFP Update

6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

6-1. Review Home Energy Score Pilot Program Results

Staff Recommendation: Information only. No action required.

Analysis of Home Energy Score Pilot Program Memo 4-18-2018

Sample HES Report - Low 

Sample HES Report - Med

Sample HES Report - High

Home Energy Score Flyer

HES_postcard

homescoreca.org

Home Energy Score Presentation 3-21-18

6-2. Review of Staff Analysis of Energy Program Priorities and Program Options

Staff Recommendation: Recommend development of a voluntary Home Energy Score Program and work with the community and consultants to develop energy policy priorities as part of the Climate Mitigation & Adaptation planning process.

Energy Policy Analysis Memo 4-18-2018

Albany Energy Efficiency Programs

Matrix of Energy Policies

Stopwaste Residential Energy Policy White Paper September 2016

6-3. East Bay Community Energy Update

Staff Recommendation: Establish Ad Hoc East Bay Community Energy Subcommittee to promote the program launch.

6-4. Outreach Subcommittee Update

Staff Recommendation: Information only. No action required.

7. POSSIBLE 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).

• Presentation from Wes Sullens of US Green Building Council on LLED and California Green Building Code (June)
• Clean & Active Transportation Initiatives
• Fuel Switching Policy Challenges

1. Next regular meeting – Wednesday, May 16, 2018

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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