1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    3-1. Approve minutes from April 16 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. REPORTS

    6-1. Long Range Planning/Sustainable Development Subcommittee – update

    6-2. Urban Landscape Subcommittee - update

    6-3. Education Subcommittee – update

    6-4. Economic Development Consultant Selection – update (Smith-Heimer)

    6-5. Polystyrene Ordinance – update (Almaguer)

    6-6. Climate Action Planning Consultant Selection – update (Almaguer)

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

    7-1. Presentation/Discussion with City Urban Forester – Tony Wolcott

    7-2. Leaf Blower Ordinance (Lieberman)

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 June 18, 2008 – Location TBD

9. ADJOURNMENT

Attachments

Case Study: Residential Gas Leaf Blower Ban – Lieberman

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. Date posted: Friday, May 16, 2008

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