Sustainability Committee Meeting: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 7:30PM. Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
This meeting includes discussion of Outreach Subcommittee update, Proposed Leaf Blower Ordinance, UC Village Mixed Use Project update, strategy for reviewing CCA Options and presenting options to Council, GHG Inventory update, and Funding Strategies for CAP Implementation.
*** AGENDA ***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes from June 19, 2013 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
A. Student Member Update
B. Strategic Planning Update
6. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
A. Outreach Subcommittee Update
B. Discussion of Proposed Leaf Blower Ordinance
Leaf Blower Ordinance Briefing 5-7-2008
Berkeley Ordinance
Piedmont Ordinance
Reasons Not to Use a Leaf Blower
Ban Leafblowers! - DrWeil
Silver Lake council to help enforce ban on gas
South Miami moves to ban gas
C. Update on UC Village Mixed Use Project
D. Discussion of Strategy for Reviewing CCA Options and Presenting Options to Council
E. Discussion of GHG Inventory Update
F. Discussion and Possible Communication to City Council Regarding Funding Strategies for CAP Implementation
2013-06-19 6G attach 1 CAP Funding Report
2013-06-19 6G attach 2 UUT Letter to Council
2013-06-19 6G attach 3 CAP Funding SC Letter to Council
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).
A. Next regular meeting – September 18, 2013
9. 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.
Sustainability Minutes 2013-7-17
