Sustainability Committee Meeting: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Albany City Hall - Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, CA.
This meeting includes discussion of Updates of Complete Streets, General Plan and Schools subcommittee; Arts & Green Festival Street Closures; Green Building Ordinance Update; Greenhouse Emmissions Inventory; Community Renewable Energy and Community Choice Aggregation; Committee Goals for 2013; Monthly Patch Article.
*** AGENDA ***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes from January 16, 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
6. REPORTS
A. Complete Streets Update
B. General Plan Update
C. Schools Subcommittee Update
7. DISCUSSIONS AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
A. Arts and Green Festival Update and Discussion on Street Closures
7-A 2013 AAGF Proposed Street Closure
B. Green Building Ordinance Update
Recommended Action: Make a recommendation to Council to adopt proposed changes
C. Discuss Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
7-C GHG Emissions Inventory Report
7-C GHG Emission Inventory Master Data Workbook
7-C Analysis of Transportation Sector Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Albany
D. Discuss Options for Community Renewable Energy and Community Choice Aggregation
7-D Options for Community Renewable Energy in Albany
E. Discuss Committee Goals for 2013
F. Review of Monthly Article for the Patch
G. Selection of Chair and Vice Chair for 2013
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 regular meeting – March 20, 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 2013-02-20
