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I AM CALLING THE MUTING TO ORDER.
GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLIMATE, CLIMATE, UH, PETALUMA CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024.
UM, CAN WE TAKE, ROLL CALL PLEASE? UH, ACTUALLY PRESENT BAKER.
DO DO YOU MIND IF I STEP IN AS STAFF AND JUST SAY THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S A SOMEWHAT AWKWARD MEETING HERE.
WE JUST ARE TRYING TO CONDUCT THIS DURING A POWER OUTAGE, UH, TO SET THE TONE FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE COMING IN FROM, UM, VIRTUALLY WATCHING THIS MEETING, UM, OR WATCHING IT AFTER THE FACT.
THERE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING SOME EXPERIMENT HERE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A POWER OUTAGE.
UM, AND AT SOME POINT WE MAY NEED TO CALL THE MEETING PREMATURE, UM, BECAUSE IT MIGHT GET TOO DARK TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS HERE.
AND JUST EVERYONE BE CAREFUL ON, YOU KNOW, USE YOUR CELL PHONE, UH, FLASHLIGHTS IF YOU NEED TO GET AROUND.
UM, MAKE SURE WE DON'T INJURE OURSELVES NEEDLESSLY.
SO THIS IS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES, TOTALING NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION OR THE COMMISSION'S DISCRETION.
UM, LET'S OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? THERE'S ME.
AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN PETALUMA SINCE 2005.
OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, I'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THREE MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMITTEE AND OTHERS IN THE CITY, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE.
I'VE EXPRESSED MY INTEREST TO LEARN HOW THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN REDUCING SINGLE USE PLASTIC RELATED TO FOOD, CARRY OUT CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS, THE ASSOCIATED WASTE, AND IMPROVING RECYCLING AND COMPOST DIVERSION.
I REVIEWED THE PETALUMA BLUE BLUEPRINT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY IN THE 2019 ZERO WASTE RESOLUTION.
UM, THESE DOCUMENTS ARE GREAT, BUT I'M MISSING ANY, UH, SPECIFIC ACTIONS TOWARD REDUCING SIGNAL WASTE, PLASTIC, IMPLEMENTING MORE EFFECTIVE DIVERSION POLICIES OR REUSE, UH, PROGRAMS. MY CONCERNS CAME FROM EXPERIENCING SO MUCH WASTE WITH RESPECT TO FOOD SERVICE, CARRY OUT CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS OTHER THAN POLYSTYRENE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CITY POLICIES THAT CONTROL THE COMPOSITION OF THESE CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS.
I ALSO CANNOT FIND ANY STANDARDIZED ZERO WASTE POLICIES THAT REGULATE LOCAL FOOD, FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS PRACTICES.
YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT PLASTICS DISPOSAL AND DEGRADATION ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HEALTH.
GREENHOUSE GASES ARE ADMITTED DURING THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF PLASTICS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPOSAL.
ROUGHLY 9% OF PLASTIC IS RECYCLED.
THOSE GHGS AFFECT ALL OF US WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
FURTHERMORE AND IMPORTANTLY, STUDIES SHOW THAT 80% OF US CURRENTLY HAVE MICROPLASTICS IN OUR BLOOD, AND THESE PARTICLES ARE LINKED TO SERIOUS ILLNESSES.
THUS, THE HARM IS NOT MERELY AN ABSTRACT ISSUE AS SOME MIGHT CONSIDER, UH, SOME MIGHT CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE TO BE, IT'S AN IMPORTANT HEALTH ISSUE AS WELL, RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ALL STAKEHOLDERS MORE EVER, UH, MORE EVER.
MOREOVER, IF I CAN READ IT CORRECTLY, DUE TO THE GHE EMISSION, UH, EMISSIONS AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE PLASTIC INDUSTRY, I SUGGEST THAT ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE, TO REDUCE SINGLE USE PLASTIC AND IMPROVE DIVERSION IS INCOMPLETE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CONVERSATION EXPANDED MY QUESTIONS.
WHY HASN'T PETALUMA AS A MEMBER OF THE ZERO WASTE, UH, JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, ADOPTED THE MODEL ORDINANCE? TWO, WHY HASN'T PETALUMA AT LEAST RESTRICTED PFAS? WE ALL KNOW THOSE ARE PRETTY NAUGHTY.
UM, WHY IS THERE CURRENTLY NO IMPLEMENTATION, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND CONTROLS TO FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE 2019 ZERO WASTE RESOLUTION? SO, I'M GONNA CLOSE HERE.
I UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES ARE COMPLEX, BUT I STRONGLY BELIEVE WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DUTY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR FAMILIES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO AVOID WORKING ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CLASSIFIED AS COMPLEX.
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START WORKING WITH WHAT WE CAN DO AND EXPAND THOSE BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE ESSENCE OF HUMAN NATURE AND ALL THAT.UM, SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
OUR FIRST ONE IS FROM COOL PETALUMA ON THEIR CURRENT AND FEATURE ACTIVITIES.I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION FOR YOU, WHICH WE CANNOT SEE
BUT I WILL, UH, TRY TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT ANYWAY.
UM, I'M NATASHA WITH COOL PETALUMA, AND WE HAVE FIVE, UM, UPDATES FOR TODAY.
AND SO, UH, NUMBER ONE IS WE HAVE A, UH, COLLABORATION WITH RELIEF PETALUMA TO PLANT RESIDENTIAL TREES.
AND SO THIS RESIDENTIAL CANOPY PROJECT HAS GONE SO WELL AND SO QUICKLY THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY FILLED UP MOST OF THE SPOTS.
WE HAD 342, UH, APPLICANTS FOR TREES ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA NOTES.
YEAH, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE IT IS A REALLY FUN MAP TO SEE LIKE WHERE THEY ALL ARE ACROSS THE CITY.
SITE VISITS BEGAN SEPTEMBER 9TH.
SO THEY ACTUALLY SEND OUT, UM, TREE EXPERTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PLANNING THE RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE ON YOUR PROPERTY.
UH, NATIVE TREE PLANTING BEGINS IN NOVEMBER, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TRY TO GET US DONE, DONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, IT'LL TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS PROBABLY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, BEING PLANTED.
ALSO, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE IS A WAIT LIST NOW FOR MOST OF PETALUMA, SO YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP AND BE ON THE WAIT LIST FOR FUTURE PLANTING OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT WE ARE STILL SEEKING RESIDENTS, AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE IN CERTAIN AREAS, THERE ARE, UM, AREAS ALONG THE FREEWAY AND IN MIDTOWN WHERE THERE IS STILL NEED FOR TREES.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAPPEN TO LIVE NEAR THE FREEWAY OR IN MIDTOWN, PLEASE GO TO RELIEF PETALUMA.ORG/RESIDENTIAL.
OUR SECOND UPDATE IS ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION WITH BLUE ZONES PROJECT PETALUMA.
AND WE JUST DID A BIG KICKOFF, UM, VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PARTY TOGETHER AT HOTEL PETALUMA.
WE INVITED OVER 400 VOLUNTEERS, ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP.
WE HAD A REALLY FUN TIME INCLUDING DANCING.
UH, AND WE ARE STARTING A COLLABORATION WITH BLUE ZONES WHERE WE ARE CREATING WALKING GROUPS.
SO WALKING MOIS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BLUE ZONES TERMINOLOGY, UM, POTLUCK GROUPS AND PURPOSE WORKSHOPS.
SO WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THEY HAVE TO, UM, ATTACH THOSE TO OUR COOL BLOCKS AND OTHER COOL PETALUMA PARTICIPANTS.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE MORE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN PLUG IN AND GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THERE'S A REALLY CUTE PICTURE OF THE, UH, GROUP SHOT IN THERE TOO.
UM, AND THEN OUR THIRD UPDATE IS AROUND OUR, UM, COOL BLOCK PROGRAM.
WE'VE EXPANDED IT THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE ALSO COOL FRIENDS GROUPS.
SO YOU, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MOST POPULAR WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM IS TO GATHER YOUR NEIGHBORS ON YOUR BLOCK, BUT WE'VE ALSO FOUND THAT SOME, FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T WORK.
IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO DOOR TO DOOR OR FOR WHATEVER OTHER REASON, YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR BLOCK, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS ABILITY TO DO IT WITH A FRIENDS GROUP.
AND SO YOU CAN BRING TOGETHER YOUR PLAYGROUP, YOUR BOOK CLUB, OR YOU KNOW, YOUR SERVICE GROUP AND DO IT TOGETHER WITH THEM.
THIS, UH, SPRING COHORT, YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOTS ON THE MAP THAT ARE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION ARE THE PEOPLE WE TRAIN FOR THE SPRING COHORT.
AND THEY HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY REACHED OVER 70 HOUSEHOLDS.
THE FIRST PIECE, UH, APROPOS OF TONIGHT OF THE PROGRAM IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
AND SO THEY ALL GET, WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY OF SONOMA TO, UM, DISTRIBUTE THE PERSONAL EMERGENCY EVAC PACKS.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE GOTTEN THE EVAC PACKS.
UM, AND SO MAYBE THEY HAVE THEIR FLASHLIGHTS READY FOR THESE
UM, I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUOTES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENDING IN FROM THEIR BLOCK, UM, PARTIES.
THEY'RE SAYING, UH, ONE IS QUOTE, THERE WAS A REAL SENSE OF NEIGHBORS ENJOYING GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.
ANOTHER WAS PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO DRIVE E-WASTE TO LOU CASEY.
ANOTHER WAS, WE ALL THINK WE WILL BUY EV CARS NEXT TIME WE NEED ONE.
AND ANOTHER WAS, WE GOT SAGE ADVICE FROM RECENT EVACUEES.
SO SOMEONE ON THEIR BLOCK HAD HAD TO EVACUATE AND GAVE THEM REAL FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE.
THE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE COMING UP
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ON OCTOBER 13TH, THAT'S A SUNDAY FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM OUR NEXT TEAM LEADER TRAINING.SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN CREATING THEIR OWN COOL BLOCK OR COOL FRIENDS TEAM, PLEASE GO TO COOL PETALUMA.ORG/COOL-TEAM AND YOU CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT IT.
WE DO TAKE PEOPLE THROUGH FIVE MODULES, PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES, RETHINKING CONSUMPTION, TRANSFORMING TRANSPORTATION, IMPROVING BUILDINGS AND RESTORING NATURE.
AND THEN ALSO THE BLUE ZONES COLLABORATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL.
WE ALSO GOT SOME GREAT PRESS FOR PETALUMA OVER THE SUMMER.
WE HAD A BOHEMIAN COVER STORY WHERE WE, WE WERE HIGHLY FEATURED.
UM, WE WRITE, UH, I WRITE A MONTHLY CLIMATE COLUMN FOR THE ARGUS COURIER.
THE LAST TWO, UH, THE JULY ISSUE WAS ABOUT REDUCING PLASTICS IF, UM, PER THE COMMENT EARLIER.
SO THAT HAS SOME INFORMATION THERE.
AND THEN, UH, THE AUGUST ISSUE HAD, UM, PETALUMA HARNESSES THE POWER OF TREES.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION RELIEF AND WHY THAT IS AN IMPORTANT CLIMATE ACTION AS WELL.
WE WERE ALSO FEATURED IN THE SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY PORTRAIT PODCAST.
IT'S A NICE LONG HOUR AND A HALF INTERVIEW, SO GET OUT YOUR LAUNDRY AND START FOLDING.
UH, BUT YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THESE@COOLPETALUMA.ORG SLASH PRESS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW, UM, PETALUMA IS BEING FEATURED, UH, IN SUCH A GREAT POS AS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AROUND THE COUNTY.
LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE TO, UM, OH, AND THEN THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT, UH, WE ARE HOST IN COLLABORATION WITH CLIMATE ACTION PETALUMA DAILY ACTS AND COOL PETALUMA.
WE ARE HOSTING A, UH, FORUM FOR THE NEW CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ON, AND I THINK IT'S THE ONE PAGE THAT'S NOT ON HERE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 27TH, WHAT IS IT, THE 20 FRIDAY, THE 27TH.
FRIDAY THE 27TH, UM, FROM NOON TO 1:30 PM AT CRAM HALL.
AND IF YOU GO TO COOL PETALUMA.ORG/COUNCIL FORUM, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT IN RSP FOR THAT.
LASTLY, IF YOU WANT JUICY WEEKLY UPDATES, WE DO SEND OUT A NEWSLETTER EVERY WEEK.
AND WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE OPENING THAT EMAIL EVERY WEEK.
SO IT'S, UH, A POPULAR ONE FULL OF GREAT INFORMATION AND ACTION TIPS AND INSPIRING, UM, INSPIRING INFORMATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND COOL PETALUMA AND THE BLOCK LEADERS ARE DOING FOR PETALUMA.
UM, WE'LL BE EMAILED THE PRESENTATION.
IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LOOKING CAN JUST GO TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG WEBSITE.
GO TO THE MEETINGS TAB, FIND THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 12TH, UH, CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION MEETING.
AND THEN ONTO THE PRESENTATION HEADING.
THERE WILL BE AN ATTACHMENT, UM, WHICH IT HAS THE FULL PRESENTATION.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM TWO, WHICH IS APPROVAL MINUTES.UM, FOR THE AUGUST 8TH, 2024 MEETING, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS TO WISHES TO PROPOSE TO THE MEET MINUTES? A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT? THE MINUTES ARE PRODUCTIVE.
I DIDN'T THINK SO DEEMED, DEEMED APPROVED UNLESS THERE'S CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE.
IF THERE ARE NO CORRECTIONS, THEN THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND CONSIDER THE CREATION OF AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES TO ASSIST BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION.SO THIS IS COMING OFF OF OUR CONVERSATION LAST MONTH, MOVING FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, AND SO, UM, FIRST WE'RE GONNA HAVE PATRICK CARTER PRESENT.
ACTUALLY, UM, JUST, IT IT'S KIND OF A GREAT TIME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO NEW, UM, YOUTH MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN LACKING FROM, FROM THIS COMMISSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE NEW MEMBERS HERE, UM, AND BRINGING THAT ENERGY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPING KEEP THE, THE COMMISSION, UH, IN, IN TOUCH WITH, WITH, UH, YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND THE WISDOM THAT YOU BRING.
SO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE, UM, AND YOUR, YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA.
UM, BUT HAVING NEW MEMBERS, IT'S GREAT TO KIND OF GO OVER, UM, WHY THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED.
UM, AND IT WAS CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S A, WHAT'S CALLED A SUB
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SUBORDINATE BODY.SO IT'S AN ADVISORY BODY, UM, THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS OUT THERE, LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE, UM, AUTHORITY TO, UM, WEIGH IN ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION IS, IS JUST ADVISORY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF, IF WE LOOK BACK TO THE ENABLING DOCUMENTS, UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, UM, PERFORMS ITS DUTIES ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO CLIMATE ACTION POLICIES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, IT SERVES AS A FORM FOR THE CONSIDERATION, ANALYSIS AND COORDINATION OF CLIMATE ACTION RELATED POLICIES.
AND SHAW ADVISE THE CITY ON MATTERS REFERRED, UH, BY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED HEARING BODIES.
CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION SHALL ENGAGE WITH CLIMATE RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING TO, BUT NOT LIMITED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACTING AS A FOCAL POINT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION THROUGH WORKSHOPS WHERE EXPERTS CAN SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE, UNDERSTANDING OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING CARBON FOOTPRINT AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, SUGGESTING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY STAFF.
ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PROVIDE A ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND EXPERTISE, AND EXAMINING BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND RECOMMENDING IMPLEMENTATION AS APPROPRIATE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S DIRECTLY FROM THE, UM, ENABLING LEGISLATION.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL SAW FIT TO GIVE AS THE CHARGE FOR THIS COMMISSION.
UM, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A HELP.
IT'S, IT'S A HELP WORK WITH STAFF AND, UM, GET THE MESSAGE OF THE CITY OUT.
UM, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO TO HELP ON THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF GONNA BE THE, UM, MAIN FOCUS OF THE CONVERSATION.
THERE'S, THERE'S TASKS THAT THE CITY CAN DO WITH ITS INTERNAL OPERATIONS, BUT THAT'S JUST A SMALL FRACTION OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS, UH, IMPACT AND EMISSIONS, UH, CITYWIDE.
SO THERE'S SO MUCH ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BY OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THIS COMMISSION CAN BE THAT, THAT BODY THAT HELPS US GET THAT MESSAGE OUT AND BEING THAT INSPIRATIONAL, UM, PLACE TO COME TO LEARN MORE, TO BE THAT NEXUS OF INFORMATION AND HELP IT SPREAD, UM, ALONG WITH OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS OUT THERE, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THIS ITEM, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS THE, LIKE, LIKE WE'VE DONE, REVIEW WHAT THE CHARGE WAS FROM COUNCIL FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, AND BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS HOW IT WANTS TO, UM, FOCUS.
ITS, ITS ENERGIES ON THE BLUEPRINT IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, THAT COULD INCLUDE THE CREATION OF AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE GROUPS.
UM, BUT IF, IF THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PREPARED SUCH THAT THAT ACTION CAN TAKE PLACE.
UM, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW MEMBERS, AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE IS, UH, A GROUP OF LESS THAN A QUORUM, SO LESS THAN FIVE MEMBERS.
SO UP TO FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION CAN MEET SEPARATELY, UM, ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, UM, WITHOUT NEEDING, UM, PRIOR NOTIFICATION OR, UM, BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLISHING AGENDAS AND, UH, LOCATION INFORMATION.
72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF A MEETING.
THAT'S LIMITED TO, UM, MEETINGS THAT INVOLVE A QUORUM OF THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION OR STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHICH ARE JUST ONGOING AS OPPOSED TO AD HOC, WHICH ARE FINITE.
YOU, YOU SERVE YOUR PURPOSE, YOU DO, YOU DO YOUR DISCUSSIONS.
IT'S USUALLY FOR A FOCUS TASK, AND THEN IT'S DISBANDED AFTER, UM, A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE'S NOT LIKE A SET, LIKE IT HAS TO BE LESS THAN ONE YEAR OR ELSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECOMES A STANDING COMMITTEE.
BUT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE LIKE A FINITE, UM, NATURE TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO IT COULD BE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN THE, THEN YOU REEXAMINE WHERE YOU ARE AND THEN CONSIDER WHETHER YOU MAKE A NEW AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE GROUP, UM, TO TAKE ON TASK IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S KIND OF THE GUIDELINES.
UM, DEB, DID YOU WANNA WEIGH IN ON, UM, 'CAUSE YOU, DEB FOX, FOR EVERYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW HER IS OUR CLIMATE ACTION MANAGER.
UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON STAFF, UM, FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOW.
UM, WISH I COULD HAVE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE AT THAT TIME.
UH, SHOULD BE A FAMILIAR FACE.
SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS GIVING THOSE PRESENTATIONS,
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UH, BEFORE, UH, NATASHA JUST JUST DID.UM, BUT DEB HAS BEEN REALLY HELPING US GET, UM, THROUGH HER INVOLVEMENT WHEN SHE WAS WITH COOL PAL LUA WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN TRYING TO MAKE THE BLUEPRINT MORE MANAGEABLE, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE, TRANSLATION FROM GOVERNMENT SPEAK TO NORMAL PEOPLE SPEAK, I GUESS.
UM, AND SO HER BACKGROUND HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO KIND OF GET IT INTO ITS FINAL FORM, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN RELEASE THAT, UM, FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW.
UM, BUT DID YOU WANNA JUST SAY A FEW THOUGHTS ON SUBCOMMITTEES, IF, IF THE GROUP WANTED TO PREFACE IT FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ORIGINAL ONE LOOKED LIKE AND WHAT I'VE, UH, BEEN LOOKING AT IS THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, UH, THESE AD HOCS COULD WORK TO HELP WITH THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
AND FROM A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE, UH, THERE'S REALLY THREE TOPICS, UM, THAT I SEE POTENTIALLY COULD BE ONE OF OBVIOUSLY, UH, ENER CLEAN ENERGY AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE BUILDINGS.
UM, IT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ONE.
UH, AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BROADER, BUT IT REALLY IS THE FULL SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UH, NATURAL SYSTEMS AND SEQUESTRATION AND WATER.
'CAUSE THE WATER, AS WE KNEW, WAS JUST ONE SINGLE STANDALONE, UM, UH, ACTION PLAN.
BUT PUTTING THESE ACTION PLANS IN THESE BUCKETS ALLOWS FOR A MORE HOLISTIC CONVERSATION.
UH, AND THEN RESOURCE CONSUMPTION, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, ITS ITS OWN, UH, UH, SUBJECT ALL ON ITS OWN.
UM, THOSE ARE THE THREE BIG ONES.
THERE ARE, UH, A COUPLE OTHER, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION'S GONNA GO THROUGH THEM ALL.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ITS OWN.
JUST DEPENDS ON HOW BROAD YOU WANNA GO OR HOW MANY TIMES YOU WANNA MEET, I THINK MIGHT END UP BEING.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE MONITORING AND REPORTING, UH, PIECE, WHICH ALSO KIND OF GOES THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
SO THOSE TWO TOPICS KIND OF HAVE A THROUGH LINE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THEM.
AND IN MY, I I I WOULD CALL IT MY IDEAL WORLD IS THAT YOU ALL KIND OF STATE WHAT YOUR INTERESTS ARE, AND THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.
BUT AS YOU ALL LIKE TO, AS YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT FROM WHAT YOU'RE MAP PEOPLE'S EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS TO THE, UH, AREAS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, IT'D BE I'D PUT IT BACK TO YOU ALL AS THAT'S JUST ONE SUGGESTION, UH, OF HOW THESE MATCH TO THE BLUEPRINT.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE COMMISSIONER, UM, BAKER TO, AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION TO SHARE, UM, A FEW MINUTES IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COMMISSION.
UM, YEAH, I'M IN THE COMMISSION.
WE STARTED IT AS A RESULT OF THE, UM, EMERGENCY ACTION THAT, UM, VARIOUS GROUPS IN PETALUMA BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, AND THERE WAS A RESOLUTION.
AND SO WE STARTED IN, UM, LATE 2019, I THINK.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMISSION WHEN YOU'RE BRAND NEW, YOU HAVE EXACTLY ZERO MOMENTUM.
UM, AND WE HAD, WE HAD PATRICK HELPING US WITH THE TIME THAT HE HAD AVAILABLE, WHICH WASN'T A LOT.
UM, AND SO WE KIND OF HAD TO DECIDE, UH, WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO, UM, IN ORDER TO, UM, GET MOVING ON THIS EMERGENCY AS A COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE DEBATED SEVERAL MONTHS, I THINK, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND ULTIMATELY LANDED ON CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION THAT WAS BASED ON OUR VALUES AND PRINCIPLES.
AND SO WE, WE MADE SOME DECISIONS AROUND VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AS A GROUP AND IN CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, REALLY VALUING EQUITY AND PUTTING FORWARD EQUITY AS A VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
'CAUSE IF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY'S NOT BEING ASSISTED AND IMPROVED IN THIS SITUATION, WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING OUR JOB.
UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE DID SPLIT INTO, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT AD HOC GROUPS TO FOCUS ON THE DIFFERENT ISSUES AND DEVELOP THIS FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT THAT PRIORITIZE CERTAIN ACTIONS.
AND THOSE WERE, UM, MITIGATION AND SEQUESTRATION ADAPTATION, EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND WE GOT REALLY, UH, REALLY GREAT WORK OUT OF, UH, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, THE PUBLIC THAT WORKED WITH US.
THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPERTS.
PEOPLE JUMPED IN AND HELPED REWRITE THE FRAMEWORK AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT IN
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FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.AM I RIGHT OR LATE 2020? I, I THINK IT WAS EARLY 2021.
I THINK IT WAS JANUARY OF 2021.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS APPROVED ONE YEAR ON THE DECEMBER, 2020.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY, IT SEEMED SLOW, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL DURING COVID, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY FAST FOR A COMMISSION
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THE, UM, THE 2030 CARBON NEUTRALITY GOAL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TOWARD THAT GOAL EVER SINCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW MUCH, HOW HARD IT IS, YOU KNOW, AND HOW MUCH GOES INTO IT.
UM, BUT I THINK THE COMMISSION'S ALWAYS REALLY, UH, WORKED BEST.
WHEN WE, UH, DID WORK IN AD HOC GROUPS, WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
WE DIVED INTO ISSUES MORE DEEPLY, AND THEN WE COLLABORATED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS MUCH MORE DEEPLY.
AND WE'RE AT OUR BEST WHEN WE MAKE REALLY CLEAR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO COUNCIL AND TO OTHER COMMISSIONS AND CO UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS A FORUM FOR THAT DISCUSSION BETTER THAN MOST OTHER ENVIRONMENTS.
UM, SO WHEN WE, SO WHEN WE ARE, UM, MAKING CLEAR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE HOST REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS AND AMPLIFY THE ABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME INFORMED, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S SO MANY CHALLENGING DECISIONS THAT AS A COMMUNITY MEET WE NEED TO MAKE.
AND SO THE MORE THAT WE HAVE AN INFORMED PUBLIC, UH, THE BETTER WE CAN MOVE THROUGH ALL THOSE CHALLENGING DECISIONS.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE NEW, YOU KNOW, NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION COMING ON AND SEEING THE, THE, THE BLUEPRINT COME INTO FRUITION AND SO MUCH MORE PRACTICAL, UM, IMPLEMENTATION KIND OF RIGHT ON THE, THE VERGE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WINS AND, AND, AND WE ALSO JUST NEED TO KEEP GOING.
UM, SO ANYWAY, IT'S A, IT IS A GREAT MOMENT, I THINK, UM, AT THIS, AT THIS TIME TO CONSIDER HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND, AND SUPPORTING, UH, NEW STAFF AND THE GREAT WORK THAT COOL PETALUMA'S DOING AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE RELIEF.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK HAPPENING.
SO, OH, ACTUALLY, I DO WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING.
I DO THINK ONE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMISSION DO WASN'T SOMETHING THAT DEB JUST MENTIONED WAS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO KIND OF PLACE THE VALUE PROPOSITION VERY CLEARLY IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MITIGATION.
THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFORMING OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND MORE BIKE FRIENDLY.
AND THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NOT DOING THOSE THINGS.
SO THE SEA LEVEL RISE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS JUST A STUDY THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY SAYING, WE'RE NATURAL GAS IS INCREASING RAPIDLY NOW, AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HEADING INTO MORE WORST CASE SCENARIOS.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT MAY CHANGE, BUT I THINK IN ORDER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACT IN A PRIORITIZED WAY, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S GONNA COST IF WE DON'T GET OUR ACT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AND NOW MAY BE 30 YEARS FROM NOW OR, OR 50 YEARS FROM NOW, BUT WE CAN NOW START TO SEE WHAT IT IS GONNA COST HERE.
AND SO I THINK COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT VALUE PROPOSITION.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO LIKE, GET RID OF ALL THE PARKING ON D STREET OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE NOT IN THEIR COMFORT ZONE, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COSTS ARE INVOLVED AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S, SO I DO FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAKE MORE CLEAR TO PEOPLE, UH, AT THIS COMMISSION.
UM, NOW IS THE TIME WHERE WE OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
UM, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR? UH, NO PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE, I KNOW WE HAVE ONE.
SO
SO WE HAVE TRAYVIN, HECKMAN, THANK YOU CHAIR COMMISSIONERS AND, UH, STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THESE REALLY COMPLICATED ISSUES.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH VALUE IT'LL PROVIDE, BUT JUST PROVIDING ANOTHER ANGLE, WHICH IS NICE TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT VIEWS IN THE EARLY DAYS, JUST ON THE HISTORY AND THE SORT OF FOUNDING ETHOS.
UM, FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF US CAME TOGETHER AND FORMED CLIMATE ACTION PETALUMA, WITH THE INTENT OF BUILDING THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL WILL TO INSPIRE OUR CITY COUNCIL TO DO THREE THINGS, DECLARE CLIMATE EMERGENCY, TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION, AND FORM THIS BODY, WHICH WE WERE CALLING A CLIMATE CABINET AT THE POINT, WHICH WAS TO BE SORT OF A NEXUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT IT, UM, OF ACTION.
AND ALSO NOT JUST OF CLIMATE OF EXPERTISE, BUT
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TO REALLY HAVE REPRESENTATION OF LIVED EXPERIENCE AND AGE CULTURE AND RACIAL DIVERSITY.UM, WHICH WAS PRESENT ON THE FIRST COMMISSION.
UM, BECAUSE THE FOCUS WAS CLIMATE ACTION, WHICH, OR EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION, WHICH I THINK PATRICK AND ANNE MENTIONED.
UH, AND FROM THE BEGINNING, LIKE EVEN THOUGH THIS, THE COMMUNITY WAS, WAS PUSHING AND ASKING THE CITY TO STEP UP, IT WAS VERY MUCH A, WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER APPROACH, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETIMES DIFFERENT THAN CERTAIN ACTIVIST APPROACHES.
AND HELPED THAT WE HAD, UH, AN AMAZING NEW CITY MANAGER WITH PEGGY.
AND SO CLIMATE ACTION PETALUMA, AFTER THE SPRING POLICY SESSION WORKED BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY, UM, STAFF TO DRAFT THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION AND PROPOSE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT THIS BODY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND BECAUSE THE CITY ENGAGED IN A MORE OPEN WAY, IT, IT BUILT OWNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND IT RESULTED IN US DOING A BIG CLIMATE EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION FORUM AND DOING THE CITY'S FIRST EVER OPEN INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE COMMISSION WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF COMMISSION CANDIDATES.
I BELIEVE WE HAD 30 PEOPLE APPLY AND WAS THERE.
UM, AND SO THEN THE NEXT SPRING AFTER THE COMMISSION DELIBERATED AND THE FRAMEWORK IDEA CAME ABOUT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WAS BURIED ON THE LOAD OF COVID AND EVERYTHING SHUTTING DOWN.
AND AS A GREAT TIME THAT THE COMMISSION CAME UPON THE FRAMEWORK IDEA.
AND THEN ABOUT TWO DOZEN OF US VOLUNTEERS WORKED WITH THE COMMITTEES.
DELAC FACILITATED THE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE LAND AND WATER GROUP, UM, AND WAS INVOLVED IN OTHERS.
BUT IN JUST TWO AND A HALF, THREE MONTHS, WE WROTE TOGETHER A 50 PAGE FRAMEWORK, WHICH WAS REALLY DIFFICULT WITH THE BROWN ACT RESTRICTIONS AND THE BODIES COULDN'T TALK AND ALL THAT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY THAT DECEMBER, THE COMMISSION AFTER THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE CITY.
UH, A MORE CLEANED UP VERSION OF THE FRAMEWORK WAS PASSED.
AND IT REALLY HAD, YOU KNOW, HAD SEQUESTRATION IN THERE.
IT HAD EQUITY, HAD CONSUMPTION BASED EMISSIONS, HAD A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN'T USUALLY IN CITY DOCUMENTS.
AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN A GUIDING DOCUMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMISSION BODY, UM, AND SAVE THE CITY.
A LOT OF RESOURCES IN THE PROCESS, A LOT OF AMAZING INITIATIVES LIKE RELIEF AND COOL PETALUMA AND THE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN TEAM AND OTHERS CAME OUT OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE AGAIN, IT BUILT THIS EXCITEMENT AND THIS ENGAGEMENT AND A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING AND FEELING ABOUT IT AND SOLVING PROBLEMS. UM, AND SO I SAY THIS IN CONTEXT OF THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT WE'RE IN WITH THE CLIMATE BLUEPRINT, UM, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN 3, 4, 5 YEARS AGO.
THERE'S MORE COMPLEXITY, THERE'S MORE DIFFICULTIES YOU'RE FACING, CLIMATE CLOCKS TICKING.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BE WITH THAT.
WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER APPROACH.
WE NEED MORE AND BETTER COORDINATION.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE AD HOCS, UM, BUT THERE'S MORE IDEAS FROM THE ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK AROUND LIKE AN EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE KIND OF THAT, THAT FOUNDING ETHOS.
'CAUSE YOU ALL HAVE A REALLY BIG BODY OF WORK.
YOU'RE LEADING AND SUPER APPRECIATIVE AND HAPPY TO DO OUR PARTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I DO WANT TO JUST ORIENT EVERYBODY.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS HISTORY LESSON
UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW SORT OF WHY IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE FIRST PLACE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, BASICALLY THE LAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN WRITING THE, OR HELPING ADVISE FOR THE BLUEPRINT, UM, WHICH IS INFORMING THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND, UM, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF OUR JOB IS GOING TO BE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, BEING LIKE A, A RESOURCE AND KEEPING, KEEP KEEPING INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, A SOURCE OF INFORMATION, LIKE A RESOURCE FOR THE CITY AND THEN ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, THE NEXT ITEM SAYS, UH, TO MAKE IF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FINE DISCUSSION.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING IT SEEMS. YEAH.
SO LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE, UM, ARE LOSING LIGHT
SO IF EVERYBODY COULD BE VERY CONCISE, IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, THAT'S FINE.
EVERYBODY WILL THANK YOU FOR NOT SAYING
AND, UM, AND IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT CONCISE.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE YES COMMISSION COMMISSIONER EDM MINSTER.
UM, A COUPLE THINGS COME TO MIND.
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COMMISSION, WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS SHOW UP.
UH, WHEN WE SHUT DOWN AT COID, THERE WAS A LOT OF PARTICIPATION VIA ZOOM.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO COME TO MEETINGS.
NOW WE HAVE ALMOST NO ONE ATTEND OUR MEETINGS.
AND SO WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY LOST OUR EFFECTIVENESS AS A CHANNEL FOR INFORMATION.
BACK IN THOSE EARLY DAYS, WE HAD SPEAKERS COME, WE DID, UM, HOST THE EXPERT SPEAKERS
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ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.AND I THINK THOSE PRESENTATIONS WERE ALL REALLY VALUABLE.
SO, UM, GOING TO THE QUESTION OF AD HOCS, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO RECONSIDER HOW WE BECOME A VEHICLE FOR CLIMATE EDUCATION AND CLIMATE ACTION EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN THAT HAVING PEOPLE COME TO US IN THIS MEETING FORMAT IS NOT WORKING THESE DAYS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE AN EDUCATION AD HOC, UM, WITH THAT MISSION OF SORT OF RETHINKING LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE THE FORMATS AND, AND, UM, STRATEGIES FOR GETTING CLIMATE ACTION INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING TOPICS SUCH AS WHAT, WHAT ANN RAISED ABOUT THE VALUE PROPOSITION.
AND, UM, AS WE START TO SEE THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE BLUEPRINT ROLL OUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO BOLSTER, UM, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT.
UM, SO THAT'S, I GUESS MY MAIN MESSAGE HERE.
I DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE WHOLE TOPICAL, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT TOPICS, DEB, THAT YOU MENTIONED.
OF COURSE, BUILDING BUILT ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORTATION, NATURAL SYSTEMS, WATER EDUCATION, EQUITY, THOSE ARE ALL TOPICS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
AND, AND THERE CERTAINLY IS A THROUGH LINE, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT WAS PRETTY CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION THAT ESTABLISHED THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT, THAT WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT ON THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE BRIEF COMMENTS.
UM, I GUESS ORIGINALLY I HAD WANTED TO CREATE SOME AD HOCS AT THIS MEETING.
I THINK, UM, NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING A JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK HAVING A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT AD HOCS AT THAT NEXT MEETING WOULD BE VALUABLE IN THE HOPES THAT, NUMBER ONE, THERE'LL BE MORE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
AND NUMBER TWO, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER PARTICIPATION.
AND I THINK IF WE HAVE PARTICIPATION AMONGST, UH, CITY BODIES AND THE PUBLIC, I THINK THAT WOULD FURTHER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANY AD HOCS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL FURTHER ELABORATE ON THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I DO THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, VALUABLE.
AND TO ANNE'S POINT, YOU KNOW, TO TRY AND HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THIS OUT IF WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE FROM MORE GROUPS, UM, ENGAGED, UH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
UM, AND I SECOND THE IDEA OF, UH, YOU KNOW, AN EDUCATION AD HOC, I'M CURIOUS IF IT'S INTENDED TO LIKE, BE INTERNALLY FOCUSED OR IF LIKE THAT AD HOC WOULD HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, IN WHICH CASE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WANNA MAKE IT A, A FRIENDLIER NAME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO ATTEND THE CITY'S EDUCATION AD HOC MEETING, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANNA ATTEND THE CITY'S CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT MEETING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ON ZOOM AND IT'S AD HOC MEETING, BUT IT'S ON ZOOM AND PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE, THAT I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
UM, YEAH, AND I GUESS JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, DEB DID MAKE REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO SOMEWHAT, UH, ELABORATE ON, UH, TOPICS THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN.
UH, I AM CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AS THAT 70% OF OUR EMISSIONS AND A MAJOR PART OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
SO IF THERE WAS AN AD HOC, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY THINK, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THAT ONE WOULD BE SOMETHING I'M OF INTEREST IN AS WELL AS, UH, CLEAN ENERGY AND BUILDING DECARBONIZATION.
UH, YEAH, WELL, GREAT IDEAS SO FAR.
AND, UH, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, YEAH, WE CAN USE OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE IN THESE, THESE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
UH, WOULD PERSONALLY LOVE TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE CITY'S, UH, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ELECTRIFICATION PROCESS.
UH, HAVING SOME EXPERTISE IN IT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE ANN AND, AND, AND BEN AND, AND ACTUALLY PRETTY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, ESPECIALLY ON THE NATURAL SYSTEM SIDE.
SO EXCITED TO SEE, UH, WHAT EVERYONE ENDS UP WORKING ON.
BUT, UH, WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA BE ABLE TO, TO MONITOR AND ENSURE THAT THIS, THE ACTIONS THE CITY IS TAKING IS SQUEEZING EVERY LAST LITTLE BIT OF EFFICIENCY THAT WE CAN, UH, OUT OF OUR ACTIONS.
UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM THERE FOR, FOR US TO WORK WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH EITHER THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, ET CETERA, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IS, IS, UM, AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE.
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A LOT OF ROOM, ROOM FOR, FOR HELP THERE FROM OUR EXPERTISE.UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, OR IT COULD BE AS THE, THE F FRAMEWORK IS, UH, IMPLEMENTED, THAT THOSE SECTIONS WERE, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY COMMENTING AND, AND HELPING THE CITY UNDERSTAND HOW TO GO ABOUT MAKING THOSE ACTIONS HAPPEN.
UM, I'M, I'M SORT OF IN AGREEMENT.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL'S POINT OF VIEW, UM, RECEIVING INFORMATION, WE'RE LOOKING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ACTIONS, UH, THINGS THAT CAN, THAT CAN BE DONE.
SO, UM, ONE, HAVING WORKED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND WITH AD AD HOCS, AND ONE OF THE KEYS OF AD HOCS IS, UM, MORE GOAL SPECIFIC AND LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR SOMETHING AT THE END.
AND SO THESE ARE SHORT TERM COMMITTEES, LESS THAN A YEAR, PREFERABLY EVEN EVEN LESS THAN A HALF YEAR.
THAT IS TO GET INTO A, A PROJECT, AN IDEA, UH, AN OUTCOME IS DESIRED WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU FOCUS ON IT, GET IT DONE, BRING IT TO THIS COMMITTEE, AND THEN SAY, OKAY.
AND THEN THIS COMMITTEE CAN THEN CARRY THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD.
SO FOR GENERALLY LIKE, OH, WE WANNA HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS BACK.
THAT COULD BE, THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S A WHOLE COUNCIL LEVEL TYPE THING VERSUS AN AD HOC TYPE THING.
IF THERE'S, UM, UM, OTHER THINGS SUCH AS WE HEAR TONIGHT, LIKE, LIKE PLASTICS, HOW TO, HOW TO GET, UH, WHAT CAN WE DO A, A PLASTIC ORDINANCE, WHAT DO WE WANNA DO A PLASTICS ORDINANCE OR NOT? THAT WOULD BE AN AD HOC, THAT'S VERY FOCUSED SHORT TERM, COME UP WITH A, A NEW ORDINANCE FOR, FOR DEALING WITH, WITH, UH, UH, PLASTICS.
OR WHAT DO WE WANNA DO? WHAT'S OUR GOALS AROUND PLASTICS OR WHETHER IT BE TRANSPORTATION, HOW DO WE, UM, UH, HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE, UH, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN? UH, HOW DOES THIS COMMITTEE OPERATE AND, AND LIAISON WITH THAT COMMITTEE TO MAKE A SPECIFIC, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, OF HOW TO WORK.
SO, UH, TRYING, IF YOU INSTEAD BEING TOPIC RELATED, LIKE AD HOC ABOUT SOMETHING, IT SHOULD BE, WHAT IS IT A PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE? AND WHAT RECOMMENDATION ARE WE SEEKING TO, TO COME UP WITH? SO, UM, SO IF COMING UP WITH A TOPIC ALSO COME UP WITH A QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED, WE'VE COME UP WITH AN ACTION THAT NEEDS TO COME FORWARD, AN ORDINANCE OF SOME SORT.
UM, SO THERE'S A, A RECOMMENDATION OUT OF IT, NOT JUST LET'S TALK ABOUT IT ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
SO LESS TALKING AND MORE ABOUT FOCUSING ON A SPECIFIC OUTCOME.
UM, AND THEN IT'S A SHORT TERM THING, COME IN, GET THIS THING DONE, COME ON OUT, MAKE IT A RECOMMENDATION.
'CAUSE IF IT'S A BROAD TOPIC, THE WHOLE COMMITTEE CAN WORK ON IT AT THE SAME TIME AT THESE MEETINGS AND BRING IT UP AS A TOPIC, BRING IT UP, MAKE A DECISION, AND GO, UH, FOR, FOR GENERAL TOPICS, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I SEE.
BUT, UH, STAFF MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON THAT.
I, I'M NOT GONNA DISAGREE, BUT I JUST WANNA ADD A LITTLE CONTEXT.
UM, I THINK MAYBE IT'S BEEN ASSUMED, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, UM, THE ACTIONS WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING, THE, THE AD HOCS, WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, WOULD BE DOING IS REL RELATED TO THE BLUE BLUEPRINT, NOT JUST LIKE SOME, OH YEAH, LET'S, LET'S PICK ANOTHER TOPIC AND GO DOWN THIS.
'CAUSE ON TOP OF THE BLUEPRINT WE HAVE COUNCIL'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES, UM, WHICH THEY'VE TOLD STAFF THERE'S A LIST OF ITEMS, UM, THAT THEY WANT US TO FOCUS ON.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO INTEGRATE
SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE KIND OF NOT WITHIN THE BLUEPRINT AND NOT WHEN COUNCIL'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE PUTTING STAFF IN A REALLY DIFFICULT PLACE BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE IN A, IN, IN A POSITION OF SAYING, WELL, YES, BUT MAYBE THAT'S 2031 THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING TO THAT.
SO, UM, THE FOCUS REALLY SHOULD BE BLUEPRINT AND COUNCIL GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE SHORT TERM.
UM, SO JUST TRYING TO COHERE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN HEARING.
UM, SO DEB MENTIONED THREE AD HOCS, AND THEN, UM, THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING AN EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT ONE.
UM, SO I THINK I COULD PROPOSE THAT WE DO FOUR AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, WE CAN CONSIDER IT, BUT, UM, SO ONE THAT'S, UH, BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION, ONE THAT'S ON CONSUMPTION, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE.
UM, AND THEN ONES ON THE, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, NATURAL SYSTEM SEQUESTRATION AND ADAPTATION.
AND THEN ONE THAT'S DOING EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT THAT, UH, ALSO TAKES A LOOK AT THAT VALUE PROPOSITION, YOU KNOW, AND HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT, UM, TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND, AND, UH, TAKING ON COUNCIL MEMBER'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT A A FIVE MONTH PERIOD, SO THAT WOULD BE NOVEMBER TO MARCH.
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POINT BE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD COME INTO THE NEXT, UM, COUNCIL PRIORITIZATION PRO PROCESS AND IN TIME FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH CONCLUDES IN, IN, UH, JULY.UM, SO THEN THE, THE TASK OF THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS WOULD BE TO, TO LOOK AT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AND THE, UM, BLUEPRINT PRIORITIES IN THEIR AREA, KIND OF SORT THEM IN TERMS OF PRIORITY AND ACTIONABILITY, AND THEN PUT FORWARD, OKAY, THESE ARE THE ONES WE THINK WE, WE CAN WORK ON THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US AN ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND COOL PETALUMA AND OTHER GROUPS.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, I GUESS WE TAKE A VOTE THEN.
SO CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION
SURE, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN TRY.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE FRIENDLY A AMEN.
THEY'RE CALLED FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
OKAY, SO NOW THE IDEA IS TO CREATE FOUR, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES OR, UM, ONE'S FOCUSED ON BUILDING, UH, CLEAN ENERGY AND ELECTRIFICATION.
ONE'S FOCUSED ON, UM, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE REDUCTION.
ONE'S FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL SYSTEM SEQUESTRATION AND ADAPTATION.
UM, AND THEN THE FOURTH ONE IS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER THIS VALUE PROPOSITION SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE, KIND OF COST OF ACTION AND INACTION.
AND THAT WE WOULD WORK ON THOSE, UM, FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH AND, UM, DEVELOP PRIORITIES IN, IN TIME FOR THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND THE BUDGET PROCESS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT, SAY AYE.
DID YOU, DID YOU GET THAT? OH, DID YOU WANT ME TO DO ROLL? SHOULD, YEAH.
I, I GUESS BEFORE WE VOTE, UM, DO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE IN EACH OF THEM? YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HEAR A TON OF FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE ON THEM ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING, SO I DUNNO IF WE WANT TO CREATE AD HOCS THAT ARE ON NOT POPULATED.
SO DO, YEAH, JUST LIKE A GUT CHECK OF LIKE NAME THE NAME, THE AD HOC, AND WE RAISE OUR HAND, SEE WHO WANTS TO BE ON IT.
JUST SO WE KNOW EVERYONE WILL E EVEN DISTRIBUTION.
UM, SO ENERGY AND ELECTRIFICATION.
AND THEN I KNOW TRANSPORTATION, UH, VICE CHAIR PETER SAID HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
ANYBODY ELSE WITH THAT ONE? THAT'S THE WHOLE BIG, THAT'S THE BIG ONE WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, THE NATURAL SYSTEM.
WATER ON THAT ONE, TWO, I, I'M NOT SURE.
THAT'S THREE AD HO UM, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE.
WELL, WE CAN INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WE'LL GET AN ANSWER BACK TO YOU.
YEAH, AND WE, WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOME INTEREST, THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
UM, RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND WASTE.
YOU WANNA BE ON OFF THE EDUCATION.
AND THEN EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE INTEREST
UM, SO THEN WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO RECALL ACTUALLY, UH, AYE BAKER? AYE.
UM, OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION ON COMMISSION GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, STAFF IS GOING TO PRESENT.
IS THAT YOU PATRICK? UM, SORRY, YES.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET ALL OUR SYSTEMS, MAKE SURE ALL OUR SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE NOW THAT WE HAVE POWER AGAIN.
THANK YOU PG E FOR GETTING IT BACK ONLINE.
UM, SO THIS ITEM REALLY, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S FOR, THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT ATTACHED TO IT.
UM, IT'S REALLY JUST A, A FORM FOR THE
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CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT GOALS.UM, WE KIND OF DID SOME OF THAT IN, IN THE LAST ITEM.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT YOU DIDN'T GET AT THE, IN THE LAST ITEM, UM, THIS WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES THERE.
UM, OTHERWISE THERE'S NO ACTION.
IT'S NOT A GENIS FOR ANY ACTION, IT WAS JUST REALLY KIND OF A BRAINSTORM SESSION.
SO THAT'S STAFF'S REPORT ON THAT.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
AND THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO NOT READY, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND BRING IT TO THE CLERK.
UM, DID YOU, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING? UH, NO PRIOR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, I THINK THEN WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE COMMISSION, SO I JUST, STAFF WOULD JUST SAY IF, IF YEAH, ASK IF THE, ANY OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS HAD ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
NO, THIS, THIS IS STILL THE, THE, THE PRIORITIES ITEM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IF YOU WANTED TO.
YEAH, SO WE'RE STILL ON GOALS AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT TO THE COMMISSION.
I WAS GONNA, I MEAN, THERE'S CLEARLY LIKE A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR HOW TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSPORTATION NATURAL SYSTEMS BUILT ENVIRONMENT ONE WOULD OVERLAP WITH PLANNING AND TREES AND PARKS.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDING ONE WOULD OVERLAP WITH PLANNING AND PERHAPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT WE HAVE A TRANSIT COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD REALLY BE LOOKING AT EMISSIONS IN OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND CAN THERE BE A HANDOFF FROM THIS COMMISSION TO THAT COMMISSION? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THIS COMMISSION.
CAN YOU GUYS MAKE IT HAPPEN? KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE SO DUPLICATIVE.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT, THAT QUESTION BE LOOKED AT AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT MONTH, THAT YOU HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE THAT MORE EFFICIENT AND HOW TO MAKE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS MORE EFFECTIVE, PLEASE,
SO I WOULD JUST SAY NEXT, NEXT MONTH WOULD BE, UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE'VE ALL EMAILED ALL OF YOU, UM, ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE MADE A, A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT IT.
BUT, UM, NEXT MONTH, UM, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING VERY MUCH THAT WE'LL BE HAVING, UH, RELEASED THE DRAFT OF THE BLUEPRINT AND HAVING A JOINT, UM, MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 8TH, UM, AT SIX O'CLOCK.
SO THAT, UM, AND THEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANOTHER CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION MEETING TWO DAYS LATER.
UM, SO WE JUST TAKE CARE OF IT ALL.
WHAT WE MAY BE A LITTLE IMPACTED BY THE AGENDA ON THAT, SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT THAT MONTH, BUT I THINK POINT WELL TAKEN, HOW DO WE COORDINATE BETTER WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND, UH, NOT STEP ON TOES, BUT WORK TOGETHER ON ISSUES THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE COLLABORATING ON.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? WELL, I'LL JUST REITERATE ESSENTIALLY MY COMMENTS ABOUT EDUCATION.
FRAME THAT AS A GOAL THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WITHIN SIX MONTHS WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THE COMMISSION IS ACTING IN A ROLE OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT OR, UM, STRUCTURING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN DOING.
AND, AND I'LL ALSO TAKE THE LIBERTY OF EXPRESSING ANNE'S, UM, REQUEST AS A GOAL THAT WITHIN SIX MONTHS WE HAVE BETTER COORDINATION MECHANISMS ACROSS THE CCBS.
UH, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, MY, MY FIRST GOAL WAS BETTER, UH, COORDINATION AS WELL.
UM, BUT I WAS MORE THINKING, MORE REGIONAL COORDINATION, UH, BOTH WITH THE COUNTY, THE DIFFERENT CLIMATE, UH, AND SUSTAINABILITY DIVISIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY, UH, AS WELL AS THE BROADER, UH, BAY AREA.
YOU KNOW, THE MTC ABA HAS COMMITTEES ON THIS.
THERE'S THE, UH, BAY AREA ADAPTATION FORUM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE, UH, NETWORK,
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A LARGER NETWORK THAT WE CAN TAP INTO.UH, AND SO THIS COMMISSION, HAVING PEOPLE COME, YOU KNOW, AND PRESENT AND ENGAGE WITH US, UM, WOULD BE A GOOD GOAL TO ASPIRE TO.
UM, SPECIFIC TO THE, UM, TRANSIT ONE, AND THIS IS, UH, LESS A SPECIFIC GOAL, BUT MORE A, UM, A BROAD GOAL OF, UM, WITHIN THE MANDATE THAT PATRICK WENT OVER.
THERE WAS, UH, SORT OF AN EXPLICIT LINE AROUND POLICY.
UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT THE IDEA OF CREATING POLICIES IS WITHIN THE BLUEPRINT.
UM, BUT THIS BODY HAS NOT SO MUCH, UH, ACTED ON POLICIES.
UM, AND JUST LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN THE BERKELEY NATURAL GAS BAN HAPPENED AND THAT, UH, DECISION WAS MADE TO RESCIND OUR POLICY ON THAT, NO CONVERSATION WAS HAD AT THIS BODY.
AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING I WOULD THINK A BODY THAT WORKS ON POLICY WOULD DO, WOULD BE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BERKELEY LAWSUIT.
PERHAPS RECOMMEND THAT OUR ORDINANCE BE POLLED SO THAT THE STAFF REPORT THAT WENT TO THE STAFF CONTAINED ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE TOPIC, AS WELL AS IMMEDIATE WORK ON HOW DO WE REPLACE THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I AM THINKING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS POSSIBLY THINKING ABOUT THAT OR WORKING ON THAT, BUT IF THERE IS CURRENTLY NO PLAN TO BRING THAT POLICY BEFORE THAT, THAT IS SORT OF NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS BODY IS DESIGNED TO DO.
AND SO I THINK ACTUALLY WHEN THE CITY IS DEVELOPING POLICIES THAT ARE RELATED TO CLIMATE, THAT THIS BODY, UH, BE AN IMPORTANT FORUM FOR CONVENING THAT, UH, THE LEAF BLOWER BAN AS WELL, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LESS ACTIVITY AT THIS BODY ON.
AND THAT MY GOAL IS TO FURTHER, UH, WORK ON THAT.
AND THEN LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, PER THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSIT, UH, COMMITTEE AND HOW DO WE POSSIBLY HAND OVER SOME OF THIS TOPIC TO THEM, UM, TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE A POLICY DECISION TO UPDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TRANSIT COMMITTEE SUCH THAT THEY HAVE AN EXPLICIT ADDITIONAL MANDATE TO ASPIRE TO THE 2030, YOU KNOW, CARBON NEUTRALITY GOAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF POLICY WORK THAT WOULD FORMALIZE SOME KIND OF TRANSITION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ON, BUT LIKE MORE POLICY WORK DIRECTLY.
UM, THE OTHER THING PATRICK MENTIONED IN THE CHARTER IS, UH, BEST PRACTICES, RIGHT? AND A REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES.
AND THAT'S GETS INTO SOME TECHNICAL WORK A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LESS POLICY SPECIFIC, BUT, UM, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THIS BODY, UM, CONVENE AROUND BEST PRACTICES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, UM, IN EVERY STAFF REPORT THERE IS A SECTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, RIGHT? AND AT THIS POINT, THE SORT OF BEST AND ONLY THING WE'RE DOING IS FORCING STAFF TO THINK ABOUT IT AND WRITE DOWN A COUPLE SENTENCES ON HOW THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE, UH, RELATED TO THAT.
UM, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT TYPE OF THING COULD USE SOME BEST PRACTICES THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING TO PUT THIS FRONT AND CENTER AND WITH AN EQUITY, EQUITY LENS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND ACTIVITY.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD GET MORE BEST PRACTICES AROUND HOW TO FURTHER THIS WORK THROUGH THE WORK WE'RE ALREADY DOING, UM, THAT WOULD BE A GOAL OF MINE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WROTE DOWN IN TERMS OF GOALS IS ADAPTATION AS A GOAL.
I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT ADAPTATION JUST GOT TUCKED INTO LIKE A PRETTY MASSIVE AD HOC ALREADY.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK I THINK IT DESERVES MORE THAN THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE READY TO HAVE AN AD HOC IN IT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY WORKED ON IT VERY MUCH YET, AND IT'S WAS EXPLICITLY REMOVED FROM THE BLUEPRINT.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS A BROAD GOAL FOR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WITH THE, LIKE, LET'S WORK ON STUFF UNTIL MARCH AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITHIN THE CITY'S PLANNING FRAME THAT, UM, BY MARCH WE HAVE SOME KIND OF EXPLICIT
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ACTIVITY GOING RELATED TO ADAPTATION AND ADAPTATION PLANNING.UM, AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BE LIKE, UH, ONE AGENDA ITEM ON ADAPTATION, YOU KNOW, IN EARLY SPRING.
AND I MEAN, AGAIN, MORE EXPERT SPEAKERS COMING TO THESE, YOU KNOW, IS, IS A GREAT GOAL.
VICE CHAIR PETERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION TO SUMMARIZE? UM, THE GOALS THAT I GOT DOWN ARE, BE INFORMED ABOUT AND CONVENE ON BEST PRACTICES, COLLABORATE WITH OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, UM, SOMETHING AROUND ADAPTATION.
ARE WE READY FOR IT? CAN WE PUT, CREATE A GOAL AROUND IT? UM, EDUCATION WITH, HAVE EVIDENCE? I WOULD SAY ALL OF THESE PROBABLY EVIDENCE WITHIN SIX MONTHS THAT WE'RE MEETING THEM.
UM, REGIONAL COORDINATION WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, THINK COUNTY BODIES THAT ARE DOING GOOD WORK AND HAVING THEM COME AND PRESENT.
AND THEN, UM, A GOAL AROUND, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN BE MORE INVOLVED, UM, AS A FORUM FOR POLICY, UM, DISCUSSION RELATED TO CLIMATE ISSUES.
SO THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 GOALS THAT I HAVE.
UM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, NOW WOULD BE A TIME FOR THAT.
I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT.
IT'S JUST, JUST DISCUSSION AND STAFF DEFINITELY HEARD WHAT, WHAT THE COMMISSION WAS SAYING.
I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION.
UM, VICE CHAIR PETERS AND I WILL MEET WITH THE CITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF YOU.
SO THEN THE NEXT ITEM SAYS COMMITTEE COMMENT.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, YEAH, SORRY, JUST, UH, JUST TO, JUST TO ASK A QUESTION AS FAR AS LIKE, WHAT'S THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR THE COMMISSION MEMBERS BETWEEN NOW AND IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AN OCTOBER MEETING, THE NOVEMBER MEETING, IS IT, IS IT TO, UH, MEET, YOU KNOW, AMONGST THE, THE AD HOC MEMBERS AND COME UP WITH OUR, UM, ASSIGNMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT, THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON AS COMMISSION MEMBERS? UH, AS, OR WE, ARE WE JUST GOING AS, YEAH.
BE ASSIGNED INTO OUR AD HOCS AT NOVEMBER AND THEN WE WORK ON STUFF? I WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF FORMAL WRITTEN DOWN WHO'S IN WHAT AD HOC AND THEN, AND THEN THOSE, THOSE BODIES WOULD MEET AND COME UP WITH THEIR GOALS AND THEIR TIMELINES AND, OKAY.
AND I IMAGINE THAT'LL HAPPEN THROUGH THE CITY.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WASN'T MISSING ANYTHING.
JUST FROM STAFF'S PER PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE WANTED TO ALLOW THIS DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN.
IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE IN ADVANCE OF THE BLUEPRINT BEING ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, WE THINK THAT THOSE THEMES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED ARE GONNA BE ISSUES THAT COME UP ONCE THE BLUEPRINT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL.
UM, SO I THINK GETTING THE IDEAS OUT THERE IS, IS HELPFUL AND I THINK MORE DETAILS WILL BE FILLED IN, IN FUTURE MEETINGS.
THEN I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE COMMENT.
DURING COMMITTEE COMMENT, MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING LIAISON REPORTS FROM OTHER CITY BODIES AND MAKE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
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THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? YES, A COUPLE THINGS.FIRST, I WANTED TO SAY WELCOME, DEB TO STAFF AND WELCOME HANNAH TO YOUR FIRST CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION MEETING.
SO REALLY GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU.
UM, I, YEAH, WE CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THIS, BUT THE COMMENTS FROM OUR ATTENDEES HERE ON PLASTICS REMINDED ME THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PURPLE CUP PROGRAM AND THAT STAFF MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER AND COULD BE OF GENERAL INTEREST.
UM, I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PLASTIC THE PURPLE CUPS ARE.
UM, SO FULLY RECYCLABLE AND BENIGN, UM, ALTHOUGH I PERSONALLY STILL WOULDN'T PUT HOT DRINKS IN 'EM.
UM, AND THEN I'M ALSO CURIOUS, WHAT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE PURPLE CUP PROGRAM? DID SOME ORGANIZATION BRING THAT TO THE CITY? DID CITY STAFF REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY? IT WAS THE FORMER.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM MORE IN, IN, UH, STAFF COMMENTS IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL YOUR ITEMS FIRST.
UM, AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS I WANTED TO REITERATE NATASHA'S ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL AND SUNDRY TO ATTEND THE
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CAP CLIMATE, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PETALUMA.COOL PETALUMA AND DAILY ACTS HOSTED CANDIDATES FORUM ON THE 27TH.
UM, THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT ELECTION TIME FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE, AND, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE TURN OUT FOR THAT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF CLIMATE FORWARD LEADERSHIP.
SO, UM, PLEASE ALL COME TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND, AND GET THE WORD OUT FOR THAT.
UM, A BRIEF UPDATE, BUT THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WAS, UH, COMPLETED IN AUGUST, AND THAT IS A VERY SIMILAR DOCUMENT IN SPIRIT TO OUR PLAN.
UH, IT IS MUCH MORE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO WITHIN ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF A DIVERGENCE FROM OUR PLAN, WHICH IS MORE AROUND HOW DO WE, UH, BOTH ENGAGE WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE CITY AND THE CITY'S OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, COMMUNITY IMPACT.
UH, I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME PRETTY EXCELLENT, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNTY OPERATIONS GOALS THAT CAN BE REPLICATED, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT AS PART OF, UM, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BLUEPRINT, CORNERSTONE ACTIONS.
SO THERE'S SOME NICE CROSSOVER THERE.
THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, OVERLAP AND SOME NON OVERLAP THAT MAYBE COULD BE BROUGHT IN.
UH, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO AT LEAST LEAD THE SUMMARY.
THERE'S A SUMMARY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES OF DOCUMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE BLUEPRINT, UH, NEXT MONTH, MIGHT AS WELL LOOK AT TWO.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT.
JUST, UH, UH, RE REPORT ON WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER PETERS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THE, THE BERKELEY DECISION, UM, UM, FOR ELECTRIFICATION.
THAT WAS A TOPIC WITHIN OUR CLOSED SESSION, JUST SO YOU ARE, WE'RE AWARE OF IT AND, AND, UH, OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY DID BRING IT FORWARD, AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THAT POINT.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO, I'LL TALK TO THE, UM, OUR ATTORNEY AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO COME HERE AND TALK TO YOU GUYS ALSO ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES MIGHT BE AND, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND WE WOULD LIKE YOUR, I WOULD LIKE YOUR ADVICE.
I'VE BEEN BREATHING IN INSULATION FOR THREE WEEKS, UH, AND DOING MY A DU.
UH, SO I'M, UH, I GOT FIBERS IN MY LUNGS RIGHT NOW.
UM, ANYWAY, JUST TO BRING UP THE, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE DONE A COUPLE IN THE LAST, UH, MONTH OR TWO, UM, THERE WAS A SAN FRANCISCO ESRA INSTITUTE PUT TOGETHER A WORKSHOP ON ALMOND MARSH.
WE WANT, THEY WANT TO REROUTE ADOBE CREEK AND MAKE IT DIFFERENT SO THAT IT WOULD SUPPLY SEDIMENT TO ALMOND MARSH AND MAYBE ALSO SHOWEN BERGER PARK, AND MAYBE EVEN ELLIS CREEK, COMBINING THE THREE TOGETHER AND MAKE IT A UNIFORM PROPERTY, UH, THAT IS, INSTEAD OF BEING SEGMENTED BY, UM, BY LEVIES AND THEN CAPTURING SEDIMENT AND USING IT PROPERLY FOR SEA LEVEL RISE, UH, ADAMANT ADAPTATION.
UM, SO PUTTING UP, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEVIES THAT, NOT THEIR STANDARD D***S, BUT, BUT, UH, UH, A SLOPE SLOW SLOPE LEVIES.
SO THAT WAS WORKSHOP ATTENDED BY OH, 40 SCIENTISTS, GEOLOGISTS, AND LIKE FROM ALL OVER THE AREA, UH, TO GIVE INPUT ON THIS PROJECT.
'CAUSE IT'S A WHOLE, IT'S, IT'S A PRI PILOT PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE BAY AREA, SO THAT WE GOT PICKED BECAUSE WE HAVE A ROTABLE HILL THAT'S PROVIDING LOTS OF SEDIMENT COMING DOWN TO OUR RIVER, WHICH HAS LOTS OF IMPACTS.
THAT'LL BE A, A TWO YEAR STUDY THAT, THAT, IF YOU HEAR ABOUT, UM, IN AG AND OPEN SPACE, I AM, UM, UM, ON THAT COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE VICE CHAIR NOW.
AND I ALSO GOT ON A COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SEVEN PROPOSALS, UH, THIS NEXT WEEK.
UM, ASKING FOR $7 MILLION FOR URBAN PARKS OF SOME SORT, UH, UNDER A GRANT PROGRAM WHERE IT'S 50 50 SPLIT BETWEEN THE, THE CITIES AND, AND THE AG AND OPEN SPACE, UH, BODY.
UH, SO WE WERE, DID NOT HAVE ONE IN THIS YEAR.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE IN THAT ARE STILL ACTIVE.
UH, BOUNTY FARM, UM, IS BEING ONE OF THEM.
UH, THERE'S A 2 MILLION GRANT, UH, AVAILABLE THERE.
THE RIVER PARK HAS A 1 MILLION GRANT THAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS USED UP.
AND ALSO, UM, HELEN PUTNAM PARK EXTENSION IS ANOTHER MILLION DOLLAR GRANTS.
WE HAVE THREE GRANTS STILL IN, IN PROGRESS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN DEVELOP SOME MORE GRANTS, UH, IDEAS AND, AND, UH, PROPOSAL.
SO I'LL BE ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, TRYING TO DECIDE.
WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEND 3 MILLION ON $7 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES TO, TO HONOR.
UM, AT THE NORTH BAY WATERSHED ASSOCIATION, UH, THEY ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT OVER FOR, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, JUST THE WORK CREWS
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THAT WOULD BE MANAGING, UH, WATERSHED ISSUES AS WELL AS, UH, OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.WE NEED, UH, FOLKS, UH, STUDENTS TO START THINKING OF THAT AS CAREER.
SO THEY, THEY WANNA OFFER POSSIBLE SCHOLARSHIPS AND ALSO FOR SMALL PROJECTS.
SO IF OUR CITY'S INTERESTED IN, IN DOING SMALL PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD HERE, UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING, UH, IF IT'S RELATED TO WATERSHED AND, AND MANAGING WATER, UH, RELIEF WAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
UM, LAST SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE, UM, A SESSION, UH, PUT ON BY, UM, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, THE VOLUNTEER GROUP FOR THE BAY AREA.
AND I NOW HAVE, UH, ALONG WITH OTHER 30 OTHER PETALUMA, OR I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN 30 OF US THAT ALSO SIGNED UP FOR THIS TRAINING, I NOW HAVE A PERSONAL EMERGENCY RADIO.
UH, IT'S LIKE A HAMMER, UH, A MINIATURE HAMMER RADIO TYPE SITUATION WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER WITHIN TOWN, EVEN ACROSS OTHER CITIES.
SO THIS IS AN EMERGENCY NETWORK SYSTEM, UH, THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
AND, UH, TECHNOLOGY IS THERE TOO.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S LIKE SUPER WALKIE TALKIES.
AND SO THERE'S A WHOLE PROGRAM INVOLVED THERE.
AND, UH, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOTS OF STAFF AND LOTS OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE.
UH, THAT'S ALL ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
SO THAT MAY BE A COOL BLOCK THING THAT WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE.
UH, PROMOTE AND ORGANIZED AREA.
'CAUSE WE HAVE, WE NEED TO CREATE A NETWORK OF CITIZENS TO HANDLE, UH, SEA LEVEL RISE, UH, FOREST FIRES AND THE LIKE, AND EARTHQUAKES, OF COURSE, WHICH IS COMING.
UM, THE OTHER THING I INVESTIGATED, I'M ALSO NOW JUST JOINED A, UH, THE NORTH BAY, UH, REGIONAL, UM, CLIMATE RESILIENCY GROUP, UH, WHICH IS JUST MET THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, THEY MEET WEEKLY AND, AND THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT'S EVEN LARGER.
IT'S PART OF A NATIONAL GROUP OF, OF CLIMATE RESILIENCY THAT IS MORE FOCUSED ON SEQUESTRATION THAN IT IS ON EMISSIONS.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMISSIONS GOING ON, A LOT OF, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHAT TO DO.
BUT THE ACTUAL TWO SEQUESTER CARBON IS, IS THE OTHER HALF THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
UM, SO THIS GROUP IS, IS FOCUSED ON THAT.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID, UH, THERE'S A BOOK THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT, AND THERE'S TWO AREAS THAT WE COULD WORK ON HERE LOCALLY.
UH, ONE IS USING, UM, SYNTHETIC LIMESTONE INSTEAD OF USING GRAVEL, UH, FOR OUR, UH, CEMENT AND ASPHALT AND, AND ROADWAYS.
SO IT'S BEEN PROVEN, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING USED.
IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A STANFORD UNIVERSITY PERSON, UM, WHO LEFT STANFORD, BUILT A COMPANY DOWN IN PITTSBURGH, RIGHT HERE IN THE NORTH BAY AREA.
FIRST ONE OF HIS KIND, HE HAS A PATENT, SORRY, HE HAS THE PATENTS ON THIS PROCESS.
AND SO BASICALLY HE'S SELLING THIS, UH, LIMESTONE ROCKS, BASICALLY LIKE GRAVEL.
SO I DID HAVE ASK THE CITY, UH, STAFF TO INVESTIGATE, WHICH THEY DID, AND THE CITY ENGINEERS.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT, WELL, WE HAVE A SKATE PARK THAT'S VERY HIGH CARBON, UH, FOR CEMENT.
I SAID, COULD WE USE THIS LIMESTONE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE CARBON BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY TAKES CARBON OUT OF THE AIR FROM CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM FACTORIES AND PLANTS, AND TURNS IT INTO LIMESTONE IN THIS PROCESS, AND THEN WE COULD USE IT AS GRAVEL.
UM, AND IT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW IN SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT AS A, AS A PILOT STUDY.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO USE IN OUR PROJECT FOR OUR SKATE PARK IS THE INFORMATION I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE ENGINEERS.
SO THAT'S, UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S COMING AS A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR, UM, FOR, FOR FOR CARBON.
UH, ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER NEW TECHNOLOGY OUT HERE CALLED IRON AIR BATTERIES THAT ARE STILL USED INSTEAD OF, UH, LITHIUM BATTERIES AS A SUBSTITUTE.
AND THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY JUST PUT IN A $85 MILLION, UM, UH, GRANT WITH THIS COMPANY THAT HAS THE PATENT ON THIS TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEY'RE BUILDING A, A PLANT BACK EAST, UM, TO REPLACE LITHIUM BATTERY, UH, POWER PLANTS, UM, OR STORAGE, BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES.
SO, UH, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT IRON AIR BATTERIES IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY'S COMING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT PROMOTED MORE AND A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH HAS GOTTA BE DONE ON IT.
BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE PETALUMA, MYSELF, I'D LIKE TO SEE PETALUMA BE THE WEST COAST PILOT PROJECT IF POSSIBLE.
THAT'S JUST AN IDEA I'M GONNA THROW OUT AT, AT YOU GUYS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN STUDYING IT, LOOKING AT IT, AND MAYBE, UM, THINKING ABOUT HELPING PROMOTE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M, I'VE BEEN UP TO.
UH, THOSE SOME REALLY GREAT COMMENTS.
AND YOU'RE DOING LORD'S WORK WITH THE INSULATION UP THERE.
THANK YOU FOR JUST FOR A MASK, YOU KNOW.
UH, SO JUST, UH, ON THE IRON AIR BATTERIES, INCREDIBLY COOL TECHNOLOGY.
UH, I BELIEVE REDWOOD ENERGY AUTHORITY IS THAT, THAT'S THE NAME OF IT.
RCA? YEAH, I THINK THEY ARE IN, UH, THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY BE BEATING, BEATING US ON THAT.
UH, THE, I I THINK THEY MAY BE INSTALLING, UH, AN IRON AIR BATTERY HERE ON THE WEST COAST ALREADY.
UH, ANOTHER COOL TECHNOLOGY, UH, IS,
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UH, THAT SONOVA CLEAN POWER HAS, IS STARTING A PILOT TO, UM, REALLY EXPAND GEOTHERMAL IN A, IN A HUGE, HUGE WAY.I WOULD LOOK INTO THIS, UH, ON SNOW CLOUD CLEAN POWER'S WEBSITE.
UM, THE, THE POTENTIAL IS ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS.
THEY'RE BASICALLY HAVING THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GEO NEW GEOTHERMAL TECHNOLOGIES COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
UM, AND THEN, SO THEY'RE GONNA BUILD OUT THESE, THESE PILOT PROJECTS AND THEN BASED ON WHICHEVER ONE'S THE BEST, THEY'RE GONNA, UM, GREATLY EXPAND OUR GEOTHERMAL CAPACITY HERE, UH, IN, IN, UH, SONOMA COUNTY AND MENDOCINO COUNTY.
SO SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL.
UH, WE COULD, WE COULD, UH, PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR, UM, NATURAL GAS THROUGH GEOTHERMAL IT FOR OUR, UH, ELECTRICITY NEEDS IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
UM, JUST A, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, I, I'VE BEEN UP TO, UH, ONE ACTUALLY IS JUST MAYBE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
I HEARD THROUGH, UH, A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT WE'RE GETTING A BIKE LANE STREET SWEEPER, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, MAYBE YOU CAN ELABORATE ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF THE DETAIL THERE.
UH, BUT THE SECOND THING IS THAT, UH, OUR OWN PATRICK HERE WAS REALLY KIND TO SET UP A, UH, A TOUR FOR ME OF A COUPLE OF THE NEW HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS THAT WE GOT INSTALLED FOR FREE THROUGH A COLLABORATION OF, UH, A PG E PROGRAM AND, UH, SONOMA CLEAN POWER THAT, UH, PAID FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND SO I WAS JUST REALLY EXCITED 'CAUSE UH, I'M A BIG NERD FOR THESE KIND OF THINGS, AND I WANTED TO GO SEE THEM, UH, INSTALLED.
SO WE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, CHECKED THEM OUT, GOTTA SEE THEM.
AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT FOR OUR AD HOC IDEA.
I DID NOTICE WHEN I SAW 'EM THAT LIKE, THERE MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENCY GAINS WE CAN GET OUT OF THE SYSTEMS BASED ON HOW THEY WERE COMMISSIONED
SO I'M, I AM HOPING TO WORK WITH THE ENGINEERS ACTUALLY TO, TO ACT, UH, SEE IF WE CAN, UM, MAKE THESE SYSTEMS EVEN MORE EFFICIENT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT CITYWIDE SO THAT WHEN HEAT PUMPS ARE INSTALLED, UH, HERE IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN, ALL THE DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS WE'RE, WE'RE COMMISSIONING THEM IN A WAY THAT THAT REALLY UTILIZES OUR SOLAR POWER DURING THE DAY.
AND, UH, YEAH, SO I'M, I'M EXCITED TO, UH, ENGAGE WITH THOSE ENGINEERS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THE BEST OUTTA THAT.
BUT I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER WAS.
IT WAS SOME LARGE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT THIS WAS ALL WORTH.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN REPORT ON THAT, BUT IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
AND, AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH TO, TO PATRICK.
UH, HE, HE SHEPHERDED THIS, THIS, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS PROGRAM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS REALLY PUTTING ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OUR MONEY.
AND I, I THINK THIS COULD BE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR LIKE THE EDUCATION, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE LIKE THIS, THIS, THE CITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE ARE ELECTRIFYING OUR BUILDINGS AND, UH, IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
SO, UH, AND, AND ALSO JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, A WELCOME ABOARD.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMISSION COMMENTS? OKAY.
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TO STAFF COMMENT.UH, DURING STAFF COMMENT, STAFF WILL PROVIDE BRIEF UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMITTEE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS AND STAFF SHOULD BE LIMITED TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
AND THERE SHOULD BE NO DIALOGUE BETWEEN MEMBERS.
THERE WILL BE NO PUB PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, WHICH ONE TO START WITH FIRST? I'LL, I'LL START WITH THE PURPLE CUP, UH, SINCE ANN BROUGHT THAT UP FIRST.
UM, THE GENESIS OF THE PROGRAM WAS THAT THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED THE CLOSED LOOP PARTNERS.
THEY'RE BASED OUT OF NEW YORK.
THEY HAD, UH, INTEREST FROM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT BRANDS, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, UM, THAT WANTED TO DO A REUSABLE CUP PILOT.
THEY LOOKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY THOUGHT THAT SONOMA COUNTY WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO DO THIS PILOT PROJECT, TO GET, GATHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD THEN INFORM OTHER REUSE PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND SO IT, IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO WHERE'S THERE LIKE A, A FAIRLY DENSE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, AND AN AN ARABLE AREA THAT'S MANAGEABLE.
UM, NOT TOO WIDE, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT CITYWIDE, THAT'S WHY IT'S MOSTLY CONCENTRATED IN THE DOWNTOWN.
IT WAS BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND PETALUMA, AND THEY CHOSE US.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S, THAT'S ME, NOT THEM.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, SO THEY REACHED OUT TO US ON THAT.
UM, AND, AND OUR INVOLVEMENT REALLY IS TRYING TO COORDINATE.
UM, WE HELPED, UM, PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH BUSINESS OWNERS 'CAUSE IT'S A MIXTURE OF, OF, UM, KIND OF CHAINS AND ONLY TO BE FOUND IN PETALUMA BUSINESSES.
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IT'S ABOUT AN 18 CHAIN 12, UM, LOCAL MIX.UH, THERE ARE BLUE, OR SORRY, PURPLE COLLECTION BINS WITHIN EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME OUTSIDE, UM, THAT ARE GETTING SERVICED, UM, DAILY.
UM, THEY CHOSE PURPLE AND PLASTIC BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT A SOUVENIR ITEM THAT PEOPLE WOULD TAKE WITH THEM.
THEY ACTUALLY WANT THESE CUPS TO GET REUSED.
SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T TOO PRETTY, THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THEM AND, AND NOT SERVE THEIR PURPOSE.
IT'S STILL FROM ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THEY TOLD ME, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST ONE DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET CIRCULATED THAT WELL, BUT THEN THEREAFTER, SO MAYBE THERE IS SOME SOUVENIRS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
AFTER ALL, UM, THEY CHOSE POLYPROPYLENE.
UM, THEY TALKED WITH RECOLOGY, OUR, UM, SERVICE, OUR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING COMPOST SERVICE PROVIDER.
THEY MADE SURE, UM, BEFORE THE PROGRAM EVEN STARTED THAT THE MATERIAL, IF IT MADE ITS WAY INTO THE RECYCLING, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE RECYCLED.
SO THEY CHOSE THAT, UH, VERY CONSCIOUSLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE MAKE IT IN THOSE PURPLE COLLECTION BINS, BUT IF THEY DO MAKE IT INTO THE, INTO THE, THE BLUE RECYCLING BINS, THEY, THEY'LL STILL ACTUALLY GET RECYCLED.
UM, SO IT'S A THREE MONTH PILOT PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING SO FAST.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF RADIO VIDEO.
I'VE, I'VE DONE A LOT OF INTERVIEWS ON THIS AND I SAY IT EACH TIME.
I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY AND SO PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WHEN I LOOK IN THOSE PURPLE BINS, I SEE JUST THE STUFF THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE THAT YOU SEE IN JUST RANDOM PUBLIC AVAILABLE, UM, RECYCLING BINS.
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 50% CONTAMINATION, 50% GARBAGE.
AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST AMAZING AND OUR VISITORS GET IT TOO.
UM, SO REALLY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, WE DON'T HAVE DATA THAT WE CAN SHARE YET.
UM, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY BIT ANGRY WITH ME FOR SAYING THIS, BUT SOMETIME LAST WEEK THEY WERE THINKING, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE 60,000 CUPS HAVING BEEN RETURNED.
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ONE FOR EVERY PERSON IN, IN PETALUMA.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PUBLIC.
SO YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, AND SORRY, CLOSED LOOP FOLKS, IF YOU'RE LISTENING.
UM, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND OVER THE COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT ADDS UP TO A LOT OF PAPER CUPS THAT WERE PREVENTED.
UM, SOME CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD DURING, DURING THE PILOT.
LIKE I, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU MENTIONED THE NOT USING, UH, UM, PLASTIC, UH, HOT LIQUIDS IN PLASTIC.
UM, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPOSITION OF THOSE PAPER CUPS, A LOT OF THOSE CUPS HAVE PLASTIC LINERS IN THEM, SO YOU'RE ALREADY USING IT.
SO IT'S NOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BETTER THAN THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT TOUCHING HOT LIQUIDS WITH PLASTIC, BRING YOUR OWN.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF ALSO.
UM, WE'VE HEARD SOME FROM FOLKS THAT DON'T LIKE THE PLASTIC ASPECT OF IT.
AND, AND WE'VE HEARD THAT, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA BRING MY OWN
AND WE'RE JUST CHEERING AT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BEHAVIOR WE, WE WANT.
AND WE'RE REALLY, IF NOTHING ELSE, IF IF IT'S JUST A REMINDER OR, OR SOMETHING THAT PROVOKES A THOUGHT, UM, TO BRING YOUR OWN, THEN I CONSIDER THAT A SUCCESS AS WELL BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S INSIDE THE CONTAINER, YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT YOURSELF.
UM, YEAH, IT WRAPS UP AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AFTERWARDS.
WE'RE IN, IN CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH THE CLOSED LOOP PARTNERSHIP.
WE, WE FEEL LIKE JUST FROM THE, THE PARTICIPATION WE'VE HAD IN IT AND HOW WELL PEOPLE ARE, ARE USING THOSE COLLECTION BINS, UH, IT SURE WOULD BE A SHAME IF IT ENDED AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING HARD TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AFTERWARDS.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT ONE'S REALLY GOOD.
UM, TRASH CAN, EXCUSE ME, TRASH CANS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SIX MONTHS AGO.
THE, UH, YEAH, SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE DOWNTOWN CONTAINERS, UM, PARKS, CONTAINERS AND, UM, BUS STOP CONTAINERS.
UM, THE DOWNTOWN CONTAINERS WERE ORDERED MONTHS AGO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY SHIP AT, UH, OCTOBER 21ST, I THINK IS THE NEW DATE THAT THEY SAID.
UM, AND THIS IS, THIS BRINGS UP A COMMENT I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT,
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BUT WE'LL INSTALL, WELL, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS GONNA BE INSTALLING THEM, UM, AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE.BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA OPEN UP, UM, OUR ART PROJECT.
UM, SO STUDENTS, UH, LET YOUR CLASSMATES KNOW.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE PUTTING A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT THAT SOON.
UM, BUT OUR CONTEST IS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, LETTING THEM KNOW, UM, THAT IF THEY, UH, CREATE ART THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE, UH, RECYCLING CONTAINERS.
UM, AND, AND IF THEIR ART IS SELECTED, UM, IT'LL BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, COPPER FIELDS GIFT CARD AS A, AS A INCENTIVE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND JUST, IT'S A RECYCLING THEME.
SO WE WANT TO HAVE, UM, EYE CATCHING WAYS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE PURPLE CUP PROGRAM.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PURPLE GOT PEOPLE'S EYES AND MADE IT, MADE IT, UH, AND, AND MADE THEM MORE LIKELY TO PUT THE PURPLE CUPS IN.
IF WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING THAT CATCHES PEOPLE'S EYES ON AND ART ON THOSE CONTAINERS, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL USE THOSE RECYCLING BINS FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, WE HOPE TO HAVE THEM ALL INSTALLED IN THE ART ON THEM, UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, YEAH, SWITCHING GEARS, I WAS ALSO AT THE RADIO, UM, MEETING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHRIVES WAS AT, UH, THE GROUP IS CALLED WE CONDUIT, UM, W-I-C-O-N-D-U-I-T.
THEY HAVE, UM, AND IT'S, WE CONDUIT.ORG/RADIO IS THE WEB ADDRESS FOR THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING ON SUNDAY AND IN MONTE RE UM, IT'S ALL SOLD OUT.
UM, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN OCTOBER FOR, UH, IN THE TOWN OF WINDSOR.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THAT ONE.
AND THE, UM, YEAH, IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO USE THE RADIO, UM, TEACH YOU WHAT CHANNELS THERE ARE SO THAT YOU CAN GET LIKE NOAH WEATHER UPDATES.
UM, YOU CAN FIND REPEATERS LIKE UP ON SNOW MOUNTAIN, THERE'S A REPEATER THAT CAN BROADCAST INFORMATION MUCH FURTHER THAN JUST THE, THE HANDHELD RADIOS WOULD JUST DO SITE TO SITE.
BUT YEAH, IT WAS A FASCINATING PROGRAM.
UM, AND THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT.
AND THEY EVEN MENTIONED, UH, COOL PETALUMA A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN THAT MEETING THAT, UM, MAYBE BLOCK LEADERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING THOSE NETWORKS WITHIN THEIR GROUPS.
UM, JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON BOARD AND GLAD TO SEE, GLAD TO HEAR THAT, THAT, UH, COOL PETALUMA REPUTATION EVEN REACHED THIS GROUP THAT'S, UH, SOLELY FOCUSED ON GETTING INFORMATION AND RADIO, UH, CONTACT OUT BIKE LANE SWEEPERS.
UM, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED PURCHASE OF A BIKE LANE SWEEPER, UM, AS IT'S ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE, UH, ASPECTS OF CREATING PROTECTED BIKE LANES IS THE REGULAR RECOLOGY SWEEPERS CAN'T GET INTO THEM.
UM, NOR CAN THEY DO ON OUR PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT ARE KIND OF OFF THE ROAD AS WELL.
SO IT'S A, A, A COMPACT SWEEPER.
UM, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE A REALLY FUN THING.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE STAFF VOLUNTEERING TO
UM, AND, AND YEAH, SO THAT, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN PRETTY SOON.
I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, THEIR DEMO MODEL.
IT'S A MULTI HOG CV THREE 50, UH, I THINK IS THE MODEL ON THAT.
UM, WE'VE SEEN IT DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, IT CAN, IT HAS THE, THE BODY ITSELF ARTICULATES SO IT CAN GET INTO REALLY TIGHT TURNS.
UM, THE BRUSHES GO IN AND OUT, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF GO AROUND THE BALLARDS, LIKE ON, ON NORTH MCDOWELL.
UM, AND I THINK WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE USE THAN JUST BIKE LANES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE IT OUT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER DOING PATHS ALONG THERE.
UM, WE COULD SEE IT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, CO A COUNCIL MEMBER MADE A SUGGESTION OF, OF REACHING OUT AND FINDING PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, I COULD SEE US USING IT ON THE SMART PATH AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT VEHICLE.
UM, IT HAS A SPRAYER ON THE BACK OF IT.
UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT GRAFFITI REMOVAL WITH, UM, WITH THE PRESSURE WASHER ON THAT.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SPEAKING OF PRESSURE WASHERS, UM, THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL, OUR CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR, UM, THAT IS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UH, WE, THE CITY ARE DOING A CLEANUP EVENT THERE ON, UH, SATURDAY, STARTING AT 8:30 AM ON THE PAY RAN, PAY RAN END OF LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY JUST, UH, TRYING TO SHOW THAT TRAIL SOME LOVE.
UM, THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, TRASH REMOVAL.
UM, RECOLOGY IS, IS BRINGING OUT SOME DEBRIS BOXES SO WE CAN GET TRASH OUT OF THE, OUT OF THERE.
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SOME, UH, GRAFFITI REMOVAL.UM, AND WE REALLY WANNA MAKE FOCUS ON IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, UH, A STAFF TEAM THAT'S, THAT'S GATHERED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL.
UM, SO LONG TERM THERE'S A CIP ON IT, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT ON THAT FOR IMPROVING THE LIGHTING ON THAT.
UM, YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF ART ASPECT ON THERE TO MAKE IT INTERESTING.
UM, AND NOT, NOT NON GRAFFITI ART, ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, PAID ARTISTS OUT THERE, UM, MURALS AND WHATNOT AND, AND REALLY JUST, UM, MAKING THAT TRAIL, UH, LIVE UP TO ITS TRUE POTENTIAL BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING.
UM, THOSE OF US THAT HAVE RIDDEN ON IT KNOW THAT IT'S AN AMAZING WAY TO GET ACROSS TOWN AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE ON IT.
AND THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE MORE PEOPLE USE IT, THE, THE MORE, UM, THE BETTER IT, IT BECOMES.
SO REALLY GONNA SHOW IT SOME LOVE ON, ON SATURDAY.
AND AFTER YOU'RE THERE AT THE LYNCH CREEK TRAIL HELPING ON THAT PROJECT, UM, YOU CAN GO OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
MAYBE YOU START ON THE PAY END END AND THEN YOU FINISH OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
'CAUSE AT, UM, 1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, THERE'S GONNA BE A FIX-IT FAIR, UM, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE YOU CAN BRING BROKEN APPLIANCES, UM, WHATNOT, AND, UH, HAVE SOME EXPERTS, UM, BY THE RE REUSE ALLIANCE VOLUNTEERS, SOME EXPERTS THERE TO HELP YOU REPAIR SOME OF YOUR STUFF.
WE KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT CONSUMPTION AS, AS THIS GROUP, A LOT OF ENERGY AND MATERIALS GO INTO THE CREATION OF PRODUCTS.
AND WHEN THAT GOES INTO THE LANDFILL, THAT ALL THAT EMBEDDED ENERGY AND MATERIALS JUST DOESN'T SERVE ANY PURPOSE.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF A FI UH, FIX, UM, THERE'S EXPERTS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE FROM ONE TO 4:00 PM THAT CAN HELP REPAIR THOSE ITEMS. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE SATURDAY PLANS, YOU, WE, WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO FINISH OFF ON, UM, WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GARDY SAID, UM, WE, THIS WEEK FINISHED OUR INSTALLATION, UM, OF 24 HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS AT, UH, CITY FACILITIES.
UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OVER THERE, KAVANAUGH, UM, MENTOR ME AND THE, AND THE POOL, UM, THE SWIM CENTER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAD HAD THREE.
UM, AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH MORE THAN I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT ALL AROUND THE CITY.
THE MARINA HAD ONE, UH, HAD TWO ACTUALLY IN BOTH BATHROOMS. SO, YEAH, SO NOW THOSE ARE RUNNING ON CLEAN ENERGY.
UM, CITI IS A SUBSCRIBER OF SNOW CLEAN POWERS EVERGREEN PROGRAM.
SO A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY IS POWERING OUR WATER HEATING, UH, AT A BUNCH OF OUR CITY FACILITIES.
AND THE NUMBER WAS ABOUT $360,000 OF VALUE, UM, THAT WE GOT FROM THAT $0 OUT OF THE CITY.
UM, SO ALL THANKS TO THE COLLABORATION OF PG EI, I ASSUME THERE'S CPUC MONEY IN THERE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC GOODS PROGRAMS THAT HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND ALSO SONOMA CLAIM POWER PROVIDED INCENTIVES FOR THAT.
UM, WE JUST HAD SOME PG E INSPECTIONS, SO THAT PROJECT IS ALL WRAPPING UP.
JUST GLAD, UH, I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE THOUGH, LIKE WHEN WE TRY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS, OUR, OUR CAPACITY AT OUR PANELS IS REALLY MAXED OUT.
THEY HAD TO GET REALLY CREATIVE TO MAKE IT WORK ON SOME OF THESE FACILITIES.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS, EV CHARGERS, UM, YOU KNOW, HVIC UNITS, UM, GETTING REPLACED, HEAT PUMPS THERE INSTEAD OF, UH, GAS FURNACES, IT, IT'S GONNA BE TRICKY.
UM, THE, THE EASY MONEY HAS, HAS BEEN USED UP, IT'S GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S A, UH, A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FACE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, STAFF COMMENTS.
AND AGAIN, JUST REALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE, UH, DEB ON BOARD AS OUR CLIMATE ACTION MANAGER.
IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH HER, UM, AS A COLLEAGUE AND, UM, JUST APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS, AS WELL.
UM, DOING GREAT WORK OUT THERE.
AND WITH THAT QUESTION, OH YEAH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PATRICK? UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU MENTIONED THE SWIM SETTER AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
IS THAT HEATING THE POOL? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S JUST THE, UM, THE, THE BATHROOMS AT THIS POINT.
IT'S, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, UM, PROSPECT SILICON VALLEY, UM, WORKED WITH US TO LOOK AT, AT THAT PROJECT.
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NEED TO KIND OF DIGEST THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT.BUT, UM, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY, THAT'S OUR HIGHEST NATURAL GAS USER AT THE, THE SWIM CENTER AND WE DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT, UM, OFF OF OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
SO TO BE YEAH, FUTURE, I MIGHT HAVE SOME CONTACTS FOR YOU.
OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE CITY STAFF FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND EXPERTISE AND YOUR TIME AND CALL.
THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8 0 6.