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CAN WE DO ROLL CALL? PLEASE? ACTUALLY PRESENT BAKER, UH, EDM, ADMINSTER AMP.
HE'S, HE'S ON THE ZOOM, UM, GARDY PRESENT, UH, KRISHNA.
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OKAY.WE HAVE, UH, SOME GREAT PRESENTATIONS TO START, UH, OUR MEETING TODAY.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE CAPS, THE CAPS PROGRAM PRESENT, UM, JULIE MILLER, ALEJANDRO PEREZ, AND OUR VERY OWN COMMISSIONER, PRANA KRISHNA.
IF, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE PODIUM FOR THE MICROPHONE.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA FLIP IT AROUND, THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU WANNA FACE THE AUDIENCE, BUT, OH, SORRY.
SHOULD WE BE ON THAT SIDE? YEAH.
TYPICALLY IT'S TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL GOOD.
UM, MY NAME IS JULIE MILLER AND I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CLIMATE ACTION PATHWAYS FOR SCHOOLS, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS AND OUR TWO, UM, INTERNS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
UM, YEAH, WE ARE DELIVERING A PRESENTATION.
THIS IS, UM, SORT OF A SMALLER VERSION OF OUR FINAL PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL BE DELIVERING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, SO WE WELCOME ANY, ANY THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO SOME INTRODUCTION.
UH, SOME OF YOU KNOW ME, BUT, SO I AM A 12TH GRADER AND I GO TO CASA GRANDE.
HI, UH, MY NAME'S ALEJANDRO PER, AND I'M A 12TH GRADER AT PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT WAS THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER THAT?
SO, UM, UH, POV IS GOING TO EXPLAIN OUR FIRST PROJECT AREA, WHICH IS BUILDINGS DECARBONIZATION.
SO, FOR BUILDINGS DECARBONIZATION, WE WANTED TO SEE HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS OUR SCHOOL SITES WERE CONSUMING SO WE CAN SEE WHERE TO LOWER EMISSIONS AND COSTS AND IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
SO, TO DO THIS, WE LOOKED AT THE GAS AND ELECTRICITY BUILDS FOR THE 2023 AND 22, 20 24 FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WE USED THIS DATA SO WE COULD CALCULATE OUR ENERGY USE PER SQUARE FOOT OF EACH SITE, AND WE CAN BETTER SEE HOW THEY COMPARE.
SO WE LOOKED AT OUR HIGHEST AND LOWEST ENERGY CONSUMERS, AND WE CONDUCTED LEVEL ONE ENERGY AUDITS.
SO WE COULD SEE LIKE THE LIGHTING AND IF WE HAD MOTION SENSORS, IF THE, AND OUR THERMOSTATS TO SEE HOW OLD OR HOW EFFICIENT THEY WERE.
AND WE AUDITED MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY, PETALUMA JUNIOR HIGH, KENNELWORTH JUNIOR HIGH, CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL, AND PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS OUR MODEL PERFORMER.
SO AFTER THAT WE RESEARCHED WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED.
SO, AS A WHOLE, ALL OF OUR SITES ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE CALIFORNIA STATE AVERAGE FOR K TO 12.
SO WHILE THIS IS REALLY GOOD, WE, OUR SITES ARE STILL USING A LOT OF
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ENERGY AND THEY'RE NOT NET ZERO OR NET NEGATIVE, SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT TO DO.AND REGARDING COSTS AND BILLING, OUR MOST EXPENSIVE SITES WERE VALLEY VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT AROUND 45,000 CHERRY VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 46,000 CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL AT 450,000 AND KENNELWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 1,540,000.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE KENNELWORTH DOESN'T HAVE SOLAR, SO THAT'S WHY, BECAUSE THE OTHER SITES HAVE SOLAR.
SO THAT KIND OF BRINGS DOWN THE COST.
SO THIS IS A GRAPH OF THE TOTAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION PER SITE FOR THE 20 23, 22, 20 24 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WE INC INCLUDED THREE DISTRICT SITES AS WELL, WHICH WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICE MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION.
AND THESE VALUES ARE BOTH THE ELECTRICITY WE PURCHASED FROM PG E AND ALSO THE GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR PANELS.
SO OF COURSE, OUR LARGEST CAMPUSES ARE THE HIGHEST CONSUMERS OF ENERGY.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE BIG SPIKE IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
UM, EVEN THOUGH PETALUMA IS THE SECOND HIGHEST CONSUMER, IT'S STILL DOING WELL FOR ITS SIZE AND IT'S RELATIVELY EFFICIENT WHEN YOU CALCULATE ENERGY PER SQUARE FOOT.
SO THIS IS OUR NATURAL GAS USAGE IN TERMS PER SITE.
AND HERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE, AT PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL.
WELL, CASA GRANDE AND THE TWO JUNIOR HIGHS ARE STILL PRETTY HIGH.
SO THIS SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS THE EUI IN COMPARISON FOR THE CALIFORNIA BENCHMARK.
SO EUI IS ENERGY USAGE INTENSITY, AND BASICALLY IT KIND OF TAKES INTO ACCOUNT NOT ONLY THE ENERGY EACH SITE USES, BUT ALSO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SITE SO WE CAN BETTER SEE THE EFFICIENCY OF EACH SITE AND COMPARE THEM MORE ON AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD.
AND THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE EUI FOR A K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL IS 41.4.
SO ALL THE NUMBERS ON THE CHART ARE NEGATIVE, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS OR EVEN NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S STILL REALLY GOOD.
AND FOR COMPARING EACH SITE, THE HIGHEST VALUES, MEANING THE GREATEST ENERGY USAGE PER SQUARE FOOT ARE MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY, KENNELWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, PETALUMA JUNIOR HIGH, AND CASA GRANDE HIGH FOR THE MODEL SCHOOL IN WHICH IS DOING THE BEST.
WE SELECTED PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S A LARGER, FULLY IN PERSON CAMPUS, AND IT'S ALSO THE THIRD MOST EFFICIENT ENERGY USAGE DESPITE ITS SIZE.
SO THESE WERE KIND OF SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO TO ADDRESS OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS, WE, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURAL LEVEL, WE COULD DO A LEVEL THREE ASHRAY AUDIT, WHICH WILL SHOW US WHERE OUR COSTS ARE COMING FROM AND WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
AND WE COULD INSTALL LED LIGHTS BECAUSE THAT SAVES A LOT OF ENERGY AND IT ALSO SAVES A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE BRIGHTER TOO.
SO IN OUR AUDIT, WE ALSO REALIZED THAT OUR HVAC INVENTORIES HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED IN A WHILE.
SO IF WE COULD UPDATE THAT, WE COULD BETTER SEE HOW OLD OUR SYSTEMS REALLY ARE
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AND WHICH ONES WE COULD REPLACE FIRST TO SAVE MONEY AND ENERGY.AND WE COULD GET SMART THERMOSTATS OF BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM.
AND BECAUSE ALL THE THERMOSTATS WOULD BE SMART, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO BETTER REGULATE THE TEMPERATURE AND THEY WOULD COST LESS BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE EFFICIENT.
AND ON A EDUCATIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL STANDPOINT, WE COULD EDUCATE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO TURN OFF LIGHTS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLOSING WINDOWS WHEN THE HVACS ARE ON, AND WE COULD JUST EDUCATE THEM SO THEY BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH ENERGY, ENERGY THEY'RE USING.
SO NOW TO ALEJANDRO, THANK YOU.
AND, UH, I WILL INTRODUCE OUR SECOND PROJECT ARIEL ON ZERO WASTE.
UM, IN THIS, UH, PROJECT, WE MEASURED A BASELINE OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC WASTE SERVED WITH FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES, STUDENT AND STUDENT MEAL.
UH, IN THIS PHASE, UH, WE, UH, IN INTERVIEW ECOLOGY, WASTE MANAGEMENT, UH, SPECIALIST AND FOOD NUTRITION SERVICE DIRECTOR, WE AS WELL AS DOCUMENTING PLASTIC SERVE WITH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MEALS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS, UM, IN WHICH WE RESEARCH SUSTAINABLE AND REUSABLE MEAL, UH, PRACTICE.
UM, AFTER THAT WE CALCULATED A BASELINE OF TOTAL PLASTIC PRODUCED BY THE F AND N PER DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE ASSESS RE RECOMMENDATION TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE AND TRANSITION F AND N TO REUSABLE AND COMPOSTABLE, UH, SERVICE.
WELL, WHERE, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, YEAH, UM, WE, I MEAN, I WILL NOT REVIEW, UM, HOW WE CALCULATED OUR BASELINE OF SINGLE USE PLASTIC WASTE WITH DISTRICT MEAL.
THE TEAM WANTED TO COMPLETE SAMPLES OF FOOD SERVICE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL.
AND SO WE SELECTED, UH, ONE ELEMENTARY, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE WORKED WITH, UM, MS. NANCY RYAN'S CLASS AND MS. KIRI BAILEY'S CLASS, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PO POSSIBLE AS WELL AS STUDENTS FROM BOTH PETALUMA AND CASA GRANDE, UM, WORKING WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.
UH, WE CLASSIFY EACH MEAL BY NUMBER AND TYPE OF SERVICE WHERE PLASTIC AND IDENTIFIED AN AVERAGE NUMBER OF PLASTIC SERVED PER MEAL TYPE.
USING F AND N PLA STUDENT MEAL DATA CALCULATED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PLASTIC PRODUCED BY F AND N PER DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR.
UM, UH, HERE THE GRAPH DEMONSTRATE THE TOTAL PLASTIC SERVE PER YEAR AT EACH SITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, CASA GRANDE LED THE WEIGHT AT NEARLY 1 MILLION INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF TINGLE WASTE PLASTIC SERVED.
OUR REMAINING SECONDARY SCHOOL SITE AND MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY ALL STAND OUT SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH, UM, PLASTIC CONSUMPTION AS WELL.
SAN ANTONIO HIGH SCHOOL IN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WITH A SMALLER STUDENT POPULATION, UM, AND VALLEY VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL HAVE LOWER NUMBERS OF PLASTIC SERVED PER YEAR.
THESE NUMBER ALL CO CORRELATE TO THE STUDENT STUDENT POPULATION, SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THESE DIFFERENCES.
UM, AND THIS GRAPH WAS, UM, SO THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF PLASTIC ASSOCIATED WITH BREAKFAST MEAL PER YEAR AT EAST SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TREND, UM, AS THE PREVIOUS GRAPH.
UH, FINALLY IN THIS, UH, GRAPH WE USED, WE CAN SEE THE TOTAL PLASTIC SERVE WITH LUNCH EACH
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YEAR PER SITE.UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PLASTIC SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE WITH LUNCH AS COMPARED TO BREAKFAST.
OTHERWISE, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE SAME TRENDS WITH THE GREATEST FUNCTION COMING FROM CANOR.
UM, LOOKING AT THIS TABLE, WE CAN SEE THE TWO TYPES OF PLASTIC BY THE NUMBER FROM OUR ANALYSTS ANALYZE.
WE CAT CATEGOR CATEGORIZE PLASTIC INTO TWO MAIN CATEGORIES, UH, UTENSILS AND PACKAGING UTENSILS WERE GENERALLY FORKED SPOON, DEPENDING ON THE MEAL WHILE PACK PACKAGING ENCOMPASSED FOOD WRAPPERS TO RUN THE WRAP AND CONTAINER.
UH, IN TOTAL WE CALCULATED ABOUT 3.77 MILLION PIECES OF PLASTIC SERVED WITH DISTRICT MEALS EACH YEAR.
IT SHOULD BE NOTICED THAT THE FRUIT AND NUTRITION SERVICE HAS ALREADY BEGUN REDUCING PLASTIC AND THE MEAL SYSTEM.
SO THIS NUMBER REFLECTS ALREADY ALTERNATIVE BASELINE FOR THE MOST.
IT IS, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PLASTIC ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PREPARATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND THIS DISPOSAL AND SANITATION.
UM, BASED ON THE CAFETERIA CULTURE REPORT, STUDYING IN PLASTIC AT A NEW YEAR AT A NEW YORK PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT GENERALLY USED SEVEN POINT, I MEAN 5.7 PIECES OF PLASTIC PER DAY.
WE CALCULATED THE AVERAGE, UM, WITH BREAKFAST, UM, WHICH WAS THREE PIECES AND FOUR PIECES WITH LUNCH.
WHILE THIS IS NOT A PERFECT COMPARISON, IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THE NECESSITY TO REDUCE OUR PLASTIC CONSUMPTION IN THE CAFETERIA.
UM, WELL TO REDUCE PLASTIC, UM, WASTE AND THE TEAMS READ THROUGH VARIOUS CASES STUDIES ON HOW OTHER SCHOOLS TRANSITION TO REUSABLE FOOD WEAR, WE BROKE OUR RECOMMENDATION INTO TWO KEY CATEGORIES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR.
UM, IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE RECOMMEND YOU CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVE WASTE AUDIT AT EACH SCHOOL SITE, AS WELL AS TRANSITION TO BULK DISPENSERS, SUCH AS BULK MILK AND BULK SAUCE DISPENSER.
AND THEN, UM, IMPLEMENT A BUILD YOUR OWN SALAD BAR.
AND TO REDUCE THE PLASTIC WASTE IN OUR OTHER CATEGORY, UM, WE WANTED TO LAUNCH, WE WANT TO LAUNCH A PILOT PROGRAM AT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO TRIAL REUSABLE IMPLEMENTATION, AS WELL AS HOLD ASSEMBLIES AND TRAINING SESSION TO EDUCATE STUDENTS STAFF ON HOW TO CARE FOR REUSABLE FOOTWEAR IN THE CAFETERIA.
UM, ALSO IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR STAFF, WE WANT TO ALLOCATE STAFF TRAINING SESSION TO EDUCATE ON REUSABLE MAINTENANCE AND PROCEDURES, UH, AS WELL AS ELECT STUDENT CAFETERIA CHAMPION TO SUPPORT WASTE SORTING STATION DURING LUNCH.
THAT WAS SOME GREAT DATA AND VERY WELL PRESENTED.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMISSION, UM, AT THIS TIME.
AND, UM, WE MAY PROVIDE BRIEF COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE SHOULD NOT DELIBERATE ON THE MATTER.
IF A CONVERSATION IS WARRANTED, UM, WE WILL AGENDIZE IT FOR ANOTHER, UH, MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA START? OKAY.
PRANAV, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE BETWEEN, UM, PETALUMA HIGH AND CASA GRANDE AND, AND TOWARDS THE ENERGY PARAMETERS.
I, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE CASA GRANDE IS BIGGER THAN PETALUMA HIGH.
UM, IT DOES HAVE A LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND THERE'S ALSO MORE STUDENTS IN CASA GRANDE, SO THEY MIGHT BE USING MORE CHARGERS.
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I GUESS THAT ADDS UP.THERE WAS A PARTICULARLY LARGE DIFFERENCE IN THE NATURAL GAS USAGE.
UM, IS THERE SOMETHING HAPPENING AT CASA THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AT, AT PEMA HIGH IN PETALUMA HIGH, THE HVACS ARE ELECTRIC.
SO IN CASA GRANDE, SINCE THEY STILL USE GAS, THAT USES A LOT MORE NATURAL GAS.
UM, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, TAHA GRANDE HAS A CULINARY ART CLASS AND PETALUMA DOESN'T, SO THAT MIGHT CONTRIBUTE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, GREAT PRESENTATION, AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE BECOMING DATA NERDS,
THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE.
UH, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE GREAT WORK THAT THE CITY, UH, HAS, HAS DONE IN THIS SPACE, UH, WITH, UH, THE GK 12 PROGRAM, UH, REPLACING GAS FIRED WATER HEATERS WITH HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DEB, IF YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF MENTION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT IT'S DONE FOR THE SCHOOLS OR MAYBE PATRICK.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA STEAL THUNDER.
THIS IS AMA AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DID.
UM, SO I DON'T WANNA LIKE TOOT OUR OWN OWN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, WE DID PARTICIPATE IN PG E'S GK 12 PROGRAM, AND THE K 12 REFERS TO SCHOOLS, AND THE G REFERS TO GOVERNMENT FACILITIES.
SO SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.
I THINK WE GOT OVER $300,000 OF, UM, WATER HEATERS, UM, REPLACED.
AND I THINK THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 25, 28, SOMEWHERE IN THAT, THAT BALLPARK, UM, THAT HAD ZERO COST TO THE CITY.
SO IT WAS A COMBINATION OF, UM, REBATES FROM THAT PROGRAM, SNOW MCLEAN POWER, UM, THREW IN SOME REBATES AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE GOT SOME DEMAND RESPONSE, UH, REBATES AS A RESULT OF THAT ALSO.
SO AMAZING PROGRAM, ALL SCHOOLS SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, IT'S TURNKEY, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU DEAL WITH ONE COMPANY THAT COMES IN AND DOES THE AUDITS, DOES THE INSTALLATION, AND, UH, SAYS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HELP YOU AT THE END.
SO IT, IT, IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND IF YOU NEED A CONTACT, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE CONTACT FOR THAT PROGRAM, ACTUALLY.
SO THIS IS WHERE I CAN ADD A NOTE THAT THAT CONNECTION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE WITH PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
UM, UH, CHIEF BUDGET OFFICIAL, CBO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR, UH, AND, UH, THE BUILDINGS, UH, PERSON.
SO THAT CONNECTION HAS ALREADY STARTED BECAUSE, UH, WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT I'M GONNA BE SENDING A FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEE THIS REPORT.
SO YES, COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS, UM, USE THE TERM REUSABLE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE WHAT, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THAT MEANS? OKAY.
UM, YES, SO, UM, WOW, THAT IS REALLY LOUD.
I, IT JUST MEANS, UM, IMPLEMENTING REUSABLE SERVICE WARE IN THE SCHOOLS, AS IN LIKE AN EXAMPLE COULD BE STAINLESS STEEL, YOU KNOW, FORKS, UM, AND SPOONS, UM, REUSABLE TRAYS, UM, RATHER THAN DISPOSABLE SINGLE USE CLAMSHELLS.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, REUSABLE PLATES, UM, WHICH HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF BENEFITS.
UM, THERE'S CURRENTLY A STUDY THAT'S, THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED THE RESULTS YET NECESSARILY, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, IF STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EAT MORE, LIKE PSYCHOLOGICALLY BY EATING OFF OF REUSABLE SERVICE WEAR RATHER THAN DISPOSABLE.
UM, SO I WANNA FOLLOW THAT ONE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, OF COURSE, YOU'RE PRODUCING WAY LESS WASTE AND THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT, UM, YOU ALSO HAVE THEN THE ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, HOW TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THIS WEAR AND ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO SORT THROUGH IT AND THEY'RE NOT JUST THROWING THE TRASH OR TAKING IT HOME.
UM, SO IT, IT IS A, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO IT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT.
DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH.
AND ONE THING DIDN'T GET MENTIONED IS LOOKING AT THE, UM, SEPARATION OF COMPOSTABLES VERSUS PAPER VERSUS PLASTICS, ARE WE, UH, MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION AT THE SCHOOLS? OKAY, SO OUR THIRD OBJECTIVE, UM, IT ALSO FALLS INTO ZERO WASTE.
WE DID NOT COVER IT IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE'RE STILL ACTUALLY FINALIZING IT.
UM, THAT WAS AROUND SUPPORTING RECOLOGY SORTING, UM, SUPPORTING ECOLOGY'S WORK, UM, WITH, UH,
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THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS SORTING THEIR WASTE.UM, SO AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE SUPERVISION, UM, AND THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER.
BUT ONCE YOU GO TO THE SECONDARY LEVEL, RECOLOGY IS NOTICING THAT STUDENTS SORTING THEIR TRASH IS IT'S SUFFERING, IT'S NOT, UM, AS, AS STRONG.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE, UM, TRYING TO DO JUST MORE OUTREACH DURING LUNCHTIME, UM, AND GET STUDENTS MORE ON BOARD.
WE, WE WILL COVER THAT IN OUR THIRD OBJECTIVE, UM, IN OUR FULL REPORT ON MAY 27TH TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, AM I ALLOWED TO INVITE PEOPLE THAT OPEN AND LOOK TO EVERYBODY? OKAY.
SO PLEASE, YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME.
UM, I SHOULD HAVE, I THINK THAT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE WILL COVER THAT PIECE.
UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPROVING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HABIT BUILDING, UM, WORK THERE AROUND STUDENTS, UM, SORTING THROUGH THEIR WASTE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH, UH, STUDENT BEHAVIOR CHANGES AS WELL TO LIKE, TRAINING FOR LIFE TYPE THINGS, UM, AS WELL BEING, HAVING BEEN A, A TEACHER AT CASA GRANDE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND YOU ALSO MAY WANNA LOOK AT, UM, THE INSTALLATION IN THE ROOF, UH, IN THE UP, UP ABOVE UP.
'CAUSE UH, YOU HAVE A SINGLE STORY TYPE BUILDINGS, BUT WITH HIGH CEILINGS AND MAYBE INSULATION IS A LITTLE GETTING A LITTLE OLD UP THERE.
SO, UM, THAT MAY BE ANOTHER BIG DIFFERENCE.
PETA HIGH SCHOOL HAS, UH, TWO AND THREE STORY TYPE BUILDINGS IN THE BACK.
THAT, UH, MAY BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, UM, LIKE THAT.
SO ANYWAY, SO LOOK AT INSULATION MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT BESIDES, UH, AND THEN HOW MANY DOORS ARE OPEN VERSUS CLOSED DURING THE DAY.
I KNOW WE, I'VE TRIED TO WORK ON THIS BEFORE, SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS NOW, INTERNS FOR DOING ALL THE WORK.
UM, I WILL SAY FROM THE PREVIOUS WORK WE DID FOR THE, FROM THE ZERO HOME STUDY OF THE ENTIRE, UH, CITY'S ENERGY USAGE, THE SCHOOLS WERE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING GREATER THAN 10% OF NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION CITYWIDE.
SO THAT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY JUST IN A COUPLE SCHOOLS TO DECARBONIZE THEIR NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS. UH, AND THEN ALSO I THINK, UH, THE REPORT RECOMMENDED THE LEVEL THREE ASHRAY AUDIT, AND I THINK THAT'S NOW CURRENTLY UNDERWAY OR GOING TO BE UNDERWAY SOON.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SUPPORT THAT STRONGLY ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE AUDITS COMES, THE REQUEST FOR MONEY OR FINANCING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, A DIFFICULTY.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW PETALUMA IS STILL NAVIGATING THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
I DO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND HAVE ONE PROVIDER DO BOTH THE SCHOOLS AND THE CITY FACILITIES.
SO, UM, I HOPE WE DO, UH, SEE THAT COLLABORATION SOON.
UH, AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, FINAL PRESENTATION.
YEAH, JUST CURIOUS WHEN YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TAKE THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD,
I SEE TOO, IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS, UM, WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS IN THE SCHOOLS.
LIKE, WILL YOU PRESENT AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS? UM, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, YOU KNOW, WITH STUDENT BODY AND HOW DO THEY LEARN ABOUT THIS AND WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE? THANKS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DID JUST HAVE A STUDENT GROUP GO, UM, WITH MY COLLEAGUE RENEE, TO, UM, A FOURTH GRADE CLASS TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ENERGY CONSERVATION.
UM, IT WENT FANTASTIC, AND WE'D LOVE TO DO MORE OF THAT REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS RIGHT NOW TO TAKE IT TO OTHER CLASSROOMS, BUT WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE THE SORT OF GRADE LEVEL COLLABORATION.
UM, THE STUDENTS, UM, WHO PRESENTED TO THAT CLASS HAD A FANTASTIC TIME.
APPARENTLY THE, UM, CLASS ITSELF OF FOURTH GRADERS, THEY LOVED IT.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE TO CONTINUE THAT SORT OF COLLABORATION.
MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S THE END OF THE YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD, UH, YEAH, I, I'M OPEN TO IT,
UM, I DO WANNA, BEFORE THANK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT TOGETHER AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY COMPREHENSIVELY, UM, PRESENTED.
AND I WANNA, WHILE, WHILE WE HAVE THIS LARGE AUDIENCE HERE,
AND, UM, THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE REALLY RE RELEVANT TO THE, THESE TOPICS.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS CONSUMPTION, WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT PLASTIC FOOD WEAR WASTE IN THE CITY.
AND, UM, ONE OF THEM IS BUILDING, UM, LIKE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THEN TRANSPORTATION IS THE THIRD ONE.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANNA BREAK OUT, UM, WE, WE WANNA INVITE EVERYBODY TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, UM, MOVING THE CITY FORWARD AND OUR CLIMATE GOALS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL UM, HAVE COMMISSIONER KRISHNA, PLEASE JOIN US BACK UP HERE AND WE CAN MOVE ON.
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OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS, UM, COOL PETALUMA'S MONTHLY UPDATE WITH NATASHA JULIANA.UH, SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HAD THAT PRESENTATION.
AND ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK PLUG THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THE CAPS STUDENTS BACK AT OUR FUTURE FEST EVENT, WHICH WE'LL BE PLUGGING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
SO WE WILL GET TO HEAR THE PRESENT.
IF YOU WANT TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION, THAT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM AND HAVE THEIR INFORMATION THERE.
SO, OUR UPDATE FOR 2025, UH, RECENT EVENTS, WE HAD A FANTASTIC LAUNCH OF OUR NEW COOL BUSINESS COLLECTIVE THIS WEEK.
ON TUESDAY NIGHT, WE HAD OVER 40, UH, BUSINESS LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND WE ARE REPLICATING OUR COOL BLOCK PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR, FOR THE BUSINESS SECTOR.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.
WE'RE GONNA START MEETING MONTHLY ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
IF ANY, UM, ANYONE IN ANY KIND OF BUSINESS IS INTERESTED, PLEASE GO TO COOL PETALUMA.ORG/BUSINESS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.
THE MAYOR WAS THERE TO INTRODUCE THE EVENT, AND WE STUCK AROUND AND DID SOME BREAKOUT GROUPS AND PEOPLE CAME UP WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS ALREADY OF WAYS WE CAN COLLABORATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING, YOU KNOW, A SHARED SLACK CHANNEL WHERE WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION WITH EACH OTHER AND CREATING EMERGENCY CONTACT LISTS JUST FOR EVEN THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HELP EACH OTHER IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
SO WE'RE ALREADY RIGHT OFF THE BAT, LIKE STARTING TO TAKE ACTION.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS IS EVERYBODY REALLY WANTED IT TO BE A MEANINGFUL MEETING.
SO THEY, THEY FELT LIKE EVERY MONTH WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WAS MAKING PROGRESS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER FANTASTIC BOOK CLUB MEETING, AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT ONE WAS THE SECTION WE WERE READING IN, UM, WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT BY AYANA ELIZABETH JOHNSON WAS, A LOT OF IT WAS ABOUT STORYTELLING AND THE NEED FOR NEW, FOR STORYTELLING AROUND CLIMATE STORIES, PARTICULARLY AROUND LIKE POSITIVE FUTURE VISIONS.
AND EVERYONE WAS, THAT WAS REALLY RESONATED WITH PEOPLE.
SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY LOOKING FOR GOOD STORYTELLING TO HELP US NAVIGATE FUTURE AND, AND PAINT A PICTURE OF LIKE WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
SO JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, HEADS UP FOR THE COMMISSION, IF YOU, AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE STORYTELLING IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT WAY TO DO THAT.
WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR CLIMATE PROFESSIONALS MIXER NEXT WEEK.
SO THIS IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CREW.
SOME, SOME CROSSOVER WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT THIS INCLUDES A LOT OF SCIENTISTS, UM, UH, CONTRACTORS, UH, ARTISTS THAT ARE IN THE CLIMATE SPHERE, REAL WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE.
SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO COME TO THAT, UH, TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH AT FIVE 30 AT CROOKED GOAT BREWING.
WE DO A LOT OF OUR EVENTS IN THE BACK ROOM THERE 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, IT'S A REALLY GREAT PLACE, EASY PLACE TO HOST EVENTS.
AND THEN OUR FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT, OUR FINAL INSTALLMENT FOR THE BOOK CLUB WILL BE AND ON MAY 6TH.
AND, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA PICK OUR NEXT BOOK USING RANKED CHOICE VOTING SO PEOPLE GET TO SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RANK CHOICE VOTING, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING AND A GOOD, UH, DEMONSTRATION OF HOW, UH, THAT PROCESS WORKS AND HOW FAIR IT CAN BE.
AND THEN, BECAUSE OUR COOL BUSINESS COLLECTIVE HAS BEEN KICKED OFF, THE NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE TUESDAY, MAY 13TH.
AND ACTUALLY WE DID CONFIRM THE LOCATION WILL BE CROOKED GOAT BREWING THIS TIME.
AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE'RE GONNA, UH, ALTERNATE WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES WHO HAVE OFFERED TO HOST NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS THE SUPER FUN, EXCITING PIECE.
IT IS OUR EXPO THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT, UM, ALL EXPANDED AND IN COLLABORATION THIS TIME WITH THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY THE CLIMATE ACTION PATHWAYS STUDENTS, AND ALSO, UH, FROM THE CITY AND THE, UH, CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION ABOUT THE, UH, BLUEPRINT.
SO THE, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE.
WE ARE ALSO DOING ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF TO MAKE IT MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY AND MORE INCLUSIVE OF, OF A LARGER, UM, OF OUR LARGER COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE A, UM, A MINI, UH, LOCAL FILM FEST PLANS.
AND WE'RE GONNA CREATE, WE'RE CREATING A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS THAT ARE LOCALLY PRODUCED ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION IN OUR AREA THAT WILL RUN IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. WE HAVE ANOTHER ROOM THAT'S GONNA HAVE CRAFT PROJECTS, INCLUDING MAKING LIKE SEED BALLS WITH OUR LOCAL COMPOST AFTER IT'S BEEN COMPOSTED SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT IT COMES OUT.
YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IT IN YOUR GREEN BIN, THEN WHAT DOES IT TURN INTO? AND SO YOU CAN GO HOME WITH YOUR OWN LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SEED BALL TO PLANT FLOWERS, UH, MENDING, UH,
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EXERCISE WITH REUSE ALLIANCE SO PEOPLE CAN LEARN HOW TO MEND THEIR OWN CLOTHES.AND JUST, UM, UH, UH, TODAY I HAD A FANTASTIC MEETING WITH CAFE PUENTE TO WORK WITH THEM TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF OUR SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES.
AND WE ARE GONNA BE COLLABORATING WITH THEM TO BRING THAT WE DID A GREAT JOB TRANSLATING OUR POSTER, BUT WE NEED TO NOT JUST HAVE IT VIA THE POSTER.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP THAT'S AN INCLUSIVE, MAKES IT AN INCLUSIVE FESTIVAL FOR EVERYONE.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS WE CAME UP WITH JUST TODAY TO DO A COLLABORATION WITH CAFE PUENTE TO HELP US, UH, CREATE, UH, CONTENT THAT IS IN SPANISH AND IS IN INCREDIBLY INCLUSIVE.
AND, UH, AND SO LOOK FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING THE SIGNS ON THE BACK OF THE BUSES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PETALUMA TRANSIT TO START ADVERTISING ON THE BUSES AND EVERYWHERE.
SO PLEASE HELP US ADVERTISE ALSO BY SHARING THIS EVENT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS.
IT'S FROM NOON TO 4:00 PM ON SUNDAY, MAY 4TH AT, UH, THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY CENTER AT LUC CASEY PARK.
WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING OVER THE ENTIRE PARK THERE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, E-BIKE DEMONSTRATIONS WHERE WE GET TO TEST THEM OUT.
AND WE'VE GOT A REALLY COOL, UM, UH, UH, EV SHOWCASE AS WELL.
WE EVEN HAVE ONE PERSON COMING UP WHO DOES, UH, THEY TAKE, UH, GAS CARS AND CONVERT THEM TO ELECTRIC, WHICH IS KIND OF FUN AND EXCITING TO SEE.
SO EVEN IF YOU'VE COME FOR ALL THREE YEARS, THIS ONE WILL BE NEW AND EXCITING AND THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF STUFF FOR EVERYBODY TO DO.
SO IF YOU WANNA HEAR MORE, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER@COOLPETALUMA.ORG SLASH NEWSLETTER AND WE LOOK FORWARD.
MAKE SURE YOU PUT IN YOUR CALENDAR SUNDAY, MAY 4TH.
PETALUMA IS A 5 0 1 C3 HERE IN PETALUMA.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS TO HELP MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD.
'CAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN COMMUNITY MOMENTUM, MOVING IN THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS IS MONEY.
AND SO THAT'S BY TRANSITION TO, UM, PASS IT OVER TO PATRICK, WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, REVIEW OF CLIMATE ACTION BASELINE SECTION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET.
I, I WISH WE HAD LIKE OPRAH WINFREY MONEY WHERE IT'S LIKE YOU GET AN, YOU GET A HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER, YOU GET AN HVAC, UH, HEAT PUMP.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I, I, I WISH THAT'S THE, THE PRESENTATION I WAS GIVEN RIGHT HERE.
UM, BUT THIS IS MOSTLY JUST, UM, AN AWARENESS, UH, ISSUE IN OUR BUDGET DOCUMENT.
IT'S NOT SHARING YET, WHICH WILL BE COMING OUT THIS MAY.
UM, THIS IS LAST YEAR'S VERSION.
WE DO A, A CLIMATE ACTION BASELINE EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE'VE DONE IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UM, ARE JAM PACKED WITH A LOT OF THINGS RELATED TO CLIMATE, AND WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO EMPHASIZE THAT NOW.
SO IN THAT SECTION, THERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF CLIMATE ACTION.
THERE'S DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DOING, UM, AND THERE'S QUITE A BIG LIST AND IT'LL, NEXT YEAR'S VERSION WILL BE EQUALLY BIG.
UM, WE GO OVER DIFFERENT SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE DONE.
SO FOR LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CANOPY PROJECTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE SPORTS FIELD.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLOATING SOLAR, UM, OUT AT ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHECKBOX THERE IS HAVING, UH, THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE ACTION.
DAMN, WE WERE CALLING IT FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY, BUT THE NAME CHANGED.
BUT NOW WE'RE ONTO IMPLEMENTATION AS EVERYBODY ON THE, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY WELL AWARE, TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND, UH, EV PURCHASING, THE LIST GOES ON.
UH, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR FOSSIL FUEL USE FROM OUR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.
UH, IMPOSSIBLE TO READ RIGHT HERE, BUT IF YOU GET THE PDF VERSION OF IT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ACTUAL TOTALS.
AND THIS IS GALLONS OF, OF BOTH GASOLINE, DIESEL, AND RENEWABLE DIESEL.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE'D LOOK AT TRENDS OVER YEARS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS DIESEL USAGE, RENEWABLE DIESEL, AND THE LAST ONE'S KIND OF SKEWED BECAUSE IT'S A PARTIAL YEAR.
UM, IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST GOT AMAZING IN 2024.
IT'S, IT'S USUALLY NOT A FULL YEAR OF DATA AND THEN REGULAR GASOLINE.
SO THAT'S JUST A, A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S COMING SHORTLY, UM, TO COUNCIL JUST AS AN FYI.
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THAT THE COMMISSION CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, WANTED ELEVATED AND BROUGHT TO, UM, THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION.AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, UM, NOW, YOU KNOW, UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT OR IF YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, UM, WHAT THE CITY OF PETALUMA'S, UH, PROGRESS HAS BEEN, UM, NEXT MONTH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, UM, WHEN THE REST OF THE BUDGET IS RELEASED.
SO THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
GOT TO DO COMMENTS ON CO PALOMA.
UM, WE'LL OPEN IT TO COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET ON PATRICK'S ITEM.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO THIS MIGHT SEEM STRANGE, BUT I LOOKED AT ALL THESE LINE ITEMS AND SOME OF THEM I THOUGHT, HMM.
HOW DO THOSE RELATE TO CLIMATE? THEY WEREN'T TOTALLY OBVIOUS TO ME.
SO AT THE RISK OF, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE, COULD I ASK ABOUT THOSE LINE ITEMS OR, I MEAN, IF THERE'S, I, WE, WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET INTO A DEBATE, BUT IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OF LIKE, UH, DO YOU YOU WANT US TO OUTLINE WHAT, UM, WHAT CRITERIA WERE CHECKED TO, TO MAKE THAT A, A CLIMATE FIRST? CIP WELL, I READ THE LIST OF CRITERIA, WHICH MADE SENSE TO ME, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY APPLIED TO THESE THINGS, BUT THAT, I MEAN, I COULD TAKE THAT OFFLINE TOO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? YEAH.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, UH, WAS, HAVE BEEN EAGERLY WAITING FOR THIS, UH, CHAPTER OF THE BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, UH, THIS HAS HAPPENED.
AND THIS WAS AFTER MANY YEARS OF ADVOCATING FOR THIS, UH, INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
UH, SO WE'RE ALREADY OFF TO A GREAT START RELATIVE TO MANY OTHER CITIES.
UM, A COUPLE JUST GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
SO THE FIRST IS ON THE RENEWABLE DIESEL AND THE CONVERSION TO RENEWABLE DIESEL.
SO THAT'S, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S STRATEGY AND SOMETHING THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS GENERALLY NOT AWARE OF.
UM, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN CONVERTING OUR FUELS FROM GASOLINE TO RENEWABLE DIESEL, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOLS AS WELL, UM, PARTICULARLY AROUND LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, BUT LIKE LAWN AND GARDEN EQUIPMENT, HEAVY MACHINERY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THE CITY IN ALL OF ITS, UM, NEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, PRIORITIZES DIESEL OVER GASOLINE AND THEN PURCHASES, UH, DIESEL.
UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THE RENEWABLE DIESEL.
I KNOW THAT THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS HAS BEEN A LEADER IN RENEWABLE DIESEL FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OVER FIVE YEARS NOW.
UH, AND THAT PRIOR TO THE FORMER CLIMATE ACTION, UM, MANAGER PURCHASE MAKING A RENEWABLE DIESEL PURCHASE, THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY PURCHASED RENEWABLE DIESEL FROM THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT STILL OCCURRING? IS THAT, IS THERE ADDITIONAL RENEWABLE DIESEL THAT'S BEING PURCHASED OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS? OR WHAT IS EXACTLY THE SOURCE OF THIS RENEWABLE DIESEL THAT SHOWS UP IN THESE CHARTS? SO THE, THE SOURCE IS THE, SO THE SCHOOLS, BOTH THE TRANSIT BUSES AND THE FIRE TRUCKS ARE FUELING AT THE, UM, PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS, UM, BUS DEPOT.
UM, AND I, I THINK I'LL JUST PLUG THE CITY SCHOOLS AS WELL.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ELECTRIC BUSES IN THEIR FLEET AS WELL.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE WHO USES MORE OF THAT RENEWABLE DIESEL, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OR, OR THE, UH, CITY SCHOOLS.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE DOING A, A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE, I THINK THAT THE, IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THE RENEWABLE DIESEL CATEGORY WILL BE, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'LL BE MUCH, IF ANY, THAT'S IN THE NON-RENEWABLE DIESEL CATEGORY.
UM, WE'RE SWITCHING OVER, UM, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH RAMOS OIL THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING.
DEB, DEB CAN SPEAK TO THAT SO MUCH MORE.
UM, BUT YES, I, I, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE ON THAT ASPECT.
AND I THINK, UM, THIS, THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, REPORTING WILL STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT, UM, FOSSIL DIESEL IN THERE.
BUT IN FUTURE YEARS, I THINK IT'LL BE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT FOR THE, THE FOSSIL DIESEL.
AND FOR THOSE UNAWARE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, THE, THE BUS, THE SCHOOL, UH, FUELING STATION IS THIS LITTLE CORNER LOT OVER BY TARGET, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER GONE AND CHECKED
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THAT OUT, THAT LITTLE PATCH OF LAND IS POWERING, YOU KNOW, A MASSIVE CONVERSION OF, UM, OF GHG, UH, REDUCING FUELS.AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RENEWABLE DIESEL IS, IT'S NOT SOURCED FROM LIKE FOSSIL FUELS AT ALL.
THERE IS NO, LIKE GIMMICKS ABOUT JUST SLAPPING THE WORD RENEWABLE ON THERE.
IT'S COMING, LIKE PEOPLE GET IT CONFUSED WITH BIODIESEL, WHICH IS SIMILAR, BUT THERE'S MORE REFINING STEPS THAT GOES ON TO MAKE IT BASICALLY EQUIVALENT TO, UH, RENEWABLE DIESEL.
AND SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UH, MANY OF US THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY BUDGET PROCESS, KEEP A LASER EYE ON THE TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, LONG-TERM DURABLE GOODS THAT THE CITY IS PURCHASING.
AND THEY DO TRY AND MAKE ELECTRIC PURCHASES WHEN POSSIBLE.
UH, BUT FOR SOME OF THE HEAVY, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SLR TRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT NOW, THAT BASICALLY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, UM, REDUCING THEIR, UM, FUEL TRUCK STANDARDS.
YOU MIGHT READ ABOUT THIS IN NEWS, RIGHT? SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GONNA HELP US WITH OUR HEAVY, UH, VEHICLE FLEET CONVERTING TO ELECTRIC.
AND SO THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN, UH, THE NEAR TERM.
AND SO THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, HEAVY VEHICLES, UH, CITYWIDE AND REGIONWIDE IS RENEWABLE DIESEL AT THIS POINT.
UM, YEAH, I, I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME THING FOR, UH, THE AIRPORT THAT'S STILL SORT OF CONVENTIONAL FUELS AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LOWER HANGING FRUIT, UH, ON THAT POINT.
UH, AND THEN MAYBE JUST TO ECHO, UH, A COMMENT, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AT A, AT A FUTURE, UH, TIME.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OF A POLICY AROUND, UM, HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR WHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A CLIMATE FIRST, UH, CIP PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN HOW DID THAT CRITERIA FIT, UH, INTO THE CIP PROJECTS? SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS, IS WELL, UH, SUITED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, AND IT JUST HASN'T TAKEN PLACE, UH, YET.
AND, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THE BUDGET PROCESS AND, AND MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, UH, WORK ON IT, UH, AT THAT, AT THAT JUNCTURE.
I JUST WANNA ECHO, UH, MR. PETERS ON THE CIP PROCESS, UH, HAVING SAT ON A COMMISSION OF A DIFFERENT CITY WHERE WE DID GO THROUGH THE LINE BY LINE
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HERE.
AND IT'S A WAY WE CAN ALSO HELP IMPLEMENT THE BLUEPRINT PLAN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S, IF THE, IF WE HAVE THIS BLUEPRINT, A LOT OF HOW THAT BLUEPRINT'S GOING TO, UH, BE ENACTED IS THROUGH, UH, THESE, THESE, UH, CIP PRODUCTS.
SO, UH, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT THAT DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, I GUESS JUST ONE FINAL COMMENT.
UM, SO ON THE CIP LIST, UH, OVER A THIRD OF THE PROJECTS I WOULD SAY, AND MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN HALF, ARE MORE, UM, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION RELATED.
SO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THE IMPENDING CLIMATE WEATHER CRISISES, WHICH THE CITY IS ANTICIPATING? UH, FOR THE MOST PART, 90 ABOVE 90% OF THIS COMMISSION'S WORK HAS BEEN IN THE MITIGATION MITIGATION CATEGORY.
HOW DO WE REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS AND HOW DO WE SAVE MONEY IN THE PROCESS? UH, AND SO, UH, THE CITY IS SORT OF GOING BEYOND WHAT, UH, THE BODY HAS DONE IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND SOME OF THESE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE TOPICS.
AND SO, AGAIN, THAT'S AS, UH, THESE CRISES BECOME MORE ACUTE AND HAPPEN MORE OFTEN, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF, UM, THE SPENDING IS, AND NEEDS ARE GONNA INCREASE, UH, RELATED TO THAT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT BUDGET ITEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FLOODING AND STORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT ABOUT IN THE CITY AND IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF SOMBER, BUT BITTERSWEETNESS ON THAT CATEGORY.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
UM, AT THIS TIME, UH, IT'S, WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMISSION'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.
UM, I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS, THIS IS AN ADVISORY BODY.
SO OUR, OUR JOB IS TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, IN CLIMATE ISSUES AND THEN TO ADVISE THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL ON ACTIONS THAT WE THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE.
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THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO TELL US,DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS CARDS? UM, WE HAVE ONE OR NO COMMON CARDS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT IT WILL BE, THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE, ON THE AGENDA.
YEAH, THERE'S, UM, SOME COMMON CARDS UP HERE, AND THEN THERE'S SOME IN THE BACK IN THE HALLWAY, UM, IF SOMEONE THANK YOU.
SO I GUESS WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
COMMENT.UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 13TH MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? OKAY.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
UM, OKAY.AND OUR NEXT ITEM, WE HAVE ONE MORE, UM, PRESENTATION ABOUT, UM, WELL, GREEN MARY IS SPEAKING TO US TODAY,
UM, MY NAME'S MARY OTT AND I'M THE CEO OF A COMPANY CALLED GREEN MARY.
AND WE DO EVENT WASTE DIVERSION AROUND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
I'VE BEEN AT THIS 25 YEARS, AND I GOT MY START WHEN, I'LL KEEP IT REAL SHORT BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT MOTIVATE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE
UH, I WAS AT A PUBLIC FESTIVAL 26 YEARS AGO, AND THIS WOMAN, JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL, WHO HAD SAT UP IN A REDWOOD IN HUMBOLDT FOR TWO YEARS, LASHED TO THE TREE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF REDWOODS IN GENERAL AND SPECIFIC, AND OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES AND, UM, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES IN PARTICULAR.
AND, UM, SHE WAS STANDING ON OUR STAGE AND SAID, YOU CAN'T PUT ON AN EVENT AND TREAT YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES THIS WAY.
IT'S LIKE, THIS IS NO WAY TO GATHER, ESPECIALLY IN SOMETHING THAT YOU CALL A PROGRESSIVE SETTING.
NO MORE PUBLIC GATHERINGS TILL YOU CAN MAKE NO GARBAGE.
AND I RAN FROM THE GATHERING, CRYING AND STARTED MY BUSINESS.
I ASKED THE PRODUCER IF I COULD GREEN THAT EVENT.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE NEXT YEAR.
AND SO I WENT BOLDLY FORTH AND JUMPED INTO DUMPSTERS AND SAID, THIS DOESN'T GO HERE, AND THAT DOESN'T GO THERE.
AND, UH, TOGETHER WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS, WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT AT THAT ONE EVENT.
AND NOW WE'RE GREENING OVER 400 EVENTS A YEAR.
I'VE JUST COME BACK FROM AN EVENT IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE WE GENERATED A WHOLE LOT OF PLASTIC UTENSILS TODAY, I ALWAYS CARRY AROUND MY OWN UTENSILS.
OH, MY FORK'S NOT IN HERE 'CAUSE IT GOT USED TODAY AT THE EVENT.
UM, BUT, UM, SIMPLE THING TO DO, I I PAY ATTENTION TO THESE STATS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING TODAY AND SAY, I CANNOT BE PART OF THIS, LIKE 18 BILLION PAPER CUPS A YEAR.
SAN FRANCISCO SAYS THAT THEY'RE RECYCLABLE.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THEM IN SAN FRANCISCO INTO THE BLUE BIN, UH, EVERY PLACE ELSE, WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE TO STOP THAT NASTY HABIT AND BRING YOUR OWN CUP.
UH, SO OUR BIG THING AT PUBLIC EVENTS IS SETTING UP ALL THREE CONTAINERS, GREEN, GREEN, BLUE, AND HAVING A TINY BLACK CAN FOR GARBAGE TO DRIVE HOME.
THE POINT THAT VERY LITTLE NEEDS TO GO THERE, IF WE'VE PLANNED OUT EVERYTHING PROPERLY, CON CONFERRED WITH THE FOOD VENDORS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MAJOR PRODUCERS, JUST LIKE YOUR, UM, KITCHENS, UH, AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT SCHOOLS.
IF WE CAN GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE REUSABLE OR COMPOSTABLE, THEN WE CAN BE OBVIOUSLY MAKING MUCH LESS WASTE.
OUR BIG, UM, GOAL IS TO BE MAKING AS MUCH SOIL AS POSSIBLE OUT OF THE ORGANIC WASTED EVENTS AND DONE CORRECTLY.
THAT IS AT LEAST 50% OF ALL THE WASTE AT PUBLIC EVENT IS, UM, ORGANIC AND CAN BE COMPOSTED.
AND THEN ABOUT 40% IS RECYCLABLE, 10% TRASH.
SO THAT'S THE UTENSILS THAT WE DIDN'T CAPTURE.
THE BEST UTENSILS TO USE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR REUSABLES, ARE BIRCHER BAMBOO.
THERE'S STILL COMPOSTABLE PLASTIC UTENSILS IN CIRCULATION, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING RID OF THOSE.
THEY'RE NOT REALLY MAKING SOIL.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT I CAUTION EVERYONE IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR MOVE TO CREATE CHANGE WITHOUT HAVING DONE SUFFICIENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE BIOPLASTICS TRAIN LEFT THE STATION PREMATURELY, AND NOW A WHOLE BUNCH OF US ARE GOING, COME BACK.
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IT'S LIE.UH, AND, BUT THEY'RE REALLY OUT THERE IN GREAT NUMBERS.
UM, AND THE BEST THAT IT DOES IS MAKE A SLUDGE OR A SLURRY.
AND ANYWAY, WE'RE TRYING TO TURN THAT TRAIN AROUND, BUT THE, UH, PAPER PLATES, ALL THE, UM, ANYTHING NON WAXY COATED WE'RE MAKING ORGANIC SOIL WITH, AND, UM, SEEING GREAT MOVEMENT.
IF WE'VE BEEN AT AN EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS, AND THE SAME PEOPLE ARE COMING AROUND AT FIRST THERE'S MYSTIFICATION, BUT THEN MORE AND MORE, HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS, HALF A MILLION PEOPLE EVERY OCTOBER.
IT GETS EASIER EVERY YEAR WITH PEOPLE JUST LIKE KNOW WHAT GOES WHERE.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LOOK ANYMORE.
AND IT'S VERY HEARTENING, UH, WHERE WATER REFILL STATIONS, THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO REDUCE WASTE AND TO ADVANCE THE WHOLE REPURPOSING MOVEMENT.
AND THOSE ARE REALLY CATCHING ON AROUND THE BAY AREA AND EVERYBODY BRINGING THEIR OWN, UM, REUSABLE COFFEE MUG AND WATER BOTTLE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING SLOW BUT STEADY MOVEMENT AND SUCCESSES AND THE BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE SIDES AT ALL OF THESE, UM, MEETINGS AND EXPLORATIONS REALLY REVEAL SOME GREAT THINKING.
LIKE, HOW CAN, MANY YEARS AGO, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WERE SAYING, WELL, WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE JUST BRINGING IN THEIR OWN PLATE TO BE SERVED ON AT A PUBLIC EVENT, BECAUSE WHAT IF THE VENDOR SPOON TOUCHES THE PERSON'S PLATE? SOMEBODY SAID, GIVE ALL THE FOOD VENDORS WAXED PAPER.
IF SOMEBODY BRINGS THEIR OWN SLAP DOWN WAX PAPER, THEN THERE'S NO RISK OF CONTACT.
SO WE JUST START A LITTLE WHEEL SPINNING AND SAYING, WHAT'S POSSIBLE? HOW CAN YOU AVERT ANY ARGUMENT OR POTENTIAL PROBLEM? UM, AND ALL OF OUR BRAINS COMBINED ARE REALLY COMING UP WITH SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS.
UM, AT OUR EVENT TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A WHOLE MIX.
THE THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS HAVE EVERYTHING BE COMPOSTABLE IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE REUSABLE THERE FIRST.
UH, BUT WE HAD TO GO OPEN A PLASTIC CLAM, SHELL TAKE OUT A COMPOSTABLE CUP, GET RID OF A PLASTIC UTENSIL INTO A LANDFILL, AND THEN THERE WAS A CONDIMENT PACKET THIS FROM A FOOD VENDOR THAT PROMISED THAT EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE COMPOSTABLE.
UH, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO WHEN I HIT SITE, EXCEPT FOR NOW WRITE TO THEM SAYING, UN PROGRAMMA, AND WE DON'T WANNA WORK WITH YOU AGAIN, IF THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE, I SAY TREATED, BUT HOW THE RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE REGARDED.
AND I TAKE IT REALLY PERSONALLY, AND MANY OF MY TEAM DO, BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE YOU SAID, AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO DO ALL THIS EDUCATION.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE DEMONSTRATING TO THE ATTENDEES THAT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A NONCHALANT DELIVERY OF HOWEVER YOUR FOOD COMES TO YOU, YOU'RE MAKING GARBAGE.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY, UM, TOO BAD.
BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE OF MANY, MANY EVENTS.
WE ARE DOING OUR FIRST EVENT WHERE GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL HAS EVERYTHING REUSABLE.
THAT'LL BE THE FIRST EVENT, 25 YEARS WHERE EVERYTHING'S REUSABLE AND IT'S A DEMONSTRATION THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
AND GREEN MARY HAS A DISH LENDING LIBRARY.
I'M FROM THE TINY, VERY GREEN TOWN NORTH OF HERE, SEBASTOPOL.
AND WE HAVE DISHWARE FOR UP TO 350 PEOPLE.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A GATHERING AND YOU WANNA HAVE ALL REAL NON-MATCHING DISHES, UM, AND WINE GLASSES FROM EVERY EVENT FROM AROUND THE BAY AREA THAT DON'T MATCH, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A GREAT WAY TO BE GREEN.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CONTAINERS THAT WE'LL LEND.
WE'VE, UH, PROVIDED CONTAINERS TO QUITE A FEW LOCAL EVENTS FREE OF CHARGE.
JUST GIMME A CALL, WE'LL SET 'EM OUT FOR YOU WITH THE BAGS, THE SIGNS, THE LOCALE SPECIFIC SIGNS.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE EDUCATIONAL REGARD, IS HAVE A SIGN THAT'S VERY CLEAR WITH THE PICTURES.
AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE STICK ALL THE SAMPLE ITEMS. SO OUR COMPOST SIGNS LOOK LIKE A CONVERTIBLE FAN OF THE, THE BAMBOO PLATE AND THE COMPOSTABLE UTENSIL AND THE PAPER PLATE AND THE NAPKIN, AND VIRTUALLY THE BANANA PEEL.
LIKE, YEAH, REALLY IT ALL GOES HERE.
AND THE LINE THAT WE USE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS ANYTHING THAT WAS ONCE ALIVE WILL BE BACK TO SOIL.
YOU CAN'T SAY THAT PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE ELSE BECAUSE IT'S GOT A WAXY COATING.
AS SOON AS THAT PAPER CUP OR, UM, DIXIE PLATE HAS A WAXY COATING, IT'S GARBAGE.
UM, SO GREAT SUCCESS IS BEING MADE BY BEING STEADFAST, PATIENT, VISIONARY, AND, UM, COLLABORATIVE.
AND I SO APPRECIATE YOUR FABULOUS LITTLE CITY HERE AND HOW MANY GREEN STRIDES YOU'RE MAKING, AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE REALLY INVESTIGATING HOW TO PROTECT YOUR OWN FUTURES AND PRESERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET OF OURS.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE ON THIS COLLABORATIVE EXPLORATION.
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FOR JOINING US TODAY.AND FOR YOUR WORK THAT IN THE WORLD.
I HAVE MY UTENSILS IN HERE TOO.
UM, SO THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO OUR NEXT SORT OF COMPONENT OF THIS MEETING, WHICH IS THE BREAKOUT, UM, LIKE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE BREAK OUT INTO OUR DIFFERENT, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE CATEGORIES.
UM, UH, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE, UM, SOMEBODY FROM EACH AD HOC DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR GROUP WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING.
UM, AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHICH ONE THEY WANNA JOIN.
UM, MINE IS THE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, REDUCING FOOD WEAR WASTE, UM, WHICH YEAH, MARY TEED UP FOR US.
UM, AND WE WILL MEET IN THE HALLWAY RIGHT THERE.
UM, WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT BUILDINGS IN CLEAN ENERGY? OKAY.
SO WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT BUILDINGS IN CLEAN ENERGY,
LET'S SEE, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, IDENTIFYING LARGE ENERGY USERS IN TOWN.
UM, WE HOPE TO INTERVIEW SOME WITH REGARD TO THEIR INTEREST IN ADOPTION OF EVERGREEN, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY OPTION.
UM, WE'RE ALSO TRYING, TALKING ABOUT, UM, PHASE OUT OF GAS GARDEN EQUIPMENT.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO FIND A POTENTIAL FUNDER FOR A SWAP SUBSIDY.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, HOPING TO FIND A RESOURCE THAT WOULD ALLOW, UM, NATASHA AND CREW TO HAVE A, AN INDUCTION DEMO AT THE FUTURE FEST.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY BRIGHT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THOSE ARE OUR, OUR MAIN TOPICS.
UM, DID I MISS ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THERE? OKAY.
AND THEN THE THIRD GROUP IS TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, NATURAL SYSTEMS AND SEQUESTRATION.
WHO, WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US A YEAH, THE, UM, I THINK THE, THE PET, THE PETALUMA PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE, UH, ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.
PAC JUST, UH, HAD A MEETING ABOUT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING.
AND SO THAT'S THE TOP OF OUR LIST TO DISCUSS.
AND WE'LL HAVE A TRANSPORTATION BE IN HERE, AND WE'LL HAVE BUILDINGS IN, UM, CLEAN ENERGY BE THERE'S A MEETING ROOM OFF TO THE RIGHT WHEN YOU GO IN THE HALLWAY.
AND HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU WANT TO OH, THANK YOU.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THERE SAID FOR LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL DO HALF AN HOUR.
DOES THAT SEEM REASONABLE? SO WE'LL COME BACK AT 7 35, WE'LL COME BACK AT SEVEN 40 AND THAT GIVES EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM OR GET WATER OR WHATEVER.
UH, ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE, WHAT DO I SAY? WE'RE BACK.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? OKAY.
UM, SO LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION, WE FOCUSED ON THE, UM, NEW DRAFT OF THE A TP.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, VARIOUS FEEDBACK THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE A TP SO FAR.
AND, UM, COMPILING FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMISSION AND INCORPORATING, UM, TRYING TO GET MORE NATURAL SYSTEMS BASED SOLUTIONS INTO THE PLAN AND PUTTING TOGETHER LIKE SOME COMMENTS FOR, UM, UPCOMING JOINT PBA AND TRANSIT COMMISSION MEETING AND ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR FROM THE CLIMATE COMMISSION WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, UH, IN TERMS OF THAT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT, UM, DOING, UH, DISTRICT-BASED, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE THE, THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS CAN LOOK AT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND DISCUSS THEM AND HEAR THE, UH, PRIORITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION THAT ARE IN THE PLAN AND THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN PRIORITIES.
AND ALSO PERHAPS, UH, ACCOMPANYING THAT WOULD BE AN ONLINE SURVEY SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR THEIR DISTRICT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE A TP, IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HIERARCHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL LIKE, WHAT'S NEW AND DIFFERENT AND WHAT'S EXCITING AND WHAT'S A GREEN CORRIDOR AND WHAT'S JUST MAKING A STREET SAFER.
SO KIND OF DOING SOME MORE LAYERING OF THAT SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND, UH, A LITTLE MORE OF THE VISION BEHIND THAT AND WAYS IN WHICH IT'S MAKING EVERYONE SAFER,
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BUT ALSO PLACES WHERE IT CAN BE MORE TRANSFORMATIVE OF OUR URBAN EXPERIENCE.YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING? I'LL, I MEAN, I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE, UM, THE NEXT MEETING, THE TRANSIT MEETING ON APRIL 15TH AT 5:00 PM IS THE CULMINATION OF MANY YEARS OF EFFORT.
AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TUNED INTO THE A TP, YOU HAVEN'T MISSED OUT AND THAT FOUR 15 IS A IMPORTANT MEETING.
IF YOU WANT TO TUNE IN, ATTEND AND SPEAK UP.
WHO ELSE IS GONNA REPORT OUT
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UH, ENACT SOME OF THE, THE, UH, BUILDING AND, AND, UH, ENERGY USE ITEMS UNDER OUR PURVIEW.
AND ONE THING WE'VE WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE IS HOW TO WORK WITH LARGE USERS OF ENERGY IN TOWN, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO HELP THEM IN ON SOME OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, UH, THAT EXISTS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, BE GREEN AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS MARKET THEMSELVES THAT WAY.
SO THERE IS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, SONOMA CLEAN POWER OFFERS THE, UH, EVERGREEN RATE, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO BUY ALL RENEWABLE POWER FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR ELECTRICITY, FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR BUILDING OR THE BUILDINGS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, IF YOU'RE A COMPANY AND HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE COME UP WITH A LIST OF, UH, COMPANIES WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING WHEN WE, UH, WORK WITH SNOW CLEAN POWER TO, TO INTERVIEW THESE COMPANIES.
'CAUSE THE SNOW CLEAN POWER CAN HELP US CONTACT THEM.
UH, WE'LL ALSO TRY AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THEY CAN GO GREEN, INCLUDING SNOW, CLEAN POWER'S OWN COMMERCIAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UH, THE COUNTY HAS PROGRAMS, SO, UH, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHILE WE HAVE THEIR ATTENTION THAT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE OPTIONS THEY HAVE.
UH, I THINK I'D LIKE TO PASS IT OVER, UH, TO, TO, UH, COUNCILLOR SHRI ON THE GREAT RESEARCH HE'S DONE ON, UM, PHASING OUT, UH, OFFROAD, UH, ELECTRIC OR EXCUSE OFFROAD GAS EQUIPMENT, BASICALLY LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT TO BECOME ELECTRIC, RIGHT? SO I CONTACTED LARS ENERGY TO FIND OUT, UH, LARS ENGINES, THOSE ARE, ARE ONE OF THE MAJOR, UM, REPAIR SHOPS HERE THEN FOR THE SMALL, UH, LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT AND THE, UM, THE HOMEOWNER UNITS THAT ARE SOLD IN THE REGULAR STORES JUST ARE, ARE NOT GONNA CUT IT.
AND THEY RUN ANYWHERE FROM, THEY'RE TO GO DOWN AS CHEAP AS A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
BUT USUALLY I OPT, IT'S ABOUT $300, BUT NONE OF THEM WILL ACTUALLY, UH, MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR, UH, LANDSCAPERS.
AND THEY SAID THE, UM, THERE'S TWO UNITS THAT THEY ARE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT MIGHT WORK.
UH, AND IT, THERE'S A MINIMUM OF A $600 UNIT, BUT IT ALSO NEEDS A COUPLE $400 BATTERIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING UP TO, UH, UH, $1,400.
UM, OR, AND, AND THE, THE BEST ONE IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH STILL IS NOT EQUAL.
UM, COSTS OVER $2,000 FOR THE UNIT THEN PLUS BATTERIES ON TOP OF THAT.
SO TO GET A REBATE PROGRAM, IT WOULD TAKE, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY MORE MONEY THAN I WAS EXPECTING.
IF WE COULD DO HOMER LEVEL, WE COULD PROBABLY WORK WITH THOSE.
BUT, UM, SO ANYWAY, SO THE STATE MAY COME UP WITH A SECOND ROUND IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME, UH, OF, OF REBATE PROGRAM COMING UP.
AND SO, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SYSTEM 'CAUSE IT REQUIRES A RECYCLING, UH, FACILITY, UM, OR PARTNER THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ACCEPT THE OLD UNITS WITH VOUCHER SYSTEMS AND HAVE A WHOLE PROGRAM IN PLACE OF HOW TO MOVE, UH, THE VOUCHERS TO THE STORES, GET THE MONIES, AND GET THE REBATES AND THINGS.
BUT, UM, IT, IT TAKES PROBABLY MORE EFFORT THAN, THAN A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS OF REBATES THAT WE, THAT WE COULD BE OFFERED.
SO, UM, SO NEXT STEP FOR US IS GONNA BE LOOK FOR THE, UM, UH, INVESTIGATE WHEN THE STATE MAY ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A SECOND ROUND OF, UH, REBATE PROGRAMS OR TURN IN PROGRAMS FOR THE GAS POWERED MACHINES.
SINCE THERE'S A, A DEADLINE COMING UP, UM, SHORTLY, UH, FOR THE ACTUAL PURCHASING RIGHT NOW, THEY STILL HAVE STOCKPILES HERE AND THERE.
AND THEN OUR, AND IN OUR STATE, THEY CAN STILL GO OUT OF STATE AND, AND GET 'EM EVEN LATER, UH, AND STILL BRING THEM IN.
BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
UH, IF THE GAS POWERED ONES CAN COULD STILL BE PURCHASED FROM OUTTA STATE OR OUTTA COUNTRY AND BROUGHT IN, UH, SECRETLY, WHICH THEY STILL MAY DO, UH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND STOP THAT ANYWAY, THAT THERE'S, UM, THINGS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRY AND DO.
BUT THE CITY'S WILLING TO COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CASH.
BUT IF WE GET TO SOME PERSONAL DONATIONS INVOLVED, THEN IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE LOOKING AT CAN WE DO A SMALL LITTLE PROGRAM ON THE SLY ON THE SIDE.
SO ANYWAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.
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THANK YOU FOR NOW.DO YOU WANNA REPORT OUT ON OURS? COULD I START? YES.
SO WE KIND OF COVERED, WE KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE REUSABLES MORE, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PUT REUSE AND RECYCLE BY PERHAPS PUTTING COUNTERS ON YOUR REGISTERS TO SHOW PEOPLE LIKE HOW MUCH BOXES AND POLLUTION THEY'RE CAUSING AND RECYCLE MORE.
IF COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY WANTED TO ADD MORE TO THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE FUN, UM, TO, HOW CAN WE KIND OF BRING JOY INTO IT? AND, UM, SO A COUPLE IDEAS.
ONE WAS THE COUNTER WHERE YOU GET, IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN CUP, THEN YOU GET TO LIKE CLICK A THING AT THE RESTAURANT AND THEN YOU, LIKE, AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE WATCHING IT CLICK UP AND UP AND UP AND UP.
UM, AND THEN ONE WAS LIKE A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE, WHICH I GUESS EXISTS WHERE YOU PUT YOUR CAN IN THERE AND THEN YOU GET YOUR 5 CENTS OUT.
SO YOU PUT THE, YOU KNOW, AND IT GIVES YOU MONEY.
AND, UM, UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED HAVING, LIKE, AT THE SCHOOLS, I GUESS THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE REALLY BAD AT RECYCLING.
AND SO HAVING LIKE, MAYBE LIKE A BASKET IN FRONT OF THE RECYCLING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN TOSS, TOSS IT IN, UM, JUST DIFFERENT WAYS OF MAKING IT FUN TO CHANGE SO THAT WHEN WE'RE, 'CAUSE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS CHANGE MINDS, RIGHT? WE NEED TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS.
AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO WANT, WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE WAS A FUN, UM, IDEA THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAD IT, BUT PATRICK'S GONNA REACH OUT TO GLEN MORELLI AT THE COUNTY, UM, TO PUT A LIVE STREAM ON THE LANDFILL TO WATCH THE LANDFILL GROW
UM, SO YEAH, THEY'RE, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TR FIGURE OUT HOW TO INSPIRE PEOPLE FOR CHANGE TO, TO BE CLEAR.
I'M, I'M GONNA ASK ABOUT THAT.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT
WE'RE NO BAD IDEAS IN BRAINSTORMING.
OH, AND I SEE THERE WAS A ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I JUST SKIPPED.
SO COULD WE, UH, OPEN IT UP IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW ABOUT THIS STOP ABOUT THIS.
DIDN'T MATTER THAT I SKIPPED IT.
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ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSION COMMENT.DURING COMMISSION COMMENT, MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO BRIEFLY SHARE UPDATES RELEVANT TO THIS COMMISSION, 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.
UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO START ON COMMISSION COMMENT.
UM, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, CONCEPTS, UH, OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS, UM, A SPECIES MOVING AROUND THE WORLD, INVASIVE SPECIES, UH, GRABBING HOLD OF NEW TERRITORY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DISCOVERED WE NOW HAVE A NEW ONE IN OUR AREA, UH, THAT IS OF CONCERN AND IS CALLED THE GOLD GOLDEN MUSSEL, WHICH IS A TINY LITTLE LESS THAN A DIME SIZE MUSCLE.
SO YOU THINK OF YOUR MUSCLES THAT YOU BUY AND SCOOP OUT AND YOU EAT, WHICH ARE ABOUT THREE INCHES LONG.
SO THESE ARE LESS THAN A DIME, SO LESS THAN HALF INCH, UH, LONG.
UH, BUT THEY ARE, UH, THEY'RE FROM THE SOUTH, UH, ASIA AREA, AND THEY WENT INTO BRAZIL BACK IN THE 1990S AND CAUSING HUGE HAVOC DOWN THERE.
BUT AS OF OCTOBER OF THIS LAST YEAR, UH, 20 LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN OUR DELTA REGION THAT HAVE IT NOW.
SO THEY'RE NOW CLOSING DOWN LAKES.
THEY'RE CLOSING DOWN RESERVOIRS FOR BOATING.
THEY'RE DOING BOATING INSPECTIONS IN SOME PLACES.
THERE'S SPECIAL DECONTAMINATIONS THAT ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN, SYSTEMS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE.
UM, AND BECAUSE THIS GOLDEN MUSCLE IS MULTIPLE TIMES WORSE THAN BOTH THE, WHAT'S CALLED THE QUA AND THE ZEBRA MUSCLES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, AND WORKING WITH THE BOAT INSPECTIONS LIKE, BUT THIS ONE IS LIKE, IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY WORSE BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH AND POPULATION EXPANSION RAPIDLY, AND ITS ABILITY TO ADHERE TO ALL SORTS OF PIPES AND SMALLER STUFF AND ADHERE AND GROWING HUGE MASSES, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER SQUARE FOOT MASSES.
SO, UM, UM, SO ANYWAY, SO THE, ANYWAYS, I, SO I SO SAW SOME PIPES THAT WERE COMPLETELY FULL, UH, THE PICTURES.
BUT ANYWAY, IT IS NOW HERE IN OUR DELTA IN 20 LOCATIONS, AND WE NOW NEED TO, UM, UH, AND I DID ASK THE BIOLOGIST ABOUT
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CONCERNS FOR OUR RIVER AREA, AND HE SAYS, YEAH, WELL IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GET HERE, BUT WE CAN MAYBE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.WE NEED TO MONITOR AND WE START, NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, UH, TAKING SOME PRECAUTIONS NOW AND AT LEAST BEING AWARE AND BEING IDENTIFY IT WHEN IT DOES SHOW UP.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S PROBABLY INEVITABLE THAT IT'S GONNA SHOW UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A BOAT THAT GOES FROM THE DELTA INTO OUR WATERS HERE, CARRYING IT AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, WAS SCARY ABOUT THE, THE COST OF THIS, WHAT DEVASTATION THIS COULD COST TO OUR, ALL OUR PIPING SYSTEMS DOCKS, UM, UM, AND LAUNCH AREAS, WHATEVER AND STRUCTURES.
ANYTHING TOUCHING THE WATERS OUT THERE.
OKAY, I JUST THOUGHT I'D JUST BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
THAT'S ONE MORE SPECIES THINGS THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTING US.
WELL, I HAVE A LITTLE, LITTLE POSITIVE NEWS THAT I WAS READING.
I I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHERE I READ IT, SO I'M EMBARRASSED THAT I DIDN'T WRITE THAT DOWN.
BUT, UM, THE, UH, US INSTALLED 50 GIGAWATTS OF NEW SOLAR CAPACITY IN 2024.
THE SINGLE LARGEST, THE LARGEST SINGLE YEAR OF NEW CAPACITY ADDED TO THE GRID BY ANY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY IN OVER TWO DECADES.
THAT'S ENOUGH TO POWER 8.5 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THAT, UM, WHAT ELSE TO SAY? UM, SOLAR AND STORAGE CAN BE BUILT FASTER AND MORE AFFORDABLY THAN ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY, ENSURING THE UNITED STATES HAS POWER TO POWER NEEDED TO COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE, IT'S CHEAPER TO TO INSTALL SOLAR THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT STATISTIC 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE UPLIFTING IF EVERYTHING GOING ON.
YEAH, IT'S THE CHEAPEST FORM OF ENERGY THAT'S EVER EXISTED ON THE PLANET.
SO
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE CONDITION? UM, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I WENT AND WATCHED JOIN OR DIE, UM, AND IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD JOIN CLUBS AND IT ACTUALLY, UM, THERE'S A PHRASE, PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY TO HARMONY AND IT, AND IT BASICALLY WAS SAYING THAT THE REASON THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE MUCH MORE STABLE AND, UH, COMMUNITIES ARE MUCH MORE, UH, LIKE HEALTHY, UM, IS WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF CLUBS AND, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE DO TOGETHER.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GREAT.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SUPER RELATED TO THE, UM, TO THIS BODY, BUT IT, IT IS KIND OF RELATED BECAUSE OF SOLAR.
BUT, UM, THE CITY JUST, UM, CHANGED THEIR POLICY ABOUT REPLACING ZENS SCOPE PANELS, WHICH ARE FIRE HAZARDS AND, UM, IS NOW LIKE WRITING LETTERS TO ALLOW PETALUMA.
YOU UNDERSTAND, THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM EVER SINCE, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE SOLAR INDUSTRY AND IT IS NOW THIS AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL THING THAT IS ALLOWED BY THE CITY AND SHOULD BE, IT'S THE RIGHT THING.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST THING FOR US, AND STAFF COMMENT IS NEXT.
YOU, YOU WEREN'T LOOKING MY DIRECTION WHEN YOU ASKED LAST.
UM, I HAD JUST A COUPLE SLIDES IF, CAN WE SHOW THESE FROM, UM, SHOWING SOME POSITIVE STUFF FROM OUR LAST CLIMATE ROUND TABLE, WHICH WAS MARCH 6TH? SO I DID JEFF ONE SECOND BE, DID THOSE, DO YOU KNOW, DID THOSE GET POSTED ON THE WEB OR SHOULD NO.
I MEANT TO SHOW THOSE AT OUR LAST MEETING AND I SPACED IT OUT.
SO, AND SO JUST TO THE PREAMBLE.
SO THE CLIMATE ROUNDTABLE IS A JOINT PROJECT OF CLIMATE ACTION PETALUMA, COOL PETALUMA AND DAILY ACTS.
AND WE'VE, I THINK, DONE FIVE FIVE CLIMATE ROUNDTABLES NOW.
UM, THEY'RE SORT OF QUARTERLY OR THREE QUARTERS OUT OF FOUR EACH YEAR.
AND THE GOAL IS TO BRING LEADERS ACROSS VARIOUS DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO, UH, TALK ABOUT CLIMATE ISSUES AND FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT MAY NOT BE NORMALLY THEIR CENTRAL, UM, CONCERN AND TO HAVE THEM BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T, SO THIS IS GOOGLE SLIDES, WHICH I DON'T NORMALLY USE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT IN PRESENTATION MODE.
ANYWAY, SO THESE ARE, UH, I JUST TOOK PICTURES OF THE FLIP CHARTS, SO I DON'T EXPECT EVERYBODY TO READ THE FINE PRINT, BUT TO JUST GIVE A SENSE, UM, THIS OPENED UP, DEB ORCHESTRATED, UH, GETTING A NUMBER OF, UM, CITY STAFF TO COME AND GIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF VARIOUS CLIMATE ORIENTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
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AND THAT WAS REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE ACROSS A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND SUBJECT MATTER AREAS.SO THIS IS JUST, YOU GIVE YOU A SENSE ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT A HALF DOZEN BULLET POINTS THERE.
AND THEN ON THIS SECOND SLIDE, UM, THIS WAS MORE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.
SO THERE'S THE ACCOMPLISHED ONES AND THOSE THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING 20 OUT OF OUR 33 BLUEPRINT CORNERSTONES, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK THE LAST SLIDE REALLY JUST SORT OF GIVES A, A SENSE ABOUT THE DIALOGUE.
UM, AND WE DID BREAKOUT GROUPS THAT SORT OF ROUGHLY PARALLELED THESE AD HOCS STRUCTURES AND PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED HOW ALL KINDS OF KIND OF GOOD IDEAS AND COMMENTARY ABOUT THOSE VARIOUS PROJECTS.
SO IT'S, IT WAS A REALLY NICE FORUM FOR GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED THERE.
WE TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT 50, 50 OR SO ATTENDEES TO EACH ONE OF THESE CLIMATE ROUNDTABLES, AND THERE'S GENERALLY NEW PEOPLE AT EACH ONE.
AND AS WELL AS A LOT OF, UM, REPEATS FOLKS WHO ARE KIND OF DEVOTED TO COMING TO THOSE.
AND WE'RE THERE, WE'VE RECENTLY CHANGED THEM TO BEING ON THURSDAY SO THAT MORE CITY STAFF CAN ATTEND.
UM, THEY WERE FRIDAY, SO IT'S A KIND OF A LUNCH HOUR, EXTENDED LUNCH HOUR ACTIVITY.
SO IF ANY OF YOU KNOW OF OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO PULL INTO THOSE, PLEASE LET ME OR NATASHA, OR PETE OR ANNIE KNOW ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZING FOR THAT.
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COMMENT.UM, I, I WAS GONNA HAVE A GREAT SEGUE, UM, BEFORE ANN JUST WENT THERE, UH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JOIN OR DIE, AND THAT'S NOT THE MOTTO OF THE CITY BY ANY MEANS, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE GONNA BEGINNING BE BEGINNING OUR COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, AND BOARD RECRUITMENT, UM, STARTING NEXT WEEK.
AND I REALIZE THE COMMISSION HERE IS NOT THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THAT, BUT LETTING OTHERS IN YOUR NETWORK KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 30 VACANCIES, SO NOW'S A GREAT TIME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND SEEING, UM, THE OTHER SIDE, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE ONLY SEEING IT FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO IF YOU WANNA BE ON, ON THIS SIDE, ADVISING COUNCIL, UM, HELPING GET ISSUES THAT YOU THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO THEIR ATTENTION, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE, CITY OF PETALUMA.ORG.
UM, I THINK NEXT WEEK YOU'LL SEE, UM, A RECRUITMENT, UM, PROBABLY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE SITE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
I SEE PRAV HAS A QUESTION, DO THEY NEED EXPERIENCE OR DOES IT DEPEND ON THE POSITION? UM, I MEAN, THERE'S, YOU, YOU NEED TO BE A PETALUMA RESIDENT OR HAVE A PETALUMA, UM, ADDRESS IN, IN SOME CASES.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO THAT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD BE SOME EITHER INTEREST OR EXPERIENCE IN THE SUBJECT MATTER.
UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY LOOK AT, I'D SUGGEST LOOKING AT EACH POSITION AND, AND SEEING HOW BEST YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE.
AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION IN THERE, YOU CAN BRING OUT ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION, UM, FOR THAT.
AND THEN I THINK DEB HAS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT SHE WANTS TO GET INTO.
YEAH, I'LL, UH, PIGGYBACK ON THE, UM, CCB PIECE AND, UH, RELATE A, UM, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH CAFE PUENTE AND ON, UH, THEY DO, UH, UH, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEY CALL IT A CONCILIO, UH, THAT IS A, UH, SPAN.
THERE'S 16 TO 18, UM, UH, SPANISH SPEAKING, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT COME TOGETHER ONCE A MONTH.
AND WE PRESENT, UM, WE AS A CITY HAVE TOPICS THAT WE BRING FORTH.
THE FIRST ONE WAS OBVIOUSLY THE GENERAL PLAN, WHEN THAT WAS, UM, UH, FEEDBACK WAS COMING ON THAT THE, UH, TRANSIT PRESENTED, UH, UH, PRESENTATION TO GET FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE NEW TRANSIT THINGS THAT ARE COMING.
UM, AND THEN THIS MONTH, UM, WAS, UH, ABOUT EARTH MONTH, BASICALLY CLIMATE, UH, TOPICS.
UH, AND WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK ON THAT.
BUT FIRST I'LL MENTION THAT THE FIRST THING THEY TALKED ABOUT THOUGH WAS THE CCBS HAVING OPENINGS.
UM, AND THIS IS ALL THIS, THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, IS ALL IN SPANISH.
UH, AND, UH, THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY COULD GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY, UH, THAT WE'RE NOW SETTING UP A FULL WAY TO, UM, EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT OPENINGS THERE ARE AND HOW TO APPLY AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO PARTICIPATE.
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UH, IT IS OUR WAY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING REPRESENTATION, UH, ON OUR CCBS.THE ONE, THE TWO THAT I, UH, THAT WERE OF MOST INTEREST WERE TREES, UH, THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PARK MUSIC AND REC ARE OUR PARKS AND REC.
BUT I LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE'S MUSIC IN THAT TITLE, SO I ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
ANYWAYS, THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT, UM, THEY MOST WE HEARD WAS THOSE OF MOST INTEREST, BUT WE'LL BE EXPLAINING ALL OF THEM THAT, ALL THE OPENINGS.
ANYWAY, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A REALLY SWEET, UH, UPDATE TODAY THAT WE GOT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE EARTH DAY, UH, EARTH MONTH, UH, UH, BLUEPRINT EXPLANATION SIMILAR.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, UH, THAT THEY CAN, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.
AND SOLAR WAS ONE, UH, THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT, UH, COMMUNITY GARDENS.
AND SO I'LL HAVE MORE, THIS WAS JUST LITERALLY A VERBAL EXPLANATION.
WE GET A FULL REPORT THAT EXPLAINS WHAT, THAT WE SEE, WHAT ALL THE COMMENTS WERE.
BUT, UH, THAT WAS A REALLY, UH, FUN WAY TO, UH, GET INFORMATION, UH, FROM OUR REPRESENTATION OF THIS ADVISORY COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENTS SOME OF OUR, UH, SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, YOU, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE BLUEPRINT.
THE FINAL, FINAL, FINAL BLUEPRINT IS ONLINE AND LIVE.
I WANTED TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT HANNAH AND PINA'S NAMES WERE ADDED, UH, AS CONTRIBUTORS BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE PART OF THE MAKING, GETTING IT THROUGH TO BEING PASSED.
UH, AND SO IT'S A GOOD THING TO ADD TO YOUR RESUMES, UH, AND, UM,
UM, BUT THAT IS UP ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK I CAN SHARE THIS ONE.
WE, UH, THE CITY OF PETALUMA IS ON THE SHORT LIST, UH, FOR ALL AMERICA CITY, UH, FOR THE, UH, I'M FORGETTING THE NAME OFF THE, THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION, REMEMBER THE NCL, UH, NATIONAL CITY LEAGUE, I THINK.
UH, THERE'S ONLY 20 CITIES THAT WERE CHOSEN.
THE TOPIC WAS SUSTAINABILITY, AND IT WAS THIS REALLY GREAT WALKTHROUGH OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND WE WORKED WITH TRAHAN FROM DAILY ACTS AND, UH, BASICALLY EXPLAINED ALL THE WAY FROM THE, UH, CLIMATE EMERGENCY BEING DECLARED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND NOW WE GO TO DENVER, UH, IN JUNE, UH, END OF JUNE.
UH, AND THERE'S A LOT TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN ON WHAT WE, WE HAD PUT TOGETHER A FULL PRESENTATION.
UH, BUT IT'S REALLY A BIG HONOR TO BE CHOSEN.
THE PRESS RELEASE, HOPEFULLY, IS THE PRESS.
IT'S IN THE NEWSPAPER TOMORROW, HOPEFULLY.
BUT THE PRESS RELEASE, I THINK WENT OUT, UH, ABOUT IT.
BUT IT'S REALLY, UH, IT SPEAKS SO MUCH TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
UH, AND THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WE MADE SURE WAS EMPHASIZED.
THE, UH, SUSTAINED, THE S STAT WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, UM, THE PCAC, THE HEALTHY DEMOCRACY AS IT RELATES TO THE FAIRGROUNDS 'CAUSE OF OUR EQUITY AND, UH, AND INCLUSION ELEMENTS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED AS IT RELATES TO CLIMATE, UM, OR SUSTAINABILITY WAS THE WORD THAT THEY USED.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
UM, AND THEN I JUST HAVE A LONG LIST OF, OF REALLY FUN THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT I JUST WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT I'VE BEEN WALKING EVERYONE THROUGH.
UM, OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT WAS THE ONE THAT I, UH, TALK ABOUT THAT THE CAPS PRESENTATION WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT.
BUT ON SATURDAY, THE CHANCE HUMANS FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING, GOING FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS TO, UM, UH, UH, THE RIVER PARK, UH, AND, UH, SATURDAY THE 19TH IS BUTTER AND EGGS.
THERE'LL BE FREE BIKE VALET, UH, SPONSORED BY THE CITY, PUT ON BY, UH, THE SONOMA COUNTY BIKE COALITION.
SO BE SURE TO RIDE YOUR BIKE OR OBVIOUSLY THERE'S FREE BUS.
UH, WE BASICALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO WALK, BIKE, BUS, JUST NOT GET IN YOUR CAR TO GET TO THE EVENT.
UH, AND, UH, ON APRIL 26TH, OUR DAY CELEBRATION IS HAPPENING HERE AT CITY HALL.
IT IS PUT ON BY THE TREE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THERE WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE MULCHING.
I SHOULD START WITH THE PRIMARY THING.
THEY'RE GONNA BE CARING FOR THE TREES,
THERE'LL BE SOME EDUCATION AROUND THE TREES.
AND HOW TO CARE FOR TREES IS BASICALLY A TREE CARE EVENT.
UM, BUT THERE'LL BE, UH, OUR REGIONAL PARKS WILL BE THERE.
UM, A COUPLE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, RELIEF OBVIOUSLY.
UH, AND THAT'S FROM 11 TO FOUR HERE AT CITY HALL.
UM, THERE'LL BE GAMES FOR KIDS, FOOD TRUCKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ARE DOING A, A A, A CITY EMPLOYEE, UH, TREE PLANT OR PLANTING EVENT OUT FRONT OF CITY HALL ON EARTH DAY.
IT'S JUST FOR, UH, CITY STAFF.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THAT THAT'S A FUN LITTLE SIDE THING THAT'S HAPPENING.
THE GARDEN BEDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND THERE'LL BE SOME NATIVE PLANTS GOING IN.
UM, JUST THIS IS PHASE ONE AND THERE'S MUCH MORE, UH,
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HA COMING DOWN THE ROAD.UM, SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH, THE SMART PATHWAY OPENS FROM, UH, PETALUMA TO PEN GROVE.
AND SO THERE'S A BIKE RIDE HAPPENING, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CATER THOMPSON IS LEADING THAT.
UH, AND THEN MAY IS BIKE MONTH, JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE FIRST FRIDAY BIKE RIDE IS MAY 2ND.
UH, THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY FUTURE FEST IS COMING.
I WILL SAY THAT I, UM, THE, THERE'S A BLUEPRINT PANEL WITH THE MAYOR AND OUR OWN CLIMATE ACTION COMMISSION YOUTH COMMISSIONERS ON A PANEL.
UH, THAT'S AT ONE O'CLOCK, I THINK.
UH, AND THEN AT, UH, ONE 30, UH, THE CLIMATE ACTION PATHWAYS STUDENTS ARE DOING THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS HAPPENING, BUT THOSE THINGS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH IS BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 15TH IS BIKE TO WORK DAY.
THERE'LL BE THREE ENERGIZER STATIONS.
WE, WE WILL HAVE ONE AT THE PENMAN NORTH SMART STATION, UH, HOSTED BY, UH, OUR, OUR VERY OWN, UH, PATRICK CARTER, AND EITHER MYSELF AND OR MORGAN, AND ONE AT LUC CASEY COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IT'LL BE HOSTED BY BJORN AND EITHER MYSELF OR MORGAN.
UH, AND THEN SAFE STREET'S, PETALUMA HOSTS ONE AT PETALUMA SMART STATION.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM,
UH, THE CAP STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTING THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE ALL, I WANNA ENCOURAGE US ALL TO SHOW UP, UH, AND REPRESENT THE FACT THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING.
UH, THAT IS TUESDAY, MAY 27TH AT 6:00 PM IN THE PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS BOARDROOM.
AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT SO THAT IT'S ALL ON YOUR CALENDAR.
IN FACT, I'LL PROBABLY SEND THIS ALL TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN JUST PUT THESE THINGS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED ON ANY OF IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
AND, UH, THAT IS THE ALL I HAVE
WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD THINGS GOING ON.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED AT EIGHT 11.