HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-03-09 CAC MinutesJefferson County/City of Port Townsend
Climate Action Committee
Approved Minutes
March 9, 2011
3:00-5:00 Point Hudson Administration Building Conference Room
375 Hudson Street, Port Townsend, WA
Members Present: Stanley Willard, Denise Pranger, Kees Kolff, Ayla Taylor, Richard
Dandridge, Scott Walker, Barney Burke, Deborah Stinson
Staff: Judy Surber, Zoe Ann Lamp
Guests: Brian Goldstein, Gene Farr
Scribe: Zoe Ann Lamp
Topic Recommendation/Action Follow-up (if needed)
Call to order 3:07 p.m.
Approval of
Minutes and
Agenda
Approved as written.
Public Comment No Comments
Revised Work Plan and Review
Draft Climate
Action Plan
After review and discussion, Kees Kolff
motioned to accept the draft Climate Action Plan
with the revisions discussed today. The revisions
shall be sent to Judy Surber by Monday, March 14. Judy Surber will compile the final Climate
Action Plan and send to all members via e-mail.
The members shall have one week to review. The
plan is considered approved by the committee
unless any member expresses concern during the one week review period. This motion was
approved by consensus.
Barney Burke made a motion to adopt the work
plan as presented on February 2, 2011. This motion was approved by consensus.
A spreadsheet of the
approved changes is
attached listing the
person responsible.
Next Meeting To be determined
Adjourn 5:00 p. m.
Motion to Adopt Climate Action Plan Climate Action Committee – March 9, 2011
Kees Kolff motioned to accept the draft Climate Action Plan with the revisions discussed today. The revisions shall be sent to Judy Surber by Monday, March 14. Judy Surber will compile the final Climate
Action Plan and send to all members via e-mail. The members shall have one week to review. The plan is considered approved by the committee unless any member expresses concern during the one week review period.
Rec'd Page Revision Person Responsible to get it to Judy
3 Review Members and add Stanley Willard to list. (Mike Pollack?) Judy Surber
3 Add section listing Former Members Judy Surber
6
Expand the Executive Summary to include a statement explain the
implementation of the plan does not meet the objective, however meeting the overall goal is the main point.
Kees Kolff
7
Rework and correct statement, “Note that we made the assumption that due to energy efficiency measures implemented during the past
20 years, we have kept the level of our CO2 equivalent emissions
level from 1990 to 2012, and equal to the baseline number we measured for 2005.” Kees Kolff
16
Change sentence to read "Fortunately, measures that reduce emissions may also serve to improve social equity through increased access to local green jobs, healthy local food, affordable and efficient transportation and energy-efficient homes."
May add measure to back of plan.
Deborah Stinson to
review adding measure.
18 Definition for "emission intensity reduction" Scott Walker
18
Rework statement, “At the State level - More than two years ago,
Governor Gregoire committed Washington State as a whole to reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 50% below 1990
levels by 2050. Later in 2007, the Legislature codified these goals." to include state not expected to meet target. The addition is based
on the February 7, 2011 Ecology News Release dated.
Judy Surber
21-22 Create graph based on information in table Barney Burke
22
Add the Portland page "Climate-friendly actions for Home and
Climate-friendly actions for Business" or something similar to the
appendix Deborah Stinson
27
Rewrite to clarify, "To put Jefferson County and the City of Port
Townsend on track to reach the 2050 goal of an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, this document details overarching objectives and related actions intended to achieve the interim goal of 38% percent reduction in emissions by 2030." Barney Burke
28 - 33
Revise tables to include the overall numbers from the CAPPA
document "Governments Leading by Example". Clarify 10% and 25% for city and county. Add assumptions and explain these were
vetted by RCM.
Deborah Stinson &
Judy Surber
33
Clarify "It may not be cost effective to achieve 38% reduction within City/County operations, after all, government operations
account for less than 1% of overall omissions. We may find that it is a better investment to implement projects outside of government
operations to offset the remaining emissions needed to meet the 2030 interim goal. In addition, public education is likely to have
beneficial results, for example, promoting water conservation that results in lower water usage cuts energy consumption for water
treatment and pumping – thereby reducing “government emissions”." Add statement about public services. Government
working together with the community to reduce GHG. Example discussed at meeting: Increase mass transit services could increase Jefferson Transit's GHG emissions but would reduce overall emissions. Overall goal is the important point. Kees Kolff
38 Clarify objective. Determine whether to use 38% by 2030 or 17% if using 2020. Judy Surber
40
Rework "City and County Code define distinct public participation
processes for adoption of land use comprehensive plan amendments and development regulations, through which the code and policy
amendments specified below, have not yet been vetted. The City Council and Board of County Commissioners hereby directs their
respective Planning & Development Services Departments to take appropriate steps to implement these recommendations; where
necessary, the Department should use the recommendations as the basis for planning policy or code update proposals to the Planning
Commission." to clarify directing appropriate staff and departments to implement the CAP (not just Planning & Development Services). Judy Surber
41 Add information about enhancing sequestration and "go-local" with wood products. Adding 7 & 8 Denise Pranger
Through out CAP Change goals, objectives, references and data to 2020 or 2030 as appropriate. Deborah Stinson and Judy Surber
Through out CAP Housekeeping and formatting changes Judy Surber
45 - 47
Edit and clarify the following terms in the glossary: Backcasting,
Carbon Footprint, CAPPA Software, CO2, GHG, ICLEI, LEED, Mitigation Kees Kolff
46 Change definition of kW-h to include 1000 watts over 1 hr. and leave the existing as an example
47 Need concise definition for Resource Conservation Manager (RCM). Currently too long. Brian Goldstein or Kees Kolff
47 Expand definition of UGA Judy Surber