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Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend
Climate Action Committee
Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Jefferson County Public Health, Port Townsend, WA
Members Present: Sonja Hammar, Cindy Jayne, Deb Stinson, Darren Wilson (PTPC
Environmental Manager), David Wilkinson (Local 2020), Kate Chadwick, Laura Tucker,
Jefferson County Public Health
Absent: Matt Ready, Kate Dean, Ashley Rosser, Tammi Rupert, Eric Toews, Scott Walker, Jeff
Randall
Staff: Laura Tucker, Jefferson County Public Health; Judy Surber, City of Port Townsend,
Scribes: Deb Stinson and Cindy Jayne
Topic Recommendation/Action
Call to order 3:38 PM. Noted that there were not sufficient members for a quorum (7
of 14 positions), so no official business could be conducted.
Approval of Agenda
& Minutes
Agenda: Envirostar presentation postponed to August meeting. Minutes
approval will be done in August due to lack of quorum.
Public Comment No public comments.
Old Business City of Port Townsend Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) Update:
Adopted by City Council on May 21, 2018.
Critical drainage corridor, some well-defined and others not as
obvious
o Defined drainage corridors kept in CAO and will be shown on
updated maps
o Undefined will be address in the Stormwater Functional Plan as
Drainage Ways that would be identified and mapped as property
is developed
Flood damage prevention section (16.08) was completed in May
2017. Only update to 16.08 currently planned will come with FEMA
- Flood Insurance Maps
o It was noted that the current version does not take into
account Sea Level Rise projections (SLR) for this area, and
when the code is updated, the CAC could recommend that
SLR be considered. Can discuss further at August meeting.
City of Port Townsend Stormwater Plan
Draft is available in June with 2 week comment period along with
SEPA review
Letter from CAC sent to Council and Public Works to account for
anticipated increased precipitation and SLR
Note: Cindy and Lance attended SLR workshop and report now
out “Sea Level Rise in the Pacific Northwest and Northern
California 2018” - may provide some good BAS & code
suggestions
Planning Commission review will be in June, Council July
CAC Presentations:
City: Make sure to get in before budget season (Deb will schedule)
PTPC: Hot topics discussion group: Darren brings CAC topics to the
o Natural gas refueling project - 20% decrease in GHG from 2017
over 2016. Overall 60% reduction since 2006. Need to find a way
to celebrate PTPC accomplishments
Port: Cindy will follow-up with Eric (absent)
Strait ERN NTA's – NODC submitted an application related municipal
level climate action planning on the North Olympic Peninsula. Clallam
County expressed specific interest so it was targeted to them, but it
was noted that it could be done for multiple municipalities. It scored a t
3 out of 4, but many NTA's scored higher in this round. NODC noted it
should look elsewhere for funding.
o Kate Chadick is willing to help look into other funding options
o
ICLEI Community
Launch Webinar
ICLEI Peer City Networking Hub
Starting up, requires membership, worth watching
o Judy S. will check on current ICLEI membership fees in time
for budget season
Proposal for
Monitoring Key
Carbon Footprint
Parameters
Agreed with proposal (draft A, copied below), but would like to add in
items that capture the overall community carbon footprint, such as
transportation, and total electricity use. And do it on a per capita basis as
well. Cindy will investigate the options for doing that. Cindy to also
check with the PUD to see if they can roll up the electricity usage for
the organizations. Cindy to send out email to the CAC members with
the specific proposal, and a few questions related to what year should be
the baseline, and what formula they would use to convert from usage
(such as gallons) to dollars, so we can have a common formula for all.
Also noted that it would be nice to include the school district in the roll
up. And noted that it could be reported as individual organizations and
then by total. With individual organizations could almost set up a
Bigfoot-like competition between the organizations.
Decision: Run this proposal at each organization to find it if doable
and for what baseline year
CAC Goals -
Brainstorm and Vote
on 2018 Goals for
CAC
Reviewed draft goals from last meeting. Some modifications made:
1. As written minus Twitter
2. As written with recommendations as above on 2017 data
3. Explore ramped up education and outreach materials to share
among organizations - Laura via L2020 Climate Outreach
a. E.g. 5210Jefferson.org
4. Highlight Government and Private Sector Organizations leading
by example - Sonja in partnership with Laura
5. As written
6. As written
See updated goals below.
CAC Goals - Review
2017 Organizational
Goal Progress and
Discuss
Organizational Goals
for 2018
City of Port Townsend reported on 2017 accomplishments and 2018
plans. Will email list to Cindy to forward to Committee. (Attached to
minutes).
EnviroStars
Presentation
Postponed to August meeting.
Upcoming
Organizational Plans
and Documents for
Climate Review
County Comp Plan - Comments due by June 8, meeting on June 4
for verbal comments. Individuals and organizations can comment,
there will be no official comment from CAC due to timing.
Shoreline Master Program – scheduled to be updated June 2020 for
both City and County
Other Updates Decision Tool for key indicators from Planning for Climate Change
Report (Eric and Kate)
o Tool has yet to be developed, but target for review at
August meeting
o USAID model can be used as generic template
Next Meeting Next meeting Wednesday, August 22:
Decision matrix
Organizational and CAC Goals – resolution to adopt CAC goals
Envirostar Monitoring for Organizations
Proposal for Monitoring Key Parameters – resolution to adopt plan
Possible resolution related to section 16.08 noted above
Other possible ideas included a possible presentation on the
Drawdown book, and having a presentation from WSU extension
regarding agriculture and climate change.
Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 5:31 p.m.
Proposal for Monitoring Key Parameters of Organizational
Greenhouse Gases
Draft A
At the November 29, 2017 Climate Action Committee, there was discussion of starting to move
forward on an updated greenhouse gas inventory by starting with measuring the major
components of the greenhouse gases for the organizations represented on the CAC. It was
requested at that meeting that a specific proposal for what to measure be brought back to the
CAC, which is below.
Items to measure per organization:
Total electricity purchased from PUD by the organization for the year (in kWHrs and $s)
- One idea that has come up in preliminary discussions of this is to see if the PUD
may be able to provide that information for all organizations
- For the city and PUD, this would include the electricity to run the water systems
and for the city, sewage treatment, but this would not be separated out
Total gasoline purchased for the year for organizational vehicles (in gallons and $s)
- Separate out gas, diesel, and biodiesel, if possible
Total propane purchased for the year (in gallons and $s)
Total Fuel oil purchased (in gallons and $s)
For the County: Total non-recycled waste processed at county transfer station (and $s)
PTPC: leverage existing analyses being provided to other organizations
The above would not include:
Gasoline used by employees in their commute
The carbon footprint of items purchased by the organization
Water usage, sewage, or solid waste per organization (will be rolled up under the
providers’ totals)
Airplane travel, ferry travel, marine travel, train travel (note that marine and air travel are
covered in the WA State roll up)
Draft Goals for the Port Townsend / Jefferson County Climate Action Committee for 2018
(updated at 5/23/18 meeting)
1. Document 3-5 selected King Tide events during 2018 including posting photos to the
Washington King Tides website, and maintaining King Tide email group.
Lead: Dave Wilkinson
2. Start tracking key greenhouse gas emissions of CAC Organizations by defining
parameters to be measured and do a baseline measurement by the end of 2018
Lead: Cindy Jayne
3. Explore ramped up education and outreach materials to share among organizations
Lead: Laura Tucker, via the Local 20/20 Climate Outreach group
4. Develop a plan to highlight what is happening on a periodic basis at government and
other member organizations;
Lead: Sonja Hammar in partnership with Laura Tucker
5. Define and monitor organizational goals for CAC member organizations in 2018
Lead: Cindy Jayne
6. In 2018, prepare for doing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for Jefferson County
in 2019.
Lead: Cindy Jayne
Draft Goals for the Port Townsend / Jefferson County Climate Action Committee for 2018
7. Document 3-5 selected King Tide events during 2018 including posting photos to the
Washington King Tides website, and maintaining King Tide email group.
Lead: Dave Wilkinson
8. Start tracking key greenhouse gas emissions of CAC Organizations by defining
parameters to be measured and do a baseline measurement by the end of 2018
Lead: Cindy Jayne
9. Explore ramped up education and outreach materials to share among organizations
Lead: Laura Tucker, via the Local 20/20 Climate Outreach group
10. Develop a plan to highlight what is happening on a periodic basis at government and
other member organizations;
Lead: Sonja Hammar in partnership with Laura Tucker
11. Define and monitor organizational goals for CAC member organizations in 2018
Lead: Cindy Jayne
12. In 2018, prepare for doing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for Jefferson County
in 2019.
Lead: Cindy Jayne
Climate Action Goals for the City of Port Townsend
1. Mitigation for 2018
a. Efficient trash collection in downtown commercial district
i. solar-powered compaction
ii. reduce garbage truck trips from 5/week to 1/every other week (10:1)
b. PUD working to replace all sodium vapor streetlights with LED (~10% complete)
i. all new lights are LED
c. FW PDA - Campus-wide energy upgrades
i. Central heating & lighting control, insulation, etc.
ii. Solar Panels and possibly geothermal
d. Paid Parking downtown–
i. Community Resource Officer hired, parking plan moving forward
ii. Goal is to test license plate scanning technology for one season – start
date TBD - to test effectiveness. Allows for seasonal pricing.
e. Encourage walking / biking /transit
i. Water Street: wider sidewalks, bulb-outs and crosswalks, improved ADA
access, improved transit stops and street-end plaza
ii. Sharrows – but explore a new bike lane striping that could work better
1. Explore moving loading zones to side streets during specific times
f. Sims way –
i. Work with WA DOT to add curb cuts and do bike striping to their project
g. Covered bike parking downtown & uptown
i. Identify locations and explore designs
1. Funding will drive installation timing
h. Complete streets
i. Implement approved plan with $250k TIB grant
ii. Study if/how to establish Transportation Benefit District (TBD) to fund
more
1. 2-year implementation period if adopted
2. Could generate $300k/yr
i. Longer term planning
i. Plan in place to add solar to Mountain View campus
ii. Exploring green designs for pool
1. Both waiting on YMCA plans before going further
2. Adaptation
a. On Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) awaiting funding
i. Armor water system pump station (Gaines St)
ii. Sewer Treatment Outfall
b. New flood area maps
i. Anticipated from FEMA by year end
City of Port Townsend 2017 Climate Action Goals
1. Mitigation
a. Investigate opportunities to collaborate with mill re: natural gas
i. Did not pencil out due to docking station costs and lack of reliable supply
chain
2. Adaptation:
a. Water conservation – look at rate structure and develop communication plan to
include water supply issues. (WS-1, WS-13, WS-15, CI-15).
i. Adopted rate structure that maintains cost per 1,000 gal - higher rates for
large/commercial users.
ii. Communication Plan implementation started with goal to complete by end of
2018. Provides social media for timely conservation notices as well as an
updated website for better navigation and data sharing.
b. Update storm water plan
i. Pushed to 2018
ii. Updated Critical Area Ordinance s
1. Includes Climate Change considerations for increased participation
City of Port Townsend - Accomplished to date (high level list)
1. Mountain View Commons - boiler replacements (oil to propane), insulation and new roof
2. Energy efficiency systems implemented: City Hall, Cotton Building, Library, Mountain View
3. Water filtration: State of the art and EPA award winning system that remains gravity fed
(vs pressure/pumping fed)
4. Waste water treatment - Studied to convert to Variable Speed Pumps.
a. NOT implemented since it would result in lower-quality treatment with negative
ecosystem impacts in Strait
5. Multi-purpose paths on Rainier and Discovery - Sheridan to Rainier
6. Smart water meters for water conservation: studied and funded, but never implemented
due to citizen concerns