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2019-09-05 Citizens Climate Protection Committee MinCitizens Committee on U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement Mission: 1. Encourage citizens to be a part of the solution 2. Encourage City staff and citizens to conserve current resources 3. Work with the City Council to implement ideas 4. Effectively address the future impacts of climate change DRAFT Climate Protection Committee (CPC) September 5, 2019 - Meeting Minutes In Attendance: Cynthia Pruitt, Mark Johnson (ESA Consultant), Steve Fisher, Hank Landau, Janice Freeman, Lisa Herb, T.C. Richmond, Lisa Conley, Shane Hope, Jenna Nand, Diane Buckshnis, Nancy Fleck Opening: The regular meeting of the CPC was called to order at 8:45 am on September 5, 2019 in the Fourtner Conference Room of City Hall by Steve Fisher. Introductions & Minutes: Committee members signed in and attendees introduced themselves. A motion was made and seconded to approve the August 1 meeting minutes with one change, under "Opening" the date of June 1 was corrected to August 1. SHANE: Email is a terrific way to share articles of interest, but let's encourage most discussions take place during our meetings so ideas can be captured in our minutes. Meeting minutes are available on the City website. OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL Steve: The presentation to the City Council was well received. They agreed with our recommendation to work toward the climate goal of 1.5 degree. The Youth Commission issued a statement supporting our recommendations to the Council. The Interfaith Climate Action (ICA) also provided comments to the Council. POSSIBLE CLIMATE ACTION ACTIVITIES TO PURSUE IN 2020 FROM BRAINSTORMING Type Description Partners Climate Action Plan • Review 2010 Action Plan (e.g. goals to ESA Consultants continue/goals reached) • Review documents, policies (e.g. previous reports and inventories) • Outreach • Align with ten target areas • Implementation • Monitor & report on climate progress • Track carbon emissions for targets* CPC Meeting Speakers • Earth Day 202o-Interfaith Committee Interfaith Climate Action • What to Do Until Good Batteries-PUD PUD Type Description Partners Art • Write on the Sound: climate theme for their Edmonds Parks & Rec writing contest Edmonds Arts Commission • Arts Walk: feature art about climate and Driftwood Theater sustainability Phoenix Theater • Theater Shorts: competition for short plays High School Theater Groups on a climate theme Media Outreach • Letters to the Editor myedmondsnews.com • Article: Edmonds Climate Action Plan The Beacon • Article: Idle -Free Zones Everett Herald • Article: Carbon Footprints Newsletters: Port of Edmonds • Article: Individual Actions • Article: Emission reduction goals* • Interview: Online with Teresa Whippel Youth Outreach • School Presentations Edmonds' Youth Commission • Idle -Free Poster Contest: Create poster to Edmonds Community College turn off their engines when picking up students (Win: Lunch w/Mayor) Business Outreach • Measure your Carbon Footprint Port of Edmonds • Reduce food waste by connecting citizens Local Restaurants with businesses PCC/Land Trust • Book Groups/Clubs Whale Watch Groups Kelnaro, Scratch Distillery Special Events & • Book Groups/Clubs Edmonds Bookshop Workshops • Film Series Edmonds Theater • Fix -It -Cafe: broken items fixed for free by Edmonds Senior Center volunteer fixers Sno-Isle Library • Carbon Footprint Workshops WSU Extension • Climate Smart Travel Europe through the Back Door • Blue Carbon/Edmonds Marsh Alaska Airlines • Food Choices & Food Waste EarthCorp & Edmonds Marsh • Public Health Workshops (asthma, heat, Verdant Health vectors, mental health) Edmonds Swedish • Participate in iz,000 Rain Gardens Parks & Rec Department • Participate in Better Globe Forestry's plant 1 Snohomish Surface Water Mgmt trillion tree campaign. Snohomish Conservation District Efficient Housing • Low Carbon/Clean Energy Home Model in Interfaith Climate Action Edmonds for citizens to tour PUD • Designs of new homes that meet low carbon/clean energy standards for citizens to review* • Ways to move away from natural gas/interim measures to use • Explore Montreal's experience with prefabricated "Stacked Units" Type Description Partners Incentive Programs • Encourage citizens to use electric vehicles, Interfaith Climate Action use solar panels, reduce carbon footprint PUD (similar to current Federal programs)* Funding for Climate • Local climate offset funds established Diversity Commission Projects through targeted emission reduction plan. PUD • Grant from Diversity Commission Connect with Others • Solicit support of individuals and Interfaith Climate Action organizations to promote programs* • Gather list of environmental organizations within Edmonds • Retirement Communities like Edmonds Landing • Surrounding communities: Woodway, MUK Miscellaneous • Establish ongoing City budget item to Interfaith Climate Action maintain accurate carbon emission data each year.* • Establish adequate annual budget amounts to meet City's target emission reduction plan, make these budgeted costs mandatory and use for offset funds* NEXT PLANNING STEPS Mark: The next version of the Tool will input calculations to ensure that is easier to use. Steve: Not all ten measures have a noticeable change on the results, but Tree cover was included as a community priority. Cynthia: Will the Tool be available digitally for citizens to play with and explore? A picture is worth a thousand words and I found working with the tool to be the same thing. Shane: I think we need to think about how to streamline it for that use. Mark: It would great to make the dials intuitive so citizens could explore the metrics and answer their own questions for example: What if we had twice the number of E-vehicles? Hank: Will the goals for our ten categories get us to where we want to go? If the Council says I don't think we can meet our goal, what do you suggest we change? How do we give the public a voice to say if the change is better or worse? And if the public consensus is that we can't meet our goals —how do we propose alternatives? Mark: We are still refining our plans. Some of what we do will be defined by the State e.g. the State's new clean energy rules. It would be good to meet with PUD to find out their timeline for meeting State rules. This is a dynamic environment and ideas are being reshaped all the time. T. C. The National Climate Assessment had a dashboard display of climate indicators. Mark: That is the dashboard we will use as the basis for our dashboard. Lisa H.: Will the dashboard make it easy for citizens to act? We need to know the areas of biggest impact —a cheat sheet. Diane: The Taming Bigfoot group has such a list that could be tailored for our needs. Let's set up a time to talk with them. Jenna: Instead of a spreadsheet on the City website, graphics would be easier for lay people to use. Mark: We will be looking at graphics we can use in this next phase of the project. Announcements & Public Comments: Hank: Local Real Estate professionals are selling Edmonds as a place which will have limited impact from Climate Change. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at lo:oo am by Steve Fisher. The next general meeting will be on Thursday, October 3, 2019 beginning at 8:45 am in the Fourtner Conference Room at City Hall.