2020-03-05 Citizens Climate Protection Committee MinCity of Edmonds Mayors' Climate Protection Committee (CPC)
Meeting Minutes DRAFT
Thursday March 5, 2020
8:45 a.m. to to a.m.
The Mission of the CPC is to (i) 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, and (4) effectively address the future impacts of climate change
Members in Attendance: Cynthia Pruitt, Hank Landau, Lisa Conley, David Schaefer, T.C. Richmond, Laura
Johnson, Shane Hope
Guests: Doug Peterson, David Edleman, Nora Carlson
1. Call to Order & Review of Agenda (T.C.): The regular meeting of the CPC was called to order at 8:45 am on
March 5, zozo in the Fourtner Conference Room of City Hall by.
2. Welcome and Introductions (T.C.): Board members, staff and guests introduced themselves.
Initial Public Comment and Announcements (T. C.): Nora C. raised concerns about the environmental impact
of Edmonds Annual Fireworks Display. As the City looks for an alternate site during construction at the Civic
Field she felt it would be a good time to consider a change. Other cities have begun using lasers or drones to
provide light -shows choreographed to music which might be better suited to our current position. She has
discussed the options with the Chamber who sponsor the event. The committee agreed to support her
efforts where possible and thanked her for her time.
4. Consent Agenda (Lisa C.): A motion was made and seconded to approve the February minutes with errors
corrected. Motion passed unanimously.
5. Update from City Council Member (Laura J.):
a) T. C. and Lisa C.'s presentation to the council received positive comments and the council as a whole
supports the CPC's work. Four of the council members have previously served on the CPC. Suggested
that Lisa C. send out to committee members the CPC PowerPoint and report presented to the Council.
b) Youth Commission is also excited by the update to the CAP. The commission plans to hold a youth
roundtable to talk about climate change and steps the City can take on Tuesday, April 141" Fourteen
teens who live in Edmonds serve on the Youth Commission with half of the committee up for
reappointment every year.
c) The issue was raised about if now is the appropriate time to present to Council the idea of implementing
a climate fee or offset --presenting this issue at a later date seems most appropriate.
6. Update on Climate Action Plan (CAP) Development (Shane):
a) Review of the schedule --preparing a draft CAP and a public participation schedule is still under discussion
taking into staff time. Public outreach and community involvement is a priority for the City. ESA will make
a presentation to the Council most likely on March 17t", but it may be pushed back to March 24tn
b) City Climate Team --has had their first meeting. It is composed of io City staff members who have
volunteered to be part of the team. Currently under Shane's leadership. Discussed what the City has done
and will be working on what else we can do. The Team meets monthly and will be a compliment to CPC.
The team meeting notes can be shared. The team's actions should be highlighted at community outreach
events.
Action Item I Person Responsible Timeframe
Review CAP development schedule and Climate Shane/ T.C. April z
Team Notes at next CPC meeting
7. CPC Inputs to CAP Development (T.C. and Hank): Reviewed the summary of the CPC comments:
a) Draft goals and vision --CPC members desire the CAP format to be consumer -friendly using digital hot
links where possible (keeping the links current does pose limits to this feature) also include plenty of
photos of people and positive actions like e-cars, solar panels, etc. Use of side bars to provide clear
explanations of more complex ideas. A summary of our suggestions was provided as a hand-out but
Hank discussed a few in more depth.
b) Establish science -based goal --We recommend Council formally establish 1.5 degree science -based
goal.
c) Population -Based Analysis --adds complexity but we have the data so it would be easy to incorporate
the advantage of using it:
i. Provides a more optimistic picture --when annexation happens then our GHG numbers will
look discouraging if we don't use a population based number.
ii. Easier to compare us to other communities and how we stand in comparison.
d) Shane will discuss this with ESA again since the committee's points are valid.
e) Tracking Historic Data --propose linking the 2010 data to 2017 GHG inventory provides a clearer picture
of how earlier emissions connect to current emissions. This data would allow us to make adjustments
for prior years; show a smoother graph presenting a more optimistic reduction of our GHG; allows us
to compare with other communities. Hank will send a copy of his graph which provides a more
complete picture. ESA can email Hank for further information.
f) Downscaling--provides a more complete picture of what will happen locally; too difficult to complete
because of the complex modeling
g) CCA--suggested by the consultants and while it may work for other communities it is not needed in
Edmonds because:
i. Our PUD commissioners are elected officials
ii. PUD provides mostly green power already
iii. May backfire leading to a focus on cheapest instead of greenest
iv. Not benefit the City's already good relationship with the PUD
Action Item
Person Responsible
Timeframe
Resend comments to City staff
for sharing with ESA
T.C.
8. CPC Public Outreach Planning (T.C.): Reviewed the list of public outreach from 2019. David agreed to
help create a plan to limit our activities to two or three and how best to communicate our outreach.
Action Item
Person Responsible I Timeframe
Meet to begin drafting outreach plan with two to David, Jenna, T.C., Lisa C.
three actions for the Committee to focus on in
zozo
9. CPC Community Connections (T. C.):
a) Jenna has agreed to spearhead our outreach to other communities and keep us on task in
coordination with the Mayor and Shane. She will help us take a more thoughtful and deliberate
approach guided by the Public Involvement list we created in 2019.
b) Our outreach will leverage the list of community connections we identified at our February meeting
including (but not limited to): City of Edmonds Arts Commission, Tree Board, Planning Board, Youth
Commission; Edmonds Bicycle Advocacy Group; Edmonds Floretum Garden Club; Edmonds Community
College; Edmonds School District; Edmonds Community Solar Cooperative: Edmonds Daybreakers Rotary;
Edmonds Rotary: Edmonds Neighborhood Action Coalition: Edmonds Waterfront Center: Jurisdictions of
Woodway, Shoreline, Everett, Mukilteo, Mountlake Terrace; Interfaith Climate Action Group and Care of
Creation: Puget Sound Partnership; Puget Sound Regional Council; Save Our Marsh: Snohomish County
Climate Action Advisory: Snohomish PUD; Sound Cities; Students Saving Salmon; Sustainable Edmonds;
WSU Extension Master Gardeners and Sustainable Community Stewards: YWCA and YMCA.
a) Breakout "Next Steps" into its own 3rd column on the chart of Organization Outreach.
Action Item I Person Responsible Deadline
Review list and recommend additions; also All members April z
determine group you could serve as liaison
10. Next Meeting Change: Discussed changing the start time to 8:3o am. The committee agreed to change the
start to 8:3o am beginning at our next meeting on April 2.
ii. Final Public Comment and Adjournment: Laura discussed interest in expanding composting to business
owners and multi -family units. The committee will reach out to Steve Fisher, retired and Heather Teegarden
from WSU Sustainable Stewards to gain an understanding of possible barriers and the history of the issue.
Meeting was adjourned at io:oo am by Lisa C.
Next Meeting:
Thursday, April 2, zozo beginning at 8:3o am in the Brackett Room at City Hall
PLEASE NOTE: NEW TIMEAND ROOM