HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 23
Environmental Initiatives Committee
Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE: Thursday, January 23, 2014
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: Parks & Recreation Building,
26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills
1. Roll Call
Present: Serena Giori, Sheela Veerina, April Anair, Peter Evans (chair)
Also present: Steve Schmidt
2. Remodel Related Initiatives
Tabled
3. Committee Officers
Tabled
4. UUT
The committee discussed a possible utility user tax to fund undergrounding but took no
formal action. Steve Schmidt pointed out that the undergrounding project should receive
a credit for replacing fully-depreciated franchisee assets; this may apply to landline
telephone franchisees, CATV franchisees, and possible cellular franchisees as well as
electric utilities.
5. GHG Reduction Initiatives
Steve Schmidt reviewed progress toward the town’s GHG reduction goals, with
electricity-related emissions declining but natural gas use and related emissions
increasing, possibly due to bigger homes, recirculation pumps, and heated pools. He also
noted that the carbon content attributed to PG&E’s grid power keeps varying (and is
outside our control) and CO2 offsets the town had been purchasing have disappeared.
The committee took no formal action.
The committee discussed having the local government rep from PG&E attend one of our
meetings and Peter Evans took the action to contact PG&E.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Environmental Initiatives Committee regarding any
item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s office located at Town
Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California during normal business hours.
6. Outreach
7. Public Comment
8. Adjournment