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Environmental Initiatives Committee
Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE: July 7, 2016
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Parks & Recreation Building,
26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills
1. Roll Call – Committee members in attendance: April Anair, Peter Evans, Aileen
Lee, Raj Reddy, and Sheela Veerina. Community members in attendance: Steve
Schmidt and Roger Spreen. Town intern: Angad Gangapuram
2. Approval of Minutes – June – Motion to approve by Sheela Veerina; second by
April Anair. Approved unanimously.
3. SVCEA– EIC Resolution/Follow-up discussion and status - Peter and Aileen
shared the resolution the EIC had asked them to draft and reported that it had been
sent to Carl Cahill. EIC to confirm that the resolution is on the agenda for the next
Town Council meeting. Peter to represent EIC in presenting resolution.
4. GHG – Presentation to City Staff & Follow-up (Steve) - Steve reported that Carl
Cahill would put the inventory into the Council’s consent calendar as part of the staff
report.
5. Green Building Ordinance Review and update – EIC discussed importance of
reviewing the green building ordinance for updates every few years. Raj to follow
up with Build it Green on potential resources they might have to assist in reconciling
our Green Points system with the state requirements. Intern Angad to connect with
LAH planning department on behalf of EIC.
6. Water Conservation – Update and follow-up (Peter) – EIC would like an update
from LAHD planning department on water use of new build projects that have been
through the town’s water efficient landscape ordinance. Also, Peter and Steve are
working on measuring pool evaporation rates.
7. Green Waste follow-up (Jay)
8. EIC mission and role with specific targeted goals for next 2 years with
quarterly assessment of accomplishments – We need to update the recycling
resources under the Sustainability tab of the LAH website to reflect that Goodwill
now accepts e-waste.
9. Public Comments - None
10. Adjournment