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Environmental Initiatives Committee
Regular Meeting Minutes
DATE:June 2, 2016
TIME:6:30 PM
LOCATION:Parks & Recreation Building,
1.Roll Call – Committee members in attendance: Peter Evans, Aileen Lee, and Raj
Reddy (quorum at 3 of 6). Community members in attendance: Steve Schmidt, John
Harpootlian, Roger Spreen
2.Approval of Minutes – January & April – Motion to approve by Aileen Lee;
second by Peter Evans. Approved unanimously.
3.SVCEA– Follow-up discussion and status. Peter informed the group that Los Altos
Hills has the option to set the default energy mix for town rate-payers participating in
the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority (SVCEA) Community Choice
Aggregation Program. He noted that Portola Valley recently opted to set a 100%
renewable energy portfolio as the default for their program. The group discussed the
options available to the Town. The group concluded that the EIC should recommend
that the Town approve a resolution establishing a 100% renewable energy portfolio as
the SVCEA default for Los Altos Hills rate-payers. Also, our GHG reduction targets
for 2025 are dependent on significant portion of our town shifting to Green power.
Aileen Lee made a motion that the EIC draft a resolution for the Town Council to that
effect. Peter Evans seconded the motion. The committee passed the motion
unanimously. Aileen and Peter will work together to draft the resolution.
4.GHG – Presentation to City Staff & Council (Steve)
The Committee discussed the possibility of having Steve Schmidt present his GHG
inventory presentation to the Town Council. The group suggested that Steve should
focus his presentation on action items required from the Council. Another alternate
was for Steve to provide a presentation to LAH staff and potentially have Carl, City
Manager provide the presentation to the Town Council and get acceptance to our
2015 projections.
5.Green Building Ordinance Review and update
The group discussed their concerns that the current green building point system
appears insufficient to drive continuous improvement, and does not appear to be
resulting in the construction of more energy efficient homes. Raj Reddy agreed to
meet with Suzanne Avila, Planning Director regarding the new CA building code
and would include a follow up item on the next agenda.
6.Water Conservation – Update and follow-up (Peter)
Discussion deferred
7.Cell Tower Utility Reimbursement – Follow-up and Closure
Steve Schmidt reported that this process has been completed
8.CDP Participation
Steve Schmidt reported that this process has been completed
9.Green Waste follow-up - Jay
Discussion deferred
10.EIC mission and role with specific targeted goals for next 2 years with
quarterly assessment of accomplishments
Water Conservation
SVCEA GHG
Community Waste
Green Point Building Code
EV infrastructure
Infrastructure
Electric & Gas utilities
Roadways
Efficient home devices/ smart devices
Discussion deferred
11. Public Comments
12.Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm