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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 1ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES COMMITTEE Approved Meeting Minutes Date: October 1, 2020 at 6:30pm 1.Call to Order (roll call) Attended: Srini Srinivasan, Peter Evans, Steve Schmidt, Aileen Lee, April Anair, Vrinda Bhandarkar, Jolie Wu, Sasha Zbrozek, Pat Lang Resident: Anand R (has applied for membership) 2.Agenda Review and announcements: a.Steve: Los Altos reach codes: Good progress! Removed the electric cooking requirement -- so "not a ban". b.Peter: Fire district... please speak out at the meeting! Or send your phone number and they will contact you at the right time. c.Srini: EIC Meeting being recorded 3.Approval of Minutes Committee voted unanimously to approve Minutes of September Meeting of EIC Action: Srini to send approved minutes to city for filing 4.Topic: Undergrounding a.Peter reviewed bids on Project Management for Ice Breaker project. b.Two bids reviewed. Peter didn't see project cost estimates. c.Vrinda: Can we use a single trench for water and electric? No -- Sasha will provide a related document. Sad to repave the roads so many times. The project will be very challenging: there's a creek, utility equipment, several roads, pathways, the firehouse, thick cables. Action: Sasha to send trench analysis document to EIC 5.Topic: EIC Seminar Update a.Jolie: Doesn't have a lot of time for back and forth with council; also wanted to get youth commission involved; isn't the best person to deal with bureaucracy. b.Schedule SVCE Update? What is their goal? What do they do? What programs do they offer? Blackouts? c.Vrinda: why would residents want to attend? Mainly to learn about rebates...? How was SVCE related to PSPS events? (Not at all!) d.Steve: Town wide poll? Topics to explore : CAP, SVCE, PSPS, energy storage/backups, reach codes e.April: Could we get something from CAISO to put into the town newsletter? f.Peter: We need to determine what information would be of interest? g.Vrinda: People worried about rolling blackouts, incentives, fires... h.Subcommittee: Sasha, Vrinda, Steve, Srini to figure out how to poll, what to put on it. Action: Srini to send out Subcommittee recommendations for polling topics to City Staff 6.Topic: GHG Inventory update a.Zach Dahl wants to meet EIC with consultant but has conflict at regular EIC meeting time. Change our EIC meeting time? Or subcommittee? b.Peter: Should we change the time? Srini: hard to get agreement c.Steve: Should we push for 4 years for GHG Inventory? Peter: We should compliment them on the progress but ask for the additional years. Maybe we should go back to the council after November? d.Peter: Get 2018 done; but make sure we get the data for all years e.Subcommittee: Steve, Anand, Vrinda, Srini. To schedule meeting with Zach & contractor. Goal: Assess contractor, and explore how to get closer to what we want. Potentially call a special meeting to get full EIC backing of a proposal. Action: Steve to coordinate meeting of sub-committee with Zach and consultant 7.EIC Recommendations re UUT : Postponed to November 8.Next EIC meeting:November 5, 2020 The minutes were approved at the November 5, 2020 regular Environmental Initiatives Committee meeting.