City Council.
Members discussed the communication, the appropriate depth of the living infrastructure
items, and how to move forward in providing recommendations and collaborating with the
Tree Board.
Move to establish a task to advance the collaboration between CEC and Tree
Board and appoint Jessica Norris to report back on the progress of that
collaboration: Jessica Norris
Second: Dick Parker
Motion carried.
Motion to approve the memo as amended to send to the chair of the Tree Board.
Leanne Tippett Mosby
Second: Emily Gustafson
Motion carried.
TMP-23445
Earth Day Booth
Leanne Tippett Mosby encouraged the CEC to participate formally in the Earth Day
festival. Eric Hempel provided details of this year's weekend-long Earth Day festival.
Motion that the Climate and Environment Commission participate in both days of
the 2023 Earth Day Festival and that the CEC allocate funds from their budget to
pay for the fee: Leanne Tippett Mosby
Second: Brent Adams
Motion carried.
TMP-23446
TMP-23290
Budget Requests
Leanne Tippett Mosby moved that the CEC request $1000 for the next fiscal year.
Second: Brent Adams
Raymond Holland abstained
Motion carried.
Budget Recommendations
Eric Hempel shared a spreadsheet with the commission that included budget
recommendations that CEC members had made, along with last year’s CEC budget
recommendations that have not yet had funding allocated for.
Members discussed the potential budget recommendation item of installing heat pumps
in municipal buildings, external funding opportunities, transit improvements, and
municipal energy efficiency improvement efforts.
Members discussed how to prioritize their recommendations. Members discussed
grouping the recommendations into the following categories: CAAP implementation,
energy, and transportation.
Members specified requesting 18 shelters for transit (6 per route), and requesting $5,000
for education on energy efficiency programs.
It was suggested that the process for making FY 2025 budget recommendations should
start in October of this year.
Motion that the Climate and Environment Commission adopt the items reflected
in lines 5 through 10 as their recommendations for budget priorities for the City
Council for FY 2024: Leanne Tippett Mosby
Second: Dick Parker
Jessica Norris abstained
Motion carried.
TMP-23504