City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Climate and Environment Commission  
701 E Broadway  
Tuesday, January 24, 2023  
Regular  
City Council Chambers  
6:00 PM  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
Leanne Tippett Mosby called the meeting to order at 6:18 PM.  
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Present:  
Ryan Kaufmann, Matthew Ludden, Leanne Tippett Mosby, Annette Triplett, Joseph  
Barnett, Dick Parker, Jacquelyn Sample, Abra Spisso, Roni Becherer, Jessica  
Norris, Emily Gustafson, David Adams, Raymond Holland and David Huhman  
1 - Linda Godwin  
Excused:  
II. INTRODUCTIONS  
Members and staff introduced themselves.  
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Leanne Tippett Mosby suggested adding a discussion of the commission having a booth  
at the Earth Day event and budget requests for this year to the agenda.  
Motion to add the Earth Day booth and Budget Requests to the agenda under  
new business: Leanne Tippett Mosby  
Second: Brent Adams  
Motion to approve agenda as modified: Dick Parker  
Second: Leanne Tippett Mosby  
Motion carried.  
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Motion to approve the minutes: Dick Parker  
Second: Leanne Tippett Mosby  
Motion carried.  
TMP-23288  
December 2022 CEC Meeting Minutes Draft  
Attachments: December 2022 CEC Meeting Minutes Draft  
V. OLD BUSINESS  
There was no old business.  
VI. NEW BUSINESS  
TMP-22879  
Tree Board Communication  
Attachments: Tree Board communications_DRAFT  
Jessica Norris spoke about the communication and its collaborative creation. This  
communication is being brought forward to get formal Tree Board by-in and to be sent to  
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  
Attachments: CEC Budget Priority Recommendations Discussed  
The bolded items in the attachment are the items the commission voted to recommend.  
VII. TASK UPDATES  
TMP-23291  
Attachments: Report of the NG task Jan. 2023  
Dick Parker provided an update on the natural gas task.  
VIII. STAFF REPORT  
Eric Hempel spoke about the rental energy efficiency efforts and shared that there is an  
open survey on the Be Heard page for Rental Energy Efficiency at beheard.como.gov.  
Hempel provided the update that Public Works and Local Motion met to discuss Local  
Motion’s livable streets proposal.  
TMP-23304  
Reporting Schedule Legislation Change  
Attachments: Council Memo_CEC report timing  
Ordinance_CEC report timing  
Eric Hempel provided an explanation for the reporting schedule legislation change text  
and shared that it will be on councils agenda for approval on February 6th.  
TMP-23303  
Show Me the Heat Update  
Attachments: Community Mural_FINAL  
Eric Hempel shared that the data is in from the heat mapping campaign, there is a story  
map in the works, and the next steps for community outreach. The final community art  
mural from the August 6th heat campaign day was shared.  
IX. CHAIR REPORT  
TMP-23296  
Progress Updates for Annual Report  
Attachments: CAAP-2021-Annual-Report  
Leanne Tippett Mosby asked members to make a list of things worked on over the last  
year for the commission's annual report and email the lists to Tippett Mosby by February  
15th, 2023. Tippett Mosby also asked the commission to provide an update on task  
leaders and volunteers.  
X. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
The commission was informed of Missouri bills HB 184 and HB 580.  
It was suggested that the commission explore the potential of meeting earlier than 6 PM.  
Votes for a vice chair will take place at the February agenda.  
XI. NEXT MEETING DATE  
February 28th, 2023 in City Council Chambers  
The meeting was adjourned at 8:43 PM.  
XII. ADJOURNMENT  
Motion to adjourn: Dick Parker  
Second: Leanne Tippett Mosby  
Motion carried.  
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