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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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ENERGY SUSTAINABLILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Final Minutes
6:30 P.M. Meeting
1290 S. Public Rd. City Council Chambers
Opening of regular scheduled meeting
The meeting was called to order at 6:40 pm. Those in attendance were Kent Brown, Silas Binkleyýý, Deborah Morrison, Sheble McConnellogue, John Chinnery, John Bollinger, Ann Hugginsýý, and Curt Cheesman. Mike Simpson joined while meeting was in process.
Minor changes to September 2011 minutes were recommended and accepted by committee.A motion was made by Deborah Morrison to approve the November 2011 minutes as amended. The motion was seconded by John Chinneryand passed unanimously.
Public Comment
Larry Miloshevichintroduced himself. He discussed Boulder’s recent approval of issues 2B and 2C that allows them to move forward with looking into options of forming a municipal Electric Utility. This would allow them to more aggressively pursue their energy and climate goals. The City of Lafayette as is up for renewal of their franchise agreement with XCEL in 2015. Ideal timing for possibility of Lafayette looking into alternative options and he put together a case to present to City Council within the next month or two. Council agreed to take home Larry’s prepared case to read over at home as well as to have a few members of LESAC on hand when he presents to City Council.
New Business
Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman for 2012
John Bollinger motioned to nominate Kent Brown as Chairman and Deborah Morrison as Vice Chairman for 2012. The motion was seconded by Silas Binkley and passed unanimously.
Committee Makeup
Kent Brown motioned to approve Ann Huggins for a second term on the council. The motion was seconded by John Chinnery and passed unanimously. There are also a few applications outstanding, but a review of the bylaws need to be entertained to see if the council is at the maximum amount of seats available. The committee also thanked John Bollinger for his hard work and services as he will not be returning.
City Website
Kent and Deborah would like to be the main contacts to filter content for the committee’s new web pages. Any and all feedback will be compiled by Deborah and she will provide final copy to the city.
Comprehensive Plan
The City’s Comprehensive Plan will be updated in house this year; the process will take the entire year. Curt suggested the committee start taking a look at the plan, take notes and will have Phillip Patterson or Karen Westover from the Building and Planning Community Development Department come and talk at the next meeting. John will compile committee members’ options and positions on key bullet points; in particular Hydraulic Fracturing that should be addressed in the comprehensive plan for the next decade.
Old Business
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Curt updated the committee on where the EV Charging project is. The Electrical is installed, WiFi lines have been run, Curt and Mike Simpson will meet on location to decide location to pour concrete pad it will reside on. Finance has also created an account to run payments through. Target would be to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony before the workshop that City Council will be holding at the library in February and to possibly have a vehicle and/or bicycle there for a photo opportunity.
Electric Bicycle Charging Stations
Curt will try to get the library done at the same time as the vehicle charging station. There will be three stations total – at City Hall, the Library and the Recreation Center but the library will be completed first to coincide with the completion of the vehicle charging station installation.
Sustainability Video
Curt has hard copies burned to disc; the video will be available for viewing on the website once the new city site is live.
Mini Grant Reports
WOW! Children’s Museum has finished the process and Curt will cut the check for the second half payment of their mini grant for $500.00. Lafayette Elementary has also completed the process and is awaiting their second half payment for $500.00. Pioneer Elementary status needs to be checked on and will be addressed at the next meeting.
Energy Manager
Deborah did put a rough draft together of a job description for the Energy Manager position, utilizing other Cities’ Sustainability position descriptions. She would like for everyone to look it over and discuss it at the next meeting.
2012 Goals/Action Plan
The team will take a look at the notes from the exercises done during the November meeting and discuss at the February meeting. Priority is to get the job description solidified.
Green Business Awards
Silas and Deborah will be meeting to come up with an action plan to select winners for the Green Business Awards. A total of seven businesses submitted applications. This award ceremony should correspond with the presentation of Mini Grant winners and possibly the Ribbon Cutting for the EV station.
Energy Corner Collection
John discussed updates to the Energy Corner. He would like to improve traffic to website and the Sustainability Collection at the Energy Corner in the Library via printing bookmarks, just need to allocate budget for that. PC at the energy corner needs to be more functional, IT can be utilized to assist with this. Requests include have the home/default page to be LESAC website, having icons on the desktop (i.e., Sustainability Collection), etc. Since John will no longer be on the committee, this workgroup will be spearheaded by Ann moving forward.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Deborah Morrison to adjourn at 8:59 p.m. Motion was seconded by John Chinnery and passed unanimously.
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