Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2017 03 15

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II. Planning Department Update: Rob Zuccaro wasn't able to come to the start of our meeting, due to an overlapping commitment to speak with the Board of Adjustment. We agreed to let him provide his report to us whenever he'd arrive later. As it turned out, he wasn't able to come to our meeting until app 7:40pm, so we agreed to hear his presen- tation at our March meeting. III. Rotating Chair Discussion: The question is whether we should select a single Chair -person to serve for the calendar year, instead of having our Chair change for each month's meeting. We had a round -table discussion, with all members commenting. Arguments in favor are that doing so will give us a single board member as a primary contact for Staff, Council, and local residents who have questions/comments for our board. That may improve our perceived accessibility, and reduce any frustrations in try- ing to contact an appropriate spokesperson for us. Arguments against are that we get very few such contacts from Staff or Council members (outside of our liaisons), and queries from local residents get to us all now, via our Staff liaisons. And our current practice allows each member to participate more fully, by chair- ing up to two meetings each year. If we choose to have a single Chairperson for each year, we'd first need to amend our board's Bylaws. Further discussion and action to be deferred until our March meeting; we'll review our current Bylaws and consider a sample draft revision at that time. IV. Rec-Center Update: There seems to be just a 3 -week window for finalizing design criteria for its upgrades. City Manager Malcolm Fleming wants to see some white -paper studies of solar -thermal and geo-thermal options. But is there time to do such analyses and keep to the design schedule? Can LSAB be used as a conduit for conveying public concerns? If so, procedurally how? A staff meeting is scheduled for Feb 24th; modifications to the Rec-Center's proposed upgrades will be reviewed, some items may be cut. Savings there may be available to add/expand some of the conservation/efficiency items. Water conservation and storm - water issues should be considered V. Update on Xcel's proposed Energy Action Plan for Louisville, Partners -in - Energy program: At this time, a proposed MOU from Brendle Group/Xcel for a Louisville energy conservation plan has been presented to the City (Malcolm Fleming). Once it's signed by the City, we'll proceed with the next steps to announce and implement the plan. From recent PUC meetings, via R J Harrington: our PiE goal is for 1% savings in three sectors: business, residential, and government/public. Xcel expects to be at 35% renewable -energy sources here by 2030. New considered Xcel tariffs on usage will increase costs for certain levels /times of usage, and that can force savings behavior. According to North American Windpower publication/website, Pueblo CO and Moab UT have each recently pledged to commit to 100% renewable energy sources by the mid - 2030s (http://nawindpower.com/two-cities-in-the-four-corners-commit-to-100-renewables) . According to Jay K and David S, the City will later have power -purchase agreements to bring its total renewable -sources usage for City properties up to 50%. Some new renewable -energy venues in Weld County are being considered. And the City is looking at other options, like micro -turbines in our water -delivery pipelines from the mountain reservoirs. Brendle Group/Xcel staff members will proceed with separate planning sessions for our business, residential, and public sectors, starting within the next month, with our program to run for the next 12 -to -15 months.