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Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting Minutes September 20, 2017 Page 2 of 4 the cost increases. R J Harrington mentioned LSAB's letter to City Council had been mentioned at a recent session, with a response that some of our concerns were too early. He said we should be prepared to attend future sessions when the Rec-Center funding is on the agenda, to argue for no cuts to conservation/sustainable-systems. He asked if cuts would impact meeting LEED criteria; Dave said the intent is still to have the facility meet LEED-gold standards. Dave said the City's most recent 1.4 MW solar purchase agreement is being reviewed, but should be concluded soon. He noted that a drop-off for metals recycling may be relocated back to the former recycling drop-off site along Hwy -42. Dave mentioned an upcoming workshop on more energy-efficient lawn equipment (and later passed along an email about the workshop to us). He also mentioned new battery - powered busses are becoming available; RJ mentioned that at the recent Regional Air - Quality Council session, funding is being considered for such busses from Proterra, to improve air quality. g. Erika's Minute: Erika noted there will be a session for staff zero -waste training on Oct 18th. She noted that, as part of a Boulder -County program, bike racks are going to local businesses, and a poll is being run to select new racks locations. And she noted that, as part of this year's Green -Business program, residents can vote for their choice of a `green' business, and encouraged us to do so. II. Boulder County Update by Lea Yancey: Deferred until our October meeting. III. SAP Matrix Update: We had some general discussion about items in each of the plan's major sections. For the Climate & Energy section, it was suggested we change the scale of progress to be more detailed. For the Water section, the City apparently has a two-year timeline for a master plan. Regarding the Waste section, Laura Levesque said it would be good to have waste -disposal options as one of Erika's Sustainability Series presentations. Given the size of the SAP and our limited meeting time, Erika stated she can provide us a two-week window to submit comments and recommended changes to the SAP, before she needs to prepare a final copy to present to City Council. She said we have until Oct 6th to send her our comments. IV. LSAB To -Do List / Priorities: Assist Erika with developing and implementing the SAP; help develop purchasing guidelines; assist with the next waste -collection contract; monitor & advise on the Rec-Center upgrades; continue to develop public information/education and resources. V. LSAB Budget Discussion: Dave S reported we have $5K available for projects and programs this year. VI. City -Board Applicants Application Review: Six proposed questions for 2018 LSAB applicants were included in our meeting packet by Meredyth Muth; she's asked for our feedback. Terms for Justine, Mark, and Mary Ann expire the end of this year. Applications for 2018 are open the start of October, and close November 6th