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Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting Minutes August 21, 2019 Page 2 of 4 Green living resource fare held last Saturday. Katie is working on scheduling an electronic recycling event for 2020. More details on these items, and info on other staff activities can be found in Katie's Oct 16st Memo attached as part of our Oct-2019 Meeting Packet. 6. City -Council Liaison Update, Jay Keany: No new updates for LSAB. City is offering an employment package to Metronic for relocating all Colorado employees to old Conoco location. 2,500 employees, maybe as much as 3,500. Offer including reduced tax rates. Building permit fee is also going to be split in half. Sate is offering an employment package. Development plan is on the website. 7. Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda: Resident Debbie Fahey article from the urban land institute plan in San Francisco. Maybe the new Conoco site could use some of these practices. Tiffany Boyd Was very pleased with Monday's meet your candidate mayoral forum and responses related to energy/climate/sustainability. "Peak Plastic" author, maybe a goog candidate for guest speaker for next year? 8. LSAB Member Updates and Reports: Allison — please let us know of any conflicts for the 20th of Nov and 18t" of Dec. Applications — Please share that several positions for the LSAB are open. Please spread the word for anybody who may be interested. Mark — Longmont Sustainability Newsletter. Very strong plan to move to renewable energy. Climate emergency action plan (http://webapp.ci.longmont.co.us/cache/2/gf313jhzuindgva31 kbgg4el /33398051106201 9125602118.PDF). Sustainability tool, the staff will have to fill out for all budget requests. County plan for compost and drop off materials site. The current sites in consideration all have some conflicts. County plans on using sustainability fund to purchase a site. 9. Discussion Item: Sustainability Action Plan: Waste: Kate has updated the proposals. One of the asks is to change some of language around "Work towards" zero waste. Training and better language on bins at parks and facilities. A lot of work to be done on this. Increase commercial and construction guidelines. Start with permits and applications. Work on the where the materials are going to help make diverting easier. What can be done to help diversion with construction? Work on lowering the barriers for better construction practices. Maybe help PACE with a grant or more monies for assistance on working on the commercial side. Reach out and network with local builders or architects for help (DAJ Design and Westmark Construction are potential candidates for initial converstations). We should reach out to the builder of the 2