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Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda May 18, 2022 the store might already have bags. Tiff suggested that the grocery stores could keep them at the customer service desks. Kayla is going to look into this. Kayla said the state bag tax goes into effect next January and will be 10 cents per bag. In Louisville, that will mean that businesses will continue to charge 25 cents, 7 cents will go to the state money, and 8 cents will stay local. Josh asked for an update from the EFC meeting in May. Kayla said in regards to the Marshall Fire, Xcel infrastructure is going to be built back out, including street lights. Todd added that Xcel is rebuilding the gas infrastructure into the homes. Tiff asked if they are going to wait to see if people are electrifying. Kayla said they are building the system out as they go. There are currently five building permits submitted. Two are 2018 IECC and three are 2021 IECC. Todd asked if we can get more data points and a cost analysis for rebuilding. He mentioned that the data needs to be more localized with builders and wondered if we can capture the actual costs now that building has begun. Kayla said that SWEEP is collecting data from builders. Lev asked if the Rebuilding Better website could give information to those who did not lose their home. Todd mentioned that EnergySmart may transition this site to those who want information about energy rebates after the rebuild efforts. Todd said that two sustainability newsletters were completed in 2021 and asked if LSAB could include the sustainability newsletter in the City e-newsletter. Kayla said that we could add a Sustainability Spotlight in the City's e-newsletter and the City is supportive of this idea. The City e-newsletter has 8,000 subscribers and the information would reach more people. Kayla asked LSAB to bring Sustainability Spotlight topic ideas to the next meeting. 7. Discussion Item: 2022 Work Plan 7:00 PM A. Subcommittee Updates i. Residential (Todd and Josh): Spring Cleaning Event was a success! There were 187 mowers recycled, along with blowers and trimmers. RACQ covered the additional costs over what the three cities contributed. We needed more volunteers, but it was a success. It was a lot of work. Lev asked if we could do the event in April next year. Todd said we'd like to include more commercial lawn equipment next year and asked if we could do a pilot program for commercial. Dan 2