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Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes November 16, 2022 Page 2 of 5 Martin Ogle: Martin began by explaining that he's working on a project with high school students and teachers called the "all careers contest", which is the idea to connect environmental knowledge to all careers, not just careers considered environmental, like forest rangers. The goal is to encourage students to think about environmental literacy in all fields. The project is gaining traction at Centaurus and somewhat at Monarch. Martin asked the group if LSAB would be interested in him coming back to a meeting as an agenda item. Martin will pass information along to Kayla via email to share with the board. Deb Fahey: Deb encouraged young people to serve on advisory board and participate in outreach. She also encouraged youth to participate in politics and city council meetings. Staff Update — Kayla explained that five businesses did not recertify in the Green Business Program. PACE reached out to these businesses and will continue to encourage them to participate in the 2023 program. The Green Business Awards breakfast is on December 8 at the Lafayette Public Library. This will be a hybrid meeting and staff is expecting 60-70 attendees. Todd asked staff to clarify about the Home Energy Squad audits. 26% of the funds were used for June — October. The City will continue to promote the program in 2023. Todd added that we need more quantitative data about program benefits. The City doesn't currently subsidize the Plus audit, but could consider it in 2023. Regarding bag tax, the City is bringing on a part time staff person to work through the master business list, conduct phone outreach about how to remit the tax and increase compliance. Kayla explained that some businesses have completed partial remittance, but the City requires all quarters of remittance completed. The new staff person will also work on developing processes that the tax department and auditors can continue. Lev asked what the incentive is for businesses to comply. Kayla responded that if a business is coded "bag tax" there will be a bag tax component of the regular tax audit process.