Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2023 06 21

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Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes May 17, 2023 Page 6 of 8 between two options, but does think it's reasonable to execute options 2 and 3 simultaneously. Tiffany asked if the City's EDI Manager will be involved with making sure there are incentives for families and communities to make these transitions. Amelia responded that this is on the City's radar. Lev voiced his support for options 2 and 3 simultaneously and thinks redundancy is good. He asked how the upper limits of the lumens were established and noted that the lumens for commercial are much higher than residential. Amelia responded that a 20,000 limit was initially considered since the initial ordinance draft was meant to incorporate parking lots. However, the city planners will likely create separate lumen limits for parking lot lighting and non -parking commercial lighting. The residential lighting limit was based on limits from other programs and the lumen levels of lights available online. Todd asked about the budget impacts of this ordinance. He posed a question to the board asking if the board believes this is the best use of City funds. Amelia mentioned that it would be valuable for LSAB to state in the memo if the board thinks this is a good use of City funds. He asked about an upstream approach to put pressure on manufacturers and retailers to no longer sell noncompliant lighting or to encourage the promotion of compliant lighting. Amelia responded that a large number of people buy bulbs online, which makes it difficult to accomplish dark sky goals solely through a retailer approach. LSAB will decide in June what its memo about Dark Lighting should say. To prepare for the meeting, LSAB members should review the Engage Louisville website that contains information on how the ordinance has changed. LSAB's memo can generally support the Dark Sky ordinance without recommending a specific path, or we can choose to recommend a specific path. We can decide whether to keep the current draft memo or update it during the June meeting. Discussion Item — Solar United Neighbors Kayla provided an overview of the communication tools currently used by the Sustainability division. For more information about the sustainability communication plan, view the May LSAB packet.