City Council Minutes 2020 08 25 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes August 25, 2020 Page 3 of 4 evolving regional partnerships and the adoption of the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) It also removed no longer relevant items. The draft plan includes a triple bottom line, near term and midterm strategies, and a priority matrix. The plan includes the separation of climate and energy goals, the addition of ecological health, and adds consistency with Boulder County goals. She reviewed the priority matrix noting it includes 13 priority strategies and all of them are steps to meet our sustainability vision. She noted funding for the plan has not been identified for the plan goals and added the funding for staff is now grant funded. Staff and the Board are asking for feedback on the draft or changes Council would like to see before it can be brought back for adoption in October. Public Comments - None Councilmember Brown asked how often we get a true inventory of our greenhouse gas levels. Baum stated that Boulder County does a greenhouse gas protocol inventory every four years and internally we try to track as much as we can on an annual basis. Councilmember Brown stated he sees a lot of the goals are directional rather than specific and he would like to find a way to have more specific targets. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney agreed he would like more specific goals. He would like the Council to make a priority in the 2021 work plan to address some of these items in a bigger way. He would also like the Council to look into something like Denver's Climate Tax for the 2021 ballot. He thinks residents would support that. We need to fund this and be bold. Councilmember Fahey agreed with the others that we need to take definite steps to a real goal. She supports spending more money and increased staffing for this. Mayor Stolzmann noted there is much in this plan that is actionable and can be implemented with big results if Council is willing to do that. Councilmember Leh suggested the Board find ways to partner with the private sector when possible as well as getting input from the youth of the community. Baum stated the Board is working with both the Green Businesses and area youth. Councilmember Dickinson stated this is a priority for us and we need to fund it to a high enough level to see results. He would also like to have incentives to help people meet these goals. Seth Adams, Sustainability Board, stated the board strongly recommends funding the sustainability coordinator position as a full-time, permanent position.