Sustainable CT Sustainability Team

City of Middletown SUSTAINABLE MIDDLETOWN TEAM MEETING Wednesday, November 3, 2021 5:30 PM Zoom: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96816998544 Join by phone: 929-436-2866 Meeting ID: 968 1699 8544 Agenda Discussion with Mayor 1. Departmental memo next steps a. Key departments still missing memos: i. Finance ii. Purchasing iii. Payroll iv. Emergency Management v. Planning, Conservation, and Development vi. Board of Education b. Summary (Krishna) c. Updates from Chris/Kim meetings 2. Feedback on Mayor Ben’s framework for a draft sustainability plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v6xTONawK7tEV6IHikPP3wcB7Fum6ZwIo42kRWWClFA/edit 3. New leadership for Sustainable Middletown 4. City’s process of identifying and applying for grants a. potential for collaboration on https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view- opportunity.html?oppId=335699 5. Resiliency a. Climate resilience act funding (21-115: An Act Concerning Climate Change Adaptation) b. Resilient Connecticut: https://resilientconnecticut.uconn.edu/ c. Hartford's Resiliency Plan: d. https://circa.uconn.edu/hartford/#2020 River COG Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan for Middletown: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wVufxg6l-LniH-OFmU8gnuXjfJmnWmFM/view?usp=sharing Group Discussion 6. Next steps for team 7. Russell Library Vision Committee 8. Middletown Government Guide 9. Updates