City Council

New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force Tuesday December 13, 2022 Meeting via Zoom 7:00 pm Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Climate Action Plan Public Engagement initiative with LULA (The Land Use Law Center) a. Climate Action Plan Survey update b. Review & give feedback of document summary from LULA (see attached) c. Next steps… 3. Clean Heating and Cooling Campaign (Eleanor Peck, Mid-Hudson Clean Energy Communities Manager & CEC Coordinator) 4. Discussion/decision regarding the Group Purchase Program 5. Battery Energy Storage Task Force update (Joe) 6. Climate Smart Schools Task Force update (Janelle) 7. Action Group Updates: • 6 Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair, Recycle (Refill?) • Green Business – Tiffin Project/Second Nature Refillery • Green Spaces – lets get planning a new project! • Green Transportation: Bike to Shop event debrief • Publicity & Social Media: The January newsletter will be going out the last week of December. Please send your submissions by December 26th. • Youth: proposed youth survey at the schools in parallel with the CAP survey • Alternative Energy: Battery Energy Storage • Lifestyle: Next Climate Smart Solutions Meetup is scheduled for January 3rd at 6:00/. Topic is Birds and the Bees Protection Act. Presenters are Dan Raichel & Lena Faustel The next Climate Smart Book Club meeting is December 20th at 7:00. The book selection is Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have.