Sustainability Committee

Minutes of the regular meeting of the Natural Resources and Sustainability Stewardship Advisory Committee held Thursday, April 28th, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. via electronic web conferencing in accordance with Utah Code 52-4-202. Members Present: Adam Tobey Aimee Urbina Jonathan Melton Members Excused: Bill Hackett Makenzie Truong Joe Linford Riley Allen Bridget Barkema Ross Watkins Ex-Officio: Jay Lowder Meggin Hill Mara Brown Guests/Public: Jeremy Shinoda- Diversity Commission Recording Link: Will be posted here with minutes: https://www.ogdencity.com/AgendaCenter/Natural-Resources-Sustainability-and-Ste-30 CALL TO ORDER / WELCOME / ROLL CALL Adam welcomed the committee members and called the meeting to order. Meggin called the roll. APPROVAL OF MARCH 24th MEETING MINUTES There was not a quorum, so the approval of the March 24 th minutes will be held until the next meeting. SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES Jonathan and Adam have met and talked about possibly sending out information to the community on sustainability efforts as well as City Council quarterly, so they know what the committee is doing. Jonathan looked into having a quarterly report in Ogden Connections magazine, but they have gone out of business. Jonathan stated that the outreach sub-committee will be planning on tabling at the Ogden Farmers Market and will ask other members if they would like to help out with that. REVIEW OF CITY SUSTAINABLITY INITIATIVES Mara discussed all the sustainability initiatives that the city is currently involved in and shared a list with the Committee. Mara stated this information will be formalized and put into some type of joint resolution for City Council as This information could also be used at tabling events to inform the community of what Ogden City is doing with regards to sustainability. These include: o Use LED lights in Christmas Village o Use LED Lights when upgrading streetlights. o Use Natural Gas Refuse trucks. o Compost our city green waste and treatment plant waste (sediment). o Recycle recyclables o Practice water conservation. 1|Page  o Recycle all metal city wide. o Water parks only on restricted time periods. o Reuse fire hose after it is no longer good to the fire department. o Facility energy upgrades. o Complete projects using volunteers and inmates. o Use in-house tradesman and engineers to complete projects. o - vehicles. o The process of redevelopment (existing buildings) is sustainable o Historic rehab o Brownfields rehabilitation o Recycling road materials (asphalt/concrete) and demo material (metal/brick/concrete) o Urban infill instead of suburban sprawl o EV Charging Station Project o HB 411 o Flip the Strip program o o Water treatment plant recapture/recycle internally used water o Ogden Arch sign is LED Aimee asked if we had a marketing team that could produce a video about these ideas and if it could be shared on social media. Mara stated that we did make a video for the Weber State Sustainability Summit, but that we could expand on that video once all this information has been formalized with City Council and share it on social media. COMMITTEE OPEN DISCUSSION Meggin discussed upcoming chair and vice- would then take over as chair and a new vice-chair would need to be chosen. Nominations were not given this month due to several members being absent. The committee can give nominations for vice-chair in our May meeting, so that a new vice-chair is in place starting in June. A new member application has been sent to the Mayor and City Council for approval and will be approved by City Council on May 2nd. The new member, Daniel Bedford, will then be notified and can start attending meetings. Mara discussed possibly changing the meeting times of this Committee to every other month and during the off months, the subcommittees could meet on their own. No decisions were made because there was not a applications of anyone wanting to serve on the committee, so we are still low on membership. PUBLIC COMMENT Jeremy Shinoda- Jeremy wanted to express his appreciation for the members serving on this committee. DELIVERABLES FOR NEXT MEETING Check on members who have missed meetings- Adam and Aimee Ask committee members if they would like to help table at the farmers market- Jonathan If you would like to be assigned to a subcommittee, please let Meggin know. If you would like to nominate any committee member for vice-chair, please let Meggin know. We will need a new vice-chair starting in June. 2|Page ADJOURNMENT With no further business, Adam adjourned the meeting. NEXT MEETING Thursday, May 26th, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. at the Ogden City Municipal Building, 7 th floor conference room and virtually via Zoom. APPROVAL SIGNATURES __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Jay M. Lowder Adam Tobey, Chair Ogden City Public Services Director ________________________________________________ Mara A. Brown Ogden City Management Services Director Date Approved: July 28, 2022 3|Pa ge