Sustainability Committee

Minutes of the meeting of the Natural Resources and Sustainability Stewardship Advisory Committee held Thursday, October 26th, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. in-person at the city offices and via electronic web conferencing in accordance with Utah Code 52-4- 202. Members Present: Daniel Bedford Jonathan Melton Tara Saley Stephanie Vaughn Erika McDonald Members Absent: Taylor Lee Ex-Officio: Lorenzo Long Eric Davenport Guests/Public: N/A 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 • Dan called the meeting to order. Lorenzo called the roll. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES • Erika made a motion to approve the September 28th, 2023 meeting minutes. Stephanie seconded. The motion passed unanimously. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS • Energy Wise Subcommittee o The subcommittee hasn’t met yet, but are coordinating their first meeting. Dan reached out to Kym Buttschardt o Dan mentioned that one of the first steps the subcommittee could take would be a business roundtable, as stated in the Energy Wise Plan • EV Charging/Parking Subcommittee o The subcommittee is coordinating their first meeting. o Jonathan asked Lorenzo for the specific questions that the city wanted the committee’s input on. Lorenzo said that he would send the questions to the subcommittee, which relate to public EV charging, and EV parking/charging requirements in city code. • Recycling Subcommittee o The subcommittee has its first meeting set for October 27th. They will discuss the recycling facility, an informational flyer for the community, formalizing the subcommittee’s meeting schedule, o Jonathan mentioned that Gina from the city might be interested in meeting with and helping the committee. o Dan mentioned that Weber State has an environmental ambassadors group that is interested in recycling. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP RULES 1|Page  • Lorenzo presented revised rules and procedures, with changes including changing the chair election to July, and then switching out references to the public services director and putting sustainability coordinator. The committee was ok with the changes, but will review the revised document and vote on it in the next meeting. • Lorenzo presented the suggested code changes based on committee feedback from the previous meeting. The wording of the section of code relating to committee membership has now been proposed to mirror what the Arts Committee section says, which allows for qualified experts to join the committee even if they aren’t Ogden City residents, as long as Ogden residents still make up the majority of the committee. • Erika said that as long as the code change didn’t take a lot of committee time, she was ok with it. She wants to make sure most of the committee’s time is spent working on sustainability issues. The rest of the present committee members were in favor of the changes. • Lorenzo mentioned that the changes may or may not get approved by council, but he would try and put the changes through to city council. • Jonathan made a motion to approve the proposed changes, Stephanie seconded. The motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS • N/A OPEN DISCUSSION • Jonathan asked about HB 411. Lorenzo said that in a recent board meeting, CREA announced that they had finalized the utility agreement, and the agency chair signed the agreement. Now, the utility agreement has been sent to all 18 member communities for signature by November 17th, 2023. Now the Mayor has the agreement and would be the one who would have to sign it. Lorenzo does not believe the Mayor has signed it yet. Lorenzo mentioned that if the Mayor doesn’t sign the agreement, then Ogden could still rejoin the agency as long as its prior to approval of the program application by the Public Service Commission. • Dan said that he heard that the Mayor will not sign the utility agreement, and will leave it to the next Mayor. Lorenzo said that the committee could keep track of CREA progress by attending the public board meetings, the next of which is November 6th, 2023, at 1 p.m. • Erika asked where the mayoral candidates stand on CREA. Dan said that Taylor Knuth is all in on CREA, whereas Ben Nadolski is more cautious and would like more information before joining the program. • Erika brought up the topic of water conservation, and how it pertains to the committee. She suggested that in some way, the committee should address water conservation, either via another subcommittee, a committee meeting agenda topic, or table it for later. Erika said she would think about it and update the committee in the next meeting. Dan suggested that Ogden’s Water Conservation Coordinator could come speak to the committee. Lorenzo said that he could see if Matt could come to the next committee meeting. • Stephanie mentioned a water conservation conference that was very informative. She suggested committee members could go to that conference. Dan requested that she keep the committee informed. • Lorenzo asked Erika which subcommittee the people she’s been talking to were interested in joining. She said the only one they were not interested in joining was the EV subcommittee. • Stephanie asked if the committee could do any more tours. Lorenzo said he could look into it. DELIVERABLES BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING • Provide list of questions for EV subcommittee – Lorenzo • Reach out to Matt Haack to see if he can present in the next meeting – Lorenzo • Subcommittees meet before next meeting – Taylor, Stephanie, Dan 2|Page  • Inquire about tour of water facility – Lorenzo • Send revised rules and procedures to committee – Lorenzo • Inform committee chair whether to discuss Natural Resources subcommittee in the next meeting or not – Erika ADJOURNMENT • With no further business, Jonathan made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Stephanie seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. Dan adjourned the meeting. NEXT MEETING Regular Meeting- November 16th, 2023, at 4:00 pm in-person at the city offices and via Zoom. The meeting schedule will be every month. Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84964612140?pwd=UjZCWEd1Q2xveit0TnZEL2JmN1U2Zz09 Passcode: 784814 Connect via Telephone: 1 669 900 9128 Webinar ID: 849 6461 2140 APPROVAL SIGNATURES __________________________________________________ Lorenzo Long (Nov 20, 2023 12:18 MST) ________________________________________________ Dan Bedford (Nov 27, 2023 18:07 MST) Lorenzo Long Dan Bedford Ogden City Sustainability Coordinator NRSSC Chair Date Approved: November 16th, 2023 3|Page Sign Committee Meeting Minutes_102623 Final Audit Report 2023-11-28 Created: 2023-11-20 By: Lorenzo Long (lorenzol@ogdencity.com) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAAqmi-6I-2yYzMIuQAMndNKrj-U21dGOmV "Sign Committee Meeting Minutes_102623" History Document created by Lorenzo Long (lorenzol@ogdencity.com) 2023-11-20 - 6:58:28 PM GMT Document emailed to Dan Bedford (daniel.bedford@me.com) for signature 2023-11-20 - 7:09:45 PM GMT Document emailed to Lorenzo Long (lorenzol@ogdencity.com) for signature 2023-11-20 - 7:09:45 PM GMT Document e-signed by Lorenzo Long (lorenzol@ogdencity.com) Signature Date: 2023-11-20 - 7:18:59 PM GMT - Time Source: server Email viewed by Dan Bedford (daniel.bedford@me.com) 2023-11-28 - 1:04:47 AM GMT New document URL requested by Dan Bedford (daniel.bedford@me.com) 2023-11-28 - 1:04:59 AM GMT Document e-signed by Dan Bedford (daniel.bedford@me.com) Signature Date: 2023-11-28 - 1:07:18 AM GMT - Time Source: server Agreement completed. 2023-11-28 - 1:07:18 AM GMT