Sustainability Advisory Commission Meeting

Name: Sustainability Advisory Commission Meeting — Urbana, IL
Start: 2020-08-04T19:00:00
End: 2020-08-04T21:00:00
Location: Urbana, IL

Regular Meeting

Urbana, IL · August 4, 2020

Agenda Minutes

Minutes

APPROVED CITY OF URBANA, ILLINOIS SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION Council Chambers, Urbana City Building Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Commissioners Present: Stacy Gloss, Tomas Delgado, Andrew Stumpf, Morgan White, Grace Wilken, Megan McGinty Commissioners Absent: Maddy Garbacz Staff Present: Scott Tess Call to Order, Roll Call, and Declaration of Quorum Stacy Gloss called the meeting to order, a roll was called and a quorum was present. Approval of Minutes Morgan White motioned to approve the minutes for the July 7, 2020 meeting. Tomas Delgado seconded the motion. Tomas Delgado, Stacy Gloss, Megan McGinty, Andrew Stumpf, Morgan White and Grace Wilken voted yes to approve the minutes. The motion passed. Changes to the Agenda There were no changes to the Agenda. Public Input There was no public input. Staff Report Scott Tess gave the following updates: Closed Landfill A vendor has cleaned and restored to operation a leachate force main pipe. This work will allow the resumption of leachate pumping on the City portion of the closed landfill. However, it has subsequently been determined that the pump associated with this force main needs to be replaced. Staff are working to complete that work in several weeks. Staff had procured a replacement pump for the leachate pump on the Champaign-Urbana Solid Waste Disposal System portion of the closed landfill, but the wrong pump was delivered. The correct pump has now been secured and staff is working with the City electricians’ schedule to repair the pump and resume leachate pumping there as well. Staff will present a replacement Champaign-Urbana Solid Waste Disposal System intergovernmental agreement to Urbana City Council on August 3, 2020. Changes to the agreement are minor. Geothermal Staff are working with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and the Geothermal Association of Illinois to establish a bulk geothermal installation purchase program. This program would function very similar to Solar Urbana-Champaign. A discussion on geothermal power ensued. 1 APPROVED Solar Urbana-Champaign Solar UC has 3 contracts signed totaling 30kw of capacity. Urbana Community Solar Nexamp, Trajectory Energy Partners, and the City of Urbana are preparing communications to about the community solar subscription available from the solar array on Urbana’s closed landfill. Due to social distancing measures, the communications are expected to be exclusively digital. Next Sustainability Advisory Commission Meeting September 1 at 7:00 pm in Council Chambers at the Urbana City Building or by Zoom depending on circumstances. Approval of Updated Commission bylaws incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice Morgan White moved to approve the edits bylaws pending discussion. Megan McGinty seconded the motion. The Commission discussed the edits. Megan McGinty pointed out that to ensure that inclusion and equity, it would be beneficial that public facing documents could be translated. It was noted that a future resolution would be forthcoming for such translations. Ms. Gloss asked for a Commission volunteer to gather more language data to support the resolution. Ms. McGinty and Ms. Wilken volunteered. Discussion of Comprehensive Plan A discussion on the Commission’s thoughts on the summarized values that would be included in the Comprehensive Plan. Andrew Stumpf and Tomas Delgado volunteered to draft some ideas on the direction that the Sustainability Advisory Commission would take from their individual perspectives. Stacy Gloss recommended that additional discussions happen on the next meeting. Unfinished Business There was no Unfinished Business to discuss. Announcements The Sustainability Advisory Commission has an immediate opening for Commission Member. Interested parties may download the application form at: https://www.urbanaillinois.us/boards/sustainability-advisory-commission. Solar Farm 2.0 under construction on Campus on First St. and Curtis Rd. 54 acres of Solar panels are set to be installed. The next Sustainability Advisory Commission meeting is scheduled for September 1, 2020. With no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 9:06 p.m. This meeting was recorded. 2

Agenda

SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION DATE: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 TIME: 7:00 P.M. PLACE: Council Chambers, 400 S. Vine St. Urbana, IL 61801 Commission members, City staff and members of the public may all connect to the Zoom meeting of the Commission using the following methods: Smartphones and Mobile Devices: Participants can join through the Zoom app on their smartphones and mobile devices. Once participants launch the app they can click on "Join A Meeting" and then enter the Meeting ID: 863 5859 5404 Laptop/Computers with Enabled Microphone and/or Webcam: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86358595404 (Here is also a quick tutorial on how to join a Zoom meeting using a computer.) - https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting Telephone: Participants can also join via phone by calling (312) 626-6799. They will then be prompted to enter the Meeting ID above followed by the # key. AGENDA 1. Call to Order and Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings 3. Additions To The Agenda 4. Public Input 5. Presentations a. Staff Report 6. Approval of updated Commission bylaws incorporating diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice 7. Discussion of Comprehensive Plan 8. Unfinished Business 9. Announcements a. The Sustainability Advisory Commission (SAC) has an immediate opening for a Persons with disabilities needing special services or accommodations for this meeting should contact the City of Urbana's Americans with Disabilities Coordinator at 384-2466. commission member seat. To apply to be a member of the SAC please fill out the form at: https://www.urbanaillinois.us/sites/default/files/attachments/FillableBoardApplic ation.pdf. More information about the SAC can be found at: https://www.urbanaillinois.us/boards/sustainability-advisory-commission 10. Adjournment PUBLIC INPUT Public input will be taken in the following ways: Zoom Webinar participant Use the Webinar Meeting ID above. You must provide your name and email in order to join the Webinar. If you wish to speak during the Public Input, “raise your hand” and wait to be called on by the meeting host. You must state your first and last name for the meeting record. Participants will be muted except when they are called on to speak; video will remain off for all members of the public when speaking. You may speak for up to three minutes. Telephone participant Call the phone number shown on the agenda. Enter the Webinar ID followed by the # key. All callers are muted by default. If you wish to speak, “raise your hand” by pressing *9 once. When you are called on by the host, you will be un-muted. You must state your first and last name for the meeting record. When you are finished, the host will “lower your hand” and mute you. You may speak for up to three minutes. Email Input You may email public input between 8 am and 4 pm on the day of the meeting to srtess@urbanaillinois.us. Please put “PUBLIC INPUT” and the meeting date in the subject line. Persons with disabilities needing special services or accommodations for this meeting should contact the City of Urbana's Americans with Disabilities Coordinator at 384-2466 or TTY at 384-2447.

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