Climate Action Plan Standing Committee

AGENDA Climate Action Plan Standing Committee Regular Meeting August 10th, 2026 The regular meetings of the Climate Action Plan Standing Committee will be held on the second Monday of each month from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the Whitefish Conference Room (Arches). A. Call to Order B. Approval of Minutes from the July 13th, 2026 meeting C. Public Comment D. Center for Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Tour recap E. Discussion of the Draft City of Whitefish Community Wildfire Protection Plan F. Priority Action Item Tracker a. Discussion/updates from committee members on selected priority action items G. Project Updates a. Updates on action items from previous meeting and any outstanding actions i. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Karin to check on the prospect of holding the CAP meeting at the CSE after the tour ii. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Ryan to set up a meeting with Cole, getting a draft of the community wildfire plan to the CAP committee for review and perhaps invite other members of the public to the meeting where we review the draft iii. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Ryan to also review the 2030 Mountain Towns report on the subject provided by Karin. iv. 7/13/2026: ACTION: Tammy to confirm if the results of the Citywide Wildfire awareness survey would be relevant to review in this committee v. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Lizzy to integrate the City Hall employee comfort survey to the city approved format vi. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Tammy to look into online utility portal for obtaining hourly or sub- hourly interval data that Eric could use for a before/after comparison H. Other Committee Status Updates I. Adjournment 7/13/2026 A. Call to order 3:31 pm a. Committee Attendance: Eric Boxer, Tammy Zmoyski, Ryan Walther, Robin Paone, Keegan Siebendaler, Lizzie English Muir Non-committee members in attendance: Karin Hilding B. Approval of minutes from the 6/10/2026 meeting pending some revisions a. Eric brought the idea to attention that we should add specific CAP numbers to the ”Project Updates” items that they have chosen or been delegated. i. Tammy can append and update this ii. Amelia requested to clarify the project that she expressed interest in TL6.4 and WW-2.4 and CFW 3.2 MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES as amended: Ryan moved, Amelia seconded C. Public Comment a. From Karin; in contact with the Whitefish High School Center for Sustainability and Entrepreneurship and doing a tour. i. The director gets some funding but programs have stagnated due to her split role in managing the facility (Bridgid Fray) ii. The original design intent was for it to be a general hub about building energy efficiency and sustainability iii. Proposal to hold a tour there in conjunction with the next CAP meeting: Monday August 10th at 2:00 pm. Tour to be advertised publicly as well to the end that we need to communicate there may be a committee quorum there. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Karin to check on the prospect of holding the CAP meeting at the CSE after the tour b. From Robin; Flathead Electric Coop offered to make a committee tour of the Whitefish Community Solar array. Suggestion to hold that in September, at 2:00 PM, prior to the CAP meeting i. Tour to be advertised publicly as well to the end that we need to communicate there may be a committee quorum there. c. From Robin; Announcement of open coordination positions for the 2027 Earth Day event D. Parking Study Recommendations Letter a. Committee review considering additional comments from Rebecca Norton; committee agrees to incorporate these ideas into further phases of parking and transportation infrastructure planning b. Suggestion from Amelia to change “solicit” to “award” (the parking study contract) E. Priority Action Item Tracking a. (skipped) F. Project Updates from Committee Members a. From RYAN: i. Urban Wildfire Mitigation and awareness: SWCA is in charge of drafting this plan. open house attended - had resources. Draft plan should be available by August. BUT, THERE MIGHT BE A VERY SHORT REVIEW PERIOD  ii. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Ryan to set up a meeting with Cole, getting a draft of the community wildfire plan to the CAP committee for review and perhaps invite other members of the public to the meeting where we review the draft 7/13/2026 ACTION: Ryan to also review the 2030 Mountain Towns report on the subject provided by Karin. 7/13/2026: ACTION: Tammy to confirm if the results of the Citywide Wildfire awareness survey would be relevant to review in this committee Also are some resources available for dealing with wildfire-induced smoke in the community. b. From AMELIA: i. general interest, relevance to Wildfire mitigation ii. Portable personal air quality kits (e.g., how to build your own) iii. Ryan suggests possibly coordinating one such build-your own indoor air quality kit for the new Habitat for Humanity hub in downtown Whitefish c. From KEEGAN: i. Public Transit 1. Public transit, had a meeting with Isabella Brown (forward Montana) 2. Working to develop relationship with the Flathead County transit planners 3. There is a meeting and solicitation for volunteers; Tues, July 21, 6PM virtual only (meeting link: ) Right now, county wants Cities to take the lead, cities want the county to take lead d. From ERIC and ROBIN: i. BE-1.3 / BE-1.5: Re-commissioning City Hall and General recommendations for building energy efficiency ii. Eric, Robin and Lizzy met with Guy Herman, city facilities manager on 6.10 and outlined a number of action items to implement that could increase employee comfort and decrease energy use. iii. Guy Herman is working with ATS (HVAC controls tech vendor) to implement recommendations iv. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Lizzy to integrate the City Hall employee comfort survey to the city approved format v. 7/13/2026 ACTION: Tammy to look into online utility portal for obtaining hourly or sub- hourly interval data that Eric could use for a before/after comparison e. From TAMMY ZAMOYSKI: i. Greenhouse Gas inventory ii. Progress is underway iii. Still has some transportation impact tracking to do iv. Still has to do employed commute survey v. Still needs to input data to the GHG inventory tracking tool to to data input vi. Karin offers a point that there are more people working in city buildings compared with the last time a GHG inventory was conducted f. From Lizzy English Muir: i. WWTP efficiency upgrades ii. Fats oils and grease have been impacting the efficacy of the WWTP process. Certain city ordinances are intended to manage the effluent of grease to the waste stream. The enforcement of these ordinances has been weak. iii. Lizzy has drafted a letter to all restaurants in town around grease/oils disposal best practices and code compliance. Especially targeting a few main offenders as identified by sewer system scoping efforts iv. Power quality metering infrastructure will be updated soon to help track power service quality issues that have been impacting the equipment at the WWTP (VFDs, actuators with loose wires)  v. Drying beds: open air evaporation and subsequent transport to the FC landfill…. Community wide composting facility? Planning to expand surface area and also possibly grow wetland forage to help bio-treat G. Other H. Adjournement