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Agenda - 2021-10-18 AGENDA _ SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD v .0 0 Monday, October 18, 2021 \-.0Rroo 6:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m. Zoom Conference: https://us06web.zoom.us/i/85019211629 Contact: Amanda Watson, Sustainability Program Manager, awatson@ci.oswego.or.us, 503-635-0291 Also published on the internet at: www.ci.oswego.or.us/boc sab The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities.To request accommodations please contact the City Manager's Office 48 hours before the meeting. Members of the public are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes during Public Comment only. Host will mute non-Board members during remainder of meeting. I. AGENDA 6:30 Call to Order and Roll Call Introductions of Staff and Board Members Announcements from Board and Staff Approve Minutes Public Comment (comment on agenda items may be deferred to discussion of that item) 6:45 Regular Business(I-Information, C-Conversation/Discussion, D-Decision, R-Recommend to Council) A. Review Agenda Amanda Watson 1 min. B. Introductions/Meet and Greet All 30 min. C C. City Council Update Councilor Verdick 15 min. D. Overview of SAB Priorities for 2021 All 60 min. C II. ADJOURNMENT ATTACHMENTS Please note that all materials are sent electronically. Please review before meeting. • May 17, 2021 Meeting Minutes • Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Update (March 16, 2021 Council Study Session Packet) • Options for Addressing Local Air and Noise Pollution from Gas-Powered Landscape Maintenance Equipment(August 6, 2019 SAB Memo to City Council) • Sustainability and Climate Action Plan for Lake Oswego NEXT MEETING: NOVEMBER 15, 2021.Zoom Conference, 6:30 to 8:30pm Paul Soper, Chair• Buzz Chandler•Steph Glazer•Jay Hamachek•Susan Mead • Mark Puhlman • Matt Schaeffer■ Kathleen Wiens• Benjamin Connor,Youth • Kelsey Yutan,Youth • Rachel Verdick, Council Liaison 503.635.0215 380 A Avenue PO BOX 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 www.ci.oswego.or.us SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD Vision of a Sustainable Lake Oswego A sustainable Lake Oswego is a community that meets the vital human needs of the present without compromising our ability to meet future needs. This requires consideration of both long-term and short- term effects on ecological, economic, and community systems. Operating sustainably means that we are leaving a legacy for the community of Lake Oswego and the planet. A sustainable Lake Oswego is a place recognized nationally as a model of livability—a unified city with a vital downtown, a strong sense of neighborhoods, and a harmonious relationship with the natural environment. The lives of everyone who lives, works, and conducts business in Lake Oswego are enriched by a wide range of choices in transportation, housing, recreation, and culture. Our infrastructure is sound, our finances stable, and our citizens and employees healthy and engaged. SAB Mission & Duties The mission of the Sustainability Advisory Board is to promote the economic, ecological, and quality-of- life sustainability of our community. The Sustainability Advisory Board shall: a. Advise and assist the City Council in efforts to make City operations more sustainable. The Sustainability Advisory Board is guided by the Sustainable City Principles embodied in the City's Sustainability Plan. b. Assist in the development of plans and policies to enhance the sustainability of the City as a whole. c. Educate and engage the public in efforts to make the community of Lake Oswego, including residents, businesses, and institutions, more sustainable. SAB Meeting Ground Rules We have agreed to abide by these ground rules to increase our meeting effectiveness. 1. Participate—everyone share "airtime" 2. Speak for yourself— use "I" language 3. Seek clarity: —ask clarifying questions — paraphrase what you hear others say —check out your hunches 4. Be respectful: — be on time —come prepared —turn off phones, pagers, and other devices —avoid interrupting others —don't use inflammatory labels &judgments 5. Have fun 0-11` 4.0 CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO _ Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes V moor ❑ °?Eoor- May 17 2021 Call to Order/Roll Call Kathleen Wiens called the May 17, 2021 meeting of the Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB)to order at 6:30 p.m. over Zoom. Members Present: Buzz Chandler,Jay Hamachek, Matt Schaeffer, Steph Glazer, Susan Mead, Kathleen Wiens, Ben Connor, Paul Soper, Councilor Verdick Members Excused/Absent Mark Puhlman, Kelsey Yutan Staff: Jenny Slepian, Sustainability and Management Analyst Public: Duke and Jan Castle Announcements from Board and Staff Kathleen-transition to Electric LOSN event went well. Founder of American Green Zone Alliance speaker. Jay- Recapped the work of a group working on WWTP sustainability input Matt had a new baby! Also been doing some work on the Multifamily EV work. Duke added that they have worked through the list of apartments and condos, put together a survey form and discussion guide for going out to talk to people. Buzz is working with Jaguar/Land Rover about types of EVs to move forward with. Jenny gave updates on working with the Interns. Ridwell is still taking up enormous amounts of time. May involve legal challenges. Design Charettes for WWTP and new recreation building. SB 784 inputs and meeting. Approval of Minutes April Minutes were approved. Public Comment Jan Castle gave an update on working with PrepLO about how to use school buildings in emergency situations. Interested in recommendations to Council about climate adaptation and using the schools. Thinking that the new middle school could be used as a safe air shelter? Building could be sealed off, also new filtering system could be used to ionize air. Notes and info will be handed over to Don Johnson, who will coordinate with the city.Tony Vandenburg from LOSD would be the point person. Regular Business A. Review Agenda Kathleen Wiens reviewed the meeting agenda. B. City Council Update Councilor Verdick was absent but shared that the City Council would be getting a presentation on HB 2001 tomorrow. C. Solar Goal 826 kW installed so far in 111 net metered projects. City projects contribute 92 kw. Another 200 will come from the new middle school by November. Paul asked what percentage was residential? It's a fair amount of residential.This item is almost complete to meet the 2021 resolution goal.This data does not include new City Hall, and the new WWTP and Rec Center will also have solar. Steph asked if there is anything the board needs to do to update the Council by year end-we will include it in the progress report to the City Council after verifying it with more detailed data from PGE about the mix. Susan asked if we would then have a new solar goal? Unlikely that we would.The original solar goal came to us from Environment Oregon. We can always do outreach to large office parks and work on design standards to make rooftops more amenable to solar. Always have to look at tension between trees,village design standards, and solar-those are other areas to look at. Jay asked about total energy usage in LO-313 million kWh. Paul added that older buildings don't have roofs designed for solar,they just aren't strong enough. SAB could look into design guidelines and creating a carve out for solar so that they are not an impediment. Jenny suggested working with the planning commission on this. Jay suggested that Biden administration will free up more funding for local renewables and microgrids. Stephanie recapped: evaluate status, check in with LOSD, in Q4 come up with a calculation and report it back out.Jenny added that it would be fine to sign off on this, and then update the SCAP with new actions around solar in the progress report. Matt asked if we consider the lake as a source for hydro power-Jay answered that they are occasionally used in large storm events, but water rarely goes over the spillway. D. PGE Drive Change Fund Application Jenny updated the board on the PGE Drive Change Fund grant application for an electric shuttle bus for the ACC.The ACC was chosen because it serves several "environmental justice" communities, including seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income residents. Provides clean energy solutions to those populations. Shuttle bus will be from Lightning e-motors. We will also apply for a charging station.Total application will probably be for$250k. 50 plus board will write a letter in support. Looking for a letter from SAB on how this meets our SCAP goals.Jay added that 30%of our footprint is transportation, so this helps reduce emissions and act as a demo project for the city. Buzz added that this is another step to serve as an example for the population. Steph went through the recommendations made to the City Council in March and the fleet goals we had. She suggested some points about how the grant can help us reach these goals.The board discussed some talking points for a letter to PGE, particularly around this being a "reach"vehicle- heavy duty, not typically included in EV projects. Would be great to have this as a rolling dvertisement for EVs. Steph will put a draft together and send it around for thoughts. City of Lake Oswego Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes Page 2 of 3 May 17, 2021 E. SCAP Update Not a whole lot to add from last month. Jenny has so far: Contacted a group of people to update the adaptation goals Working with PGE on fleet funding application (Rachel Sykes in PW) Ben updated progress on the sustainability certification program.The Board gave feedback on the amount of time people would have available, and Stephanie suggested including younger kids. Still working on the verification side of it. Support for SB 784 to reduce our Scope 2 emissions Kathleen asked if we have made any progress on the climate and sustainability impacts on Council reports.We have not yet, still need more input and make sure that it doesn't put too much work onto the sustainability analyst to review every staff report. Could be a lot of work and create a logjam for staff trying to get staff reports in on time. Steph had some feedback:for SB 784, she had questions about the additional charge on bills and the equity implications and how do people get information about opting out?Jenny will ask PGE, but the costs will still be lower than existing Green Source program.She also asked how we have shown support-we have added logo to PGE one-pager. We ended by saying thank you to Paul Soper, who will have his last meeting with us in June! Adjournment Kathleen Wiens adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jenny Slepian Sustainability and Management Analyst City of Lake Oswego Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes Page 3 of 3 May 17, 2021