Community Sustainability Commission

September 19, 2011

BENICIA COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION

CITY HALL COMMISSION ROOM

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Monday, September 19, 2011

7:00 P.M.

I.　OPENING OF MEETING

A.  Pledge of Allegiance

B.  Roll Call of Commissioners

Reference to Fundamental Rights of Public - A plaque stating the Fundamental Rights of each member of the public is posted at the entrance to this meeting room per Section 4.04.030 of the City of Benicia’s Open Government Ordinance

II.  ADOPTION OF AGENDA

III.  OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Community Sustainability Commission. State law prohibits the Commission from responding to or acting upon matters not listed on the agenda.

Each speaker has a maximum of five minutes for public comment. If others have already expressed your position, you may simply indicate that you agree with a previous speaker. If appropriate, a spokesperson may present the views of your entire group. Speakers may not make personal attacks on commission members, staff or members of the public, or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an individual’s personal privacy. 

A.  WRITTEN COMMENT

B.  PUBLIC COMMENT

IV.  PRESENTATIONS

A.  ALLIED WASTE PROGRAM ROLL-OUT UPDATE – (SUSAN HURL) This presentation is for informational purposes only and no action has been requested.

B.  VALERO CONDENSATE RECOVERY PROJECT – PHASE II (Rick Walker and Chris Howe) This presentation is for informational purposes only and no action has been requested.

V.  CONSENT CALENDAR

Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted, approved, or adopted by one motion unless a request for removal for discussion or explanation is received from the Community Sustainability Commission or a member of the public by submitting a speaker slip for that item.

*Any Item identified as a Public Hearing has been placed on the Consent Calendar because it has not generated any public interest or dissent. However, if any member of the public wishes to comment on a Public Hearing item, or would like the item placed on the regular agenda, please notify the Community Development Staff either prior to, or at the Community Sustainability Commission meeting, prior to the reading of the Consent Calendar.

A.  Approval of Minutes for July 18, 2011 Regular Meeting

B.  Cancellation of November 21, 2011 regular meeting and scheduling of December 5, 2011 special meeting

VI.  AGENDA ITEMS

A.  CITY WATER AND ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECT

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommend that the City Council consider the use of Valero Good Neighbor Steering Committee Settlement Agreement funds to hire consultant Johnson Controls (JCI) to conduct an evaluation to determine water and energy savings/efficiencies for water treatment and distribution facilities.

B.  REVIEW CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN STRATEGIES

In November 2010, the Commission established priorities for 2010 and 2011. With the pending addition of a Climate Action Plan (CAP) Coordinator, the Commission would like to establish criteria for selecting priorities. Recommendations for individual priorities will be reviewed with the CAP Coordinator after criteria are established.

Recommendation: Discuss and establish criteria for selection of future Climate Action Plan implementation priorities.

VII.  COMMUNICATIONS FROM STAFF

A.  SUBJECTS REQUESTED BY COMMISSION CHAIR

--Valero/GNSC Accounting

--Grant Funds Application Process (Verbal update)

VIII. COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS

IX.  ADJOURNMENT

Public Participation

The Benicia Community Sustainability Commission welcomes public participation.

Pursuant to the Brown Act, each public agency must provide the public with an opportunity to speak on any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the agency and which is not on the agency's agenda for that meeting. The Community Sustainability Commission allows speakers to speak on non-agendized matters under public comments, and on agendized items at the time the agenda item is addressed at the meeting. Comments are limited to no more than five minutes per speaker. By law, no action may be taken on any item raised during the public comment period although informational answers to questions may be given and matters may be referred to staff for placement on a future agenda of the Community Sustainability Commission

Should you have material you wish to enter into the record, please submit it to the Commission Secretary.

Disabled Access

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the ADA Coordinator, at (707) 746-4211. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.