Minutes - Environmental Policy Board - 05/17/2021

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Board Member Hiatt aye Board Member Moore aye Board Member Little aye Board Member Fetterley aye Board Member Valentine aye Chairperson Covart aye Motion carried. 5.03: Review Draft EPB Work Plan City Planner Anderson presented the staff report. He stated that in April the Board began discussing its next work plan. General consensus was reached to add various topics to a draft work plan, which could then be reviewed at the May meeting. As a reminder, the City Council will be conducting their strategic planning this month and once that is complete, cross referencing the EPB conflicts or omissions. Chairperson Covart noted that it appears the first item is a carryover from the previous work plan but that appears to be the only carryover. Board Member Moore referenced item seven, related to the lighting audit of the parking ramp, and asked if that type of audit has been done in the past few years. City Planner Anderson replied that a lighting audit has never been completed. He stated that this idea would consider whether the City should conduct a lighting audit to determine if it would be beneficial to covert the lighting in the lamps from fluorescent to an LED style of lighting. Chairperson Covart commented that a company she worked for previously completed an audit, the audit was done at no cost from the utility company. Board Member Little asked if the items are supposed to be prioritized. City Planner Anderson confirmed that staff would suggest listing the items in the order the group should begin to work on them. He recognized that sometimes items on the list are delayed depending on the other types of reviews (development projects) that the Board has to complete during the year. Chairperson Covart commented that there are some items that have time constraints, such as the newsletter articles in order to align with publishing times. She stated that there would also be time constraints to the demonstration garden in order for that to move forward this year. City Planner Anderson noted that there are some projects that require collaboration, such as a larger demonstration garden, and therefore would not occur this year. He noted that the City Council would still need to finalize its Strategic Plan in order for the Board to cross reference before submitting the work plan to the City Council for review. He noted that planning could still begin for a demonstration garden later this year if that concept is endorsed by the City Council, Environmental Policy Board / May 17, 2021 Page 4 of 9