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From YouTube: Boulder County Consortium of Cities Wed, Oct 6, 2021
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The Consortium of Cities meeting on Oct. 6, 2021 focused on Sustainability Initiatives in the towns, cities, and unincorporated areas of Boulder County.
A
C
Thank
you,
buenos
aires.
One
is
not
just
thank
you,
everybody
good
evening
for
joining
us.
It's
october
6th.
This
is
our
consortium
of
cities,
meeting
boulder
county
and,
of
course,
our
neighbor
broomfield.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
We
are
still
virtual,
as
you
can
see,
thanks
for
your
patience
and
want
to
jump
in
here.
Just
talk
about
the
agenda.
We're
going
to
talk
about
the
sustainability
initiatives.
C
As
you
remember,
in
february,
we
talked
about
and
went
through
a
lot
of
different
community
issues
and
chose
five
to
really
focus
on,
and
all
of
you
have
the
opportunity
to
present
and
in
a
working
meeting
so
that
we
can
collaborate
and
share
information.
So
we're
excited
to
hear
from
a
great
portion
of
our
city,
towns,
municipalities.
This
evening
we
are
hoping
to
have
a
little
bit
of
time
after
dialogue
and
questions
about
the
sustainability
issue,
initiatives,
presentations
to
talk
about
2022,
because
our
next
meeting
will
be
in
december.
C
So
we'll
try
and
save
a
little
bit
of
time
to
do
that
this
evening
as
well.
So
I
want
to
what
I
may
do
is
just
do
a
quick
readout
of
who's
on
from
our
elected
officials.
If
I
miss
you,
let
me
know-
and
I
appreciate
again-
staff
for
joining
us
this
evening.
So
we've
got
let's
see
here
from
broomfield
devin
schaff
from
our
board
of
trustees.
C
Okay,
thank
you
all.
Thanks
for
joining
and
as
usual,
we'll
probably
have
people
pop
in
and
out.
So
thank
you.
Let's
get
going,
we
have
some
presentations
this
evening
around
sustainability
initiatives
and
we
are
starting
with
jamestown
and
then
we'll
hear
from
broomfield
erie
superior
longmont,
boulder
and
then
boulder
county
and
we'll
try
and
keep
each
other
to
about
five
to
seven
minutes.
Take
your
notes.
C
A
Our
other
focus
is
on
agriculture
and
we
have
been
investing
some
of
the
sustainability
dollars
into
our
community
gardens
and
the
community
gardens
are
built
on
two
and
there's
a
third
available,
two
lots
that
were
buyout
lots
after
from
fema
after
the
flood.
So
the
houses
that
were
on
that
those
lots
now
belong
to
the
town.
They
can
never
be
built
on
as
far
as
those
structures,
but
they
make
a
pretty
good
community
gardens
and
we
didn't
have
any
prior
to
that.
D
A
C
A
This
is
this:
this
is
my
presentation,
there's
no
slides
just
this
picture.
At
least
you
won't
have
to
spend
the
next
few
minutes.
Looking
at
me,
what
this
is
is
is
a
picture
of
silent
jamestown
about
some,
I
think.
Is
it
be
about
100
years
old
or
90
years
old
over
here
in
the
corner?
Is
the
jamestown
mercantile
it
was
built
in
1906.
A
A
And
so
I
can
say
that
at
this
point
it
stayed
warm.
We
were
about
60
percent,
completed
with
the
project
for
2022,
sorry
2021
and
we're
hoping
that
we
can
get
funding
for
2022
to
expand
the
ditch
to
some
other
additional
households,
and
that
would
of
course,
then
there
would
be
less
stress
on
our
potable
water
system,
useful
water
system.
E
C
E
C
F
All
right,
excellent,
I'm
glad
that
you
can
see
the
slide
all
right.
So
thanks
for
letting
broomfield
talk
tonight
about
sustainability.
This
is
something
that
about
two
years
ago
we
we
really
took
a
major
focus
on
this
and
we
started
a
advisory
committee
and
started
moving
this
towards
so
just
to
refresh.
Everyone
here
are
the
the
questions
that
we
will
be
answering
tonight.
F
So,
as
I
was
saying
this
last
year
or
a
couple
of
years
ago,
we
started
a
broomfields
advisory
committee
on
environmental
sustainability
or
our
aces
community.
I
I
was
actually
one
of
the
council
appointments
to
this
when
it
first
got
started,
and
it
was
not
as
cool
of
a
name
back
then
as
aces,
and
they
changed
that
right
after
I
left.
So
I
must
have
been
the
one
that
was
not
cool
enough
to
have
a
cool
name,
but
but
with
that
we
have
been
working.
F
Council
city
council
has
been
working
with
this
committee
and
two
of
the
big
topics
that
we
brought
that
have
been
started
are
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions
reduction
plan
encompassing
energy
as
well
as
transportation,
and
then
our
zero
waste
plan,
and
so
with
our
greenhouse
gas
inventory.
In
2020,
the
university
of
colorado
denver
conducted
an
initial
inventory
of
broom-filled
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
including
community-wide
and
government
emissions.
That
analysis.
F
You
know
we
provided
asus
with
the
kind
of
reference
point
from
which
to
develop
our
goals,
and
so
at
that
point
the
data
showed
that
the
largest
source
of
emissions
comes
from
transportation
sector,
which
you
know
for
me
doing
a
lot
of
work
at
the
state
level.
This
was
definitely
not
lost
on
me
and
a
big
part
of
that
was
because
of
the
single
occupancy
vehicle
travel.
F
So
reducing
emissions
from
this
sector
will
be
a
main
focus
of
our
ghg
emissions
reductions
plan.
The
second
largest
category
is
commercial
in
institutional
buildings,
with
26
percent
with
residential
buildings
following
it
at
third
at
17..
However,
combining
all
of
these
these
building
types
that
equals
43.
So
that's
actually
the
greatest.
F
You
know
ghg
emissions
that
we
have,
and
so
by
reducing
this,
it
provides
us
a
lot
of
opportunity
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
gas
emissions,
and
I
also
wanted
to
say
that,
because
broomfield
residents
spend
approximately
53
of
their
household
income
to
cover
the
cost
of
housing
and
transportation,
sustainability,
programs
and
policies
also
have
the
potential
to
create
significant
cost
savings
for
our
local
families
as
well,
and
I
just
wanted
to
show
this
slide.
So
this
is.
This
is
setting
up
where
we
are
going
so.
F
Staff
and
aces
has
worked
together
to
identify
our
ghg
reduction
goals
that
were
specific.
They
were
measurable,
they
were
attainable,
relevant
and
time-based
or
smart
goals.
These
ambitious
ghg
reduction
targets
were
laid
out
in
2020,
which
broomfield
adopted
in
september
of
2020.
The
goal
is
to
reduce
community-wide,
which
is
residential
and
in
commercial
sector
ghgs
by
90,
by
2050,
and
reduce
municipal
ghgs
by
a
hundred
percent
by
2050.
F
In
addition,
council
also
passed
another
resolution
laying
out
our
zero
waste
goals,
which
which
aims
to
achieve
50
diversion
from
the
landfill
by
2025,
which
is
right
around
the
door
and
a
hundred
percent
by
2035.,
so
that
for
us
is,
is
very
ambitious
and
we
will
continue
to
move
forward
on
that.
This
is
just
a
basically
how
we
are
mapping
how
to
do
our
sustainability
efforts,
and
this
is
one
of
those
issues
that
isn't
isn't
in
a
silo.
F
This
is
something
that
flows
through
our
entire
organization
as
the
city
and
county
of
broomfield,
and
this
is
one
of
those
topics
that
is
a
priority
for
our
community.
One
of
the
things
that
we
know
that
we
have
to
do
is
to
engage
our
community
on
this,
so
we
have
done
an
extensive
community
outreach
efforts.
F
F
We
acknowledge
that
this
is
also
a
major
impact
as
well.
So
we
continue
to
ask
all
of
these
questions
when
we
are
looking
at
how
to
develop
a
framework
for
and
develop
a
framework
through
which
to
analyze
the
equity
impact
of
potential
sustainability
programs
and
policies.
So
we
continue
to
ask
this.
We
have
many
partners
that
are
going
through
this
journey
with
us
and
I
would
I'll
save
time,
but
those
are
those
are
there
and
I
think
the
next.
F
So
we're
getting
to
the
point
where
we're
gonna
really
have
some
meat
on
the
bones
for
what
we're
doing
so.
We
have
some
some
websites
here
for
your
reference
and
then
next.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
pres
present
tonight
and
if
you
I'll
have
any
answer
any
questions
at
the
end.
I
also
do
want
to
thank
our
two
staff
members
that
are
here
with
us
tonight
to
help
me
put
together.
This
slide
show
camille
pollan
as
well
as
david
allen.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
E
C
B
Good
evening,
yeah
so
taylor
with
city
of
boulder,
but
I
live
in
broomfield
and
I'm
actually
on
aces.
So
I
just
wanted
to
to
say
hi
to
devin
and
camilla
and
david
and
I'm
on
the
zero
waste
subcommittee.
I
actually
just
became
chair
and
I'm
just
like
really
jazzed
by
the
work
that's
being
done
by
this
committee
and
by
our
support
from
staff
has
been
incredible.
B
B
G
Yeah
devin
great
presentation,
I
know
my
direct
supervisor,
the
public
works
director
lives
in
the
city
and
county
broomfield
and
he
would
he
would
be
thrilled
to
see
what's
happening
down
there.
I
know
he's
in
conversations
every
week
with
with
your
guys
public
works
director
as
well
and
others,
but
would
you
be
willing
to
share
that
presentation
with
the
group.
F
F
G
G
I
tend
to
just
kind
of
keep
my
head
down
and
just
keep
plugging
away,
but
this
is
great,
so
sustainability
in
erie
has
not
been
happening
for
a
long
time
on
a
formal
level.
What's
happened
is
public
works
has
been
doing
it
a
long
time.
Our
parks
and
rec
department
has
been
doing
a
long
time,
but
it
hasn't
been
organized
in
an
official
way
until
our
sustainability
advisory
board
kind
of
got
together
grassroots
movement
and
said
hey.
G
G
I
know
you're,
seeing
five
logos,
but
we
focus
on
a
chapter
on
energy
systems,
transportation,
zero
waste
which
includes
food
and
composting,
and
then
we
have
a
public
engagement
section
as
well,
just
making
sure
we
always
have
an
eye
on
that.
The
second
plan
that
kind
of
acts,
as
my
bible
in
this
in
my
sustainability
division,
is
our
water
plan.
So
we
have
a
water
efficiency
plan
as
well
as
a
drought
and
water
supply
storage
plan.
G
The
public
engagement
is
obviously
huge
for
all
of
our
communities,
because
this
is
a
new
department.
We
really
wanted
to
focus
on
public
engagement
as
much
as
possible.
That's
how
the
sustainability
plan
was
developed,
that's
how
the
priorities
were
identified
and
that's
how
we're
going
to
achieve
all
all
the
goals
as
well
is,
is
continuing
to
engage
our
community
and
make
sure
that
they're
involved.
G
So
we
do
all
kinds
of
public
engagements
just
as
all
of
the
other
communities
on
this
call
do
so.
I
won't
spend
a
ton
of
time
on
this
slide
here.
Some
recent
progress
that
we've
made
we
continue
to
do
water
education.
I
was
able
to
hire
a
full-time
position
in
2020
specific
for
implementing
water
conservation
and
efficiency
goals,
and
we
went
ahead
and
updated
those
both
of
those
plans
that
I
mentioned
a
second
ago
as
well
finish.
Those
updates,
so
everything
all
the
data
and
baselines
are
nice
and
fresh.
G
G
Quite
a
bit
but
travel
outside
of
their
communities
to
go
work
so,
whether
it
be
in
boulder
longmont
denver,
some
even
travel
up
to
fort
collins
and
back
every
day,
and
so
we
have
a
huge
youth
focus
and
family
focus
in
erie
as
a
community,
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they're
represented
on
the
sustainability
advisory
board,
we're
just
finishing
our
update
for
our
energy
action
plan,
2.0
with
the
partners
in
energy
program.
That's
setting
some
refreshed
goals.
G
We
went
ahead
and
knocked
the
first
one
out
of
the
park,
so
we're
needing
a
new
one.
Our
public
works
facilities
is
really
focused
on
sustainability
in
general,
so
we
just
installed
a
hydro
turbine
at
our
water
treatment
facility
and
that'll
offset
about
20
percent
of
the
energy
usage
there.
We
set
a
goal
for
25
by
2025
for
our
eb
charging
stations.
I
just
made
that
goal
up,
but
we're
reaching
for
it
and
we're
nine
we're
nine
stations
in
now.
G
We
are
expanding
our
water
treatment
plant
and
we
are
scoping
out
about
a
four
megawatt
system
for
that
to
offset
100
of
the
energy
usage
and
then
we're
looking
at
a
community
scale
solar
project
as
well
to
begin
offering
it
as
an
option
connected
to
the
grid
with
our
respective
utilities.
We
have
both
excel
energy
and
united
power,
so
upcoming
projects.
We
are
diving
into
a
comprehensive
plan
update
as
well
as
our
udc
and
code
updates
this
next
year.
G
There's
there's
some
very
open
and
welcomed
dialogue
with
the
other
departments
and
sustainability
to
go
ahead.
Infusing
all
of
those
plans
with
water,
waste
energy
transportation
needs
building
waste,
diversion
everything
like
that.
So
I'm
really
excited
to
continue
that
dialogue
a
whole
lot
of
work,
and
so
I
also
requested
another
full-time
position
for
next
year
as
well
to
continue
building
out
that
department.
G
G
We've
inventoried
our
streetlights
to
begin
the
negotiations
with
excel
energy,
actually
starting
next
week
to
purchase
our
street
lights
from
excel
as
well
as
united
power,
so
that
we
have
a
bit
more
control
on
when
those
are
updated,
how
those
are
maintained
and
what
additional
services
in
terms
of
smart
cities
we
can
offer,
and
then
certainly
we
talked
about
the
on-site
and
utility-scale
solar
projects
there.
What's
really
important
is
offering
the
offerings
that
our
regional
partners
have
for
us.
The
momentum
is
still
just
getting
rolling
in
eerie.
G
I
know:
we've
we've
done
a
lot.
We've
taken
a
great
first
year
and
a
half
two
years
kind
of
a
swing
at
this,
but
partnerships
like
yours,
regionally
and
learning
from
best
management
practices
that
you
guys
have
done
critical
critical
failures
in
certain
projects
as
well,
really
helps
us
out.
Certainly,
financial
funding
helps,
but
more
so
just
learning
from
each
other
and
making
sure
that
we're
staying
on
track
and
a
part
of
the
regional
and
statewide
and
even
national
conversation
when
it
comes
to
sustainability,
our
contin,
our
constituents
expect
it.
C
G
Yeah
and
marta,
I
apologize
totally
my
fault
gabby.
Did
you
have
anything
to
say
gabby's
our
communications
director?
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
was
on
time.
There
said
everything
correctly
didn't
miss
anything.
We
did
just
hire
our
first
diversity,
equity,
inclusion
manager
as
well,
so
we're
very
stoked
to
continue
to
infuse
that
into
all
of
our.
D
H
H
So
over
the
past
10
years,
I'll
say
that
sustainability
is
probably
an
afterthought
for
the
town
of
superior
and
it
wasn't
a
something
we
were
actively
working
towards,
but
that
all
changed
probably
a
couple
of
years
ago
and
we
really
started
putting
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
and
we
do
have
our
own
aces
committee,
our
environment,
our
advisory
committee
on
environmental
sustainability,
and
they
have
really
just
stepped
up
over
the
past
year
or
two.
But
I
would
say
equally,
if
not,
more
importantly,
we've
also
hired
our
very
first
sustainability.
H
Analyst
who
is
with
us
tonight,
is
going
to
present
what
we've
been
doing
in
the
town
of
superior.
But
it
is
just
that
the
pace
with
which
we
have
been
moving
towards
our
goals.
I
don't
know
if
I
have
seen
any
other
town
initiative
move
with
such
haste
and
support
and
it's
really
been
impressive
and
inspiring
to
watch
so
alyssa
I'll
turn
it
over
to
you
to
talk
about
what
we've
been
doing
over
the
past
six
months
to
a
year.
I
Great
thank
you
trustee
list
and
thank
you
everyone
thank
you
to
this
group
for
giving
our
communities
the
opportunity
opportunity
to
share
what's
happening
to
advance
sustainability
and
possibly
identify
areas
more
areas
for
collaboration.
I
think
a
lot
of
us
on
this
call
have
collaborated
on
things.
In
the
past.
I
I
Thank
you.
Can
you
see
that?
Yes,
okay,
my
presentation
tonight
is
going
to
kind
of
focus
on
what
trustee
lish
was
just
alluding
to
that.
It's
really
going
to
focus
on
the
last
year
and
superior
and
what's
been
happening
at
a
pretty
rapid
pace.
But
I
do
want
to
note
that
sustainability,
programs
and
projects
have
been
happening
in
superior
for
a
long
time.
I
So
I
apologize
a
lot
of
my
slides
are
very
tech.
Heavy
I
put
these
together
quickly
today,
but
just
to
give
you
a
quick
timeline
of
what
2021
has
looked
like.
There's
been
a
lot
of
momentous
actions
that
have
taken
place
in
the
town
that
are
setting
us
on
a
bold
pathway
for
climate
action.
In
january,
the
town
board
adopted
a
set
of
sustainability
goals
that
were
recommended
by
aces,
as
well
as
a
vision
statement
for
environmental
sustainability,
which
I
will
share
the
full
statement
in
just
a
moment.
I
My
position,
as
I
mentioned,
started
in
march.
In
april,
the
town
became
a
member
of
two
organizations
which
one
of
which
has
been
mentioned
tonight.
Colorado
communities
for
climate
action
is
a
coalition
of
now
40
local
governments,
that
advocate
for
stronger
state
and
federal
climate
policy,
and
then,
additionally,
the
town
has
joined
local
governments
for
sustainability,
or
also
known
as
ickley
as
a
member
and
we've
been
leveraging.
Their
different
learning
cohorts
that
they
have
that
are
from
cities
across
cities
and
towns
across
the
united
states,
their
technical
expertise
and
then,
most
recently
we
joined
it.
I
And
then
it
also
included
conducting
a
sustainability
initiative
inventory
that
documented
over
40
existing
or
completed
sustainability
programs
or
projects
that
have
happened
over
the
last
several
years
in
superior
and
since
august
myself
and
aces
have
been
engaged
with
the
community
on
the
initiatives
and
elements
that
they'd
like
to
see
included
in
the
plan.
So
that's
been
through
an
online
format.
We
also
had
a
community
sustainability
workshop
and
then,
starting
last
month
we
began
drafting
the
plan
and
gathering
input
from
regional
stakeholders
on
the
actions
that
we're
proposing
for
the
plan.
I
It's
been
a
pretty
quick
planning
process,
we're
hoping
to
bring
the
first
draft
to
the
town
board
in
november
for
a
january
final
adoption
again,
sorry
very
text
heavy,
but
I
had
mentioned
that
the
board
adopted
a
vision
statement
for
environmental
sustainability
and
the
vision
is
really
what's
driving
the
plan
development.
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
key
elements
that
are
shaping
the
actions
of
the
plan.
I
From
that
vision
and
from
the
goals
adopted
by
the
board,
myself
and
aces
have
identified
seven
focus
areas
for
the
plan,
and
you
can
see
those
up
on
this
slide.
So
the
plan
will
include
a
chapter
on
each
focus
area
that
will
include
an
objective
which
is
an
aspirational
state
statement
that
reflects
the
desired
condition
for
each
focus
area
and
then
there's
a
variable
number
of
goals
for
each
focus
area,
as
well
as
strategies
and
really
specific
actions
for
how
to
achieve
the
goals.
I
So
we're
actually
using
all
these
co-benefits,
along
with
the
specific
actions,
greenhouse
gas
reduction
potential,
to
protect
to
prioritize
all
the
actions
of
the
plan
and
then
just
kind
of
a
last
big
note.
So
exciting
news
for
superior
last
month,
our
town
board
approved
a
resolution
to
join
the
ickley
150
movement,
which
is
a
movement
of
local
governments
across
the
ickley
u.s
network.
That
are
stepping
up
to
join
the
united
nations
framework
convention
on
climate
change
and
their
cities
race
to
zero.
I
I
C
E
F
J
J
J
They
also
said
the
same
about
the
affordable
housing
mandate.
They
also
introduced
restrictions
on
the
environmental
affairs
board
so
that
they
could
only
meet
when
city
council
allowed
them
to
meet,
and
they
could
only
discuss
what
city
council
allowed
them
to
discuss
and
they
were
not
to
ever
use
the
word
sustainability.
J
J
J
J
What
I
originally
wanted
was
to
have
the
boulder
county
sustainability
coordinator,
use
the
same
template,
she'd
use
for
susie
states,
and
I
mean
yes,
I
think
so-
and
elia
yancy,
who
I
spoke
with
a
lot
of
the
time
to
give
us
a
template,
and
then
we
could
customize
it
to
longmont,
and
it
would
be
much
less
expensive
and
more
coordinated
with
the
county.
But
no
everybody
thinks
that
they
have
to
do
things
that
long
way
in
long
run.
J
So
what's
different
about
longmont
is
we
we
actually
have
our
own
city
services,
and
I
wanted
to
have
a
sustainability
coordinator
that
was
only
answerable
to
the
city
manager
but
she's
enterable
to
the
public
works
department.
However,
our
public
works
department,
controls
parks
and
rec
next
light,
which
is
our
broadband
service,
our
unified
services,
which
are
trash
water,
composting,
recycling,
sewage,
electricity
and
storm
water.
J
So
because
we
offer
all
those
services
on
a
citywide
basis,
it's
actually
in
many
ways
easier
for
us
to
to
coordinate
this
stuff,
and
we
have
enormous
community
support
for
all
of
this.
This
none
of
this
would
be
possible
without
people
from
the
community
constantly
coming
to
the
city
and
and
nagging
us
and
and
supporting
us.
So
we
are
also
members
of
platte
river
power
authority,
which
includes
loveland,
fort
collins,
estes
park,
longmont
and
greeley.
J
So
that's
another
element
of
how
our
energy
and
power
gets
supported,
but
I
wanted
to
bring
up
two
things
that
I
think
are
shortcomings
about
our
plan.
One
is
that
this
is
intimately
tied
to
our
envision
longmont
plan,
which
isn't
an
ordinance.
It
is
a
it
is
an
urban
planning
document
and
it
has
some
self-contradictions
and
so
to
have
a
tied
to
that
directly.
J
J
They
they
give
lip
service
to
both
that
in
the
envisioned
longman
and
also
into
the
in
the
sustainability
plan.
But
the
truth
is
that
we're
eliminating
every
bit
of
agriculture
within
the
city,
so
that's
very
problematic,
and
yet
there
are
a
lot
of
places
in
longmont
farmers
like
olin
farms
who
are
doing
tremendous
work
with
carbon
sequestration
and
jack
solar.
Then
I
would
suggest
all
of
you
go
see:
jack
solar
every
saturday.
J
I
don't
see
that,
actually
being
very,
I
don't
see
the
the
lower
income
people
in
longmont
having
getting
any
of
that
and
longmont's
area
meeting
income
is
about
thirty
three
thousand
dollars,
which
is
per
capita
and
that's
what
it
is
in
the
united
states
as
well.
So
this
is
not
high
income
and
it's
great
to
talk
about
electric
vehicles,
but
if
they're,
all
based
on
tax
credits
and
rebates,
that's
not
available
to
anybody
of
lower
lower
middle
class
income
or
poor.
J
So
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
still
be
done,
but
I
I
really
do
think
we
have
done
a
huge
amount
when
you
consider
how
completely
opposed
people
were
in
longmont
in
2012
and
how
we
have
turned
around
on
every
level.
The
city
is
behind
this.
That
most
of
the
people
are
behind
this
and
incredible
to
see
all
the
stuff
you
guys
are
doing
in
every
one
of
the
towns
in
just
the
last
decade.
This
is
terrific
because
you
know
it
gives
me
hope.
L
Great.
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Again.
My
name
is
jonathan
cohen.
I'm
the
director
of
the
city's
climate
initiatives
department
and
I,
as
I'm
doing
a
little
tech
check
adam.
I
should
probably
invite
you
to
say
a
few
words
if
you'd
like
to.
I
don't
want
to
put
you
on
the
spot,
but
again
just
wanted
to
offer
that
up
to
you.
M
L
That's
awesome,
okay!
Well,
we
got
that
on
recording.
So
that's
terrific!
Well
again,
I'm
I'm
super
delighted
to
be
with
you
all
tonight
and
obviously
I
think
you
can
see
from
these
presentations.
This
is
a
subject,
that's
really
dear
to
many
of
us,
and
we
could
talk
for
hours,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
real
challenge
to
keep
my
comments
down
to
five
to
seven
minutes.
L
That's
a
theme
that
I
want
to
keep
coming
back
to
so,
of
course,
boulder
has
a
long
environmental
legacy,
really
prioritizing
sustainability
in
areas
like
waste
reduction,
energy,
transportation,
conservation
and
and
our
focus
on
sustainability.
More
broadly,
I
think,
has
really
shaped
the
majority
of
our
programs
and
policies.
So
for
decades
the
city
has
continually
evolved.
L
Our
approach
to
the
triple
bottom
line
of
sustainability
and
as
a
side
note,
you
know,
sustainability
is
a
term
and,
as
a
practice,
still
suffers
from
ambiguity,
not
unlike
the
term
that
we
talked
about
some
months
ago,
resilience
and
after
decades,
really
of
developing
our
aggressive
sustainability,
zero
waste
food
systems
resilience
plants.
I
did
want
to
share
some
some
insights,
so
in
2017,
I'm
not
going
to
put
all
of
our
plans
up,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
do
just
recently
in
an
attempt
to
operationalize
sustainability
into
our
organization.
L
The
the
challenge
of
this
is
it's
not
terribly
transformational
and
in
quite
frankly,
where
this
falls
short
is
that
these
types
of
frameworks
and
the
literal
dozens
of
our
sustainability
focus
plans,
don't
reflect
the
urgency
of
our
situation.
So
there
is
this
dual
relationship
between
sustainability
and
climate.
So
a
lot
of
my
comments
really
lean
into
our
climate
work.
It's
generally
synonymous
with
our
broader
sustainability
efforts.
L
I
call
this
the
evolving
role
of
local
communities
in
this
space,
so
some
critical
learnings.
The
first
point
is
that
achieving
climate
stabilization
requires
a
system,
scale
change,
meaning
we
can't
rely
on
individual
actions
alone
and
we
need
to
place
more
emphasis
on
bigger
leverage
points,
while
at
the
same
time
ensuring
equity
is
at
the
center
of
needed
changes.
So
examples
of
these
large
system
dependent
changes
are
things
like
reducing
large-scale
land,
disturbing
management
activities,
reducing
or
altering
the
production
and
propagation
of
plastics
redesigning
electrical
grid
infrastructure.
L
These
are
underlying
systems
that
we
have
to
change,
but
really
aren't
influenced
directly
by
isolated
personal
choices
being
made
by
individuals
or
even
single
communities.
So
we,
and
at
least
in
the
city
of
boulder,
are
making
a
pretty
significant
ship
to
focus
on
systemic
actions
while
continuing
to
support
individual
behavior
change.
Okay.
So
the
second
point
is
that,
like
many
other
cities
globally,
our
climate
and
environmental
legacy
reflects
a
city-centric
approach.
What
I
mean
by
that
is
that
there
is
this
underlying
assumption.
L
To
date,
that's
been
as
leading
cities
demonstrate
they
can
achieve
emission
reductions
within
their
boundaries.
They
would
inspire
other
cities
to
adopt
and
achieve
similar
goals,
and
it
was
assumed
that
this
would
in
turn
put
pressure
on
larger
public
jurisdictions,
like
states
and
the
federal
government
to
adopt
similar
goals.
So
here
we
are
20
years
into
this
broad
movement,
and
we
now
know
that
this
approach
is
pretty
insufficient,
so
we
have
to
develop
new
approaches
that
include
points
three
and
five
three
through
five.
We
need
to
work
effectively
outside
our
boundaries.
L
Doing
what
we
are
doing
here
tonight
is
so
critical
to
the
success
not
only
of
the
collective
but
each
individual
community.
Our
success
comes
from
forging
new
and
creative
partnerships
and
we
have
to
lean
into
progressive
policies,
so
this
is
I'm
going
to
apologize
in
advance.
This
is
just
to
illustrate
my
point.
This
map
is
from
one
of
our
partners
called
city
scale.
We
do
some
work
with
them.
L
The
point
of
this
slide
is
that
and-
and
I
apologize
if,
if
the
use
of
red
in
blue
may
be
challenging
to
some
people,
the
point
here
is
that
of
local
jurisdictions.
Only
eight
percent
have
established
sustainability
or
climate
programs.
So
what
you're?
Looking
at
on
the
map
are
red,
dots
are
those
that
do
not
and
blue
dots
that
do
so.
L
Okay,
another
key
insight-
and
I
will
get
to
these
pretty
quickly-
is
that
both
adaptation
and
resilience
and
equity
have
to
be
core
design
principles
in
all
that
we
do.
We
know
the
future
will
be
fundamentally
shaped
by
increasing
frequency
and
intensity
of
climate
change,
cause
disruptions
and
as
the
primary
provider
of
local
public
services,
we,
as
local
governments
have
to
prioritize
an
increasing
amount
of
attention
and
resources
towards
addressing
these
impacts.
So
at
the
same
time,
climate
change
disproportionately
affects
those
who
are
mostly
released
responsible
and
most
vulnerable
to
its
impacts.
L
We
know
that
so
this
diagram
is
a
a
depiction
of
how
we
are
thinking
about
on
the
left.
Our
climate
stabilization
work
really
aggressive
mitigation
efforts
on
the
right,
strengthening
our
capacity
to
adapt
and
thrive
through
absorbing
adapting
and
transforming
our
systems
and
those
are
built
around
these
design
principles
and
actionable
benefits
around
equity
and
community
resilience.
L
L
The
scale
of
emissions
reduction
now
called
for,
so
we
don't
control
factors
that
are
determinate,
but
overall
emissions,
the
carbon
intensity
of
the
larger
grid,
the
availability
of
affordable
electric
vehicles,
the
availability
of
market,
ready
alternatives
to
natural
gas
appliances
or
systems,
and
we
now
understand
that
climate
change
is
driven
by
additional
factors
not
originally
included
in
our
energy
system-focused
ghg
inventories,
things
like
land
management,
carbon
and
intensity.
You
have
consumer
goods
and
we
have
to
consider
those
broader
factors
to
see
how
we
can
have
the
greater
impact.
L
So
part
of
this
reframe
of
our
climate
action
framework
is
really
to
lean
into
this
area
of
natural
climate
solutions,
the
economy,
land
use
and
circular
materials.
I'm
going
to
give
you
two
really
brief
examples:
we've
been
hosting
a
really
unique
global
discussion
about
the
role
of
the
economy,
both
in
climate
change
and
ultimately,
climate
stabilization.
L
We've
been
drawing
on
leaders
in
fields
central
to
solving
both
the
climate
crisis
and
a
series
of
these
interrelated
crises,
energy,
material
economy,
ecosystems,
biodiversity
and
this
webinar
series.
I'm
sorry,
oh,
oh
there
we
go,
has
really
underscored
the
focus
of
the
role
of
the
economy
in
driving
these
crises
shameless
plug
tomorrow
from
12
to
1.
L
30
is
our
final
webinar
in
the
series
where
we'll
we'll
have
award-winning
science
fiction,
writer
kim
stanley
robinson
he's
going
to
discuss
themes
from
his
most
recent
book
ministry
for
the
future
and
how
he
believes
the
economy
could
be
redirected
to
enable
a
de-escalation
of
climate
change
last
slide
so
building
on
some
of
our
legacy
work
as
a
leader
in
open
space
and
environmental
protection,
our
climate
action
work
is
also
really
advancing
and
mainstreaming's
our
natural
climate
solutions.
It's
a
core
focus
area.
L
This
includes
soil-based
sequestration,
urban
forestry
and
landsat
landscape
sequestration,
bioenergy,
biochar
and
one
of
my
staff
is
leading
the
urban
drawdown
initiative
or
udi.
That
is
a
spin-off
from
the
carbon
neutral
cities
alliance
and
the
usdn
network,
and
that
is
recognizing
the
potential
of
urban
landscapes
as
a
part
of
natural
climate
solutions.
Hopefully
we
can
come
back
and
talk
more
about
that,
because
that
is
a
regional
approach
we
should
be
thinking
about.
L
So
I
will
abruptly
conclude
by
saying
that
our
recalibration
of
this
work
is
really
just
the
beginning
in
boulder
and
a
lot
of
communities
around
the
country.
I
am
so
proud
and
honored
to
be
working
alongside
many
of
my
colleagues
that
are
here
tonight,
so
I
will
stop
sharing
and
I
will
meet
myself.
C
N
All
right
well,
thank
you
again.
I'm
rob
zuccaro
the
planning
director
for
louisville
and
I'm
kind
of
sitting
in
for
our
sustainability
coordinator,
katie
baum.
She
is
out
on
a
well-deserved
vacation,
so
I
am
glad
she
is
able
to
do
that.
So
she
knows
a
lot
more
about
all
of
this
than
I
do,
but
I'll
do
my
best
to
share
with
everyone
what
louisville
has
going
on
and
especially
our
current
initiatives.
N
So
and
I
don't
have
a
slideshow,
so
I
just
put
up
something
from
our
sustainability
advisory
boards
current
action
plan.
Just
so
you
have
something
to
look
at
while
I
go
through
this,
so
we
have
had
a
sustainability
advisory
board
since
2010
and
their
initial
action
plan
was
created
in
2016
and
actually
just
updated
it
in
2020.
N
They
do
have
near
and
mid-term
objectives
which
are
really
action
items
in
the
plan,
so
that
really
helps
guide
the
city
on.
You
know
what
we
are
focusing
on
and
what
we're
trying
to
achieve
so
in
what
we
are
doing.
Currently,
one
of
the
biggest
things
is
katie
actually
was
just
made
a
full-time
employee,
which
is
great.
She
was
part-time
for
a
couple
of
years.
N
We
were
able
to
move
her
into
a
full-time
position.
We
that's
been
supported
by
a
grant
through
boulder
county.
So
we
really
appreciate
that
support
and
partnership-
that's
been
great,
but
that's
really
helped
add
staff
capacity
to
help
with
community
engagement
and
to
really
get
initiatives
off
the
ground.
So
having
staff
has
just
been
incredible,
I
think
we
have
launched
some
new
community
outreach.
Our
online
engagement
platform
engage
louisville,
we've
created
a
program
called
climate
action.
Together
we
have
a
new
e-newsletter
for
residents.
N
We
are
doing
surveys
for
businesses
and
residents
to
get
more
feedback
on
important
issues,
really
what
we're
doing
on
the
ground
for
city
facilities
this
year
we're
investing
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
just
in
upgrades
to
our
own
city
facilities.
This
is
some
really
basic
infrastructure
for
our
facilities,
but
we're
upgrading
lighting
water
heaters
insulation.
N
We
have
worked
with
excel
energy
to
complete
energy
audits
on
all
of
our
city
facilities,
we've
benchmarked
all
of
our
facilities
through
the
energy
star
portfolio
manager,
programs
just
to
get
baseline
data
as
we
move
forward
some
other
initiatives
that
we
have
going
on.
We
recently
adopted
a
disposable
bag
tax,
so
we're
working
on
implementation
of
that
it
goes
into
effect
in
january
of
2022,
so
we're
working
with
businesses
and
the
community
to
get
everybody
prepared
for
everything
that
goes
along
with
that.
N
Another
initiative
that
we're
working
on
is
adoption
of
the
2021
version
of
the
international
energy
conservation
code.
So
we
are,
we
have
adopted
the
the
previous
version,
but
we
want
to
up.
We
want
to
update.
There
are
a
lot
of
energy
efficiency
improvements
with
the
new
code.
This
is
actually
set
for
public
hearing
with
our
city
council
on
october
18th,
as
drafted,
we
are
also,
and
what
city
council
will
see
on
the
18th
is
we're
also
requiring
the
solar
ready
construction
appendix
so
that's
for
residential
and
commercial
buildings.
N
N
We
have
a
goal
to
reduce
core
municipal
greenhouse
gas
emissions
to
a
2016
baseline,
and
we
have
that
goal
by
2025
as
well.
We
have
a
goal
to
generate
75
percent
of
our
residential
and
commercial
industrial
electric
needs
from
carbon
free
sources
by
2030
and
to
reduce
core
community
greenhouse
gas
emissions
annually
to
below
the
2016
baseline
by
2030..
N
So
those
are
some
of
our
goals
that
we,
our
city
council,
has
adopted.
We
also
have
some
key
performance
indicators
that
we
do
track
each
year
and
we
include
that
includes
greenhouse
gas
emission
reduction,
water
use
per
capita
and
commercial
and
residential
waste
diversion.
So
we
are
tracking
that
annually
as
well.
So
that's
in
a
nutshell:
what
lewisville
is
working
on.
K
K
I've
been
in
this
role
for
about
a
year
and
a
half,
and
I'm
still
learning
so
much
about
what's
unfolding
and
how
I
can
learn
from
everything
that's
happening
and
how,
in
my
role,
I
can
help
to
facilitate
even
more
impact.
Let's
see
here,
mark
I'll,
have
you
go
ahead
and
just
share
those
slides
and
I'll?
Let
you
drive
so
my
name
is
matt
lepay.
K
I
am
the
senior
climate
strategist
for
the
office
of
sustainability,
climate
action
and
resilience
or
oscar,
and
you
know
with
just
a
very
short
little
window
of
time
here.
I
will
say
that
most
of
the
real
effective
powerful,
where
the
rubber
hits
the
road
work,
is
really
happening
in
the
cities
that
everyone
just
described,
and
so
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
on
the
high
level
and
as
well
as
some
details
about
how
we're
focusing
resources
to
create
more
opportunities
for
collaboration.
K
The
community
members
that
are
lower
income
that
are
traditionally
have
had
the
least
contribution
to
the
climate
crisis.
These
are
also
communities
of
color
black
indigenous
latinx
asian
pacific
islander
other
people
of
color.
These
are
the
communities
are
experiencing
the
impacts,
the
worst
and
have
the
fewest
resources
to
respond
to
these
impacts.
K
Now
another
critical
piece
that
we
need
to
think
about
in
local
government
roles
is
the
costs.
I
mean
just
one
data
point:
if
we
look
out
to
the
year
2030,
it's
projected
that
we'll
look
at
between
80
and
100
million
dollars
of
increased
costs
just
in
baseline
road
damages
as
a
result
of
climate
impacts,
and
that's
just
very
one
sliver
we're
looking
at
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
the
coming
decades,
and
we
need
to
think
critically
about
how
to
mitigate
those
impacts
and
prepare
for
those
consequences.
K
K
We
can
go
on
to
the
next
line,
so
some
of
these
local
levers-
you
know
really.
We've
heard
some
really
effective
initiatives
and
programs
that
are
happening
across
the
municipalities
here,
and
I'm
also
really
encouraged
to
hear
that
climate
justice
is
becoming
a
key
central
theme
in
a
lot
of
our
local
climate
planning.
K
Now
the
policy
work.
It
was
mentioned
a
few
times
here:
the
cc4ca
initiative,
colorado
communities
for
climate
action
now
up
to
40
municipalities
that
are
members.
I
think
this
is
really
becoming
something
of
a
gold
standard
that
a
lot
of
other
regions
across
the
country
are
looking
to.
In
asking
this
question:
how
can
local
government
punch
above
its
weight
and
have
influence
beyond
just
the
resources
and
the
spheres
that
we
can
control
within
our
local
communities?
K
We're
also
starting
to
look
at
opportunities
for
increasing,
even
more
influence,
including
in
the
realm
of
purchasing
and
procurement,
and
trying
to
embed
climate
strategy
within
all
different
areas?
One
a
good
example
is
within
building
codes,
which
was
mentioned
before,
but
also
exploring
things
like
purchasing
concrete,
that
is,
carbon,
neutral
and
advancing
some
of
those
markets
and
increasing
demand
these
regional
partnerships
that
we're
now
all
a
part
of
here
within
boulder
county.
K
K
We're
also
looking
at
some
carbon
dioxide
removal
partnerships
opportunities
to
not
only
reduce
emissions,
but
to
be
drawing
down.
This
was
mentioned
in
jonathan's
presentation.
The
urban
drawdown
initiative
is
one
of
our
partners
in
thinking
through
some
of
these
strategies
that
may
be
relevant.
We're
exploring
launching
this
climate
innovation
fund
in
2022,
which
will
have
a
focus
on
these
carbon
dioxide
removal
strategies,
everything
from
direct
air
capture
to
enhancing
our
agricultural
practices,
to
store
more
carbon
to
urban
forestry
initiatives.
To
like
I
mentioned
before,
things
like
carbon
neutral,
concrete
all
right
last
slide.
C
A
C
N
I
I'll,
just
chime
in
I'm
not
sure
what
the
status
is
at
this
moment.
Matt.
Maybe
you
can
talk
to
this
more,
but
there
is
a
regional
kind
of
codes
cohort
going
on
where
we're
discussing
the
2021
iecc
code
update
as
well
as
looking
at
different
stretch,
codes
and
strengthening
amendments
and
things
like
that
and
then,
as
far
as
regional
collaboration.
I
know.
E
L
Oh
thanks,
commissioner,
I
appreciate
it.
It's
a
great
question
and
I'd
be
happy
to
connect
you
rob
with
our
energy
codes
coordinator,
there's
a
lot
that
we
are
thinking
about.
That
are
that's
that
are
kind
of
provocative
moves,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
really
useful
is
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
kind
of
connecting
on
colorado's
new
building
performance
standards.
Again
those
were
all
kind
of
initiated
through
hp
1286.
L
K
We
just
got
the
thumbs
up
just
last
week
that
we
got
the
25
000
awarded
and
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
identify
the
next
steps.
But
I
know
that
that
katie
baum
is
also
part
of
that
conversation,
and
so
now
that
we've
gotten
the
resources
we'll
be
able
to
move
that
forward
and
share
more
widely
how
some
of
that
strategy
will
connect.
If
I
remember
right,
I
think
it's
louisville
lafayette,
erie,
broomfield,
north
glen
and
superior
have
all
had
some
participation
in
developing
that
strategy.
So
it's
another.
G
C
Great
thank
you
and
just
a
reminder.
I
would
take
a
look
at
that:
colorado,
health
institute,
dot
org
and
the
document
that
mark
put
in
the
the
chat,
because
there
are
some
opportunities
there
for
funding
specifically
around
cobit,
but
if
there's
an
opportunity
there
for
folks,
I
would
just
just
a
reminder:
do
we
have
a
last
question
from
anyone.
C
Jonathan,
I'm
guessing
that's
a
previous
hand,
that's
still
up,
but
I
want
to
check
in
so
it
looks.
The
contact
information
is
in
there
and
and
marx
agreed
to
send
that
out
to
this
group
not
to
the
whole
mass.
Whoever
gets
emails
normally,
but
to
this
group,
since
everybody
on
here
has
said
yes,
they'd,
be
interested
in
getting
contact
information
we'll
give
you
an
opportunity
to
follow
up
with
folks.
If
you
can
get
to
your,
if
you
have
oh-
and
I
don't-
maybe
I
don't
have
it
online
either.
C
C
I
appreciate
everybody
a
shout
out
again
to
all
the
staff
who
is
supporting
this
meeting
and
certainly
to
mark
rosen
who
coordinates
this
meeting
and
gets
us
together
and
and
keeps
it
keeps
my
order
together
for
my
calendar
and
gets
me
here
as
well.
So
thank
you.
Everybody
I'll
give
you
two
minutes
back
of
your
life
and
your
wednesday
evening.