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From YouTube: Sustainability Commission | December 21 2021
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City of Palm Springs Sustainability Commission meeting, held December 21st, 2021
A
B
B
D
B
Thank
you,
tracy
I'd
like
to
welcome
the
members
of
the
commission
and
our
visitors
to
the
meeting
this
evening
for
the
visitors.
If,
if
any
have
public
comment,
there
will
be
time
for
public
comment
later
in
the
meeting
and
I'll
just
ask
commissioners
again
to
please
keep
your
microphones
muted
during
the
meeting
and
then
raise
your
hand
to
be
called
to
speak,
and
then
you
can
unmute
your
microphone.
B
B
C
And
the
staff
comments
document
was
provided
in
the
agenda
packet.
Were
there
any
questions
in
regards
to
the
airport
demonstration
garden,
ev
charger
expansion,
progress,
we
are
going
to
have
a
presentation
on
the
pedestrian
plan
and
then
also
sustain
sustainability.
Scholarships,
any
additional
questions.
E
In
terms
of
the
ev
chargers
or
just
any
other
projects,
if
you
chargers,
we
were
slated
to
go
live
later
at
the
end
of
this
this
month,
early
next
month,
but
due
to
some
delays
and
inspections
with
edison,
we're
gonna
have
to
push
that
out
about
three
weeks.
So
it's
going
to
take
about
that
time
to
energize
or
have
a
museum
way
and
city
hall.
E
C
B
B
B
C
G
H
B
G
Okay,
sorry
about
that,
all
right
I'll
go
over
it,
real,
quick,
I'm
with
I'm
clyde
prem,
I'm
with
koa
and
we're
part
of
the
project
team,
and
this
is
a
plan
that
lays
the
foundation
for
the
pedestrian
improvements
within
the
public.
Right-Of-Way
within
the
city
of
palm
springs,
the
project's
been
underway
for
over
a
year
and
we're
here
to
present
the
recommendations.
Did
you
hear
that
okay
that'll
sound
better?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
The
report
and
presentation
are
on
a
webpage.
We
will
send
you
the
link
via
email.
G
G
We
have
you
know
these
topics
to
speak
to
you
about
I'll,
be
joined
in
the
presentation
by
other
project
team
members,
including
leslie,
scott
of
lizzie,
scott
consultants.
By
a
few
words
on
our
public
involvement
and
jenny,
you
will
talk
about
some
of
the
findings
of
the
the
project
and
nick
lowe.
A
web
associate
he's
our
transportation
engineer.
He
knows
the
city
very
well.
He
will
speak
to
some
specific
projects
that
we
have
recommended.
G
F
Great
thank
you.
So
our
next
slide
will
show
some
of
the
community
engagement
activities
that
we
we
did
in
the
city
of
palm
springs
and
I
want
to
say
we
had
a
community
advisory
committee
on
which
I
believe
we've
got
some
members
on
online
who
participated
in
that.
We
did
some
virtual
walk
audits,
where
we
were
able
to
look
at
maps
and
go
through
each
district
and
and
specify
some
pedestrian
improvements.
F
As
for
far
as
the
community
outreach
events
because
of
covid,
we
did
what
we
call
a
grassroots
engagement
in
which
we
had
postcards
that
were
distributed
through
community
organizations
such
as
the
find
food
bank.
Complementary
to
those
three
outreach
activities.
We
also
had
an
online
commenting
tool
and
an
online
project
survey,
so
that
is
sort
of
our
comprehensive
outreach
for
this
project.
F
Next
slide,
oh
I'm
sorry!
I
didn't.
I
didn't
realize
that
this
slide
was
here.
So
this
is
just
an
example
of
our
virtual
walk
audit
and
it
shows
all
of
the
comments
that
we
collected
for
again
different
districts,
and
this
information
is
included
in
the
project,
recommendations
and
and
report
which,
as
clyde
mentioned,
you'll,
have
a
link
to.
G
Okay,
we
looked
at
a
you
know
in
addition
to
public
involvement,
the
the
other
key
factor
in
developing
the
recommendations
really
looking
at
these,
these
items,
demographic
destinations,
safety,
land
use
and
disadvantaged
communities.
We
looked
at
population
information,
including
age,
race
and
income
travel
information
such
as
commute
time
commute
mode
destinations
such
as
schools
and
parks,
and
collected
data
on
the
location
of
pedestrian
collisions
next
slide.
G
A
lot
of
this
information
is
shown
on
the
following
graphics.
We
show
this
information
by
districts.
The
dots
are
collision
locations,
pedestrian
collision
locations,
green
are
the
key
destinations
that
are
going
to
connect,
and
so
we
looked
at
this
information
and
plotted
it
out
and
we
have
a
big
database
showing
all
this
information.
So
we
have
this
for
districts,
district,
1,
2,
3
and
then
next
slide.
We
have
it
also
for
district
4
and
five.
I
D
So
like
this,
so
some
of
the
proposed
treatments
that
we
have
proposed
in
this
plan
is
known
as
curve
extensions,
also
known
as
bow
belts,
so
curb
extensions
help,
extend
the
curb,
extend
the
sidewalk
out
further
onto
the
street
so
then,
like
it
shrinks
the
crossing
distance
from
pedestrians,
and
that,
and
also
I
put
the
pedestrians
a
little
bit
closer
to
the
to
the
travel
link.
So
people
can
see
them
a
little
bit
better.
D
D
So
before
this
traffic
signal
actually
turns
green,
so
that
way,
like
the
pedestrians
will
already
be
out
on
the
street.
So
then,
like
when
the
motor
is
particular
those
that
are
making
the
right
turn
on
red,
they
will
be
able
to
see
the
pedestrians
before
before
they
make
the
turn,
and
so
that
will
improve
the
visibility
of
the
pedestrians
crossing
the
street.
D
Another
treatment
that
we
recommended
is
known
as
the
rectangular
rapid,
flashing
beacon.
Some
of
these
are
pretty
I'm
sure
some
of
you
might
be
familiar
with
it
and
we
have
heard
it
from
the
walk
audits
before
these
are
those
blinking
lights
at
the
signs,
as
shown
in
the
picture,
and
so
basically
how
it
works
is
when
a
pedestrian
is
crossing,
they
will
push
a
button
and
then
like
they
will.
D
I
hope
many
of
you
were
familiar
because
I
think
there
are
stuff
there
are
a
lot
in
the
city
and
what
it
does
is
it
provides
like
a
right
away
for
the
pedestrians.
So
then
motorists
will
be
able
to
know
that
that
is
the
space
for
petitions
and
hopefully
they
don't
cross
over
it,
and
it
also
draws
more
attention
to
petitions
at
state
cross.
D
D
So
for
this
project,
the
plan
recommended
a
total
of
37
projects.
The
projects
are
divided
by
district
district.
1
have
four
projects.
District
2
has
seven
projects.
District
3,
which
includes
the
downtown
area,
have
15
projects.
District
4
have
four
projects.
District
five
have
four
projects
next
slide,
so
this
map
shows
how
all
the
projects
where
all
the
projects
are
located
in
the
city
and
it
is
separated
by
district
to
give
representation
for
all
the
districts
that
are
in
the
city
next
slide.
D
After
identifying
the
projects,
the
projects
are
then
prioritized,
so
the
prioritization
criteria
included
the
five
project
themes
which
we
had
discussed
earlier,
which
is
mobility,
linkages
sustainability,
economy
and
city
identity,
and
we,
in
addition
to
the
five
project
themes,
we
also
included
public
input.
We,
as
leslie
had
described
earlier.
D
D
E
E
E
This
one
is
racket
club
road.
This
is
a
roadway
reconfiguration
which
is
narrowing
the
roadway
from
a
four-lane
roadway
to
a
three-lane
roadway,
so
there'd
only
be
one
through
lane
in
each
direction,
plus
a
two-way
left
turn
lane.
This
helps
maintain
existing
on-street
parking,
provides
wide
bike
lanes,
helps
lower
traffic
speeds
and
provides
a
better,
safer
environment
for
both
pedestrians
and
bicyclists.
E
E
Tachiva
drive
at
finchy
elementary
school.
This
is
a
such
a
school
crossing.
The
top
photo
is
the
existing
crossing,
but
the
beacons
are
just
these
slow
kind
of
dim
beacons
that
are
activated
by
push
buttons.
So
the
recommendation
here
is
to
provide
rapid
rectangular
flashing
beacons,
which
are
much
brighter
and
more
dynamic,
get
the
driver's
attention,
in
addition
to
providing
raised
medians
to
help
shorten
the
crossing
distance
and
lower
vehicle
turning
speeds
at
the
intersection
next
slide.
E
E
And
then
we
have
south
palm
canyon
drive
similar
to
racket
club.
It's
an
existing
four-lane
roadway
with
no
no
turn
lanes
next
slide
and
we're
proposing
to
narrow
it
down
to
three
lanes
two
through
lanes
and
one
turn
lane
maintain
on-street
parking
where
possible
and
provide
for
buffered
bike
lanes
in
both
directions,
all
right
next
slide
and
here's
a
cross-section
of
it.
So
we
have
two
foot
buffers:
six
foot,
bike
lanes
and
narrow
travel
lens
to
help
reduce
those
vehicle
speeds.
G
Okay,
implementation,
we're
going
to
conclude
the
presentation
we're
talking
about
where
you
go
from
here:
we've
identified
funding
sources,
there's
going
to
be
large
amounts
of
grant
money
made
available
in
california,
two
organizations
in
the
next
year
or
two.
So
we've
identified
that
it's
in
the
report
all
the
sources.
E
No,
actually,
I'm
very
happy
with
the
amount
of
you
know,
study
and
focus
that
went
into
identifying
these
hot
spots.
We
scout
through
traffic
comment
requests
which
we
received
a
lot
historical
data,
new
data
plus
that
of
that
nick
and
fighting
his
team
were
over
the
pool.
So
I
think
this
list
is
pretty
extensive
and
captures
most
of
the
typical
concerns
that
we
receive
as
a
city.
G
We
just
wanted
to
say
that
if
anyone
is
interested,
please
do
go
to
this
website
and
if
we
can
we'll
provide
this
to
you
in
your
minutes
and
your
notes
that
you
can
see
it
and
if
you
have
any
comments,
we
have
a
place
for
you
to
make
any
comments
there.
If
you
can
do
it
in
the
next
week
or
or
so
we'd
be
very
much
appreciated.
G
G
C
K
I
First,
I
believe
that
the
for
the
fact
sheet-
senator
raphael
and
mccarthy,
I
believe,
that's
the
location
of
the
proposed
navigation
center.
So
in
that
case,
that
work
can
potentially
be
coordinated
with
work
on
the
navigation
center,
and
perhaps
it
can
be
rolled
into
the
budget
for
the
navigation
center
leaving
funds
for
other
projects.
I
So
I
defer
that
to
the
powers
that
be
at
city
hall,
but
just
note
that
those
projects
can
be
coordinated
and
then
south
palm
canyon
has
a
bit
of
a
history
to
it,
because
that
was
supposed
to
be
a
bike
lane
when
we
did
bike
lanes,
probably
back
in
2016
on
my
street
on
mary
canyon,
and
it
was
proposed
also
to
close
the
loop
on
south
palm
canyon.
There
was
a
community
opposition,
so
that
did
not
go
through.
I
So
if
that
project
is
to
proceed,
which
I
would
certainly
recommend
that
it
would,
but
there
be
outreach
to
the
folks,
particularly
in
the
andreas
and
reyes
hills,
who
expressed
some
opposition
at
least
to
the
bike
lanes
to
sort
of
get
really,
you
know
resolve
any
concerns
they
might
have.
So
those
are
my
two
comments
based
on
projects
that
are
occurring
or
were
previously
considered.
J
C
A
Mr
chair,
I
just
have
one
quick
comment.
I
was
contacted
by
planning
staff
from
the
agua
caliente
band
of
koya
indians.
They
read
the
draft
report.
They
had
a
couple
of
corrections
that
they
have
requested.
Please
note
that
these
corrections
do
not
impact
the
recommendations,
the
data
and
they
are
just
really
rather
minor
in
nature.
However,
we
have
forwarded
those
on
to
our
consultants
and
will
request
that
they
make
those
corrections
and
just
wanted
to
note
that,
for
the
record.
E
Not
not
at
the
moment,
not
any
funding,
so
we're
more
focused
on
seeing
what
what
would
be
recommended
and
looking
at
the
countermeasures
that
we
could
apply
and
go
from
there
there.
I
think
we
did
secure
funding
on
one
location
and
they
could
probably
have
helped
me
out
with
this
one
as
a
brother
and
racket
club
for
installing
a
hawk
system
correct
so.
J
E
Thank
you
been
some
things
that
come
on
our
radar
that
we're
going
to
actively
pursue
once
we
finalize
this
important
list,
so
I
think
the
majority
of
these,
hopefully
we
can
get
on
funding.
If
not,
then
we'll
go
with
the
traffic
calming
route,
as
we
did
in
fiscal
year.
You
know,
or
this
current
fiscal
year
with
the
seven
traffic
traffic
coming
projects
that
we
just
installed.
B
So
I'd
like
to
thank
the
koa
team
for
the
presentation
this
evening
and
for
all
the
hard
work
on
the
project.
I
was
quite
involved
as
well
as
a
member
of
the
advisory
committee,
and
I
participated
in
a
lot
of
the
virtual
audits
as
well,
and
those
meetings
were
really
good.
There's
a
lot
of
input
from
residents
in
in
all
of
the
five
districts.
B
C
C
So
we
did
refer
to
the
state's
plan,
which
is
ab1276,
which
goes
into
effect
june
1st
of
2022
and
have
forwarded
those
comments
to
the
city
attorney
to
request
a
follow
suit
to
the
state's
language
for
for
our
city's
ordinance,
so
that
lids
and
sleeves
can
be
provided
to
guests
without
being
requested
due
to
the
safety
concern.
So
everyone
seems
to
be
on
board
with
that.
So
that's
a
positive
thing.
C
Let's
see,
the
other
thing
is
creating
outreach
materials
for
businesses,
both
point-of-sale
signage,
so
that
it
takes
some
of
the
pressure
off
of
businesses
having
to
ask
all
of
the
customers,
so
we're
producing
some
signage
in-house
notifying
guests
that
you
do
need
to
ask
for
your
straws
and
your
napkins
and
your
accessory
items.
And
then
we
also
made
some
signage
talking
about
the
ban
of
the
sale
of
polystyrene
and
use
of
it
in
restaurants,
so
that
we
can
provide
those
types
of
materials
to
stores
such
as
smart
and
final.
C
So
all
of
the
materials
we've
produced
are
in
english
and
spanish
and,
like
I
said,
the
consultants
are
going
out
and
distributing
those
for
us
and
round.
Two
of
on-site
visits
has
been
scheduled
for
the
week
of
january
19th
through
21st,
which
I
believe
is
a
is
a
wednesday
wednesday
through
friday
scenario.
C
B
K
K
I
came
across
the
international
dark
sky
association
website
and
they
just
have
so
many
tools
and
resources
and
programs
and
free
workshops
for
policy
writers
for
advocates
for
educators,
all
sorts
of
things,
so
that
at
least
was
a
relief
for
me
to
see.
So
we
don't
have
to
recreate
our
own
wheel
as
we
move
forward
with
this,
and
just
can
borrow
from
the
leader
in
dark
sky
movements
and
also
from
other
cities.
K
So
I've
been
focusing
on
policies
and
outreach
tools
from
tucson,
pima,
county
and
also
malibu
california,
and
they
both
took
different
approaches.
I
think
where
we
left
off
is
that,
rather
than
trying
to
update
our
outdoor
lighting
code
before
jim
left,
we
had
reasoned
those
before
me
had
reasoned
that
it
would
be
better
to
instead
focus
now
on
updating
the
landscaping
codes.
K
And
both
those
cities
that
I've
been
looking
at
have
taken
different
approaches,
one
with
the
zoning
codes,
one
with
the
the
building
codes
and
the
city
of
malibu.
Actually
speaking
of
consultants
partnered
with
the
dark
sky
association
who
came
in
with
a
team
of
advisors
and
just
basically
came
in,
and
it
looks
like
help
them
craft,
the
the
perfect
policy
that
was
going
to
work
in
the
given
circumstances
there,
so
I
think
that
might
be
something
that
we
could
consider
as
well.
K
I
will
say
I
I
have
this
in
my
court
right
now.
I
don't
really
know
what
to
do
in
terms
of
next
steps,
I'm
in
my
screen,
I'm
right
between
tracy
and
roy,
and
so
I
look
to
you
too
in
terms
of
where
to
take
this
next,
especially
in
terms
of
the
policy
side
of
things,
I'm
not
sure,
do
I
take
our
recommendations
after
they're,
further
refined
to
to
staff
or
or
do
I
further
development
them?
B
And
one
question
that
we've
asked
in
the
past
is:
if
there's
anybody
else
on
the
commission
who
would
be
willing
to
work
with
alex
on
this?
Hopefully
somebody
will
step
up,
and
I
appreciate
the
information
that
you've
provided.
You've
certainly
done
a
lot
of
work.
I
think
you
and
tracy
and
I
can
probably
have
a
meeting
offline
to
figure
out
how
to
proceed.
It
might
be
helpful
to
document
much
of
what
you've
told
us
tonight.
K
I
I
mean
I'll
raise
the
issue
that
I've
raised
before.
Is
that
the
need
to
be
very
careful
that
we
thread
the
needle
on
the
mandatory
provisions
of
the
energy
code
and
the
benefit
of
flynn?
And
I
know
I'm
sounding
like
a
broken
record,
but
the
current
provisions
of
the
zoning
code
are
very
likely
to
be
preempted
by
the
mandatory
provisions
of
the
energy
code,
which
are
substantially
changing
as
of
january
123
in
the
new
code.
So
we
just
have
to
be
careful,
because
this
is
mandatory
state
law.
I
If
we
do
just
landscaping,
that's
an
exemption
under
the
energy
code,
but
we
have
to
sort
of
say
that
you
know
we're
not.
You
know
we're
not
doing
anything.
That's
covered
by
the
energy
code,
so
I'll
be
doing
a
lot
of
codes
and
standards.
Training
in
my
new
role
at
sea
bag,
which
starts
on
thursday
and
one
area
that
I
will
definitely
be
focusing
on.
I'd
like
to
focus
on
is,
is
outdoor
lighting,
because
that
seems
to
be
a
detail
that
folks
don't
realize
that
that's
essentially
regulated
mostly
in
the
energy
code.
B
B
This
is
something
that
came
up
in
the
presentation
during
a
presentation
to
the
city
council
on
climate
change
and
actions
to
take,
and
the
council
recommended
that
we
have
a
program
that
can
assist
homeowners
in
doing
weatherization
and
other
updates
to
their
homes.
That
will
help
to
save
energy,
and
this
is
this
would
be
similar
to
what
we've
done
with
the
scholarships
for
licensed
businesses,
although
this
would
be
for
for
private
homeowners.
B
B
Are
there
any
other
projects
that
you
would
recommend,
and
just
this
weekend
co-chair
friedman
provided
a
memo
with
a
lot
of
additional
comments
and
suggestions?
Additional
types
of
projects
and
a
lot
of
detailed
information
and
in
talking
tracy,
and
I
felt
that
there
probably
wouldn't
be
enough
time
for
everybody
to
absorb
that
information
prior
to
this
meeting
and
to
add
it
to
the
discussion.
C
B
But
but
we
will
send
it
out,
but
so
what
I'd
like
to
suggest
is
that
we
defer
this
discussion
to
the
next
commission
meeting
in
january
january
18th,
but
in
the
meantime
that
that
we
have
a
a
meeting,
probably
the
former
green
building
and
subcommittee
members,
to
talk
about
how
to
incorporate
david's
comments
into
the
the
staff
report.
So
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
we
do
that
and
schedule
it
at
some
time
prior
to
the
next
meeting.
B
J
B
I
David
yeah
I'm
going
to
take
up
commissioner
barrett,
because
there's
a
very
specific
you'll
see
this
in
the
memo.
I
have
a
lot
of
comments.
There
largely
once
again
my
broken
record
of
saying
make
sure
we're
consistent
with
state
law
and
policies,
and
this
will
be
sort
of
the
core
of
my
function
at
cvag,
starting
in
two
days.
I
So
I
don't
have
all
of
the
detailed
information
that
I
have
for
single
and
multi-family.
I
simply
don't
have
so,
commissioner
barrett,
if
you
can
perhaps
a
noodle
around
the
internet
and
come
up
with
some
suggestions
for
what
would
you
know
be
appropriate
for
a
mobile
home.
So
we
can
include
that
and
the
advantages,
because
it's
not
under
the
energy
code,
we
can
do
whatever
we
want.
So
that's
that's
an
area
where
no
preemption,
but
we
should
focus
on
that
and
the
other
core
comment
which
is
reflected.
I
I
do
recommend
a
a
reservation
of
funds
40,
but
that
would
be
up
to
council
to
for
folks
who
are
on
the
utility
discount
programs
by
because
I
am
concerned
that
we
do
need
to
focus.
This
is
a
really
strong
message
that
the
energy
commission
in
cpuc
is
that
we
focus
energy
efficiency
programs
on
on
disadvantaged
communities,
what
we
call
the
environmental
and
social
justice
community.
I
I
We
can
do
this
sort
of
ad
hoc
and
perhaps
commissioner
barrett
can
join
us,
but
I
would
propose
that
I
do
some
work
over
the
holiday
to
work
on
the
staff
report
come
up
with
some
suggestions
and
then
we
meet
towards
the
beginning
of
the
new
year
in
time
to
review
it
and
then
get
it
teed
up
for
the
january
18th
commission
meeting.
I
think
that's
the
most
efficient
sort
of
way
to
proceed.
I
B
I
B
I
Okay,
there's
a
couple
of
things
once
again,
this
is
follow-up
from
the
council
discussion
on
november
18th,
in
addition
to
the
recommendation
of
the
energy
efficiency
rebate
program,
two
ordinances
that
are
fairly
well
advanced
first
is
the
the
one
that's
mentioned
specifically
in
the
agenda,
which
is
commercial,
carbon
free,
renewable
carbon,
free
power.
Ordinance
update
that
ordinance
is
largely
drafted.
I
Waiting
to
hear
back
from
a
consultant,
the
consultant
that
I
recommended
sort
of
sent
it
back
to
us
saying
that
the
state
reach
codes
program
may
have
some
free
resources.
I'm
not
sure
that's
the
case,
but
I'm
waiting
to
hear
from
my
contact
at
the
reach
code
program.
If
the
state
can
provide
any
additional
resources
and
if
not,
then
we
can
I'll
work
with
with
staff
to
tie
up
the
ribbon
so
that
we
can
go
with
that
consultant
to
do
create
some
findings
from
the
ordinance.
I
But
that's
that's
basically
drafted
and
the
second
one
is
the
home
energy
efficiency
ordinance,
which
would
be
sort
of
tied
to
the
rebate
program,
because
it
would
require,
if
you're
doing
certain
upgrades
that
you
a
certain
sort
of
code
requirements
so
that
ordinance,
I
just
finished
the
technical
review
and
flynn.
I'm
going
to
send
that
to
you
with
some
questions
and
we
can
start
working
on.
You
know
discussing
it
with
staff,
but
I've
had
the
reach
codes.
I
Folks,
take
a
look
at
it
to
make
sure
it's
fully
aligned
with
state
requirements.
They
finished
their
review
yet
last
night,
so
I
actually
have
a
nice
sort
of
tied
up
draft
ordinance.
That's
ready
to
go
and
I'll,
send
you,
because
you
probably
hadn't
seen
it
the
cost-effecting.
The
study
that
I've
already
prepared
that
sort
of
shows
how
these
measures
would
be
cost
effective
because
that's
a
requirement
under
the
energy
code,
because
that
has
to
be
blessed
by
the
energy
commission.
I
Speaking
about
the
energy
code,
the
building
standards
commission
approved
the
22
california
energy
code
just
meeting
last
week
that
enters
into
effect
on
january
1,
2023
and
and
and
in
my
role
for
seabag,
for
the
inland
regional
energy
network
that
the
cpuc
approved
I'll
be
spending
a
lot
of
time,
developing
training
programs
on
the
energy
code.
So
folks
will
see
a
lot
of
me
but
wearing
a
different
hat.
I
My
review
of
the
204
page
proposed
decision
from
the
cpuc
administrative
law
judge
is
palm
springs,
will
literally
have
the
worst
situation
in
the
entire
state
because
we
have
the
highest
solar
requirements
and
the
proposal
is
edison
gets
to
charge
eight
dollars
a
kilowatt
for
your
solar
system.
So
there's
a
lot
of
concerns
that
I've
relayed
to
the
reach
code.
Team
about
cost
effectiveness
of
solar
and
hopefully
we'll
get
some
information
and
also
hopefully
the
cpuc-
will
modify
the
decision.
I
But
that's
a
big
question
mark
that
I'm
following
and
that'll
also
be
part
of
my
role
at
seabag,
slash
dce
and
finally,
in
light
of
my
new
position,
we
probably
won't
have
formal
meetings
of
the
committee,
the
green
building
solar
committee.
Thank
you,
chair
clark
for
excusing
me
from
that.
But
I'll
continue
to
do
the
work
that
really
that
I
have
been
for
the
remainder
of
my
term
and
provide
detailed
oral
reports
of
the
commission
meeting.
I
B
C
Let's
see
in
terms
of
related
items
by
palm
springs,
requested
a
bottle
filling
station.
We
provided
them
a
sustainability
scholarship
application
to
complete,
we
did
receive
two
submissions
for
the
reusable
food
ware
pilot
staff
is,
has
been
reviewing
the
materials
graded
the
submissions
and
have
submitted
some
follow-up
questions
to
both
both
companies
that
provided
submissions.
So
we'll
wait
to
hear
those
moving
to
sb
1383.
There
is
a
flurry
of
activity.
C
C
C
C
With
an
overview
we
also
received,
quotes
to
do
television.
They
were
a
little
high,
but
we
have
those
to
factor
in
also
making
videos
in-house
both
with
staff.
Also
with
mayor
middleton,
to
do
those
ads
on
our
pstv
chamber
of
commerce
will
be
a
great
resource
for
messaging
with
our
commercial
businesses
and
then
with
tourists
against
social
media.
The
convention
center
utilizing
billboard
ads
palm
springs
tourism
and
because
of
the
delay
of
the
food
waste
being
currently
july,
1,
the
the
theme
will
be
similar
to
a
street
light
red,
yellow,
green.
C
So
now
that
we're
in
the
red
phase,
the
messaging
is
going
to
advise
people
how
they
can
prepare
for
it.
Make
room
for
your
green
cards,
make
sure
you
have
the
space
if
you
haven't,
ordered
it
yet
through
palm
springs
disposal
to
place
your
order,
even
though
the
containers
haven't
arrived.
Yet
you
can
at
least
be
ready
for
when
the
service
does
launch
talk
to
your
gardener
about
them.
C
C
Oh
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
mention
the
next
shredding
and
e-waste
event
is
january
15th.
So
if
anybody
would
like
to
volunteer
I'd
love
to
have
you
there
and
then
slightly
unrelated,
but
the
commission
does
host
a
tent
at
the
certified
farmers
market.
The
first
saturday
of
every
month
we're
there
from
8
30
to
1
30.,
so
again
an
invitation
if
anybody
would
like
to
join
it's
primarily
roy
and
I-
and
we
also
have
had
folks
from
the
bike
committee
and
former
commissioners.
C
H
Has
a
question:
oh:
go
ahead,
jake
go
ahead!
I
was
curious.
I
had
notes
and
if
it
was
in
the
report,
I
apologize
that
I
didn't
see
it
in
the
update
from
the
waste
reduction
committee
that
I
missed.
Whatever
happened
with
the
potential
opportunity
to
in
the
interim
before
we
reach
green
light
working
with
eden
hill
to
the
food
waste
related
work,
I
know
that
we
talked
significantly
about
this.
C
I
Yeah
tracy,
you
sort
of
covered
this,
but
just
just,
I
think,
could
be
helpful
for
the
outreach
materials
to
have
the
answers
is
first
of
all
residents,
or
I
guess
business
as
well,
but
everyone
is
sort
of
the
who's
calling
whom
so
it
sounds
like
we
have
to
call
palm
springs,
disposal
service
and
request
the
green
card.
So
it's
up
to
us
to
do
that
as
opposed
to
them
contacting
us
is
that
sort
of
the
is
that
the
procedure
is
that
we
we
go
and
request
the
green
card.
I
C
I
Can
we
actually
use
them,
or
does
that
have
to
wait
until
july,
one
to
end
the
the
until
when
the
enum
hill
facility
is
open,
so
in
other
words,
I
have
a
lot
of
green
waste
from
my
garden
stems
and
stuff
like
that
from
my
lettuce
and
all
that
wonderful
stuff
that
that
my
I
put
in
a
bucket,
my
gardener
takes
it
away,
but
is
palm
springs
disposal
able
to
handle
that
or
do
we
have
to
wait?
Do
I
need
to
continue
the
current
procedure
until
july
1.
C
C
The
food
waste
has
already
been
in
effect
under
ab
1826,
and
that's
been
for
a
few
years
now.
I
think,
since
2016,
and
so
with
our
commercial
businesses
they're
already
collecting
the
food
waste
and
that
food
waste
does
go
down
valley
to
coachella
valley
compost,
so
that
is
still
in
place
and
again,
commercial
businesses
are
already
collecting
food
waste
and
it's
already
being
taken,
and
it's
just
the
residents
that
we're
waiting
for
okay.
I
Excuse
me
and
my
gardener
takes
it,
but
if
there
can
be
a
more
organized,
but
I
don't
know
what
my
gardener
does
with
it
and
I
feel
a
lot
more
comfortable
if
it
went
into
a
nice
green
bin
and
then
it's
palm
springs
disposal,
because
that
way
I
know
it's
traceable
via
their
procedure.
So
you
want
to
let
folks
know
what
we
can
do
beforehand.
C
I
H
H
E
B
Hearing
none
then
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
item,
which
is
world
environment
day.
Commissioner,
commissioner
flutterman
is
not
here.
I
know
tracy
has
been
in
contact
with
her
and
we
requested
at
the
last
meeting
that
that
jennifer
come
up
with
a
budget
for
world
environment
day
and
she
told
tracy
that
she'd
do
that
by
the
january
meeting.
B
B
The
next
one
is
the
ad
hoc
sub
subcommittee
on
night
sky
and
we've
had
a
report
from
alex,
so
we
can
move
on
to
the
ad
hoc
subcommittee
on
strategic
planning
and
general
plan.
Update
and
I'll
make
a
couple
of
comments
on
that
in
the
agenda
packet.
You
receive
the
updated
sustainability
plan
that
we
worked
on
at
the
special
meeting
in
october.
B
That
includes
all
of
the
comments
that
were
made
during
that
meeting
and
patrick
added
a
few
additional
things
at
the
end
of
that
document.
So
really,
the
next
step
is
to
to
start
working
on
that
or
to
resume
working
on
that
document.
One
thing
that
we've
talked
about
is
making
sure
that
we
integrate
well
with
the
general
plan
and
and
that's
certainly
important,
so
the
the
members
of
the
committee
now
are
me
vice
chief
friedman
and
commissioner
evans.
B
I
I
So
that's,
I
think,
a
long-term
process,
but
we
should
start
thinking
particularly
chair
clark,
since
you
and
I
are
not
going
to
be
on
the
commission
after
june
30th
of
sort
of
what
the
we
work
with
staff
to
sort
of
come
up
with
a
critical
path
of,
do,
we
want
to
do
a
form
of
sustainability
plan
update.
If
so,
what
does
that
look
like?
And
you
know,
what's
the
what's,
the
timeline
for
it
and
who's
going
to
be
doing
it?
So
so
that's
sort
of
a
big
picture.
I
So
that's
the
version
that
got
attached
to
the
staff
report,
but
I
did
run
a
full
markup
between
this
version
and
the
one
that
we
had
in
advance
of
the
october
5th
meeting
and
so
all
the
changes
and
confirmed
that
patrick
tracy
did
a
really
good
job
of
transcribing.
All
of
our
comments
from
that
meeting.
So
I
didn't
have
any
substantive
comments
on
the
on
the
document
in
this.
In
in
our
agenda
packet.
B
A
Mr
chair,
I
just
wanted
to
state
that
we
do
support
integrating
sustainability
as
part
of
the
city's
general
plan,
and
I
would
direct
you
to
david
newell,
who
is
charged
with
the
update
of
the
general
plan.
He
can
assist
sustainability,
commission
subcommittee
in
beginning
to
have
that
discussion
and
looking
at
how
we
might
integrate
it.
Great.
Thank.
I
Yeah
flynn-
I
have
a
somewhat
related
question-
is:
is
there
an
update
on
when
the
climate
adaptation?
I
think
it's
sb
379
that
part
of
the
general
plan
will
be
available
because
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
that
we
talked
about
and
particularly
ibray's
comments,
saying
make
sure
this
is
integrated
with
the
general
plan,
because
we
were
looking
at
stuff
that
clearly
would
be
sustainability,
but
the
state
is
required
that
this
is
now
a
mandatory
element
of
the
of
the
general
plan.
A
B
H
I
do
not
I
was
preparing
this
week
or
I
was
preparing
for
a
meeting
looking
at
old
emails
it.
I
think
I
need
to
follow
back
up
with
jim
and
the
rest
of
the
group,
because
I
know
that
when
we
last
spoke
as
a
consolidated
group,
I
think
we
were
talking
about
receiving
some
funding
or
working
on
doing
that
around
a
survey,
and
so
I
need
to
figure
out
where
that
work
stream
was
left
off,
because
I
couldn't
find
any
additional.
I
think
they
were
working
on
drafting
a
survey.
H
They
were
also
working
with
tracy
and
patrick
to
kind
of
get
the
request
in
and
it
seems
that
it
didn't
go
any
further
than
that
or
if
it
did,
I
wasn't
part
of
any
subsequent
email
traffic.
So
tracy,
if
you
know
anything
more,
please
let
me
know,
but
I
see
you're
you're
you're
nodding,
saying
I
think
that
it's
all
been
kind
of
left
undone.
If,
if
I'm
not
mistaken
or
do
you
know
well.
C
C
Terms
of
the
cost
of
the
survey
we
can
do
it,
we
can
put
out
the
survey
for
little
to
no
cost
in
the
sense
of
distributing
it
through
the
city's
various
channels
to
our
residents
to
our
businesses
to
our
1ps
groups.
So
those
don't
incur
a
cost,
it's
just
staff
time,
and
it
is
not
time
intensive
at
all.
It's
just
really
getting
the
questions
paired
down
so
that
you
have
more
people.
Take
the
survey.
H
Right
in
terms
of
sometimes
I
find
that,
if
you're
the
subject
matter,
experts
or
those
that
are
closest
to
the
material,
then
obviously
you
certainly
think
that
every
question
that
you're
asking
is
critical
and
germane.
Are
there
resources
or
advocates
that
we
could
talk
to?
That,
would
be
supplemental
to
the
process
to
help
us
make
some
more
hard-line
decisions
like
these
seems
up.
These
seem
like
the
same
question,
asked
a
different
way
etc.
Like
do
we
have
access
to
those
kinds
of
resources
as
well
or
is
that
do
you
know
anyone
on
the
ground.
K
A
K
C
H
So
maybe
what
I'll
recommend
is
that
I'll
reach
back
out
to
jim
and
brett
and
the
rest
of
the
group?
That's
in
that
committee?
Let
them
know
that
this
came
up
today
that
we
have
another
commissioner,
that's
willing
to
step
in
and
help
facilitate
some
like
hard
lining
on
how
we
pair
down
the
survey
so
that
we
can
get
it
launched
and
that
will
look
to.
I
would
think
that
more
what
we
could
agree
to
is
that
we
would
get
a
meeting
scheduled.
J
J
H
H
B
I
Dwa
board
met
this
morning.
First
thing
is:
I
gave
them
an
update
on
the
progress
on
the
airport
demonstration
garden
from
the
staff
report.
Second,
is
water
use
was
down.
Eighteen
point,
six
point:
eighteen
point:
six:
five
percent
in
november
2021
compared
to
the
same
month
in
2013
baseline
year
and
12.5
percent
below
2013,
a
baseline
of
the
last
12
months
and
water
use
was
down
7.7
percent
in
november
compared
with
last
year.
So
we're
halfway
to
the
voluntary
conservation
goal
set
by
governor
newsom
of
15.
I
More
rain
is
predicted
over
the
next
week,
so
that
should
reduce
water
consumption
but
rain,
or
not
we're
still
in
the
drought
and
and
and
that's
a
message
that
we
need
to
look
at,
and
it's
in
my
comments
on
the
rebate
program,
but
I'd
like
to
see
coordination
with
ewa
so
that
we
work
together
on
their
rebate
programs,
because
that's
a
good
way
for
the
city
to
work
closely
with
twa.
But
that's
a
comment
on
the
rebate
program.
Next
is
dwa
will
resume
disconnection
for
non-payments,
beginning
january
1..
I
They
continue
to
offer
extended
payment
plans
of
up
to
48
months
customers
to
avoid
disconnection
of
service
for
non-payment,
but
that
is
through
february
28th
of
the
next
year
and
then
beginning
of
march
1
2022.
The
uwa
will
offer
a
12-month
payment
plan
terms.
There
are
some
funds
that
are
going
to
be
made
available
through
the
american
rescue
plan
act
that
will
be
credited
to
a
delinquent
account,
so
dwa
hopes
to
have
those
funds
within
the
next
few
weeks
and
another
possible
funding
resource
that
they
discussed
was
additional
funding.
I
I
believe
from
the
governor's
drought
emergency
declaration
that
would
provide
additional
funds
roughly
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
but
that
has
to
be
spent
in
disadvantaged
communities.
So,
for
example,
that
could
be
for
turf
removal
in
in
some
of
our
communities,
such
as
around
the
james
o
jesse
center.
I
B
B
One
was
to
update
the
ordinance
to
provide
20
percent
of
the
rooms
to
be
available
rooms
and
hotels
to
be
available
for
smoking
guests,
as
opposed
to
10,
which
we
had
in
our
ordinance
and
also
to
have
the
city
attorney
review
the
ordinance
and
ensure
us
that
the
already
permitted
smoking
lounges
would
not
have
to
comply
with
the
ordinance.
Those
things
have
been
done.
We
requested
that
the
ordinance
go
to
the
human
rights
commission.
I
believe
they
met
yesterday.
Tracy
do
did
you
get
any
report
from
jay?
C
I
was
able
to
obtain
an
update
from
director
varada
and
the
human
rights
commission
did
review
it
last
evening.
Their
position
is
they
would
like
the
our
sustainability
commission
to
carry
it
forward
when
appropriate,
and
then
they
will
support
it
once
we're
ready
to
take
it
to
city
council.
They
did
want
to
bring
up
a
concern
of
a
possible
disproportionate
impact
on
lower
income
families
for
those
families
who
live
in
multi-family
dwellings,
so
just
something
to
consider
a
concern
that
they
voiced
last
night.
B
I
Yeah
sorry
me
again
well,
first
of
all,
I'm
very
pleased
to
announce
that
commissioner
barrett
has
kindly
agreed
to
replace
me
on
the
dce
community
advisory
committee.
When
I
step
down
in
the
next
couple
of
days.
My
official
start
date
at
cvag
is
thursday,
but
I'll
be
sort
of
full
speed
ahead.
Beginning
on
january
3rd,
and
in
my
role
as
dc
program
manager,
I
will
continue
to
work
with
the
community
advisory
committee
and
the
palm
springs
working
group.
I
The
working
group
met
last
week
and
we
had
presentations
on
dc's
outreach
plan,
as
well
as
the
smart
thermostat
partnership
with
home
connect,
and
you
may
have
seen
some
social
media
posts
from
both
the
dc
and
the
city,
and
thank
you
tracy
for
doing
that.
I've
actually
already
signed
up
for
homeconnect.
They
sent
a
lot
of
emails,
but
we'll
see
how
that
works.
You
can
get
either
a
smart
thermostat
to
replace
an
existing
thermostat
or,
alternatively,
two
smart
plugs
and
twenty
five
dollars.
The
sign
up
process
is
actually
quite
simple.
I
You
put
in
your
sce
account
number
and
they
pretty
much
do
the
rest,
so
it
took
literally
five
minutes,
maybe
less
to
sign
up
for
that.
So
I
encourage
people
to
do
that
and
that
will
help
reduce
energy
use.
Some
good
news
at
the
dce
board
meeting
last
month
is
because
of
changes
in
mark
conditions,
as
well
as
the
se
rates
the
rate
premium.
The
dc
charges
for
the
carbon
free
product
will
remain
unchanged
for
the
moment,
but
changes
in
the
se
rates
will
result.
I
There
is
an
rfp
for
consultant
help
design,
distributed
energy
resources
program
very
wonky,
I'll
spare
you
the
details,
but
that
will
also
help
reduce
energy,
mostly
for
commercial
businesses.
I
will
be
helping
to
review
the
submissions
and
there
will
be
a
new
renewable
energy
and
storage
procurement
program
that
was
ordered
by
the
cpuc
and
the
rfo.
I
The
request
for
offers
will
go
out
next
month
and
I'll
be
working
on
that
likely
to
be
more
solar
and
wind
projects
and
then
finally,
I'm
working
with
katie
barros
to
respond
to
some
questions
that
will
refer
to
chair
clark
as
well
as
commissioner
barrett
in
this
one
ps
capacity
and
my
dc
duty
school
can
include
responding
to
customer
inquiries
about
net
energy
metering.
So
a
lot
going
on
on
dce
and
I
will
be
very
much
in
the
middle
of
it.
B
I
That's
really
up
to
up
to
don,
I
mean
I'm
happy
to
continue.
He's
got
a
lot
on
his
plate.
I'm
happy
to
provide
the
updates,
at
least
for
the
remaining
six
months,
and
you
can
just
put
a
desert
community
energy,
the
lead
community
advisory
committee
and
and
commissioner
barrett.
So
that
would
be
my
suggestion,
but
I'm
doing
all
of
this
stuff
and
I'm
happy
to
provide
the
update,
particularly
since
the
cac
is
not
going
to
meet
at
intel
at
most
every
every
other
month.
I
I
I
That's
because
you're
not
directly
metered
by
because
you
don't
have
sc,
because
you
don't
have
because
of
your
master
meter.
That's
actually
that's
a
really
good
point
that
I
think
we
should
put
in
some
of
the
outreach
materials.
So
I'll
mention
to
katie
that
we
kind
of
put
a
footnote
saying
you
have
to
have
an
sce
account
number
and,
if
you're
master
metered,
which
means
either
mobile
and
parker,
potentially
multifamily
you're
not
eligible
because.
B
I
Right
me
again,
and
I
did
want
to
renew
the
requests
I
made
at
last
month's
commission
meeting,
that
we
get
training
on
the
policies
adopted
by
council,
it's
november,
4th
meeting
on
electronic
devices,
social
media
and
electronic
records,
as
well
as
the
recusal
provision
in
the
public
integrity
ordinance.
That
council
approved
that
one
second
reading
at
its
november
18th
meeting
and
it
went
to
an
effect
30
days
afterwards,
which
is
past
saturday.
Both
of
these
measures
do
apply
to
members
of
warrants
and
commissions
and
it'd
be
nice.
B
B
E
B
I
just
had
a
couple
of
things
that
I
wanted
to
mention
briefly.
One
is
at
our
last
meeting
when
we
went
around
the
room.
Several
people
brought
up
the
the
desire
to
have
more
turf
conversion
within
the
city,
and
I
talked
to
patrick
about
that
subsequently
and
he
he
suggested
that
a
good
source
of
funding
for
that
would
be
measure
j
and
in
fact,
I
believe
he
submitted
one
request
for
conversion
at
a
location
on
san
rafael
at
sunrise.
B
B
We
would
like
to
do
some
improve
our
education
efforts
at
the
picnic
and
perhaps
even
have
people
roving
around
to
help
people
put
their
waste
in
the
proper
container,
their
waste
or
recycling,
and
also
one
thing
that
will
benefit
from
is
that
our
reusable
food
wear
coordinates
will
will
be
in
place
at
that
time.
So
we
won't
have
to
worry
about
the
food
vendors
using
styrofoam.
For
example,
we
probably
should
do
some
education.