[Special City Council] [00:00:06] MEETING OF THE SERVICE COMMITTEE TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UM, GROUP THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT US THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. AND LINDA. DO YOU WANT TO START OFF OR. OH YOU DO ROLL CALL ROUGH, LIKE SHOCKING PRESIDENT. MR SLADE OFF HERE. THIS IS HOW HERE, MR HOLT? DEAR MR BARRY, WE'RE ALL HERE. THE GANG'S ALL HERE. YEAH. LINDA, DID YOU WANT TO START OFF OR. I'VE GOT YOU COVERED. UH HUH. MHM. MM. WE HAVE GLORY. AN INFORMANT COLEMAN TO HERE THE FRONT. WE HAVE BRIAN CHI. AND THE L. BLACK STUFF. .COM. ROSINE. AND CATHY BECKER AND ZACH IS OFF TONIGHT. HE'S ON VACATION, SO WE LET THEM STAY ON VACATION. SO HE DOES. MM. JUST THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH I THINK YOU'RE FOR EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY IN 2000 AND 20. WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN, UM 2000 AND 19 WITH THE COUNCIL HAD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO FORM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. MAYOR STAGE, THEN APPOINTED THE COMMITTEE IN MAY OF 2000 AND 19, AND THEN WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET STARTED WITH OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THEIR SUSTAINABILITY STUDIO. THROUGH KIMBERLY BURTON, WHO WAS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR THERE AND MORSI KIND OF BROUGHT US TOGETHER. SO WE WORKED WITH THE COMMITTEE WORKING WITH THE OHIO STATE STUDENTS TO START WITH. THE STUDENTS HAD DONE A. THE THINGS WITH THE COMMITTEE ARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY DID SURVEYS. UM THEY BROUGHT A LOT OF BEST PRACTICES IN. AND WORKED WITH OUR COMMITTEE VERY, VERY CLOSELY ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAN. AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS EARLY PART OF THE SUMMER OF 19. THAT. THEY HAD. THEY PRESENTED THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL. THAT THAT THAT PLAN WAS THE BASIS FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND HOW WE STARTED. LOOKING AT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE WITHIN THE CITY, AND WE DO A LOT. WE DO. PROBABLY A LOT MORE IN THIS CITY THAN WE DO IN ANY OTHER CITY IN CENTRAL OHIO. AND THAT I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. WE'VE DONE WE STARTED CLEAR BACK AND. 6 2007 WITH ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS FROM RAIN GARDENS TO RAIN BARRELS TO DOING A BLUE RIBBON AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UM, NOW PHASING INTO ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH OUR FLEET, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A CITY THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY YEAH. WHAT I'M PROUD OF IS THAT FOR TWO YEARS THIS COMMITTEE HAS JUST TAKEN THIS THING. AND I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU RECEIVED A PLAN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WHICH IS IN DRAFT FORM. I AM NOT SURE HOW YOU WANT TO HOW YOU WANT TO DO THIS. THIS HEAD AS FAR AS JUST ASKING QUESTIONS. I DO. UM I DO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. I GOT I GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY SAYING THEY LIKED IT. IT WAS A GOOD PLAN. WE DID GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU TELL ON THE PIECE ON FOCUSING ON PARKLAND AND SOME FARMLAND. ETCETERA TOOK THAT TO THE COMMITTEE. AND I'M SORRY IF MY BACK TO YOU SO I'M GOING. TRY TO DO THIS TOOK IT TO THE COMMITTEE. EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT IT IS. UM. WE DID CHANGE. UM UH, WE DID CHANGE ONE OF THEM TO REFLECT WHAT YOU HAD ASKED FOR IT, WHICH IS ON PAGE OF THIS ONE. WHAT I DID ON THE POWER POINT WAS TO TAKE. THE BASIS OF THE PLAN, STARTING WITH OUTCOME OBJECTIVES, THE ACTION ITEMS AND THE MEASURES JUST THOSE PIECES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON TONIGHT. SO IT WOULD BE PART OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. AND THE COMMITTEE FELT, UM. THAT WE ADDED AND MEASURE TO UPDATING TO UPDATE THE BUILDING AND ZONING CODE TO ENCOURAGE BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT WE DID ON THURSDAY NIGHT WAS TO ADD A NUMBER THREE THAT SAYS TO UPDATE THE ZONING CODES TO FOCUS ON PARK LAND, INCREASING NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVE. IT IS PART THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITHIN SUSTAINABLE 2050 THAT KIND OF REFLECT THAT ARE NEW ARE UPDATED. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YES. I NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE BANK OF PHONES SO THAT WE CAN GET WE RECORDED. THANK YOU. SO ARE UPDATED, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PARKS AND REC ALSO REFLECTS IT. SO, UM, THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT. IT WAS [00:05:01] JUST THAT FOURTH PIECE BEING IN THERE AND REFLECTIVE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE A BIT WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO ADD? SO YES, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY? SO OTHER THAN THAT PARTICULAR UM. CONCLUSION THAT WE DID FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, EVERYTHING ELSE PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME. SO I GUESS I NEED TO ASK EVERYBODY HERE. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW WHAT, LINDA, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? JUST SO WE CAN HEAR DIALOGUE AMONGST ALL THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY, LET'S GO. LET'S GO THROUGH THE POINTS JUST REAL QUICK. SOME SOME POINTS MAY NOT NEED ANY. EXPLANATION OR, UM, AND THEN WE CAN JUST ASK THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WHAT THEY THINK YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, GO WITH EACH SECTION AND CAN SO WE HAVE. EIGHT FOCUS AREAS WITHIN THE BASIC SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. FIRST FOCUS AREA IS THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. SO WITHIN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU CANNOT CONTROL THAT TAMMY OR DO YOU. ON THEM. I WISH YOU COULD, BUT IT'S A CAT. HAD BROKE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE AT THE LECTERN ANYWAY. OKAY, ORDERING A NEW ONE. SO WHAT WE HAVE OUR WE HAVE AN OUTCOME OBJECTIVE FOR THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ACTION ITEMS IN THIS CASE WITH THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE SEVEN OF THEM. THERE'S TWO OF THEM ON THE NEXT PAGE. AND WITHIN EACH OF THE ACTION ITEMS. THERE ARE THREE ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE MEASURES ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT PARTICULAR. UM. ACTION ITEM. AND THEN AS YOU GO THROUGH IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT WHO'S RESPONDED. WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT? YES, WHETHER IT BE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT BE, UM YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN IT BREAKS DOWN WITH TIME FRAME. THE TIMEFRAME IS OUR BEST GUESS. BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON HOW WE CAN GET THAT ACTION ITEM, UM, COMPLETED. IN SOME CASES, CINDY FITZPATRICK GOT BACK WITH ME ON SOME, AND I THINK HER COMMENT WITH ME WAS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THIS IS IN MY APARTMENT. YES I DO. BUT WE'LL HELP YOU THROUGH IT. SO YOU KNOW, IN WORKING HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WE WILL BE ABLE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE AND GO. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE TIMEFRAME THAT SHORT 18 MONTHS OR LESS ISN'T RIGHT. MAYBE WE NEED TO MOVE THAT TO MORE OF A MEDIUM TIMEFRAME. THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT OR WHAT WE WANT TO CALL A LIVING DOCUMENT WHERE IT'S JUST GONNA BE CHANGING ALL THE TIME. SO WE HAVE AGAIN IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE UPDATING THE BUILDING AND ZONING CODES. REMOVE REGULATORY AND PERMITTING BARRIERS FOR THE LOW, UH, IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES. REMOVE REGULATORY AND PERMITTING BARRIERS FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. INCENTIVIZE LEAD PRINCIPLES AND GREEN PRACTICES FOR NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND RETROFITS. INCORPORATE EV COMPATIBLE OUTLETS AND NEW BUILDINGS AND RETROFITS. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THEN ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION TO BE ENERGY START STAR CERTIFIED. AND ALL NEW BUILDING, NEW BUILD MULTI FAMILY AND SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED TO PROVIDE RECYCLING FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND, FOR INSTANCE, IN NUMBER SEVEN THAT COULD THAT COULD FALL UNDER A COUPLE CATEGORIES. IT COULD FALL IT FELL UNDER THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE ITS DEVELOPMENT AND THAT THEIR CODES THAT HAVE TO BE PASSED. BUT IT COULD ALSO FILL FALL UNDER WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING. SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OR THE ACTION IS FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH KIMBERLY SHIELDS. WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE DID NOT WHATEVER WE DID ON THIS PLAN WAS NOT OPPOSITE OF WHAT SUSTAINABLE 2050 WAS. SO WE WERE. WE FEEL WHEN WE'RE VERY COMPATIBLE WITH THAT, UM AND AGAIN, KIMBERLY FEELS THE SAME WAY. YES. FROM AROUND HERE. A NUMBER FIVE HAVING ZONING TEXT. NEW RESIDENTIAL P U D S. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REDOING THE ALL THE ZONING RIGHT NOW, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER PDS WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THE NEW. IT WILL BE THE EXCEPTION ENOUGH TO RULE AND THE NEWS ONLY IN TURKS. OKAY, SO ON THE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS IN THAT, SO IT MIGHT BE A CASE WHERE YOU MAY NEED TO GET WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO REWORK THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH REWRITE THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE OTHER SUGGESTION I HAVE ON HERE IS A NUMBER TWO. YEAH. ROMAN NUMERAL TWO. THE NUMBER TO INCORPORATE BETTER LANGUAGE. INTO THE NEW CODE. IT'S HARD TO HARD TO QUANTIFY BETTER. SO MAYBE WE [00:10:02] COULD FIGURE OUT A WORD THERE. THAT WOULD BE A BETTER WORD. PARDON PUN ON THERE, AND INSTEAD OF SAYING A BETTER. LANGUAGE MAYBE MORE ST LANGUAGE, MORE EXACT LANGUAGE, SOMETHING WE COULD JUST SAY INCORPORATE LANGUAGE INTO THE NEW CODE TO CREATE AND PRESERVE SPACE AND NATURAL EDUCATION. THERE YOU GO, JUST ELIMINATE TO WORK BETTER HARD TO QUANTIFY THAT. ANYBODY IN MY COMMITTEE HAVE ANY. OKAY OKAY. IF I COULD HERE, UM ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE AND. I DID NOT STUDY THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD IT AND OR NOT, BUT THE NUMBER OF LEED CERTIFIED BUILDINGS. WE HAVEN'T GROCERY THAT. IT WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE THAT WE ANNOTATE. THAT WE GROW. THE NUMBER OF LEEDS CERTIFIED FROM X TO ACT BECAUSE. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS IN MID OHIO FOOD COLLECTION CAR. UM, ALL THE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T THINK. MANY COMMUNITIES CAN GROW ABOUT. OKAY, THAT'S THAT WE COULD I'M TRYING. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT. WHERE WOULD WHERE WE WOULD PUT THAT WITH A VISA BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THAT COULD WORK. YEAH. MHM. WE DON'T SAY HERE'S ANOTHER MEASURE. WELL, OKAY. MY SELFISHNESS IS FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY. TO SOME PLACE RIGHT THAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO BE ABLE TO GROW THE NUMBER CERTIFIED LEED CERTIFIED. FROM AND I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT EIGHT. TO 10 BY 2025 OR SOMETHING. NO. I KNOW IN THE FRONT OF THE I KNOW IN THE FRONT OF THE PLAN. WE PUT. WHAT PAGE IT WAS ON GUYS. DO YOU HAVE? 89 YEAH. SO WE DO. I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE HAVE, UM. DEFINITELY ROOM TO GROW FROM A LEASE FROM A LEED CERTIFIED, SO MAYBE THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN PUT SOME ADDITIONAL WORDING IN THERE TO IF WE CAN'T INCENTIVIZE TO RELEASE ENCOURAGE. UH BECAUSE, AS, AS RICK SAID, IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION FOR, UH WELL, SURE IT IS. BUT. BUT WE'VE HAD THOSE WHO WANT TO VOLUNTARILY. ABSOLUTELY. HELP THE TOWNSHIP FAR STATION IS WHAT LEVEL NEEDS. GOLD. I BELIEVE. MM HMM ONE ON ON BUCKET PARKWAY. YES. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOING. YES, RIGHT. THERE IS A MATTER OF FACT. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DIDN'T THEY GOT GRANT MONEY OR SOMETHING FOR THAT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GOLD. AND, OF COURSE, ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING OUR OUR LEAD, RIGHT? THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM. OKAY? ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL. WE WILL LOOK INTO, UM, FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PLACE THIS WITHIN. MAYBE YOU'RE JUST REWARDING IT. YEAH, I THINK I THINK IT'S HAD FOUR. REALLY JUST. OKAY, STARRING. MAYBE THAT CREATING CINDY'S SO. HAVE AN A STREET THAT SAYS GROW FROM X TO X, OKAY? THE OTHER THING, MR CHERIF LIE, UH WHEN I LOOKED DOWN THROUGH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMEBODY ON THERE FROM TOAST, SO ALSO, THERE WAS. JIM SHAKER REMOVED HIMSELF ARMY JIM SCHAEFER REMOVED HIMSELF FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING COVID. SOMETHING'S CHANGED OVER TIME, SO HE APPOINT HE DID APPOINT SOMEBODY AND. THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH THE COMPANY RUIN. YEAH. DIDN'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, THOUGH, WHEN HE WAS ON THE ABSOLUTELY OH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT. YEAH. WE MIGHT. STARTED THAT ONE ALSO RESIGNED OR WHATEVER. OKAY? ALL RIGHT, ONE THING, LINDA, THAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT? AND I KNOW CHRISTINE AND I HAVE TALKED [00:15:03] ABOUT THIS LITTLE BIT. UM THERE'S YOU'VE GOT A LOT ON HERE. THE ISSUE IS. WHO OTHER THAN LINDA IS GOING TO DO THIS? WHAT? I'M DOING SOMETHING. YEAH. SO I MEAN, WE NEED IT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT OKAY. WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS LAID OUT HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THEM, BUT THE CONVERSATION HAS TO HAPPEN IS TO WHO'S GOING TO HELP CREATE THESE, UM, PROGRAMS. WHO'S GOING TO HELP DO THIS? BECAUSE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE 23 PEOPLE THAT DO THIS FULL TIME, SO WE NEED WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT WILL BE AT THE NEXT STEPS. AT THE END OF THIS. YEAH. OKAY. AND YOU JUST TO THAT POINT. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A REFERENCE TO AN OFFICE IS SUSTAINABILITY. EASY FOR ME TO STAY, UM ONE AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY AT THE END, WHICH IS THAT CONSTANT MONITORING OF AND YOUR REFERENCE TO THIS BEING A LIVING DOCUMENT. AND I WOULD SAY THAT. SIMILAR TO THE MAYOR'S REFERENCE TO THE LEED CERTIFICATION. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN HERE. THE MEASURES ARE IN GENERAL TERMS, SO IN TERMS OF SETTING BENCHMARKS AS YOU MOVE THROUGH TIME, THAT PARTICULAR EXERCISE ISN'T NECESSARILY REFLECTED HERE, HOWEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, IF COUNCIL WAS TO WRITE LEGISLATION TO INCENTIVIZE. NEED CERTIFICATION. UM HAVING THAT BENCHMARK IN A WHEREAS WOULD BE VERY USEFUL SO THAT WE HAVE THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM IS THAT. WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, SO. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPONENTS WITHIN THIS, THAT THE MEASURE THAT YOU'VE USED AS A GENERAL MEASURE, AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, THEY WOULD BE REFINING. LIKE WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE, AND THAT WOULD NEVER MEAN WE COULD SAY WE HAVE THIS LIST TODAY OF LEED CERTIFIED BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE A GOAL, BUT. IN FIVE YEARS. THAT GOAL WILL BE DIFFERENT, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY SO I CAN KNOW JUST KIND OF REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THESE GENERAL TERMS IS PERFECT BECAUSE THE GOAL SETTING SHOULD BE AN ONGOING PRACTICE, OKAY? THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. OKAY, SO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS THE NEXT FOCUS AREA. UM THAT ONE HAS, UM SIX DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS. NOW WHAT YOU'LL SEE ALSO IN SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS AS WE GO THROUGH HERE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THEM. OR IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE COMPLETED THEM, WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD THING. VERY GOOD THING. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD THAT WE HAD THE YEAR THAT DIDN'T EXIST LAST YEAR, SO TO CREATE COMMUNITY GARDENS WITHIN THE WITH WITHIN THE GROSS CITY COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT AT FRIAR PARK. BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, AND WE'RE STILL MAKING IT BETTER AND. OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S IF IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL, THERE'S ALWAYS THERE'S ALWAYS THAT NEXT STEP TO POSSIBLY DO IT IN ANOTHER LOCATION TO HAVE MORE THAN JUST THE ONE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NATIVE SPECIES PLANTED ON NON RECREATIONAL AREAS AND RECREATION AREAS WITHIN GROSS CITY. UM WHAT? THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER PIECE OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO PLANT MORE, OBVIOUSLY MORE NATIVE SPECIES, ETCETERA, FORMER COMMIT A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER GROUP TO REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES ON CITY HUNGRY, NON REAL RECREATION AND RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES, AND, IF POSSIBLE, REPLANT WITH NATIVE SPECIES. THAT ONE IS, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING. IT IS A MEDIUM TIMEFRAME HAVE SPOKEN WITH JODI. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT SUPER EASY TO DO THAT. IT TOOK ARLINGTON ABOUT THREE YEARS TO GET THEIR COMMITTEES GOING AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S TOTALLY DOABLE FOR OUR FOR OUR CITY. UM, TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS TO MANAGE THE GARDENS AND YARDS, BACKYARD WILDLIFE HABITATS WERE ALREADY DOING THAT IN SOME WAYS THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM. AND THEY PROMOTE THEIR COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF THAT. THE NEXT, UH, NUMBER FIVE WOULD BE TO CONDUCT A TREE CANOPY STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF TREE CANOPY CURRENTLY IN GROVE CITY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT JODI AND I TALKED ABOUT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTS TO DO. UM, AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY, AND SHE'S TRYING TO FIGURE SHE'S TRYING TO GET THAT COST IT OUT TO SEE WHAT MAYBE NEXT YEAR OR WHATEVER WE CAN WE CAN GET THAT STARTED. AND THEN TO CHANGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE COATS TO SUGGEST USING NATIVE PLANTS. TREES AND SHRUBS. AND THIS ACTUALLY WAS. THIS WAS BRIAN'S IDEA. BECAUSE THEY THEY DID IT. YOU DID IT AT TIGER POLLY. I BELIEVE RIGHT. SO AND IT WAS AN [00:20:01] EXCELLENT IDEA AS DEVELOPERS COME IN, AND THEY DEVELOP THEIR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND OBVIOUSLY RESIDENTIAL TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO USE GIVING THEM LISTS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND NATIVE SPECIES THAT THEY CAN USE. WHICH WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. UNDER THE ONE THING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT AN INVASIVE SPECIES IS. SO WE NEED TO GET SOME INFORMATION UP ABOUT WHAT AN INVASIVE AND INVASIVE SPECIES IS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PLANTS THAT JUST CAME OUT AS A FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. I WANT TO SAY TWO MONTHS AGO. ACTUALLY HURT OUR POLLINATORS. UM THE BEES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE SHOULD SOMEHOW LINKED TO EITHER LINKED TO IT OFF THE FACEBOOK PAGE OR OR SOMETHING SO WE CAN. EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THAT, THEN THE CANOPY STUDY. UM IT'S SOMETHING I REALLY LIKE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL CAN ACTUALLY ACT ON. THESE GUYS ALWAYS HEARING ME TALK ABOUT TREES. BUT YOU KNOW IS WE NEED A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET THAT WE CONSTANTLY YOU KNOW, FOR TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS WHY NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT OF TREES AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. 10 HOLDS IN NUMBER THREE, SAYS NUMBER TWO'S MEASURES TO HOLD A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT. INVASIVE SPECIES INTO HELP IDENTIFIED AREAS SO WE CAN DO THAT, PLUS. WELL WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, UP AND RUNNING. YOU DOES ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANY, UM, INFORMATION ON A CITY THAT'S REALLY PROGRESSIVE AS FAR AS INCREASING THEIR CANOPY IN THEIR COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITIES DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEA OF CITIES THAT HAVE REALLY DONE THAT WELL. SEATTLE AND PORTLAND. MHM. ONE THING I DO KNOW COLUMBUS, WITH THEIR BIKE PASS IS REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS IS INCREASING. THE CANNOT BE OVER THE BIKE PAST AND YOU KNOW MINIMIZE THE HEAT FROM THE LAPTOP. I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW THE ERIN. NO, ERIN GOES NEXT. THAT'S ALL. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, HONEYSUCKLE IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES. WORSHIPPERS. BUT THEY MAKE A GREAT SCREENING BETWEEN DEVELOPED. AND THEREFORE ROBY ROBY REAL. THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT AN INVASIVE STATIONS THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE A GREAT SCREAMING, ESPECIALLY MONEY. WHOA! OKAY, ONCE WE'VE GOT TO WATCH. WHERE WE STAYED IN ST INVASIVE SPECIES SHOULDN'T YEAH. TAKE THE HONEYSUCKLE OFF BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENTS, AND IT'S PRETTY SPARSE. YOU JUST REPLANT MORE NATIVES. TO REPLACE THEM. THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS. ANOTHER OPTION, CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND PLEASE PARDON MY IGNORANCE. ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS AREN'T EXACTLY MY AREA OF STUDY YOUR EXPERTISE. UM CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON WHAT EXACTLY A CANOPY STUDY IS? ALRIGHT SHOULD'VE COVERED. GO AHEAD. OH, THAT'S OKAY. UM CAN'T BASICALLY IT'S BRINGING IN A IT'S BRINGING IN A TREE EXPERT OR EXPERTS WHERE THEY WOULD THEY WOULD MAP THE AMOUNT OF TREES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER IS FOR DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BENCHMARK IS FOR? THE TREE CANOPY, KATHY. OKAY, SO WHATEVER OUR BENCHMARK WINDS UP BEING THEN IT WOULD THAT'S AND IT WOULD. IT WOULD SHOW WHERE THE CANOPY IS THE HEAVIEST WHERE IT'S THE LIGHTEST WEAR. CAN HE NEEDS TO BE PLACED ETCETERA, AND THEY WOULD THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD FOCUS ON THAT AND THEN MAKE THAT BENCH MARKER DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE ON HOW THEY HAVE THE CITY WANTS WHATEVER PERCENTAGE THE CITY WANTS TO DO. GOOD. YES. DO WE HAVE ANY STANDARDS FOR IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, LIKE ON HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. SUCH AS USING ROUNDUP. UM CLEAR CUTTING THING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW PRACTICES. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I MEAN THE CITY HAS THEIR STANDARDS THAT THEY USE BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH THEIR URBAN FORESTERS AND THE SERVICE UM GUYS THAT. USE THAT HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED TO SPRAY. UM BUT HOW HOW THE OTHER RESIDENTS USE? I MEAN, THAT'S NO. I AM JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CITY HERE, LIKE IN THE NEWS ARE IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS A WEEK OR TWO AGO. SOMEBODY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW WE SPRAYED ROUNDUP LIKE JUST FOR SIX FT, CROSSED AFTER THE PAST ALL THE WAY DOWN [00:25:01] SOMEWHERE IN, UH, MURPH IN FIELDS. I THINK IT WAS YEAH. MORE. AND THAT WAS THAT WOULD BE GROSS. TAKE HIS ASSOCIATION THAT WOULD DO NOW WE'D WE COULD. OH THAT PATH. OKAY SO BUT ANNIVERSARY, BUT DO WE USE ROUNDUP SHOULD WE USE ROUNDUP? SHOULD WE USE OTHER METHODS OF WEED, EXTERMINATION OR. THAT WOULD ALMOST HAVE TO BE JODY. LITTLE QUESTION. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY USE ARE ARE, UM, WELL FRIENDLY, BUT THANK YOU. THEIR BIO FRIENDLY. THANK YOU, JEFF. THEY'VE USED THOSE FOR A LOT OF THE LONG TIME, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT GOES INTO SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, OKAY? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HOMEOWNERS DON'T REALIZE THE TYPE OF THINGS WEREN'T USING THAT ARE BIO FRIENDLY. ALREADY THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. BUT JUST FOR A MINUTE. THE REASON WHY CANOPY IS IMPORTANT IS FOR A WHOLE BUNCH OF REASONS. ONE IS THAT IT CREATES MORE OXYGEN. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE TREES, IT CREATES MORE OXYGEN. BUT THE. THE BIG REASON IS A SHADING. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN WE PUT BLACK TOP DOWN. WE'RE WARMING. IT CONTINUES TO HAVE A WARMING EFFECT WHEN YOU'RE ON IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF YOU'RE ON SOME OF THE ON SOME OF THE BIKE PASSED THROUGH COLUMBUS AND THEY GO THROUGH THE WOODS SO. IT'S COOL. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT COOLER. YEAH, BASICALLY. CHRISTINE CUT TO THE QUICK MAN. IT'S SOMEBODY'S HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION. WE'LL GET YOU A DEFINITION. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON NATURAL AND LEARN. ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE'S ENERGY. UM FOCUS, SERIOUS ENERGY. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENERGY AGGREGATION PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF. THAT WE'VE PASSED AS YOU TURN BACK IN NOVEMBER. UM I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS. I'M SORRY. SO. YES, STEVEN IDEA. OH, GOOD. YEAH SO WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER ALL OF THE DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND IN DOING SO, WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THERE'S A LOT WE DON'T KNOW. SO ONE OF MY FORMER COWORKERS NAME AWESOME HAWK WAS THE CHAIR OF THE PC OF IN OHIO. FOR MANY YEARS. HE HAS SINCE MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS IN DIFFERENT STATES. BUT. WE GOT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIM FOR CONSULTANTS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH WHO COULD ASSIST US AND EVALUATING OUR DOCUMENTS BEFORE WE SUBMIT THEM TO THE PCO. WE HAVE A CONTRACT OUT WITH A GENTLEMAN IN WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IS COLUMBUS DID THEIR AGGREGATION DIFFERENTLY. THEY DID IT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WHERE THE CONSULTANTS AND EVERYONE THEY USE TACK ON THESE SURCHARGES THAT THE RESIDENTS PAY FOR THE ENTIRE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT. WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT COUNCIL GAVE US AS YOU KNOW, COMPETITIVE PRICING WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SO. WE HAVE AGREED TO WORK WITH THIS CONSULTANT AT A FLAT RATE COST, SO IT ISN'T GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SPREAD OVER THE LIFE OF THE AGGREGATION. UM THE CONTRACT IS IN THEIR HANDS. WE FULLY EXPECT THEM TO EXECUTE IT SHORTLY. I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY AGREED ON PRICE. AND THEN HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GET CERTIFIED THROUGH THE PUC. OH FIRST, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAPPEN THAT WAY, BUT THAT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATIONS, SO WE'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW IT. ONCE WE SUBMIT THAT THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT WITHIN 30 DAYS. AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD GO OUT WITH THE RFP THAT WE'VE ALREADY DRAFTED AND HE'S STILL GOING TO WORK WITH US TO TWEAK THAT, SO THINGS ARE MOVING A. I ALWAYS FORGET TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT, BUT IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE ON BOARD AND LIKE I SAID, WE DID IT IN A WAY WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE BIDS AND THE PRICES. WE GET THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO PAY, SO WE THINK IT'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THINGS. PROBLEM IS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND A CONSULTANT AGREES WITH THAT BECAUSE THE RECURRING REVENUE FROM THAT MONTHLY BILL THEY LOVE. BUT THIS GENTLEMAN CAME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FROM AWESOME AND. HE'S REALLY GOOD, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. LINDA TO STEVENS CREDIT IN THE MAYOR AND CHUCK THEY ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AREN'T DOING IS THIS WE'RE NOT ADDING ALL THESE EXTRA GRANTS THAT GO INTO SEPARATE FUNDS. YEAH MARS GOES 100% TO THE CONSUMER. YEAH, THANK YOU. ONE OF THE THING THAT COLUMBUS DID IN PERSONAL. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THEY DID IT, SO DON'T TAKE IT THAT THERE IS, BUT THEY SET UP THESE COMMUNITY. UM. FUNDS THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEM, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. WE'RE TALKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. THEY'RE CONSULTANTS WHO, FRANKLY ONLY HELPED HIM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. AND DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE WANTS. THE BID IS, YOU KNOW ACCEPTED. PAYING THEM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR ON THAT RECURRING REVENUE. WE HAVE ELIMINATED [00:30:02] BOTH OF THOSE FROM RFP PROCESS. WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN FUNNELING MONEY OUT INTO OTHER FUNDS. NOW I'M SURE COLUMBUS IS GOING TO DO GOOD WITH THAT MONEY. BUT YOU KNOW, OUR OUR PLAN IS TO GET A. COMPETITIVE PRICE, UM FOR THE RESIDENTS AND GET THE BEST PRICE THAT WE CAN, SO WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO KEEP THE COSTS AS LOW AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. RIGHT? THANK YOU. UM, I WILL SEE THE NEXT ONE IS TO COMMIT TO THE CITY OPERATIONS TO USING MORE BODIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENERGY PARTNERSHIP. NOW, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO DETAIL IN EACH ONE OF ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO USE SOLAR AND WIND POWER IF POSSIBLE. PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING PRACTICES AND ALL CITY FACILITIES TO BE NET ZERO TO THE GRID BY 2035. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR ENERGY. UM ACTION PLANS. ANY QUESTIONS OR PLEASE. WILLPOWER MHM. REGULAR. REGULATIONS AND THE YEAH. OH, YEAH. LIKE THE OTHER RENEWABLE. FIND WITH SOMEONE SAY NO, I REALLY WANT TO PUT UP WIND TURBINE IN MY YARD. OH, YEAH. I UNDERSTAND, BUT PAUL PONTUS TO STEPHEN, WE HAVE NO REGULATIONS. OUR SOLAR CHRIS HARDEN WITH CRACK, SIR. VARIANCE. YES, SIR. REVOLUTION. YES. THEY CAN'T DENY BUT WE WOULD APPROVE. YOUR WAY. THROUGH WHAT WE. UNDERSTAND SOLAR. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. WHEN I DON'T THINK THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT. SO WHAT ARE WE SAYING? THAT YOU WANT ON NUMBER THREE. YOU WANT TO DO LEAVE IT AT RENEWABLE. WE CAN. WE CAN ASK THAT. NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. NO I TOTALLY WE'RE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND IT CAN GET TOTAL. I DON'T MIND SAYING RENEWABLE ENERGY BECAUSE THERE I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTED TO DO GEOTHERMAL, I GUESS THEY COULD. WELL, THEY'VE GOT MORE LAND THAN MOST HOMEOWNERS, BUT YEAH, THEY COULD, WE COULD HOMEOWNER COULD DO GEOTHERMAL, I GUESS. YOU NEED A PERMIT. YEAH. YOU NEED A PERMIT. NUMBER THREE. ARE YOU GUYS OKAY? WAS ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO USE RENEWABLE ENERGY WHEN POSSIBLE. OKAY, SO WE'LL JUST, UM. TAKE SOLAR AND WIND DOWN AND JUST PUT RENEWABLE ENERGY. OKAY? ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT TRANSPORTATION OR. OH, OKAY. SO, UM. SO ADOPT A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY. BUILD MORE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS TO EV CHARGING STATIONS AND TO EXPAND THE RANGE OF TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS CITYWIDE. PRETTY PRETTY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE. IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. PLEASE. THE COMPLETE STREETS. I THOUGHT WE ALREADY ADOPTED. AS PART OF MORSI. THAT'S CHECKED. I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT IT WAS OKAY. IT SAYS COMPLETE YES, THAT'S COMPLETED ON THERE, RIGHT? SO SORRY. [00:35:07] OKAY? NEXT ONE WASTE REDUCTION RECYCLING. OKAY SO PARTNER WITH WACO TO CREATE A COMMERCIAL RECYCLING INITIATIVE, AND WE HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY. PART OF IT'S LATE GO TO CREATE COMMERCIAL RECYCLING INITIATIVES. REMOTE CONVENIENT FOOD WASTE RECYCLING OPTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DONE. IT'S IN THE PROCESS AND TO DATE WE HAVE. WE HAVE, UM, COLLECTED CLOSE TO £6000 OF FOOD WASTE. SINCE THE FIRST OF APRIL, SO WE'RE REALLY THRILLED, ABSOLUTELY THRILLED. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GONNA MAKE THE GOAL OF £36,000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO REDUCE THAT GO A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY. INCREASE THE COMMUNITY'S DIVERSION RATE. INCREASED RECYCLING AND CITY FACILITIES IN CITY PARKS. UM ALL CITY FACILITIES TO BE ZERO. WASTE BY 2025 ALL CITY AND NON CITY EVENTS TO BE ZERO. WASTE BY 2025. WE GOT TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. LOT OF TRASH HAS CREATED EVERY EVENT AS THE MIRROR IS FRUSTRATED WHEN HE WALKS. WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB THERE FOR SURE. WHAT TIME MM. IT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT IS QUITE INTERESTING FOR THOSE OF US THAT GO TO THOSE TO GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAMES. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PERSON STANDING AT THOSE WASTE STATIONS AND TELL, YOU KNOW, ADVISING YOU IN A KIND WAY. WHICH RECEPTACLE THEY YOU KNOW, YOUR WAIST GOES IN. THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. FIND A VENDOR TO TAKE THE MATERIAL. WE DO WITH THE CONVENTION SERVES THE SAME PROBLEM. EXCELLENT. SEPARATING IT, BUT. WACO DOESN'T TAKE IT AND IT'S TOUGH TO FIND OUT A VENDOR. THAT'S THAT'S VERY TRUE AND MOST AND MOST OF THE EVENTS RIGHT NOW ARE RUN BY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. FOR US TO TALK TO THE FOOD TO THE FOOD TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING THEY DO AT CERTAIN EVENTS THROUGHOUT FRANKLIN COUNTY, BUT IT'S NOT A CONSISTENT TYPE OF AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS. IT SOUNDS KIND OF WEIRD, BUT HAVING THOSE PEOPLE THOSE VOLUNTEERS STAND AT THOSE WASTE STATIONS AND PEOPLE WILL HAND THEM THE GARBAGE AND SAY, LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE THIS GOES AND. FOOD WASTE GOES HERE. PAPER GOES HERE. PLASTIC GOES HERE, YOU KNOW, SO IT DOES HELP AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO. LISTEN YES. WELL, PH IS OUT THEIR ANNUAL FESTIVAL. CREATE EXAMPLE. SO ON BUSINESS PRACTICES WE WANT TO CREATE, UH AND GROW CITY GREEN BUSINESS PROGRAM. CREATE A GROSS CITY NEW DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST AND THEN CREATE A GREEN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE. JOBS, WHICH THEY ARE. WE CAN DO THAT. CITY OPERATIONS. WE WANT TO CREATE. WELL THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD, SO CREATE AN OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE CITY OF GROUPS CITY. CREATE A SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING POLICY. TRANSITION CITY FLEET TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES WHERE APPLICABLE ALL RIGHT. THREE IMPLEMENTED CITYWIDE WATER EFFICIENCY PLAN. WE'RE IN THE THAT'S ONGOING AND WE'RE DOING THAT NOW AND TO CREATE A RAIN HARVESTING SYSTEM AT THE SERVICE COMPACT PLEX, AND THAT IS COMPLETE. UM, THAT WAS JUST INSTALLED AND I THINK, JODI SAID LAST WEEK THEY HAVE AN 8 500 GALLON DRUMS THAT ARE FULL, WHICH IS AWESOME. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. BUT WHAT? WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY? THEY WENT IN AND PUT THESE 500 GALLON WATER TANKS IN THAT COME OFF THE ROOFS OF ALL OF THE SERVICE COMPLEX BUILDINGS. AND THERE'S A PUMP. AND THEY USE THAT WATER TO PUMP IT INTO THE WATER TRUCKS TO WATER OUR PARKS. SO THAT'S GREAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PLANTS NEED THAT KIND OF WATER AND NOT CITY WATER, SO IT'S WATER WE'RE NOT USING WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL. ANY QUESTIONS ON CITY OPERATIONS. RIGHT. NEXT ONE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. GLORIETTA KEEPS BRINGING UP. THIS IS ONE OF HER FAVORITES, UM, TO CREATE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB PRESENCE ABOUT THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND FUTURE GOALS. OFFER COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS ON SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS THAT WOULD HELP RESIDENTS INCORPORATE THEIR THESE PRACTICES INTO THEIR DAILY LIVES. MEET WITH GROSS CITIES H WAYS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR ENCOURAGING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY PROGRAM TO EDUCATE [00:40:05] ABOUT PLANTING NATIVE SPECIES ON PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND APPLY FOR THE OHIO EPA S. EC THREE. ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES RECOGNITION. AND THAT IS THE RE ENGAGEMENT. HERE WE EXPLAIN THE. HI EPA THREE SHE KOREAN RIGHT? RIGHT? MHM. I'M WORKING WITH GLORY, ANA. THANK YOU. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE MORSI. YES. OKAY? SO ON NEXT STEPS JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AS THEY AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION. THAT WAS THAT WAS PASSED IN MARCH OF 2019. WAS TO BASICALLY CREATE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. IDENTIFY ACTIONS. UM SETS AND STRATEGY STRATEGIST TO MEET THESE GOALS AND THEN CREATE THE GROVE CITY SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY, AND THAT PARTICULAR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETE AND CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AS IT RELATES TO THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION. SO THE ACTUAL NEXT STEPS. ON THE NEXT PAGE. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, UM THURSDAY NIGHT AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING. AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS PLAN IS APPROVED? UM. SO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING. THAT THERE BE A SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATORS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS RECEIVED THE PLAN AND WORK ON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. COMMITTEE MEETS QUARTERLY WITH THE COORDINATOR TO REVIEW WHAT ACTION ITEMS HAVE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED OR HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. PARDON ME. PLAN IS UPDATED BY THE COMMITTEE AS ACTION ITEMS ARE COMPLETED INTO ACTION ITEMS ARE ADDED. AND THEN AN ANNUAL REPORT IS GIVEN TO CITY COUNCIL THAT INCLUDES YEARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS GOALS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND POTENTIAL FUNDING NEEDS. AND WE DO KNOW THAT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS IS TO LIVE TO SAY, COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT AN AUTHORITY BODY, BUT TO TAKE THIS, YOU KNOW TO TAKE THE PLANS A STEP FURTHER. ALL OF THIS. ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GOT THIS PLAN. AND I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF I'VE TALKED TO KIM AND I TALKED TO CINDY AND I'VE TALKED TO KYLE SO THEY'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT'S IN IT, WHICH IS GOOD. WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO YOUR GUIDANCE ON FIGURING OUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. SO ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS NOW THAT WE'VE NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THIS EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GIVE INPUT. IS ANYBODY AGAINST DOING A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT IT AND APPROVE IT? ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA. AND THEN I GUESS AFTER WE'RE DONE DOING A RUBY. DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HONEYSUCKLE DESERT? OKAY? THEN I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT YEAH. YES. YEAH. WORK AND FRANCE. THERE ARE DON'T KNOW WHAT GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT OVER A PERIOD TOMORROW. RAMPS [00:45:06] FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. MHM. I RESEARCH STUDY LINE AND LOOK. FOR YEAH. PLANTING OF MILK. YEAH. YEAH. I BELIEVE. RIGHT? I'M LOOKING FOR GRANTS THAT RIGHT? PARTICULARLY THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. MAYBE EVEN AND SOLAR POWER. NOT SOLAR POWER. NO. BUT OUR COMPLEXES HERE OVER A PERIOD. RAN TO GET IT FROM. TYPICALLY MM HMM. YOU HAVE AN OFFICER SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD WORK IN THAT OFFICE WOULD DO JUST THAT. THEY WOULD THEY WOULD RESEARCH THE GRANTS AND RIGHT RIGHT FOR THE RANSOM CENTER. HAVE TO BE. MHM. YEAH, AND I WOULD JUST THINK THAT I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES WITH THIS INTERESTING CONVERSATION OF WHO THE PERSON IS, THAT'S GOING TO DO THAT JOB BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR GRANTS, AND WE ALL KNOW THE TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT. IT GOES INTO THE GRANT WRITING PROCESS IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLIANCE PIECE ONCE YOU HAVE FUNDS DISPERSED TO YOU, UM, LIVING UP TO THEM REPORTING, UM, THAT. THAT OBVIOUSLY IT IS ANOTHER WHOLE. UM, PROJECT IN AND OF ITSELF. SO, UM. INTERESTING CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF AND I AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE THE PLAN. WE NEED TO ADOPT THE PLAN. UM RECOGNIZING IN A PIECE OF LEGISLATION. THAT THE CITY OF GROUPS CITY IS ADOPTING THIS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. UM AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE. I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT IN TERMS OF. THE COMMITTEE'S ROLE IN CONTINUING TO MONITOR WHAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THINGS. UM I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WANT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS, UM. MOST OBVIOUS ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU WORKED SO COLLABORATIVELY, UM NOT ONLY HAVING THE BENEFIT OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, BUT WITH ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW THIS IMPACTS WHAT THEY DO, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING. AND UM SO I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'VE LAID OUT THAT, UM, WE WANT TO ADOPT THE PLAN AND THAT THERE ARE SOME KEY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET OURSELVES TO PLATINUM, SO I WOULD JUST SORT OF LIKE TO HEAR. WHAT THOSE KEY PRIORITIES ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED THROUGH THIS IN TERMS OF WHAT? HIS COUNSEL'S ROLE. UM AND IT MADE IT VERY NICE THAT THAT WAS VERY. WELL SPELLED OUT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE FIT INTO THE EQUATION, BUT THE BEST WAY FOR US TO KNOW HOW TO GO FORWARD IN TERMS OF POLICY MAKING AND FUNDING IS TO HEAR. WHAT THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE SHORT LIST. UM AND WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE LABELED SHORT TERM. BUT WHATEVER, WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT ARE GOING TO GET US TO THAT I HATE TO BE A RESULTS ORIENTED PERSON, BUT I'LL TAKE PLATINUM. I'LL TAKE A SIGN. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES. WELL, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT. I MEAN, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT. ROSES WHEN LORENA WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU'VE GOT THE YOU'VE GOT THE AWARD THROUGH THE FOR THE OHIO U P A. YOU ALSO HAVE WHAT WE HAD GOLD WITH THE SUSTAINABLE 2050 COMMUNITY ARE. COMMUNITIES WHICH WE ARE GOLD. WE CANNOT REAPPLY RIGHT NOW ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE REVAMPING THE SUSTAINABLE 2050 PIECE SO AND ADDING THINGS TO IT. UM, THERE [00:50:07] IS A COMMITTEE A COMMITTEE DOING THAT AND THEY SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT READY TO GO SO WE CAN GO BACK AND REEVALUATE. UM BECAUSE SEVERAL OF US TRY TO GO BACK AND. ADD IN TO GET A HIGHER UP HIGHER LEVEL AND THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT THAT POINT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE MAJORITY COMMUNITIES WERE REPRESENTED UNDER THAT UNDER THAT PLATFORM. UM IT THINKS THAT. FROM A STANDPOINT AND PLEASE JUMP IN HERE, PEOPLE, UM I THINK IN THE STANDPOINT OF TRYING TO PICK THE LOW OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AS YOU MIGHT, AS YOU MIGHT SAY. UM. WAS WOULD DEFINITELY BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SITTING DOWN WITH THEM AND SAYING, OKAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I MEAN, WE TALKED TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU KNOW, I TALKED. I TALKED, UM A LOT THAT WINE HEART WITH THE FLEET BECAUSE THAT THAT FLEA PLANT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ACCREDITATION RIGHT NOW. AS WE ARE IN PARKS DIRECT, SO THERE'S SOME THINGS FROM A SUSTAINABILITY IS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ACCREDITATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. SO I THINK IT'S TAKING, TAKING THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON HERE AND SAYING, WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW? I AGREE WITH YOU. I. I LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S RESULTS RENTED, BUT I'M NOT I GUESS I'M JUST NOT THE PERSON THAT IS. AWARDS TYPE OF THING TO ME, IT SHOULD BENEFIT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND IT BUT IF IT HAPPENS TO GET US PLATINUM, THEN THAT'S GREAT. BUT WE'RE SO FAR AHEAD OF, I THINK AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITIES WERE SO FAR AHEAD OF SOME OF THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES OUT HERE THAT. UM, IT'S A NICE FEELING ON WHAT WE DO AS A COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT WAS WE WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTORS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS A LITTLE LOW HANGING FRUIT. UM FUNDING WISE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS WACO GRANT. IT'S THAT I WROTE. IT'S WHAT THE JODI HAD FUNDING THROUGH CINDY THAT FUNDING FOR THE WATER TANKS AT THE SERVICE COMPLEX. UM. WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR. WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE AND IT WASN'T AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT. IT WAS ONLY LIKE 9000. I THINK, BUT STILL IT WAS A PROJECT THAT REALLY, REALLY HIGHLIGHTED WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE FACILITIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. LOT OF THIS IS JUST EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO. GLORIA GLORIA ANDERSON, LEADING THE CHARGE ON OUR WEB PAGE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FIRST BEFORE IS THAT WE HAD A PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED. THEN WE CAN TAKE IT OUT THERE. WE CAN PUT THAT ONLINE. WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE CAN PUT THINGS OUT THERE THAT TELLS EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING. I MEAN, EVEN TO THE POINT OF IF THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO DO IT, UM. YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE SOME WORKSHOPS, GLORIA PRECIOUSLY, UM. SAID THAT SHE WOULD DO THE TABLE FOR THE ECHO FAST SO WE'RE GOING TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE AT THE ECHO FAST. UM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CAN ALSO DO WITH THIS. SO YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THIS WHICH. I'M SORRY. SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT A SCORE SHEET. SNOW THINK SUSTAINABILITY IS A LIFESTYLE. THESE GOALS. WAY TO GET US IN THE HABIT OF DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. EVERY TIME WE BUY ANYTHING EVERY TIME WE DO ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO ASK HERSELF. HOW LONG WILL IT LIKE? IS THIS DISPOSABLE? IS IT RECYCLABLE? IS IT COMPOSED OF DO I NEED IT. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH EVERYTHING AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND WE HAVE TO HELP EDUCATE THE PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME AT THE HOME. THAT'S HOW WE BECOME A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. BUT IT IS A LIFESTYLE. IT'S NOT A SCORCHER. WE HAVE TO. I APPRECIATE YOU WANT MATING, PLATINUM GOLD. THERE ARE SOME THINGS OUT THERE WE CAN SCORE. CAN'T GET AWARDED. FOR THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS HELPING US LIVE THE RIGHT WAY. YES. SURE. YEAH, SHE'S OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST SAID THAT YOU GUYS WANTED NEXT STEPS FROM US. AND SO I. SAID. OKAY ALRIGHT, NEXT STEPS, OKAY. MY NEXT STEP WOULD BE. I WANT TO TALK TO THE WHERE THEY'RE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. I WANT TO TALK TO PARKS AND RECS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY, I WANT TO TALK TO THE MANAGERS HERE. MANAGERS HERE MANAGERS HERE. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THIS? WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THIS? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THIS? AND I AND THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, SLOW DOWN. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THIS IS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. WITHOUT THAT OFFICES, SUSTAINABILITY. UM. THAT, I GUESS IS OUR QUESTION ON WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO BECAUSE WITHOUT LINDA. OR WITHOUT, UM. WHERE WITHOUT [00:55:04] WITHOUT THE COMMITTEE. I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITHOUT THIS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. WE DON'T KNOW THIS. THIS CAN'T GO ANYWHERE. THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP. THERE'S NO FOLLOW THROUGH. THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO ANYWHERE YOU WERE YOU'RE WANTING. WHERE'S YOUR NEXT ACTION ITEM? WHERE IS THESE NEXT THINGS? WE CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT SOMEBODY FOLLOWING UP ON SOMETHING OR AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS GOING FOR SO VERY GOOD. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. YEAH. SO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, I THINK IS FIRST OF ALL, WE ADOPT THE PLAN. OBVIOUSLY YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR IN THE PLAN. SO THAT BECOMES REQUEST OF COUNSEL OR COUNSEL MEMBER, UM, TO ADD IT INTO THE BUDGET. SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE THIS GENTLEMAN HAS THIS GO THROUGH HOOPS AND EVERYTHING SO WE WILL. I KNOW. I KNOW I WILL PUT IN A REQUEST FOR IT AND HOPEFULLY RECEIVES THE INPUT OF COUNSEL AND SUPPORT A COUNCIL. THERE IT IS, I THINK FOR THE TWO NEXT BIGGEST STEPS AND THEN PENDING ON THE RESULT OF THAT. POTENTIALLY FINDING OUT YES. FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW OUR YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THIS. THIS GROUP TO DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT. I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKE THIS WORK. AND I APPRECIATE THE UNDER. COMMENTARY THROUGHOUT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PIECE. I THINK THAT, UM. AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND AGAIN, WHICH IS ANOTHER EFFORT THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT AND WRITING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. NUMBER ONE AND THEN ALSO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS TO BE AN EXAMPLE. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. UM BUT BUT THAT TO YOUR POINT THAT TO RUN EVERY DECISION THROUGH THAT FILTER, I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'M NOT DOING THAT. YEAH. MR. CHAIR, PLEASE. FIRST. IT'S THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY. KEEP GROSSLY BEAUTIFUL. AND I HAD TO BE AROUND. WE WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE. SAME TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS. AND THE VOLUNTEERS. ONCE WE EXPLAINED WHAT THE OBJECTIVE WAS AND GOING BACK TO WHAT DICK SAID, I CONSIDER MORE OF A CULTURE. THAN ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S THE CULTURE OF THE CITY AND THE DISCOVERY MAGAZINE. THAT'S THE TOPIC FOR THIS MONTH. IS THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY, AND WE WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE AS THE LEAD THE GOVERNMENT BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND THE OBLIGATION OF COMMUNITY. TO EMBRACE THAT CULTURE. AND THEY'VE DONE VERY WELL. KEEP NEGOTIATE. BEAUTIFUL. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST VIBRANT COMMUNITY, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE COMMISSION. WE HAVE. SO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT WE BECOME DISJOINTED. WHAT I WHAT I STILL CONSIDER BEING THE BIG BIG PICTURE IS THAT GROSS CITY AS A KEY, GROSSI BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND SUSTAINABLE. THAT I DON'T WANT THAT THING TO GET TO SPLINTER AND HAVE A LOT OF LINDA. WORKING ON BOTH OF THEM CERTAINLY KEEPS THAT FROM HAPPENING. BUT AFTER GO DOWN THE PATH OF WHERE WE GO NEXT, IT'S JUST IN MY IN MY OPINION, VERY IMPERATIVE. THAT WE HAVE A CULTURE. IN THE CITY AS A CITY GOVERNMENT HAS THE EMPLOYER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE EXAMPLE. AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE EXAMPLE, WHEN WE ALSO THE HALL WE WANTED TO BUILD IT SO THAT ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO BUILD A BUILDING IN GROCERY, OHIO KNEW THEY HAD TO PUT AN IRRIGATION WHERE THEY HAD BEEN IN PLANNING KNEW THERE HAD TO BE ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND THAT'S A KIND OF PARTNER. WE HAVE TO BE. HAS THE LEAD, SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. AND WE WILL INCLUDE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET. TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HANDLE MOVING FORWARD ON SUSTAINABILITY. TWO WORDS I DID NOT HEAR. SHUTTER. PLASTIC. THANKS. AND MHM. PARDON ME. IT'S NOT OUT OF OUR CONTROL ANY TIME AND. THE LEGISLATURE THAT IS WRONG. AND 10 AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO AND THEN RUN ON IT TO TRY TO GET COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT THAT WE GO THE OTHER WAY WILL REWARD IF YOU USE OTHER THAN PLASTIC BAGS. AND GO LIKE THIS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BUT WE HAVE GONE A [01:00:01] LONG WAY IS KEEPING MOSTLY BEAUTIFUL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MONITORING WHERE THE WASTE IS COMING FROM ALL THESE THINGS THAT ORIGINATE UNLESS IT DRAMATICALLY CHANGED. WHICH I WOULD DOUBT IT. IT'S LOADING DOCKS. IT'S A TRASH KANSAS. THE, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS AND IN ALL THOSE PLACES WHERE ACCUMULATES AND MOSTLY PLASTIC BAGS. SO. I'M GOING TO ANNOTATE THE PLASTIC BAG CAN BE PART OF OUR PROGRAM FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY, BUT FOR THE GREAT KEEP RUSTY, BEAUTIFUL 30TH ANNIVERSARY. THIS IS QUITE A HIGHLIGHT. BECAUSE THIS TAKES THAT COMMISSION. AND MAKES IT GO. THAT NEXT STEP HAS TO BE THE PERPETUITY TO WHAT WE'RE DEFINING AS KEEPING GROSSLY BEAUTIFUL, SO MY HAT'S OFF TO EVERYBODY. IT'S UH, INCREDIBLE JOB AND WE WILL MAKE IT WORK. THE NEGRO, SO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORK. WE DON'T MAKE THIS WORK. ONE OF THE COMMENT LINDA IN. WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING. HOW YOU HOW YOU CREATE BEHAVIOR, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR, AND IT STARTS AT A YOUNG AGE AND EVERYTHING SO YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE TASK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL SOMEHOW, AND YOU KNOW. HELP EDUCATE EDUCATORS AS TO AS TO WHAT? YOU KNOW THE DIRECTION AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVE STUFF RIGHT NOW GOING ON IN THE EDUCATIONAL ARENA. EVERYTHING IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR PLAY A LOT HARDER. BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS TO WHAT? UM. EXACTLY WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS SAYING. YOU KNOW HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO LAST AND DO I NEED IT SHOULD GET CAN IT BE MADE OF OTHER MATERIALS? YOU KNOW, ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR GENERATION HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH. WE'RE LEARNING IT. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE'RE STUDENTS NOW WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, 2030 YEARS AGO. UM BUT I MEAN, WHOEVER WHATEVER YOU DO, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR FLIGHTS IS GETTING INTO THOSE STUDENTS AND TALKING TO STUDENTS HAVING PARENTS TALK TO THEIR KIDS. ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT. THE MIRROR. YOU KNOW, I TOURED THE LANDFILL KASHMIR. IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS AGO, I CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THAT THING. IT'S ALMOST A MILE UP WHEN YOU GO FROM THE BASE OF IT WHEN YOU GET TO THE TOP, THE ONE THING THAT YOU SEE PREDOMINANTLY IN PHIL PLASTIC BAGS. I MEAN, IT'S PACKED WITH PLASTIC BAGS AND THOSE BAGS DON'T BREAK DOWN. THEY STAY IN THERE FOR IT FOREVER. SO YOU KNOW THE MIRRORS, RIGHT? THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN TACKLE PRETTY QUICKLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMENT, AND THIS IS GOING TO COME OFF. I HOPE IT DOES NOT COME OFF ANYWAY. NEGATIVE OR WRONG. I DO COMMISERATES WITH YOUR STATEMENT ON THINGS LASTING A LONG TIME I DRIVE A TRUCK LITERALLY ONE YEAR OLDER THAN I AM. YEAH. NOT EXACTLY. YEAH, IF I WAS ALWAYS KEEP GROUPS AND BEAUTIFUL. BUT MY QUESTION ALWAYS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I GOT INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT TO BEGIN WITH IS ABOUT COST. EVERYTHING I LOOK AT FROM A GOVERNMENTAL PERSPECTIVE RUNS THROUGH COST. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY GOVERNMENT'S COFFERS ARE BOTTOMLESS OR THAT THE CITIZENS ARE JUST HAPPY TO TAKE ON ANY EXTRA TAX REVENUE. OUR DEBT THAT WE WANT TO INCUR. WHATEVER HONORABLE GOAL WE MAY HAT MATTER HOW GREAT OR HOW SMALL. THAT GOAL MAY BE. AND. I AM DEFINITELY OPEN TO THE. POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR. BUT LIKE TO AT LEAST LOOK INTO THE BUDGET TO SEE THIS ANYWAY. WE COULD TRY TO MOVE SOME STUFF AROUND TO TRY TO. PERHAPS MARRIED INTO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN TRY AND LESSEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY'S PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I'M ALL FOR SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM. I'VE GOT THREE YOUNG KIDS. I WANT TO SEE THEM GROW UP IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD. I GREW UP BUT I AM ALWAYS WARY OF. GOVERNMENT SPENDING THAT IS THE BIGGEST. THAT IS THE BIG ISSUE FOR ME, AND ALMOST ANYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS THIS DESK IS HOW MUCH WILL IT COST IN THE LONG RUN? FOR THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE. AND I'M DEFINITELY OF DEFINITELY LIKE THE SAME BILLY PLAN DEFINITELY VERY OPEN TO WHAT IT HAS INSIDE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST RUBBER STAMP GREEN LIGHT EVERYTHING THAT WE GET FROM PEOPLE. AND THAT'S JUST NOT JUST YOUR COMMITTEE. BUT ANY COMMITTEE THAT COMES BEFORE US. GENERALLY SPEAKING. WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND CRITICALLY THINK THROUGH ALL OF IT AND NOT FEEL JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND NOT SAYING YOU GUYS ARE MAKING ME FEEL THIS WAY, BUT NOT TO FEEL PRESSURE INTO MAKING A BIG DECISION TO SAY YES, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING NOW. UM. SO IT'S WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I AM ON THE WHOLE PROCESS. I WANT TO CRITICALLY DIG INTO IT AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE COST ANALYSIS OF IT, AND WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS TO LOOK AT THE COST ANALYSIS, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SUMMITS, THEY WHAT YOU PUT INTO THAT ARE COST SAVING FACTORS. IT'S UM IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY IN THE CITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER REDUCTION. WE'VE PUT LOW FLOW TOILETS AND ALMOST ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. NOW WE'VE PUT LOW FLOW FAUCETS [01:05:03] AND ALL OUR BUILDINGS NOW WE'VE GOT THE REFILL STATIONS, SO WE'RE DOING THINGS AT THE CITY LEVEL. THAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AREN'T THEY'VE CHANGED ALL THE EVERY EVERY STOP LIGHT IN THE CITY IS ALL NOW LED SO AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE SAME THING AND ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS WITH THE STREETLIGHTS, BUT IT TAKES TIME IT TAKES THE BUDGET. SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AS A COMMITTEE, I MEAN, WE LOOKED AT IT FROM A COST SAVINGS STANDPOINT AS WELL. I MEAN SOME THINGS FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANFORD ARE GOING TO COST YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY. GREEN HAS A TENDENCY TO DO THAT. UM BUT IT WAS A 30 YEAR OLD PICKUP TRUCK. IT'S THE EXACTLY, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN WHAT? I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE. I THINK IT WAS AN ENERGY WHERE WE CAN WE CAN GET ON BOARD WITH MORSI'S ENERGY PLAN WHERE IT'S A DASHBOARD WE SIGN UP FOR IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING AND YOU GO IN AND YOU PUT ALL THE STATISTICS IN ABOUT. ABOUT YOUR HEAT, YOUR WATER AND EVERYTHING, AND IT PULLS EVERYTHING OUT. AND IT SHOWS YOU WHERE YOUR DEFICIENCIES ARE. SO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CITY ON AT THE FACILITY LEVEL. TO ME AND TO THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST TELLING THE COMMUNITY THAT HEY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS DOING. AND THIS IS WHAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO AS WELL. YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT IF YOU'RE GONNA IF YOU'RE GONNA WALK, YOU KNOW, TALK TO TALK. YOU BETTER WALK THE WALK. I MEAN, IT'S THAT SIMPLE. SO I THINK IT'S. AND I'M VERY GLAD I'M ALL ABOUT INVESTING. MONEY NOW TO SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, LOW FLOW TOILETS LED LIGHTS GOING ILL ABILITY, LIGHTS EVERY TIME. ONE GOES AT MY HOUSE AND KEEP REPLACING IT WITH A NEW LED LIGHTS. I LOVE THEM. THEY'LL BE THERE, BUT MY KIDS GRADUATE COLLEGE YEAH. BUT I JUST. I'M ALL ABOUT INVESTING INTO THE FUTURE, BOTH THE SUSTAINABILITY AND THROUGH. WHATEVER ENERGY SAVINGS WE CAN DO BECAUSE HIS ENERGY SAVINGS AND THEMSELVES EXIST TO NOT ONLY BE MORE GREEN, BUT ALSO IT HELPS MY BOTTOM LINE JUST ON MY OWN HOUSE BUDGET. MY OWN PERSONAL FINANCES ARE HELPED BY SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, SO OKAY, I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST ANY KIND OF IMMEDIATE SPENDING NOW JUST GO WITH THE STATEMENT OF HOW DO YOU EAT A WHALE? ONE BITE AT A TIME. SLOWLY OVER TIME. GET TO THAT GOAL. I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL WE HAVE TO MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT. WAS NOT TALKING MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT, SO BE DOES ANY THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BEFORE WE GO TO CLOSING COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? COMMENTS. PLEASE. DID YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING? I JUST WANT TO. TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL I INTO THE COMMITTEE. THIS THIS PLAN IS NOT ME. OKAY? I. WAS THERE TO KIND OF MANIPULATED, MANIPULATED ALL THE TIME. I'M GONNA BE ELATED THAT WAS COMPOSED OF A WRONG CHOICE OF ONE. WOW UM, WINDOWS EURO STATION. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN AWESOME. I MEAN, THEY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BEST COMMITTEES. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SOME THAT I MEAN, THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS INCREDIBLE. ON ALL ASPECTS OF SUSTAINABILITY. SO YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY? I REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THE WORK IS YET TO COME, THAT'S FOR SURE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH CLOSING COMMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH MR SHOCKEY. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE JUST LINDA JUST SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WELL THOUGHT OF DOCUMENTS. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. AND THAT THERE ARE WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMMEDIATE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND THEIR LONG TERM GOALS AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I DO THINK THAT. THE FEEDBACK AS WE DO. GOING BACK EACH YEAR. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN EVALUATION COMPONENT BECAUSE WE CAN DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND WE PUT THEM ON A SHELF AND WE SAY, WELL, THAT'S DONE CHECK, BUT. WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE COME BACK REVISIT. MAKE OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO DO. YES THERE WILL BE SOME THINGS CHECKED OFF. THERE'LL BE SOME THINGS MODIFIED, BUT WE ALWAYS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME BACK AROUND AND THAT WE HAVE AN EVALUATION ON A YEARLY BASIS, OR EVEN LESS THAN THAT. SO ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M MUTED. UM, THAT'S BEEN IN THE YEAR YOU NEEDED. UM I JUST WANTED TO REALLY SAY THAT I AM REASONS I THREW THIS OUT HERE WAS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH. UM IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING TO. AH BE ABLE TO GO OVER A BODY OF WORK, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A COMMITMENT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, SO I WANTED TO [01:10:02] MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. THAT SAID, THIS IS STILL A ONE HOUR CONVERSATION. AND SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT IF YOU WALK AWAY THIS EVENING, AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK OF THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US SOME WEIGHT. I THINK WE'RE ALL. VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO WITH THE NEXT STEPS MAY BE CARRYING THINGS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. NOT BEING THIS HAVING THIS BE JUST A BOX THAT WE'RE CHECKING. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUT OUT THERE FOR EACH OF YOU. DON'T WALK AWAY AND MISS OUT ON THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT YOU BELIEVE OUR PRIORITY SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING. ANYTHING IN THAT EQUATION, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, AND, UH, THIS THIS HUMBLE LADY WHO I THINK YOU ALL RECOGNIZE IS A TREASURE TO ALL OF US. UH, SHE AMAZES ME ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. HOPE. THERE WE GO. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT'S A WELL DONE DOCUMENT. UM. YOU KNOW, I READ A LOT OF THINGS, AND I ACTUALLY LEARNED A FEW THINGS IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD. I SHOWED YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMUNITY WORK. ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHEN WE DO HAVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT IS I'M INTERESTED. IN THE FINANCE PART OF IT, SO I'LL HELP YOU THERE AND THEN I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THE MARKETING PART OF IT. UM, I THINK THERE'S A. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF WE GET A LOT OF CREDIT FOR AND I DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, UM. ALL THE AWARDS, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE NICE, BUT. I ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY IF I WAS A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS, I'M YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO TO SAY THAT I'M A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OR EMPOWERED BY SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICITY, YOU KNOW? SO I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THOSE THINGS GOING FORWARD, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND, UH I'LL BE HERE HELPING YOU. THEY ESSENTIALLY SAID MY CLOSING COMMENT TILL EARLY, BUT I WANTED TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT MAKING SURE THINGS LAST TIME SPARKED IT. THE ONE LAST COMMENT I WOULD HAVE IS ACTUALLY DOING MEXICO BEST CUP HERE. TWO YEARS AGO. THE ONLY REASON I HAVE ONE AND NOT TO ANYMORE IS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY. THEY'RE NOT DISHWASHER SAFE. BUT SO BE IT. UM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE DOCUMENT. IT WAS VERY, VERY MUCH WAS WELL DONE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU. IF YOU WANT. I CAN GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER AFTER THE MEETING TO REACH OUT TO ME ANY TIME TO DISCUSS THIS, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN. JUST LET ME KNOW WHEREVER IT GROWS OR WHERE IT COMES TO THANK YOU. THERE. I COULD JUST REPEAT WHAT AN ECHOED LONDON'S COMMITMENT TO, UH. OUR COMMUNITY IN THE WAY OF SUSTAINABILITY, PEOPLE CITY BEAUTIFUL HAS BEEN UNMATCHED. AND, UH, AS AS I USED. I WANT TO USE THE WORD CULTURE. BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF SITUATION WE HAD TO CREATE. AND UM, I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US THE SPRINGBOARD THAN. GOOD AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S INVOLVEMENT. REALLY KEY. THANK YOU. SO AND FINAL REMEMBER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE WERE ALL OVER AT PRIOR PARK WHEN WE HAD I DON'T KNOW OVER 100 PEOPLE COMING THROUGH AT THE TABLES, AND EVERYBODY HAD THEIR LITTLE STICKY NICK, STICKY NOTES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I MEAN, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. I MEAN, WHEN THEY HAD EVERYBODY BROKE APART IN LITTLE GROUPS AND EVERYTHING AND WHAT YOU GUYS CAME OUT OF THAT WITH AND YOU'RE WORKING WITH OHIO STATE WORKING WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE. UM NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TAKING EVERYBODY'S INPUT AS YOU WENT ALONG THE WAY. UM IS PHENOMENAL AND WHERE YOU ARE NOW IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY PRESENT LEGISLATION TO ADOPT THIS PLAN AND GET IT ADOPTED. AND AFTER THAT, THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH A BUDGET PROCESS. AND MAYBE ANSWER THAT FIRST BIG QUESTION. UM THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP. YOU KNOW, BY YOU AS FAR AS A COORDINATOR, AND I KNOW THE MARIS IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL. SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE HARD. BUT IT'S A LONG JOURNEY AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. SO YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING THAT YOU KNOW, WE GET MORE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US OUT WITH THIS, BUT. UM, YEAH, THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL GET THIS ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS WE CAN AND GET. EVERYBODY'S STAMP OF APPROVAL AND MOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE EXPECT YOU ALL THIS. KEEP KEEP MOVING. UH I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK IN PEOPLE'S TIME IS VERY VALUABLE. AND LINDA. THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE. MADAM KELLY. NOTHING. STEPHEN * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.