MINUTES
AUGUST 14, 2006 MEETING OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
SANTA
MONICA
SUSTAINABLE CITY TASK FORCE
The
meeting was convened at 6:30pm.
SCTF Members in
attendance: Sandy Grant, Genevieve Bertone,
Jim Ries, Albert Rosen, Leonard Mitchell, Jennifer Wolch, Mark Olson, Laura
Berland-Shane, Carol Rosskam and Dennis Woods.
Staff in attendance:
City Manager P. Lamont Ewell, Craig Perkins, and Shannon
Parry
Others in attendance:
Council Member Pam O’Connor, Council Member Kevin McKeown, Meeting Facilitator Steve
Bornstein, Louisa Fish and another member of the public.
Meeting with the City Manager
After
introductions, the Task Force and the City Manager discussed the Sustainable
City Plan (SCP), the Task Force’s work in the community to promote the SCP, and
the Sustainable City Plan Implementation Plan (SCP-IP). The City Manager and the Task Force expressed
interest in developing an effective strategy to utilize the recent Council
funding allocation for the SCP-IP to meet the goals set forth in the SCP.
Public Input on Agenda Items
There
was no public input on agenda items.
Approval of Minutes from the July 10,
2006 meeting
Sandy Grant requested that the Discussion and Recommendations Regarding the Community Sustainability
Liaison section be amended to include “due to concern regarding possible
conflict of interest.” The amended
sentence now reads: Sandy Grant left
the room prior to the vote due to concern regarding possible conflict of
interest. Mark Olson motioned to approve
the minutes with the stated amendment. Al Rosen seconded the motion which was
approved by a vote of 8 to 0. Carol Rosskam and Genevieve Bertone abstained
from the vote.
SCTF Planning and Organization
Session
Steve
Bornstein facilitated the Planning and Organization Session to help the Task
Force effectively meet their Council directive and develop an implementation
strategy to achieve the goals in the Sustainable City Plan.
The
Task Force defined their purpose as: Support implementation of existing Sustainable
City Plan through communication and engagement strategies to stakeholders.
The
Task Force also identified the need to make policy recommendations to the City
where appropriate and support stakeholder action towards sustainable practices.
In
order to support their purpose, the Task force restructured their subcommittees
to reflect the three priority goal areas they defined in the SCP-IP. These are
Resource Conservation, Environmental and Public Health and Economic
Development.
The
Resource Conservation subcommittee will include Al Rosen, Mark Olson, Laura
Berland-Shane, Jim Ries and Genevieve Bertone.
The Environment and Public Health subcommittee will include Carol
Rosskam and Sandy Grant. The Economic Development subcommittee will
include Leonard Mitchell, Dennis Woods
and Sandy Grant. Staff agreed to contact Christina Erickson
and Jennifer Wolch to determine their preference for committee assignments.
The
Task Force also expressed the need for a temporary subcommittee for the
community sustainability liaison hiring process. This committee was not
populated or defined at the meeting, but will be addressed in the future.
The
Task force agreed to focus on subcommittee work plans at the September 11, 2006
meeting in order to develop strategies to meet the goals in the SCP.
Discussion and Recommendations
Regarding Lowest Police Priority for Marijuana Ordinance
This
discuss was tabled for a future meeting.
Setting of Agenda for September 11, 2006 meeting
I.
Public Input on Agenda Items
II.
Approval of Minutes from the
August 14, 2006 meeting
III.
Discussion
and Recommendations Regarding Committee Structure and Composition (15 minutes)
IV.
SCTF
Planning and Organization Committee Session
(60 minutes)
V.
SCTF
Planning and Organization SCTF Session (60
minutes)
VI.
Discussion
and Recommendations Regarding the Sustainable City Report Card Content (30 minutes)
VII.
Discussion
and Recommendations Regarding the October 10th
SCTF Meeting (5 minutes)
VIII.
Setting of Agenda for October
10, 2006 meeting
IX.
Public Input on Non-Agendized
Items
X.
Comments and Announcements
XI.
Adjourn
Al Rosen made a motion to start the
September 11, 2006 Task Force meeting at 7:00pm in recognition of the full
agenda. Sandy Grant seconded the
motion which was approved unanimously.
Public Input on Non-Agendized Items
Louisa Fish commented on the
importance of community outreach in meeting the Sustainable City Plan goals.
She also encouraged the city to look at its own operations as an opportunity to
employ sustainable practices
Comments and Announcements
There were no comments or
announcements.
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 10:10pm
