City of Boulder Environmental Advisory Board - September 2, 2020

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• Zero waste, recycling and plastics0:05:00at this moment

  why is it just we reverse reduced to like the um the landfill type issues and like composting

• Water supply and drought0:31:02at this moment

  i worry about the heat stress and drought um this is sort of the climate change concern

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions0:32:00at this moment

  i think what we've been doing on urban heat islands is interesting and there's still lots of work we can do

• Heat, cooling and nature-based climate solutions0:34:02at this moment

  urban heat um is a big one for me i think it there's still a lot of interesting stuff to do there

• Reforming boards and commissions0:40:00at this moment

  the environmental advisory board and advisory boards in general are intended to really help council by being a sort of extension

• Zero waste, recycling and plastics0:40:00at this moment

  to advise city council and the city manager which therefore includes all of staff concerning waste management recycling energy efficiency environmental risks

• Xcel Energy partnership agreement0:55:01at this moment

  some of the key issues we can use the excel franchise agreement as an example i would hope that we would feel

• Flood mitigation and stormwater0:59:01at this moment

  i don't think we really got very much into the material around stormwater so i just want to put that out

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:08:00at this moment

  council last night did refer this to the ballot so um i think that's another important development

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:10:01at this moment

  since council put the franchise on the ballot last night

• Climate action and emissions1:12:02at this moment

  because essentially what the franchise agreement does is guarantee that excel will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions relative to 2005

• Long-term finances and tax ballot measures1:13:01at this moment

  by the way there are two there are two items on the ballot one is the franchise agreement and one is the utility occupation tax

• Xcel Energy partnership agreement1:13:01at this moment

  one is the utility occupation tax which basically goes away if we approve the franchise agreement

• City budget1:16:00at this moment

  municipalities or cities and towns aren't exactly going to have booming budgets in the next few years given the current situation

• Climate action and emissions1:23:00at this moment

  maybe half of our co2 emissions is related to our electricity but we're electrifying transportation at a very rapid speed

• Climate action and emissions1:24:00at this moment

  our greenhouse gas impact but the only the only thing i would just say again is what will move the entire system

• City budget2:06:01at this moment

  seeking new funding resources to potentially expand the program and um fill that position of the green rays coordinator

• Flood mitigation and stormwater2:15:02at this moment

  flooding as a concern in our river systems and risks of more intense rains producing more intense runoffs

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