San Anselmo Quality of Life Commission  Monday, April 11, 2011 -7P.M. Town Hall conference. room 525 San Anselmo Ave. San Anselmo, CA94960 Meeting Minutes  1. Call to Order 7:05 p.m. 2. Roll call Phillip Boyle Kevin Donahue Leal Dutton Quinne Fokes Sita Khufu Chantal Maher Woody' Weingarten 3. Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes  Kevin moves to approve, Leas seconds. Motion is approved.  Woody moves to approve, Sita seconds. Minutes from previous meeting are approved.  5. Open Time for Public Expression  None.  Climate Action Plan, recommendations for Town Council (Debbie, Woody, Lea) Phil Boyle, Senior Planner for Town of San Anselmo, is in attendance. Been working with Christine O'Rourke and Debbie Stutsman on San Anselmo's Climate CAP outlines what the town is doing and should be doing short term and long term to reduce Citizens of San Anselmo recognize importance and room fori improvement. Marin County residents consume resources at greater rate than most industrialized nations. Per capita footprint - much larger compared to rest of U.S. and other countries. AB: 32 = mandates state reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020. CAP important for when town begins to update its General Plan - as required byl law (to  Inp position for 2 years.  Helped develop Green Building Ordinance.  Action Plan (CAP). greenhouse gases.  See page 8 ofCAP report. address climate change). Town funds not being used.  o CA Environmental Quality Act San Anselmo joined Climate and Energy Partnership. Didi inventory of where greenhouse gases are coming from. Set target to reduce those emissions 15% to below 1990 levels by 2020. Can use as tool to implement measures in community to reduce greenhouse gases.  Going to Town Council on 4/26.    In San Anselmo, 52 percent of greenhouse gases come from transportation, 34 percent from  residential greenhouse gases. o Page 12 of report Emissions reduction target (page 15). Woody introduces motion: Motion is approved.  Appendix B, pages 14-15- - Includes summary of recommendations.  Set and publicize a specific percentage reduction goal for greenhouse gases for next 12 months along with specific. steps to achieve that goal, and review  progress quarterly.  7. BYOB (bring your own bags), update postèrs (Sita) Safeway has placed our flyer on cash registers. for them (county ordinance applies to grocery stores only). Issue - businesses do not want to charge for paper bags. But shopkeepers are interested in our signs. 8. SmartMeters update (Woody)  Lea and Sita conducting survey on paper bag usage, appetite among retail stores to charge Woody commends both Sita and Leai for survey, and Quinne for creative work on flyer. PG&E opt out plans came out - charging very high fees to not use SmartMeters.  Ball is in PUC's court with regard to next steps.. Green Fair update (Chantal/Lea) Wes should consider participating with another organization. Would town support funding al booth at EcoFair in September? Sita - Attended a small Earth Day celebration.  Woody - CA-DISC. Perhaps work with them and Drake High School on an environmental Friday night music events. Perhaps set up ai table with "green" information. o This event is attended largely by parents and small children. Woody asks that Chantal come up with ap plan for doing something one Friday night this  project. summer. 10. Sharing eco-tips (Lea) See Lea's handout. Possible avenues for sharing tips. Perhaps aim for one per month. Consider blog. Kevin to set up blog. 11. Use of surveys (Lea)  Lea to ask Debbie if we can add links to QOL description. Ask about, for example, specific steps in Climate Action Plan. Woody = Suggests Leai flesh out ideas al bit more.  12. Water conservation: Shall QOL Commission do anything? (Quinne, all) Quinne - Promote tips, resources for more information - in social media channels we're  discussing.  Take information from Green Sangha, MMWD. Serve as clearinghouse of information on water. Quinne to develop endorsement for next meeting.  Puti in our upcoming blog.    13. Future QOL speakers (Quinne) For May - undetermined. Anselmo.  Talking to person who does art with plastics, someone who performs home energy audits. Other possibilities include representatives from Sustainable Fairfax or Sustainable San 14. Commission comments & questions, requests for future agenda items  MyEarthDayMarin: - April 23. Check out activities.  15. Next meeting: May 16, 2011 16. Adjournment  Quinne moves to end meeting. Sita seconds. Motion is approved.