Environmental Quality Commission

2019 accomplishments

• Researched and developed draft ordinances around the topics of Dark Skies and adding an invasive species component to the noxious weed ordinance
• Reviewed and learned about the city’s Land Development Code, Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrades and energy use, and city water usage. This last item also has social justice implications as the group learned that water is sometimes left running in some manufactured homes due to pipe freezing concerns. This has led to work with Growing Up Healthy and efforts to provide weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades in some manufactured homes
• Reviewed the city’s waste and recycling contract with DSI
• Considered ways to manage our urban forest

Climate Action Plan

The biggest item the Environmental Quality Commission worked on in 2019 was the Climate Action Plan.

• Led by the Climate Action Plan Advisory Board, a group of nine residents who assisted staff and a consultant
• Participated in many meetings, draft review and recommended the final document to City Council
• In 2020, Environmental Quality Commission will be the lead city group to monitor progress on the Climate Action Plan