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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	03/22/2021
Subject: RECEIVE REPORT from Sustainability Coordinator. (Jody London, DCD)
Submitted For:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	N/A
Presenter:	Jody London, DCD	Contact:	Jody London (925) 674-7871

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Referral History:

This is a standing item of the Committee.

Referral Update:

Key activities since the Commission’s met on January 25, 2021 are listed below.

Staff is working on implementation of the many actions directed in the Climate Emergency Resolution, with particular attention to the Interdepartmental Task Force, which will report to the full Board on March 30, and the Just Transition planning, which was discussed earlier in this agenda.
Sustainability staff continue to support the General Plan team in developing the draft environmental justice policies for the General Plan. Sustainability staff helped facilitate a series of community meetings in February.
We are working to complete contract documents with the California Department of Conservation for the grant to develop a carbon sequestration feasibility study. We will then enter into agreements with our partners, the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and the University of California Cooperative Extension, and issue a Request for Proposals for a consultant to perform the land use analysis.
The Contra Costa Asthma Initiative project launched this month!
DCD staff is finalizing its Bay Area Regional Energy Network marketing and outreach plan for calendar year 2021, which will include, among other things, four (4) homeowner ZOOM workshops for county residents and two (2) contractor informational webinars, as well as social media campaigns to promote BayREN programs.
Facilitated filling the four at-large seats on the Sustainability Commission that expire March 31, 2021. This approval will be on the March 23, 2021 Board meeting agenda.
Hosted Q1 online meeting of the Sustainability Exchange for local government staff in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Our topic this quarter was urban agriculture.
Continued to work on solar installations at County facilities. See attached progress report.
Continued to administer the Cleaner Contra Costa Challenge. The grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District that supports this project will expire at the end of March. The partners to this project are in discussions to position Sustainable Contra Costa to continue to sponsor the Challenge.
Participated in professional learning opportunities regarding environmental justice, carbon sequestration, communication and facilitation strategies, race and equity, and related.
Collaborated with County staff working on topics including land use and transportation, hazardous materials, green business program, the County’s state and federal legislative platforms, economic development, health, codes, solid waste, energy, and related.
Participated in regional activities

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECEIVE report from Sustainability Coordinator.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

None.

Attachments
Solar Installations at County Facilities - Progress Report