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SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	09/29/2020
Subject: RECEIVE REPORT from Sustainability Coordinator.
Submitted For:	Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	N/A
Presenter:	Jody London, Sustainability Coordinator	Contact:	Jody London (925)674-7871

Information

Referral History:

The Sustainabilty Committee has requested an update at each meeting on sustainability work by County staff.

Referral Update:

Key activities since the Committee’s last meeting on July 27, 2020 are listed below.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the climate emergency resolution on September 22. Staff is beginning to chart implementation of the many actions directed in the resolution.
Sustainability staff have been supporting the General Plan team in developing the draft environmental justice policies for the General Plan. Staff also have been helping facilitate General Plan meetings in communities in unincorporated areas of the County.
Sustainability staff submitted a proposal to the California Department of Conservation for a planning grant to develop a carbon sequestration feasibility study for Contra Costa County. The County is partnering with the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and the University of California Cooperative Extension to develop the feasbility study (if the grant is awarded).
Staff completed the County’s contract for the next three years with the Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN), in which Contra Costa County plays a leadership role. BayREN will be hosting multiple homeowner energy efficiency Zoom workshops throughout the next several months. The first workshop occurred on August 18th with over 115 registrations.
Contra Costa Health Services was awarded a $527,558 grant for a three-year period from the California Department of Health Care Services through the Sierra Health Foundation for the Contra Costa Health Plan and the Department of Conservation and Development to provide asthma preventative services in conjunction with energy efficiency measures to Health Plan members with severe asthma. MCE and the Association for Energy Affordability are also partners in this grant. Contra Costa Health Services also recently received a one year $100,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to augment the mitigations provided by this project with Greenhouse gas reduction and indoor air quality improvement measures
Public Works energy staff are overseeing the installation of rooftop solar at 10 County facilities. Three of those sites will include battery storage.
The fluorescent to LED lighting retrofit at 30 Douglas, the County’s information technology headquarters, is nearing completion on-time and within budget.
Sustainability staff are assisting Supervisor John Gioia in planning Clean Air Day in the Bay Area, which will occur on October 7, 2020. See https://www.cleanairday.org/.
Hosted an online meeting of the Sustainability Exchange on September 24 for local government staff in Contra Costa County. Close to 40 people participated and learned about strategies for effective visual communication.
Continued to administer the Cleaner Contra Costa 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 County Sustainability Coordinator.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

None.

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