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Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) - 14 Dec 2022 - Minutes - Pdf MINUTES Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) Meeting Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 6:00 PM Commission Chamber Present: Anastasia Houston, At-Large Member, ESC Patrick Nobles, At-Large Member, ESC Mark Gabrynowicz, ESC Chair, District 1307 Member Daniele Giovannucci, Vice Chair, At-Large Member, ESC Barbie Brooksher, District 1312 Member, ESC Sarah Boren, District 1306 Member, ESC Bruce Andrews, District 1308 Member, ESC Absent: Amy Palmer, At-Large Member, ESC Linda Chipperfield, At-Large Member, ESC Romy Vann, At-Large Member, ESC Also Present: Amanda Askew, Director of Planning and Community Development Candace Kelly, Commissioner, Seat 4 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mark Gabrynowicz called the meeting to order. Members went around the room to call roll. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve minutes of the November 9th regular Environmental Stewardship A. Committee meeting. Mark Gabrynowicz asked if there were any corrections to the minutes. He stated the numbers were out of order. A motion was not made and a vote was not recorded. There was no dissent to approving the minutes. 3. COURTESY OF THE FLOOR (5 MINS.) There were no speakers. 4. CHAIR REMARKS A. LEED GOLD certification This item was discussed under Item 5.C. B. City celebration on Jan. 23rd at 6pm for LEED GOLD certification Mark Gabrynowicz stated there is an open seat. He encouraged committee members to start thinking about electing a Chair, Vice Chair, and Subcommittee chairs in January. He reviewed Sarah Boren's request to change the format of the agenda to mirror format of Commission agendas. Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) December 14, 2022 Page 1 of 9 Mark Gabrynowicz stated the celebration for LEED Gold certification is January 24th. Discussion about the event ensued. 5. REPORTS A. Outreach Subcommittee (note new start time 4:45pm) Barbie Brooksher gave the Outreach Subcommittee report. She reviewed the work being completed in preparation for arbor day including choosing a tree location at Atlantic Beach Elementary School (ABE), finalizing the scavenger hunt and education packet for ABE students, and flag raising logistics. Discussion about Arbor Day ensued. Sarah Boren suggested doing a monthly newsletter in which organizations would write articles to notify AB residents of information. Discussion ensued. Daniele Giovannucci proposed planting fruit trees in public spaces for the community to enjoy. Members were in support of the idea. Amanda Askew advised that there are restrictions on where trees can be planted on public property. Sarah Boren and Daniele Giovannucci volunteered to come back with more details. B. Tree Subcommittee Bruce Andrews gave the Tree Subcommittee report. He reported on litigation for trees on 19th Street, discussion about protection of trees on construction sites, and a Heritage tree nomination. Sustainability and Resiliency Committee (formerly known as the LEED C. Subcommittee) Sarah Boren gave the Sustainability and Resiliency Committee report. She discussed news reports about the LEED Recertification, working groups, building a contact list to inform and reach out to citizens, doing a call for volunteers, and including demographic data to board applications. Mark Gabrynowicz requested the news report done by Mayor Ford be posted on the city website. Sarah Boren said they will have to wait for the formal recording to be released. Barbie Brooksher encouraged members to get together to create more Facebook Live videos. 6. MAYOR/STAFF REPORTS A. 2023 Monarch Butterfly pledge Patrick Nobles reported the city must meet 3 of the 27 tasks to uphold the Monarch Butterfly pledge. He stated there are multiple tasks that the city is already doing. Amanda Askew stated she submitted the report for the 2022 Monarch Butterfly pledge and the Mayor must sign off on renewing the pledge. Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) December 14, 2022 Page 2 of 9 MOTION: to recommended the Mayor renew the city's Monarch Butterfly pledge for 2023. Motion: Mark Gabrynowicz Second: Patrick Nobles A vote was not recorded. There was no dissent to the motion. 7. OLD BUSINESS A. S&R Community Action Plan Priorities Mark Gabrynowicz presented a PowerPoint (which is attached hereto and made part of this official record as "Attachment A") and reviewed priority setting process for the Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan. Amanda Askew suggested making a motion to recommend to Commission to include around 5 priorities in their 2023 priorities. Sarah Boren stated she received direction from the City Manager that tasks that require money, significant staff time, policies, and ordinances shall go to Commission. Mark Gabrynowicz reviewed the PowerPoint he prepared which showed the cumulative top 5 - 10 tasks selected by committee members and staff. Discussion ensued about priority setting. Bruce Andrews expressed his concern that there was only one top priority addressing trees. Sarah Boren suggested expanding "Promote and educate about the benefit of trees, tree ordinance, tree planting and pervious surfaces" to include implementing the 3-year maintenance period, providing Heritage tree incentive money, and complete the tree canopy assessment. Bruce Andrews said he felt the actions were vague. Mark Gabrynowicz responded and said these were the actions that the Commission voted on and approved. Discussion ensued about "Consider best practices for sustainable principles into neighborhood planning and redevelopment". Members agreed to include bullets to the action about floodplain management and pesticide control. Bruce Andrews reviewed the committee's responsibilities as outlined in Chapter 23 and stated he did not feel some of the actions in the CAP do not address those responsibilities. Discussion ensued. Mark Gabrynowicz stated the committee needs to come up with 3 top priorities to give to commission and they could come up with more specific actions at a later day. Daniele Giovannucci suggested Sarah Boren take the top 3 ranked actions and come back with more actionable items that integrate the desires of the committee and Chapter 23 tasks. Sarah Boren said she can do this but wanted more direction from ESC on the top 3 actions. Sarah Boren reviewed two of the priorities are trees and neighborhood planning. She asked for a third priority. Mark Gabrynowicz suggested "natural systems and ecology". Sarah Boren asked members to send her additional "sub-bullet" areas to the 3 top priorities which she will go through and limit to maximum 5 sub-bullets each. Mark Gabrynowicz said 15 priorities will be a lot to give the Commission. Amanda Askew said she can set up a survey monkey to condense the priorities. Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) December 14, 2022 Page 3 of 9 Attachment A 8. NEW BUSINESS A. Use of Working Groups and Subject Matter Experts Mark Gabrynowicz and Sarah Boren reviewed the structure of working groups. Discussion ensued about the structure and proposed working groups. B. ESC Monthly Speaker Series This item was not discussed. 9. ADJOURNMENT There being no further discussion, Mark Gabrynowicz declared the meeting adjourned at 8:18 p.m. Attest: Amanda Askew Mark Gabrynowicz, Chair Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) December 14, 2022 Page 4 of 9