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February 27, 2025
MINUTES
Environmental Stewardship Committee
Sustainability & Resiliency Subcommittee Meeting
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 9:00 AM
City Hall, Commission Chamber
800 Seminole Road, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
Present: Sarah Boren, ESC Chair
Todd Miner, ESC Member
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 MINUTES)
Theresa Todd – Shared possible reason for trees dying in Dutton Island
3. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
A. Sustainability and Resilience Matters and Community Action Plan
Reviewed LEED for Cities recertification parameters and the value of LEED
overall
1. Strengthening Financial Stewardship:
Improve eligibility for grants:
o LEED certification demonstrates a commitment to data-driven
performance, making Atlantic Beach a more competitive applicant for
state and federal grants focused on infrastructure, resilience, and
sustainability.
Save taxpayer dollars and operational resources:
o By optimizing energy and water efficiency, and reducing waste, LEED
helps minimize operational costs, freeing up resources for other critical
city services.
Integrate metrics into budgeting & strategic planning:
o By using the data provided by LEED, the city can create budgets that
accurately reflect the needs of the city.
2. Enhancing Governance and Planning:
Progress governance with performance data and informed analysis (“what
gets measured, gets managed”):
o LEED provides a robust framework for tracking key performance
indicators, enabling data-driven decision-making and accountability.
Mitigate risk through integrative, holistic, and proactive planning:
o LEED encourages a holistic approach to city planning, addressing
interconnected challenges like climate resilience, infrastructure, and
public health, reducing long-term risks.
Benchmark performance with other cities:
o By using the LEED platform, Atlantic Beach can see how it performs
compared to similar cities, and learn from their successes.
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Environmental Stewardship Committee Sustainability & Resiliency Subcommittee
February 27, 2025
Strengthen plans, policies & programs with proven best practices and
thresholds:
o LEED provides a framework built on proven best practices, allowing the
city to implement policies that have been shown to be effective.
Identify gaps & weaknesses:
o The data provided by LEED allows the city to see where improvements
can be made.
Prioritize, organize & budget future improvements:
o By identifying weak points, the city can direct spending to the areas that
need it most.
3. Fostering Community Engagement and Collaboration:
Engage constituents with tangible data:
o LEED provides clear and measurable data that can be communicated to
residents, demonstrating the city's progress and fostering transparency.
Communicate & celebrate progress:
o Celebrating milestones and achievements reinforces the city's
commitment to continuous improvement and builds community pride.
Create opportunities for collaboration:
o LEED encourages collaboration across city departments and with
external stakeholders, fostering a more integrated and effective approach
to governance.
Break down internal silos and rowing together toward the same goals,
measuring the same metrics in the same way:
o Having a unified system for measuring data allows for better
communication between departments.
Identify organizational weaknesses:
o The collaboration that LEED encourages, helps to identify weaknesses in
the cities organizational structure.
Direct resources to areas of need:
o By finding organizational weaknesses, and by measuring data, the city
can place resources where they will be most effective.
Key Messaging Points:
Focus on efficiency and cost savings.
Emphasize risk management and resilience.
Showcase the value of data-driven decision-making.
Highlight the benefits of community engagement and collaboration.
Frame LEED as a tool for responsible governance and long-term prosperity.
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 10:03 a.m.
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