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Home My WebLink AboutYSC July 19 2023 PacketSustainable Yakima Committee Agenda July 19, 2023 City Hall — Council Chambers 4:30 p.m. — This meeting is in -person, live -streamed at w, telecast live on Y-PAC, Spectrum Cable Channel 194. P7ul made in person or by phone. You may call in and participal 8782 or 1-971-247-1195, enter meeting ID 94477804988#, meeting password 850947#. 1. Call to Order 3. Approval of V.yakimawa.qov, and is comments may be by dialing 1-253-215- participant ID #, and 4. Public Comment There will be 35 minutes allotted for public comment with two and a half (2 1/2) minutes per speaker to allow audience participation as many opportunities as possible. Written communication and e-mail messages are strongly encouraged. 5. Presentations: a. Yakima Recycles — Glass, Mick Nelson Janke b. Assignment Reportbacks — Karina Solorio, Civic Spark Fellow 6. Other Business a. One -Year Climate Change Plan b. AD Grant Update 7. Adjournment Next Meeting: August 16, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. Sustainable Yakima Committee Minutes for June 21, 2023 1. Call to order by Chair Jeff Scott at 4:31 p.m. 2. Roll Call: members present Jeff Scott, Ray Paolella, Ajit Gill, Jeremy Leavitt, Marcelino Osorio, Dan Schapiro City staff: Rosylen Oglesby, Sy Ruiz, Karina So 3. Jeremy moved to approve the Minutes from Motion passed. 4. Public Comment: Coleen Anderson sl Municipal Services and Research Center Action Funding Opportunities and Other 5. Karina gave a presentation like Whatcom Smart Trips en single -occupancy vehicle trips. Be to enhance mobility. Surveys Indic improved city infrastructure. �A'col having security, convenience; e fic. ible mobility, and green roofs. Programs :ernative modes of transportation over iam has received federal and state funding lore people would walk or bike with iy's walkability is often characterized as comfort, and welcome. Green roofs are a longer-ter,project and'involve greater costs. They generally improve air quality and reduce energy consumption for buildings. Seattle has about 60 green roofs installed. There are state proposals to require green roofs for new buildings: 6. The committee refined timelines for the Climate Change Plan template introduced in April. Several areas involving planning or informational activities would be the focus of a one-year plan, while incentives and infrastructure are generally implemented over 5 to 10 years. Elements of a climate change plan should be aligned with other city projects. For the anaerobic digester, the city continues to review the grant process. Additional information will be provided to the committee to make a recommendation to the Yakima City Council. A resource that might be relevant to a demonstration project for the anaerobic digester is the Thriving Earth Exchange, sponsored by the American Geophysical Union. 7. Meeting adjourned at 5:54 p.m. until the next meeting scheduled on July 19, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. YAKIMA RECYCLES - GLASS Drive -In &1 0 First Sat. of the month 9-11 AM 220 1 bs 4116/2021 550 Ibs 5/312021 44,5 Ibs 5/ 18/21 568 1 bs 6/1812021 339 Ibs 7/1/2021 980 1 bs 9/3/22 811 Ibs 10/8/22 1013 Ibs 11/5/22 notification of the monthly, DIDO Figure d provides the reand sults from the Central Regstudyion waste generation area where waste wa., �haracterizein Chelan Grant counties for the . The complete study can be found at-, https://�pps.,ecolog,y.wa.gov/publicafions/"""`d`"""ocurnents"/"""l607O321.�pdf Percent of Waste Stream N'k- e, IWO 6 V q�' '§'I -Approximately 300 million case; of wine are sold in the U.S. every year, and the wine bottles from approximately 210 million c those cases end up in landfills. - EPA estimates that 70 percent of all wine bottles are not recycled. -An estimated 60 percent of a wine's carbon footprint is in the production of its bottle. Two complementary mechanisms hoimprove recycling and reduce waste: -Establish a producer responsibility system, requiring the companies that actually make packaging decisions to be financially responsible for the end -of -life management of these materials, rather than those costs falling on Washington residents. This model has proven successful around the world, and similar programs have recently been established by state legislatures in California, Oregon, Colorado, and Maine. -Create a bottle deposit pmoymarn, which has been shown togenerate very high recycling rates for beverage containers. National Bottle Bill CaU'DC1, eOUa'|'D<J' 0OpefD[] with other Eastern \8/A community glass recycling projects Walla Walla Chelan Leavenworth Ellensburg WA State Dept nfEcology Eastern WA Glass Summit, May 3rd' 2023 BIG Recyclers (Walla Walla) is now part of a statewide effort looking at glass recycling with the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), which represents glass container manufacturers nationwide. Through projects focused on bringing recycling to rural areas ir other parts of the country, GPI has developed a hub -and -spoke model to allow rural areas to economically get their glass bottles to glass manufacturers. Recycling glass into new bottles is a true circular solution as GPI has worked with local groups inlocations like Phoenix, AZand Chicago, Locreate amodel inwhich wineries, brevveriea, bars and restaurants collect their bottles in a |uoa| drop-off (Sp0ke)'which iSthen transported tO@larger collection site (hub).Once the larger hub has enough, alarger transportation company, atalower cost toeach spoke community, brings the amassed glass containers tuthe nearest manufacturer for processing into new glass containers or products. - Every year 28 BILLION glass containers end up in the landfill. - Approximately 300 million cases of wine are sold in the U.S. every year, and the wine bottles from approximately 210 million of those cases end up in landfills. - EPA estimates that 70 percent of all wine bottles are not recycled. - An estimated 60 percent of a wine's carbon footprint is in the production of its bottle. -Reusing wine bottles cuts the carbon footprint of the industry and reduces the amount of glass that ends up in landfills. - Washing a wine bottle for reuse generates less than 5 percent of the carbon emissions created during the virgin production of that same bottle. - 80% of the glass Yakima Recycles -Glass collects are wine bottles. Overview • 2017 Water Use Efficiency Goals and Measures • Water -Saving Strategies • Building Heat Resilience 0 2017 Water Use Efficiency Goals and Measures Water Use Efficiency Program Goals and Objectives Pg. 2 * Yakima Sustainability Committee Meeting * Legislation* July 19, 2023 0 Measures Selecte d for the 2018-2027 Conservation Program 1. Advanced Metering Infrastructure I n 2016, the City fib [shed implementing an AMI systern. This, involved replading and upgrading all exist[,ngwater meters. Componentsof the A,1411!g7stetn 141clude, new ivalter meterzv, radio transmitters for existhig ovater meterso structurcsfor data collection units, and AA11 soffivare. The AM I sys, tern will al [Ow for real-time monitoring and geo, cod ing of consu m pfibn data. The system W1111 allow the City to eva[uatewater use, cons umption, and DSL, as needed, The system will a[so improve the Citys, ability to, evaluate the effectiveness, of, W'UE measures, educate customers about 1'eak delection, and support, future water system pla n N ng . 2., Conservation Rates 3, Water Bills Showing Consumption History The City plans to continue to provide customers, withwater ski llis, that show censumptliVe ffistory. This, measure allows customers to compare the percentage, increase or decrease in water use over the same period from, the previous year. Yakimawa.gov Pg. 3 * Yakima Sustainability Committee Meeting * Legislation* July 19, 2023 0 4, Educationat Bill Insetfs 5, Additional Conservation Outreach Yakirnawa.gov Pg. 4 9 Yakima Sustainability Committee Meeting 9 Legislation* July 19, 2023 0 6, Use of Rech9imed Water at the, ftstewarter Treatment Plant The Clity, plans to continue using 1 0 to 1. 3, MG of recillai med water a day at the WWT P. (See Section 4A,6 for a discussion of otherwater reuse options, evatuated.) 7, LoKe- Water Demonstration Gardens 8, Irrigation Effici&ncy Demonstration Projects As descflbed above, the City plans, to, install demonstration gardens at the Yakima Public Works office, and a downtown site on Yakima Avenue., These demonstraiticln gardens wil'11 use efficient irrigatibn system technologies, such as wireless irrigatiibn cone systems. Each s,[te will include s1lignage, toe—duc-ate the public atrout efficient i 'rriz�afion practices. Photos, and inform, abon about irrigation efficiency wiill also be posted on, the Citys, website for water users to, reference. Yakirnawa.gov Pg. 5 9 Yakima Sustainability Committee Meeting 9 Legislation* July 19, 2023 0 Water -Saving Strategies • Water efficient devices in Municipal Buildings • Commercial/Industrial Audits • Rain Harvest Rebate Program • Reclaimed Wastewater disruption e The Ahwahnee Water Principles for Resource -Efficient Lani Pg. 6• Yakima Sustainability Committee Meeting • Legislation• July 19, 2023 0 .M re ff Vol MEM40 armam • Comprehensive Heat Response Plan • Conduct a heat vulnerability assessment • Shading structure • Reflective roof coating • Cooler streets and pavements • Increased tree covering Pg. 8 • Yakima Sustainability Committee Meeting • Legislation• July 19, 20230: Environmental Protection Agency City Tree Inventory Map Yakima Tree Board 0