AMENDED Agenda Packet 11-12-19 Work Session

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Annual Report-Fiscal Year 2019 Introduction On November 19, 2018, the Sustainability Commission presented its fiscal year 2019 (FY19) Work Plan to City Council. The FY19 Work Plan reflected the Commission’s intent to work on issues in five specific areas, while also allowing for flexibility to address issues as they came up. The priority topics included: City Council Engagement CAP2.0 Outreach and Policy Input Waste Reduction Policy Transportation System Plan (TSP) Implementation Biophilic Design Neighborhood Preparedness Natural Gas FY19 Work Plan Progress Progress on the six priority topic areas presented in the FY18 Work Plan was significant. A detailed accounting on each item on the Work Plan is included at the end of this document. A summary of accomplishments is included here. Commission sent five proposals to City Council. The Commission sent five proposals to City Council in FY19 and provided public comment in support of those proposals. The topic of each proposal is listed below. City Council approved work sessions for the proposals regarding single use plastics and the polystyrene ban. Council took action that aligned with the Commission requests on the following items: single use plastics and on polystyrene products and has deliberated the Northwest Natural Gas franchise agreement. In addition, the City has seen major programmatic advances in the area of food waste with the roll out of curbside composting. Single use plastics letter (October 2018) Northwest Natural Gas franchise agreement recommendations (November 2018) Recommended process for determining how to regulate natural gas (April 2019) Food waste committee recommendations (May 2019) Follow-up letter on single use plastics urging action on polystyrene (June 2019) Engagement in the Climate Action Plan 2.0 Process. The Commission is tracking the CAP2.0 project, looking for ways to contribute through review of the gap strategies. Members of the Commission attended many of the second round of Large Lever Shareholder Meetings in the fall of 2018. The Commission formed a Committee to review the gaps strategies. This work is in progress. Building Capacity. In June 2019, the Commission adopted new Working Agreements that address how to deliberate time-sensitive topics. The previous Working Agreements had improved the efficiency of the Commission but left little flexibility when time-sensitive issues arose. These improvements will provide the Commission more flexibility in the future. ATTACHMENT A November 12, 2019, Work Session – Item 2