Policy Committee Minutes -- April 28, 2008

SASCO Policy Committee

• Invite Shawn Nau to the May 8 Board meeting.
• Aim to have Walt Serfoss (County sustainability manager) and Nancy Andrews (City Green Team leader) at separate meetings later.
• Should we engage in organizing systems-thinking presentations (if so, whom might we invite?), coordinating among non-profits and possibly among governmental entities? 
• We might explore this question with Shawn Nau. We might also seek time on a City Council study session agenda to discuss how we might help further the city effort.
• Werner noted advice from Bob Goll (consultant for countyChildren, Youth, and Family Master Plan): work with Administrators; elected officials may change.
• Rebecca reported that 2009 funding requests must go in to County in June.
• Dick posed the question: Where do we get our leverage? Two ways: working with policy makers and building citizen support.
  
  

• Abbreviate to focus on a smaller number of points.
• Concerning metrics, stress baseline and progress indicators, including specific examples such as energy use or CO₂ emissions.
• Stress the need for a broader sustainability perspective.
• The question of proposing a workshop remains unresolved. We need to sound out City Council interest and also review documents Werner has gathered from Bob Doppelt (Claire Bradshaw’s mentor) and Bob Willard.

• Invite Shawn Nau to Board meeting; consider Walt Serfoss or Nancy Andrews as backups.
• Contact City Councilors concerning their perspectives on city sustainability efforts. [We should also include Ray LeBlanc and probably Greg Hoch. RW]
• When we have decided our approach, we should deliver it with public comment at a City Council meeting.
• We need to move quickly to formulate possible funding requests for 2009 City and County budgets.