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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Full - Legislative Review Committee - 08/10/2021 - City Manager’s Office City Hall 300 LaPorte Ave. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com Legislative Review Committee Agenda August 10, 2021 10:30 – 11:30AM Council Information Center, City Hall, 300 LaPorte Ave., Building A 1. Approval of minutes from April 15, 2021 Meeting Attached: April 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes 2. Legislative Review Committee Process Overview (10 min) 3. Legislative Policy Agenda Overview and 2022 Update Process (10 min) a) Bills of interest/CML initiated legislation process 4. CC4CA Policy Agenda – LRC Review (15 min) Attached: Overview Memo 5. LRC Logistics (5 min) 6. Other Business (10 min) a) Federal earmarks b) DC trip City Manager’s Office City Hall 300 LaPorte Ave. PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6505 970.224.6107 - fax fcgov.com Legislative Review Committee Minutes April 15, 2021 3:00-4:00 PM Members Present: Approval of minutes from March 3rd, 2021 Meeting x Minutes approved unanimously. Bill Review: Bills of note, CML Municipal Caucus debrief, what’s on the horizon x Bills reviewed: Bill Position Comments 1244 Oppose Biometric tracking bill x Summers: Does this cover law enforcement? Not clear 1222 Monitor Childcare Facilities x Summers: Bill seems consistent with Council’s childcare goals. x Affordable childcare is a high priority x Cunniff: noted the concerns noted by CBO are consistent with his own around safety of these facilities x 200 Oppose Reduction goals are consistent with our carbon goals; includes a reporting requirement to CAMU 19-1261 established clean energy plan and goals statewide; SB21-200 changes the rules/structure; CAMU and CML opposed x Having a financial penalty imposed on CAMU (or members) will not help bring them to the table HB21- 1162 Monitor x Without a repeal of the local pre- emption statute the bill does not address State infringement on municipal home rule charters x Bill also helps to advance LPA policy goals for solid waste reduction by providing consistency statewide SB62 Oppose Jail de-population - Restricts arrests/enforcements for municipal offenses 1250 (&183) Oppose (monitor) Expands the definition of “contacts”; moves up reporting deadlines for LEO 1271 Support DOLA grant programs for housing affordability Numerous Support Stimulus packages – note additional support for wildfire recovery Other Business 1. State Transportation package update x Revenue side – concern about many fees that are actually taxes x Spending side – should offer significant local funding x LRC wants to monitor without advocating for the bill as it is forming up Environmental Services 222 Laporte Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221-6600 fcgov.com 1 MEMORANDUM Date: July 28, 2021 To: Legislative Review Committee Thru: Jackie Kozak Thiel, Chief Sustainability Officer Lindsay Ex, Environmental Services Director From: Michelle Finchum, Sustainability Specialist Re: Colorado Communities for Climate Action 2021-22 Policy Statement Purpose: The purpose of this memo is to receive support from the Legislative Review Committee on the 2021-22 Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) policy statement (below). As in prior years, staff will ask the LRC to make a formal motion for adoption at the August 10, 2021 meeting. Background: CC4CA is a coalition of 38 local jurisdictions across the state advocating for stronger state and federal climate policy. CC4CA is governed by a Board of Directors representing all of the member communities. In 2016, Fort Collins was a founding member. Summary of 2021-2022 Policy Statement: CC4CA’s Policy Statement is updated on an annual basis and reflects unanimous agreement among the coalition members on steps that should be taken at the state and federal level, often in partnership with local governments, to enable Colorado and its communities to lead in protecting the climate (see attached list of coalition members and leadership from each community). The 2021-2022 proposed statements were developed through CC4CA committees, which solicited input from every member jurisdiction and then prepared updates to reflect that input. The City of Fort Collins participated and provided input in these discussions to ensure alignment with the City’s Legislative Policy Agenda. After an extensive four-month process of exploring, discussion, and vetting, the CC4CA Board) adopted a set of updates to Policy Statement at its June 2021 retreat. At this time, all members of CC4CA are asked to formally ratify the updated Policy Statement. Most of the updates are non-substantive, and none of the substantive updates significantly alter any positions. Minor/Clarifying Updates: x Update General Policy Principle so that it reads: o Prioritizing policies that put equity at the center of decision-making by addressing systemic environmental and governance inequities based on race and socioeconomic status and by justly transitioning and growing the clean economy. x Update Position #2 under Statewide Climate Strategies so that it reads: o Secure accurate, actionable, useful, and regular state greenhouse gas inventories and forecasts for Colorado which are made accessible to local governments and incorporate Environmental Services 222 Laporte Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221-6600 fcgov.com 2 alignment between state and local inventory data to the extent possible. x Add "municipal electric utilities" to Position #10 under Energy Generation so that it reads: o 10. Expand the ability of electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities to independently purchase local renewable electricity and take other steps to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. x Change "coal" to "fossil fuel" in Positions #13 & #14 pertaining to supporting transition communities. x Add "legislative" and replace "vehicles" with "mobile sources" to capture the range of vehicle types and sources like lawn mowers so that Position #16 under Transportation reads: o 16. Ensure effective implementation of Colorado’s vehicle emissions standards and other legislative, regulatory, and programmatic activities designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources. x Add "or eliminate" to Position #22 under Waste so that it reads: o 22. Reduce or eliminate use of disposable/single-use products and promote reuse of materials, including construction and demolition waste. x Clarify Position #23 under Waste and add carbon intensiveness and circular economy, so that it reads: o 23. Foster circular economy policies like reuse, recycling, composting, and reducing the carbon intensiveness of materials and products. x Clarify that Position #27 is aimed at both natural carbon sequestration (known as "natural climate solutions") and carbon capture technologies, so that it reads: o 27. Support exploration and deployment, when appropriate, of natural climate solutions and of carbon capture and utilization/sequestration. More Substantive Updates are still only minor changes: x Add a new item on solid waste, wastewater, and agricultural waste (which will now be Position #24): o 24. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from water treatment, wastewater treatment, solid waste, and agricultural activities. x Add a new position on water conservation: o 28. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience associated with water management through water conservation, efficiency, reuse, adaptation and low impact development strategies. All of the other proposed changes are for grammatical purposes, to improve clarity, or maintain clarity when removing the explanatory text. 1 Adams County · Aspen · Avon · Basalt · Boulder · Boulder County · Breckenridge · Broomfield · Carbondale · Clear Creek County · Crested Butte · Dillon · Eagle County · Edgewater· Erie · Fort Collins · Frisco · Gilpin County · Glenwood Springs · Golden · Lafayette · Longmont · Louisville · Lyons · Mountain Village · Nederland · Northglenn· Pitkin County · Ouray County · Ridgway · Salida · San Miguel County · Snowmass Village · Summit County · Superior · Telluride · Vail · Westminster Proposed 2021-2022 CC4CA Policy Statement Colorado Communities for Climate Action is a coalition of local governments advocating for stronger state and federal climate policy. CC4CA’s policy positions reflect unanimous agreement among the coalition members on steps that should be taken at the state and federal level, often in partnership with local governments, to enable Colorado and its communities to lead in protecting the climate. CC4CA generally focuses on legislative, regulatory, and administrative action, supporting efforts that advance the general policy principles and the detailed policy positions described below, and opposing efforts that would weaken or undermine these principles and positions. General Policy Principles The following general principles guide Colorado Communities for Climate Action's specific policy positions. CC4CA supports: x Collaboration between state and federal government agencies and Colorado’s local governments to advance local climate protection and resilience. x State and federal programs to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, including adequate and ongoing funding of those programs. x Analyses, financial incentives, infrastructure, and enabling policies for the development and deployment of clean energy technologies. x Locally driven and designed programs to support communities impacted by the clean energy transformation. x Prioritizing policies that put equity at the center of decision-making by addressing systemic environmental and governance inequities based on race and socioeconomic status and by justly transitioning and growing the clean economy. Policy Positions Colorado Communities for Climate Action supports the following policy positions: Statewide Climate Strategies 1. Reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions consistent with or greater than the State of Colorado’s 2019 codified goals. 2. Secure accurate, actionable useful, and regular state greenhouse gas inventories and forecasts for Colorado which are made accessible to local governments and incorporate alignment between state and local inventory data to the extent possible. 2 3. Adopt a comprehensive market-based approach to reduce Colorado’s greenhouse gas emissions that ensures the benefits accrue justly and equitably to impacted communities. 4. Expand consideration of the environmental and health costs associated with the use of fossil fuels in making and implementing climate-related policy. Local Climate Strategies 5. Remove barriers and promote opportunities that allow counties and municipalities to maximize deployment of local clean energy and climate-related strategies, including resilience-oriented strategies, while promoting affordable, accessible, and equitable delivery of reliable clean energy. 6. Enable local governments to obtain the energy use and other data from utilities and state agencies that they need to effectively administer climate and clean energy programs. 7. Support a comprehensive public process for evaluating retail and wholesale energy choice options for communities, informed by a broad variety of stakeholders. 8. Provide for cost-effective and equitable policies, strategies, and practices that enable and accelerate energy efficiency in buildings, beneficial electrification, reducing GHG emissions, improving quality of life, and making the electric grid more robust and resilient. Energy Generation 9. Accelerate retirement of existing fossil fuel generation facilities and their replacement with cost- effective and reliable clean energy supplies, through means that support utilities, consumers, and the communities where these facilities have been located. 10. Expand the ability of electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities to independently purchase local renewable electricity and take other steps to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. 11. Modernize energy infrastructure to enhance community-based resilience and integrate distributed energy resources. Energy Efficiency 12. Expand demand side savings from efficiency and conservation for all energy types. 13. Support ongoing and sustainable funding for weatherization and renewable energy assistance to low-income households, including those in fossil fuel-dominated economies, so that all Coloradans have access to comfortable and affordable homes. 14. Support ongoing and sustainable funding for programs that assist communities in the transition from fossil fuel-dominated economies. 15. Provide counties and statutory cities and towns with the same authority held by home rule 3 cities to implement local energy conservation policies and programs. Transportation 16. Ensure effective implementation of Colorado’s vehicle emissions standards and other regulatory and programmatic activities designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources. 17. Implement the 2020 Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan and other efforts to increase electrification of all motor vehicles. 18. Increase funding and policy incentives for multimodal transportation and multimodal-friendly development statewide. 19. Incentivize and select mobility alternatives, including movement of both people and goods, based on energy efficiency, and environmental costs and benefits. Fossil Fuel Extraction Activities 20. Expand monitoring and reduction of the full life cycle emissions from fossil fuel extractive industry activities. Waste 21. Grant CDPHE authority to implement a plan for meeting Colorado’s statewide and regional solid waste diversion goals. 22. Reduce or eliminate use of disposable/single-use products and promote reuse of materials, including construction and demolition waste. 23. Foster circular economy policies like reuse, recycling, composting, and reducing the carbon intensiveness of materials and products. 24. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste, water treatment, wastewater processing, and agricultural activities. General 25. Encourage adoption of climate-positive innovations like telecommuting, drawing from the lessons learned during the coronavirus pandemic, to substantially reduce air and greenhouse gas pollution. 26. Promote proactive programs and efforts that improve the resilience and adaptability of Colorado communities in the face of natural disasters and other major challenges associated with climate change, including ensuring that disaster stabilization and recovery efforts result in reduced greenhouse gas pollution and improved resilience to future disasters. 27. Support exploration and deployment, when appropriate, of natural climate solutions (NCS) 4 and of carbon capture and utilization/sequestration (CCUS). 28. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience associated with water management through water conservation, efficiency, reuse, adaptation and low impact development strategies. 29. Encourage investments that achieve climate-positive solutions, including policies that encourage entities investing public dollars to consider partial or full divestment as part of their investment strategies. 30. Maintain protections and authorities currently provided under environmental laws like the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, and Clean Water Act, and ensure that these laws are fully implemented. CC4CA 2021 Board of Directors Commissioner Eva Henry, Adams County Commissioner Emma Pinter, Adams County * Ashley Perl, City of Aspen Chris Menges, City of Aspen Mayor Sarah Smith Hymes, Town of Avon Councilor Chico Thuron, Town of Avon Councilor Elyse Hottel, Town of Basalt Sara Nadolny, Town of Basalt * Carl Castillo, City of Boulder Susie Strife, Boulder County Mark Ruzzin, Boulder County * Jessie Burley, Town of Breckenridge Councilor Heidi Henkel, City & County of Broomfield Councilor Laurie Anderson, City & County of Broomfield Trustee Erica Sparhawk, Town of Carbondale - Board President Commissioner Randy Wheelock, Clear Creek County * Commissioner George Marlin, Clear Creek County Mayor Jim Schmidt, Town of Crested Butte Councilor Will Dujardin, Town of Crested Butte Mel Yemma, Town of Crested butte Councilor Jen Barchers, Town of Dillon Town Manager Nathan Johnson, town of Dillon * Commissioner Matt Scherr, Eagle County Lilly Steirer, City of Edgewater Matt Pagano, City of Edgewater Trustee Christiaan van Woudenberg, Town of Erie Tyler Kesler, Town of Erie Trustee Sara Loflin, Town of Erie * Lindsay Ex, City of Fort Collins Michelle Finchum, City of Fort Collins Jacqueline Kozak Thiel, City of Fort Collins Gilly Plog, Town of Frisco Councilor Jessie Burley, Town of Frisco Commissioner Sandy Hollingsworth, Gilpin County Mayor Pro Tem Shelly Kaup, City of Glenwood Springs Councilor Paula Stepp, City of Glenwood Springs Councilor JJ Trout, City of Golden Theresa Worsham, City of Golden Mayor Jamie Harkins, City of Lafayette Lisa Knoblauch, City of Longmont Annie Noble, City of Longmont Councilor Deborah Fahey, City of Louisville Deputy City Manager Megan Davis, City of Louisville Julie Boyle, Town of Lyons * Councilor Patrick Berry, Town of Mountain Village Trustee Alan Apt, Town of Nederland Councilor Jenny Willford, City of Northglenn Councilor Katherine Goff, City of Northglenn Commissioner Jake Niece, Ouray County Commissioner Lynn Padgett, Ouray county Commissioner Kelly McNicholas Kury, Pitkin County Commissioner Greg Poschman, Pitkin County Cindy Houben, Pitkin County Councilor Beth Lakin, Town of Ridgway Councilor Beth Lakin, Town of Ridgway Town Manager Preson Neill, Town of Ridgway Mayor P.T. Wood, City of Salida Councilor Jane Templeton, City of Salida City Manager Drew Nelson, City of Salida Commissioner Lance Waring, San Miguel County Jamie Starr, San Miguel County Commissioner Josh Blanchard, Summit County Michael Wurzel, Summit County Alyssa Vogan, Superior Mayor Pro Tem Todd Brown, Town of Telluride Town Manager Ross Herzog, Town of Telluride Kristen Bertuglia, Town of Vail Mayor Anita Seitz, City of Westminster * indicates executive committee members