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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - Mail Packet - 4/25/2023 - Legislative Review Committee Agenda Materials – April 25, 2023 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 Tuesday, April 25, 2023 3:00-4:00PM Council Information Chambers (CIC) in City Hall 300 LaPorte Ave In-person with Zoom option Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://fcgov.zoom.us/j/94407068742 1. Approval of minutes from March 21, 2023 meeting a. Attached: March 21, 2023 minutes 2. Bill review (30 min) a. Current Bill tracker (attached) b. Other bills and bills for discussion i. HB-1171: Relating to Just Cause Evictions ii. HB 1115: Repeal Prohibition Local Residential Rent Control iii. HB-1257: Mobile Home Park water Quality iv. HB-1282: Protect Consumers from Additional Entities v. HB-1294: Pollution Protection Measures vi. SB-111: Public Employees' Workplace Protection vii. SB-213: Land Use viii. SB-270: Projects to Restore Natural Stream Systems ix. SB-274: Water Quality Control Fee-setting By Rule x. SB-286: CORA xi. SB-290: Natural Medicine Legalization & Regulation (Mushrooms) xii. Micro-trenching -Not introduced 3. CC4CA (20 min) a. 2023 Policy Statement review and adoption 4. Other Business and Announcements (10 min) a. Other 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 DRAFT Legislative Review Committee Minutes Tuesday, March 21, 2023 3:00-4:00PM Councilmembers present: Mayor Arndt, Councilmember Canonico (chair), Councilmember Peel, Councilmember Gutowsky Staff present: Ginny Sawyer, John Duval, John Phelan, Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Megan DeMasters, Megan Valliere Guests present: Ed Bowditch (lobbyist), Jennifer Cassell (lobbyist), Michael Stella (intern for Bowditch & Cassell) 1. Approval of minutes from February 21, 2023 meeting a. The Mayor moved to approve the minutes from the February 21st, 2023, meeting. Councilmember Peel seconded. Motion passed 3-0. 2. Bill review a. Ed provided a mid-session update for the LRC. As of the day of the meeting, March 21st, it was the 72nd day of the session with about seven weeks left. Ed shared that there is quite a bit of work ahead of the legislature, and things are picking up in terms of volume of work. Legislative leaders have shared with senators and representatives that few, if any, controversial bills will be allowed late status this year. b. The Legislative Review Committee reviewed bills that LRC members, City staff, and lobbyists are monitoring. The following table details the specific bills that LRC discussed. Bill/Bill Topic Prime Sponsors LRC Discussion Action Taken, Recommendation or Consensus from LRC Bills on which the City has taken a position (or has been asked to consider taking a position ) HB23-1101 - “Ozone Season Transit Grant Program Flexibility” Reps. Vigil and Bacon Sens. Winter and Hinrichsen The City supports ozone grant program flexibility. An amendment was added that would allow CDOT to redraw transportation planning regions. It looks like this portion of the bill will become a study instead, and the bill should receive final approval from the conference committee on partisan lines. The City has taken a support position on this bill. HB23-1169 - “Limit Arrests for Low-Level Offenses” Rep. Bacon Rep. Bacon is making some changes to the bill to make sure local governments understand it is not her intention to include municipal offenses for which there is no state equivalent in arrest prohibitions. There is currently no Senate sponsor for this bill. The City has taken an oppose position on this bill. HB23-1190 - “Affordable Housing Right of First Refusal” Reps. Boesenecker and Sirota Sen. Winter Rep. Boesenecker is working on several amendments to this bill. It passed the House and shouldn’t have any issues in the Senate. The City has taken a support position on this bill. SB23-058 - “Job Application Fairness Act” Reps. Willford and Young Sens. Danielson and Jaquez Lewis Would prohibit employers from inquiring about an applicant’s age, date of birth, or transcripts that indicate date of graduation from an education institution on an employment application. CML is currently seeking amendments that clarify municipalities’ ability to request these documents after initial application. The LRC decided to continue to monitor this bill. SB23-111 - “Public Employees’ Workplace Protection” Rep. Woodrow Sen. Rodriguez CML is requesting that municipal partners join in opposition to this bill, which they are describing as a next step toward collective bargaining. The current fiscal note indicates that the proposal would take money out of the employment support fund. The LRC decided to continue to monitor this bill. SB23-150 - “Require Labelling Disposable Wipes” Sens. Roberts and Will Reps. Froelich and Frizell Would require producers of pre-moistened wipes to put on the packaging language to the effect of “do not flush, these products will clog sewer lines.” A representative from the City testified in support of this bill in both the House and the Senate. It should pass with no issues. The City has taken a support position on this bill. SB23-172 - “Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act” Reps. Weissman and Bacon Sens. Winter and Gonzales This bill is being described as a new version of the POWER Act from the 2021 session. The bill would increase the quantity of reasons an employee could sue their employer, and the definition of harassment in the bill is very broad. CML has taken an oppose position. The City is still formally in a monitor position, though Mayor Arndt expressed willingness to oppose this bill. SB23-175 - “Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects” Reps. Boesenecker and Taggart Sens. Jaquez Lewis and Rich This bill allows the extension of DDAs for 20 years. Jenn and Ed will share our support for the bill with the appropriate individuals. The City has taken a support position on this bill. Additional bills discussed HB23-1215 - “Limits on Hospital Facility Fees” Reps. Sirota and Boesenecker Sens. Mullica and Cutter This bill would limit the facility fees that can be charged by hospitals for various outpatient services. Our partners at UC Health are concerned about the budgetary impacts of this legislation. Jenn said that she will relay our concerns to Rep. Boesenecker. Continue to monitor. HB23-1242 - “Water Conservation in Oil and Gas Operations” Reps. Boesenecker and Joseph Sen. Cutter As originally drafted, would require oil and gas operators to reduce their use of fresh water and increase their use of reused/recycled water. Due to a strike below amendment, Rep. Boesenecker is dramatically reworking the bill. N/A HB23-1245 - “Campaign Practices for Municipal Elections” Rep. Parenti This bill would change campaign finance rules for statutory municipalities, not home rule municipalities. N/A SB23-198 - “Clean Energy Plans” Rep. Weissman Sen. Winter John Phelan is working to align the City, CAMU, PRPA, and CC4CA on this bill. PRPA and CAMU have issues with some provisions related to interim goals and planning language that encroaches on their authority related to public processes. John will keep everyone updated on this bill as discussions take place. N/A Micro-trenching bill (not yet introduced) Rep. Titone CML opposes this bill. There is a strong possibility it will not even be introduced this session due to a leadership-imposed limit on late bill status for controversial bills. The LRC said that if this bill is introduced, the City will take an oppose position. Workers’ Comp bill (not yet introduced) Rep. Boesenecker Jenn has a meeting with Rep. Boesenecker on 03/24/2023 to discuss this and other bills. We are under the impression Rep. Boesenecker will not introduce this bill until he reaches some sort of compromise between the Claimaints’ Bar/AFL and the bill’s large opposition coalition. N/A CORA bill (not yet introduced) Rep. Snyder Sen. Hansen The bill in its current form still carves out reduced CORA rates for media. CML strongly opposes any cost differentiation for media. LRC decided to continue watching and waiting for this bill, and staff will continue to monitor when it gets introduced. Housing/Land Use Bill (not yet introduced) Reps. Jodeh and Woodrow Sen. Moreno Given the complicated interaction of our own land use engagement process and the timing of this piece of legislation, the LRC decided that it shouldn’t take a position separate from the full Council. The group decided to schedule time for the full Council to discuss the legislation once the bill text is available for everyone to read. Monitor until the full Council can discuss. Cleanup bill for HB21-1110 - “Colorado Laws For Persons with Disabilities” Sen. Bridges The Governor’s Office wants to ensure that public entities do not start removing information from their websites as a result of the 2021 accessibility law. Expecting Sen. Bridges to run a cleanup bill that will maintain the provisions of the bill but will allow a have a cure period and will limit the quantity of lawsuits that can be brought against organizations for any one instance of noncompliance. The cleanup bill will not change the compliance deadline of July 2024. N/A 3. Other Business and Announcements a. Councilmember Peel requested that the Agenda for LRC be provided in a way that doesn’t require her to download it from our system, which takes a long time and isn’t always easy to read. Ginny said she can print a few copies for our next meeting and also noted that the agenda is available on the LRC subcommittee webpage at https://www.fcgov.com/citymanager/legislative. b. The group discussed how we should respond to endorsement/support requests. Ginny clarified that if something fits squarely within the adopted Legislative Policy Agenda (LPA), City staff act in accordance with the document in terms of support/oppose positions. Staff will often maintain a monitor position when bills are potentially controversial and wait for LRC/Council input, even if the LPA would indicate a support/oppose position. Staff does not take positions on bills that address topics not covered in the LPA. Ginny shared that we try to be very judicious with the number of positions we take on bills each session. Bill # Title Description Position Sponsors (House and Senate) HB23-1039 Electric Resource Adequacy Reporting Concerning a requirement that electric load-serving entities periodically report about the adequacy of their electric resources, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Monitor House: S. Bird (D); Senate: F. Winter (D), R. Rodriguez (D) HB23-1057 Amenities For All Genders In Public Buildings Concerning a requirement that certain public buildings have restrooms with amenities for all genders. Monitor House: K. McCormick (D), S. Vigil (D); Senate: S. Jaquez Lewis (D) HB23-1101 Ozone Season Transit Grant Program Flexibility Concerning support for transit, and, in connection therewith, increasing the flexibility of the ozone season transit grant program and increasing opportunities for transit agency participation in regional transportation planning. Support House: J. Bacon (D), S. Vigil (D); Senate: F. Winter (D), N. Hinrichsen (D) HB23-1115 Repeal Prohibition Local Residential Rent Control Concerning the repeal of statutory provisions prohibiting local governments from enacting rent control on private residential property or a private residential housing unit. Monitor House: J. Mabrey (D), E. Velasco (D); Senate: R. Rodriguez (D) HB23-1134 Require Electric Options In Home Warranties Concerning mandatory provisions in home warranty service contracts, and, in connection therewith, requiring a home warranty service contract to include terms allowing a homeowner to replace any of certain gas- fueled devices with a device that operates on electricity. Monitor House: C. Kipp (D), J. Joseph (D); Senate: L. Cutter (D) HB23-1161 Environmental Standards For Appliances Concerning environmental standards for certain products, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Monitor House: C. Kipp (D), J. Willford (D); Senate: L. Cutter (D) HB23-1169 Limit Arrest For Low-level Offenses Concerning a non-arrest response by law enforcement for certain low-level offenses. Oppose House: J. Bacon (D); Senate: HB23-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Concerning a right of first refusal to purchase qualifying multifamily residential property by a local government. Support House: E. Sirota (D), A. Boesenecker (D); Senate: F. Winter (D) HB23-1215 Limits On Hospital Facility Fees Concerning limitations on hospital facility fees, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Oppose House: E. Sirota (D), A. Boesenecker (D); Senate: L. Cutter (D), K. Mullica (D) HB23-1243 Hospital Community Benefit Concerning changes to the hospital community benefit. Oppose House: J. Amabile (D); Senate: D. Moreno (D) HB23-1245 Campaign Practices For Municipal Elections Concerning requirements under the ""Fair Campaign Practices Act"" for municipal elections. Monitor House: J. Parenti (D), J. Willford (D); Senate: K. Priola (D), R. Rodriguez (D) HB23-1255 Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions Concerning preemption of local regulations limiting the number of building permits issued for development. Monitor House: W. Lindstedt (D), R. Dickson (D); Senate: J. Gonzales (D) HB23-1282 Protect Consumers From Additional Entities Concerning persons subject to the ""Colorado Consumer Protection Act"", and, in connection therewith, expanding the definition of ""person"" used for purposes of the act to include a public utility. Oppose House: C. Kipp (D); Senate: K. Priola (D) HB23-1294 Pollution Protection Measures Concerning measures to protect communities from pollution. Support House: J. Bacon (D), J. Willford (D); Senate: F. Winter (D), J. Gonzales (D) SB23-016 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Measures Concerning measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Monitor Senate: C. Hansen (D); House: E. Sirota (D), K. McCormick (D) SB23-035 Middle-income Housing Authority Act Concerning the operation of the middle-income housing authority, and, in connection therewith, adding members to the board of directors and expanding the power of the authority to enter into public-private partnerships. Support Senate: D. Moreno (D), J. Bridges (D); House: L. Herod (D) SB23-053 Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements Concerning restrictions on nondisclosure agreements that affect government employees. Monitor Senate: R. Rodriguez (D), B. Kirkmeyer (R); House: S. Woodrow (D), G. Evans (R) SB23-058 Job Application Fairness Act Concerning required disclosures of age-related information on job applications, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Monitor Senate: J. Danielson (D), S. Jaquez Lewis (D); House: M. Young (D), J. Willford (D) SB23-097 Motor Vehicle Theft And Unauthorized Use Concerning the adoption of the 2023 recommendations of the Colorado commission on criminal and juvenile justice regarding motor vehicle offenses committed by a person who is not the owner of the motor vehicle, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Monitor Senate: R. Zenzinger (D), R. Gardner (R); House: S. Bird (D), M. Soper (R) SB23-111 Public Employees' Workplace Protection Concerning public employees' workplace protection from employer retaliation, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Oppose Senate: R. Rodriguez (D); House: S. Woodrow (D) SB23-150 Require Labeling Disposable Wipes Concerning a requirement that certain persons label disposable wipes. Support Senate: D. Roberts (D), P. Will (R); House: M. Froelich (D), L. Frizell (R) SB23-166 Establishment Of A Wildfire Resiliency Code Board Concerning the establishment of a wildfire resiliency code board, and, in connection therewith, requiring the wildfire resiliency code board to adopt model codes, requiring governing bodies with jurisdiction in an area within the wildland-urban interface to adopt codes that meet or exceed the standards set forth in the model codes, and making an appropriation. Monitor Senate: T. Exum Sr. (D), L. Cutter (D); House: M. Froelich (D), E. Velasco (D) SB23-172 Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act Concerning protections for Colorado workers against discriminatory employment practices. Monitor Senate: F. Winter (D), J. Gonzales (D); House: M. Weissman (D), J. Bacon (D) SB23-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Concerning the use of tax increment financing by downtown development authorities, and, in connection therewith, creating automatic extensions of the periods during which a portion of property tax revenues may be allocated to finance projects of an authority. Support Senate: J. Rich (R), S. Jaquez Lewis (D); House: A. Boesenecker (D), R. Taggart (R) SB23-183 Local Government Provision Of Communications Services Concerning the elimination of the requirement that a local government obtain voter approval to provide certain communications services. Monitor Senate: K. Priola (D), M. Baisley (R); House: B. Titone (D), R. Weinberg (R) SB23-191 Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment Organics Diversion Study Concerning a study regarding diversion of organic materials from landfills. Support Senate: L. Cutter (D); House: C. Kipp (D), J. Joseph (D) SB23-200 Automated Vehicle Identification Systems Concerning the utilization of automated vehicle identification systems for increased traffic law enforcement by certain jurisdictions. Monitor Senate: F. Winter (D); House: M. Froelich (D) SB23-213 Land Use Concerning state land use requirements, and, in connection therewith, establishing a process to diagnose and address housing needs across the state, addressing requirements for the regulation of accessory dwelling units, middle housing, transit-oriented areas, key corridors, and manufactured and modular homes, prohibiting certain planned unit development resolutions, prohibiting a local government from enforcing certain occupancy limits, modifying the content requirements for county and municipal master plans, prohibiting certain municipalities from imposing minimum square footage requirements for residential units, requiring entities to submit a completed and validated water loss audit report to the Colorado water conservation board, prohibiting a unit owners' association from prohibiting certain kinds of housing, requiring the transportation commission and the department of transportation to modify the state highway access code, criteria for certain grant programs, and expenditures from the multimodal transportation options fund to align with state strategic growth objectives, and making an appropriation. Monitor Senate: D. Moreno (D); House: S. Woodrow (D), I. Jodeh (D) SB23-244 Technology Accessibility Cleanup Concerning updates to language in relevant Colorado statutes related to ensuring technology accessibility to persons with disabilities. Monitor Senate: R. Zenzinger (D), J. Bridges (D); House: S. Bird (D), E. Sirota (D) SB23-253 Standards For Products Represented As Compostable Concerning standards for products represented as compostable in the state, and in connection therewith, making an appropriation. Monitor Senate: L. Cutter (D); House: M. Froelich (D), K. McCormick (D) SB23-270 Projects To Restore Natural Stream Systems Concerning activities that restore the environmental health of natural stream systems without administration. Support Senate: D. Roberts (D), C. Simpson (R); House: M. Catlin (R), K. McCormick (D) SB23-286 Access To Government Records Concerning public access to government records. Monitor Senate: C. Hansen (D); House: M. Snyder (D), M. Soper (R) 1 Environmental Services Department 222 Laporte Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.21.6600 MEMORANDUM Date: April 19, 2023 To: Legislative Review Committee Thru: From: CC: Ginny Sawyer, Sr. Policy & Project Manager Honore Depew, Climate Program Manager Lindsay Ex, Environmental Services Director Re: Consideration to Support Proposed Updates to the CC4CA Policy Statement The purpose of this memo is to provide context for the proposed 2023 Policy Statement for Colorado Communities for Climate Action (CC4CA) also in the April LRC packet. The City of Fort Collins was a founding member of CC4CA. Part of that process involved the City Council adopting a resolution expressing support for CC4CA’s Policy Statement. CC4CA goes through a formal process of updating this Policy Statement every other year. Because the last time the Board updated it was in June 2021, the Board is slated to decide on a new round of updates at this year’s annual retreat (June 8-9, 2023). CC4CA’s Policy Committee leads this process. Councilmember Canonico is a member of the Policy Committee and plans to attend the June retreat, along with Environmental Services Department (ESD) City Staff. The process has included soliciting input from every member jurisdiction, a preliminary review by the Board of Directors at its February 2023 meeting, and now this final set of proposed updates. City staff have reviewed and provided input to the process. In preparation for the annual Board retreat, each CC4CA member is asked to review the proposed changes and identify any that might be of concern. There are several key points to keep in mind: 1. The process of crafting the proposed updates is extensive and thorough, so these proposed updates have already gone through substantial vetting and baking. 2. For each proposed update, Board members will have the option of supporting, abstaining, or objecting. If a single member objects to a specific proposed change at the Board retreat, that change does not occur, so we ask that members only object (i.e., veto) if they have a strong objection. 3. Ultimately, the question for our Board representative will be “can you live with this proposed change?” as opposed to “Is this the best possible wording?” 4. Because the coalition now has 42 members, and each jurisdiction essentially has a veto over every proposed update, it is important for member jurisdictions to raise any concerns about proposed updates as soon as possible to give everyone time to understand and try to resolve the issue. 5. The Policy Statement does not guide how CC4CA prioritizes among advocacy opportunities. The Policy Committee does that separately. The Policy Statement simply identifies the organization’s positions on each of the relevant policy issues. The City of Fort Collins’ Board member has been asked to review the proposed updates to confirm that they have no objections. CC4CA does not dictate how each member jurisdiction does this. Some jurisdictions require or prefer that the elected body review and formally approve the proposed updates. Some leave it to the Board member. Some handle this at the staff level. All that CC4CA requires is for each member’s Board representative(s) to be empowered to represent the jurisdiction for this final decision at the June retreat. If we do raise concerns, CC4CA asks that we be very specific about what they are: a. Which specific proposed update is of concern? b. What exactly is the concern? c. Would we rate the concern as minor (e.g., grammatical edits), moderate (may require discussion but probably doesn’t require major changes to the proposed updates), or serious? ESD Director, Lindsay Ex, and Councilmember Canonico will be participating in the annual Board retreat and need to be prepared to work through the final discussion and decision at the retreat. The major discussion will occur on the first day of the retreat. If that discussion leads to any proposed tweaks to the official proposed updates, Board members will have until the meeting resumes the next day to secure any final additional approvals they may need. Adams County · Aspen · Avon · Basalt · Boulder · Boulder County · Breckenridge · Broomfield · Carbondale Clear Creek County · Crested Butte · Dillon · Durango · Eagle County · Edgewater · Erie · Fort Collins · Frisco Gilpin County · Glenwood Springs · Golden · Lafayette · Lake County · Larimer County · Longmont · Louisville · Lyons Mountain Village · Nederland · Northglenn · Ouray County · Pitkin County · Ridgway · Routt County · Salida San Miguel County · Snowmass Village · Summit County · Superior · Telluride · Vail · Wheat Ridge CC4CA Policy Statement Effective July 1, 2021 Adopted by the Board of Directors June 4, 2021 PROPOSED POLICY STATEMENT UPDATES (REDLINE EDITS ACCEPTED) FORMALLY PROPOSED BY THE POLICY COMMITTEE 3/9/23 (and updated with new language for #18 on 4/13/23) 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: • Collaboration between state and federal government agencies and Colorado’s local governments to advance local climate protection and resilience. • State and federal programs to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, including adequate and ongoing funding of those programs. • Analyses, financial incentives, infrastructure, fiscal tools and enabling policies for the development and deployment of clean energy technologies. • Locally driven and designed programs to support communities impacted by the clean energy transformation. • Centering equity in decision-making by prioritizing policies that address systemic environmental and governance inequities based on race and socioeconomic status and that justly transition and grow the clean energy economy. 2 Policy Positions Colorado Communities for Climate Action supports policies that: Statewide Climate Strategies 1. Reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions consistent with or greater than the State of Colorado’s adopted, 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. 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. Treat the environmental and health costs associated with the use of fossil fuels as an important priority 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 well-designed public processes 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 building related GHG emissions, and improving quality of life. 3 Energy Generation, Transmission, and Distribution 9. Modernize energy infrastructure to strengthen grid reliability, enhance resilience (community-based and otherwise), improve transmission, and more fully integrate renewable energy, distributed generation, and energy storage resources. 10. Retire or discontinue the use of fossil fuel power plants while ensuring grid reliability. 11. Discourage construction of new fossil fuel power plants. 12. 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. Energy Efficiency 13. Expand demand side savings from efficiency and conservation for all energy types. 14. Support ongoing and sustainable funding for weatherization and renewable energy assistance to low-income households. 15. Provide counties and statutory cities and towns with the same authority held by home rule cities to implement local energy conservation policies and programs. Transportation 16. Ensure effective implementation of Colorado’s vehicle emissions standards, GHG- related regulations, state and regional transportation-related plans, and other regulatory and programmatic activities designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from mobile sources. 17. Increase funding and policy incentives for multimodal transportation and mobility options, based on efficient use of resources. Land Use 18. Encourage adoption and implementation of statewide policies that enable local governments to enact land use, zoning, and planning policies that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience. 19. Encourage adoption and implementation of practices in the agriculture and forest sectors that durably reduce greenhouse gases, increase resilience, improve water 4 conservation, support ecosystem health, and promote a sustainable, low-carbon agriculture and forestry economy in Colorado. Resilience 20. Proactively improve the resilience and adaptability of Colorado communities in the face of natural disasters and other 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. 21. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with water management, and increase water resilience, through water conservation, efficiency, reuse, adaptation, low impact development strategies, and other approaches. Fuel Sources 22. Eliminate emissions from and achieve comprehensive, high accuracy monitoring of fossil fuel extractive industry activities. 23. Secure appropriate guardrails on the development/use of alternative energy technologies, such as hydrogen and biomass, based on their life cycle greenhouse gas emissions impacts, environmental and social impacts, and cost. Waste 24. Ensure that CDPHE has adequate authority to implement plans and policies for meeting Colorado’s statewide and regional solid waste diversion goals. 25. Secure high levels of circular economy activities like reuse, recycling, composting, and reducing the carbon intensiveness of materials and products, including reducing and eliminating use of disposable/single-use products and construction and demolition waste. 26. Achieve significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions from solid waste, water treatment, and wastewater processing. General 27. Support ongoing and sustainable funding for programs that assist communities in the transition from fossil fuel-dominated economies. 28. Support exploration and deployment, when appropriate, of well-regulated technologies and practices that retain currently sequestered carbon, capture 5 greenhouse gasses before they are emitted, remove greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere, and use or sequester this carbon. 29. Encourage investments that achieve climate-positive solutions, including policies that encourage entities investing public dollars to consider partial or full divestment in fossil fuel extraction and use 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 and can be improved through stakeholder input when appropriate.