Agenda
SIERRA CLUB SANTA CRUZ COUNTY GROUP
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Meeting Agenda
April 15, 2020
6:30-8:30 PM
Meeting will be conducted via https://zoom.us/
Link required to join the meeting and will be provided to Excomm members via separate correspondence.
Others contact chair or Excomm members to register and join the meeting
Welcome & Introductions...5 min
Check ins and announcements…15 min
• Micah- Youth Climate Strike goes virtual. Micah to send email to members
Requests to modify the agenda...2 min
Approval of Minutes from 3/11 ExComm meeting…10 min
Motion to reimburse standing committee chairs for ZOOM Pro license ($15/month/license) (Steve B) 5 min
Standing Committee Nominations…10 min
• Mike Guth for Conservation Chair.
• Bob Morgan for Transportation Chair.
• Lisa Hochstein as a new member of the Transportation Committee. Lisa was the Chair of the People Power Steering Committee for many years. She is hardworking, reasonable and possesses very high integrity. She is a current Sierra Club member.
Transportation Committee:
• (BOB M) Zoom interviews to be co-sponsored by Sierra Club and Committee for sustainable Transportation re Parking Garage with Jeff Oberdorfer; Adam Miller Ball …. 15 min
Proposal by Bob Morgan: two separate zoom interviews about garage project/current location renovation --questions posed. Proposed time for interviews 1 hr each.
interviews to be sent live and posted on CFST website, Sierra Club website, DCA. format TBD— Bob M would like to conduct the interview. He has met with Jeff O previously for a COPA meeting.
Format logistics TBD: (Question monitor, facilitator, written questions submitted beforehand, publicity push???)
DATES--need to determine best timing.
• Other Parking Garage Business.
Proposal by Bob Morgan to write a letter opposing the garage and supporting, in concept, building workforce/ affordable housing downtown on lots currently used for public parking. Empower Bob M, Micah, and ??? to write final letter and send it on behalf of the Club. OR, see attached draft letter…10min
Kaiser Project on Soquel Frontage Road (BOB M): 5 min
Proposal to send a letter asking for extension of comments on EIR Scope past May 1st. Asking for volunteers from the Excomm to read the document.
Outreach and Events
• Park Closures due to COVID-19
Send letter to National asking them to modify their support of closing all National Parks (Steve)...10 min
Send letter to City, County, and State Parks Representatives asking them to find a balanced approach to access to nature under which some parks and beaches stay open under some conditions (Micah)…10 min
Draft letters to be sent to Excomm via separate correspondence
Conservation
• Ban on Gas Powered Leaf Blowers in the City of Santa Cruz (Keresha) …15 min
Proposal to write a letter to City Council asking them to ban Gas Powered Leaf Blowers as per other Cities and the Loma Prieta Chapter
2020-04-15 Executive Committee meeting Agenda
Next meeting: Wednesday May 13, 2020