HomeMy WebLinkAboutFuture agenda and requests - January 2025
City of Palm Springs Sustainability Commission
January 2025
Upcoming Agenda Items for City Council, Commission, and Subcommittees - Targeted
Food Ware Ordinance (styrofoam coolers prohibited)
City Council – TBD
Commission – February (recommendation)
Energy-Efficient Upgrade Ordinance
City Council February (information only); TBD (first reading)
Tree Ordinance
City Council – March (first reading)
Commission – January (information); February (recommendation)
Greenhouse Gas Reduction
City Council – April
Commission – February and March
Smoking Ordinance
City Council – TBD (first reading)
Commission – TBD (recommendation)
Commission
February
• CV Link Status
• Food Ware Ordinance recommendation
• Tree Ordinance recommendation
• Motor Vehicle Idling
March
• Update on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy
• Smoking ordinance edits; feedback from community and Economic Development
SSCOWR
February
• Waste from new food bank on Alejo
• Clarification about composting pails (Commissioner Alexander’s suggestion)
• Parks/Recreation and Sustainability – collection of landfill, recycling, organics
• Battery recycling
TBD
• Review of reuse projects and policies across CA/region
• CA water regulations
Climate Action
February
• Moratorium on drive-throughs
Upcoming Agenda Items and Guest Presentations - Unscheduled
Commission
• Tree ordinance (to City Council)
• Food ware ordinance (to City Council, before end of 2024)
• Turf conversion statistics (from DWA)
• Cool roof
• Pool heaters
• Dark Sky ordinance
• Scholarships provided by the City (e.g., leaf blowers)
• Solar on/in City buildings; Director McCloy’s report
• Shade structures and trees; collaboration with Parks and Recreation Office/Commission
• Cannabis/large building ordinance update (staff request)
• Air quality
• Digital media/education
• Ban on use of glue traps and rodenticides—Prescott Reserve request
• Dog/waste pickup stations
SSCOWR
• Waste enforcement
Climate Action
• Heat and shade study and “Safe Routes for All” study (Sustainability Specialist Wheeler)
• Greenhouse gas emissions analysis
• Social media – Air Quality Monitoring
• Airport expansion, regional connectivity to PSP
• City buildings – emissions reduction
Additional suggested agenda items from Feb 20 Commission meeting
• Collaboration with other cities on sustainability; form committee (Commissioner Walker)
• Increased effort with respect to community gardens (Vice Chair Barrett)
• Trash container labeling (Commissioner Cohn)
• Shade structures and trees; work with Parks and Recreation Office/Commission
(Commissioner Dirdah)
• Getting away from natural gas; education of companies doing work (+ CivicSpark Fellow
Agtang’s work) (Commissioner Rottner) Climate action subcommittee