Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, May 13, 2024

Time:

5:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Location:

City Hall, Bldg. C, Conference Room B-111

276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista

 

Sustainability Commission Regular Meeting

  

Public Comments: Public comments may be submitted to the Sustainability Commission in the following ways: 

• In-Person comments during the meeting. Join us for the Sustainability Commission meeting at the time and location specified on this agenda to make your comments. Each person will be allotted three (3) minutes to address the Board.
• Submit an eComment. Visit  www.chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetings, locate this meeting and click on the comment bubble icon. Click on the item you wish to comment on, and then click on "Leave Comment." 
• Mail or email comments. Submit comments via email to  or by mail to Economic Development Department, 276 Fourth Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910. 

The commenting period will close at noon on the day of the meeting. All comments will be made available to the Board and the public. 

 

Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities are invited to request modifications or accommodations in order to access and/or participate in a Sustainability Commission meeting by contacting the Office of the Economic Development at  (California Relay Service is available for the hearing impaired by dialing 711) at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

ROLL CALL

Commissioners  Alatorre, Costello, Guevara-Gluyas, Knox, Salazar, Sharkey, and Chair Korgan   

3.

CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 3.1-3.2)

The Commission will enact the Consent Calendar staff recommendations by one motion, without discussion, unless a Commissioner, a member of the public, or staff requests that an item be removed for discussion. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.

• Recommended Action:

  Commission approve consent calendar

3.1

Approval of Meeting Minutes of March 11, 2024

• Recommended Action:

  Commission review and approve minutes

3.2

Written Communications

Communication from Commissioner Sharkey requesting an excused absence from the March 11, 2024 Sustainability Commission meeting. 

• Recommended Action:

  Commission approve absence

4.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Persons may address the Commission on any subject matter within the Commission’s jurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda. State law generally prohibits the Commission from discussing or taking action on any issue not included on the agenda, but, if appropriate, the Commission may schedule the topic for future discussion or refer the matter to staff. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.

5.

PRESENTATIONS

The following item(s) will be presentations given to the Commission. Action on these item(s) is typically limited to the Commission receiving the presentation and providing direction or feedback to staff, as appropriate.

5.1

CAP Update

Presenters: Cory Downs, Conservation Specialist and Coleen Wisniewski, Environmental Sustainability Manager

5.2

Sustainability Champion Award Winners

Presenter: Coleen Wisniewski, Environmental Sustainability Manager

5.3

Environmental Concerns of the Use of Artificial Turf in Chula Vista

Presenter: Commissioner Sharkey

6.

ACTION ITEMS

The Item(s) listed in this section of the agenda will be considered individually by the Commission and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.

6.1

Chula Vista's Single-use Plastics Ban Draft

Presenter: Manuel Medrano, Environmental Services Manager

Please note that proposed additions are in red, deletions in red strikeout text

• Recommended Action:

  Review and approve proposed updates and recommend City Council approval

OTHER BUSINESS

7.

STAFF COMMENTS

8.

CHAIR'S COMMENTS

9.

COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS

10.

ADJOURNMENT

to the regular meeting on June 10, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

 

Materials provided to the Sustainability Commission related to any open-session item on this agenda are available for public review by contacting the Economic Development Department at .