some updates periodic clean done on and off base for the city council and i prepared a report and i just want to give you an update on activities over the past few years since i've taken over the energy advisory board starting in twenty eleven in january and dana had stepped down because she's in a private consulting business so i had read take over the board temporarily  many different matters we are looking for more board members that can be permanent for the city residents and by the by laws indicate  support the board supports a cleaner community and we continue to encourage energy efficiency and we support further development is going on the screen home project which is we'd like to see more clean energy technologies and clean energy business development in the twenty twenty plan and most of the boards facing a lot at it read it like that strain then a little bit  it does mention energy efficiency and conservation in it and also we are certainly advocating for implementation of the e o we plan that was approved last year in february twenty  department spending big help but we need to do a little bit more i think in four terms of the board participation in city council major accomplishments and this is pretty big not too many  started working with the energy smart communities program back in two thousand and seven and that's how i wound up here today thank you i appreciate that in two thousand and nine the city completed a study w students it is a recognizable document and it's up on the city's website if anybody wants to take a walk at it i believe dana did a presentation on that in two thousand and ten for the council on and that's a great boiler plate for the all right so residential and business we've got a complete layout of what everybody is consuming and the city that's important to the county in schenectady now taking on similar initiative which are probably going to be he in the biggest project dats about to come on line is the city's wastewater treatment plant and that is to be dealing with the anaerobic digesters and will provide electricity have one point one million dollars from a certain city operation that included only for the waste water treatment plant project on in terms of the branch of course it's by an independent consultant in a survey is pain for that study sim other things say you should be aware about how mean in the future the energy efficiency portfolio write a letter to the commission or passed a resolution supporting that it would be appreciated and good new news is as you know regional economic development council and that's applications is being held to the award standards of the council and the reason for that is because they are suspended for a charge dollars and are statutory develop sustainability plans on a regional basis ah and come up with implementation plans so they can in a sustainable planning practice which would include land use planning energy efficiency preventing urban sprawl can see more on inner city development urban development so that's something to watch out for and that those dollars are probably going to reach total funny no one billion and in round two of the regional council plan you'll be hearing more about putting in about eight hundred million dollars  that's the theory anyway but watch your press release one of the things that the board and i decided that we would like to do is recognize some city staff that have been instrumental in because he agreed on the energy star benchmark the activity for the building almost right away he thought it was a great idea to find out what our energy indexes for