Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission — Skokie, IL
Date: 2024-01-23

Village of Skokie
 Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission
 AGENDA

 January 23, 2024
 7:00 pm
 Village Hall Room D/E
 Public Comments: sustainability@skokie.org


  I. Approval of minutes

 II. Old Business

III. New Business
 a. Buildings and Energy Sub-Committee Report J. McNelis & M. Gershbein
 i. Sustainability Residential Award Update
 ii. Citizen’s Utility Board Homeowners Events, Sketchbook Brewery
 1. February 20, 2024, 6:00pm, Solarizing Your Home
 2. March 19, 2024, 6:00pm, Decarbonizing Your Home
 iii. Evaluating and Prioritizing Municipal Buildings for Energy
 Efficiency and Decarbonization Investment
 b. MC squared postcards
 c. Food Compost Drop-Off Sites: One Year Anniversary
 d. Sub-Committee sector calendar
 i. February 27, 2024: Waste Management
 ii. March 26, 2024: Transportation & Mobility
 iii. April 23, 2024: Green Space & Trees
 iv. May 28, 2024: Economy
 v. June 25, 2024: Land Use & Housing
 vi. July 24, 2024: Local Food & Agriculture
 vii. August 27, 2024: Health & Safety
 viii. September 24, 2024: Water & Wastewater
 ix. October 22, 2024: Buildings & Energy
 x. November 26, 2024: Cross Cutting

IV. Other business

 V. Public Comment

VI. Next meeting

VII. Adjournment




Document Number: 511765

Memorandum
Public Works Department - Administration Division

TO: Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commissioners

FROM: _____________________________________________
 Liz Zimmerman, Assistant to the Public Works Director

DATE: February 21, 2024

SUBJECT: January 23, 2024 Sustainable Environmental Advisory Commission (SEAC)
 Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm in Village Hall Meeting Room D/E.

Present: Chairman Jennifer Grossman, Chris Buccola, Lisa Gotkin, Michael Gershbein, Trustee
Liaison Ralph Klein, Alma Likic, Oliva Mahoney, Emily Okallau, Jim McNelis, Rick
Moskovitz, Bob Render, Charlie Saxe, Sustainability Coordinator Lisa Sanzenbacher, Public
Works Director Max Slankard and Assistant to the Public Works Director Elizabeth
Zimmerman.

Absent: Commissioners Andrew DeCanniere, Olivia Mahoney

 I. Approval of minutes – edit year to 2023, then Motion by C. Okallau, seconded by
 L. Gotkin. Unanimously approved.

 II. New Business
 Presentation from the Buildings and Energy Sub-committee, Commissioners Jim
 McNelis and Michael Gershbein. C. McNelis reviewed strategies and actions of
 the B&E sector of the Environmental Sustainability Plan. In summary, action
 item BE1-3 calls to work with SEAC and other partners to develop a plan to drive
 residents to action through an annual awards program, with a goal of 220
 households annually. The sub-committee worked with Village staff and Go
 Green Skokie to develop and launch a new program for Skokie Residential
 Sustainability Awards. The program was advertised in SkokiEnews on the
 homepage. Several commissioners commented that they saw the advertisements.
 C. Okallau asked about recognition; C. Saxe suggested the commissioners check
 out the Beautification and Improvement Commission’s award brochure. Earth
 Week is the anticipated deadline for submittal with a possible Board date of April
 29th for the award ceremony.

 C. McNelis then reviewed progress in BE 3-1: Promote existing local residential,
 commercial, and institutional programs through Grow Solar Chicagoland and the
 Citizens Utility Board (CUB)…Goal of 150 households and 1.1% of
 commercial/industrial electrical consumption solarized annually. There are two
 upcoming Sketchbook presentations – Navigating Solar Options on February 20th
 and Decarbonization on March 19th. C. Grossman requested that the Village
 make a Facebook event to publicize. C. Render asked for a pdf to distribute.

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 C. McNelis announced that for action item BE 6-2: Streamline approval process
 of “green roofs” – that the Village will prioritize green roof projects by placing
 them first on the agenda.

 S.C. Sanzenbacher announced that the Village was accepted into a U.S.
 Department of Energy cohort with 14 other counties and municipalities across the
 U.S. to improve energy efficiency in municipal buildings and to transition
 facilities to cleaner fuel sources. The Village will prioritize two buildings and do
 a level two assessment.

 S.C. Sanzenbacher said that community solar cards will be mailed to Skokie
 households soon. C. Likic asked if the 10% net metering credits is listed on the
 postcard.

 S.L. Zimmerman recapped the food compost program as the drop off program
 celebrates its first anniversary. The most popular drop-off site is Central Park.
 She has submitted a budget to expand the drop-off program in 2024/2025.

 Save the date: March 18th is the Boards and Commissions dinner.

 III. Next meeting February 27, 2024. Discussion at the February meeting on whether
 to hold a March meeting. The regularly scheduled April 23rd meeting will need to
 be moved to April 30th.

 IV. Adjournment at 8:17 p.m. – Motion by C. Okallau, seconded by C. McNelis




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