12/17/2024 SEBASTOPOL CITY
COUNCIL ACTION ITEM:
CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
• Background Provided 12/3/24 CC Meeting
• CAC Input provided with Attachment:
“CAC Accomplishments”
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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1. Stand Alone Committee:
2. Continue Financial Support:
-Reduced committee size and
-Limitation on use of staff time
FY 23/24 CAC RELATED WORK “COST” SUMMARY (24/25 RATES)
3 Option 1: Stand Alone Committee:
-$0 dedicated funds; $50,000 cost savings/a year in direct staff costs -Capture of staff time to focus on other initiatives and obligations Option 2: Continue Financial Support:
-$15,000 dedicated funds/year in direct staff costs
-Actual impact includes lost opportunity costs associated staff time diversion SEBASTOPOL CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEM:
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CITY WORK-RELATED OPPORTUNITY COSTS:
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-Legal and State obligations
-Revenue and other financial opportunities
-Simplification of City Permitting supportive of economic development -Other Council (Work Plan) Priorities
Council Action Item - Recommendation:
5 1) Discuss Staff’s report, CAC’s Accomplishments, take public comment; and 2) Take action based on Council fiduciary/Work Plan considerations:
Option 1: Formally Revoke City Appointment of Committee Option 2: Continue CAC as City-appointed body with Reduced fiscal/staffing allocation
Option 3: Take no action/Status Quo (not recommended by Staff) SEBASTOPOL CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEM:
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THANK YOU
Emi Thériault, AICP
Community Development Director
[email protected]
Additional Reference Slides
• Council would need to disband the
CAC. Director could then convene a
Director’s Ad Hoc Advisory Group
on Climate Issues
• Director would call meetings as the
need arises
• Climate Advisory Group could
continue to do climate work, in
collaboration with the Director
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Option 1:
Additional Reference Slides
• Climate Advisory Group would be
advisory to the Director rather than to
the City Council
• Additional changes may be needed to
comply with Brown Act
• Calculated savings of up to $50,000
• Recovered staff time (259 hours)
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Option 1, continued:
OPTION 2:
• All CAC functions and procedures would remain the
same, but members would have a monthly budget of 10
staff hours inclusive of meetings
• Members use public access tools to monitor Department Reports for relevant topics for CAC comment
• Calculated savings of $15k annually
• Recovered staff time could be spent in pursuit of
economic development incentives, revenue-generating
work, and other Council directives.
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OPTION 3:
• Meeting commitments and staff
support hours would not be changed
at this time
• No savings of staff hours would result
• Staff not available to work on revenuegenerating projects • Additional costs could accrue as
outside consultants may be needed to
complete state-mandated work by
deadlines (for example,
implementation of Housing Element
programs) 10
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