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Agenda Item #4.
Village of Teque to
Environmental Advisory
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To; Environmental Advisory Committee Members
From: Thomas G. Bradford, Chair, EAC R
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Date; April 5, 2023
subject: Development of a List of Green House Gas (GHG) Reduction Options for (1) VOT
Municipal Corporation and (2) a Communication Plan
t the EAC meeting on March 8, 2023, it was decided that at our next muting in
April we, as a group, would develop a list of GHG reduction options heed on (1)
VOT municipal corporation as the first priority; (2) the VOT Community as the
second priority (being held in abeyance at this tirne) and (3) communicating with the
community on a regular basis about our GHG reduction plans, but with an initial
article in Smoke Signals about our municipal GHG reduction activities and related
goals. Therefore, the focus will be on options for municipal or Local Government
GHG reductions and that will be our initial focus, but this effort will also be the
primary examples for GHG reduction options we will set forth for the community's
consideration of what can be achieved and or actually achieved to address GHG
reductions in the Village.
Based on the foregoing, that which follows are my top priorities for municipal local
government GHG reductions, Each member of the EAC should core to the meeting
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on April 12 with your own list of priorities. In this regard, I will also attach the
I CLEI report we received in 2022 to enable AI and Clay can become familiar with
it which may help them form opinions can what they want do too for this assignment.
The ICLEI report indicated that the Top 4 Teguesta Local Government Operations
sources of GNG are:
1. Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities: 62%
2. Buildings and Facilities: 20%
. Employee Commute: 12%
4. Vehicle Fleet: 60/b
The ICLEI report provided five key principles to consider as we progress to your next
steps, as follows:
1) Adopt a 2030 Science Based Target Reduction Goal (50% reduction by 203
is about a little over a 7% reduction per year by 2030)
2) Future planning and prioritization efforts should incorporate changing trends
3) Consider Programs that focus on mitigating high emitting sectors (ors -road
transportation, combustion, renewable energy)
4) Seek ways to collaborate with adjacent communities, state agencies and local
Futilities
5) Inventories provide the foundation for informed decisions and transparency
y top areas for focus on VT Local Government GHG reduction in order of
priority are:
1) Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities GHG reduction by:
Large the VOT to secure EPA or State grant funding for additional
energy efficiencies at the Tequesta Water Facility. Communicate with
the Loxahatchee River Environmental Control District (LRECD), the
sewer district, in a professional manner, to advise the VOT of (1) any
energy efficiencies introduced in their plant operations post-2019 that
resulted in quantifiable GHG reductions; (2) inform us of any budgeted,
but not yet implemented energy efficiencies that can result in
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quantifiable GHG reductions and (3) offer to lend the support of the
OJT for any grant applications that are available to them, but not yet
considered, that can result in additional quantifiable GHG reductions.
Buildings and Facilities:
A. On the assumption that the VOT staff will continue to install
minor energy saving retrofits wherever needed in all pillage
owned faci Iities, such as LED l iglus, seek grant funding from any
sources to install renewable ground based solar photovoltaic
arrays at Village Hall, Public Safety Building, Recreation Center,
Public forks Facility and, if separate from water production
operations, the 'eater Treatment Facility parking lots that in
essence serve as de facto carports for all vehicles parked
thereunder while generating renewable energy via ;solar cells.
B. In conjunction with item 2, A above, add EV charging stations
for both commuting workers and for 'Village fleet needs to
facilitate incorporation of Ev's into the VOT fleet and for
anticipated worker increased use. of EV's overtime which will
coincidentally address the Employee Commute and Vehicle
Fleet categories identified in the ICLEI report as areas, which
when added together, equal 1 % of VOT Local Government
sources of GHG generation.
3) Increased planting of Streetscapes with Native Trees Throughout
the Village.
place this GHG reduction option here because the vast majority
of street trees will need to be placed within unused rights -of -way
controlled by the VOT.
The lowest cost natural way to reduce GHG is to plant more
trees. Not palm trees, but real natural native trees such as the Live
Oak broadly in use today. Therefore, expansion of streetscapes
throughout the Village will suck up more GHG and
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simultaneously facilitate walking and bicycle use thanks to the
shade produced by those trees, which in turn reduces the
vehicular miles driven in the Village which is a goal of the
Community G HG reduction effcrts since 50% of the Ccmmunity
GHG is via transportation and nnobiIity, Streetscapes
coincidentally increase community property values. It is also
something aVillage can get behind because they can see it. When
seem, progress becomes real in the minds of the public.
Therefore, increased streetscapes are a win -win -win proposition.
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