FINAL ACTION MINUTES

I. Roll Call: Present – MacKusick, Toffel, Moret, Hale, Harris, Clear. Absent – Chatterjee.

Chair, S. MacKusick. Vice Chair, M. Toffel. Secretary, D. Lerer. Aide, J. Tulloch

II. Report From Chair: City Manager recommendation of budget cuts.

III. Announcements from Commissioners:

· Hale – Distributed Nanaotechnology article on 10 federal departments doing research (CFO-IT, Winter 2003, financial management publication)

·Clear – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) article on new nanotechnology building under construction.

·Toffel – Communicating with Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (ACLPPP) on services provided to Berkeley and numbers (distributed document). R. Young will give update in 2004 meeting.

·Harris – Distributed Sustainable Building resources list to CEAC.

IV. Comments from the Public:

Pamela Sihvola – Thank CEAC for hard work on CEAC LBNL recommendation. Distributed full City Council summary on progress. Distributed Berkeley Daily Californian article on LBNL. Requested 1 minute to speak on basin plans. (Commissioner Clear to request current data on medical waste quantities at LBNL).

V. Requests:

· Update CEAC Action Tracker to reflect proposals approved by Council from CEAC (November Meeting) – Toffel.

· City budget to January 2004 agenda – MacKusick.

· Invite R. Young to give update on Green Building at May Meeting – Toffel.

· LBNL Long Range Development Plan update (Agenda Item VIII.B) and Household Hazardous Waste Grant (Agenda Item IX.E) to next agenda – Toffel.

· Request information from Berkeley’s City Attorney on what policy change required tenants to request free risk assessment from ACLPPP– Toffel.

· Include language of Harrison Street notification sign as an enclosure in the next agenda – Toffel.

· Staff to invite relevant NGO to present environmental perspective on storm water discharges to Bay/Request presentation – Toffel.

· Target for February – discuss City’s Storm water programs, programs and remaining challenges in a more structured manner – Toffel.

· Basin Plan to January Agenda if staff takes a position – Sihvola/Toffel.

· Research Planning Commissions agenda language on vote to include information items and copy to CEAC agenda – Toffel.

· All agenda items to have author name associated from now on – Toffel.

· Add language to all future agendas that enable us to discuss any issues associated with the distributed items. – Toffel.

VI. Toxics Management Division Staff Report

VII. Discussion/Action

CEAC Focal Issues 2004 Schedule

Moret – LBNL/Strawberry Creek Watershed/Offshore Homeland Security 1^st Quarter

Toffel – Lead Paint 1^st Quarter

Clear – Household Hazardous Waste 2^nd Quarter

Harris – Financing/Regional Partnerships 3^rd Quarter

Toffel – Environmental state of the City 3^rd Quarter

Hale – Outreach 4^th Quarter

MacKusick – CUPA Enforcement 4^th Quarter

Wood – Stormwater issues/air quality/zoning complaint 2^nd Quarter

PRESENTATIONS

D. Lerer presented on Lead Hazard Program.

D. Akagi and L. Jensen of Public Works presented on City Storm Water program.

G. Fiedler of TMD presented on Regional Water Quality Control Board Basin Plan Amendment.

P. Sihvola distributed Public Hearing Notice on Basin Plan.

D. Lerer presented on summary of Medical Waste Symposium in November.

On Thursday, December 04, 2003, the CEAC took the following action:

· Action: Motioned, seconded, carried (Toffel/Clear. For: MacKusick, Toffel, Clear, Hale, Harris. Abstain: Moret. Absent: Chatterjee.) to adopt November minutes.