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Date:Monday, May 13, 2024
Time:5:00 p.m.
Location:City Hall, Bldg. C, Conference Room B-111
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
Sustainability Commission Regular Meeting
Public Comments: Public comments may be submitted to the Sustainability Commission in the
following ways:
•In-Person comments during the meeting. Join us for the Sustainability Commission
meeting at the time and location specified on this agenda to make your comments. Each
person will be allotted three (3) minutes to address the Board.
•Submit an eComment. Visit www.chulavistaca.gov/boardmeetings, locate this meeting
and click on the comment bubble icon. Click on the item you wish to comment on, and
then click on "Leave Comment."
•Mail or email comments. Submit comments via email to SSC@chulavistaca.gov or by mail
to Economic Development Department, 276 Fourth Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910.
The commenting period will close at noon on the day of the meeting. All comments will be made
available to the Board and the public.
Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities are invited to request modifications or accommodations in
order to access and/or participate in a Sustainability Commission meeting by contacting the Office
of the Economic Development at SSC@chulavistaca.gov (California Relay Service is available for
the hearing impaired by dialing 711) at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting.
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.ROLL CALL
Commissioners Alatorre, Costello, Guevara-Gluyas, Knox, Salazar, Sharkey, and Chair
Korgan
3.CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 3.1-3.2)
The Commission will enact the Consent Calendar staff recommendations by one motion,
without discussion, unless a Commissioner, a member of the public, or staff requests that an
item be removed for discussion. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request
to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic
comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.
Recommended Action:
Commission approve consent calendar
3.1 Approval of Meeting Minutes of March 11, 2024
Recommended Action:
Commission review and approve minutes
3.2 Written Communications
Communication from Commissioner Sharkey requesting an excused absence from
the March 11, 2024 Sustainability Commission meeting.
Recommended Action:
Commission approve absence
4.PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons may address the Commission on any subject matter within the Commission’s
jurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda. State law generally prohibits the
Commission from discussing or taking action on any issue not included on the agenda, but, if
appropriate, the Commission may schedule the topic for future discussion or refer the matter
to staff. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and
submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per the
instructions on page one of this agenda.
5.PRESENTATIONS
The following item(s) will be presentations given to the Commission. Action on these item(s)
is typically limited to the Commission receiving the presentation and providing direction or
feedback to staff, as appropriate.
5.1 CAP Update
Presenters: Cory Downs, Conservation Specialist and Coleen Wisniewski,
Environmental Sustainability Manager
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5.2 Sustainability Champion Award Winners
Presenter: Coleen Wisniewski, Environmental Sustainability Manager
5.3 Environmental Concerns of the Use of Artificial Turf in Chula Vista
Presenter: Commissioner Sharkey
6.ACTION ITEMS
The Item(s) listed in this section of the agenda will be considered individually by the
Commission and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you wish to speak on
any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the
meeting or submit an electronic comment per the instructions on page one of this agenda.
6.1 Chula Vista's Single-use Plastics Ban Draft
Presenter: Manuel Medrano, Environmental Services Manager
Please note that proposed additions are in red, deletions in red strikeout text
Recommended Action:
Review and approve proposed updates and recommend City Council approval
OTHER BUSINESS
7.STAFF COMMENTS
8.CHAIR'S COMMENTS
9.COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
10.ADJOURNMENT
to the regular meeting on June 10, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Materials provided to the Sustainability Commission related to any open-session item on this
agenda are available for public review by contacting the Economic Development Department
at SSC@chulavistaca.gov.
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