City of Gainesville - File #: 180258.

• File #: 180258.
• Version: 27
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: To Be Introduced
• File created: 8/6/2018
• In control: Utility Advisory Board
• On agenda: 6/25/2019
• Title: Utility Advisory Board’s Draft Energy Policy for the City of Gainesville (B)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/11/2019	23	Utility Advisory Board
6/25/2019	22	Utility Advisory Board
6/13/2019	21	Utility Advisory Board
5/30/2019	20	Utility Advisory Board
5/8/2019	19	Utility Advisory Board
4/23/2019	18	City Commission	Discussed
4/11/2019	17	Utility Advisory Board
3/26/2019	16	Utility Advisory Board
3/19/2019	15	Utility Advisory Board
3/5/2019	14	Utility Advisory Board
2/26/2019	13	Utility Advisory Board
2/13/2019	12	Utility Advisory Board
1/22/2019	11	Utility Advisory Board
1/10/2019	10	Utility Advisory Board
12/13/2018	8	Utility Advisory Board
11/8/2018	6	Utility Advisory Board
10/11/2018	4	Utility Advisory Board
8/9/2018	1	Utility Advisory Board

Title

Utility Advisory Board’s Draft Energy Policy for the City of Gainesville (B)

Explanation

The City Commission and UAB met jointly on October 30, 2018, to discuss the UAB’s draft work plan.  The Board expressed the desire to focus on creation of an energy policy for the City of Gainesville and the Commission agreed. Since that time, the UAB has held a series of workshops to work on crafting the policy document and presented the draft to the City Commission in a joint meeting on April 23, 2019.  The Commission received the presentation and gave direction for the Board to continue their work.  At their May 8, 2019 regular meeting, the Board discussed a possible timeline for completion of the work and incorporating public workshops for engaging citizens in the drafting process.  At their May 30, 2019 workshop, the Board discussed potential options for public engagement and agreed that the document needed additional work before involving citizens.  The Board agreed that each member would work on revising any parts of the document in which they were interested and Member Alford would work the edits into one document.  The Board discussed the policy again at their July 23, 2019 special meeting and agreed on a format change for the document.  They went through several sections as a group and assigned the remaining sections to the members for further editing outside the meeting.  They agreed to send their edits to the staff liaison before the August 8, 2019 regular meeting and continue their work at that meeting.  After some discussion at their August 8, 2019 meeting, the Board agreed to continue their work at their August 27, 2019 workshop. The board continued working at the August workshop despite several members being absent.  The members present agreed to continue their work at the September 19, 2019 regular meeting.

Fiscal Note

None at this time.

Recommendation

Discuss and take any action deemed appropriate.