Commission Watch - Sustainability Commission - August 4, 2022

Glendale Commission Watch:
Sustainability Commission

Items of Interest on the Agenda for Thursday, August 4, 2022

5:30 pm Meeting

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3. Board Member/ Staff Comments

a. Introduction of Student Ex-Officio Commissioners.

4. Oral Communications

Discussion is limited to items within the jurisdiction of the Sustainability Commission. Each speaker is allowed 5 minutes. Sustainability Commission members may question or respond to the speaker, but there will be no debate or decision. The matter may be referred to staff for investigation and report.

5. Action Items

a. Land Acknowledgment for Sustainability Commission
1. Motion for the Sustainability Commission to start meetings and events with a land acknowledgement statement.

b. Environmental Preferable Purchasing
1. Motion for the Sustainability Commission to recommend to City Council to amend Purchasing Policy Chapter 3 policy 3-11 Section L 2 of the Administrative Policy Manual to remove Recycled, Reusable and Recyclable Products Policy and replace with Environmental Preferable Purchasing Policy.

6. Sustainability Office Updates

Have a comment or opinion you want to share with the commission?

For public comments and questions during the meeting, call (818) 937-8100. Public comments on a specific agenda item will be taken when that agenda item is discussed. General comments are taken during Oral Communications (item 4).

Contact Board/Commission members: Sustainability@Glendaleca.gov
(Forward or copy your emails to GEC if you like, we enjoy reading your perspectives: contact@gec.eco)

Commissioners: Aleen Laura Khanjian (Agajanian), Jennifer Pinkerton (Devine), Alek Bartrosouf (Brotman), Rondi Werner (Kassakhian), Haig Kartounian (Najarian)

Meeting Dates/Time: 1st Thursday, 5:30 pm

Note – Scheduling changes can and do occur. We try to keep this post updated if things change, but please consult the city website for official agendas.