Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Regi Teasley]

OK

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.  
Wm. Shakespeare


> On Mar 6, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
> 
> Hi Regi,
> 
> Thank you for asking!  It is always helpful for people to show there support 
> for initiatives that involve protection of the environment because the 
> arguments and resistance against them are always so strong. These meetings 
> are video recorded and mean something to the whole community watching. The 
> plastic bag resolution will be coming back too and any showing of support for 
> the initiative even if it doesn't get voted on tonight will make it that much 
> easier when we bring it back strong next month!
> 
> Thanks,
> Anna
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Regi Teasley  wrote:
>> Sounds good.  Do you think they still need warm body comments on the other 
>> initiatives?
>> 
>> Regi
>> 
>> One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.  
>> Wm. Shakespeare
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 6, 2018, at 1:52 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Awww, c'mon.  Anna for President!   Go Anna!
>>> 
>>> Irene Weiser
>>> irene32...@gmail.com
>>> Brooktondale, NY
>>> 607-539-6856
>>> 
>>> Joy to the world
>>> All the boys and girls
>>> Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
>>> Joy to you and me. 
>>> 
 On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
 Ha, or more accurately precedent
 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
> Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and 
> if all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the 
> state and country!
> 
> Anna
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser  
>> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!
>> 
>> One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire 
>> town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new 
>> construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet 
>> demand on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any 
>> more buildings than currently use gas in that area.
>> 
>> NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind 
>> in the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the 
>> State Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such 
>> as heat pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in 
>> the entire Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).  
>> 
>> Irene Weiser
>> irene32...@gmail.com
>> Brooktondale, NY
>> 607-539-6856
>> 
>> Joy to the world
>> All the boys and girls
>> Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
>> Joy to you and me. 
>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles  
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of 
>>> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. 
>>> Last Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that 
>>> will be discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full 
>>> legislature at our bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the 
>>> meeting starts with privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court 
>>> St. in the Legislative Chambers on the second floor.  
>>> 
>>> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale 
>>> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of 
>>> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template 
>>> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any 
>>> questions anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by 
>>> hundreds of trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant 
>>> air pollution very near an elementary school and two correctional 
>>> facilities as well as nearby towns and wineries, created about 52 
>>> truckloads of toxic ash daily that would need to be landfilled locally, 
>>> and would withdraw 445,000 gallons daily from Seneca Lake.
>>> 
>>> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an 
>>> additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is 
>>> that a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an 
>>> equivalent bill in the assembly were introduced that are more 
>>> comprehensive than our resolution (here is a link to the senate bill: 
>>> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if 
>>> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and 
>>> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than 
>>> plastic). As a result I will be sending 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Anna Kelles]

Hi Regi,

Thank you for asking!  It is always helpful for people to show there
support for initiatives that involve protection of the environment because
the arguments and resistance against them are always so strong. These
meetings are video recorded and mean something to the whole community
watching. The plastic bag resolution will be coming back too and any
showing of support for the initiative even if it doesn't get voted on
tonight will make it that much easier when we bring it back strong next
month!

Thanks,
Anna

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Regi Teasley  wrote:

> Sounds good.  Do you think they still need warm body comments on the other
> initiatives?
>
> Regi
>
> *One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.  *
> *Wm. Shakespeare*
>
>
> On Mar 6, 2018, at 1:52 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:
>
> Awww, c'mon.  Anna for President!   Go Anna!
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>
>> Ha, or more accurately precedent
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and
>>> if all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the
>>> state and country!
>>>
>>> Anna
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!

 One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
 town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
 construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
 on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
 buildings than currently use gas in that area.

 NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind
 in the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
 Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
 pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
 Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).

 Irene Weiser
 irene32...@gmail.com
 Brooktondale, NY
 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>

 *Joy to the world*
 *All the boys and girls*
 *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
 *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

 On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles 
 wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair
> of the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee.
> Last Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that
> will be discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full
> legislature at our bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting
> starts with privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the
> Legislative Chambers on the second floor.
>
> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution 
> very
> near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as 
> nearby
> towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
> would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
> daily from Seneca Lake.
>
> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an
> additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that
> a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an 
> equivalent
> bill in the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
> resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills,
> if approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
> As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
> align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
> will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
>
> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a
> result of long talks local officials and 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Regi Teasley]

Sounds good.  Do you think they still need warm body comments on the other 
initiatives?

Regi

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.  
Wm. Shakespeare


> On Mar 6, 2018, at 1:52 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:
> 
> Awww, c'mon.  Anna for President!   Go Anna!
> 
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856
> 
> Joy to the world
> All the boys and girls
> Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
> Joy to you and me. 
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>> Ha, or more accurately precedent
>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>>> Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and if 
>>> all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the state 
>>> and country!
>>> 
>>> Anna
>>> 
 On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:
>>> 
 Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!
 
 One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire 
 town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new 
 construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet 
 demand on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any 
 more buildings than currently use gas in that area.
 
 NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind in 
 the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State 
 Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat 
 pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire 
 Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).  
 
 Irene Weiser
 irene32...@gmail.com
 Brooktondale, NY
 607-539-6856
 
 Joy to the world
 All the boys and girls
 Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
 Joy to you and me. 
 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of 
> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last 
> Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will 
> be discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature 
> at our bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with 
> privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative 
> Chambers on the second floor.  
> 
> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale 
> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of 
> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template 
> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions 
> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of 
> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution 
> very near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as 
> nearby towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily 
> that would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 
> gallons daily from Seneca Lake.
> 
> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an 
> additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is 
> that a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an 
> equivalent bill in the assembly were introduced that are more 
> comprehensive than our resolution (here is a link to the senate bill: 
> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if 
> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and 
> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than 
> plastic). As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee 
> tonight to align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next 
> PDEQ meeting will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
> 
> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a result 
> of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state Public 
> Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and 
> around south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative 
> energy development and upgrades. The intention of the RFP is to reduce 
> demand on the existing natural gas infrastructure and to promote future 
> development with minimal natural gas needs. However, the current RFP says 
> that they will accept a proposal that can include the trucking in of 
> compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified Natural Gas (LNG), if it is 
> acceptable to the community. The resolution we will be voting on tonight 
> 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Irene Weiser]

Awww, c'mon.  Anna for President!   Go Anna!

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me. *[image: ]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:

> Ha, or more accurately precedent
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and
>> if all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the
>> state and country!
>>
>> Anna
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!
>>>
>>> One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
>>> town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
>>> construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
>>> on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
>>> buildings than currently use gas in that area.
>>>
>>> NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind
>>> in the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
>>> Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
>>> pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
>>> Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).
>>>
>>> Irene Weiser
>>> irene32...@gmail.com
>>> Brooktondale, NY
>>> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>>>
>>> *Joy to the world*
>>> *All the boys and girls*
>>> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
>>> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hi all,

 As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of
 the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last
 Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will be
 discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature at our
 bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with
 privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative
 Chambers on the second floor.

 The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
 incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
 Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
 created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
 anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
 trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution very
 near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as nearby
 towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
 would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
 daily from Seneca Lake.

 A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an
 additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that
 a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an equivalent
 bill in the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
 resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
 http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if
 approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
 transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
 As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
 align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
 will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.

 Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a
 result of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state
 Public Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and
 around south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative
 energy development and upgrades. The intention of the RFP is to reduce
 demand on the existing natural gas infrastructure and to promote future
 development with minimal natural gas needs. However, the current RFP says
 that they will accept a proposal that can include the trucking in of
 compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified Natural Gas (LNG), if it is
 acceptable to the community. The resolution we will be voting on tonight
 states that the inclusion of trucked in CNG and LNG is not an acceptable
 solution to reduce our dependence on the piped natural gas infrastructure,
 which would in no way help us reach our our Tompkins County stated goal to
 decrease use of natural gas to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
 reduction.

 Below is 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Anna Kelles]

Ha, or more accurately precedent

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:

> Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and
> if all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the
> state and country!
>
> Anna
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!
>>
>> One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
>> town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
>> construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
>> on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
>> buildings than currently use gas in that area.
>>
>> NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind in
>> the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
>> Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
>> pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
>> Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).
>>
>> Irene Weiser
>> irene32...@gmail.com
>> Brooktondale, NY
>> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>>
>> *Joy to the world*
>> *All the boys and girls*
>> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
>> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of
>>> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last
>>> Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will be
>>> discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature at our
>>> bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with
>>> privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative
>>> Chambers on the second floor.
>>>
>>> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
>>> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
>>> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
>>> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
>>> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
>>> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution very
>>> near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as nearby
>>> towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
>>> would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
>>> daily from Seneca Lake.
>>>
>>> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an
>>> additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that
>>> a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an equivalent
>>> bill in the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
>>> resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
>>> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if
>>> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
>>> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
>>> As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
>>> align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
>>> will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
>>>
>>> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a
>>> result of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state
>>> Public Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and
>>> around south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative
>>> energy development and upgrades. The intention of the RFP is to reduce
>>> demand on the existing natural gas infrastructure and to promote future
>>> development with minimal natural gas needs. However, the current RFP says
>>> that they will accept a proposal that can include the trucking in of
>>> compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified Natural Gas (LNG), if it is
>>> acceptable to the community. The resolution we will be voting on tonight
>>> states that the inclusion of trucked in CNG and LNG is not an acceptable
>>> solution to reduce our dependence on the piped natural gas infrastructure,
>>> which would in no way help us reach our our Tompkins County stated goal to
>>> decrease use of natural gas to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
>>> reduction.
>>>
>>> Below is the official press release that followed the PDEQ meeting last
>>> week.
>>>
>>> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
>>>
>>> In good health,
>>> Anna
>>>
>>>
>>> *Committee Recommends Support of Statewide Plastic Bag Ban*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Legislature’s Planning, Development, and Environmental Quality
>>> Committee, which back in 2013 considered a proposal from the 

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Anna Kelles]

Thanks Irene for the added information!  It is indeed super exciting and if
all goes well we will set president for municipalities throughout the state
and country!

Anna

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Irene Weiser  wrote:

> Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!
>
> One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
> town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
> construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
> on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
> buildings than currently use gas in that area.
>
> NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind in
> the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
> Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
> pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
> Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).
>
> Irene Weiser
> irene32...@gmail.com
> Brooktondale, NY
> 607-539-6856 <(607)%20539-6856>
>
> *Joy to the world*
> *All the boys and girls*
> *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
> *Joy to you and me. *[image: ]
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of
>> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last
>> Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will be
>> discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature at our
>> bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with
>> privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative
>> Chambers on the second floor.
>>
>> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
>> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
>> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
>> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
>> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
>> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution very
>> near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as nearby
>> towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
>> would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
>> daily from Seneca Lake.
>>
>> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an
>> additional 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that
>> a few days before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an equivalent
>> bill in the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
>> resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
>> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if
>> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
>> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
>> As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
>> align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
>> will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
>>
>> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a result
>> of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state Public
>> Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and around
>> south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative energy
>> development and upgrades. The intention of the RFP is to reduce demand on
>> the existing natural gas infrastructure and to promote future development
>> with minimal natural gas needs. However, the current RFP says that they
>> will accept a proposal that can include the trucking in of compressed
>> natural gas (CNG) and liquified Natural Gas (LNG), if it is acceptable to
>> the community. The resolution we will be voting on tonight states that the
>> inclusion of trucked in CNG and LNG is not an acceptable solution to reduce
>> our dependence on the piped natural gas infrastructure, which would in no
>> way help us reach our our Tompkins County stated goal to decrease use of
>> natural gas to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction.
>>
>> Below is the official press release that followed the PDEQ meeting last
>> week.
>>
>> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
>>
>> In good health,
>> Anna
>>
>>
>> *Committee Recommends Support of Statewide Plastic Bag Ban*
>>
>>
>>
>> The Legislature’s Planning, Development, and Environmental Quality
>> Committee, which back in 2013 considered a proposal from the Environmental
>> Management Council (EMC)for a Local Law banning single-use plastic retail
>> bags, today considered—and recommended to the Legislature—a new proposal on
>> the issue from the EMC, one urging a 

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] [TCP] VOTE will take place tonight on several important environmental resolutions at the county legislature meeting

[Irene Weiser]

Thanks, Anna for all this amazing work!  You ROCK!!

One minor tweaky revision to your description of NYSEG RFP.  The entire
town of Lansing has been under a gas moratorium since 2015 - no new
construction requiring gas because there isn't enough supply to meet demand
on peak days  (like the super cold days in early January) for any more
buildings than currently use gas in that area.

NYSEG's Non Pipe alternative is a really exciting  - first of its kind in
the State (!)  - request for proposals that NYSEG issued and the State
Public Service Commission approved for non-pipe alternatives such as heat
pumps and building energy efficiency to meet thermal demand in the entire
Town of Lansing - (not just the industrial park area).

Irene Weiser
irene32...@gmail.com
Brooktondale, NY
607-539-6856

*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As some of you may know I have been appointed this year as the chair of
> the Planning Development and Environmental Quality (PDEQ) committee. Last
> Monday three resolutions were voted out of the PDEQ committee that will be
> discussed and in most cases voted on tonight by the full legislature at our
> bimonthly meeting from starting at 5:30pm (the meeting starts with
> privilege of the public to speak!) at 121 E. Court St. in the Legislative
> Chambers on the second floor.
>
> The first is a resolution in opposition to the proposed large scale
> incinerator in Romulus, Seneca County that is just North of the town of
> Ulysses. I created an submitted this updated resolution from a template
> created by members of Gas Free Seneca. I'm happy to answer any questions
> anyone has but in a nutshell the garbage would be shipped by hundreds of
> trucks a day from downstate, burned creating significant air pollution very
> near an elementary school and two correctional facilities as well as nearby
> towns and wineries, created about 52 truckloads of toxic ash daily that
> would need to be landfilled locally, and would withdraw 445,000 gallons
> daily from Seneca Lake.
>
> A resolution urging the state to pass a plastic bag ban with an additional
> 5 cent fee of paper bags passed. However, breaking news is that a few days
> before the committee vote a bill in the senate and an equivalent bill in
> the assembly were introduced that are more comprehensive than our
> resolution (here is a link to the senate bill:
> http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7760). These bills, if
> approved, would ban both plastic and paper (paper bag production and
> transport have an equal to or even greater carbon footprint than plastic).
> As a result I will be sending our resolution back to committee tonight to
> align more closely with the proposed state bills. The next PDEQ meeting
> will be March 26th at 3pm in the legislative chambers.
>
> Lastly, recently NYSEG put out an request for proposals (RFP) as a result
> of long talks local officials and experts have had with the state Public
> Service Commission, requesting proposals in a designated area in and around
> south Lansing (the Cornell business park area) for alternative energy
> development and upgrades. The intention of the RFP is to reduce demand on
> the existing natural gas infrastructure and to promote future development
> with minimal natural gas needs. However, the current RFP says that they
> will accept a proposal that can include the trucking in of compressed
> natural gas (CNG) and liquified Natural Gas (LNG), if it is acceptable to
> the community. The resolution we will be voting on tonight states that the
> inclusion of trucked in CNG and LNG is not an acceptable solution to reduce
> our dependence on the piped natural gas infrastructure, which would in no
> way help us reach our our Tompkins County stated goal to decrease use of
> natural gas to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction.
>
> Below is the official press release that followed the PDEQ meeting last
> week.
>
> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
>
> In good health,
> Anna
>
>
> *Committee Recommends Support of Statewide Plastic Bag Ban*
>
>
>
> The Legislature’s Planning, Development, and Environmental Quality
> Committee, which back in 2013 considered a proposal from the Environmental
> Management Council (EMC)for a Local Law banning single-use plastic retail
> bags, today considered—and recommended to the Legislature—a new proposal on
> the issue from the EMC, one urging a statewide ban on such plastic retail
> bags.
>
>
>
> Following the EMC’s recent adoption of a measure supporting such a
> statewide ban, the Planning committee, in a unanimous 5-0 vote, joined in
> recommending that the Legislature express its strong support of a plastic
> retail bag ban, which would also include a fee on recyclable paper bags,
> and urging the Governor to propose and