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: šø] On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ha, or more accurately precedent.... > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com> 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 <irene32...@gmail.com> >> 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: šø] >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 1:29 PM, Anna Kelles <annakel...@gmail.com> >>> 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 Legislatureās 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 consideredāand recommended to the Legislatureāa new proposal on >>>> the issue from the EMC, one urging a statewide ban on such plastic retail >>>> bags. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Following the EMCās 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 the State Legislature to adopt such >>>> legislation as part of the Stateās Fiscal 2019 budget. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> At the time that a Local Law was extensively discussed five years ago, >>>> County Recycling and Materials Management Director Barbara Eckstrom had >>>> advised that the issue be pursued at the State level, instead of through a >>>> Local Law. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Speaking to the committee today, EMC Chair Brian Eden said that, just >>>> as when recycling was introduced years ago, achieving such a ban on the >>>> environmentally damaging plastic bags is āeminently do-ableā and can be >>>> achieved, and accepted by the public, over time. Committee Chair Anna >>>> Kelles reflected that itās realistic to proactively reduce our reliance on >>>> plastic. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The Committee, with its unanimous support, also forwarded two other >>>> resolutions for consideration by the full Legislature, to take stands on >>>> two other environmental issuesāone voicing formal opposition to the >>>> proposed garbage incinerator in the Seneca County Town of Romulus; the >>>> other opposing the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquified Natural >>>> Gas (LNG) in response to the New York State Electric and Gas ānon-pipe >>>> alternativeā Request for Proposals to address natural gas demand in the >>>> Lansing area. Commissioner of Planning and Sustainability Katie Borgella >>>> told the committee it is clear that NYSEG will be looking to the local >>>> community for its input on those elements, mentioned as potential options >>>> in the RFP, and that actions such as this would try to put some boundaries >>>> on what the community would support. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Contact: Anna Kelles, Chair, Planning, Development, and Environmental >>>> Quality Committee, 342-2036* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *- END -* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Anna Kelles* >>>> Vice Chair - Tompkins County Legislature >>>> District 2 >>>> akel...@tompkins-co.org >>>> www.annakelles.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TC Progressives" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tc-progressives+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to tc-progressi...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>>> gid/tc-progressives/CAPjRDs288u7BSvShtd0QbdSSxDPTuEZQDSmtZ7S >>>> ypcUnxt93Ew%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tc-progressives/CAPjRDs288u7BSvShtd0QbdSSxDPTuEZQDSmtZ7SypcUnxt93Ew%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Anna Kelles* >> Vice Chair - Tompkins County Legislature >> District 2 >> akel...@tompkins-co.org >> www.annakelles.com >> > > > > -- > *Anna Kelles* > Vice Chair - Tompkins County Legislature > District 2 > akel...@tompkins-co.org > www.annakelles.com > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
