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 <irene32...@gmail.com> 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 <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 >>>> >>>> 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 <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 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 the State Legislature to adopt >>>>> such legislation as part of the State’s 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 “eminently do-able” and can be >>>>> achieved, and accepted by the public, over time. Committee Chair Anna >>>>> Kelles reflected that it’s 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 issues—one 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 >>>>> “non-pipe alternative” 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/msgid/tc-progressives/CAPjRDs288u7BSvShtd0QbdSSxDPTuEZQDSmtZ7SypcUnxt93Ew%40mail.gmail.com. >>>>> 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.
