Sustainable La Crosse Commission meeting

The Sustainable La Crosse Commission will meet on Thursday, July 21^st, 5:00 PM in City Hall’s 5th Floor Conference Room 

Agenda items:

1.       Approval of June 16, 2016 Minutes
2.       Public Comment
3.       Staff Reports and Informational Updates
4.       Discussion and possible action on Rules of Procedures for election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson and citizen member appointment dates
5.       Consideration of Sustainability program goals for fiscal year
6.       Discussion and possible action on an urban food growing policy – Pam Hartwell, HUAC

There was recently a La Crosse Tribune article noting that La Crosse's sustainability future is "bright."  The city/county goals made in 2009 require reductions in energy and fossil fuels and generation of renewable energy.

Interestingly, the article did not note any sustainability goals regarding transportation even though vehicle use makes up more than one-quarter the greenhouse gas emissions in the US. In light of the fact that the city of La Crosse continues to commit millions of dollars to build and expand parking ramps and there don't seem to be any moves to make driving personal vehicles less attractive (by raising parking prices, for example), this might be an issue that could be brought up before the commission during the public comments.