Community Resource Committee Report to City Council February 27, 2014

Functions & Duties  Ensure that Tybee Island's sustainability efforts are a source of beauty, pride and abundance – not deprivation.  Establish a baseline for energy/water use and develop an ecological footprint analysis as an improvement measurement system.  Offer the city guidance and recommendations for implementing sustainable practices in city workplaces.  Promote locally generated and distributed energy by renewable sources.  Report on project outcomes to the mayor and council.  Identify ways of incentivizing energy and water efficiency for Tybee citizens.  Identify way of incentivizing energy, water efficiency and green building practices for the future development of Tybee.  Identify and promote low carbon and non- motorized transportation methods. Encourage use of low impact transportation methods by developing safe multi-use paths including unopened city right of ways.  Promote eco-tourism.  Promote community gardens, fishing, local food production thereby increasing food security.  Promote an awareness of the reduction in our eco-footprint with educational campaigns to motivate citizen action.  Lobby state, federal and private entities on behalf of the city's sustainable energy program.  Where these functions and duties overlap with those of another city committee and/or community group coordinate efforts to ensure the avoidance of duplication of effort.

Report On Project Outcomes  Police VW Passats  34 MPG and 26 MPG  Newest Charger: 9 MPG  Landfill & Recycling  2013 residential recycling rate (weight diverted from landfill): 17%  More details in following report  Compost & Rain Barrel Sale   March 8, Daffin Park, 8am - noon  King Tide Project  de/  Part of international effort  Possible CRS credit  Memorial Park Energy Monitoring & Savings  Through June 2013: $49K to be reinvested in additional projects  Savings now being calculated/reported by Finance Dept.  Glass Crusher  Joe Wilson (DPW) has streamlined commercial recycling; crusher has space and logistical issues  Wind Turbine  Due diligence in examining data and arguments  Project could not be justified by cost- benefit analysis  Would have reduced 86 tons of CO 2 annually towards city’s goal

2014 Priorities  The CRC urges the City Council to develop and implement a comprehensive water and energy plan for Tybee Island.  City Goal  20% reduction in CO 2 by 2020?  Energy efficiency  Fuel efficiency  Community (Businesses & Residents)  Recycling and plastics reduction  Communication

Residential Solid Waste Landfill and Recycling

5-year Summary 17%16%15%21%16% Raw data at

Landfill Trends: July Jump

Recycling Trends: ????

3-year Summary vs. Waste Pro 14%15%17% Since 2011, the amount of recycled tonnage has increased 28% Over the same period, garbage tonnage has increased 5% Waste Pro slides from December 2013 presentation to Council 249, previous slide

Thank You! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle