Community Resource

CommitteeReport 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 www.rainbarrelprogram.org/

savannah March 8, Daffin Park, 8am - noon

King Tide Project https://sites.google.com/site/

tybeekingtide/ 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

CO2 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 CO2 by 2020?

Energy efficiency Fuel efficiency

Community (Businesses & Residents) Recycling and plastics reduction Communication

Residential Solid Waste

Landfill and Recycling2009-2013

5-year Summary

17%16%15%21%16%

Raw data at http://goo.gl/RQuni0

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