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TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JEFF ALLRED, CITY MANAGER
DATE: MAY 24, 2011
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES STEERING
COMMITTEE MEETING - KANSAS CITY - JUNE 2-4,2011
SUMMARY
The City Council will consider authorizing a Council Member's attendance at the
National League of Cities, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Steering
Committee meeting on June 2 -4, 2011 at City Expense. City Council authorization is
required by Administrative Policy 20 -02. Attached for the City Council's consideration is
the agenda for this meeting.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the attendance at City expense, a
Council Member.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Expenses for this meeting are included in the 2010 -11 Budget.
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
Submitted by:
Jan Saavedra, Executive Assistant
Attachment A: Conference Brochure
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APPROVED FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA:
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RI
STEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA
Thursday, June 2
2 — 5 p.m.
AFTERNOON TOUR
Smith Electric Vehicles
12200 N.W. Ambassador Drive, Suite 326, Kansas City MO 64163
Bus departs from the hotel at 1 p.m. For those arriving into Kansas, City International
Airport after 12 p.m., please take a taxi directly to Smith Electric.
Join colleagues from the TIS and ITC Steering Committees for a tour of a commercial
vehicle manufacturing plant.
6 — 8 p.m.
WELCOME RECEPTION
laterContinent al Hotel Ballroom
Join colleagues from TIS, ITC and WIMG for an opening welcome reception.
8 pm.
EENR DINNER (optional)
Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue
Friday, June 3 — The committee will meet at the Kauffman Foundation, Room X
8 — 9 a.m.
BREAKFAST
Buffet will be available outside the meeting room throughout the hour
9 a.m.
WELCOME AND MEETING OVERVIEW
• Matt Zone, Chair
Council Member, Cleveland, Ohio
• Jan Marcason, Host
Council Member, Kansas City, Missouri
BOARD AND ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORTS
• Sandy Colvin Roy, Board Representative
Council Member, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Nancy Carter, Board Representative
Council Member, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Debbie Quinn, Advisory Council Representative
Council Member, Fairhope, Alabama
9:30 a.m.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
• Carolyn Berndt
Principal Associate for Infrastructure and Sustainability, NLC Center for Federal
Relations
Learn about issues before Congress and the Administration related to energy and the
environment.
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RI
STEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA
10 a.m.
BREAK
10:15 a.m.
EENR TOPIC #1— ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND SMART GRID
— 12 p.m.
10:15 a.m.
KANSAS CITY FLEET PROGRAM
• Sam Sweamgin
Fleet Administrator, Kansas City, Missouri
This presentation will provide an overview of the Kansas', City Fleet program and the city's
preparation for and use of electric vehicles. "Peak Oil" and all of available alternative fuel
vehicles and a brief history of our experience using some of them including electric.
11 a.m.
BREAK — MOVE TO' ROOM X
11:15 a.m.
SMART GRID — JOINT SESSION WITH THE ITC STEERING COMMITTEE
Roam X
Learn what a smart grid is and why the United States needs to improve the electrical grid to
meet our nation's future energy needs.
12 -1:15
LUNCH — Room X
p.m.
Joint lunch with the TIS and ITC Steering Committees
1:30 — 3:30
EENR TOPIC #2 — NATURAL GAS AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
p. m.
1:30 p.m.
PRESENTATION
• Brady Hayes
Engineer, Water Division, Black and Veatch Corporation
This presentation will provide an overview of natural gas and hydraulic fracturing.
2:15 p.m.
PRESENTATION
• Kurt Hildebrandt
Geologist, Water, Wetlands & Pesticides Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
This presentation will focus on current regulations for the natural gas industry and hydraulic
fracturing, as well as the potential health and environmental impacts associated with
hydraulic fracturing.
3 p.m.
POLICY DISCUSSION
3:30 p.m.
BREAK — MOVE TO ROOM X
3:45 p.m.
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION !- JOINT SESSION WITH THE TIS
STEERING COMMITTEE
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
STEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA
EENR and TIS Committee members will discuss environmental impacts of the transportation
authorization proposal.
4:30 p.m.
PRESENTATION
4:45 — 5
WRAP UP
p. m.
6 p.m.
EENR RECEPTION
DST Urban Garden Center
7 p.m.
EENR and TIS DINNER
KC Southern Railroad headquarters
Saturday, June 4 — The committee will meet at the InterContinential Hotel, Room X
S — 9 a.m.
BREAKFAST
Buffet will be available outside the meeting room throughout the hour
9 — 11 a.m.
EENR TOPIC #3 — SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC HEALH AND FOOD
9 a.m.
MAKING THE CASE: SUSTAINABILITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
• Cheryl Gibson
Research Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Kansas Medical Center
This session will focus on the connection between sustainability and public health and the
medical importance of food policy.
9:45 a.m.
PRESENTATION
This session will give an overview of the upcoming Farm Bill and the opportunities for cities
relating to food policy.
10 :30 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 a.m.
POLICY DISCUSSION
11:45 p.m.
OTHER BUSINESS -
• Update on nuclear issues — Mike Sesma, Vice Chair, Council Member, Gaithersburg,
Maryland
• Update on NARC Livability Intergovernmental Advisory Group — Matt Appelbaum,
Vice Chair, Council Member, Boulder, Colorado
• 2011 EENR Resolutions — Chris Jones, Vice Chair, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, San
Marcos, Texas
• Fall Meeting Preview — Carolyn Berndt, Principal Associate for Infrastructure and
Sustainability, NLC Center for Federal Relations
12:30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
STEERING COMMITTEE AGENDA
12:30—
3:30 p.m.
BOX LUNCH AND AFTERNOON TOUR
Metropolitan Energy Center /Project Living Proof House and Kansas City Green Impact
Zone