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Council Member Sandy Nurse opens meeting and introduces Intro 353-A for solar panel installation
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Council Member Sandy Nurse, acting as chair, opens the meeting of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency, and Waterfronts. She introduces proposed Intro 353-A, which requires the installation of 150 megawatts of solar panel systems on city-owned buildings by 2035. Nurse explains the key points of the legislation and acknowledges the staff and council members present.
- The bill sets specific targets, including 100 megawatts of installations by September 1st, 2030
- Installations will be prioritized in disadvantaged communities
- The legislation requires regular reporting on progress and transparency in procurement
Sandy Nurse
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Good morning.
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I'm council member nurse sitting as chair of sitting in today for council member general as chair of the committee on environmental protection, resiliency, and waterfronts because chair general could not be here today.
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He's not feeling well.
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We're keeping him in our thoughts today.
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We will be voting on proposed intro 353 a, sponsored by myself.
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The Committee 1st Coast, considered this bill on March 1st this year.
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Intro353A would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services in coordination with other relevant agencies to install a 150 megawatts of solar panel systems on the roofs of City Own Buildings and other city owned property by the end of 2035.
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The department would be required to complete at least a 100 megawatts worth of installations by September 1st 2030.
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Installation would be prioritized in disadvantaged communities, and the department would be required to set criteria for increasing the number of eligible roofs that can host solar panel systems.
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Additionally, the department would be required to report on a number of items to illustrate progress made toward reaching these benchmarks and to provide transparency throughout the procurement.
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I would like to thank the committee staff, legislative counsel, Austin Malone, policy analyst, Ricky Chawla, and Andrew Born, financial analyst, Tanvir Singh, and my and council member general's legislative director, Josh Gachett, and his chief of staff, Henry Yam, for all their hard work.
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I also wanna thank my legislative director, Ryan Hickey, my chief of staff, Samore Turay, my former legislative director, Anelle Hernandez, who worked on this, and everyone else who supported.
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And I will acknowledge the following council members, council member, Alexa Avelis, council member Rafael Salamanca, Council member, Christy Morrado, Council member, Bill sorry.
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Bob Holden.
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It's been a long 24 hours, and I will now ask the clerk to call the role.
