Catherine Barnett, the city’s sustainability manager, reviewed the committee’s framework fund work plan at the Sept. 26 meeting and the advisory committee voted to adopt the document during the session.

Barnett summarized proposed funding levels in the draft plan: $350,000 earmarked for building‑focused energy efficiency upgrades targeting lower‑income homes; $140,000 for pipeline connections and related work; and $200,000 for land‑use programs, including safe‑routes‑to‑school and ecosystem protection and enhancement. She said the plan also retains a placeholder for possible city fleet vehicle support to enable electric vehicle replacements if funding and vehicle turnover allow.

A committee member moved to adopt what was recorded in meeting minutes as the "f 4 26 work plan." Another member seconded the motion and the committee approved the adoption by voice vote. Committee members asked about public messaging of economic and environmental benefits and whether the website could display estimated household savings; Barnett said staff could produce average‑home savings examples and agreed to follow up.

Committee discussion also touched on how ecosystem protection would be defined and tracked amid continuing local development; members asked staff to return with more detail at future meetings. Several members suggested using part of the sustainability fund to support administrative capacity for processing rebates and applications.

The adopted work plan will guide the committee’s program priorities and rebate spending; staff will return with more detailed outreach materials and with requested economic‑benefit examples for the public website.