City sustainability staff reported progress filling a sustainability planner vacancy, updates on CCA and congressional-directed spending, and warned the NYSEG rate case could require municipalities requesting grid upgrades to bear upgrade costs locally. Staff also flagged cuts to low-income repair-and-replace furnace assistance.

Public commenters and several commissioners pressed the sustainability commission to add explicit waste-reduction measures to the draft Climate Action Plan, citing low-cost, high-impact options and local PFAS/plastic contamination concerns. Commissioners asked staff and community volunteers to draft language and explore the most appropriate policy/

Architects discuss energy modeling and thermal insulation for a new passive house design.

Ithaca initiates the Green New Deal program to advance sustainability efforts.