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Sustainability Manager Updates
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The ESB receives routine updates from the Sustainability Manager.
The February Sustainability Newsletter focused on the Fast Fashion industry. Subscribers increased from 125 to 126 and has a 75% engagement rate.
1. Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
a. The County constructed six Level 2 - EV Chargers at Municipal Building to serve the County fleet and the community. The previous free chargers were removed.
b. Los Alamos County received NMDOT DC Fast Charging Grant funding. The project will construct two DC Fast Chargers at Mesa Public Library, with each port providing a minimum of 150 kW.
i. September 30 - Council approved grant agreement and passed a Resolution.
ii. November/December - Public Works employees completed the ADA design. Utilities engineers are working on electrical design.
2. Education and Outreach
a. Firebrand developed a draft work plan and will began developing messaging that will be tested in local focus groups. Our goals are to host focus groups that are representative of the community demographics. Please plan on attending one of the meeting sessions.
3. Municipal food composting program is on hold; the County was selected to receive a $1.2M grant for food composting.
4. Jemez Mountain Trail Run Volunteer Opportunity - Contact Kristine Coblentz to sign up.
5. Commuter Trip Reduction research is upcoming volunteer opportunity.
6. Quarterly Climate Action Plan Implementation Update to Council on Feb 17th.
Attachments
A - Residential Sustainability Report -January 2026