Climate commission appointed

The Chico City Council made its first appointments to serve on the newly created Climate Action Commission on Tuesday night (Dec 17). It will be responsible for acting upon the climate emergency the city declared earlier this year, and preparing and implementing a new climate action plan. Its first meeting will be held in January 2020.

Appointees include former Sustainability Task Force members Cheri Chastain, Chico State’s campus sustainability manager; Mark Stemen (pictured), a Chico State professor in the geography and planning department; and real estate agent Dave Donnan. New appointees include Tawny Vernau, a graphic designer; Rebekah Casey, deputy director of GRID Alternatives; Kirk Monfort, a retired Chico State professor and former planning commissioner; and Michael Nelson, a certified planner.