Green Committee Minutes 2011 08-22-11
Meeting Minutes
YORKVILLE GREEN COMMITTEE
August 22, 2011
7:00 P.M. -
Yorkville Library
Mission Statement: To advise the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Illinois on ways to enhance the
community environment and ways to equip and encourage citizens and businesses to participate in sustainable
ecological practices.
Call to Order:
Marta Keane called the meeting to order at 7:13.
Welcome Members and Guests:
Attendance: Marta Keane, Chairperson; Anne Engelhardt, Secretary;
Becca Cherwin, Member. Three members of seven is not a quorum. Reports were discussed; no action was
taken.
Approval of Minutes:
July Minutes
New Business:
Committee Reports:
1.Environmental Fair Committee - March 2012 Plans
2.Green Music Under the Stars – 2012 Plans
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3.Share & Care Recycling Event – Oct 22 Planning Update. Anne reported that the Care & Share
Oct. 22 will be held from 9: a.m. to 3 p.m
Recycling Day on . to maintain consistency of the past
few years. The Yorkville Chamber of Commerce sponsors BizBoo, a Halloween advertising event
for families, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Although traffic through downtown Yorkville may be
congested, the recycling day begins an hour earlier and ends an hour later than BizBoo, which may
help some people intending to drop off items for recycling. Engelhardt and Keane will continue to
confirm the participating businesses and organizations, including the groups that will be providing
volunteer workers.
Keane has requested that the City provide the Green Committee with the E files for all the Green
Committee events, so that we will have access to publicity documents that support the events of the
Green Committee. She has not yet received this information.
Keane will write the advertisement flyer and articles for the paper. Engelhardt will contact
public and private schools, as well as banks, for distributing promotional materials.
At the September meeting, Engelhardt will provide a list of simple tasks for Green Committee
members to help with - before and during the day of the event
4.Chamber Green Committee - Update
5.Water Conservation Committee – Recommendations progress report
a.Stormwater Management Program Plan
Recommendation Progress Reports:
1.Budget Line Items – Deposits, Expenses
2.Electronic Recycling Perm Program progress – monthly totals
3.Tree Survey Recommendation - progress report
4.Tree City Recommendation - progress report
5.Recycling in Parks, Athletic Fields, etc – grant update
Old Business:
1.Update on Rainbarrel Project
a.Chamber of Commerce Green Committee, along with Cheryl Lee of the City of Yorkville
Green Committee, is sponsoring this project. Currently 25 barrels were purchased to be
painted and auctioned at Hometown Days festival
b.Keane reported that she requested from the City, a report on the balance for the Rain Barrels.
This money will be transferred to the Chamber for their expenses.
c.Keane reported that she also requested a report on the money left from the Environmental Fair
that should be a line item for the Green Committee.
2.City Garbage/Recycling Contract
3.Update on Bicycle Path Funding Efforts
4.Illinois Electronic Legislation SB2106 Update
1.Illinois Medication Take-Back Legislation Update
2.Clean Air Counts – Gold Level
3.Yorkville School Green Efforts Update
4.Building Code Update Committee
a.Update on ASHRAE Std 189.1
5.Zoning Ordinance Committee Update
6.Cool City Challenge Action Plan
7.Community Garden Project
Additional Business:
1.Report from City, Green Committee Staff Liaison (No liaison from the City has been assigned to this
committee.)
2.Keane reported that CVS Pharmacy announced a medication take back program that encourages
customers to return un-used, out-dated medications by mail. The Post Office is working with CVS
on this program.
Adjournment:
Keane adjourned the meeting at 7:32 p.m.
2011 Meeting Schedule
Sept 26 Nov 28 Jan 23 March 26
Oct 24 No Dec Meeting Feb 27 April 23