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Green Committee Packet 2011 01-24-11 AGENDA YORKVILLE GREEN COMMITTEE January 24, 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: Welcome Members and Guests: Citizen Comments: Approval of Minutes: November Minutes New Business: Tour Electronics Recycling Site Committee Reports: 1. Environmental Fair Committee - March 5, 2011 11 am-4pm 2. Share & Care Recycling Event—Preliminary Planning 2011 3. Plastic Bag Reduction—Update 4. Water Conservation Committee—Recommendations progress report a. Stormwater Management Program Plan 5. Chamber Green Committee -Update Recommendation Progress Reports: 1. Tree Survey Recommendation -progress report 2. Tree City Recommendation 3. Electronic Recycling Perm Program progress—sign update, monthly totals 4. Franchise Agreement Recommendation—update since reviewed by PW committee 5. Recycling in Parks,Athletic Fields, etc—grant update 6. Budget Line Items—Deposits, Expenses Old Business: 1. Clean Air Counts—Gold Level 2. Earth Hour—Next Global Date March 26, 2011 3. Yorkville School Green Efforts Update 4. Building Code Update Committee a. Update on ASHRAE Std 189.1 5. Zoning Ordinance Committee Update 6. Wind Turbine Ordinance Progress 7. Cool City Challenge Action Plan 8. Rain Garden—City Rain Garden Progress Additional Business: 1. Report from Jackie Dearborn, Green Committee Staff Liaison 2. Any follow-up on the Solar Power Plant Presentation&Community Garden Project Adjournment: 2011 Meeting Schedule February 28 April 25 June 27 August 22 October 24 March 28 May 23 July 25 September 26 November 28 DRAFT Meeting Minutes YORKVILLE GREEN COMMITTEE November 22, 2010 7:00 P.M. -Yorkville Public 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: Keane called meeting to order 7:00 p.m. Welcome Members :Marta Keane-chairperson; Anne Engelhardt-secretary; Becca Cherwin; Seaver Tarulis; Richard Scheffrahn; Al Green(until 8:20 p.m.); Cheryl Lee; Jonathan Jackson; Jackie Dearborn—City of Yorkville liaison. Guests: Jean Paetzel and Eric Paetzel, member of Chamber of Commerce and Chamber Green Committee. Eric has suggested expanding the Green Business Designation to businesses and organizations outside of the Chamber members. Eric showed the decal. Approval of Minutes: Tarulis motioned to approve the Green Committee minutes for September and October 2010. Cherwin seconded. All yes. New Business: Solar Power Presentation Community Garden Project Keane Reconvened business meeting at 8:20 p.m. Committee Reports: 1. School Outreach—update. Lee and Engelhardt reported on a visit with Dr.Wakely Superintendent of Yorkville School District 115, on Friday,November 12, 2010. a. Topics of discussion included recycling, green-scaping, energy savings, alternative products, environmental savings, environmental curriculum. They emphasized the desire to form a partnership and that the members of the Green Committee are willing to provide information or presentations to any size group in the district. Superintendent Wakely, who started in August, has already worked on several environmentally friendly projects, such as virtual backpacks for school-home information, paperless Board meetings, and an outline to change out-dated lighting for more energy-saving lights on the football field. Wakely expressed interest in working on a short and long- range plan to incorporate changes for greening the district. 2. Share & Care Recycling Event—Oct. 16th Summary a. Letter to Editor b. Nov. 8th, Jackie, Glory Spies, and Marlin Hartman did a follow-up about the Care & Share Recycling Event on WSPY Television. c. Lee gave Engelhardt information from Three Fires Council in regard to helping at the next Recycling Day. October 8, 2011 the Boys Scouts will be at Hoover that weekend. 3. Plastic Bag Reduction—Update a. Keane reported that California, Los Angeles County, is working on banning plastic bags. The plastic bag industry is working to improve the biodegradable bags. 4. Environmental Fair Committee—March 2011 progress a. Dearborn reported that the City cannot get a one-day event insurance policy rider for the Environmental Fair. Lee also commented that the Chamber may be able to purchase an event rider. Lee will talk to an insurance agent about the possibility of getting a one-day event for a group of businesses for a cost to be shared by the group. b. Raise table fee to $50.00 per booth. Lee motioned that the "Early bird" applicant deadline will be January 14, 2011 and will be able to pay $35.00. The final deadline is Feb 4. Engelhardt seconded. Vote: All "yes". c. It was suggested that environmental waste haulers to make a contribution for the event. Lee will ask Glory Spies to talk to the waste haulers. d. Environmental re-usable bags with two Green Committees' logos in single color on a single side, to keep the cost down. Mr. Paetzel is working on the purchase of the bags. e. Lee and Spies will meet to divide the tasks for the environmental fair. Lee will Email the list of"Green Committee"tasks to the Committee. £ A suggestion was made to use the empty parking lot in Countryside Center for Com 2. Dearborn will follow-up with this suggestion. g. A suggestion was to have vendors park in designated parking areas, off—site. 5. Water Conversation Committee—Recommendations progress report a. Storm water Management Program Plan 6. Chamber Green Committee -Update Recommendation Progress Reports: 1. Tree Survey Recommendation—progress report 2. Tree City Recommendation 3. Electronic Recycling Permanent Program Progress—sign update, monthly totals 4. Franchise Agreement Recommendation—update since reviewed by PW committee 5. Recycling in Parks, Athletic Fields, etc. —grant updates 6. Budget line items—Deposits, Expenditures Old Business: 1. Clean Air Counts—Gold Level 2. Earth Hour—Next Global Date—March 26, 2011 3. Yorkville School Green Efforts Update 4. Building Code Update Committee a. Update on ASHRAE Std 189.1 5. Zoning Ordinance Committee Update 6. Wind Turbine Ordinance Committee 7. Cool City Challenge Action Plan 8. Rain Garden—City Rain Garden Progress Additional Business: 1. Report from Jackie Dearborn, Green Committee Staff Liaison 2. Music under the Stars event, 6 -9 p.m. in July 2011. Cherwin reported that she has made contact with Tim Evans. Dearborn will talk to Tim Evans about setting up a meeting with Cherwin and Jackson. They will meet and go over details. 3. Keane asked for feedback from the Green Committee regarding the Solar Energy presentation. Scheffrahn questioned some of the explanations about financing and other items. The company wants the City's bonding power. Engelhardt suggested that Scheffrahn write a summary of the points of support and points of concern and Email the list as a draft to the other members of the Committee to add to if they wish. Scheffrahn seconded. Vote: All "yes." Keane requested that the committee's response be finalized and sent back to Keane by December Keane adjourned the meeting at 9:49 p.m. Next meeting is January 24, 2011.