Green Committee Agenda 2008 11-24-08
United City of Yorkville
800 Game Farm Road
Yorkville, Illinois 60560
Telephone: 630-553-4350
Fax: 630-553-7575
AGENDA
YORKVILLE GREEN COMMITTEE
November 24, 2008
7:00 P.M.
Yorkville Public Library
First Floor Meeting Room
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:
Approval of Minutes:
October 27, 2008
Committee Reports:
Education Committee
1.
Old Business:
1.Plastic Bag Use Reduction Update
2.Special Events:
a.Rpt on the success of the first Yorkville Share & Care Recycling Day (Marta & Anne)
b.Spring Environment Fair ((Lee & Stuepfert Co-Chairs) – narrow date and location info (need
calendar of City events for March 1 thru April 30) need ideas for speakers, topics, exhibits
3.Cutting CO2 - Committee (report individual progress)
4.Water Conservation
a.Creation of a Committee to review current ordinances and recommend any changes that would
result in a reduction in water usage
5.Tree Survey Recommendation (Cheryl)
6.Building Code Change – ASHRE to include LEED standards (Al) – table until January
7.Commercial Recycling (Business, Multi-family, School District):
a.City Council’s Response to Green Committee’s Call for more commercial recycling (Alderman
Allen)
8.Report on Nov 8 Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg Environmental Fair (Stephanie & ?)
9.Zoning Ordinance Committee Update (Phil)
10.Kendall County Solid Waste Committee – create list of items the committee wants the plan to address
for Travis Miller
11.
Electronic Recycling Perm Program progress (Marta, Stephanie, Alderman Allen)
New Business:
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1.Kendall County Planning Consortium Goes Green held Nov 20 (Richard Scheffrahn)
2.Meeting Dates for 2009 – consideration of Tuesday evening
3.Tree City (Richard Scheffrahn)
4.Budget for 2009-10 Fiscal Year
Additional Business:
No Remaining Meetings in 2008
Adjournment:
Happy Holidays!