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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: th 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!