Green Committee Minutes 2008 07-28-08 United City of Yorkville Green Committee Meeting APPOP 0
Ninth Meeting—.July 28, 2008
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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.
Location: Yorkville Public Library, First Floor Meeting Room
Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Marta Keane,
Present: Marta Keane, Chair Pro Tern
Stephanie Boettcher, City of Yorkville liaison
Richard Scheffrahn, member
Phil Stuepfert, member
Cheryl Lee, member
Guest: Beth Goss, Todd Lundquist
Ex oficio: Mayor Valerie Burd
Minutes: Tabled due to lack of quorum.
Miscellaneous:
1, Plainfield, Oswego, Yorkville are communities that are part of Metro West. Y.G.C. should consider possible
group meeting of all green committees. Yorkville could invite surrounding municipalities to discuss things
of mutual interest like water conservation, Ms. Keane to make contact with these respective committee
chairs.
2. E-mail voting is not permitted due to Open Meetings Act, therefore a quorum is required.
3. Committee Guidelines: the mission statement and guidelines were prepared and presented by Ms. Boettcher.
Acceptance of these could not be voted on due to lack of quorum. Discussion ensued regarding the current
list of members. All action items must be placed on the proposal and presented to the Mayor for
consideration.
Old business:
1. Water Conservation: Stephanie presented a memo from Public Works which was in response to Green
Committee presentation to City Council on July 15 (attach copy of memo). There is software that exists
which reviews each home's usage of water. This software is in use in St. Charles.
2. Tree Survey Recommendation: This discussion was primarily tabled due to lack of attendance as proposal
would need to be prepared per Y..G.C. guidelines that are pending approval. However, it was suggested that
we consider Keith Tucker or Tony Robbins (Field Botany teacher at YHS). Trees add value to property and
cuts back on crime. Potential danger with Emerald Ash bore.
3. E-Scrap Site & Grant: Bart Olson of Yorkville Public Works to come to August 25 meeting to discuss
options. Kendall County E-Scrap to take place at Highway Dept, on August 9 from 8:00 to 2:00.
4. Committee Membership &Voting Structure: Tabled due to lack of quorum. Discussion re-opened regarding
guidelines.
5, Rolling On The River Festival: event to take place on Saturday, August 16 at Kendall County Fairgounds.
City of Yorkville will have a table and it is suggested that Y.G,C, do so as well. For this to be effective
Y.G.C, would need volunteers to work shifts between the hours of 10:00 and 4:00. It was suggested that the
members' role at this event would be to educate the participants to the existence of the Y.G.C. and enlist
volunteers as well as members. Members should have something to hand out. Mr. Stuepfert suggested
brochure. It was proposed that Y.G.C. hand out Public Works educational packages. Y,G.C. will also hand
out CFL bulbs.
6. Mayor Burd mentioned that owner of Mill Race Cyclery in Oswego is resident of Yorkville and was
interested in joining Y.G.C.
7. Recycling: Bart Olson to also present an open discussion of recycling and Veolia contract at August 25
meeting. It was discussed that there is little or no recycling being done at our local schools and it was
suggested that we ask Robyn Sutcliff, Alderman, to "spearhead" this idea with the school district.
New business:
1. Plans for Special Events:
a. Yorkville Recycling Day: National day is November 15 (America Recycles) and it was suggested that
we adhere to that date after some discussion. Ms. Keane had prepared a proposed list of items to be
accepted. A location needs to be researched and decided upon due to sponsors and locations, possibly
Goodwill parking lot. Some of the suggested items to recycle are:
• Paper ® Batteries
• Bicycles ® American Flags
• Tires ® Scrap Metal
• Clothing ® Cell Phones, Electronics like TV's, VCR's,
• Books Computers
• CD's, DVD's, VHS tapes, etc. ® Food (Food Pantry for such items)
b. Water Conservation: This popular and successful event should take place in April, possibly early in the
month and be combined with the Build Green and Energy Efficient Homes Expo that also took place in
April of 2007. Need to look for venue. Ms. Lee stated that there many sponsors who would be happy to
show off the new technology for building and remodeling green. Mr. Stuepfert offered to volunteer to
work on this event. Ms. Lee will bring a thorough list of topics for this event to next meeting. Some
suggested topics/displays to consider for the event are:
• Geo-thermal ® Low flow water fixtures
• Solar water heat and photovoltaic ® Recycled insulation products
• Radiant heat ® Site protection including tree preservation
• Passive solar design a 7obsite recycling
c. Both events will be good for our community. More time is needed now for both of these events.
2. Multi-family Recycling & Commercial Recycling: Ms. Boettcher will bring copy of contract to next
meeting and it was discussed that this would be an appropriate topic for the August 25 meeting with Mr.
Olson.
Additional business:
1. Ms. Boettcher visited the Center for Green Technology and brought literature to review.
2. Mayor Burd announced the "Golden Spoke" event that will take place on Sunday, August 24 at 1:00. This
event marks the connection of the Yorkville and Oswego bike trails.
3, Mayor Burd also announced that someone from K&K Well Drilling would like to install a shallow well for
landscaping purposes. This issue is being discussed at the next City Council Meeting on Tuesday, August
12, 2008. All those interested in speaking on this subject should plan to attend.
Meeting adjourned at 9:04 p.m,