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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-05-11 CGP MINUTES• • • CLEAN, GREEN, AND PROUD COMMISSION May 11, 1993 Members Present: R. Davis, Grimes, Maes, Means, Prado, Roth, and Russell. Members Absent: Also Present: B. Davis, Fouts, Harris, Hartman, Howe, Jackson, Jensen, and Van Dyke. Rita Hathaway, City Council Representative Lee Merkel, Director of Community Development Dana Glazier, Coordinator At the May 11th meeting of the Clean, Green, and Proud Commission, several items were discussed. Those discussions are outlined below . l. Fourth Annual Bag-A-Thon: Glazier announced that 1255 volunteers had signed up to participate in this year's Bag-A- Thon. The May lst event attracted about 50 people. Glazier and Commission members agreed that this year was a success despite the chilly weather. All agreed that the program should continue. Glazier asked if there should be any changes in next year's program. It was suggested that the use of a tent during bad weather would be advantageous. It was also suggested that more environmental educational booths be sought to participate. 2. Proud Prooertv Proqram: June 26th was chosen for the Second Annual Proud Property Program. Glazier asked for volunteers to help with this year's effort. Bonnie Prado, Rhonda Davis, and Mary Jackson volunteered. Glazier stated that flyers would be distributed shortly to announce the program. 3. Municipal Solid Waste Plan: Each Commission member was asked their impressions regarding the public's input to the forum. In summary, the Commission agreed the curbside collection was a proposal to be dropped. In addition, it was felt that mandatory collection proposal was very controversial, and the recycling proposal was misunderstood. A strong opinion of the public was that more enforcement of existing codes need take place. And, the Commission felt there was a lot of emotion and misinformation regarding MSW issues and the proposal in the community. The Commission also was receptive to two issues that were raised by the public; contract hauling and equity. Both of these interests, it was decided, needed to be re-addressed by the Commission. But, because of the large number of members absent, the Commission decided to wait until the June meeting to thoroughly discuss these topics. Phillip Russell distributed a copy of several suggestions to address concerns of the public. It was decided to discuss these at the next meeting. • • •