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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-05-13 CGP MINUTESCLEAN, GREEN AND PROUD C01\1MISSION May 13, 1997 I. CALL TO ORDER. (\ The regular meeting of the Clean, Green and Proud Commission was called to order in Conference Room A of Englewood City Hall at 7:02 p.m., Chair Nabholz presiding. Chair Nabholz stated she would be leaving prior to the end of the meeting and asked Vice-Chair Lange to chair the remainder of the meeting after her departure. Members present: Members absent: Staff present: Dilatush, Golombek, Hilaire (late), Huffaker, Lange, Lindsey, Looze, Roth, Soulliere, VanDyke, Vormittag, Gillmon, Nabholz Menin-Giem, Karlquist (excused absences); Stankorb (unexcused). Langon, Neighborhood/Environmental Technician Simpson, Director of Neighborhood & Business Development II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. April 8, 1997 Chair Nabholz stated that the Minutes of April 8, 1997, were to be considered for approval. Golombek moved: Roth seconded: The Minutes of April 8, 1997, be approved as written. The motion carried. III. MEMBERSIDP UPDATE. Chair Nabholz announced that Ms. Menin-Giem is moving out of Englewood, and will be resigning from the Commission. Ms. Nabholz also noted the attendance policy of the Commission. Attendance is reported to City Council semi-annually, and this information is used by Council in considering reappointments to the Commission. Members who are unable to attend meetings are asked to call Ms. Langon in advance of the meeting. IV. ADOPT-A-STREET SUBCOMMITTEE. Ms. Langon reported that the waiver form has been approved by the City Attorney's office. Staff is ready to send the agreement and waiver to five registered participants. 1 V AND VI. BAG-A-THON/EARTH DAY SUBCOMMITTEES. Mr. Lange reported a poor tum out for the Bag-A-Thon at the Earth Day Festival due to inclement weather. The committee members are still distributing bags for Bag-A-Thon participation; extra bags were distributed to participants in Good Neighbor Days. Ms . Nabholz thanked all volunteers who came to the Earth Day Festival. Participants included Public Service Company, Waste Management, Recycled Plastic Products, Hawkquest, and Hudson Gardens. T-shirts are still available at $11 (tax included). [Note: A thank you note was received from the Sinclair Middle students for the book donated to their Library for the school's support of the Bag-A-Thon program.] VII. EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE. Mr . Dilatush has distributed questionnaires regarding a potential environmental database to all Engle- wood schools, and expects to get feed-back by the end of the semester. He asked for assistance with computer conversion of the information, inasmuch as the school system is MAC format. Ms. Lindsey stated that she has a power MAC at home, and can help convert the files . Mr. Dilatush reported that the response from teachers has been positive and supportive. VIII. FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. Mr. Lange requested volunteers to work the Fourth of July celebration , if only for a short time. Pop sales will be by the can; ice cream sales are still undecided. Englewood, Focusing on Tomorrow (EFOT) will be selling ice cream and it has not been determined whether CGP may also sell ice cream at this same function. IX. GARAGE SALE SUBCOMMITTEE. Mr. Looze reported that the Garage Sale will be May 31 '\ from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M., in the northeast parking lot at City Hall. Volunteers were asked to meet at the parking lot at 7 A.M. to set up on that date. Volunteers are needed to transfer sale items from storage to the parking lot sales site, sell items, and remove any unsold items . A sign-up sheet was circulated. The Commission discussed the issue of balloons and signs to advertise the garage sale. Staff will re- view the City code and regulations regarding use of balloons and signs. Mr. Looze and Ms. Langon will work together to get advertising in the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and Englewood Her- ald. Staff will make arrangements for cash/change to be available, to procure tables, chairs, and barri- cades for the site. Mr. Simpson stated that NBD will donate doughnuts and coffee for those volun- teering at the Garage Sale. The garage sale is not open to outside vendors, because of concerns cited by the City's Risk Manage- ment division on liability issues. Pre-sale income is $17 . 50, including the $5 which Mr. Looze brought to the meeting. 2 X. GOLF TOURNAMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. Mr . Golombek stated the Golf Tournament is scheduled for June 6th , 7 :30 a .m . at Fox Hollow Golf Course , and no raindate is scheduled. Additional players are needed. The next subcommittee meeting is Thursday , at 1 P.M . Volunteers to work the tournament are set. Mr. Simpson stated that the office of NBD will sponsor one player in the tournament. Mr. Simpson was invited and encouraged to play in the tournament. Mr. Simpson stated that he is not a golfer but will "play" to represent the office of NBD . XI. GOOD NEIGHBOR DAYS SUBCOMMITTEE. Ms. VanDyke reported there have, thus far , been 350 partic ipants in the GND program ; there is fund- ing to accommodate up to 555 . The $5 fee system has been very successful , and those participating do realize the $5 fee is a bargain for a pick-up load of trash . Also collected during the GND have been 15 appliances (at $5/appliance extra), and four baby kittens ; two kittens were adopted by helpful citizens , and two were taken to the animal shelter . Mr. Vormittag suggested sponsoring a one day GND in the Fall , if there is extra funding available . He further suggested that next year , there be two days in the Spring and two days in the Fall for citizens to remove their collected trash at a reduced rate . Mr. Vormittag also suggested rotating tasks/responsibilities for various activities. Ms. Nabholz thanked Kristin Gillman for participating in the GND activities, and stated she appreci- ated the student representative's attendance and participation in all of CGP 's programs . XII. MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE. Mr. Lange stated that there has been no subcommittee meeting. He noted that the CGP is pretty "loaded " with projects right now , and encouraged members to seek volunteers, particularly individuals interested in the environment and the City, to assist with the projects. Discussion ensued regarding using the GND database to mail letters or postcards to all participants expressing the thanks of the CGP and outlining volunteer opportunities . XIII. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SUBCOMMITTEE. Mr. Roth reported the results of the recent survey. He thanked everyone who distributed the cards ; 1211 were returned , which was about 26 % of the total distributed. Results: Question 1: Question 2: Question 3: Should all residential property owners in Englewood be required to have weekly trash collection? 789 Yes ; 358 NO -a two to one margin in favor. Would you support having a single company collect residential trash? 681 Yes ; 453 No -57 % in favor. Would you be willing to attend a public hearing and state your opinions ? 586 Yes ; 453 No. 3 Mr. Roth also stated that survey comments indicate the public misunderstands the solid waste issue. Mr. Roth stressed the need to emphasize the education process to inform the citizens about municipal solid waste . The subcommittee is determining how to address comments and questions raised by the survey, and how to move forward -as a whole package or to break it into smaller issues. The determination was made to allow "late-comer" cards to be calculated. XIV. PHOTOMETRIC INDEX SUBCOMMITTEE. Mr. Roth stated that he has located a computer program to generate the random numbers to select blocks for the Index . He has asked trash haulers for the location of commercial dumpsters, but has re- ceived no response as yet. The Photometric Index report is due in July, so this project must be com- pleted in June. Ms. VanDyke volunteered to assist on this project. XV. SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES. Minutes for the Golf Subcommittee and GND Subcommittee were submitted. XVI. COMMISSIONER'S CHOICE. Nothing was brought up for discussion. XVII. STAFF CHOICE. Ms. Langon stated that business cards, T-Shirts, and name tags for members all require camera-ready art work for the CGP logo. Each vendor charges a graphics setup fee when camera ready artwork is not available. She requested funding to have the art work done, and also noted it could be used when ordering stationary, advertising, etc. in the future. Golombek moved: Soulliere seconded: The motion carried. Approval of $75 be granted to obtain camera-ready ready artwork of the CGP logo. The KAB regional meeting, scheduled to be held in Arizona, has been canceled. The Commission dis- cussed sending one CGP member, and Staff Member Langon, to the annual Texas regional convention for KAB training June 24 --27th. Mr. Simpson stated that the office of NBD will cover expenses for the staff member, and staff will organize and obtain the information and costs. Ms. Lindsey volun- teered to attend as the CGP representative. Ms. VanDyke, having participated in previous KAB train- ing, commented that the training will be very helpful. Staff thanked Chair Nabholz and Mr. Huffaker for staffing the February and May Tent Talk sessions. The next Tent Talk is scheduled for June 5th. Mr. Lange volunteered to work this session. A "thank you" from Colorado Recycles for CGP's contribution, approved in April, was noted . Ms. Langon will attend "America Recycles Day" planning meeting. The event is scheduled November 15th; she will bring information back for the Commission . 4 Ms. Langon reported City Council has requested CGP evaluate development of an on-going paint- up/fix-up program for the City . Discussion ensued and Staff was requested to investigate other pro- grams , the scope of commitment , volunteers needed , etc., and report this information back to the CGP to help determine their involvement in such a program. A request was received, today , asking that the CGP participate in the Brothers Redevelopment annual Paint-a-thon program on August 16th. Staff will inquire as to the full nature of the program and report back to the Commission. Ms. Langon suggested participating in the Paint-a-thon and to consider it a "trial run" prior to implementing any on-going paint-up/fix-up program. Mr. Simpson asked that members of the CGP follow good , safe practices for all CGP activities, and advised that the members need to remember they are operating under the auspices of the City of Englewood. Therefore , it is necessary to abide by all City regulations. The Risk Management Divi- sion requests advance review of all programs and will be reviewing all activities. Mr. Vormittag sug- gested that CGP have a first aid kit available at its events. Mr. Simpson noted that , regarding the proposal of the Municipal Solid Waste committee 's proposed gift certificate as a gesture of appreciation for survey data entry by the NBD Administrative Aide , ex- tension of gifts to staff is not appropriate . A card of appreciation is sufficient. Mr. Simpson stated that staff appreciates the committee's gesture. Mr. Simpson stated that City Council encourages CGP to continue to negotiate with the Parks & Rec- reation Department regarding the golf tournament. City Council is supportive of CGP's programs , and does want the golf tournament returned to the Englewood Golf Course . Mr. Simpson reported that Mr. Graham will be stepping out of any role with the CGP and is assigned to work fully on NBD issues . Mr. Simpson stated that this will serve as the official announcement that Tricia Langon is the staff member to contact on any CGP issue . Mr. Simpson stated that the CGP Commission is doing outstanding work, and the City is very appre- ciative of the efforts of all members, and extended his thanks to the membership. Vice-Chair Lange , called for a motion to close the meeting. Golombek moved : Dilatush seconded: The meeting be adjourned. The motion carried; meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m . Tricia Langon Neighborhood/Environmental Technician \deptl nbd l&rou p\boards\cw \minutes\cw 5-97 .doc 5