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Home My WebLink About2008-05-13 KEB MINUTES• 1. M eet ing Openin g MINUTES May 13, 2008 The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. in the City Council Conference Room. C h air Montag ue presiding. 2. Roll C all I Present: Holly Montag u e, Nicol e Kelley, Brett East, Chris Hoagland, T o m Rothe, T om Winthrop, Bob Mccaslin (Not votin g), Audra Kirk (Not voting), Jam es Garnett Absent/Excused:, Sunshine Cross, Linda Olsen, Susan Bayless. Absent/Unexcused: Laurel Oygowski • l?] • 3. Approval of Minutes April 8, 2008 Motion:: Approve Minutes, Moved by Tom Rothe, Seconded by Chris Hoagland Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes= 7). Yes: Brett East, Chris Ho ag land , Holly Monta gue , Jam es Garnett,, Ni co le Kelley, Tom Roth e, Tom Winthrop. Absent: Linda Olsen, Sunshine Cross, Susan Bay less , Laur el Oygowski 4. Old Busin ess ,, Pharmac e uti ca ls Chris Ho ag land reported that he did not h ave tim e to work on the program due to Code Enforc e m e nt commitments. Howeve r, h e re ported that th e City h as a volunteer citizen's committee that is the li aison to the Waste Wate r Tr eat m en t Plant (WWTP) and he wishes to obtain th e ir permission b efo re h e proceeds. If h e is ab le to obtain permission , he wou ld re ad th e Ordinance which c rea t ed the co mmittee and their authority as it pertains to this issue. H e will th e n m ee t with the WWTP lead c h e mist; h e h as a few ide as such as inte rvi ew in g th e pharmacies and poss ibl y applying for an EPA grant. • • • [§] 5. • Englewood Clean Up Days (Great American Clean Up) It was a good expe ri e n ce even though it was windy. The focus was the Littl e Dry Creek path. The next cleanup will be in September, and the focus will b e the path alon g the South Platte Riv er. • Education Subcommittee Update Community Days with Bishop Elementary is sc h ed ul ed for Thursday, June 5, 8:30 am -6 pm; volunteers are n eeded. Th e day begins with a FunRun and a garage sa le will be held throughout the day. Proceeds from the ga rage sa le will go to t he schoo l. Donations will be accepted at the sc h oo l a week before th e eve nt. Jun e 11 , 2 pm is "Tr eas ur ed Tra sh W ed n esdays" which is th e Libr ary program fo r th e ch ildren's read in g ki c koff for 4 weeks. Brett is cons id e rin g doing an ed u cat iona l p ro gram around "Red uce, Reuse, Recycle." If Commissioners h ave ideas for th e program, they sh ou ld e-mail Brett. Th e age range is 5 -11 years o ld . • Arbor Day Audra c ir c ulated a lette r from the Parks Department thanking the Commission for participating in the event. The Commission expressed interested in participating aga in in 2009. • W at e rl ess Urin als Tom Roth e h ad no add ition al inform at io n. Mr. McCaslin will bring the issue to City Council. Tom su ggested placing one urin al in City H all as a trial. • Community Garden Th e Parks Dep artment is willing to g iv e the Commission a 4'x4' space in front of th e Recreation Ce nte r to plant flowers and m aintain throughout th e summe r. The flowers are provided . Th e Commission would n eed to plant th e fl owe rs o n Saturday, May 1 7 and then weed the ga rd e n o n ce a week. A m ark e r will be p laced in th e ga rd e n indi cat in g the Commission is m aintainin g that space. It was the co ns e n sus of the Commission t o adopt th e garde n. N ew Business • Fun Fe st The event is on August 23. Th e Commissi o n w ill ha ve a 1 O'x1 O' space and w ill n ot be c har ge d for th e space. The Commission n eeds to provide a c hildre n 's activ ity • • • and a giveaway. Brett East and Tom Rothe volunteered to be on the subcommittee. • Englewood Dump Days Audra Kirk circulated a signup sheet. The first distribution date is Jun e 7. l?ll 6. Staff's Choice The Electronic Recy clin g D ay is June 21 1 8 a m -1 pm at Littl eto n City H a ll . 7. Council Member's Choice Mr. McCaslin h ad nothing further. 8. Commissioner's Choice Chair Montague inform ed the Commission that she is resi g nin g. Jun e will be her l ast meeting. 9. Adjourn Motion: : Adjourn, Moved by Brett East, Seconded by Tom Roth e. Th e m eetin g ad j o urn ed at 7:05 p.m .