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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-01-13 KEB MINUTES• 9od B;;:9 1u,;ihl MINUTES January 13, 2009 1. Meeting Opening The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. in the City Council Conference Room . Chair Rothe presiding. ~ 2. Roll Call • Present: Audra Kirk (Not voting), Bob Mccaslin (Not voting), Brett East, Chris Hoagland, Gary Norlander, James Garnett, Linda Olson, Sunshine Cross, Susan Bay less, Tom Roth e, Tom Winthrop. • Absent/Excused: Jim Gibson, Jennifer Jones, Theresa Sabrsula . 3. Approval of Minutes Motion: Approve the October 14, 2008 Minutes as written. Moved by Chris Hoagland, Seconded by Sunshine Cross. Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes= 9). Yes: Brett East, Chris Hoagland, Gary Norlander, James Garnett, Linda Olson, Sunshine Cross, Susan Bayless, Tom Rothe, Tom Winthrop. 0 4 . Old Business • Section 9 of the Comprehensive Plan contains a lot of goals which are not tim e specific. The subcommittee question ed how involved it should be in prov idin g obtainable goals and timeframes. Th ey attempted to hi ghli ght activities the community was already doing that fit within the Plan and then how thos e activities could be measured. Discussion ensued. Education of Commission activities was stressed. It was suggest ed distributing information al brochures with the Dump Day coupons to targ et Englewood c itiz ens . Gary Norlander • • • volunteered to develop and conduct an informal survey at Wal-Mart, if permitted, on recycling, environmental awareness in Englewood, and community services offered in Englewood. 5. New Business • Education Subcommittee Brett and Susan will meet with Audra to discuss the Subcommittee becoming involved in Bishop Elementary again. Commission also discussed becoming involved in Charles Hay Elementary. ~ • Great American Clean-up Audra reported information from last year's national clean-up . Sh e suggested th e Commission become more involved in the Clean-up. Audra asked if th e Commission was interested in forming a subcommittee to become more involved. It was the consensus of the Commission to combine it with the Education subcommittee. The Englewood schools can distribute information throu g h a weekly phone recording to all students' home phones. 6. Staff's Choice A KAB representative will be conducting training with Colorado affiliates on February 4, 10 am -3 pm . ~ 7. Council Member's Choice Bob Mccaslin reported that City Council interviewed and appointed 4 new members to the Commission. They will be formally appointed on February 2. e 8. Commissioner's Choice • Tom Rothe: Thanked everyone for coming out for the holiday lightin g event. H e would like to see more community involvement; he suggested a separate category for apartments and condos. He also suggested advertising it more in the Citiz e n. • Gary Norlander: The recycling dumpsters at Safeway have been removed. Audra stated that due to trash being blown around the parking lot, they were removed. Th e re is a bin at the Shriner's and Elk's Lodge. • Linda Olson: She requested adding website links regarding sustainability to the KEB page. Audra asked Linda to provide her with the web addresses. • Tom Winthrop: He will provide the Commission with an update at th e next me eting on the high school environmental group. • Sunshine Cross: She attended a meeting in Boulder. She showed the Commission the first biodegradable pen which will soon be on the market. • Chris Hoagland: He suggested Toni Greir might be able to use the Commission's Holiday Lighting Event for team building in the Neighborhood Watch program by • • • creating a category of blocks which could be scored. Also, it appears to him that the winners used a lot of lights . One of the Commission's goa ls is to reduce consumption, perhaps with LED li ghts. 9. There was no further business brought before the Commission. The meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm .