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HomeMy WebLinkAboutE_E_Minutes_4-7-08MINUTES Energy & Environment Advisory Board Monday, April 7, 2008- 4:00 p.m. City Hall, Room 406 The Monday, April 7, 2008, Energy & Environment Advisory Board was called to order by Chair Dani Stolley. Members present included: Jan Scalpone, Edward Wilusz, Steve Barney, Ronald Hardy, Robert Poeschl, Jessica King, Margy Davey and Justin Mitchell. Also present were Purchasing Agent Don LaFontaine and Media Services Director Jon Urben. Call to Order, First Item: Todd Sohr, 530 Grand Street, noted some environmental concerns regarding the Riverside Park dock project. Mr. LaFontaine noted he would forward Mr. Sawyer's packet of information to Jackson Kinney, Director of Community Development. Old Business, First Item: Approve March 10, 2008, minutes. It was motioned by King, seconded by Poeschl, that the minutes be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. Second Item: Natural Step Process study circles update. Ms. King noted a schedule survey was sent out and with responses received four possible dates were presented including Apri128, May 19 & 29 and June 23 all at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Poeschl offered to host the meetings at the ARC office. Third Item: Fred Schnook's Comments (former Ashland, WI Mayor). Chair Stolley noted she had conversation with Mr. Schnook and he noted they successfully used the Natural Step process. Fourth Item: Website. Mr. Mitchell noted he had a conversation with Tony Neumann, City IT Director on creating a page on the city website for information about the Energy & Environment Advisory Board. Mr. Mitchell sent out an overview to the Board to review. Mr. Mitchell asked the Board to consider sending him input for the website on issues such as visual structure, color scheme and content. It was noted the website could begin even in a basic form. More updates would follow in coming meetings. Fifth Item: Interns. Chair Stolley noted she had conversations with various UW- Oshkosh departments on the possibility of providing student interns to the City to assist in the ICLEI information gathering process. She noted the UW-Oshkosh Environmental Studies department probably had between 50-60 students willing to participate. Sixth Item: Clarification on attendance Policy & Procedures. It was noted that if board members anticipate they will not be able to attend a meeting they should contact Jan in the Personnel office at 236-5110. It was also noted that in situations where a board member fails to attend several meetings, the Chair would ask NIr. Lafontaine to contact that member to inquire on their future interest in serving on the board. Moving into New Business, Chair Stolley suggested the Board consider forming subcommittees to coordinate information gathering of various topics. NIr. LaFontaine noted the city is still waiting confirmation of their ICLEI membership. He then summarized a teleconference meeting between staff and ICLEI representative a few weeks prior. He noted that the rep indicated it was common to have two tracks of focus under the ICLEI model, with the city staff focusing on sustainability efforts in municipal operations/facilities and advisory boards focusing on community efforts, outreach and education. It was suggested that then with monthly meetings both tracks could share information on their progress and updates. In this light NIr. LaFontaine suggested the committee mirror this model as they move forward. Some discussion then followed on NIr. LaFontaine's suggestions, including an interest in having a possible workshop on the ICLEI process. After more discussion it was motioned by King, seconded by Hardy that two subcommittees be formed to further explore these issuesa municipal subcommittee composed of city staff, the council rep, board chair and vice-chair, and an education and outreach subcommittee composed of other members. Discussion then followed as to who should chair or serve on the education subcommittee. It was then determined that the board chair could appoint members to serve on subcommittees. NIr. Barney requested to serve on the municipal subcommittee. Chair Stolley suggested that members should contact her if they have any interest in serving on the education subcommittee. Based on that interest she would appoint members to the subcommittee. Motion passed unanimously. Chair Stolley asked for any other New Business. Ms. King noted she is drafting an ordinance change to the city's street construction process to require trees in city terraces for street projects. It was noted the next meeting date would be Monday, May 5, 2008. It was motioned by Mrs. Davey, seconded by Ms. King, that the meeting be adjourned at 5:35 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, ~'avi. C~. ur~iev~ Secretary, Oshkosh Energy & Environmental Advisory Board cc Don LaFontaine, Purchasing Agent John Fitzpatrick, Acting City Manager