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SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
December 7, 2009
Board Members Present: Steve Barney, Justin Mitchell, Jan Scalpone, Andrew Sabai, Margy
Davey, Tony Palmeri, Ron Hardy, Todd Sohr
Excused: Bob Breest
Staff: Darryn Burich
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 by Chair Ron Hardy.
APPROVE MINUTES
Steve Barney asked to eliminate the word "proposed" in a sentence under the Greenhouse Gas Working
Group Update section. Motion by Margy Davey and second by Jan Scalpone to approve the minutes as
amended. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENT
John Knox, 219A W. 10 Avenue appeared and commented on the climate change conference, the
EPA's ruling on the public health hazard of greenhouse gases, and a candlelight vigil being held on
December 8th
WATER WORKING GROUP UPDATE
Justin Mitchell went over the proposed brochure the group created on water conservation that will be
forwarded to city staff for review once final edits are completed. He stated that the recommendations
were based on research driven data and best practices not on individual opinions in the group. There
was discussion about how best to get the brochure into the hands of public and potential places for it to
be located at city facilities.
GHG WORKING GROUP UPDATE
Ron Hardy stated that the City had a slight setback with the intern and getting started on the community
wide inventory that will be addressed in the upcoming months. He stated that the municipal inventory is
being completed and that community wide will get underway in January.
Mr. Hardy stated that they are also working on a couple of draft resolutions regarding energy and
automated benchmarking as well as energy efficient building codes that they will discuss with the City
Manager.
ADJOURN
There being no further business, Margy Davey moved and Justin Mitchell seconded that the meeting be
adjourned to be followed by a 2010 goal setting session. Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Darryn Burich
Director of Planning Services