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SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
February 1, 2010
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, Planning Director
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 by Chair Ron Hardy.
APPROVE MINUTES
Steve Barney requested that a statement be added under the GHG section that no data had yet been
gathered. Motion by Tony Palmeri and second by Margy Davey to approve minutes from the last
meeting as amended. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AT AURORA HEALTH CARE
Tracy Wymelenberg and Richard Miller from Aurora Health Care provided a brief presentation of
sustainable practices being undertaken at Aurora Health Care facilities that includes creation of a "green
team" to look at sustainability issues.
PROCESS FOR WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS
City Manager Mark Rohloff spoke about working with various City Departments and that because
sustainability issues touch so many different departments that requests for information should be
coordinated with the City Manager's office so he can forward those requests to the appropriate parties.
UPDATE ON BIKE/PED PLAN
Darryn Burich stated that the draft plans were in and that the next step was to have a steering committee
meeting to review the draft prior to workshops with the Sustainability Board and others with the goal of
having a plan available for display at Earth Week at UWO.
SHORELINE RESTORATION PROPOSAL
Justin Mitchell went over the Shoreland Restoration in Miller's Bay proposal distributed to the Board.
Jan Scalpone stated that their were some minor changes to the draft, such as including the proposed
pump station in the proposal, but was complete. Motion by Margy Davey and second by Justin Mitchell
to approve the plan and recommend it to the Parks Advisory Board. Motion carried.
WEED HARVESTER PROPOSAL — WATER COMMITTEE
Andrew Sabai distributed a document identifying proposed cost projection changes from the last weed
harvester proposal that the Board discussed. The Board discussed options with the proposal and
determined that the issue would be brought back for further discussion at the March meeting.
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN UPDATE
Dani Stolley stated that a rough draft of the Sustainability Plan would be distributed at the next steering
committee meeting on February 3 and that the next step would be for steering committee members to
review the plan and provide feedback for discussion.
GHG WORKING GROUP UPDATE
Ron Hardy stated that he and Mr. Burich had a conference call setup with ICLEI on February 2nd to
discuss data collection needed to input into the inventory. Mr. Barney asked if he could join in the
conference call and has volunteered to assist with the inventory. Mr. Burich stated that it was okay for
Mr. Barney to sit in on the conference call and help with the inventory. Mr. Burich also distributed a
document identifying the forms and data needed to complete the municipal inventory.
SUSTAINABILITY BOARD GOAL SETTING AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
Due to time constraints this item will be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
ELECT NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Due to time constraints this item will be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
ADJOURN
Motion by Margy Davey and second by Justin Mitchell to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 6:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Darryn Burich
Director of Planning Services