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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutesMINUTES SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD March 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, Mark Rohloff, City Manager, David Patek, Director of Public Works CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 4:00 by Chair Ron Hardy. APPROVE MINUTES Motion by Tony Palmeri and second by Margy Davey to approve minutes from the last meeting. Motion carried. PUBLIC COMMENT None. STORM WATER MANAGEMENT David Patek, Director of Public Works and Mark Rohloff, City Manager provided an overview of the City's stormwater management efforts. Mr. Patek stated that the City is in the process of updating its Stormwater Plan and implementation of the EPA's Phase II requirements that regulate stormwater runoff into lakes and rivers. SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS PROGRAM Mike Patza from East Central Regional Planning Commission provided handouts and did a powerpoint presentation regarding the Safe Routes to School Program. WEED HARVESTOR PROPOSAL Oshkosh Parks Director, Ray Maurer, was present at the meeting to discuss the Weed Harvestor proposal that the Water Working Group developed to address the weed issue at Millers Bay. Mr. Maurer stated that the proposal appeared to be developed off the Onterra study that was only about 80% complete as of this meeting. Mr. Maurer stated that he expected the plan to be completed within 30 days. There was discussion about whether to move forward with any recommendation from the proposal to the Parks Advisory Board. It was moved by Ron Hardy and seconded by Jan Scalpone to forward only the final paragraph of the proposal on to the Parks Advisory Board. Motion carried. UPDATE ON BIKE/PED PLAN Planning Director Darryn Burich stated that the draft Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Plan is currently undergoing review by the Steering Committee and staff and when it is ready for adoption will be brought before the SAB for comment. SUSTAINABILITY BOARD GOAL SETTING & COMMITTEE STRUCTURE Margy Davey likes the proposed structure and stated that the committees should establish a set time or date for meetings for easier attendance planning. ELECT NEW CHAIR & VICE CHAIR Margy Davey nominated Ron Hardy for the position of Chair which was seconded by Justin Mitchell. Jan Scalpone nominated Justin Mitchell for the position of Vice -Chair which was seconded by Margy Davey. SUSTAINABILITY PLAN UPDATE Dani Stolley provided a brief overview of the status of the draft plan. Steve Barney recommended that the plan include metrics for each activity as well as cost /benefits for recommendations going to Council. GHG WORKING GROUP UPDATE Darryn Burich stated that he had a meeting with city staff to discuss data gathering for the community inventory and that the various parties would be attempting to secure the data. Mr. Burich also stated target setting for the municipal operations could move forward without completion of the community inventory. EARTH HOUR PROCLAMATION Ron Hardy briefly reviewed the proposed proclamation/resolution regarding Earth Hour on March 27 Jan Scalpone had recommended that a statement be included requiring a press release be drafted by City staff to inform the public of Earth Hour. Steve Barney stated that he was the author and accepts the recommendation as a friendly amendment. Ron Hardy stated that they could work with the City's media people to develop a press release if passed. Steve Barney stated that this is a two part action. One involving a resolution directing the City Manager to turn off all non - essential lights and the other a proclamation. Tony Palmeri stated that the Council has not voted on proclamations and that the proclamations are used to urge people to do something. Mr. Barney stated that this is asking for more by directing the City Manager to turn off non - essential lights. Mr. Palmeri inquired if that could be put in the proclamation? The members went into considerable discussion on the merits of a resolution versus a proclamation. Mr. Palmeri recommended moving forward with a proclamation only. Mr. Barney stated that he seeking more than just a proclamation and would like the Board to vote on the resolution currently before the Board. Justin Mitchell asked that the Board act on Mr. Palmeri's recommendation to move forward with a proclamation only, which Mr. Mitchell seconded. Mr. Barney added that his intent with this action was to have more than a proclamation, which he could have requested himself. Motion carried 7 -1 (nay - Barney). Margy Davey asked to amend the proclamation to encourage the City of Oshkosh and all residents... at the end of the proclamation. Mr. Barney accepted the amendment. Motion carried unanimously. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TIF SUPPORTED PROJECTS Ron Hardy asked to table this item until the next meeting. Margy Davey inquired if this item was time sensitive? Mr. Barney stated that he thought it was in the context of the Oshkosh Corporation TIF project. Mr. Burich stated that the Council had asked staff to review the issue as part of a development agreement that will have to be approved yet by Council and stated that he did not think an agreement would be forthcoming to Council before at least the first Council meeting in April. Mr. Palmeri stated that in light of that, there would be another meeting to discuss with the SAB before Council action. Mr. Hardy asked again if there were any objections and there were none with the exception of Mr. Barney. ADJOURN Motion by Justin Mitchell and second by Tony Palmeri to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:15 pm. Respectfully submitted, Darryn Burich Director of Planning Services