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SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
September 13, 2010
Present: Steve Barney, Kimberly Biedermann, Michelle Bogden - Muetzel, Bob Breest, Margy Davey,
Justin Mitchell, Bob Poeschl, Jan Scalpone
Excused: Andrew Sabai
Staff: Darryn Burich, Planning Director, Robin Leslie, Principal Planner, Shelly Reinke, Planning
Assistant
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by Chair Justin Mitchell.
APPROVE MINUTES
Motion by Jan Scalpone and second by Kimberly Biedermann to approve the minutes from the last meeting.
Motion carried 8 -0.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
UPDATE ON TRANSIT PLAN
Chair Mitchell stated that Chris Strong would not be in attendance to give an update. Jan Scalpone stated she
would like ECWRPC to attend the next meeting along with Mr. Strong to give the update. The Board agreed. Bob
Poeschl stated he has transit plan implementation information he could forward to the Board if interested.
UPDATE ON BIRD CITY USA
Shelly Reinke gave an update on the Bird City USA application and resolution. Motion by Bob Poeschl and
second by Bob Breest to accept the resolution as written and to forward to the Common Council. Motion carried
8 -0.
UPDATE ON FOCUS ON ENERGY
The Board directed the Energy Efficiency Subcommittee to work on a recommendation for Focus on Energy
benefits.
Steve Barney stated he would still like to see a presentation on ENERGY STAR and that he's looking into a
possible webinar on the topic.
SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING
Chair Mitchell stated that UW- Extension would be providing a municipal staff focused training on November 4cn
and December 16 He directed staff to work with the City Manager to form a team to attend.
UPDATE ON URBAN CHICKENS
The Board directed the Environmental Subcommittee to work on this issue. Darryn Burich stated that the
Planning Division had already begun and that staff would attend the next subcommittee meeting.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
Jan Scalpone stated there was no report but the next meeting would be on Monday, September 27 at 2:30
pm in Room 204.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Margy Davey stated the next meeting would be on Monday, September 20 at 4 pm in Room 404. The
subcommittee would be meeting on the third Monday every other month. She also stated that Michelle
Bogden - Muetzel would be replacing Ron Hardy. In addition, she stated that the subcommittee would be
working on Focus on Energy, ICLEI Milestones, LEED and ENERGY STAR.
Steve Barney stated he is entering GHG data into the ICLEI software.
Steve Barney objected to changing the focus of the group and only having meeting every other month.
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
Robin Leslie stated the subcommittee has completed seven of the 10 sections of the plan and should be
finished with the last three by the end of October. She also stated once the sections are completed, the
next item to work on would be the implementation plan.
Chair Mitchell wanted to know when the document would be presented to the full Board for review and
how would they review it. Margy Davey was concerned about going over each section again with the full
board.
Jan Scalpone stated the Plan also has to be submitted to the community for comment.
BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN WORKING GROUP UPDATE
Bob Breest stated there were two meetings this week and that there have been many changes to the original draft.
He stated they are trying to finish by the end of the month.
NEXT MEETING
Chair Mitchell reminded the Board the next regularly scheduled meeting was Monday, October 4 th at 4:00 pm.
ADJOURN
Motion by Margy Davey and second by Kim Biedermann to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 8 -0. Meeting
adjourned at 5:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Robin Leslie
Principal Planner
SAB Minutes 2 September 13, 2010