Environmental Commission 10-24-11 Meeting MinutesGOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Minutes
October 24, 2011
Present: Commissioners, Anderson, Baker, Gitelis, Hill, Stremel, Sunde; Jeff
Oliver, City Engineer; Mark Ray, Public Works Engineering
Technician; and Pat Schutrop, Administrative Assistant
1. Call to Order
Baker called the meeting to order at 7 pm.
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes – September 26, 2011
Commissioner Hill requested the following change to the minutes:
Item No. 3, third paragraph, and third line: “…which will be picked up
every other week on a semi-weekly basis.”
MOVED by Stremel, seconded by Sunde, and the motion carried unanimously to
approve the minutes of the September 26, 2011 meeting with correction noted.
3. Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Study
Ray discussed the Recycling Communication Plan. Residents will receive
multiple communications prior to the start-up of new recycling service January 1,
2012. Staff is in the process of identifying residents who currently receive walk-
up service from Waste Management. All residents will receive the 65-gallon cart
and after 3 months, residents can contact Allied Waste to reduce the cart size if
they chose. Residents wanting to increase the cart size can do so at any time.
For additional information, see the communications plan summary on file.
4. GreenStep Cities
GreenStep Cities is a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency initiative promoting
sustainable cities in the metro area. ICLEI is a program Golden Valley is currently
involved in tracking baseline data for reducing its energy footprint. The
Commission is interested in identifying duplication of effort in the two programs.
GreenStep Cities has developed a list of 28 best practices and Ray will compare
those practices with what Golden Valley currently is doing and what it yet has to
achieve. The City of Edina is part of the pilot program for GreenStep and Gitelis
will contact them to gather more information
Phillip Muessig is the Minnesota GreenStep Cities Program Coordinator. After
researching the current programs the City is involved in, the Commission may
invite Mr. Muessig to attend a future meeting to explain the GreenStep Cities
program in more detail.
5. Schedule for Next Meetings (11/28 and 12/12)
The Commission agreed with the revised meeting dates presented through the
end of the year.
6. Program/Project Updates
Summary on file.
Minutes of the Environmental Commission
October 24, 2011
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7. Commission Member Council Reports
There will be a citywide meeting of Environmental Commission members
scheduled for November 15 in Roseville. Gitelis will send the details of the
meeting to the Commissioners.
8. Other Business
No other business.
7. Adjourn
MOVED by Hill, seconded by Stremel, and the motion carried to adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm. The next scheduled meeting will be
November 28, 2011 at 7 pm.