2. Minutes - 11-28-11 GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION Regular Meeting Minutes November 28 , 2011 Present : Commissioners , Baker, Hill, Stremel , Sunde ; Jeannine Clancy , Public Works Director ; Eric E c kman, Public Works Specialist; Mark Ray, Public Works Engineer ing Technic ian ; and Lisa Nesbitt , Administrative Assistant Absent: Commissioners Anderson and Gitelis 1. Call to Order Baker called the meeting to order at 7 pm. 2 . Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes – October 24 , 2011 MOVED by Hills , seconded by Stremel , and the motion carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the October 24 , 2011 meeting . 3 . Presentation by GreenStep Cities Philip Muessing, (GreenStep City Coordinator with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ) and Diana McKeown (Metro CERT Director with Clean Energy Resources Teams ) spoke to the commission about the GreenStep Cities program. GreenStep Cities is an assistance program for Minnesota cities that supports the implementation of 28 cost saving and energy reduction best practices. Information abo ut the program is on file. Ray compared GreenStep Cities to the two programs the city is currently involved in (ICLEI and US Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement). His summary is on file. The commission requested that discussion of the GreenStep Cities program be put on the next meeting agenda. 4. Waste Hauler Requirements Ordinance Amendmant Baker reported that he presented the draft waste hauler requirements ordinance at the November Council/Manager meeting. The city attorney expressed his concern reg arding the group rate requirement. Council will consider the ordinance at the December 6 th meeting. The Commission was shown a copy of the upcoming issue of CityNews which featured a two page article on the new recycling program. 5. 2012 Meeting Schedule The 2012 meeting schedule was reviewed which no changes. The December 12, 2011 meeting will be cancelled. 6 . Program/Project Updates In addition to the s umma ry on file Eckman reported that he will be attending the U pper Missi ssippi River Basin TMDL for bacteria. A summary of the other program/project updates is on file.
Minutes of the Environmental Commission November 28, 2011 Page 2 of 2 7 . Commission Member Council Reports No reports 8 . Other Business Ray will contact Allied Waste about touring their recycling facility. The commission’s first choice is to tour the f acility on a Monday night but with enough notice could potentially make a late afternoon tour. 7 . Adjourn MOVED by Stremel , seconded by Hill , and the motion carried to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 8 :50 pm . The next scheduled meeting will be January 23 , 201 2 at 7 pm.