Minutes
Conservation Commission
05/23/07
These Minutes will be reviewed by Conservation Commission at the July 25, 2007 Conservation Commission Meeting. |
May 23, 2007
6:00 pm
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Chapman called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm in the Siskiyou Room at the
ROLL CALL
Attendees: Risa Buck, Russ Chapman, Ross Finney, Jim Hartman, and Melissa Schweisguth. Stuart Corns, Kathryn Houser and Tracy Harding were not present.
City Council Liaison: Dave Chapman
Staff Liaison: Cathy Cartmill
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chairperson Chapman asked for an approval of the minutes.
The following corrections were noted:
Under Chris Thomas, change products to recycling
Spelling of Congregational Church and Wagner Architect
Change compostable garbage to eat ware
Remove Green from Conservation Department brochure
Commissioner Chapman made a motion to approve the minutes of April 25, 2007 with the stated corrections and Commissioner Buck seconded the motion.
Voice vote: all Ayes. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
PUBLIC FORUM
Huelz Gutcheon commented on a few subjects: June was energy month in Congress, gas prices will rise to 6-10 dollars a gallon, Independence/oil dependence day, and the calculation of 50 square miles of water would be needed to grow enough food for our town.
Cathy Cartmill referenced an article about
Commissioner Buck reported:
· The
· Free nursery plastic recycling drop off at the
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· The Association of Oregon Recyclers Annual Conference is June 21-23rd in
· The Conservation Commission has 2 more free composting classes left, June 16th and July 21 at the recycling center. The May 12th class had 30 participants.
· Discount Day at the Transfer station is Saturday, June 16th. Participants will receive a $3.50 discount and Ashland Sanitary will donate $1.75 to ACCESS Food Bank for every customer that comes out that day.
· Ashland Sanitary has 2.532 Residential Green Debris customers, 27 Commercial Green Debris Customers and 17 Commercial Compost customers including 3
OLD BUSINESS
A. Formation of sub-committee to support new goals
Set aside, put on next agenda.
B. Meeting Time
Set aside, put on next agenda.
C. Rainwater Collection update
Commissioner Buck reported she met with Robbin Pearce of the Conservation Department and gathered more information, but not much progress was made in May due to other employees absent/vacation. They will update more in June.
D. Solar Project II update
Chairperson Chapman gave a brief report of the Council meeting where it was determined to form a sub-committee to explore the options for the Solar Pioneer Project II. First meeting will be June 6, 10:30am at the Electric conference room. Commissioner Buck would not be able to attend the sub committee meeting and expressed her support for the program that would be creating a new tier of community involvement in solar energy, increasing the ability for more participation.
A. Plastic Bag Ban update
Set aside to address budget. Commissioner Buck
B. Budget
Commissioner Hartman made a motion to allocate $100.00 to the
Voice vote: all Ayes. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
Commissioner Hartman made a motion to allocate $160.00 of green tags to offset the transportation for the Conservation Commission. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Chapman.
Voice vote: all Ayes. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
None
COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
The Commissioners decided if
Commissioner Hartman left at 6:50, ending the needed quorum for the Commission.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next meeting date, June 27, 2007 7pm
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 6:50 pm.
Commissioner Buck briefly discussed the information she found out about banning plastic bags, the need to collect and repurpose them. She also would like to find out how other cities have been addressing this issue.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary McClary, Administrative Assistant to
Electric/Telecommunications Department