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Louisville SustainabilityAdvisory Board Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes th Wednesday, January 19, 2010-City Hall, 749 Main Street, Spruce Room I.CALL TO ORDER: Mary Ann called the meeting to order at 6:35 pm for Arno.(Several Arno assumed Chairmanship over at 7 pm. members arrived late due to the weather.) II.ROLL CALL:boldCullen Choi, Mary Ann Heaney, Members (those present in ):Annie ,Andy JohnsonArno Laesecke, Mark Persichetti,Ted Sontrop,Staff Liaison Tom Hughes, Phare, City Council Representative Dave Clabots . III. APPROVAL OF CURRENT MEETING’S AGENDA: The agenda was approved without changes. IV.APPROVAL OF PAST MONTH’S MEETING MINUTES: The minutes of the previous meeting onDecember 15th,2010were approved unanimously. Distribution of Open Government Pamphlets V. Tom distributed the pamphlets and briefly discussed the requirements. Stressedwas the prohibition ofmore than two members meeting to discuss the board’s business. That would constitute a formal meeting. A notice would need to be posted along with the agenda prior to Tom indicated that board members must go to a such gatherings,then minutes generated. training class this year if they have not already –particularly our two new members. Arno said the class would probably be held in May. VI.Approval of Designated Places for Posting Notices There was a motion by Arnoto adopt the designated locations. A unanimous vote approved them: City Hall, Police/Municipal Court Building, Recreation/Senior Center, Library, City website. VIII.PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA: None initially. An individual arrived later in the meeting for the discussion on the water treatment plant’s PV panels (see below). VII.Review of 2010 Goals and Achievements Each returning member briefly summarized their activities; all identified personal goals for 2011: continue into 2011 addressing our list from last year Mark –Suggested that the board (there are enough topics on it for 2-3 years of activities). (Seeattached list.) Specifically, he would like to develop an ordinance to deal with construction site waste: recycling of specific materials, address materials which fall outside the green building code. Mark also would like to generate funding for an energy efficient residential lighting program. If the board is able to raise funds, then LSAB could seek matching funds from the county. He indicated that the program would not necessarily provide funds for just holiday lights but include any LED lights. Andy –Would like to conduct the Louisville Solar and Green Homes tour. CRC will likely not manage it in 2011. Transition Louisville will likely participate (they would provide the funds for marketing). The tour will be the end of September but LSAB would need to initiate the planning process in April. Andy would also like to create a framework for the city to talk about sustainabilityat high level. Mary Ann’s presentation is good start and is palatable to a wide audience. But we need to create a language for LSAB to talk about these issues city wide. Mark asked what kind of forum we should City of Louisville Public Works Department749 Main StreetLouisville, CO 80027 303.335.4608 (phone) 303.335.4550 (fax) www.LouisvilleCo.gov