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City„ <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />AGENDA ITEM 11 <br />SUBJECT: <br />ANNUAL REPORT — LOUISVILLE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY <br />BOARD <br />DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2015 <br />PRESENTED BY: JUSTINE VIGIL -TAPIA <br />LIST HIGHLIGHTS AND SUCESSES OF THE PAST YEAR: <br />• Sustainability Roadmap <br />• Member participation in Friday night Street Faire <br />• Energy Study completion and follow -up <br />WHAT WORKED WELL FOR YOUR BOARD THIS PAST YEAR? <br />• Being accommodated by other boards to solicit feedback on LSAB issues <br />• Community garden moving forward <br />• Supporting Pay as You Throw fee structure for residential trash contract <br />WHAT DID NOT WORK WELL FOR YOUR BOARD THIS PAST YEAR? <br />• Little progress on Zero Waste <br />• Loss of board member and Council liaison for portions of the year <br />• Restrictions on small group collaboration (Open Meetings requirements) <br />• Frustration; things move slowly, does it really matter? <br />LIST PLANS /GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR: <br />• Complete road map, present to public, develop list of actionable items <br />• Community garden — goal is to have a plot ready for next growing season by year <br />end <br />• Zero Waste — develop action plan to improve diversion of residential and <br />commercial solid waste <br />• Update and improve City of Louisville sustainability web pages <br />• Sustainability charrette and road map — gather community input and baseline <br />data, continuing effort <br />• Develop program to recognize sustainable businesses <br />IN WHAT AREAS DO YOU NEED CITY COUNCIL INPUT /FEEDBACK? <br />• Should recycling be made mandatory for categories not currently covered by the <br />City residential solid waste program (i.e. multi - family, HOAs, commercial)? <br />• City property selection for community garden <br />• How much does the City of Louisville want to own various sustainability <br />programs? <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />2 <br />