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ILZ City,/ <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board <br />Meeting Minutes: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 <br />City Hall, 749 Main Street, Spruce Room <br />Chair: Allison Johanson Secretary: Laura Levesque -Catalano <br />1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm. <br />2. Roll Call: (Members present in bold): Seth Adams, Allison Johanson, Laura <br />Levesque -Catalano. Marianne Martin, Mark Persichetti, Melanie Dubin, City <br />Council Liaison Jay Keany, City Sustainability Coordinator Katie Baum, City <br />Facilities Manager Jorge Calderon, Visitors: Neil Hendrix, Elizabeth Anast <br />3. Approval of current meeting Agenda: Approved with no changes <br />4. Approval of the August 2019 Meeting Minutes: Approved with no changes <br />5. City Staff Updates: <br />Katie (Sustainability Specialist) <br />a. Green Business will begin to pick back up in September and October with <br />City, Chamber and Xcel communications being dispersed. As of August, there <br />are about 20 applicants and is similar to past participation at the same time in <br />2018. In 2018 the program concluded with 29 participating businesses, and in <br />2017 the program concluded with 38 businesses. Staff and PACE are <br />planning for a green business networking event in early/late November at <br />Crystal Springs in the CTC as a means to engage businesses before the <br />December 15th deadline. <br />b. The Boulder County Sustainability Matching Grant is open and will close <br />September 25th. The City seeks to continue funding of the Sustainability <br />Specialist position with the grant funding. Per County stipulation, the City is <br />required to start transitioning the position away from the grant, being either <br />partially or completely funded by the municipality within the next two years. <br />c. The Zero Waste Grant through Boulder County has opened will close Oct. 4tn <br />Increase recycling locations. $100k amount we can ask for. Provide <br />electronics recycling events. Can $ be used to incentive biz to recycle. <br />Restaurants like Zucca can apply for grant separately. Can use City <br />Communications and Chamber of Commerce to get message to community <br />businesses about grant funding availability. Per recipient went from $10 - $15 <br />per. <br />d. The City has been awarded a scholarship to become a Solar and Storage <br />Friendly Community for 2019. Working with COSEIA to build out matrix. <br />Public Works Department <br />303.335.4608 (phone) <br />City of Louisville <br />749 Main Street <br />303.335.4550 (fax) <br />Louisville CO 80027 <br />www.louisvilleco.gov <br />