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<br />IIi.'" <br />'1 ", <br /> <br />, ~. <br />;. ... - <br />~ .. . <br /> <br /> <br />Resource ConservationAdvisory Board <br />Joint LRCAB - LWRAC Meeting Minutes <br />April 2, 2009 <br />Lafayette Public Library, <br />775 West Baseline Road <br />Lafayette,Colorado <br />6:30 PM <br /> <br />NB: This joint meeting with Lafayette's Waste Reduction Advisory Committee <br />(LWRAC) came about following an invitation from LWRAC to LRCAB, to discuss <br />the topic of single-use plastic bags used in Lafayette and Louisville. <br /> <br />Attendance <br /> <br />Kristi Chapin, Laura Estle, Doug Short, Brenda Von Star, Shelly Coldwell, Kathy <br />Wertz., Jake Williams & Jeff Schwartz. (all from WRAC). Guests from the <br />Louisville Resource Conservation Advisory Board (LRCAB): Beth Armbruster, <br />Annie Hughes, Mark Persichetti and Richard Smith. <br /> <br />Minutes <br /> <br />Jeff moved and Jake seconded to approve the (WRAC) minutes of March 5th. <br /> <br />Plastic Bag Project <br /> <br />LRCAB and L WRAC met to discuss the plastic bag issue. Shelly discussed how <br />LWRAC got started on this project to look into different ways to reduce or <br />eliminate plastic grocery bags through other fees, penalties or banning. Brenda <br />and Shelly thought it would be good to have a discussion with the LRCAB to see <br />if both groups could jointly work on this project together. L WRAC will be <br />discussing this issue with Lafayette City Council in early June and LRCAB will be <br />doing the same with the Louisville Council in late April. Mark P. from LRCAB <br />mentioned that he had brought this to Boulder County, as part of their Zero- <br />Waste program, but the County decided that more analysis was needed before <br />making recommendations. Mark also feels that a state-wide law on plastic bags <br />is the best way to go instead of each individual municipality dealing with the <br />issue. Beth from LRCAB clarified that they were only focusing on grocery plastic <br /> <br />City of Louisville <br />Public Works Department 749 Main Street Louisville CO 80027 <br />303.335.4608 (phone) 303.335.4550 (fax) www.cUouisville.co.us <br />