Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2011 08 17

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im I City,/ R Louisville COLORADO .SINCE 1882 Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting Minutes: Wednesday, J my 20, 2011 City Hall, 749 Main Street, Spruce Room Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Chair Ted Sontrop (filling in for Mary Ann Heaney) at 18:32. Minutes were taken by Mary Ann Heaney. II. Roll Call: Members present (in bold): Cullen Choi, Mary Ann Heaney, Annie Hughes, Andy Johnson, Arno Laesecke, Mark Persichetti; Ted Sontrop; Staff Liaison Dave Szwabados (filling in for Tom Phare); City Council Liaison Dave Clabots.. III. Approval of Current Meeting's Agenda: The agenda was unanimously approved. IV. Approval of J une 15 Meeting Minutes: The minutes were unanimously approved with changes: Correct the following sentence in the section on Livable Cities Action Plan to: "Cullen offered to insert the presentation into new software, which will creates a better presentation." V. Public Comments on Items Not on the Agenda: None. VI. LSAB Statement in s upport /endorsement of the Boulder County's Zero- Waste Plan (Mark Persichetti) This is a follow up discussion based on information Mark provided in a detailed summary of the purpose and activities of the Boulder County Resource Conservation Advisory Board, which outlined the County's Zero Waste Plan. Comments included: Annie expressed comment that the City of Louisville is already doing so much of the Zero -Waste Plan; Andy thinks the plan is a good thing to adopt even if the City is doing much of the Plan items on their own; Mark stressed that time is running out to make changes to the Plan that would highlight areas for Louisville to do more work, and we need to send over the endorsement of Plan by LSAB very soon; Mark also indicated that he wants to provide a link to the Plan for City Council members, and he requested that we give our endorsement for the Plan. There was unanimous approval for LSAB's endorsement of the plan. VII. Contribution to Community Update Andy provided the text in support of the Tour of Sustainable Homes for the upcoming Community Update to Meredyth Muth. She confirmed its receipt, and did not have any issues with it. Next submission of text to the Community Update will be November 15th. VIII. Update on Urban Agriculture White Paper (Annie) Benefits (all): Energy (heat island effect); less hardscaping; stormwater management; local economy (local buying of food); reducing the "Food Mile" (distance that food travels Public Works Department 303.335.4608 (phone) City of Louisville 749 Main Street 303.335.4550 (fax) Louisville CO 80027 www.louisvilleco.gov