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Resource ConservationAdvisory Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday,September 15th, 2010-City Hall,749 Main Street,Council Chambers I.CALL TO ORDER: Anniecalled the meeting to order at 6:31 pm. II.ROLL CALL:Robin Cooley, Mary Ann Heaney, Annie Hughes, Members present(in bold): Arno Laesecke, Mark Persichetti,staff liaison Tom Phare,City Council Andy Johnson, representative Dave Clabots. NOTE:Annie confirmed that Ryan Hughes had resigned. III.APPROVALOF CURRENT MEETING’S AGENDA: The agenda was approved with no changes. IV.APPROVALOF PAST MONTH’S MEETING MINUTES: The Augustminutes were approved with one revision:the addition of the meeting’s adjournmenttime.Anniewill make the change and forward the final minutes to the committee via Kerry. PUBLICCOMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA: V. Lisa Friend, 1092 Harper Street, representing the Zero Waste Community,was present to observe themeeting. Peter Stewart, 1132 Jefferson, presented twoissues to the committee: 1.He dropped paint off at the Boulder County HazardousWaste facility recently and discovered that Louisville residents are now required to pay a $10 co-pay fee because Louisvillechose not to absorb full cost of the program’s drop-offfees this year. The City pays bulkof fee -$35 –but chose to discontinuepaying the full fee due to budget constraints. As a citizen, Peter felt that this cutback did not reflect well on the cityor the city’sefforts to handle waste properly. (Louisville is the only city in the county that does not pay the full fee.) Discussions led by Tom Phare revealed that approximately 450 trips/year arelogged at the facility for Louisville. That equates to anapproximate $4000 cost for the budget. 2.Peter also suggested that the green buildingefforts of the committee, and the city, should focus on existing stock–most of the homes in Louisville are already constructed. Efforts should focus on upgrades andrenovationsto existing homes. Most studies he has seen indicate renovations have lowerenergy costsover years than a new green built home. He’s onthe Historical Societyand suggested that the LSABwork with that board to push remodelingof existing structures –rather than scrape offs and new green homes. Arno said that makes sense now –people are staying in homes rather than moving into new homes. The LSABcan help them remodel. Lisa said Boulder Countydid get a large grant for Mark will contact remodeling. She thinks Susie Strive at county is in charge of this program. Susie and investigate the possibilityof a grant for the LSAB. Both Peter and Lisa were encouraged to participate in future LSAB meetings. VI. FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION OF TOPICS FROM JUNE MEETING 1. LSAB Information for City website Arno describedthe options for posting information on the city’swebsite (the LSABwebpage). There are 3 elements we can provide: 1.Acollection of helpful links(first and easiest) 2.An “I’m Feeling Lucky” link on the homepage.When clicked,asustainability tip would appear. The information would be changed monthly. It would appear as new window. Mary Ann suggested “I’m Feeling Green” for the link’s name. City of Louisville Public Works Department749 Main StreetLouisville, CO 80027 303.335.4608 (phone) 303.335.4550 (fax) www.louisvilleco.gov