Village of Westmont Environmental Improvement Committee met Dec. 2.
Here is the minutes provided by the committee:
1. Call To Order
Barker called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
2. Roll Call
Committee Members: Brittany Smith, Glenn Gabryel, Geri Richter, Kimberly Bell, Carol Johnson, and chair Bruce Barker
Staff in attendance: Jon Yeater
Others in attendance: Anika Bhoopalam
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Public Comment
5. Consent Agenda
a. Regular meeting minutes 11/4/2019
Motion: Smith motioned to approve the meeting minutes, Gabriel seconded
Vote: all in favor, motion passed
6. Reports
a. Chair Report
None
b. Recap on MMC 11/12 : "Designing an EV Ready Program"
Gabriel presented a recap of the meeting.
c. Recap on 11/16 Sustain DuPage EC3 meeting
Gabriel presented a recap of the meeting.
7. Old Business
a. Environmental Awards
The committee discussed the various projects that the Westmont schools are working on centered around environmental topics. The committee agreed to reach out to all of the schools in order to see what they are doing, and then we can decide what to do with the environmental awards.
b. Special Waste Collection Event Preparation
Barker worked with Mazzochi’s office in order to get the contact information for a company called Shred It. If we do not hear back, we will have to work with other vendors in order to move forward with the event.
c. Waste Stream Reduction Initiative
Gabriel has no new information Stanulis is continuing to work with Mike Brink from Waste Management about composting. The committee wants to continue to work with Brink in order to get the 35 gallon tote for composting.
d. Solar Investment Tax Credit
Gabriel is still having trouble getting baseline numbers on this information and will continue trying.
e. EIC Resident Contact List
Bell is going to coordinate this list.
f. Dark Skies Ordinance
Barker wants to put together an ordinance to go to the board so that while things are being built and designed in the village, there is some say to the lighting portion.
g. EIC Logo
Proposed logo would be the current Village logo with our name but in green or potentially another color.
h. Naturalized Landscape
Yeater went through our current ordinance and there is an update from 2018 that has ‘weeds and grass’ cannot be over eight inches. Any plants or naturalized plantings cannot be over two feet for public property. The Village board and the Manager want a recommendation on how to deal with these issues with code enforcement issues. Barker will create a quick summary of our opinions and send out to the group for approval.
8. New Business
a. EIC Recommendations- SolSmart, EV Municipal Infrastructure
Gabriel suggested the group draft recommendations on these two issues to go to the Village board so that they can consider it. Barker asked Gabriel to bring a draft for a possible resolution for SolSmart before the next meeting.
9. Misc.
Yeater will circulate last year's budget so that we can discuss next year's budget. Jan reached out to Yeater about having additional Conservation in our Community programs for this next year. Maercker School Science Fair is January 25th this year if anyone is interested in attending. Speaker series deadline is December 9th for the library.
10. Adjourn
https://westmont.illinois.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_12022019-1459
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