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ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 2021/06/16 MinutesENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 1 Wednesday, June 16, 2021 – 7:00 P.M. 2 City Hall, 220 E. Deerpath 3 4 ROLL CALL/CALL TO ORDER 5 6 Chairman Melanie Rummel called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. Aldermen 7 Jim Preschlack and Eileen Weber were present. 8 9 Staff in attendance included Mike Strong, Assistant City Manager and Dan 10 Martin, Superintendent of Public Works 11 12 Also in attendance was Mike Stopka, Consultant with MIST Environmental 13 14 There were no members of the public that attended the meeting. 15 16 INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 17 18 I. UPDATE ON RETHINK RECYCLING MARKETING CAMPAIGN – Dan 19 Martin, Superintendent of Public Works 20 21 Superintendent of Public Works, Dan Martin provided a brief 22 update regarding the Rethink Recycling Campaign. Mr. Martin 23 began his report by providing background of the recycling 24 contamination audits in addition to marketing efforts conducted 25 via social media. While there has been a decrease in the 26 contamination rate, he explained they were unable to get the 27 most recent audit, due to a fire at Resource Management. Mr. 28 Martin continued to explain the current environment, utilizing social 29 media, the dialogue, the “oops tag” program, and drop in 30 education programs for the summer camps. 31 32 Chairman Rummel asked if there were any questions or comments 33 from the Committee. 34 35 The Committee had discussion regarding sanitation and Bart the 36 Cart making an appearance at the Lake Forest Day parade. 37 38 ACTION ITEMS 39 40 I. APPROVAL OF MAY 20, 2021 MEETING MINUTES 41 Alderman Preschlack moved to approve the May 20, 2021 42 Environmental Sustainability Committee meeting minutes. 43 Alderman Weber seconded the motion. Motion carried 44 unanimously by voice vote. 45 46 Environmental Sustainability Committee Minutes Wednesday, June 16, 2021 II. REVIEW AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL A 47 POWER SUPPLY AGREEMENT WITH MC-SQUARED ENERGY 48 SERVICES – Mike Strong, Assistant City Manager 49 50 Assistant City Manager, Mike Strong, presented an update to the 51 Committee, providing the final draft of the agreement with MC-52 Squared Energy Services. He further explained how the agreement 53 authorizes the City to re-establish an aggregation program. Mr. 54 Strong gave an in depth explanation of the advantages and 55 potential revenue for a sustainability fund after establishing this 56 program. 57 58 Chairman Rummel asked if there were any questions or comments 59 from the Committee. 60 61 Seeing none, she asked for a motion of approval. 62 63 Alderman Weber moved to recommend approval to City Council 64 a Power Supply Agreement With Mc-Squared Energy Services, 65 seconded by Alderman Preschlack. Carried unanimously by voice 66 vote. 67 68 ADDITIONAL ITEMS 69 70 I. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF CITY COUNCIL SUSTAINABILITY 71 SURVEY RESULTS – Mike Strong, Assistant City Manager 72 73 Assistant City Manager, Mike Strong provided background 74 regarding MIST Environment and the partnership with the City of 75 Highland Park, to solicit professional services for sustainability 76 projects and initiatives. In addition, he provided background 77 regarding the aggregated data from the survey. Mr. Strong 78 introduced Consultant, Mike Stopka, to provide additional 79 information and analysis regarding the survey completed by the 80 City Council. Mr. Stopka explained to the Committee the process 81 of how the survey was conducted, and how specific items were 82 prioritized. He described in depth each of the items on the survey, 83 and how each category was ranked by the City Council. Mr. 84 Stopka further provided recommendations for potential action, in 85 conjunction with the survey results. 86 87 The Committee had lengthy discussion regarding the survey results, 88 and top initiatives. Each member provided thoughts and feedback 89 to move forward with specific initiatives. 90 91 The Committee came to a consensus on prioritizing four projects 92 including a communications and marketing campaign on various 93 sustainability initiatives, exploring rooftop solar on municipal 94 Environmental Sustainability Committee Minutes Wednesday, June 16, 2021 facilities, addressing ravine maintenance and management for 95 private home owners, and investigating greenhouse gas emissions 96 for the City. 97 98 Chairman Rummel asked if there were any additional questions or 99 comments from the Committee on the initiatives. 100 101 Seeing none, she moved to the next agenda item. 102 103 II. UPDATE ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS – Mike 104 Strong, Assistant City Manager 105 106 Assistant City Manager, Mike Strong, provided an update on 107 capital improvement projects including, the Ringwood Ravine 108 project, Old Elm Parking project, South Park parking lot project, 109 Seminary Ravine Study, Waveland Park parking lot, and the Natural 110 Area Management project. Mr. Strong further provided when the 111 project was approved by the City Council, and the percentage 112 completed. 113 114 PUBLIC COMMENT 115 116 Chairman Rummel asked if there were any public comments on any non-117 agenda items. 118 119 Seeing none, Chairman Rummel moved to the next agenda item. 120 121 NEXT MEETING DATE(S) 122 123 124 ADJOURNMENT 125 126 Alderman Preschlack moved to adjourn the meeting of the Environmental 127 Sustainability Committee at 8:32 P.M. seconded by Weber. The motion carried 128 unanimously by voice vote. 129 130 Respectfully Submitted, 131 132 Layla Werner 133 Management Analyst 134 135 136 Reviewed by, 137 138 Mike Strong 139 Assistant City Manager 140