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ESC_2025_07_21 PACKET ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING July 21, 2025 – 7:30 A.M. Lake Forest City Hall, 220 E Deerpath AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL II. ACTION ITEMS a. APPROVAL OF MAY 14, 2025 MEETING MINUTES b. AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF A BOTTLE-FILL STATION UTILIZING FUNDING FROM ELECTRIC AGGREGATION CONTRIBUTIONS c. CONSIDERATION OF A DRAFT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR LANDSCAPING NOISE HOURS d. CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO COMPLETE PHASE 1 DESIGN OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN AT DICKINSON HALL III. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. PROGRAM UPDATES b. BICYCLE REPAIR KITS IV. PUBLIC COMMENT V. NEXT MEETING DATE(S) VI. ADJOURNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 7:30 A.M. Lake Forest City Hall – 220 E Deerpath DRAFT I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chairman Novit called the meeting to order at 7:33 A.M. Aldermen Alice LeVert and Nick Bothfeld were present. Staff in attendance included Keri Kaup, Assistant to the City Manager. One member of the public was present. II. ACTION ITEMS a. APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 11, 2025, MEETING MINUTES Alderman LeVert moved to approve the February 11, 2025, meeting minutes. Alderman Bothfeld seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. b. AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF A BOTTLE-FILL STATION UTILIZING FUNDING FROM ELECTRIC AGGREGATION CONTRIBUTIONS Assistant to the City Manager Kaup presented a quote from Most Dependable Fountains to replace the drinking fountain near the tennis courts at South Park with a bottle-fill station/drinking fountain combination. The unit costs $4,350 and could be installed by Public Works staff. Alderman LeVert made a motion to authorize the purchase of the bottle-fill station in the amount of $4,350 utilizing funding from the electric aggregation contributions. Alderman Bothfeld seconded the motion. The following voted “Aye”: Chairman Novit, Alderman LeVert, Alderman Bothfeld. The following voted “Nay”: none. 3-Ayes, 0-Nays, motion carried. The committee asked for staff to identify additional public locations where bottle-fill stations could replace water fountains so the committee can prioritize future replacements. III. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. PROGRAM UPDATES i. LAKE FOREST EVENTS Assistant to the City Manager Kaup updated the committee on Lake Forest events that occurred during Earth Month. The shred event Environmental Sustainability Committee Minutes Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Page 2 of 3 hosted by Public Works on April 19 had 185 cars come through and 6,500 lbs. of paper were collected. On Arbor Day, Chairman Novit planted a swamp white oak tree at the Municipal Services Building with the Forestry Crew. ii. SWALCO UPDATE Assistant to the City Manager Kaup provided a progress report for various SWALCO partnership initiatives. The City was approved to add a textile recycling bin at the Recreation Center. The bin will be dropped off within the next several weeks and Public Works will pour a concrete pad for it to sit on. Once it is installed, staff will work with the Communications Department to promote this new recycling option. The City has been approved for a Household Chemical Waste event on September 20, 2025. Advertising to the public cannot occur until 45 days prior to the event. Alderman Bothfeld asked if the City can promote the SWALCO Household Chemical Waste events that are occurring in other communities until we are within the 45-day window. The City’s waste and recycling information has been added to the Recycle Coach platform on the SWALCO website. The platform gives residents hyper-local information about waste management programs, including garbage, recycling, and composting. iii. COMPOST PROGRAM UPDATE Assistant to the City Manager Kaup reviewed the WasteNot Compost program status. WasteNot has 235 residential customers from Lake Forest as well as 7 commercial customers. The City plans to add the Recreation Center and Dickinson Hall as participating City buildings during FY26. Assistant to the City Manager Kaup also notified the committee that staff is currently working on an extended agreement with WasteNot for either a 3- or 5-year agreement. b. ELECTRIC AGGREGATION CONSORTIUM Assistant to the City Manager Kaup provided the committee with the history of the North Shore Electricity Aggregation Consortium, including the various versions of the program over the past 10 years. Additionally, Assistant to the City Manager Kaup reviewed the civic contributions the City has received over the past three years through Aggregation 2.0. The consortium is meeting on May 15th to discuss the next steps as the current contract expires in October 2025. c. RESEARCH UPDATE – LANDSCAPING NOISE ORDINANCE HOURS Environmental Sustainability Committee Minutes Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Page 3 of 3 Assistant to the City Manager Kaup reviewed the current landscaping noise ordinance hours both on weekdays and weekends. She also showed the committee the landscaping noise hours from surrounding communities as comparison. The committee had discussion about reasonable changes they could recommend to the Council to shorten the landscaping hours while being fair to the landscaping businesses who need to complete their work. The committee agreed that they would like to see a draft ordinance at the next meeting that would eliminate commercial landscaping on Sundays and holidays, and shorten the hours on Saturdays and weekdays. The committee also agreed they would like to provide landscape companies ample notice of any change, so target implementation should be 2026. Assistant to the City Manager Kaup stated she would work with the City Attorney to draft an ordinance for the committee’s review at the next meeting. IV. PUBLIC COMMENT One member of the public was present and thanked the committee for allowing her to participate. V. NEXT MEETING DATE(S) The Committee set the next meeting for Monday, July 21 at 7:30am. VI. ADJOURNMENT Alderman LeVert moved to adjourn the meeting of the Environmental Sustainability Committee at 8:36 A.M. seconded by Alderman Bothfeld. The motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Respectfully Submitted, Keri Kaup Assistant to the City Manager