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HomeMy Public PortalAbout160_001_6-20-2011COMMUNITY RESOURCE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY RESOURCE COMMITTEE Minutes: Monday, June 20, 2011 MEMBERS PRESENT: Lisa Callahan, Don Ernst, Rusty Fleetwood, Frank Kelly, Karen Kelly, Tommy Linstroth, Sandy Major, Judy Miller, Mallory Pearce, Freda Rutherford, Brad Sherman, Paul Wolff MEMBERS ABSENT: Libby Bacon, Jim Burke, Shelly Krueger, Pat Locklear CALL TO ORDER: Rusty called the meeting to order at 4:28pm. MINUTES FROM THE MARCH, APRIL AND MAY MEETINGS: Freda made a motion to approve the March 21, April 18 and May 16 minutes. Tommy seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Freda confirmed she would send the approved minutes to Michael Bodine and Jan LeViner. COMMITTE REPORTS: Water Committee – Water Fair: Judy Miller Judy reported that the Tybee Water & Energy Fair will be held February 11 at the gym. There will be a variety of vendors and workshops. Sandy will help with securing a used banner. Beach Showers budget issue: Rusty Fleetwood Rusty reported that they are still pursuing designs for the beach showers. The key thing right now is to ask the Council to rent Royal Restrooms instead of purchasing them. Paul confirmed that consensus of Council is to not rent them. Judy stated that she has never seen lines of people waiting to use the existing restrooms and inquired why more restrooms are needed. Rusty will go to the council meeting to address this budget item. Frank said he has details about a water purification system that uses rain water with UV lights. Home Depot is using this system at their stores. Don confirmed he has something similar. Bio Cell Plan: Don Ernst Rusty confirmed the shallow well ideas are being explored by the committee for next season. Don made a site visit to North Beach with Deb Barreiro, our DNR representative. There will be some issues with DNR. He talked to the Water and Sewer Department in hopes that they used shallow wells in the dune area for irrigation. They confirmed they were irrigating with drinking water. This was many years ago when the sea oats were being established. He spent a day at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and learned that since 2000, ultraviolet light is used to sterilize the 1.3 million gallons of water /day before it goes into the Savannah River. Don confirmed the bio cell is not going to happen. He proposed George Reese, Water and Sewer Manager, run a pilot bio cell on a smaller scale to see if it works and collect data to take to the State of Georgia. Don said the beach shower committee will meet again in August. There is a state law regarding using rainwater. Discussion ensued regarding the use of rainwater and and potential shallow well(s). Don made a motion to have the Community Resource Committee’s July 18 meeting at the WWTP. Freda seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Energy: Freda Rutherford Freda reported that the energy subcommittee met prior to this meeting. Tommy has obtained data for the entire community including the following: energy use, commute data, solid waste, recycling, and electricity. Propane and gas consumption are still needed. Tommy said the data will be converted into an annual snapshot of greenhouse gas emissions for the community. This will provide a baseline. The focus will be on the largest contributors to the carbon footprint. Lisa has joined the committee and is focusing on the Memorial Park energy project. She distributed data she obtained from the Georgia Power website. For trending purposes, she will extend the data back to 2008 for comparisons necessary with the grant. She will review installation of various items, such as the Ecobee system, to compare figures. Brad Brad explained that David Gray and he are looking at software that will compare the building’s footprints on a national level. Freda confirmed their idea in driving conservation is to provide stakeholders at each building visuals that accurately reflect usage. Paul stated that it would be reasonable to set a baseline starting with the 2nd Quarter. Transportation: Frank Kelly City Fuel Usage Frank reported they he is still waiting for the numbers. He has looked at green fleet policies. More research is needed in terms of setting goals for new types of equipment, educating people, retraining employees about proper usage, and recycling concepts (i.e. cleaning vehicles). Rusty stated he sent the City Committee meeting schedule to members so that they may attend. Shelly said she will be attending the Parking Committee meetings. Chantel stated that City Committee approved minutes are posted on the City’s website. Recycling Logo Frank reported that the recycling logo is on hold until recycling is available. Some ideas are to have the logo posted on business doors and /or on restaurant menus. Solid Waste: Karen Kelly Karen stated that decisions have to be made about recycling especially since this is an island. She referred to a trip she took to the Outer Banks where she learned they do not permit non-recyclable materials (i.e. Styrofoam cups). Karen stated Diane Kaufman and she have been discussing recycling. She stated recycling containers are needed by every trash container and in parking areas; plus businesses should be required to separate glass, aluminum and cardboard. Joe Wilson and she met the other day and discussed pulling glass, aluminum and cardboard in order to reduce the tonnage being taken off the island. Rusty reported the Mayor told him that he will set up a recycling meeting with vacation rentals, DPW, committee members, businesses, etc. so that everything can be put on the table for a reasonable, workable plan. Karen made a motion to gather all interested parties to attend a recycling workshop. Tommy seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Rusty will draft the request for Council. Green Space: Mallory Pearce Mallory reported on the status of the North Beach Wax Myrtle shrub area. The City Attorney has prepared a draft which will be reviewed by DNR. Upon DNR review, a public notice will be issued. Don inquired about unopened city rights of way. Treasurer Position: Judy Miller Judy reported that she is resigning as Treasurer. Rusty accepted her resignation. Sandy made a motion to have Pat Locklear be the Treasurer. Freda seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS: N/A OLD BUSINESS: N/A ADJOURN: Mallory made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:33pm. Don seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.