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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20120416CRCMinutes.docCOMMUNITY RESOURCE COMMITTEE Minutes: April 16, 2012 MEMBERS PRESENT: Don Ernst, Shelly Krueger, Sandy Major, Paul Wolff, Chantel Morton, Judy Miller, Freda Rutherford, Lisa Callahan, Brad Sherman, MEMBERS ABSENT: Libby Bacon, Rusty Fleetwood, Jim Burke, Karen Kelly, Tommy Linstroth, Pat Locklear, Mallory Pearce, Bill O’Brien, and Frank Kelly VISITORS: Bill Cannon, R Campbell CALL TO ORDER: Freda called the meeting to order at 4:31 pm. MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY MEETING: Judy made the motion to approve the February minutes since a lack of quorum in March precluded approving the February minutes; motion passed unanimously. Freda made the motion approve the March minutes as amended; Sandy motioned and Shelly seconded the motion; passed unanimously. COMMITTEE BUSINESS: Freda announced the resignation as Chair by Rusty Fleetwood and agreed to maintain the minutes and agenda with the Mayor. Judy resigned from the Water and Energy Fair as she may be leaving for Pennsylvania and leaving CRC. CRC needs to decide whether to continue with the Fair for 2013. Much appreciation to Judy for all of her work on the Fair. Lisa expressed concern about CRC members may have conflicts of interest and is uncomfortable viewing City accounts. She would like Jan to give her the numbers from the electricity account instead of the entire bill. Every City committee has a council liaison. The CRC needs to redefine its goals and regain focus, and the bylaws can be amended if necessary. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Beach Showers Don presented about the beach showers at the Infrastructure meeting and there did not appear to be too much interest from the committee. Shallow water wells are still a very viable concept and it is still on the table for the budget. Don will go to the Budget meeting about the beach showers. Energy Currently the library is the only system on the geothermal system. Libby expressed concern to Brad about the lack of understanding by member of City Council of the utility of geothermal cooling and the savings to the Community. There still seems to be lack of communication and City Council, there needs to be education for them to understand the benefits of these new technologies. Tommy Linstroth is still willing to run the software, and he is a leader on LEED construction. CRC Goals Meeting The CRC could recruit members with resident experts to tap their expertise. There should be a standing commitment at each meeting to hand out the Green Team minutes, hear Council updates, discuss what is in the “hopper” and events coming up in the near future. The Chair, with consensus from the group, should attend Budget meetings. Education and projects should dovetail so we can get the message out to Council and community stakeholders. Shelly and Freda will meet to discuss agenda and for CRC goals meeting in May. The goals workshop will be held at the regularly scheduled meeting, third Monday in May, at 4-6 pm. Shelly will send a special notice via email to alert the members not present and solicit biographical information so people on the CRC are aware of the strengths and expertise of the CRC members. The Mayor is trying to find a new chair, unless someone from the CRC wants to volunteer. Freda thanks everyone for his or her input. Transportation The shuttle between downtown Savannah and Tybee could be encouraged, perhaps set up an incentive that if you ride the shuttle 5x you get a free appetizer at a local restaurant, etc. This should be discussed with Better Hometown to see if we can help with solutions for the parking and gridlock on Highway 80. NEW BUSINESS: Judy reported on upcoming events: Earth Day, Foxy Loxy and Dr. Sydney Smith talk about solar power at the First Presbyterian Church, Judy will email the details. OLD BUSINESS: N/A ADJOURN: Freda made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:25 pm. The motion passed unanimously. Slk 06/01/2012 Arts Building The Mayor wants the CRC to give recommendations on the Arts building. An energy audit has already been done, so Frank will talk with Diane about finding the audit. Paul has some ideas for the Arts building that he will discuss at a later date. NEW BUSINESS: Anise will be gone for the summer but is still available via email for CRC research needs. Shelly forwarded Paul information about an EPA local government advisory committee. Paul expressed an interest in submitting a nomination package. She will forward the original email so member can send letters of recommendation.  Letters of recommendation are encouraged to support his nomination.  Note the deadline of March 26. OLD BUSINESS: It is recommended that the CRC conduct a workshop to redefine the goals and strategies of the committee and find a new leader. ADJOURN: Frank made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:00 pm. The motion passed unanimously.