HomeMy Public PortalAboutAB 22-126 Composting Education & Pilot Program PresentationMcCALL CITY COUNCIL 216 East Park Street
AGENDA BILL McCall, Idaho 83638
Number AB 22-126
Meeting Date May 26, 2022
AGENDA ITEM INFORMATION
SUBJECT:
Educational Presentation on Composting Benefits and Techniques as relates to a Community Composting Pilot Program at Riverfront Park in Summer-early Fall of 2022
Department Approvals
Initials
Originator
or
Supporter
Mayor / Council
City Manager
Clerk
Treasurer
Community Development
MHT
Originator
Police Department
Public Works
Golf Course
COST IMPACT:
n/a
Parks and Recreation
Supporter
FUNDING SOURCE:
n/a
Airport
Library
TIMELINE:
Approx. June 2022-October 2022
Information Systems
Grant Coordinator
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Michelle Blank of the McCall Region Women’s Climate Group will present to Council providing educational information on the benefits provided by and processes included in a Community
Composting program. Presenters will review the environmental, financial, and public health related benefits reported in other communities through composting programs, as well as provide
information on the logistics and focus areas for a Pilot Program for Community Composting to be successfully executed at Riverfront Park in cooperation with the City Parks & Recreation
and Community and Economic Development staff in the Summer and Fall of 2022.
The presentation and Pilot Program concepts are informed by the following guiding documents:
2018 McCall Comprehensive Plan, Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for the City of McCall, McCall’s Framework for Climate Action Planning 2018, and McCall in Delicious Motion (2018
Report on Urban Agriculture Goals).
Attached are slides for the Education Presentation, and a memo describing the relationship of Composting to Greenhouse gas emissions generation within the solid waste disposal process
as researched in the guiding documents for the City of McCall, listed above.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
None – informational only
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