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Home My Public Portal About2017-12-06 packetNOTICE OF MEETING AND TENTATIVE AGENDA' City of Jefferson Environmental Quality Commission Regular Meeting Wednesday, December 6, 2017 — 1:30 PM The Linc, 1299 Lafayette Street — Room 116 TENTATIVE AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Approval of Minutes from October 25, 2017 4. New Business a. Indoor farmers market b. Rain barrel program 5. Old Business a. Trash and Litter Control Initiative 6. Bicycle Subcommittee Report 7. Other Business 8. Citizen Opportunity to Address Commission 9. Next Meeting Date 10. Adjourn 'Individuals should contact the ADA Coordinator at (573) 634-6570 to request accommodations or alternative formats as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please allow 3 business days to process the request. Please call 573-634-6410 with questions regarding this agenda. Minutes City of Jefferson Environmental Quality Commission October 25, 2017 COMMISSION ATTENDANCE COMMISSION STAFF PRESENT: PRESENT: RECORD Jayme Abbott, Neighborhood Services Manager Kristi Campbell 7-7 Nate Petersen 5-7 MEDIA PRESENT: Bill Plank 3-3 Nicole Roberts, News Tribune Marrianne Ryno 7-7 Rita Esterly 6-7 GUEST PRESENT: Todd Higgins 6-7 Joy Sweeny Ashley Varner 6-7 Jeff Holzem ABSENT: Pam Barkhaus 3-7 CALL TO ORDER Chair Kristi Campbell called the meeting to order at 1:33 p.m. in Room 116 of The Linc, 1299 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Kristi entertained a motion to approve the agenda as printed. Bill made a motion to approve the agenda. Ashley seconded the motion. The motion passed with all voting in favor. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Kristi entertained a motion to approve the September 20, 2017 minutes as printed. Todd made a motion to approve the minutes. Ashley seconded the motion. The motion passed with all voting in favor. NEW BUSINESS a. Advisory Member Application Review: Jayme asked that commission members review memo in packet requesting consideration of appointing Amy Berendzen and Dr. M. Link as non-voting advisory members to the commission. Ms. Berendzen works for the Jefferson City Public School District as the Director of School -Community Relations. Dr. Link is a physician at Capital Region Medical Center. Bill motioned to approve Ms. Berendzen & Dr. Link as advisory members. Nate seconded the motion. The motion passed with all voting in favor. City staff will notify Ms. Berendzen and Dr. Link of the appointments detail advisory members may attend all meetings or only attend when requested. b. Commission Member Reappointment: Jayme advised the commission that Ashley and Marrianne have agreed to be re -appointed for a full 3 -year term. Both Ashley and Marrianne were serving partial terms that expire in December. c. Commission Member Appointment: Jayme announced that Jeanne Jacobek was appointed to the commission during the October 16, 2017 Council meeting. All the seats for the commission now has been filled. OLD BUSINESS a. Trash and Litter Control Initiative — The meeting packet had information on the City's Adopt -A - Street & Adopt -A -Spot and downtown recycling. Discussion was held on how the program information could be distributed. Nate asked about social media such as Twitter or Facebook, a selfie challenge with monthly drawings for selfies picking up trash with a hash tag such as #I Won't Refuse. Prizes would be distributed out with tickets to the Linc, Washington Park or other Parks and Recreation activities. Kristi showed some litter campaigned ads that she found interesting such as "Every Litter Bit Hurts", "Love Where You Live", "The Only Cure For Litter Is You", "Pitch In! Put Trash In Its Place", and "Keep Clean And Pick Up Litter". BICYCLE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Ashley reported the subcommittee met on 10/16 at 1130 a.m. at the Brew House. The subcommittee discussed supporting the complete street policy and the bike & zoning policy which would highlight businesses that are friendly to active users of the greenway. Another item that Ashley has been working on through Healthy Schools & Healthy Community is incorporating a bike share program in Jefferson City. Ideally a local bike share program would include approximately 10 stations situated around the city. Ashley has been talking with local businesses about sponsoring one of the stations. If enough sponsorships are received a request for proposals would be issued for bike share vendors to respond. Ashley made a motion that EQC recommends to the Parks and Recreation Board to support bike share by being the lead applicant and sponsor a bike share station. Todd seconded the motion. The motion passed with all voting in favor. OTHER BUSINESS Kristi will update commission on Opioid Awareness campaigns when details are available. A summit is scheduled for November 29 in Columbia to discuss strategies in Cole County. CITIZEN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION Joy Sweeny announced there is a drug take -back program Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the Police Department. Council on Drug Free Youth will be handing out ziplock bags that have water activated charcoal to break down the narcotics. Jeff Holzem spoke encouraging everyone to reduce his or her carbon footprint. NEXT MEETING DATE The next meeting will be held Wednesday, December 6, at 1:30 p.m. at The Linc. ADJOURNMENT With no other business to discuss, Marrianne motioned to adjourn the meeting. Nate seconded the motion. The motion passed with all voting in favor. The meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m. 2 Indoor Farmers Market Farmers market sets up shop indoors November 17th, 2017 by Brittany Hilderbrand in News Tribune Local News Demolition in the Blattner building began this week, transforming an old furniture store into the indoor Capital City Farmers Market set to operate all year. The 22,000 -square -foot Blattner building at 704 Madison St. is owned by Ryan Freeman. Freeman's vision formed earlier this year when he decided to branch outside of typical business opportunities to use the building to benefit the community. Freeman soon partnered with Ashley Varner, healthy schools healthy communities coordinator for Capital Region Medical Center, and Steve Smart, of the Capital City Farmers Market. "This will allow for local vendors with an entrepreneurial spirit to grow their own business and also helps to collectively connect the food shed — covering surrounding areas like Taos, Fulton, Wardsville and Jefferson City — for the common cause of bettering our community," Varner said. The 10,000 -square -foot first level of building will be open to 20-24 local food vendors to sell their products all year. As of Thursday, a demolition team had stripped out all of the display built-ins formerly used to stage furniture, removed old carpet and moved out old appliances. The progress opens space for vendors' display cubicles. Varner said demolition will be complete by Monday or Tuesday. Renovation plans have been submitted to the Jefferson City Council, and Varner said she expects to hear back within the next three to four weeks. Electronic Benefit Cardholders (EBT) will be able to purchase food at the new indoor market. Through the market's Double Up Bucks Program, if a customer using federal assistance benefits spends $10, the market will match those funds dollar for dollar, increasing their spending power in the market. "Not only are we addressing food access in a census tract deemed as food desert, we will also hit literacy and transportation barriers," Varner said. The indoor market will be a prime location for access to food, she explained, with a bus stop on Dunklin Street and a bike rack right outside the market. In addition, the market will feature "Wonderland Library," sponsored by Missouri Family and Community Trust, supplying children ages 0-18 with a free book every time they come to the market. A cafe on site will sell fresh, locally grown products, as well. Community Supported Agriculture boxes offering fresh produce and meat also could be available to customers. Varner said the goal is to host an open house March 18, and vendors are being recruited. In the span of three years, an HSHC grant will contribute $45,000, funded through the Missouri Foundation for Health. For $50 a year, donors can become a "friend" of the market, which opens up the opportunity to purchase local food for a family in need on behalf of a senior or deceased family member. For those who want to sponsor a room or area, contact Varner at avarner@crmc.org or 573-632-5605. By Dec. 1, updates on the indoor market will be available online at capitalcityfarmersmarket.org. Rain Barrel Program Litter Control Initiative 1 ,IZdo 1 i's it t ni w6, mw m Will 40 i. we >t > ; �3}mi i r KEEP LEA AND ICK UP ITTER Bicycle Subcommittee Report From: Varner, Ashley <AVarner@crmc.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 8:44 AM To: David Wallace; Mary Schantz; Sanders, Sonny; Smith, Jeffrey; Jim; Schroeder, Amy; bplank@naught-naught.com; Williams, Katrina; Mary S & Peter D; jimcoleman057@gmail.com Subject: Info All, Thanks for your time yesterday! Good to see each of you. Below is a link from Bill regarding Bicycle Friendly Businesses and a link about kids bike races. Please take a look before our next meeting scheduled for Monday, Jan. 8th at 11:30am at the Brew House. Another idea shared yesterday by Jim was the "Bike to the Future" program done in Columbia. Other items up for discussion at our next meeting are below. Let me know if you'd like to add anything. Happy Holidays everyone!! Bike Friendly businesses https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A terrain-2Dmag.com_bicyc le-2Dbenefits- 2Dcomes-2Dto-2Dtown_&d=DwIGaQ&c=D3UNzR6GfoIFw8p0ex- CDpYeOigQWx8mmLTcV 3mswxbTE_U_0J4TdrUI- n3hlTsj&r=WeHOT7C9gtElaKEcfylg0w&m=Wg2JkEid3M_X7frPAzrQLeFr3 cl_hhYOAMKUbkrH2gg&s=4Ow URkMh EVzkbXrvMDBw3iOaGwrzjQgBQmwhcM_lwM&e= Kids bike races https://youtu.be/nwyDKv_v0P0 Other items to discuss: - Assisting Discover JC bike race sales - Saturday morning Spring trail rides file:///files/parks/aschroeder/EQC/Info.txt[12/4/2017 2:37:45 PM]