HomeMy Public PortalAboutCommunity Resource minutes oct 182010finalCITY OF TYBEE ISLAND
COMMUNITY RESOURCE COMMITTEE
Monday, October 18September 20, 2010, 4 PM
Council Chambers
final minutes
Members Present: Freda Rutherford, Mallory Pearce, Karen Kelly, Don Ernst, Rusty Fleetwood, Judy Miller, Sandy Major, Libby Bacon, Lisa Callahan, Frank Kelly, & Tommy Linstroth
Members Absent: Tommy LinstrothPat Locklear
Guests: Jason Buelterman- Mayor, Paul Wolff-Council & Eric Curl – Savannah Morning News
Rusty Fleetwood called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM. He said that that Pat couldn't be here and Mallory would be late.
MINUTES
Freda moved, Judy seconded, to approve the minutes from the September meeting with a correction to state that the by-laws were approved with the exception of Article 3, Section 7 regarding
staffing by the City. All approved.
Freda moved, Lisa seconded to take up approval of Article 3, Section 7 at the November meeting. Rusty commented that the by-laws do not allow council members to serve as exofficio. After
discussion it was decided to recognized Tybee elected officials as guests. All approved the motion.
HOUSEKEEPING
Rusty said that he has an agreement with Diane that Chantel Morton will take the minutes for the committee. He also proposed various meeting days and times to accommodate members' schedules.
Lisa moved, Mallory seconded, to meet at 4:30 on the third Monday of each month. All approved.
WATER FAIR
Judy reported on the Water Fair committee. She handed out a list of tasks assigned to members. Additionally, she presented a floor plan for the gym. There will be 20 organizations participating
and hours from 10:00 – 4:00 on January 22nd. Paul said the city would waive all fees but that we can charge vendors. Paul proposed $20.00. Libby suggested a subsidiary ledger be set
up for the committee on the city's books. Freda proposed charging $25.00 (the same cost as a permit) to cover the door prize and clean-up and waive the fee for non-profits. Sandy suggested
set-up outside for native plants. Karen said we want to feature the condensation containers outside the gym. Judy said the Water Fair committee will meet Friday and consider these suggestions.,
DRAFT GOALS
Rusty opened the discussion by suggesting that that the mission of “reducing greenhouse gases by 20%” be replaced with something more comprehensible. Tommy presented the goals. Freda
asked how we measure greenhouse gases. Tommy said we do an audit then look at the combined impact each
week. Paul proposed, “Reduce our environmental impact” as a mission statement. He said that Chatham County got a grant to measure baselines, i.e. electric use, miles driven, water used,
etc. Tommy said there is a soft ware program -ICLEI. Paul said Tybee is a member of ICLEI and we can use his password. Libby asked if Georgia Power could provide the data. Tommy responded
that we can get it from them. He said he will head up the data collection. He added that Savannah is only focusing on government; we need to include the community. We also need to look
at transportation, green space and solid waste.
Rusty said we need a Saturday morning workshop to hammer out individual pieces of each goal. Freda moved, Mallory seconded, to approve goals and to continue to work on mission statement.
Rusty said we need to be conscious of the entire political spectrum on Tybee in order to continue the work of the committee after the election and to be successful. He cited the water
problem as something that needs immediate attention. All voted to approve the goals and continue to work on the mission statement. The workshop was scheduled for Saturday, November
13th, 9:00 – 12:00. Tommy will lead the discussion.. Freda will check on room availability the old school.
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Rusty said there are preliminary assignments. Many are working on the Water Fair. He has asked Pat to look into the threats to Tybee's water supply. Mallory is helping. Freda said we
need to investigate Savannah's industrial water use. Lisa took the contact information. Rusty said he also has made the following assignments:
Green space: Mallory, Libby & Karen
Solid Waste: Karen & Frank
Energy: Rusty & Freda
Transportation: Don
OLD BUSINESS
Freda appealed for a graphics person. Mallory volunteered to do it.
Libby said we needed a GIFA Grant workshop. Paul said he will add to the November workshop. Also he will send out the grant application. Freda said she sensed a lot of resistance by
council at the last meeting.
Lisa inquired if anyone is interested in a bio gas workshop. The response was positive.
Sandy passed out the results of the brainstorm session at the last meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 5:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Freda Rutherford
Vice Chair