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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Clean City Advisory Committee - 02/05/2015 �' pr JJ(f! w� vv f, oa"IIIILEA oll,��� ,P �!!!!l/,111,1�r�iia°u»�JJJ t Ii CLEAN CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Thursday, February 5, 2015 @ 3:00 p.m. Solid Waste Operations Office, 2525 Hygeia, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 I. Call to Order: Meeting Called to order at 3:08pm II. Roll Call of Members: Present Absent Contact Notes Scot Barker X Beth Becerra X Marie E. Kimbrough X Vic Medina X Chelsea Craig X Micah DeBenedetto X Will be working Lori Galan-Garcia X No response Carolyn Moon X Amanda Stephens X Shannon Gabriel X Sharlene Walker X Other City Staff: Celina Pulcher III. Public Comment: No public comment IV. Review and approval of absences from December 4,2014: Four absences, Scot Barker, Lori Galan-Garcia, Shannon Gabriel, Beth Becerra, and Micah DeBenedetto. Scot and Beth responded they would be out and would be excused. Lori, Shannon and Micah gave no responses. No actions were taken V. Review and approval of meeting minutes from December 4,2014: No meeting minutes were available for approval. VI. Business for Discussion and Possible Action: A. Discussion and possible action of Smoke-Free parks initiative: Melissa Hofstetter, with the Tobacco Prevention and Control Coalition, presented to the Committee about a tobacco-free parks initiative. She explained they are trying to garner endorsements for the initiative.The Coalition will be going in front of City Council to ask for an ordinance in support of tobacco free parks. Clean City Meeting Minutes IN 20 15 Committee had several discussions regarding the endorsement.They discussed the focus of litter and anti-litter with the byproduct of tobacco. Scot Barker made the motion to endorse the Tobacco Free Parks Initiative Tobacco, Amanda Stephens seconded. Vote was taken, 7 yes, 1 no—motion passed. B. Discussion and update of recycling programs in area high schools: Celina explained that the group was at one point looking at some initiatives regarding recycling in the schools. Sharlene Walker discussed the program they had at Moody and what they have collected. She spoke about how there were no collection efforts going on in the high schools for recycling paper. Some schools utilized recycling clubs but it is unsure if that is continuing. Marie expressed that a video could be produced and then aired on the Superintendent spotlight, that might help to garner support. It was discussed that they could use the Moody group as an example to try to get other schools on board.The committee felt that working through the logistics of the process would help to get more schools involved. C. Discussion and possible action subcommittee creation: Celina discussed that subcommittees might help to move the committee forward with several different initiatives. Sharlene and Marie discussed they could work forward with the recycling initiative. It was agreed that it could be a better way to get more things done. It was discussed that the Education subcommittee would be formed. Celina explained that there were not any upcoming events for the committee other than glass recycling. Chelsea discussed creating a subcommittee on clean-ups. Carolyn Moon asked if we could approach events about their recycling. Scot asked for the schedule for Adopt- A-Beach cleanups which will be provided. Vic Medina talked about his experience at the HEB Feast of Sharing. Although there were previsions made to recycle,the instructions were not carried out to each group so recycling was done consistently all the way through. Celina suggested that perhaps that could be an initiative for the committee to handle; meeting prior with the organizations to enforce and ensure that they have a system in place for recycling. Scot suggested that the Committee could help to facilitate this process. Lawrence explained that the group could get involved with the parade ordinance that will require event coordinators to have a plan for executing trash plans. D. Discussion and update of Anti-Litter Campaign and other community initiatives: Celina gave an update that the campaign would be coming to a close but throughout the year the department would still be doing the pledge with the committee. A presentation will be done for council and the committee would be able to view the results as well. Celina also discussed a future initiative for the committee which included a clean-up at the Port Ayers bus station and a neighborhood clean-up initiative. Chelsea also mentioned for the committee to consider areas around the city that need clean-ups. VII. Scot Barker motioned to adjourn the meeting, Carolyn Moon seconded and meeting was adjourned at 4:15pm.