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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Clean City Advisory Committee - 05/07/2015 .,M h r r,� LEA '� QI JJ(f!� iw vin° t�rIIID���us �,,,,,,,111,»�r�i��a°u»�JJJ t�i _. CLEAN CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 7, 2015 @ 3:00 p.m. Water Utilities Building— Oso Room 2627 Holly, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415 I. Call to Order: Meeting Called to order at 3:07pm II. Roll Call of Members in Attendance for May Meeting: Present Absent Contact Notes Scot Barker X Beth Becerra X Marie E. Kimbrough X Vic Medina X Chelsea Craig X Micah DeBenedetto X Vacant Carolyn Moon X Amanda Stephens X Out due to school Shannon Gabriel X No response Sharlene Walker X Other City Staff: Celina Pulcher III. Public Comment: IV. Review and approval of absences from April 5,2015:Three absences Vic Medina, Shannon Gabriel, Chelsea Craig. Vic Medina and Chelsea Craig responded they would be out due to work, no response from Shannon Gabriel. Carolyn Moon motioned to excuse Vic and Chelsea and unexcuse Shannon, Marie Kimbrough seconded and all were in favor. V. Review and approval of meeting minutes from April 5,2015: Carolyn Moon motioned to approve minutes as written, Scot Barker seconded. Minutes were approved. VI. Business for Discussion and Possible Action: A. Discussion and update regarding the new parade ordinance: Laura Jasso, Parks and Recreation, Special events coordinator was on hand to speak to the committee. She stated the City was looking to provide a one-stop shop for people seeking permits for public events. An application must be completed and from there all necessary parties are made aware of the event. A trash plan is included in the ordinance but Clean City Meeting Minutes IN 20 15 trash does become a problem at events. One aspect that no one wants to do is trash pick-up. Contractors will charge upwards of$10,000.The Parks department is looking at more trashcans and trying to do more recycling.The recycling aspect is left up to the event organizers and it falls to the wayside.The department is trying to make the organizers responsible for it. In the past, chicken wire containers were built and utilized but the event organizers are responsible for the collection and emptying of the bins. The department is now requiring deposits for trash pickup to ensure that things are picked up after events. It makes them responsible for making sure it looks the same as when they walked in. Carolyn asked if the department tells organizers how many trash cans are needed for events. Laura responded that yes they do help them figure them out. It was asked how long the process takes which Laura replied that at the least 60 days but most events, in order to plan, need at least 6 months to a year. It was discussed that perhaps the Clean City Committee could get people to build the recycling bins for events. Maybe after September the committee would like to talk to Laura again and request a list of city amenities for the parade ordinance. B. Discussion and possible action regarding committee reports and accomplishments: Scott Barker requested that an email go out to members to see what they would like the committee to focus on. He is interested in accomplishing one to two efforts a year. Carolyn mentioned she is interested in a plastic bag ban, metrics for education program and seeing the results from the education. It was suggested that the committee could seek funding for anti-litter education. VII. Agenda Items for June Meeting: It was discussed that the committee would like to plan a Strategic Planning Meeting for half a day or afternoon, perhaps in June. VIII. Carolyn Moon motioned to adjourn the meeting, Scot Barker seconded and meeting was adjourned at 4:05pm.