Green Committee

Antionette Maillard John Gleazer Kate Stanley AGENDA Jenna Franquelin Green Committee Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 3:00 PM Millie Pease Calistoga Community Center 1307 Washington Street Calistoga, CA 94515 Page 1. ROLL CALL 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA Public Comments is an opportunity to address the Green Committee on items of interest to the public that do not appear on the agenda. Comments should be limited to three minutes. The Committee cannot consider any issues or act on items raised during Public Comments. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.1. Draft Minutes from June 13, 2023 3-4 GC Draft Minutes 06.13.2023 4. NEW BUSINESS 5. OLD BUSINESS 5.1. Foodware Ordinance Implementation Update 5.2. Downtown Bicycle Parking Project Update 5.3. Elementary School Project Update 5.4. Update on Committee Member Vacancy 6. COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS & REQUESTS FOR DISCUSSION 7. ADJOURNMENT I declare that a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall, 1232 Washington Street, among other locations within the Calistoga city limits, on July 5, 2023 no later than 4:30 p.m. Lauren Clark, Secretary to the Green Committee SPECIAL ASSISTANCE: Each City entity offers public programs, services, and meetings in a manner that is reasonably accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. Each City entity complies with all applicable requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and California law, and does not discriminate against any person with a disability. If a person with a Page 2 of 4 disability requires information or materials in an appropriate alternative format (or any other reasonable accommodation), or needs any assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Lauren Clark at 707.942.2763 or lclark@ci.calistoga.ca.us. In making a request for assistance, advance notice to the City 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make suitable arrangements. Page 3 of 4 Item #3.1. CITY OF CALISTOGA GREEN COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES June 13, 2023, Calistoga Community Center 1307 Washington St. Calistoga, CA 94515 1. ROLL CALL Committee members present: Chair Antionette Mailliard, Vice Chair John Gleazer, Millie Pease Absent: Jenna Franquelin Staff members present: Lauren Clark 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA No comments were received. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Draft Minutes from May 9, 2023, were approved unanimously as amended. 5. NEW BUSINESS Chair Mailliard seeks approval to speak on behalf of the Committee in support of the Energy Vault. Committee members approve Chair Mailliard to write a letter to the City Council in support of the microgrid. 6. OLD BUSINESS A. 23/24 Budget- Proposed Projects 1. Foodware Ordinance Implementation Update Chair Maillard and Committee Member Pease would like to speak to City Council to ask permission to rent the Community Center without charge. A motion by Chair Mailliard to speak to the Council during the next public meeting is seconded by Vice Chair Gleazer and unanimously approved. Committee member Pease requests that a City Staff member be present at the implementation workshops in July. She plans on sending invitations for the workshop at the beginning of the month of July. Discussion ensues about how the ordinance will be enforced. 2. Downtown Bicycle Parking Project Staff member Clark advises that a more detailed budget be determined in order to present the idea to City Council. Discussion ensues about how detailed the budget should be. 3. Elementary School Project Chair Mailliard speaks on committee member Franquelin’s absence to provide an update on the project. Committee member Franquelin is seeking local support for transportation since the school no longer has school buses available. Her plan is to speak to the school to request funds for transportation for the project. If the Page 4 of 4 Item #3.1. GC Special Meeting Minutes June 13, 2023 Page 2 of 2 school has no available funds for transportation, a request could be made to service groups. Discussion ensues about the project and how it educates students about climate change. B. Update on Green Committee Vacancy Staff member Clark announces there has been no action on the Green Committee vacancy. She will seek an update from the City Clerk and City Manager. 7. COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ IDEAS & REQUESTS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION Committee member Pease has sold all but four of the cups, but they aren’t selling enough to place another order. Vice Chair Gleazer requests to gather ideas for the future use of the Fairgrounds. For example, removing the golf course and turning it into a park. Staff member Clark suggests looking back through the CAP matrix to see where that action would fit within the Green Committee’s scope. Chair Mailliard suggests joining with groups that are already in place that are coming up with ideas for the future of the Fairgrounds. 8. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 4:30 PM.