Green Committee

Antoinette Mailliard John Gleazer Jenna Franquelin AGENDA Millie Pease Green Committee Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - 3:00 PM 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 August 8, 2023 3-4 GC Draft Minutes 08.08.2023 4. NEW BUSINESS 4.1. Oath of Office to New Green Committee Member - Cynthia Butler 5. OLD BUSINESS 5.1. Foodware Ordinance Implementation Update 5.2. Downtown Bicycle Parking Project Update 5.3. Elementary School Project Update 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 September 6, 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 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 Page 2 of 4 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 August 8, 2023, Calistoga Community Center 1307 Washington St. Calistoga, CA 94515 1. ROLL CALL Committee members present: Chair Antoinette Mailliard, Vice Chair John Gleazer, Millie Pease, Jenna Franquelin Staff members present: Lauren Clark 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.1 Draft Minutes from July 11, 2023, were approved unanimously. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4.1 Anti-idling Discussion Committee member Pease begins the discussion of the problem of idling vehicles. Discussion ensues about what is already being done and what more could be done to prevent it. The regulation of City vehicles, creating signs, and posting a small splash in the newspaper is discussed. It is agreed upon that Committee Member Pease and Vice Chair Gleazer will work on a proposal for signs and a splash page for the newspaper. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5.1 Foodware Ordinance Implementation Update Committee member Pease provides an update on the Q&A Sessions held on July 24th & August 3rd. She shows the slides from the presentation that Lexi from Napa Valley Disposal presented during the sessions. Discussion ensues about the compostable options available and whether a third meeting should take place. Discussion ensues about the grant program that the City approved for a new street sweeper. Committee member Pease agrees to follow up with Council member Cooper to see if the grant was approved. KP Promotions, a foodware supplier, sent staff member Clark some examples of wooden utensils that were passed around. Discussion ensues about the cost of the compostable options verse the single use, non-compostable foodware items. Committee member Pease presents the list of suppliers that have compostable products available for purchase. Discussion ensues about speaking to the suppliers about the code changes coming soon so they are aware of what their clients will be requesting. It is agreed upon by the committee members to reach out to the suppliers to send the summary and the ordinance itself and request lists of products that are complaint with the upcoming code changes. Chair Milliard agrees to draft a letter to the suppliers to send with the summary of the code changes. She will also use the lists from Lexi’s presentation to create another information sheet that lists what is compostable, recyclable, and landfill waste. Committee member Pease requests to present to City Council an update on the implementation of the Foodware Ordinance at the next Council meeting on August 15th which the committee members agree to. Page 4 of 4 Item #3.1. GC Meeting Minutes August 8, 2023 Page 2 of 2 She also proposes to purchase compostable stickers for the bathroom trash cans using the Green Committee reusable cup profits. A motion by Committee Member Pease to buy materials for twelve signs for the bathroom trashcans to be given to the restaurants using the Green Committee reusable cup profits is seconded by Vice Chair Gleazer. 5.2 Downtown Bicycle Parking Project Update Vice Chair Gleazer presents the bids he has received for the project. One bid was for close to $4,000 and the second bid was $2,800. Staff member Clark agrees to find out how many bids are required before presenting to City Council. She suggests speaking to the Director of Public Works, Derek. It is agreed upon that Vice Chair Gleazer will gather two more estimates and meet with Derek to discuss. 5.3 Elementary School Project Update Committee member Franquelin provides an update on the program. She is responsible for providing the number of trips and what transportation is needed. She will need to get approval from the school board as well. The school is responsible for coordinating with the teachers, and what the options are for transportation. The committee agrees to help by providing requests for funding from the Chamber or Rotary. She will find out how many trips were needed last year and get an average price per trip. The school needs a long-term solution for transportation since they don’t have a school bus. 5.4 Update on Committee Member Vacancy Staff member Clark presents that a new member will be decided by City Council soon. Only one application was received. 6. COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ IDEAS & REQUESTS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 4:37 PM.