Green Committee

Antoinette Mailliard John Gleazer Jenna Franquelin Millie Pease AGENDA Green Committee Cynthia Butler Tuesday, December 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 Green Committee Regular meeting on November 11, 3-4 2023. GC Draft Minutes 11.14.2023 4. NEW BUSINESS 5. OLD BUSINESS 5.1. Foodware Ordinance Update 5.2. Bicycle Parking Update 5.3. Update on Grant Funding for City Trash Bins 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 December 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 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 2 of 4 Page 3 of 4 Item #3.1. CITY OF CALISTOGA GREEN COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES November 14, 2023, Calistoga Community Center 1307 Washington St. Calistoga, CA 94515 1. ROLL CALL Committee Members present: Chair Antoinette Mailliard, Millie Pease, Vice Chair John Gleazer, Jenna Franquelin, and Cynthia Butler Absent: None Staff members present: Lauren Clark, Sandra Meyer 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA Sandra Meyer introduces herself as the Interim Planning and Building Director, and staff member Clark announces that committee member Butler has discovered grant funding for City compost, recycle and trash bins. She has also researched the opportunity to utilize Sonoma State students as interns for certain projects. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3.1 Draft Minutes from October 10, 2023, were approved unanimously. 4. NEW BUSINESS 4.1 Review of 2023 Goals and Discussion of 2024 Goals Chair Mailliard begins the discussion of the 2023 goals for the Green Committee. Discussion ensues about what has been accomplished and what priorities changed over the past year. Staff member Clark asks the committee members to submit goals they would like to add to the list for 2024. Discussion ensues about ideas that each of the committee members has for calendar year 2024. The discussion will continue at the next meeting after the committee members submit their ideas via email to Chair Mailliard. 5. OLD BUSINESS 5.1 Foodware Ordinance Implementation Update Staff member Clark presents a flyer for the Foodware and Waste Reduction with a QR code to the info page on the city website. Committee member Pease reports that she is asking businesses for testimonies about the Q&A sessions hosted by the committee. Discussion ensues about having another workshop on January 4, 2024. Discussion ensues about inviting the Code Enforcement Officer to better understand the code amendments. 5.2 Downtown Bicycle Parking Update Vice Chair Gleazer reports that he met with Director Rayner last week and submitted the proposed plans. He has not received a response from Director Rayner and requests better communication between the City and the committee. Vice Chair Gleazer agrees to meet with staff member Clark and Interim Director Meyer to discuss the matter further. 5.3 Chair Mailliard adds an item to the agenda to discuss the City’s compliance with the Dark Sky regulations. Committee member Franquelin reports on her investigation Page 4 of 4 Item #3.1. GC Meeting Minutes November 14, 2023 Page 2 of 2 into noncompliant lighting (Dark Sky regulations in the General Plan) on City owned property. Discussion ensues about when a standard or code can be enforced. 5.4 Chair Mailliard adds to the agenda, committee member Butler’s report on her research the three bins for City property. Committee member Butler announces that grant funding is available from Napa County, for three bins on city properties and public right of way. Amanda Griffis is applying for the grant funding on the City’s behalf. Public Works just needs a formal bid. Committee member Butler will continue to update the committee on the progress of the grant. She also provides a report on her research on using interns from Sonoma State University to with city projects. Staff member Clark will find out what is already in place for the City to hire interns. 5.3 City Vehicle Anti-Idling Ideas Committee member Pease reports her research on idling regulations. Discussion ensues about the amount of emissions that idling produces compared to starting up a vehicle. 6. COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ IDEAS & REQUESTS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION Discussion ensues about adding recommendations to the newspaper. Staff agree that this would not be under the prevue of the committee. Committee member Pease requests that staff find out the possibility of moving the Green Committee meeting time to later in the evening to allow those who work a daytime position to join the committee or attend the meetings. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 4:31 PM.