Cool Cities Initiative Advisory Committee

Edwardsville Cool Cities Initiative Advisory Committee MEETING AGENDA Thursday, July 19, 2018, 5:00 pm Governor Coles Conference Room Second Floor Edwardsville City Hall 118 Hillsboro Edwardsville, Illinois 62025 CALL TO ORDER CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD APPROVAL OF MINUTES OLD BUSINESS: Any updated information re: Final Climate Action Plan and presenting it to the City- now being considered by the ACS committee and City staff- Discussion of Ordinance, Glen Carbon’s distributed. Email was sent to SJ Morrison asking that Action Plan be removed from ACS agenda, and used as the Cool Cities guiding document, and Cool Cities ordinance placed on instead. [Green Business Challenge updates.] Attendance Expectations at monthly meeting- letter from Mayor- 70% attendance is expected Meeting minutes need to be posted League of Women Voters will partner with us on Green Team. Discuss Conservation Efforts of Heartlands Conservancy and local applications/fundraising- Plan for City to purchase Bohm Woods periphery pending securing grant money Website update- layout and information links. No response to recent email NEW BUSINESS Electronics Recycling event plans: FURTHER PLANNING Work of BYO Glen-ED update 1st ACS meeting was July 12, 2018 Green Cities Challenge first meeting is Thursday April 12 from 8 am to 11:30 am-WE CAN BEGIN LATER IN THE CYCLE THIS YEAR IF WE CHOOSE Power Hour for next Solarize Madison County project is July 19 at 6 pm at Newsong Fellowship FIELD TRIP TO LEEDS PLATINUM BUILDING-postponed until autumn INTELLIGENCER COLUMN: One article published so far GOSHEN MARKET PRESENCE: Cool Cities dates: June 30, July 28, August 25, 2018. Who can be there? REQUEST FROM Nature Preserve Foundation ( Watershed Nature Center) Sarah Palermo that we volunteer as helpers to recycle during Criterium August 18, 3-9