Environmental Sustainability Board

CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BOARD Operations Center - Assembly Room | 305 Williams St. | Hendersonville NC 28792 Thursday, January 20, 2022 – 3:00 PM MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call - Mary Ellen Kustin, Chairperson Adam Murr, and Ashely from AWD are both present. *Need to add Will Garvey to municode and Remove Kim Bailey from active roster* *Will Garvey was present APPROVAL OF AGENDA 2. Consideration of Agenda - Mary Ellen Kustin, Chairperson APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3. Approval of Minutes - Gracie Erwin, Staff Liaison See email from Mary Ellen- typo looing to looking Bucket edits (see email) 4. ESB Planning Sub Committee Meeting Minutes from December and Januarys meetings - Gracie Erwin, Staff Liaison APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5. Guest Presentation from ADW Architects "Hendersonville Fire Station No. 1" - Presented by Ashley Love, ADW Architects 6. Mayors Monarch Pledge - Mary Ellen Kustin, Boardmember https://www.nwf.org/mayorsmonarchportal Find out from Lynsdey and Mike if we need a formal letter and if it needs to go to City Council ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BOARD – January 20, 2022 Page | 1 OLD BUSINESS 7. Bee City Updates- Will Garvy, Boardperson and Liaison to Bullington Gardens Planter to be installed at the mural, near the dumpster corral Once arrangement with Bullington is completed Will will keep up with updates. 8. Recycling Update- Gray Jernigan, Boardmember In the process of distributing clings, and promotion of ways to reduce plastics in restaurants. Mayor took a nice photo- Big thank you to both City and Mayor for sharing the word about working to be plastic free! 9. Announcement - Gray Jernigan, Boardmember Gray has accepted a new role with Mountain Tru and moving into the Asheville Role, which a change of focus on counties. Will be out on leave for February, March and April. During this time a new hire will be made for Grays current role. May 1st will be when hopefully the new hire can take over if they choose to apply. Katie Bruckheimer will be subbing in for the next few months. June would be ideal time to fill this position from council. 10. Working to be Plastic Free Questionnaire, Survey for Department Heads - Kelly Pahle, Boardmember Personalize the letter, and letter will serve as an introduction as to why we are doing this. Open to feedback and suggestions, or additions for categories- email Kelly your thoughts. 11. Sustainability Planning update- Caroline Beamer, Co chairperson OLD BUSINESS 12. Public Comment - Time allotted 15 minutes ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BOARD – January 20, 2022 Page | 2 OLD BUSINESS 13. Any old Business to readdress- Mary Ellen Kustin, Boardchair Move MLK park clean up to Earth Day April 22nd (also same week as Easter) Flash mob idea - Leaders for each park and clean up city parks flash mob style. Ask for proclamation for Earth Week Ideas to promote- i.e. walking to work, bike to work, or plastic free day. Work with LuAnn or HR to get the word out and also health related. Earth Week idea- make as an agenda item NEW BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT EnterTextHere The City of Hendersonville is committed to providing accessible facilities, programs and services for all people in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Should you need assistance or an accommodation for this meeting please contact the City Clerk no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting at 697-3005. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY BOARD – January 20, 2022 Page | 3