Sustainable Madison Advisory Committee

Sustainable Madison Minutes July 29, 2019 Chairperson, Kathleen Caccavale, called the meeting to order at 1:02 pm. STATEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT: “In compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, adequate notice of this meeting of the Sustainable Madison Advisory Committee (SMAC) Meeting was provided by transmitting a copy of the meeting notice to the Madison Eagle and Morris County Daily Record, posting a copy on the bulletin board at the main entrance of the Hartley Dodge Memorial, and filing a copy in the office of the Clerk. This notice was made available to members of the general public.” The following members acknowledged their presence: Kathleen Caccavale, Chairperson Gene Cracovia, Resident/Regular Member Peter Fried, Resident/Regular Member Joan Maccari, MEC Representative/Regular Member Marilyn Musielski, Resident/Regular Member Prospective SMAC member Angelique Devost also attended this meeting. May 14 minutes were unanimously approved. 360 of the 690 points we submitted for silver certification were approved as of the first review by Sustainable Jersey. Review of Actions: Madison Borough clerk will provide a signed copy of the Green Team Ordinance required for certification. Education and Outreach will be updated. We will not be able to provide documentation for ‘Greening Green Fair’. Documentation needed for Extreme Temperature Plan. Remove Pollinator gardens from the Community Garden item. Innovation Item #3 will be the Pollinator Gardens. Buy Fresh, Buy Local on MEC webpage? … on Rosenet? We will not be submitting the Historic Preservation Item at this time, because our Master Plan documentation does not meet SJ requirements. We need a current flyer for the composters. We need an updated community visioning resolution; will connect with Jim Burnet and Maureen Byrne to bring this before the council. Several of the actions need proof of distribution memos to various staff and officials before the actions will be approved by Sustainable Jersey. Angelique Devost reported on the ANJEC disposable plastics forum she attended on July 23 in Lambertville. Her notes are available as a separate page. Peter Fried reported on the status of anaerobic digesters in Madison. He will coordinate with Madison Environmental Commission, SMAC, Shade Tree Management Board, Open Space Recreation and Historic Preservation committee. Sustainable Gold Star status for Madison is expected to be a 3 year process. September 8 is the next deadline for submission of revised action items. November 17 is the ANJEC awards luncheon. It was suggested that we make a presentation of our certification to the Borough Council in January 2020. It was suggested that we should submit write ups of SMAC news in local papers. Long term goals: Light pollution action item Invite the board of education to be more involved in our work Invite the town administration to attend our meetings. Reminder to everyone to try and have updated action items ready for submission by August meeting, so that we can submit them by September 8. The next meeting of Sustainable Madison Advisory Committee (SMAC) will be August 20, 2019 at 1:00 pm. Reminder that at least 6 meetings per year are required by ordinance. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:52 pm. Minutes respectfully submitted by Joan Maccari.