Sustainable CT Sustainability Team

City of Middletown SUSTAINABLE CT TEAM MEETING Wednesday, August 7, 2019 5:30 PM Room 208 City Hall Agenda 1. Chair opens meeting 2. Public comment 3. Old Business a. POCD b. Community Communications Assessment c. Food Policy Council, Community Food Assessment, & Symposium 4. New Business a. Volunteers needed this month to help with August 30 Sustainable CT submission i. Mackenzie Pias from River COG can help until 8/14 ii. 1.1 – need someone to actively check in with volunteers to navigate City resources related to brownfields inventory iii. 4.2 – need to ensure that sustainable development checklist is complete and submitted and set to include in POCD iv. 5.5 – need volunteer to hand out information on Middletown Area Transit v. 7.1 – filling in event info vi. 7.2 – finishing up community communications information, need strategy plan from Thursday 8/1 workshop vii. 7.5 – Kim O’Rourke needs data simplification help for reporting waste data viii. 8.1 – following up with Jeff Hush about finishing Housing Needs Assessment b. Looking beyond August 30 i. 4.1 – need to verify that Sustainable CT elements are in plan for POCD ii. 7.9 – City should collaborate with Middlesex Health on health impact assessment (Sustainable CT representative on advisory committee?) iii. Ingrid designated actions as 2020 priorities iv. Cat Xi for Spring/Summer 2020 v. Drafting recommendations to Sustainable CT for program changes c. Logo contest for Sustainable Middletown d. Change to structure 5. Other 6. Adjourn