Green Space Advisory Commission

City of WEBSTER GROVES 4 E. LOCKWOOD AVE. | WEBSTER GROVES | MISSOURI | 63119 314.963.5300 | WEBSTERGROVES.ORG WEBSTER GROVES GREEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Date: January 9, 2023 Location: City Hall Called to Order: 5:00 p.m. Adjourned: 5:55 p.m. Next Meeting Date : WEDNESDAY, Feb 1, 2023, 5:00 p.m. WG City Hall Conference Room or via Zoom This meeting will be available to the public in-person, and via teleconference. Instructions on listening through your phone or computer to the teleconference will be made available at www.webstergroves.org/teleconference. Public comments may be made in-person, virtually via Zoom with the raise hand option. Public comments via zoom will be limited to three minutes. NAME PRESENT ABSENT Carrie Coyne , Chair X Ginge r Garre tt X Lynnda Gre e n X Bill Hoss X- (via Zoom) Liz Jame s X- (via Zoom) Laura Jordan X Joe Oe lke X Je rry Pinkne r X- (via Zoom) Corin Purse ll X Emily Hixson She phe rd, Council X - (via Zoom) Liaison Yvonne Ste ingruby, Staff Liaison X I. Call to Order (By Joe Oelke) II. Roll Call III. Minutes of November 7, 2022 meeting were approved. IV. Visitors Comments: None V. Old Business: A. Se cre tary sche dule : Ginge r Garre tt- Jan, Joe Oe lke Fe b/Mar, Liz  Jame s Apr/May, Je rry Pinkne r Jun/Jul, Lynnda Gre e n Aug/Se p, Laura Jordan Oct/Nov B. Tre e s of Distinction Update : didn’t ge t any tre e s submitte d. We ne e d to move the de adline and promote it more to ge t the community involve d. C. Mayor’s Monarch Ple dge : Je rry Pinkne r showe d us whe re We bste r Grove s is liste d in the Le ade rship Circle b/c we have 8 or more actions. D. Spe ake r Se rie s Update : Lynnda Gre e ne provide d a handout with the run-down for all the spe ake rs and topics, and it was de cide d that spe ake rs ne e d to be booke d asap. We ’d also like to do a “No Mow” month e ach Fall, so it would be twice a ye ar. Funding was approve d for signs, Je rry Pinkne r will he lp ge t signs printe d. Eco-Talks 2023 January 26 - Our Vanishing Night: Light Polution with Dark Sky February 16- Ecological Lawn Replacement Options with Chuck Caverly March 16- “No Mow Month” (April will be the no mow month) with Dr. Gerardo Camilo April 20 - Deer Creek and River Des Peres Watershed Awareness - Stacy Arnold and Danielle Haake (Also WG Arbor Day falls in April) May 25 - Missouri River’s and Streamways with Robert Criss E. Stormwater Subcommittee: Carrie attended the Sustainability Commission Meeting in late December. At that meeting, Todd Rehg (WGPW) stated that the Public Works Department would be creating an RFQ for engineering firms in order to update the City of WG’s 2002 Stormwater Management Plan. Todd asked Carrie and Jamie Hasemeier to be on the RFQ submittal review committee in the new year, and they agreed. Corin commented that this is good news! VI. New Business-- A. Proposed change of monthly meeting night- Carrie Coyne is teaching Monday nights at Meramec this Spring ‘23 semester, and is therefore unable to make our Monday night meetings. It was decided to move the meetings to the first  Wednesday of the month to accommodate e ve ryone ’s sche dule s. This will take us through June 5th, whe n we will start me e ting on Mondays again. Ple ase note , we are pote ntially changing locations for our future me e tings. Yvonne is trying to ge t the m back at the Re cre ation Ce nte r whe re we use d to me e t prior to the pande mic. VI. City updates A. GSAC Chair: Joe /Carrie had no furthe r update s. B. Staff liaison update : Yvonne me ntione d if folks want to be on the Gre e n Our City list for tre e s in the city right of way, call Public Works and ask to be place d on the list. Also, budge t talks are starting to happe n, if we have re que sts, we ne e d to ge t the info to Yvonne by the ne xt me e ting so she can ge t it submitte d. The Parks De partme nt is taking advantage of all the nice days, the re is a sche dule d burn of the prairie on Jan 30 th. Also, the ‘Burroak Baroque ’ might be cool to have kids do a poste r conte st for adve rtising the e ve nt. We want to ge t a drop down on the we bsite to make it e asie r to volunte e r. C. Council liaison update : Emily Hixson She phe rd me ntione d Mayor Arnold is re vie wing/updating all the boards and commissions bylaws, e tc. VII. Meeting Adjourned at 5:55 pm VIII. Next meeting: February 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm, Place TBA, & zoom Individuals who require an accommodation (sign language, interpreter, listening devices, etc.) to participate in the meeting should contact the City Clerk at 314 -963 -5318 (fax number 314 -963 -7561) or Relay Missouri at 1 -800 -735 -2966 (TDD) at least two work ing days prior to the meeting.