The city of Geneva Natural Resources Committee met Oct. 5 to discuss Earth Day 2017.
Here is the meeting's agenda, as provided by the committee:
Natural Resources Committee
A subcommittee of Strategic Plan Advisory Committee
City Hall
109 James Street
Upstairs Conference Room
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
7:00pm
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
Jay Womack Bill Doeckel Adam McMillen Jeanine McMillen Tom Dickinson Carrie Carter
John Frankenthal Lauren Jennison Jim Clesen Dan Ludwig Leslie Juby Brendan Cassin
3. Amendments to the Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes
5. Active Projects:
? Earth Day Event 2017
i. Get psyched for 2017
? Eastside Fire Station Natural Landscaping Project
i. Set work day
? River Clean-up Day
i. Recap of day
ii. Look forward to bigger day in 2017
? Rain Barrels for sale
? Rain Barrels on Parade
i. Next event will be 2017
? Greening Geneva Initiative
i. School yard trees
1. Some of the trees are brown, had Scott test branches, they are still flexible
ii. Thank you plaque for Western Avenue.
1. Received plaque
2. Need to find a rock to set it into – Lauren is working on a source
3. Contacted Ron Zeman and Scott Ney to ask about placement opportunity and
photo opp.
? Geneva City Hall Landscapes
? Wine, Cheese, and Trees.
i. Persinger Rec Center for 2017, set date and reserve space
ii. First coord meeting to be October to target Sponsors
? Fabyan Preserve Stewardship
i. Dates have been set for 2016 – 2017 season
ii. Flyer has been made and sent to NRC
? NRC Facebook page
i. General update
6. New Initiatives
? Met with Stephanie Dawkins and David DeGroot to discuss tree preservation and associated
ordinances
i. Review ordinances from other municipalities, discuss opportunities to strengthen
Geneva’s
ii. Discuss next steps for NRC regarding tree replacements/new design initiatives for State
Street.
7. Treasurer’s Report
8. Additional business
? Geneva Development
9. Adjournment
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