City of Geneva Natural Resources Committee A subcommittee of Strategic Plan Advisory Committee met Nov. 4.
Here is the agenda provided by the subcommittee:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
Jay Womack Bill Doeckel Adam McMillen Jeanine McMillen Tom Dickinson Carrie Carter John Frankenthal Stephanie O’hara Dan Ludwig Kelvin Limbrick Rachel Ratos Mel Rooney Steve Matravers
3. Amendments to the Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes from last meeting
5. Active Projects:
Earth Day Event, April 24, 2021
i. Jay met Christine Shiel to start discussion for 2021 event.
ii. Sent email to all vendors to see if they are interested, have received emails from a number of vendors that are interested in being there.
Eastside Fire Station Natural Landscaping Project
i. Redo in Spring of 2021.
River Clean-up Day
i. The event was held on Sept 19 to align with Our Fox River by the Friends of the Fox River.
Rain Barrels for sale
i. Have four terra cotta in storage.
Greening Geneva Initiative
i. Total trees planted by NRC and GPDF in 2019 is 348.
ii. Wasco planted 7 trees in tree grates – 5 in front of All Chocolate Kitchen, 2 in front of the post office. 1 tree in front of post office and 1 in front of Niche still need to be planted. Three trees were planted in the parkway identified by PW.
Wine, Cheese, and Trees
i. Discussion of virtual WCT for 2021
Fabyan Preserve Stewardship
i. Workdays began again in October. The full schedule has been sent out and posted with City.
Elm Park Restoration Work
i. Update from Kelvin
NRC Facebook page and Instagram
i. General update
Recycling Initiative
i. Report from Mel and Stephanie on meeting with Lake Shore.
ii. Letter sent from NRC to City Council in support of recycle bins on 3rd Street.
Tree Ordinance
i. Waiting to hear back from City re:revisions from NRC.
6. New Initiatives
Create an education piece to reduce plastic and styrofoam at restaurants.
7. Treasurer’s Report
8. Additional business
9. Adjournment
https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11042020-1671
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