Kane County Reporter

City of Geneva Natural Resources Committee met July 3

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

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, Autumn Bruno, David Monaco (SPAC Liaison)

3. Amendments to the Agenda

4. Approval of Minutes from last meeting

5. Update from Ben McCready and David Monaco on the strategic plan.

6. Active Projects:

• Earth Day Event

i. Get ready for 2025.

• Eastside Fire Station Natural Landscaping Project

i. Dan Ludwig continues to monitor the plants.

• River Clean-up Day

i. Watch the water flow by and be ready for 2024.

• Rain Barrels for sale

i. Jay ordered 8 barrels. Barrels are $75 each.

• Greening Geneva Initiative

i. The Park District trees have been planted and paid for.

ii. NRC will have Wasco plant parkway trees in the Fall. Have sent three location of dead trees to Wasco for replacement.

• Wine, Cheese, and Trees

i. WCT 2024 was a huge success!

ii. Library has reserved all rooms for the 2025 event.

• Gunnar Anderson Stewardship

i. Workdays are done for the season, will pick back up on October 1st .

• Elm Park Restoration Work

i. Update from Kelvin

• NRC Facebook page and Instagram

i. Updates from Mel and Rachel.

• Recycling Bins on 3rd Street

i. The bins are in place and being utilized.

ii. It has been noted that many of the recycle bins are overrun with material and need to be emptied sooner so that they are not overwhelmed with garbage as well.

• Pumpkin Recycling

i. Get ready for the second Smash in November.

• NRC Lecture Series

i. The next lecture will be a screening of Green Fire on July 13th at 2pm.

ii. The library has received rights to show the movie from the Leopold Foundation.

iii. The library will create the calendar event and take reservations on behalf of the NRC.

iv. A calendar of ideas has been created by Rachel.

• Dark Sky Initiative

i. NRC to continue to promote the Dark Sky Initiative.

ii. Bill is working on a Proclamation with the City. Will be on City Council agenda.

• Tree Ordinance

i. Based on NRC recommendations, there are several sections of the City Code that need to be amended in relation to tree preservation, tree protection, and landscaping.

7. New Initiatives

• Create an education piece to reduce plastic and styrofoam at restaurants.

• Continue to support educational opportunity to move Spring leaf collection into May, not April.

8. Treasurer’s Report

9. Additional business

10. Adjournment

https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_07032024-2373