Kane County Reporter

City of Geneva Natural Resources Committee met March 5

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

Jay Womack, 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, Erick Waldchen, John Potts, Kevin Potts. David Monaco (SPAC Liaison).

3. Amendments to the Agenda

4. Approval of Minutes from last meeting

5. 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. The river is happy with our work!

• Rain Barrels for sale

i. Barrels are $75 each.

• Greening Geneva Initiative

i. The trees are asleep right now.

• Wine, Cheese, and Trees

i. WCT 2025 recap

ii. Rough estimate, the event brought in nearly $70k

iii. Fill out Library survey

• Gunnar Anderson Stewardship

i. Workdays are going well!

ii. Workdays moved to Fabyan for the month of December.

• 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 2025!.

• NRC Lecture Series

i. The next lecture will be about Fabyan Gardens and the work they are doing.

• Dark Sky Initiative

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

ii. Jay will work on a Proclamation with the City. Will be on City Council agenda.

• Tree Ordinance

i. Jay, Kelvin, and Steve met David DeGroot to discuss NRC recommendations.

ii. NRC will review original edits, make updates, and resubmit to Dave.

iii. Will set up additional meetings to review requested changes.

• Bird City Illinois

i. Members of the NRC reviewed items and will review next steps. Will report findings to SPAC.

6. 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.

7. Treasurer’s Report

8. Additional business

9. Adjournment

https://www.geneva.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03052025-2496