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City of Gaithersburg Environmental Affairs Committee met June 12.

Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:

1. Call To Order

The Regular Session of the Environmental Affairs Committee was called to order at 7:00 pm with Chair Doug Wolf presiding.

Attendee Name; Title; Status; Arrived:

Melissa Goodwin Member Present

Maribeth Gravunder Member Absent

Paul Hlavinka Member Present

Marissa Msefya Member Present

Alex Stavitsky-Zeineddin Member Absent

Ed Mitchell Member Present

Doug Wolf Chair Present

Staff present: Sustainability Coordinator Backe, Capital Projects/Facilities Division Chief Kaczmarek, and Intern Ezrin.

2. Approval Of Minutes

A. Regular Session held May 8, 2018

Motion was made to approve the above minutes.

Result: Approved [Unanimous]

Mover: Paul Hlavinka, Member

Seconder: Doug Wolf, Chair

For: Goodwin, Hlavinka, Msefya, Mitchell, Wolf

Absent: Maribeth Gravunder, Alex Stavitsky-Zeineddin

3. Discussion Topics

A. City Staff Update

Coordinator Backe updated members on the following:

• Food composting initiative

• Emissions tracking

• Introduction to summer intern

B. City Council Update

This item was deferred.

C. Committee Updates

Members discussed the following:

• The school proposal for Kelley Park

• Primary elections

• Recycling seminars

D. Recycling at City facilities discussion with Ron Kaczmarek

Capital Projects/Facilities Division Chief Kaczmarek updated members on recycling within City facilities.

E. Discussion topics for WSSC during September meeting

Members discussed topics for future discussion at the September meeting with WSSC.

F. Multi-Cultural Affairs meeting recap

Chair Wolf and member Hlavinka updated members on their attendance at a recent Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee meeting.

G. Carbon fee and dividend discussion

Members discussed options for recommending support of a carbon fee & divided proposal to the Mayor and City Council.

H. Green building overview with Economic and Business Development committee (meets 3rd Friday of each month at 7:45 am, except for August)

A future joint meeting topic of green building with the Economic and Business Development committee was discussed.

I. Discussion topics for joint meeting with Transportation Committee

This item was deferred.

J. Other

Road salt concentrations in streams was discussed.

4. Adjournment

There being no further business, the session was adjourned at 9:04 pm

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