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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