07/31/2013 Environmental Board Minutes

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Environmental Board July 31, 2013 Page 3 A. Blue Heron Parade Mr. Asleson mentioned to be at the parade staging site at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 17. There will be trash and recycling cans along the parade route and then the containers will be moved to Lino Park for continuing trash and recycling thorough out the day. Ms. O‘Dea said it would be nice to advertise the monthly recycle day on the side of the car. Ms. Morin will make the signs. Most of the Environmental Board will be on hand for parade clean up. B. Recycling Updates Mr. Asleson mentioned that the recycling cans at parks has been successful. The parks will benefit with this effort. Mr. Asleson will have score report next time. He also mentioned that the monthly recycling may have been doing just as well as the annual City wide event in May. C. Promotional Efforts for Environmental Board in Community Events Mr. Asleson suggested that there is a need for more pictures of community gardens, Blue Herons and other environmental events. Ms. Bor requested information that if there is no Environmental Meeting can the Environmental Board use a room in City Hall for a work session to start on a slide presentation and other related items. Mr. Asleson stated that he will find out about having a work meeting in City Hall. Mr. Heiskary suggested that a good start would be for the members to start taking pictures of recycling day, community gardens, recycling bins and the blue herons to help with the telling of the story. Ms. Morin suggested in using a 3 ring binder with slide-in sheets, for the Environmental Board information and involvement plus ash borer and organic gardens, that way you can add and remove information when not needed or changed. Ms Bor suggested using some of the SWPPP slides such as the oil spill on the pond, the culvert problem of before and after a storm and then the repairs that were done.