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Meeting Minutes – University City Green Practices Committee April 13, 2011 Location:University City Hall, Second Floor Conference Room Attendees: Jerry Breakstone, Linda Fried, Lynnette Hicks, Donna Leach-Heimos, Tim Michels, Jeffrey Mishkin, Neville Rapp, Lois Sechrist Absent: Lynn Ricci Visitors: Alice Flores 1.Opening Round a. Neville discussed the open house/ block party for the seven new rain gardens in University City. The event will be Sunday, May 15 from noon – 3 p.m. Linda will organize a table representing the Green Practices Committee. Please let Linda know if you can work at the event. b. Tim met with the Mayor and the City Manager to propose language for an energy efficiency ordinance for University City. The language is adapted from one prepared for the City of St. Louis. The ordinance is expected to be handled by Community Development. c. Lois and Lynnette will collaborate on a brochure for the GPC that can be used at the May 15 event as well as the Memorial Day University City Fair. Donna’s company has offered to print the brochures in an 8-1/2 x 11, color tri-fold format. d. Linda requested that the GPC work with the Audubon Society Backyard initiative (what is the formal name of this program?). She also attended the kickoff of the 10,000 Gardens Challenge: http://governor.mo.gov/newsroom/2011/Governor_and_First_Lady_encourage_gardening_across_Missouri _with_10_000_Gardens_Challenge_program e. Lois gave an update on Earth Day St. Louis’ event in Forest Park on April 17, as well as recent US Green Building Council activities. f. Donna gave a report on the St. Louis County “Green and Growing” event on sustainable planning, also attended by Neville and Lynnette. g. Donna reported on a sustainable gardening class that will be offered by Missouri Botanical Garden: June 3, 2011: 2 p.m. Shoenberg Theater. For more information call (314) 577-5154. h. Alice Flores discussed the University City tool library exchange and the idea of a free store. A PDF of her document is attached. i.Lynnette will attend the final FOCUS St. Louis/ Sustainable St. Louis/ USGBC “Sustainable Communities” workshop on April 19. The topic is “Sustainable Waste Management”. The seminar will be at the Great Rivers Research & Education Center at Lewis & Clark Community College. j.The GPC will not staff a table at the University City Fair on Memorial Day weekend. Not enough people will be available to work at the event.We will give our brochures to another group to hand out on our behalf. 2.Administrative items: a.The March 2011 minutes were approved as revised: Strike item 1.d.i