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<br />Green Practices Commission <br />6801 Delmar Boulevard, University City, Missouri 63130, Phone: (314) 862-6767, Fax: (314) 862-0694 <br />Meeting Minutes  University City Green Practices Commission <br />April 11, 2013 <br /> <br />Location: Heman Park Community Center <br />Attendees Present: Jerry Breakstone, Scott Eidson, Helen Fuller, Tim Michels, Jeff Mishkin, Lois Sechrist, <br />Michael Glickert (Council liaison), Lynnette Hicks (Staff liaison) <br />Absent: Dianne Benjamin <br />Excused: Dianne Benjamin <br />Unexcused: N/A <br />Guests: None <br /> <br />1.Roll Call at 6:05 p.m. <br />2.Opening Round: <br />a.Helen Fuller <br />(1)Reported the preliminary information on the first round of the R <br />a.Reviewed 129 qualified proposals <br />b.Funded 55 residential and 5 non-residential projects <br />c.University City had 9 qualified projects; 5 of those projects we <br />d.About half of the funds ($91,720) were used during the first round <br />(2)The University City projects will be monitored by Helen and Erich Karch. <br />b.Lois Sechrist <br />ndst <br />(1)Earth Day is April 22 and the St. Louis Earth Day event is April 21 in Forest Park. A recycling event <br />will also be held at Forest Park Community College. <br />(2)The U S Green Building Council posted information online about tGovernment Meet Up <br />event. <br />(3)An Earth Day Forum with Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal will be held at Clayton High School on April <br />th <br />20 at 10 am. <br />c.Tim Michels <br />(1)He is working to put together a group of people to work on the e <br />(2)He plans to contact the Community Development Department staff for input on energy related items. <br />3.Administrative items: <br />a.Minutes from the March meeting approved with corrections: correct the spelling of Eltek in Section 6a <br />item #9. <br />4.New Business <br />a.Goals Update Work Session <br />(1)Lois provided an overview of the goal setting work session held <br />(2)Stormwater action items <br />a.Helens subcommittee work to address bank erosion and the Rainsc <br />the River des Peres Master Plan. <br />(3)Recycling action items <br />a.Loiss subcommittee work to develop a survey to assess business <br />goal to increase recycling citywide. <br />b.City staff continues to develop recycling education projects for the residential aspect and will <br />use grant funds to assist this effort. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />