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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 />DRAFT <br /> <br />March 13, 2014 <br />Location: Heman Park Community Center <br />Attendees Present: Dianne Benjamin, Scott Eidson, Tim Michels, Jeff Mishkin, Dan Oerther, Lois <br />Sechrist, Lynnette Hicks (Staff Liaison) <br />Absent: Helen Fuller, Michael Glickert (Council Liaison) <br />Excused: Helen Fuller <br />Unexcused: N/A <br />Guests: Sara Edgar (Sierra Club), Leesa Johnson (Green Ambassadorship) <br /> <br />1.Roll Call at 6:05 p.m. <br /> <br />2.Opening Round: <br />a.Dan Oerther <br />(1)Dan shared information about the ban on water bottles in the City of San Francisco. Any <br />water bottle under 21 ounces is no longer for sale on City property, except at special <br />events and the airport. Locally, Washington University has a simtype of ban on their <br />campus. <br />b.Tim Michels <br />a.Tim is a member of the University City Parks Foundation who recently had an event to <br />raise money to install trees in local parks. He would like to w <br />elements of the Sustainability Plan that relate to the decision <br />foundation and possibly make a joint presentation to Parks Foundation. <br />c.Scott Eidson <br />(1)Reported that dead fish were in the pond at Lewis Park. <br />d.Lynnette Hicks <br />(1)Reported that University City will be participating in the Green <br />the Leadership Scorecard. Jared Agee, Building Commissioner, will assist with the project. <br /> <br />3.Administrative items: <br />a.Minutes from the February 13, 2014, meeting approved as amended; in Item 6 F, change (3) to <br />(1). <br /> <br />4.Special Presentations <br />a.Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign  Sara Edgar, Associate Organizing Representative, 314-644- <br />0890, sara.edgar@sierraclub.org <br />b.Beyond Coal Campaign is one of the leading national campaigns for the Sierra Club. It started as a <br />grassroots project about seven years ago in response to the construction of proposed coal plants <br />in Illinois. Coal plants convert coal into electricity. That initial campaign was successful in stopping <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />