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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 />February 14, 2013 <br />Location: Heman Park Community Center <br />Attendees Present: Dianne Benjamin, Helen Fuller, Michael Glickert (Council liaison), Lynnette Hicks (Staff <br />liaison), Tim Michels, Jeff Mishkin, and Lois Sechrist <br />Absent: Jerry Breakstone, B. Scott Eidson, Tim Michels <br />Excused: Jerry Breakstone, B. Scott Eidson <br />Unexcused: Tim Michels <br />Guests: Eric Karch, River Des Peres Watershed Coalition <br /> <br />1.Roll Call at 6:00 p.m. <br />2.Opening Round: <br />a.Lynnette Hicks <br />(1)The May 9, 2013 Commission meeting will need to be held in anoth <br />City event scheduled to be held in Heman Park Community Center on the same da The <br />meeting location will be provided at a later date. <br />b.Jeff Mishkin <br />(1)He attended the Olive Boulevard meeting and is looking forward t <br />c.Lois Sechrist <br />(1)Would like to thank Neville Rapp on her years of service on the Green Pract <br />Commission will send her a thank you letter. <br />(2)The City has a design Charette on February 19, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. concerning the vacant pr <br />Olive and North and South Road. The City is looking for redevelopment ideas for that area. <br />(3)The Missouri Coalition for the Environment has announced summer <br />information is available on their website. <br />d.Michael Glickert <br />(1)The former Missouri Council for the Blind building on Olive at North and South Road has been <br />purchased by a company in Illinois. The new business will be a medical center that will bring in over 40 <br />jobs. <br />(2)Council recently passed a project for the Tivoli parking lot to pave it with pervious materials to address <br />any storm water issues. Lynnette added that the high pressure so <br />with a LED fixture. <br />(3)Council approved $100,000 to upgrade some sidewalks to the Ameri <br />standards. <br />(4)The City was just awarded a $10,000 grant from St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District <br />to do some recycling education. <br />3.Administrative items: <br />a.Minutes from the January meeting approved with corrections: spelling of Diannes first name. <br />4.New Business <br />a.New Commission Member <br />(1)Scott Eidson is our new Commission member. He is attorney with a background in Finance. Scott was <br />not able to make the meeting tonight due to his work schedule. <br />5.Special Presentations <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />