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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 />DRAFT <br />Meeting Minutes  University City Green Practices Commission <br />March 14, 2013 <br /> <br />Location: Heman Park Community Center <br />Attendees Present: Dianne Benjamin, Scott Eidson, Tim Michels, Lois Sechrist, Michael Glickert (Council <br />liaison), Lynnette Hicks (Staff liaison) <br />Absent: Jerry Breakstone, Helen Fuller, Jeff Mishkin <br />Excused: Jerry Breakstone, Helen Fuller, Jeff Mishkin <br />Unexcused: N/A <br />Guests: None <br /> <br />1.Roll Call at 6:30 p.m. <br />2.Opening Round: <br />a.Lynnette Hicks <br />(1)The new Park Recycling Program has started. The recycling contai <br />Heman, Fogerty and Millar Parks. An educational flyer was created to be distributed along with the <br />park reservation packets, in addition to the signage attached to each recycling container. <br />b.Michael Glickert <br />(1)Additional information about the Park Recycling Program is publi <br />This community publication is mailed to residents quarterly and was started based on the rets of <br />focus group study about one year ago. Participants in the focus group requested a print version of the <br />newsletter versus an online newsletter. <br />(2)The Washington University $80 million Loop Retail and Student Housing project is underway. All the <br />buildings were demolished within the last two weeks and construction is continuing. The project <br />boundaries are Enright, Delmar, Westgate and Eastgate. <br />c.Scott Eidson <br />(1)Scott thanked everyone for having him and is looking forward to <br />Commission. <br />d.Lois Sechrist <br />(1) St. Louis Earth Day is sponsoring an Earth Day Symposium at Powd <br />Discounted rates are available and anyone interested can get mor <br />(2)Lois serves on the scholarship committee of the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The Council is <br />funding two scholarships for the Greening the Heartland Conventi <br />the regional convention a few years ago and the scholarship cove-day <br />conference. In addition the USGBC will award three scholarships <br />Course. This is a full two-day course. Lois has more details about the scholarships or the <br />available online. The applications are due March 14, 2013. <br />(3)Lois is speaking at the Engineers Club on March 14, as a part o <br />management. She is speaking on behalf of the USGBC speakers bur <br />(4)There is a World Water Day event at the Danforth Center on March. The topics are water and <br />agriculture. <br />(5)A new organization, Interfaith Power and Light, promotes green p <br />Information is available on their Facebook page. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br /> <br />