City of Newberg

Sustainability Committee

Meeting Notes

Date:  Tuesday, 9/1/09

Time:  2:00 pm

Location:  Engineering Conference Room

Participants:  Sonja Johnson, Jessica Nunley, Howard Hamilton, Michele McManus, David Beam, Daniel Danicic, Annette de Paz, K’Lyn Hann, Denise Bacon

◦  Mission Statement:

Actively and progressively promoting citywide sustainability for the present and the future.

◦  Structure for Sustainability Committee:

The Committee members chose the Facilitator/Group discussion structure since there aren’t enough members able to attend all meetings to support other structures. Tasks would be divided to committee members and they would be responsible for recruiting help from outside the committee.

Sonja talked about her vision for the future of the committee- working on fun projects/ outside the meeting setting.

◦  Goal Setting:

The Committee chose the Reduce/Reuse/Recycle/ (“Restore”- was added) method as a way to categorize their goals. They felt that this would be the most recognized verbiage to the public and people outside this committee.

◦  Projects:

The Committee chose projects that they wanted to accomplish:

   Toilet Rebate program- Sonja will be the lead on this program.

   October Bike to Work Month- Jessica will lead project.

   Recommend Double-sided Printing- Annette will write memo

Car-Pooling Program- David and Michele will work on getting information onto the city website and intranet, and possibly connecting with citizens through the water bill or Mayor’s Muse.

Homework:

Research current City sustainability practices:

 Library- K’lyn

 Howard- Public Works

 Michele- 2^nd Floor

 Dan- 3^rd Floor

Goal Setting:

Goals for next month-

•  Research current purchasing practices of City departments

•  Research existing purchasing programs that are being offered by different office supply companies

Next Meeting:

Date: Tuesday, October 6^th, 2009

Time: 2pm

Location: Engineering Conference Room