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[VI. Business]
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. UM, I WAS EXCITED. ONE OF MY GOALS IS TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE ASSISTANCE SUSTAINABILITY GROUPS WITH THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE WORKING AGREEMENTS WITH UM BECAUSE STORMWATER PROGRAMS AND STORMWATER ARRANGEMENT IS SUSTAINABILITY, SO I REALLY HAVE A STRONG I BELIEVE THAT THOSE THOSE TWO EFFORTS SHOULD BE HAND IN HAND. UM, WITH THAT SAID. BUT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON TODAY. WELL, FIRST I WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO FRANKLIN SALTWATER COVERING KIND OF WHAT WE DO IN OUR ROLE THERE, UM, BUT WHERE THE HUB OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. SO A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON STORM WATER, BUT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT THE NATURAL RESOURCES. UM, WE'RE USING THOSE STORMWATER PARTNERSHIPS. UM TO GET THE WORK DONE. BUT WE DO ALL THE WAY FROM SCHOOLS DOING YOUTH EDUCATION.
WE GOT MANY TARGETED OUR PROGRAMS. IT'S JUST WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON. WHERE TONIGHT. UM TWO G I S WE LOOK FOR POLLUTION POINTS. WE DO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. UH, I'M SURE I'M MISSING SOMETHING. LET'S SEE. GET DOWN THE LIST AND THEN I GO. MY FRIEND GOES BLINK, BUT WE DO QUITE A BIT. UM AND THEN WE DO WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE MODEL WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH ANYBODY WHO CAN GET CONSERVATION ON THE GROUND SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S OUR PARTNERS. NEW ALBANY. IT'S ALSO BUSINESSES. CAN WE GET OUR INFORMATION ON BUSINESSES? UM STUDENTS, TEACHERS AH, UM, WORKING WITH ISSUE AND THE CAMPUSES SO WHEREVER WE CAN DO IN WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE AND GET THE ASSISTANCE OUT THERE TO GET MORE CONSERVATION ON THE GROUND. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. UM SO WITHIN OUR NEW ALBANY WORKING
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AGREEMENT WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMS THAT YOU MAY BE AWARE OF. UM BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN A FEW HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THEY OVERLAP WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY . SO OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM IS OUR COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE PROVIDE ONLINE COURSE AND QUIZ OR AN IN PERSON WORKSHOP. UM PRESIDENT CAN ATTEND, EITHER ONE OF THOSE, AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON STORMWATER EDUCATION. UM SO LETTING THEM KNOW GIVING THEM A BIGGER PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN IT RAINS. WHERE'S THAT WATER GOING? HOW CAN YOU HELP? UM WITH INTERCEPTING THAT WATER KEEPING POLLUTION OUT OF THE WATER. UM SO THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, REDUCED UM, REDUCE RUNOFF VOLUMES AND THEN ALSO REDUCE POLLUTION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN IF THEY TAKE THAT, THEN THEY CAN GET A $50 REBATE OR I GUESS IN NEW ALBANY. IT'S $100 REBATE. UM, FOR TO PLANT A TREE COMPOST BIN AND, UM RING A RAIN BARREL.SO. WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO HELP US PROMOTE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE, UM AND WE DO. OUR PARTICIPATION WILL BE, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE BIGGER. UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD MAYBE 20 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT INCREASE SO WE CAN GET INTO THE AREA. UM SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WE DO HAVE ONE SCHEDULED. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WAS SEPTEMBER 27TH AT 6 P.M. SO ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT PROMOTE. THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, LIKE I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR STAFF COMPLAINED TO ME THAT WE GOT OVERFILLED AND THEY HAD TO, LIKE PRODUCE SOME EXTRA SEATS OR SOMETHING. THAT WOULD BE A FABULOUS FROM TO HAVE UM. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN GET, YOU KNOW, NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OVERLAP WITH, UM BUT SUSTAINABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY GOALS ARE ALSO. WE HAVE RINGO AND COST YEARS TOO. SO IF A RESIDENT WAS TO PUT A RING GARDEN IN THEIR ON THEIR PROPERTIES, SO RING GARDEN IS A DEPRESSION IN THE GROUND ON THAT COLLECTS WATER. USUALLY, YOU CAN, UM PUT IT DOWN SPOUT TOWARDS IT, OR SOMETIMES IT'S A RUNOFF FROM PAVEMENT, BUT IT COLLECTS THAT STORM WATER INFILTRATION INTO THE GROUND. AND THEN USUALLY THERE'S AN OUTLET FOR OVERFLOWS SO JUST TO KEEP ON FROM ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES OR PROBLEMS HAPPENING. UM SO WE DO HAVE A $250 COST YEAR PROGRAM. SO THE RESIDENT BASICALLY CONTEXT US GETS THE INFORMATION. WE WORK WITH THEM ON SITE AS FAR AS GIVING THEM GUIDANCE ON HOW TO DO IT. AND THEN ONCE THEY COMPLETED, THEY RETURN EVERYTHING THE RECEIPTS AND EVERYTHING BACK TO US, AND WE ARE FORGIVE THEM A KOSHER OF UP TO $250. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT'S IN NEW ALBANY. YOU GUYS CAN RUN WITH UM, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OUTREACH MATERIALS. WE DO MONTHLY OUTREACH. IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. GO TO OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS. WE HAVE BACKYARD CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE INFORMATION GOING OUT. AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH, UM UH, AND FORGET. IS IT JOSH NOW? JOSH COHEN. THANK YOU. JOSH. POLAND GETS IN UM, I'M SURE MIKE AND OTHER PEOPLE GET A REGULAR LIKE PR EMAILS, TOO. SO WE HAVE PACKAGING OF LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF THAT CAN COME OUT, SO WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF IN OUR OFFICE. UM WE ALSO HAVE PICK UP POOP OR POP PROGRAM. UM THAT. WE DO GIVE INFORMATION, NABI. I THINK, UM THAT RUNS OUT OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED FOR THAT. UM. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THERE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION OR OFFICE. SO IF YOU'RE DOING ANYTHING, ANY MESSAGING OR INFORMATION, YOU WANT TO GET OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS TO DO WITH LEE. AND YOU, SIR. PLANTS OR TREES OR STREAM PROTECTION. YOU DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. YOU CAN COLOR OFFICE AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE TEXT AND YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT AFTER THAT, SO, UM HOPEFULLY, WE CAN BE A RESOURCE AND SAVE YOU TIME. UM IF YOU'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION, WE ALSO ANOTHER WILL BE AT THE TOUCH OF TRUCK EVENTS IN NEW WILL BE ON AUGUST 19TH.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND. I DON'T KNOW IF I REALLY GIVE YOU JUSTICE, HOW BIG THESE PROGRAMS ARE AND HOW MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE. BUT THE TAKE HOME MESSAGE. I HOPE YOU GUYS HERE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND WE CAN BE RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM OR, YOU KNOW SOME OF OUR BEST PROGRAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
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THAT WE'RE GENIUSES, AND WE INVENTED ALL THESE PROGRAMS. WE DID NOT, UM, THEY USUALLY CAME FROM A PARTNER REQUEST. UM LIKE , HEY, FRANKLIN. SOME WATER. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS TO DO THIS ? OR DO YOU THINK YOU COULD, UM , HELP WITH THAT? I THINK OUR LATEST ONE IS CITY COMPASS IS ASKING US TO DO $2500 BUSINESS REBATES TO GET BUSINESSES TO PLANT MORE NEEDED PLANTS AND TREES ON ON THEIR PROPERTY, SO WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. REACH OUT TO US AND WE WILL SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE A QUESTION.THANK YOU. AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS AT THE BEGINNING. UM, A LOT OF THIS STUFF YOU MENTIONED, UM , IS REALLY IT'S ACTUALLY VERY WONDERFUL. AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE 20 FAMILIES THAT HAS TAKEN A RAIN BARREL. UM IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO NOT THIS YEAR, BUT, UM, WE DO USE OUR RAIN BARREL SO THAT THEIR PROGRAMS FOR PRIVATE CITIZENS.
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE, AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU WORK ON WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU WORK WITH THE CITIES OR OR DO YOU BECAUSE WE, UM, IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE, WE ALSO, UM, TALK ABOUT HOW WE AS A COMMISSION CAN PARTNER WITH THE CITY AS WELL. SO JUST WONDERING MORE ABOUT SO NEW ALBANY SPECIFICALLY OR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, COMPANIES SPECIFICALLY, I GUESS, BUT OR WHAT POTENTIAL IS THERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR PROGRAM REPORT REALLY KIND OF GIVES YOU A NICE SNIPPET OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY. UM NOBODY'S UM . ONE OF OUR BIGGER PARTNERS LIKE WE ACTUALLY IN NEW ALBANY DO HELP DIRECTLY WITH THE STORMWATER PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
I'M SO WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A LOT OF AREAS ALREADY KNEW ALL WE NEED FOR THE STORM WATER.
SO UM, WE HAVE RUN THE STORMWATER COMMITTEE MEETINGS. MAKE SURE THOSE THOSE KIDS SCHEDULED AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, OKAY. WHAT OUTREACH PROGRAMS? ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR TO MEET BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT MEETING THE STORMWATER PERMIT. THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH NEW ALBANY. UM WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO OUTSIDE THE PERMIT AND DO NATURAL RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, BE HAPPY AS A CLAM, BUT OUR FOCUS IS GETTING COMPLIANCE WITH STORMWATER PERMIT. SO IT'S LIKE MAKING SURE THEY LIKE THE MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE SITE IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO TO KEEP POLLUTION ON THEIR SITE FOR THE PERMIT, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED OUT OF THE PERMIT. UM BIO, HIGHLY P. A UM, WRITING ASSISTANCE WITH POST CONSTRUCTION SITES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WHERE NEEDED SO FOR STORMWATER YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO REGULAR CONSTRUCTION SITE INSPECTIONS PLANE REVIEWS. I'M NOT GETTING THAT IN THE RIGHT ORDER WHATSOEVER IN THAT POST CONSTRUCTION, LIKE FIRST CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ARE THOSE FACILITIES THAT COLLECT THE STORMWATER IN IDEALLY TREAT THE STORM WATER BEFORE THEY RUN OFF INTO THE STREETS, SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE UM WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, SO YOU KNOW THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, AND WE GIVE THEM WHATEVER SUPPORT THAT NEW ALBANY NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH THE PERMIT AND MAKING SURE THOSE UM POST CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ARE THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. SO, UM RIGHT NOW. YOU HELP WITH THE COMPLIANCE AND JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. BUT THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT TO HELP. CITY DO MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. QUESTIONS REQUIRE. YEAH AND I DON'T THINK IT IS NOT LIKE THAT COMMUNITY THAT'S MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS LIKE THEY'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS THE TYPES OF PARTNERS WE WANT TO WORK WITH, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO DO AND WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO DO MORE.
UM, I THINK THE PUBLIC BUSINESSES. THEY DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT STORMWATER. THINK ENOUGH ABOUT WATER QUALITY. THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT ENOUGH ABOUT LAND USE, AND THE INFORMATION IS ALWAYS CHANGING TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YES. FANTASTIC I'M ALSO ONE OF THE 20, BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I WENT TO TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS FAMILY BECAUSE I WAS. YEAH, I WENT TO ONE AND JOHANNA THAT'S THERE WASN'T ONE OF NEW ALBANY WHEN I WAS MOMENT OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO RIGHT, SARAH OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES TO HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR US AND HOW WE CAN BETTER REACH THE BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS ARE AMENDABLE. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE IDEAS, SHOOT THEM OVER TO US, AS FAR AS HEY, THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT TO GET YOUR INFORMATION OUT AT OR UM, I LOOKED WEDNESDAY YOUR COMMITTEE BACKYARDS PROGRAM FOR NO, ALBANY. THIS MIGHT WORK BETTER. UM, JUST GIVE US THE FEEDBACK. YOU ARE BROUGHT UP ON A REGULAR BASIS. I KNOW AT LEAST I BRING IT UP. I MEAN, JUST IN TERMS OF BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIVE PLANTING OFFERINGS AND NO ONE THE VALUE DRIVE INTO TOWN TO GET TO THAT. IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO A SATELLITE, MAYBE PICK UP OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WORK MAYBE TOWARDS DOING THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. YES, WE ARE. YOUR GAME FOR ALMOST ANY FANTASTIC THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. UH THE REVISED[VII. Other Business]
AGENDA WILL HAVE THE UPPER ARLINGTON GROUP SIDE COMPASS. PILOT AMAZON WALK US THROUGH.OKAY SO I REACHED OUT TO KATIE BREEZE FROM UPPER ARLINGTON AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS ON THEIR CURBSIDE COMPOST. UM PICKUP PROGRAM. UM, AND THEY UM. THEY WANT A GRANT FROM THE U. S. D A TWO TO COMPLETE THIS TO ROLL OUT THIS PICKUP UM, COMPOST PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY, THEY HAVE THEY'RE SLATED TO HAVE 745 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING THIS FALL. WITH AN 83% WEEKLY SET OUT RATE. UM. AND BECAUSE OF THE GRANT, THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER THIS FREE TO THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEY HAVE RE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT GOING FORWARD. IT'S CURRENTLY SET TO EXPIRE, SO THEY'RE REAPPLYING AND THEY SHOULD FIND OUT IN THE FALL. UM IF THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM GOING, AND HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING, THEN TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM TO 1200 TO 1400 HOUSEHOLDS. UM I DID LOOK AT MORE DETAILS INTO THAT GRANT.
AND IT CLOSES IN JUNE. UM AND I'M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IF THAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL OPPORTUNITY OR BIANNUAL. EVERY OTHER YEAR. UM. OVERALL THE RESIDENT FEEDBACK HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE FOR THAT. I DID NOT GET DETAILS ON HOW IT COMPARES TO THEIR DROP OFF PROGRAM, BUT THEY DO OFFER BOTH STILL. UM AND THEY COMPLETED A SURVEY FOR PARTICIPANTS. IN IN THE PICKUP PROGRAM, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE 80% OF PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY AT LEAST 3 TO $5 PER MONTH FOR THAT. UM CURRENTLY, THEIR CONTRACT IS $10 PER HOUSEHOLD.
AND THEY EXPECT THAT ANY FUTURE CONTRACT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE 15 TO $17 PER HOUSEHOLD RANGE. UM POTENTIALLY OFFSETTING THAT BY A THIRD IF RESIDENTS ARE WILLING TO PAY THAT MUCH. HMM.
THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL KIND OF IN THAT IN THAT PHASE OF TRYING TO DECIDE BUT THAT NEXT STEP WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEM. UM ANY QUESTIONS? SO. I GUESS WHO'S OPERATING THE CURVES? I PICK UP SO THEY USE GO ZERO AND I DID. SO WE HAD A WEEKLY OR QUARTERLY TOUCH BASE WITH THE FOOD WASTE, UM REDUCTION GROUP. THE REGIONAL FOOD WASTE REDUCTION GROUP. POST ADVICE WACO AND BEXLEY WAS ALSO ON THAT CALL, THEY SAID THEY USE UM, A COMPANY. THAT'S IT'S BEEN REBRANDED. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY INNOVATIVE ORGANICS, AND NOW IT'S BEEN. IT'S BEEN REBRANDED TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD THE LOWEST BIT AT THE TIME, AND THEY'VE KEPT WITH THEM SINCE THEY STARTED. UM THEY OFFSET THE COST TO BY RESIDENTS PAYING, UM THEY COLLECT. UM THOSE CHARGES FROM RESIDENTS ANYWAY FOR OTHER UTILITIES, UM SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT KIND OF SYSTEM IN PLACE TO COLLECT THOSE FUNDS. UM WHICH WOULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR NEW ALBANY. UM SO SORRY. UM THAT WAS BEXLEY. NEW UPPER ARLINGTON USES GO ZERO. UM AND THEY THEY PICKED THEM UP, AND I THINK THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DAYS THAT THEY SET OUT. UM BASED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE IN THEY'VE SET THEM OUT. COME BY AND PICK THEM UP. UM WHAT WAS AN INTERESTING PIECE OF FEEDBACK FROM BEXLEY WAS, THEY SAID IF THEY WOULD DO IT AGAIN, THEY WOULD USE SEPARATE COMPANIES FOR PICKUP VERSUS LIKE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPOST ITSELF. SO POTENTIALLY HAVING SOMEONE JUST COME BY TO PICK UP ALL THE COMPOST AND TAKE IT TO BUTTON LIKE THE O P I FACILITY WHERE WE WOULD TAKE OUR PUMPKINS IN THE FALL. UM AND I HAVE JUST GOT THAT TODAY. SO I HAVEN'T RESPONDED AND ASKED HER WHY, BUT I AM HAPPY TO LOT MORE. HMM. BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HAPPY WITH COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW. IT'S INTERESTING. YEAH. GIVE THEM
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BACK ON THAT. INTERESTING THAT ARLINGTON CHOSE TO KEEP THEIR DROP OFF PROGRAM GOING EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DOING THE CURBSIDE. SEEMS LIKE YOU WOULD YOU CAN SAVE SOME MONEY IF YOU STOP THE DROP OFF PROGRAM AND USE THAT TOWARDS THEM. I THINK THEIR PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THE GRANT FUNDING THEY RECEIVED COULD NOT AND GOES, YOUR CAPACITY COULD NOT COVER THE ENTIRE CITY, SO THEY JUST COULDN'T OFFER IT TO EVERYONE. THAT'S REALLY OFFERING IT TO CERTAINLY OR JUST AS CAP A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS SORT OF THING. THEY KEPT IT. I THINK FIRST AT 600, THEN THEY'VE SLOWLY UM BEEN WORKING UP BASED ON CAPACITY, YOU MIGHT KNOW MORE, YES. UM SO INITIALLY, THAT'S WHERE I LIVE IN. SO INITIALLY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD WASN'T AVAILABLE, SO I MISSED OUT ON IT. BUT SINCE WE MUST I MUST HAVE MISSED THE EMAIL. BUT UM, I SEE IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD NOW, THE BUCKETS AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAYS, SO I THINK THEY KIND OF EXPANDED IT BY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T COVER THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY KEPT THE DROP OFF. SO MAYBE ADRIAN AND THIS IS A QUESTION, MAYBE MORE FOR YOU. BUT DID THEY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT PERFECT. TRAFFIC FROM THE TRUCKS. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT? AS A I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCE THAT, UM I MEAN, IN UPPER ARLINGTON LIKE YARD WAYS, RECYCLING AND TRASH IS ALL ON THE SAME DAY. AND SO THERE'S ALREADY THREE TRUCKS GOING ON.FOR ME. IT'S WEDNESDAY AND THEN I THINK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD COMPOST IS THURSDAY, SO HAVEN'T NOTICED EVER HEARD. YOU KNOW ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT THAT? IS THERE ANY WAY TO CALCULATE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE FOR US? IF WE THEY CAN COST FOR. PARTICIPANT LIKE THE DROP OFF PERSONS. THEY THIS SYSTEM. I MEAN, I THINK THE GRANT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPTION IF YOU CAN GET THAT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. HOW MUCH MORE WOULD IT BE? UM SO I KNOW UPPER ARLINGTON. I CAN PULL UP THE EXACT FIGURES, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING IN THE BALLPARK OF UM THEIR PROVISIONS FOR THIS LIMITED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WAS BALLPARK000. UM. OF COURSE, IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE IT TO THE WHOLE CITY. IT WOULD BE MORE I THINK, AND THAT'S WHERE UM, THAT DIFFERENCE IN COST FOR A FUTURE CONTRACT WOULD BE UM AND SO. CURRENTLY FOR OUR GO GO ZERO CONTRACT FOR WEEKLY PICKUP AT THE THREE DIFFERENT SITES. UM, IT'S UNDER 20,000. UM YEAH.
THIS WAS ONLY OFFERED TO RESIDENTIAL USES. I BELIEVE SO. THEY HAVE ANY AND TURN IT ALL ABOUT THE POLLUTION DRUGS. THEY HAVE NOT MENTIONED THAT. UM AND I AM HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT MORE AND I'M I'M CURIOUS IF ANY OF YOU HAVE MORE DATA COMPARING LIKE WHAT IS. THE OFFSET BETWEEN LIKE METHANE PRODUCED IN THE LANDFILL FROM THE FOOD WASTE VERSUS WHO WERE TRAPPED. HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WOULD COMPOST VERSUS THE TRUCKS? I THE ONLY THING I REMEMBER IS WAY THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE FIRST TALKING TO GO ZERO. THEY HAD SOME DATA THAT SHOWED THAT MOST PEOPLE DROPPED OFF THEIR COMPOST AS PART OF ANOTHER TRIP, SO IT WASN'T LIKE THE CAR DRIVING TO THE DROP OFF. WASN'T ADDING MORE AND SO THE TRUCKS WERE CONCERNED, BUT THAT'S REALLY GOOD POINT THAT IF YOU'RE HERE, GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO COMPOST, THEN DOES IT END UP BEING IN THAT? AGAIN. NOT, YOU KNOW. I DO? SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MORE BIG TRUCKS ON THE STREET IS LIKE DO YOU WANT THAT? GET SMARTER THAN THE COMPOST AND THEY REALLY WANT IT SEEMS TO ME. I GUESS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WOULD DO IT IF THEY CAN JUST BRING IT OUT TO THE CURB, VERSUS HAVE TO DROP IT OFF. YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE? WE HAVE, LIKE 200. FAMILIES STILL, I THINK FOR THE DROP OFF IS THAT TRUE? WE HAVE, UM 324 OR ORGANIZATIONS. THAT HAVE SIGNED UP REGISTERED AND THAT'S JUST NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS. I GOTTA IMAGINE THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT WENT OUT AND GOT A BUCKET AND BRING STUFF UP. YEAH WE'RE OFTEN HAVE OUR NUMBERS PRETTY MUCH STAYED. I LOVE YOU CAN PULL UP THE DASHBOARD. IF YOU'RE CURIOUS. IT'S KIND OF FUN TO SEE DATA FILLING IN WITH THE DASHBOARD, SO I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE IT. I JUST WANT TO TRY HIM IN. I JUST GOT ON THE GO ZERO WEBSITE. AND IT IT THEY HAVE SOME DATA ON HERE THAT
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SUGGESTS THAT A FULL GO ZERO CARDS. WHICH IS. 64 GALLONS THAT COULD HOLD UP TO ABOUT £650. UM SO BASICALLY EACH GO ZERO. CART REMOVES THE EQUIVALENT OF 2991 MILES OF DRIVING EMISSIONS. SO IT SEEMS THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THERE'S HALF CARTS, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE NUMBERS ARE VERY VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE COLLECTION. WITH REGARD TO ADMISSIONS AND KIND OF WHAT IS THE NET GAME? YEAH AND THEN DEPENDING ON LIKE WHAT PETE SAID. HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.I THINK YOU HAVE TO WORK IT. I MEAN, THERE'S TWO CHEST CITY ACTUALLY IS VERY TIGHT, SMALL FOOTPRINT UPFRONT. IT'S A FAIRLY SMALL FOOTPRINT. I MEAN, NOBODY EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PURE HOUSEHOLDS. THANK YOU. MIKEY MAY KNOW BETTER. WE LIKE 3000 HOUSEHOLDS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT RANGE OUT. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS TODAY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, I THINK. YEAH, UM BUT I THINK IT YOU KNOW IF YOU START PUTTING LIKE LATE MILES AND TO GET TO THOSE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FEWER HOUSEHOLDS. IT'S GONNA BE MORE TRIPS. I'D BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY WAS TO PICK UP HOUSEHOLDS. END UP ARGENTINE IT SEEMS. I MEAN, I GUESS MAYBE A BENEFIT FOR US IS THERE ARE ALMOST SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE YEAH, KIND OF EASY TO YOU CAN GO THROUGH USED TO USING OURS. LANDON PARKING YOUR IN AND OUT OF THINGS AND AROUND AND YOU CAN DO A FAIR AMOUNT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN PRETTY TIGHT PICKUP AREAS WITH THEM TO YOUR POINT, DRIVE THEM TO THE NEXT ONE, AND DO WHATEVER BUT FROM THE PILOTING STANDPOINT OF A PROGRAM, YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND SOME WAY TO GET IT PRETTY TYPE. CAPSULE. PLEASE. DATA IS I LOVE STAFF. SO I MEAN, THINGS ARE JUST POPULATING HERE. I THINK IT'S FUN THAT WE'VE REACHED THE POINT WHERE WE'VE SURPASSED. IN 2003. THE TOTAL WE COLLECTED IN 2002. BEEN FEWER MONTHS. YEAH. UM. ALSO, IF THERE'S. THE RGS ANALYST AND MYSELF WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHAT POTENTIAL OTHER DATA WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON HERE. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE LIKE IF YOU'D LIKE TO. COMPARE THE WEIGHT COLLECTED, TOO. A WEIGHT OF AN ELEPHANT, OR YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE WHAT? WHAT WOULD YOU BE CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN YOU PUT THIS UP. SO I CAN'T READ THAT FINE PRINT THE AVERAGE WEIGHT. PER HOUSEHOLD. IS THAT REGISTERED HOUSEHOLDS. NO, THAT'S TOTAL HOUSEHOLD. THE NEW ALBANY, OKAY. HEY. I LIKE THE I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMPARING HOW MANY? HOW MANY POUNDS OF ADDITIONS HAVE WE REMOVED LIKE MICHAEL SAYING. IF YOU CAN.
TRANSFER OUT THERE. HOW MANY MY CAR MILES OR SOMETHING? FROM 188. KURTZ. YEAH. PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING. AND I CAN'T RECALL BECAUSE WHEN I PULLED IN JUST LAST OVER THE AT THE STRUCTURE AROUND WAY IS THEIR SIGNAGE INSIDE. THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS LOSE SIGNAGE OUTSIDE, OR DO WE EVER HAVE THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING OUTSIDE THAT SAID GET, UM YOU GO. WE CAN FIND MORE PERMANENT SIGNAGE. THE SIGNAGE WE HAD WAS ATTACKED BY THE HARD WORK, SO THERE'S A SCIENCE INSIDE THAT SAYS WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT PUT IN THERE. UM BUT , YEAH, MORE PERMANENT SIGNAGE ON THE EXTERIOR. DO WE USE ANY BURBAGE IN THERE TO SAY HEY, ARE YOU REGISTERED WITH US? I WONDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING WORTH I HATE SPENDING MONEY ON STUFF THAT'S ALREADY LIKE I MEAN ANYTHING, BUT IF IT DOESN'T PEOPLE TO SAY, OH, YEAH, I HAVEN'T REGISTERED BY JUST REGISTERED FOR COMMUNICATIONS STANDPOINT OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE I TOOK PLACE THIS POINT. I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN 3 24 ACTUALLY USING IT? AND COULD WE SURVEY THOSE? REGISTRATION THOSE HOUSEHOLDS IF YOU WANTED TO BE, AS YOU SAY, WE'VE THREE OF US HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOU REGISTERED. ARE YOU USING IT? ARE YOU YOU KNOW OTHER ISSUES? ARE YOU NOT USING IT AND YOU'D LIKE TO GET YOUR BUCKET BACK, JUST SOME WAVING REENGAGING WITH THOSE FOLKS TO FIND OUT. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT EXCITED ABOUT IT.
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ARE YOU STILL DOING IT OR NOT? WOULD THEY BE INTERESTED IN A DROP OFF PROGRAM IF IT WAS OFFERED, OR I MEAN, WE COULD PUT OUT A SURVEY. THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU GUYS MIGHT FIND USEFUL TO CLICK THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. HOW HOW IS THE. THE PICKUP PROGRAM LIKE HOW IS THAT BUILDS? IT JUST KIND OF WELL, IT'S BUILT HER LIKE RIGHT NOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BRILLIANT NOT GETTING BILLED. ALL NOT BILL, BUT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BUILDING WITH THEIR OTHER UTILITIES. SOMEHOW QUESTION IS HOW IT HOW DOES THE COMPANY PICKING IT UP? CALCULATE THE COST? IS IT JUST FLAT OR IS IT YOU KNOW? FLAT PLUS OF HER HOUSEHOLD. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, I HAD PULLED UP.LET ME SEE. BECAUSE I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY SIGNED UP WOULD PAY THE TRANSITION TO PICK UP. BUT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW MANY PEOPLE AREN'T SIGNED UP. BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DROP OFF, BUT THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE. BUT THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE COST IS BECAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MUCH THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IMPACT, LIKE REALLY IMPACTS. THE COST. IT SEEMS TO ME, LIKE MOST OF THE COST IS PROBABLY JUST LIKE IT IS NOW PAYING FOR THEM TO COME OUT.
COME OUT HERE. AND THEN THE REST OF ITS KIND OF ANCILLARY. BUT YEAH. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY THAT IS REGISTERED. BUT NOT BE INTERESTED IN TAKING OUT. OKAY NEXT QUESTION IS PEOPLE WERE.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HOW MUCH WE CAN GET? OKAY? YEAH, EXACTLY. SO IF WE WANTED TO FIGHT FOR THIS GRANT, IF IT COMES AVAILABLE AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE IN JUNE 24. AND THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO REVISIT. THAT. YEAH I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD DO A SURVEY. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK AT A CERTAIN POINT YOU'RE JUST GONNA YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET A REALLY COMPLETE ANSWER. BUT MAYBE GIVE YOU AN IDEA. BUT IF YOU COULD GET THAT GRANT, AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST YOU KNOW, HAVING PEOPLE OR BEGINNING AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT AND I JUST. I MEAN, LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND THE GREEN AND EVERYTHING IS SMOOTH NOW AND THEN. THAT GRAHAM YOU KNOW, FALLS OFF AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE GETTING CHARGED 20, YOU KNOW $20 A MONTH. THEN YOUR PROGRAM. IT JUST GOES AWAY. YEAH, I KNOW.
WELL, BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE THEN IS JUSTIFYING. HOW MUCH LESS. TRASH ARE YOU GENERATING? SO IF YOU WALK, YOU GET A NEIGHBOR SCOTT TO TRASH BINS ROLLED OUT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT GOES DOWN TO ONE. SO THERE'S AN OFFSET OF THAT. I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE PIECE OF THAT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT STARTS GIVING PEOPLE TOO. YOU KNOW THAT TRASH CAN AND PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT PLACES? MM HMM. I WOULD SAY AS A RESIDENT, AND I'M PROBABLY MORE ATTUNED TO CITY PUBLICATIONS THAT MOST RESIDENTS , BUT THEY HAVE, UM, BEEN PUSHING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU KNOW IF THIS PROJECT OR IF THIS BECOMES A CITYWIDE PROGRAM, THERE MIGHT BE A CAUSE SO IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE SETTING, YOU KNOW, PAVING THAT WAY IN CASE THAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE GRANT GOES AWAY. NOW HOW THAT AFFECTS PARTICIPATION THAT YOU KNOW THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. I WOULD ALSO BE CURIOUS IF. YOU KNOW FOR A JURISDICTION LIKE BEXLEY, WHERE YOU'RE ALREADY BEING CHARGED UTILITIES. IT'S LIKE WHAT'S AN EXTRA $5, BUT FOR NEW ALBANY, WHERE THEY'RE NOT CUTTING UP LIKE THEY'RE NOT WRITING US CHECKS FOR SOMETHING ALREADY, THEN THAT SEEMS LIKE AND EVEN BIGGER TASK. AH, YEAH. YEAH, MAYBE MORE SO THAN THE MONEY. ALL RIGHT. FEELS AGAIN TO ME THAT. THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS WORTH PURSUING IS IF WE I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PARTICIPATION. I GUESS I JUST FELT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN KNOW THAT IS TO ASK. SO BECAUSE LIKE TO DO IT FOR 324 PEOPLE LIKE LIKE THAT STONE. YOU KNOW? WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. YOU'RE SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OF THE ENTRY. THINK WE'RE GONNA GET NEW PEOPLE BEYOND NO SIGNIFICANT NUMBER BEYOND 3 20 IT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE 324 PEOPLE SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'LL DROP IT OFF THAT THEY'LL DROP IT OFF THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW , WHY WOULD WE COMPLICATE THINGS AND PAY MORE MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAPPILY PAYING $20,000 FOR MHM, YOU KNOW, BUT IF WE THINK THAT WE MIGHT DOUBLE PARTICIPATION WITH THAT KIND OF
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INVESTMENT LIKE. TO ME. THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ME. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD FIND MYSELF SUPPORTING. UM I DON'T THINK I WOULD FIND MYSELF SUPPORTING. IT JUST HAPPENED.STAY LEVEL. I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. IN, UM. WHAT ARE THE CONTAINERS LIKE THAT THEY USE FOR PICKUP DO THAT. DOES THE COMPANY PROVIDE CONTAINERS? OR IS IT JUST HAPHAZARD? WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT, IT'S THE SAME BUCKET. THAT WE HAVE OFFERED PEOPLE SO I I'M NOT SURE IF THE CITY PROVIDES THAT, BUT THEY MUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL THE SAME BRANDED BUCKET.
OKAY? YEAH, THEY HAVE, UM. FOR THEIR WEBSITE PROGRAM COSTS. THEY BUDGETED $16,000 JUST FOR BUCKETS IN LINERS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR RESIDENTS. SO THE COMPANY DIDN'T DO IT. THE CITY DID CORRECT. THE $15 PREDICTED THAT WAS GOING TO BE PER MONTH. PER HOUSEHOLD. YES.
AND WE CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR OUR COMPASS PROGRAM. 20,000 NEIGHBORHOOD, 17 18 INCREASED WHEN WE ADDED THE CART, SO WE PAY BY CARD AND PICKUPS. OKAY, UM I MEAN, I THINK OUR MONTHLY BILLS OR BETWEEN LIKE 17. ABOUT $1700 A MONTH, OKAY? WHO PICKS UP THEIR YARD WASTE. IS IT WRONG? KEYSTONE? YEAH I STILL CIRCLE BACK TO THIS THING ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ENGAGE WRONKI ON. HAVING A COMPLETE ORGANICS. PICK UP AND YEAH, ALL IN ONE CONTAINER. AND. SECTORS COMPANIES EXIST THAT DO THAT, SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE WHAT THE IF THERE BE ANY SUPPORT FOR IDEA FROM THEM, TOO. LAUNCHED THAT. YEAH I HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE CONSORTIUM THAT THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY PARTICIPATES IN. RELATIVE TO, UM. OUR OUR TRASH PICK UP OUR RECYCLING SERVICE AS WELL AS OUR YARD WASTE PICKUP. UM SO FROM KEY IS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A MUCH LARGER, EXPANDED NURSE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE COLLECTION AREA FOR ALL OF THE RECYCLABLES AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY SUBSTANTIALLY. UM THERE. THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITHIN THE CONSORTIUM THAT THERE IS AN INTEREST TO EXPLORE. OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM YOU KNOW THE CURBSIDE PICKUP UM, AND THAT . THAT WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON VENDORS THAT WOULD BE EVEN ELIGIBLE TO. TO PLACE A BID OR TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE INTEREST IN SERVING THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. SO I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR OF SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AND CERTAINLY WITHIN OUR CONSORTIUM , SO I KNOW THAT LIKE MOVING FORWARD OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS ON OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT. BUT I KNOW THAT WILL VERY MUCH BE A PART OF FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AS WE CONSIDER WHAT IS WHAT WHAT'S ON OUR WISH LIST FOR FUTURE COLLECTION SO GREAT BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT RIGHT? THAT'S THAT STILL GIVES THEM THREE TRUCKS. IT'S NOT A FORD TRUCK ADDED ON AND I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE BUY IN FROM THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE MUCH GREATER BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT SAYING I'M JUST PUTTING OUT FOOD WASTE AND PUTTING OUT ANYTHING THAT I PUT OUT MY BRANCHES LEAVES WHATEVER THEIR FOOD WITH IT, SO. PERSPECTIVE OF THE $10. PER HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH WITH OUR CURRENT FUNDING WE COULD DO ABOUT 100. 40 HOUSES. A YEAR. WITH THE CURBSIDE. WITHOUT ANY GRANTS OR ANYTHING AT $10 IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 1000 YEAH, WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE REACHING 324, AT LEAST YEAH. COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, UM. YOU FEELING GOOD ABOUT HAVING DID YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO THE 2024 PRIORITY DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY SORT OF TAKING ANY ACTIONS WERE JUST GOING THROUGH AND DISGUSTING. OKAY. OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THAT. I WANTED TO BE SURE OF THAT. ENOUGH OF US COULD BE HERE TO HAVE DEFINITELY IN THIS CONVERSATIONS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT MONSTER. SO ALL OF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A DRAFT WORK PLAN FOR 2024, AND I'LL
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PREFACE THAT BY GOING THROUGH THE SURVEY RESULTS. THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COMPLETE THAT SURVEY. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. UM SO IT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE FIVE BROAD RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE FIRST BEING TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE BIODIVERSITY AND WATER AND AIR QUALITY. AND UM, THE TOP THREE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ARE VOTED FOR THE FIRST TO PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING FORCE, WILDLIFE HABITAT STREAM CORRIDORS AND WETLANDS. THE SECOND IS IMPLEMENT NATIVE MEADOW AND PRAIRIE RESTORATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY AND THE THIRD CREATE AND MAINTAIN NATURAL CORRIDORS THAT LINK WOODLAND STREAMS AND HABITATS. UM AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE MORE BROAD THAN OTHERS. BUT YOUR FEEDBACK I PUT HERE IN THE COMMENTS, SOME HIGHLIGHTS. THINKING ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IS TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE INSPIRATION FOR RESIDENTS, DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND ACCESS TO SUPPLIES AND EXPERTS. TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS LESS INTIMIDATING. UM ALSO INVESTIGATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY.UM AND BUDGET FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND PURCHASING LAND ALONG THOSE LINES. IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BOARD AND H O S. WORK WITH STATE AND COUNTY PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY ANILINE NATURAL HABITAT CORRIDORS. INTEGRATE. UM THE BOARD'S EFFORTS INTO BROADER COMMUNITY PLANNING EFFORTS. AND USE AREAS NEAR POPULAR WALKWAYS OR ROADS TO TURN INTO MEADOWS AND YOU SIGN IT TO EXPLAIN. WHY THAT'S HAPPENING. THAT'S THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION. AND UM, THE WORK PLAN THAT I PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. HAS SOME INITIAL IDEAS FOR HOW TO TRANSLATE THESE THOUGHTS INTO ACTIONABLE ITEMS FOR US GOING FORWARD. UM. I'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THE RESULTS FIRST BEFORE YOU COULDN'T DO THAT. THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES WITHIN THE CITY. AND BEYOND WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TOWARDS THE TOP THREE. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL STATIONS IN THE CITY WORK TO PROVIDE MORE CONVENIENT AND SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY CHOICES TO THE COMMUNITY. CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE CITY'S ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET. UM AND SO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS KIND OF UM TALKED ABOUT H O S AND THE SOLAR CODE. SOME COMMENTS THEN ALSO FOCUSED ON PROVIDING INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS OR EVEN LOOKING INTO BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES. UM.
ENCOURAGING THE CITY TO INSTALL SOLAR ON ALL OF ITS BUILDINGS AND TAKE POLICY STANCES THAT ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS TO DO THE SAME. DETERMINE WAYS OF IMPROVING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD AND BROADER CITY PLANNING EFFORTS. I THINK THAT'S A THEME THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT. FOR THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION CONTINUE TO REDUCE WASTE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CITY SERVICES. UM THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT COMPOSTING. THE TOP TWO RECOMMENDATIONS WERE RELATED TO COMMERCIAL COMPOST OPPORTUNITIES IN VILLAGE CENTER , AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. THAT WASN'T IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, BUT THAT CAME OUT ON TOP. THE SECOND BEING IMPLEMENTED CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM AND THE THIRD BEING SUPPORT AND EXPAND COMMUNITY GARDENS AS WELL AS LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION. UM AND SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK HERE, UM VILLAGE CENTER IS THE NEXT OBVIOUS LOCATION FOR COMPOSTING. UM WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND PUSH COUNCIL TO ENCOURAGES ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO ADOPT IT. UM ENCOURAGE FEWER SINGLE USE. PLASTICS MIGHT BE MOST CRITICAL , UM, AND START WITH THE CITY, SETTING AN EXAMPLE. AND COMMUNICATING. WHY, UM THINGS LIKE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES THAT EVENTS FOR COMPOSTABLE PRODUCTS WAS, UM THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES PROVIDED. CURBSIDE COMPOSTING IS REALLY APPEALING. UM SURVEY CURRENT COMPOST PROGRAM USERS. SURVEY LOCAL BUSINESSES. UM,
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PROVIDE PICKUPS FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. UM MORE PEOPLE WOULD PARTICIPATE IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO HAUL IT TO DROP OFF BINS. INCLUDE THE RESTAURANTS IN THE PILOT PICKUP PROGRAM AND SURVEY HOW MUCH FOOD WASTE RESTAURANTS ARE PRODUCING BEFORE STARTING THE PROGRAM. UM SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH TO EXPECT. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A KEY PIECE. UM IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO BUDGET FOR THAT. AND, UM SEE A CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE SINGLE USE PLASTICS. UM SO BETWEEN SINGLE USE PLASTICS AND COMPOSTING. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THEMES AND THOSE COMMENTS. THE FOURTH RECOMMENDATION. UM FOR COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES HAPPENING IN NEW ALBANY. UM THE TOP VOTED RECOMMENDATION. WAS CREATED A ONE STOP ONLINE SUSTAINABILITY RESOURCE DATABASE. UM. WORK WITH LOCAL PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMMING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. BUT IT SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR HAVING THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT TODAY. CONDUCT SCHOOL OUTREACH ON SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS. AND SO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS HERE WE'RE FOCUSED ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE SO AN ONLINE RESOURCE OR WEB PAGE. ONE THING THAT. I THOUGHT WAS AN INTERESTING IDEA WAS INITIATE A PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS COMMERCIAL. BUSINESSES OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT THEY COULD SIGN ON FOR THIS COULD BE A TIERED RECOGNITION PROGRAM THROUGH A WINDOW MAGNET OR CAR DECAL. THAT SHOWS ONE'S AWARENESS AND PRACTICE LEVEL RELATED TO THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES. I THOUGHT THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS RELATED TO HOW TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL, SOME MORE WORKING WITH ALL GRADE LEVELS COLLABORATE WITH THE SCHOOLS. UM AND THERE'S INTEREST FROM THE P T. O ON THE SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS ALREADY. UM. SOMEONE SUGGESTED SHARING SOMETHING AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK. UM AND UM PUTTING THOSE TIPS OUT THERE. WHETHER IT'S PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHERE TO RECYCLE UNUSUAL ITEMS. AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY WAS TO DEVELOP MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND TRACKING. THE TOP VOTED ITEM WAS COMPLETELY SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN. THE SECOND WAS CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL ENERGY BENCHMARKING ASSESSMENT.AND THE THIRD WAS STRIVE TO BECOME A PLATINUM COMMUNITY THROUGH MARK SEE, SUSTAINABLE 2050 PROGRAM. SO, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THESE COMMENTS WAS HAVING TANGIBLE GOAL AND CHECKLIST TO KEEP EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. USE MORE FSI STANDARDS TO ESTABLISH CATEGORIES FOR BENCHMARKING. UM A COUPLE OF TIMES I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT BENCHMARKING GUIDELINES FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, SO RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THEY COULDN'T DO AND JUST HAVE A CHECKLIST. AH! THEN SOMEONE POINTED OUT THAT AS THE BOARD THE BOARD SHOULD BE CHEERLEADERS TO HELP THE CITY STATE FOCUSED ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. LOOK AT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND MODEL THE BOARD AFTER THAT. UM GUEST SPEAKERS OR EXPERT CONSULTANTS WILL HELP. UM AND MAKING SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD PRODUCES HAVE REAL TEETH AND NOT JUST UM, FOCUSED ON CERTIFICATIONS. UM. SO YEAH. ANY THOUGHTS JUST ON THE SURVEY RESULTS. SO. TAKING THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. I CREATED A DRAFT WORK PLAN. I WOULD LOVE AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS YOU CAN GET ON THIS, UM REALLY HOPING TO BREAK THESE THINGS INTO ACTIONABLE THINGS THAT THE BOARD CAN WORK ON. UM SO. BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, I PULLED OUT THOSE CORRECTIVE IT EASE. UH UM, EARTH DATA ARBOR DAY RECYCLING AND COMPOST EVENTS AND COMPOST MANAGEMENT. BUT THEN I TOOK THE OTHERS AND THOUGHT ABOUT THE ONGOING PROGRAMS. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WHAT POTENTIALLY, WE COULD BE WORKING ON BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN NEW PROGRAMS THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR FEEDBACK. SO THESE CORE ACTIVITIES. UM I DON'T NEED TO FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THESE, UM THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SO FAR. UM . THEN THE ONGOING PROGRAMS WE
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HAVE THE STUDENT LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS. UM CASEY AND ADRIAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON YES. SO WE'VE THE BOARD APPROVED THAT FRAMEWORK AND JUNE MAYBE AND SO WE'VE KIND OF REFINED IT OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND REALLY WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW HOW ALL THE DETAILS RELATED TO THAT WOULD WORK, SO I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD STRUCTURE THERE, AND WE'RE READY TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON IT. I'VE BRIEFED THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN LAUNCHED. I THINK WE CAN STILL HIT OUR TARGET FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL. THEY EAT THAT ANNA HAD WORKED WITH AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND, UM, I THOUGHT ABOUT REACHING OUT TO SANDY AS WELL. JUST REALLY, TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE TO THE STUDENTS AS BEST WE CAN. OUR TIMING WAS WE WOULD RELEASE THE APPLICATION AND AT THE START OF SCHOOL, WE WOULD HOLD SOME WORKSHOPS Q AND A SESSIONS. ITS STUDENTS HAD SOME QUESTIONS TO COME IN HERE AND THEN I THINK WE HAD AN OCTOBER 31ST DEADLINE FOR THE APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD THEN COME TO THE BOARD FOR DECISION. SO OTHER THINGS IN THE ONGOING PROGRAM. CATEGORY WOULD BE UM. THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS YEAR, UM , THE INVASIVE TREE AND TRIP TRADE IN PROGRAM AND THE SUSTAINABLE NATIVE LANDSCAPE GRANT PROGRAM. THINKING OF TIMELINE. BECAUSE. FALL IS A GOOD PLANTING SEASON. UM, I'M WE CAN TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE FRAMEWORKS DONE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WE CAN ALSO WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE FRAMEWORKS THIS FALL POTENTIALLY CARRY THE IMPLEMENTATION TO THE SPRING, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE GOOD. UM SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. UM LATER AND SEE KIND OF IF YOU WANT TO KEEP KEEP PURSUING THOSE TWO THINGS. UM. THAT'S UP TO YOU. UM I ALSO DID REVIEW AND UPDATE THE SUSTAINABLE 2050 STATUS ANNUALLY AND, UH, PRESENCE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. AND WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS WASTE DRIVE AND THE INFORMATION I WAS TRYING TO NOT TO WONDERING LIKE WHEN TO DROP THAT BOMB. UM I AM HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE A HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER. 21ST. FROM 8 TO 12. ALL RIGHT. YOUR WAIST READY? YEAH YEAH, THAT'S FUNNY BASEMENTS, KITTY LITTER IN A BUNCH OF OLD PAINT CANS AND I SHOULD HAVE WAITED UM YOU CAN COME TAKE SOME OF MINE. RIGHT? EVERYBODY, EVERY BASEMENTS GATSON. YEP SO KEEP THAT SAVED UP. UM OCTOBER 21ST, AND I THINK WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL HOPE TO HAVE A LOT OF YOU THERE TO HELP WITH THAT. UM E. I IS THE COMPANY WE WILL BE WORKING WITH. FOR THAT THEY ARE SWEET COZ RECOMMENDED. ORGANIZATION. UM AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING OUT ABOUT 15 PEOPLE. STAFF TO HELP WITH THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. UM, AND THEN THEY JUST RECOMMENDED A FEW PEOPLE TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, WHICH WE KNOW CHARLES IS GREAT, BUT SO I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU THAT I'M NOT HERE THAT WEEKEND. WHAT WAS IT? OCTOBER, 21ST FROM EIGHT TO NOON. I'LL SIGN UP EXACTLY DAY LAURA VAST. RIGHT RED HAT. I WANT SOME FLASHLIGHTS OR WHATEVER LIKE THEY USE AT THE AIRPORT. UM THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND THEN NEW PROGRAMS. INCLUDE UM SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I TRIED TO PULL FROM YOUR FEEDBACK. AND EVEN AS I READ THESE, THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT WE COULD ADD SO UM HELP ME PICK THROUGH THESE AND DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT. INCLUDING PROMOTION AND EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON BENEFITS OF NATIVE LANDSCAPING. THIS COULD BE JUST A PURELY EDUCATIONAL THING WHERE WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA. UM WHERE HAVE OPEN HOUSES HAVE FRANKLIN CHINESE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROMOTE THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED TODAY? THE NEXT IS DETERMINED GOALS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES IN THE CITY. UM THIS WOULD JUST BE THAT KIND OF PRELIMINARY STEP OF HOW[00:55:01]
DOES THE BOARD WENT TO APPROACH MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.NOTHING. THE NEXT RELATED TO COMPOST PROGRAM. I INCLUDED CONDUCT SURVEY WITH COMPOST REGISTRANTS AS WELL AS WELL AS THE AS WELL AS THE GREATER COMMUNITY. UM TO DETERMINE CURRENT PROGRAM STRENGTHS, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BUY IN FOR EXPANDING THE PROGRAM. AND THEN DEVELOPED FRAMEWORK FOR COMMERCIAL COMPLEX PROGRAM FOR VILLAGE CENTER. I ALSO INCLUDED LATER IN THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. UM YES DOING RESEARCH AND INVITING PEOPLE IN WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A COMMERCIAL COMPOST PROGRAM. UM YOU KNOW, HAVING FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE SIDE OF THINGS. THEN CREATE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND REQUEST QUOTES FOR A CURBSIDE FOOD WASTE COMPOST PROGRAM EXPANSION. CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR REDUCING WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH CITY OPERATED EVENTS. DEVELOPED WEBSITE RESOURCE FOR THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR A GREEN NEW ALBANY OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. TITLED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE FOR BUSINESSES. OR AS THAT COMMENT SUGGESTED POTENTIALLY RESIDENTS IF THEY WANT A MAGNET ON THEIR CAR THAT SAYS THERE A GREEN STEWARD OF THE COMMUNITY. UM AND THEN FINALLY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER WAYS, AND THIS WAS AGAIN A COMMON THEME IN THE COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF SUSS OUT HOW YOU WANT THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN AND MAYBE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD HOPE TO. GET OUT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, SO THAT WAS A LOT ANY INITIAL FACTS. ANYTHING'S YOU'RE LIKE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO. TAKE TIME TO DO THAT, OR THINGS THAT ARE MISSING. AND MAYBE MORE BROADLY.
DOES THIS FEEL I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FROM THESE EVENTS BASED THINGS TO MORE PROGRAMMATIC OR POLICY BASED CONVERSATIONS AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT IS ADDRESSED IN THESE ACTIONS? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT VARIETY? IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A NICE BLEND. CERTAINLY ABOUT. BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND WORK UP IN THE AIR WITH WITH SOME CONVERSATIONS, UM I'LL JUST I'LL SHARE THE THOUGHT. AND I THINK IF YOU'RE THE SUB, SHARED INDIVIDUALLY WITH OTHER STAFF IS THAT, UM IT ALMOST SEEMS AND KIND OF LOOKING AT YOU, CASEY, THIS IS A PROVOKING. IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING SUB GROUPS OF THE BOARD THAT COULD BREAK AND DO. SOME THREE OR FOUR MEMBERS CAN FOCUS ON SOME SPECIFIC HERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT SPECIFIC ADULT DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S A DIDN'T PLANNING. OR MAYBE IT'S A SUBGROUP GOES OFF AND WORKS WITH STEFAN CONVERSATIONS. AND THEN THERE'S. REPORTING THAT COMES BACK IN ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SO YOU KNOW IT MIGHT ADD AN ADDITIONAL MEETING. TIME FRAME FOR MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WERE OPEN TO THAT, BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS. LIKE YOU GUYS DO A FEW THINGS FOR COUNCIL, BUT IT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL THIS AND ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND FRANK KEEPS THEM TRACTION GOING WITH THINGS. ALMOST SEEMS UNTENABLE. BUT, UM SO WE JUST COULDN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT.
THAT SEEMED LIKE FROM A STRUCTURE STANDPOINT. I MEAN, IT'S BOARD WOULD HAVE THE PURVIEW TO DO. YEAH I KNOW. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE IDEA PANEL. THAT IS HOW THE IDEA PANEL IS STRUCTURED INITIALLY AND APPLICATION THAT HASN'T ACTUALLY WORKED THAT WAY. AND WE'VE WE'VE REALLY MOVED TO HAVING A COMBINED WORKGROUP DURING OUR, UM MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETINGS. NOW WE, UM THE IDEA PANEL DID HAVE SOME FOCUS GROUPS THAT OR EIGHT FOCUS GROUP FOR UM , THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THAT WAS HELD IN. THAT WAS A GROUP OF JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO MET KIND OF PUT TOGETHER THE PROGRAM FOR THAT DAY. UM I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE. IF THERE'S BOARD INTERESTS, AND YOU CAN FIND MEETING TIMES THAT WORKED FOR EVERYBODY, THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A DIFFICULT ASPECT OF IT. WE COULDN'T HAVE A FORUM SO WE'D HAVE TO KEEP IT. YOU KNOW, THREE OR UNDER, UM OR IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE A PUBLIC
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MEETING. UH, IF WE WANTED. TO BE MORE LIKE YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO TO LIKE, MAYBE AN EVERY OTHER MONTH. WHERE WE'D HAVE MORE FOCUSED TOPIC LIKE WORKING SESSIONS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME IDEAS WE COULD COME UP WITH TO SEE IF IT IT MEETS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR MORE KIND OF FOCUSED TIME TO ADVANCE SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND PLUS, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE FIGURED OUT AMONGST OURSELVES AS A AS A WORKING GROUP THAT THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT HAVE REALLY SPECIFIC INTEREST THAT WE WANT TO DIG INTO THAT DEEPER AND OTHERS THAT WANT TO BE A LITTLE MORE ESOTERIC. YEAH, KIND OF AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS OR AREN'T THEY'VE GOT ONE TO SPEND THAT DEEP DIVE IN TO DO THAT TYPE OF THING. CURIOUS WHAT YOU GUYS THINK. WITH THE THREE OF YOU, UM I AM. I AM. I'M GLAD WITH YOUR QUESTION, AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'M ACTUALLY CLEAR ON HOW THESE THINGS GET DONE, BUT I'M ON THE DOOR OR JUST BY NATURE, AND SO I'M WILLING TO DO THINGS TO ADVANCE THESE THINGS AND MAKE THEM HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE AND WHETHER THAT'S IN THIS TIME THAT WE'RE TOGETHER OR BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS LIKE THAT'S THAT'S FINE, BUT I HAVE BRAIN SPACE, FOR INSTANCE, TO SIT DOWN AND, UM START THINKING ABOUT ACTION STEPS FOR DEVELOPING OF BUSINESS COMPOSTING PROGRAM LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AND I CAN PUT ENERGY INTO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MY ROLE, OR IF THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE STAFF LIKE THAT'S JUST NEVER BEEN REALLY CLEAR TO ME, UM WHAT I WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS MEET. ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN LIKE I'M NOT NOTHING HAPPENED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYBODY, YOU KNOW? SO . SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. UM, I THINK FOR US IF THERE THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. SO IF THAT WOULD END UP BEING A PRIORITY OF THIS BOARD FOR 2024, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN PUTTING ON A HAZARDOUS WASTE DRIVE, RIGHT? I MEAN, AH, SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IF THERE IS , YOU KNOW, UNDER THREE OR LESS THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO MAYBE COME IN FOR WORKING GROUP MEETINGS DURING THE DAY. UM AND START KIND OF DIGGING INTO THOSE DETAILS. AND WHAT THAT STRUCTURE IS LIKE, I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT WITH LIKE THESE FRAMEWORKS. SO FOR THE STUDENT GRANT, FOR EXAMPLE, COME TO YOU AND TRY TO GIVE YOU WHAT SOME IDEAS BUT THEN HAVE YOU WORK ON THE FRAMEWORK AND THEN THEN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF CITY STAFF HAS TO IMPLEMENT OURSELVES. BUT I THINK I'M THESE BIGGER LIKE A COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM THAT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TIME. THAT COULD BE THE FOCUS OF AN ENTIRE YEAR. REALLY, IF WE STILL DID ALL THESE OTHER ONGOING CORRECTIVE IT EASE THAT WE HAVE UM, SO MAYBE WE COULD IDENTIFY IT.THREE PERSON WORKING GROUP THAT COULD KIND OF MEAT. MORE REGULARLY TO ADVANCE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. UM SO YEAH, I THINK IF THERE ARE, IF THAT, LIKE, BUBBLES UP TO THE TOP AND YOUR PRIORITIES FOR 2024, THEN WE COULD LOOK AT STRUCTURING IT THAT WAY. YEAH I AGREE. I MEAN, I THINK I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT IDEAS. AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE LIKE, WOW, I LOVE THAT ONE. I LOVE THAT ONE. AND I THINK WE COULD, YOU KNOW KILL OURSELVES, SO WE TRY TO DO THEM ALL, BUT I THINK TO ME I THINK SEVERAL OF US ARE MANY OF US ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF LIKE, OKAY. WHAT'S THE NEXT? YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL TYPE PROJECTS THAT WE COULD REALLY DIG INTO. THAT WAS ONE OF THE YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING THAT WHEN YOU WERE GOING OVER THEM, THAT KIND OF PIQUED MY INTEREST TO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FITS. TO WHAT? YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT THE DROP OF PROGRAM GOING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL COMPOST AND GOING THIS FALL INTO SORT OF FITS WITH THAT MOMENTUM. I THINK AS ONE THAT I THINK IT WOULD TAKE LONGER. IT WOULD BE MORE COMPLEX, UM, IN THE I'D BE WRITING TO DO EXTRA MEETINGS OR BE PART OF THE SUBGROUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT IS A GROUP IF WE COULD YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY. I MEAN, I THINK THE ONGOING PRODUCT PROGRAMS WE HAVE AT THE TOP ARE GREAT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY KEEP THOSE GOING AND THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE ALL CAN PARTICIPATE IN, AND THEY ARE DOING. SOME REALLY GREAT STUFF VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY, ETCETERA, BUT IF WE COULD PICK, YOU KNOW TWO OR THREE OF THESE OTHERS. THAT. THAT SEEMED TO BE EXCITING PEOPLE THAT REALLY ARE ONES WE COULD DIG INTO THAT, TO ME. MAKES SENSE. YOU KNOW, THE OTHERS ARE ONES THAT WE WANT TO DO. BUT MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR OR IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, SO YEAH,
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TO ME. I THINK THAT WAS ONE THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD WAS KIND OF CREATED FOR THAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING. UM, I ALSO HAVE THE IDEA OF SOME SORT OF. INVASIVE TRAIN, SHRUB TRADING PROGRAM OR NATIVE PLANT GIVEAWAY. UM AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK. THE IDEA OF. PROMOTING NATIVE AT LANDSCAPING TO ME, THOSE SORT OF COMBINED, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE AN EVENT WHERE HE MET HAS WELL, MARY LOU OR SOMEBODY THERE WHO COULD GIVE ADVICE BECAUSE ONLY PEOPLE INSTEAD OF MAYBE WANTING TO SIT DOWN FOR AN HOUR MOM WORKSHOP ABOUT THAT, IF THEY KNOW, OKAY, I COME. I BRING INVASIVE PLANT OR BRING MY $10.I'M GONNA GET IN NATIVE PLANT, BUT THEY MAY ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT. AND WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE THEY COULD GET ALL THAT ONE OF THEM. THAT'S ANOTHER TYPE. THAT ONE POPPED UP TO ME, I GUESS. AND UM, JUST A SIDE NOTE. I TRIED FROM AT LEAST A STAFF PERSPECTIVE. TO INCLUDE . A SENSE OF HOW EASY AND FEASIBLE IT WOULD BE JUST THAT YURI'S OR ARE IT'S MINE. OKAY THAT EXPLAINS HOW THEY GOT AND ALSO WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT I USED, UM, LIKE KEEPING IN MIND. LIKE. I FORGET ADRIAN OR PETE SAID IT THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS COULD TAKE A COUPLE YEARS AND SO YOU KNOW, SITTING 2024 AS THE YEAR TO DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK, AND THEN MAYBE IN 25 WE IMPLEMENTED. UM SO SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE ALL OF THE CORRECTIVE IT EASE THAT WE HAVE HERE. THESE ARE LIKE BEING. MORE EXPENSIVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, AT LEAST FOR NEXT YEAR IF WE WANTED TO LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, UM, EXPANDED COMPOST PROGRAM.
I'M NOT SURE THAT. WE WOULD BUDGET FOR THAT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. BUT MAYBE THEN IN 2025 IF THAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE. UH HUH. SO JUST LIKE SOME OF THE SMALLER THINGS OR EASIER THINGS TO IMPLEMENT. WE COULD MAYBE TAKE SEVERAL OF THOSE BUT THEN THE LARGER, HEAVY HITTING THINGS.
JUST LIKE JUST A FEW OF THOSE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THEN OUR NEXT STEP IS TO DETERMINE THE. COUPLE OF THINGS THAT A RISING TO THE TOP FOR ALL OF US AND THEN. FOR OUR GROUP DETERMINED HOW WE'RE GOING AND SORT OF WORK TO PLAN TO GET THEM. ACCOMPLISHED, SAID. YEAH AND I MEAN, SOME OF THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE HELD OFF TILL 2024. IF THIS IS OUR WORK PLAN FOR THAT YEAR LIKE LET'S LET'S FINISH THE STUFF THAT WE INCLUDED IN OUR WORK PLAN FOR THIS YEAR. UM AND THEN COME 2024 . WE CAN LIKE REALLY HASH OUT BASED ON WHAT YOUR WHAT? YOUR TOP PRIORITIES ARE THEN WE CAN START BREAKING THAT DOWN WAR INTO RESPONSIBILITIES. UNLESS YOU NEED MORE CLARIFICATION, OR YOU WANT THAT CLARIFICATION BEFORE DECIDING WHAT PROJECTS NO. NO I DON'T THINK SO. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT TIME AND HOW QUICKLY IT SEEMS TO GO BY AND IT'S BLOWING MY MIND THAT OUR NEXT MONTH IT'S ALREADY SEPTEMBER AND UM I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE ON PRIORITIES FOR 2024 DETERMINED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
STILL, WE CAN START THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, ALREADY KNOWING HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACT ON THEM BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOU KNOW STUFF HAPPENS AND THREE MONTHS, AND WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED OUR PRIORITIES YET AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THE 2025 BUDGET. BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AND SO IT JUST SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO DO IT. BEFORE THEY YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR SO WE CAN START AND WOULD IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR . SO ONE REASON WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS TONIGHT IS UM, BETWEEN THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH. IF YOU GUYS CAN DETERMINE WHAT FOLLOWS UP TO THE TOP. UM THEN IF IT'S UM. WE NEED TO PUT IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? AND SO WE KIND OF KNOW OUR CORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE? IF SOMETHING LIKE COMING UP WITH THE FRAMEWORK FOR A COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM IS A PRIORITY, THEN WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO COST LIKE ANIMALS, SAYING IT'S NOT GONNA COST A LOT. WE DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE ANYTHING ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THAT, REALLY, BUT WE
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DO NEED TO PLAN FOR THE TIME AND THE EFFORT AND THOSE KIND OF RESOURCES TO ADEQUATELY ADEQUATELY WORK ON IT, SO HE WOULD BE READY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR TO KNOW IF THERE IS A BUDGET REQUEST OR NOT. SO WE ALREADY HAVE. I MEAN, THIS, UM ASSUMING THIS LIST IS DONE IN THE ORDER THAT WE VOTED ON IN OUR SURVEY, CORRECT. OR NOT, NOT THE NEW PROGRAMS COOL. OKAY? JUST, UM. YEAH, THE WORK PLAN DRAFT IS NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER. JUST BECAUSE THOSE WEREN'T. NECESSARILY DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO A PRIORITY. TAKE MORE CAME OUT OF THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL OF THEM. AND SO OVER. SOME OF THIS OVERLAPS, RIGHT? SO, UM I STARTED LOOKING AT IT THEN. DON'T. I'M SURE YOU HAVE 100 TIMES ALREADY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S YOU KNOW, AN IDEA THAT HOLDS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OF THE SECTIONS TOGETHER. AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER THING LIKE LET'S FOCUS ON THAT IDEA, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE LAYERS TO IT, SO COMMERCIAL COMPOST AND MAYBE WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT. BUT CERTAINLY THERE NEEDS TO BE TIME PUT, TOO.SOMETHING IT ALL OUT PROBABLY HAPPEN IN THE SAME TIME THINGS BUDGETING CONVERSATION, RIGHT, RIGHT. AND IF THAT GOES INTO AH, IF THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WOULD DECIDE FROM A SUGGESTION THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION PROGRAMS IN THE CITY THAT HAD COMPANY WOULD SAY YEAH, I WANT TO BE GREEN CERTIFIED, RENEWABLE BE CERTIFIED. PART OF THAT WOULD BE THEM INCLUDED THEM TO ACCOMPLISHING PROGRAM. SO YOU KNOW IT'S THAT KIND OF THING, WHICH IS PROBABLY DIFFERENT WAYS OF SLICE INTO THESE THINGS, AND THEN MAYBE LESS SPECIFIC THAN AS THEIR DETAILS RIGHT NOW.
ACTIONABLE AS A DETAIL, RIGHT? BUT AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE 2024 BUDGET, SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT LIKE TO YOUR POINT. UM LIKE I'M THINKING I'M NOT MY EYES HAVE JUST GONE TO DEVELOP WEBSITE RESOURCES, THE CITY'S TWO SENIOR BUSH SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. THAT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT IF WE WANTED TO DO IT, IT WOULD TAKE MONEY IN 2024. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT WILL TAKE WORK. OUR WORK IN WOMEN PATIENT WILL TAKE WORK THAT WE ALSO PAY SOMEBODY ELSE OR WERE AS THINKING ABOUT PUBLISHING PROGRAM IS JUST GONNA TAKE OUR BRAIN POWER AND NO MONEY NEXT YEAR, SO ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH. SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES IN WHICH OF THEM ARE GOING TO TAKE MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR AND WHICH ARE AND THAT'S FOR NEXT OR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE HAVING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATION. I THINK OUR WORKS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. THE WORKSHOP IS THE 11TH AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO ENTER IN BUDGET REQUESTS. AND SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, OKAY, SO I THINK BY OUR DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND THAT EARLY SEPTEMBER. THE 13TH, OKAY? ON YES. SO I THINK BY THAT MEETING IF. SO THE NEW THE NEW PROGRAMS ARE JUST IDEAS THAT WE HAD. PUT TOGETHER FROM THE SURVEY DATA. UM AND SO CERTAINLY TAKE THIS HOME AND THINK ABOUT LIKE THE SURVEY INFORMATION FROM YOU GUYS. TO SOME OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS. SEEMS THAT DID IT OR NOT, AND IF THEY DON'T, THAT'S FINE, TOO.
UM, MAYBE WE ADD IN YOU KNOW IF A COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM IS A GOLD, AND I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON HERE AND PUT THAT ON AS A PRIORITY FOR NEXT YEAR. AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT BECAUSE I COULD SEE THAT WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE MEETING WITH BUSINESSES . I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO THEIR TO LEARN IF THEY'RE INTERESTED OR NOT, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND THEN PROBABLY MEET WITH THEM AGAIN TO SEE. UM DOES IT SEEM LIKE THIS WORK FOR THEM? SO I THINK BY NEXT MEETING IF WE COULD KIND OF TAKE THIS AND COALESCENCE. MAYBE IT'S THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PARE IT DOWN BECAUSE WE WANT TO FOCUS MORE TIME AND ENERGY TOWARDS SOMETHING A BIGGER PROJECT LIKE COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING PROGRAM. WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THAT WILL HELP US WHEN WE HAVE TO ENTER THE BUDGET. UM TO REALLY KNOW WHAT KIND OF WHAT.
WHAT WE NEED FOR NEXT YEAR. DO WE KNOW. MAYBE THIS WILL BE FOR NEXT MEETING. BUT WHAT IS OUR ASK? IF WE JUST DID THE CORRECTIVE IT EASE IN OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS. WHAT'S THAT NUMBER THAT AS OUR STARTING POINT FOR BUDGET. NOT NOT INCLUDING ANYTHING THAT ANY NEW
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PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE VERY COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR. MM HMM. AND SO THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR WE REQUESTED. 85,000 OKAY, THAT HAD 80 IN MY HEAD. SO. NOW WE JUST HAVE TO GET AN IDEA HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD. WHAT'S COUNCILS APPETITE FOR HOW MUCH OF A BUDGET CAN GROW AND, UH SO I MEAN, AS IT SITS TODAY, WE'RE GONNA GO IN AND ASK FOR 85,000.YEAH. WELL AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THAT 85 SO LIKE THE STUDENT GRANT THAT'S A LINE ITEM WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WORKING UP PILOT THAT THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND SAID THERE'LL BE SOME CAPACITY. THEN IF THERE IS A NEW PROGRAM, EVEN WITHIN THE 85,000 SINCE WE YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE WILL BE DONE BY THAT POINT. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE BARKER PRESENT BECAUSE HE HAS NO PROBLEM ASKING FOR TRUCKS AND TOYS AND SO HE'S VERY GOOD AT COMMANDEERING FUNDS. SO 5000 IS LIKE THAT'S LIKE THAT'S THAT'S A PLOW BLADE . THANK YOU. IT NEVER SNOWS ANYMORE LIKE WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE. UM, WOULD BUT YEAH, SO I GUESS. EVEN IF WE AND I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING IT'S FAR OFTEN I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO AN EXACT INITIATIVE. BUT IF WE COULD HAVE A PLACEHOLDER INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN EARMARK MONEY FOR AND THEN OUR PRIORITIES CHANGE AND WE SAY, OH, INSTEAD OF COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING. WE GOT THIS REALLY OTHER GREAT PROGRAM WITH THIS NATIVE SPECIES THAT WE CAN ROLL ON THE BUSINESS PARK AND WE CAN TAKE THAT $30,000 EARMARKED FOR THAT. SO I GUESS WE CAN. I GUESS I'M MORE CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR RATHER THAN THE PROGRAM. I THINK WE CAN FIND A PROGRAM. ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET. GREAT UH, BUT. SO I GUESS WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AND SEE. YEAH. WHAT THE OTHER YOU KNOW, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR MORE THAN ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITY. I KNOW THE IDEA COMMITTEE IS GOING TO ASK FOR A BIG NUMBER, SO I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE GOT A LITTLE HEADROOM TO GO UP. WE DON'T WANT TO STOP. WE'RE NOT GOING ABOUT IT. ONE QUESTION TO GO ALONG WITH THAT IS IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THIS LIST OF NEW ITEMS THAT YOU THINK WOULD CARRY A BUDGET. THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE. WHAT WOULD THAT BE? YEAH I MEAN, THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD WAS GOING BECAUSE I LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE NEW PROGRAMS, AND A LOT OF IT IS LIKE CREATING FRAMEWORK AND LIKE, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ITS STAFF TIME AND MAYBE SUBCOMMITTEE TIME, BUT THERE'S NOT LIKE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH IT UNTIL ONCE THAT FRAMEWORKS CREATED, THEN WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE. UM SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT US TO HAM. CIRCUM SAYS. OKAY, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. THIS IS BUT THERE'S REALLY NO DOLLARS OTHER THAN LIKE THE WEBSITE BY CATHOLIC POINTED OUT.
SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE COME UP WITH A GOAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK A GOOD ONE. JUST THROW OUT THERE IS THE COMMERCIAL CONTEXT TEAM PROGRAM. WE CAN ASSOCIATED DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DEBT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE TIED TO THAT. INTEREST CHANGE, BUT IT'S A STARTING POINT. AND I THINK NEXT MONTH WE COULD BRING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET LIKE AN UPDATE TO SHOW LIKE WHAT WE WHAT WE BUDGETED INSPECT FOR THE CORRECTIVE IT EASE WHERE WE STAND ON THE ON BOARD GOING PROGRAMS. WHAT WOULD CARRY OVER INTO NEXT YEAR? UM BUT WHAT WOULD THEN FREE UP MONEY FROM THAT 85 PER SOMETHING ELSE? MAYBE. LIKE THE WEBSITE. UM TO DO NEXT YEAR. AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT THAT AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES THAT MAY NOT HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THEM NOW, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOT OF BUT TIME AND IN STAFF RESOURCES AND BOARD RESOURCES TO KIND OF SUSS OUT AS YOU SAID. AND SPEAKING ABOUT ATTACHING MONEY TO COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING. EITHER PEOPLE THAT SERVE AS LIKE CONSULTANTS IN THIS AREA BECAUSE I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR LITTLE SUB COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE QUESTIONS TO ASK OF BUSINESS IF WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL PERSON OUT THERE WHO DOES KNOW THAT WE COULD PAY TO HELP US THINK THROUGH. IS THIS EVEN FEASIBLE? OUR COMMUNITY AND WE CAN BUDGET BACK YOU'RE SAYING SOMEONE PROFESSIONAL WHO HELPS LIKE A RESTAURANT. DO THEIR COMPOSTING COULD HELP US FIGURE OUT IF AND
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HOW WE IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM HERE , ZOO OR OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY'RE HURTING CONFIDENCE THING. YEAH I'M SURE THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT DOES THIS KIND OF THING. I THINK EVEN THE LAST MEETING THAT REVIEW I HAD A CONVERSATION OF SOMEBODY. MAYBE BRIAN BRIGHT UP, IS TRYING TO CONTACT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND MAY NOT BE OHIO COMMUNITIES. BUT OUTSIDE STATES. ASSUME JUST THE AREA BUT CATTLE ANOTHER DUDE. PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER RESOURCES FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO FOLKS. LOOKING UP THIS FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE FREE FIRST AND THEN IMPLEMENTATIONS GONNA TAKE YOUR EXPERTISE. THAT'S PROBABLY IF WE HAD A SUBGROUP FOCUSED ON THIS. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS TO REACH OUT TO FIND SOME CASE STUDIES SET UP SOME TEAMS MEETINGS AND IDENTIFY WHAT THEY'VE DONE WHO THEY'VE WORKED WITH. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSULTANTS THAT WILL PUT TOGETHER LIKE SUSTAINABILITY PLANS FOR YOU. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME. UM, CONCERNS THAT WORK WITH COMMUNITIES LIKE IF THEY WANT TO AGGREGATE THEIR ELECTRICITY. UM I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE IN PARTICULAR WITH COMPOSTING, BUT WE COULD WE COULD LOOK AND SEE WHAT WHAT'S OUT THERE? YEAH AND SO, YEAH, AND MY ONLY POINT IN SAYING THAT AS IF WE DID BUDGET MONEY FOR COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING NEXT YEAR, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO ACTUALLY SPEND IT ON THAT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON THE ACTUAL HUMBLEST IN PART OF IT, LIKE THERE MAY BE SOME LEARNING COSTS INVOLVED. DO IT? YEAH. SO . I WAS THINKING BACK TO THE SURVEY JUST THINKING OF THINGS THAT MIGHT COST MONEY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING SOME SORT OF A DEMONSTRATION. PROJECT SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY THAT WOULD HAVE NATIVE PLANTINGS, PRAIRIE OR WILDFLOWERS. I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME ALREADY NEW ALBANY, BUT, UM YOU KNOW? THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER FOR A FUTURE BUDGET. I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST OR WHERE THAT WOULD GO. I MEAN, I GUESS LIKE TAYLOR FARM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NATIVE PLANS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT, YOU KNOW, B. I CAN IMAGINE THAT SPACE AT DEVIL HUNTER PARK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE YOU COULD TURN GRASS INTO BIG NATIVE PLANTING, AND THAT'D BE A GOOD PLACE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A PROGRAM ABOUT YOU AND GIVE AWAY OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH SOME EXPERTISE THAT COULD COME AND TALK TO PEOPLE THEY CAN YOU KNOW, COME SEE IT AND THEN TAKE A PLAN HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND IT ALSO DOVETAILS INTO THE SOME OF US HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT JUST HAVE CITY SEVEN CITY SERVICE DEPARTMENTS OVERLAPPING WITH THE INTENT OF THE S, A B AND SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE PARKS AND REC.WE DID. MIKE IS GOING TO BE A METHODIST, BRING THIS UP. WE DID ALL THESE PARKS AND YOU KNOW, WE TOOK ALL THIS AREA REDID IT AND ALL INTERPRET IT AS OPPOSED TO TAKING SOME SECTIONS AND PUTTING IN SOME NATIVE PLANTINGS AND SHRUBS AND WHATNOT. UM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND OF COURSE, THIS THE SCOPE OF THIS WASN'T OUT IN FRONT OF THOSE PLANS, SO TRYING TO BACK INTO IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF THING WHERE THAT MONEY EXISTS IN ANOTHER BUDGET, AND SO WE'RE HELPING JUST COORDINATE WITH ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT TO THINK ABOUT. HOW THEY DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S RIGHT OVER SOME SCRATCHING THEIR HEAD LIKE DO WE ASK FOR MORE MONEY JUST TO YOUR POINT, JEFF HAVE A NUMBER SITTING OUT THERE. THAT'S IF WE DON'T USE IT. WE DON'T USE IT, BUT IT'S SITTING OUT THERE. BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR EXISTING BUDGETS TO MIXING THESE THINGS HAPPEN. OKAY? IT'S A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, OR, UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR THIS BOARD. I THINK WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. WE COULD BUDGET FOR THAT. LET'S TALK IN MY HEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS. THE TRICKY PART, I THINK WALL HAVE TO COME UP LIKE YOU SAID WITH THE LOCATION AND YOU KNOW WHERE DO WE WHERE DO WE LOOK TO DO THAT? THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL AND TRACK PEOPLE'S FOR AN EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE, BUT NOT YET WE GET LOTS OF CALLS ABOUT PRIORITY. UM BUT CERTAINLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT LIKE FROM A I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD DEPENDING ON THE COST. IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A CAPITAL PROJECT OR NOT. I THINK THE UM, BUT WORK IN THAT ONE IS JUST FIGURING OUT A LOCATION TO DO IT. THAT MAKES SENSE. I REALLY DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE THAT EXPENSIVE WHEN WE DID IT AT SCHOOL. WE CAN'T U. S FISH AND WILDLIFE THAT DID MOST OF THE LABOR FORCE OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT EVERYTHING, SO I THINK THEY DO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT'S YOU KNOW, IF WE DETERMINE THE LOCATION THAT WAS VISIBLE THAN THAT. YOU KNOW, GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER
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ACTIVITIES, THEN? IT COULD BE. SO I'M HEARING COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING. AS A PRIORITY.NATIVE LANDSCAPING. AS A PRIORITY. AND THEN I THINK WE GOT A KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT THESE PROGRAMS KIND OF FIT UNDER THOSE AT LEAST THOSE TWO UM, KIND OF BIG UMBRELLAS. AND THEN WE'LL BRING BACK BUDGET. KIND OF A THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO SEE WHERE WE STAND. WHAT WHAT FROM THAT 85 MIGHT BE FREED UP FOR NEXT YEAR. UM AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER. MAYBE WE CAN WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO ASK. MIKE ASKED FOR THE MONEY IF WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING WITHOUT LIKE A BLANK LINE ITEM, BUT HUB FOR WORK THAT OUT, YEAH. JUST WALKING LIKE A BLACK BOXING.
IMAGINE THIS BOXING THINGS. YEAH AMAZING PROGRAM WE USED. WHAT VALUE DO YOU PLACE IN THIS PLACE? JOKE MICE PREDECESSOR USED TO COME TO THE MEETINGS. AND NINE OUT OF 10 MEETINGS. HE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. AND THEN HE'D SHOW UP WITH A TIE ON AND WE DO THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ACCIDENT SO MIKE HASN'T IF HE SHOWS UP IN A TIE, YOU KNOW? UM . SO JUST TO CAP ALL THAT OFF. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED FOR FOCUSED ON WHAT TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM IN 2024, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE LAST MEETING TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO BRING IN SOME EXPERTS AND JUST KIND OF BUILD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND ALSO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS ALREADY GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. UM BOTH LOCALLY AND CENTRAL OHIO. UM SO A LOT OF THESE EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS FOCUSED ON THAT. UM. I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW.
IS IT EVER NEEDING? YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN OR EVERY OTHER MEETING OR YOU KNOW ? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THIS? THESE MOMENTS TO KIND OF I WOULD SAY IF IT'S IF IT WAS THE LENGTH OF TONIGHT I'D BE HAPPY WITH EVERY MEETING AS LONG AS PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE OTHER STUFF TO DO, AND THEY GAVE US LIKE A 10 MINUTE 15 MINUTE OVERVIEW, NOT AN HOUR AND A HALF. UM I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE COULD WE COULD DO THAT AT EVERY IF SOMEONE'S AVAILABLE, WE COULD DO THAT AT EVERY MEETING, AND IF IT FITS IN WITH WHAT WE'RE BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IF IT'S GOING TO BE A LONGER THING THAN ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE. UM. IF YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, SOME OF THESE LINES VERY WELL WITH WHAT YOUR FOCUS IS HAVE BEEN, UM SOMETHING LIKE PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY, OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT SEEM MAYBE MORE. RANDOM DO YOU LIKE SPRINKLING THOSE IN OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO KEEP IT FOCUSED ON WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE SPECIFICALLY THANKS. I THINK THAT'D BE A KIND OF A COOL IDEA, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT SPARK SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN CONSIDERING AT THIS TIME IN MY HOME. WOW. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD ACTUALLY KIND OF MAYBE.
PRIORITIZED THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ON OUR RADAR, SO I WOULDN'T MIND JUST KIND OF OFF THE PATH THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN BE LASER FOCUSED ON I WILL SAY THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE AREA WHERE THE PEOPLE LIKE WHO, YOU KNOW. OR LIKE THE CONNECTIONS YOU HAVE COULD BE REALLY USEFUL, TOO. YOU KNOW IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S IMPLEMENTED A CERTAIN TYPE OF PROJECT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONNECT ME TO THEM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY COME TO A MEETING AND TALK. OR EVEN IF YOU JUST HAVE AN ARTICLE OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AHEAD OF A MEETING AND THEN JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, UM VERY MUCH WELCOME. YOU PROVIDING THOSE CONNECTIONS AS WELL? ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT. YEAH I GUESS I WOULDN'T LIMIT IT TO OUTSIDE PEOPLE. I MEAN, WE HAVE A REALLY TALENTED BOARD HERE THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE LIKE I MEAN, I'M SURE PETE, IF YOU. THEN WE TEACH PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG, AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH. YOU KNOW, OUR GROUP WOULD LOVE THAT TO BRAIN MORSI AND WRITE GREAT BACKGROUND SO I WOULDN'T MIND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, PICK UP 10 MINUTES FOR PETE TODAY THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW
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HE GOT SOLAR PANELS ON OUR HOUSE AND INSTEAD LIKE THAT COULD BE ACTUALLY VERY HONESTLY. YEAH SO I DON'T KNOW, SO I WOULDN'T JUST LIMIT IT TO OUTSIDE FOLKS, EITHER. UM. OKAY? UM SO IN ADDITION TO THE. ITEMS THAT ADRIAN MENTIONED WILL BRING TO YOU NEXT MONTH. THE COMPARISONS AND BUDGET FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. UM IT'S. THERE IS BETWEEN THE SUSTAINABLE NATIVE.LANDSCAPING GRANT THAT WE BUDGETED 2000. TO PROVIDE YOU KNOW ORGANIZATIONS, SOME START UP MONEY TO CREATE A LITTLE PILOT PROJECT, UM, ALSO THE NATIVE TREE AND TRUMP TRADE IN PROGRAM BETWEEN THOSE TWO IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO START WORKING ON SOME OF THAT, LIKE FRAMEWORK OR IDEAS BETWEEN THOSE TWO. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PREFER? SO I GRAVITATE TOWARD GOOD NATIVE LANDSCAPING. GREAT. ONLY BECAUSE, UM. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT POLLINATOR MEADOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AT THE TIME HE PLANTS IT IS SO WHAT KIND OF COMING UP THAT TIME, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY REASON THAT I MADE NOT BE UNDERSTANDING THE TIMELINE CORRECTLY. BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE STUDENT LEADERS GRANT BEFORE LIKE IT GETS TO PARDON SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY, UM BEHIND THE SCENES KEEP WORKING TO GET THAT LAUNCHED THIS MONTH . WE WERE DONE, HOPEFULLY OR THIS MONTH OR NEXT, AND THEN OPEN UP APPLICATIONS. FOR THAT, UM, SO I'M JUST THINKING KIND OF. IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SOMETHING. IS THERE A SUSTAINABILITY? THREE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL , SO WHEN DID WHEN DOES THAT START MEETING THAT ALREADY MEETING OR THE SCHOOL? GET GOING FOR A LITTLE WHILE OR BOARD STARTS MEETING NOW AND THEN? STUDENTS START LIKE EVERYONE ELSE STARTS COMING LATE AUGUST, OKAY, SO PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER SCHOOL, OKAY? SO THAT OCTOBER 31ST DEADLINE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE THE PROGRAM TO THE SCHOOL AND I THINK THERE'D BE A LOT OF INTEREST THERE SO OCTOBER 31ST ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE APPLICATION TOGETHER FOR THAT GROUP. AS FOR THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING GRAB THAT YOU $2000 THAT WOULD GO TO ONE PRODUCT CHECKED, PROBABLY UM, IT WOULD BE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH IS REQUESTED FOR THAT KIND OF THING, I THINK, IN THEORY YOU KNOW, LIKE FOUR OR $500. UM PROJECTS OR. ONE LARGE PROJECT DEPENDING ON HOW THE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IN WHAT YOU I WOULD WANT TO FIND AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ADVERTISED. LIKE THE DEAD. ONLINE. COMMUNICATIONS AND PEOPLE. YEAH I MEAN, I AGREE WITH PAUL. I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR THAT KIND OF PROJECT. I THINK I LOVE THE NATIVE TREE TRADING PROGRAM. BUT IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW HOLD OFF ON THAT AND DO THAT NEXT YEAR, AND I GUESS THAT WORKS FOR ME. YEAH I FLIPPED THOSE TWO THINGS JUST BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT THE TRADE IN PROGRAM PIGGYBACKS ON NORTH, THE CITY HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING PULLING OUT. INVASIVES AND INCLUDING ALL THAT WORK AROUND THOSE ROUND, SO IT'S KIND OF A NICE LITTLE EXTENSION OF THAT BOTH THINGS I THINK, OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT, UM I LIKE THAT IDEA OF TAGGING UP THAT STORY LINKS THAT STORYLINES STILL RELATIVELY FRESH THAT MARY LOU HAS BEEN DOING. THAT'S MY THREE CENTS. TO CAMPBELL SAID. THAT'S ROCHAMBEAU. OR I WILL SAY, I THINK THAT ONE'S A QUICKER ONE TO IMPLEMENT IN THE FALL TIMELINE IF THAT BOY'S INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION YEAH. TRADE IN PROGRAM IN BETWEEN. ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE WE FOUND IT. A MODEL FROM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT DOES ONE THAT I THINK WE COULD JUST FOLLOW. WHERE GRANT YOU'D HAVE. WE HAVE TO DEVELOP AN APPLICATION. ABSOLUTELY TIME FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY. AND THEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO THAT. PLANTING SEASON. I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK TO ME IF WE CAN JUST TAKE ACTION AND DO ONE OF THOSE ARE BOTH GREAT PROGRAM, SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GONNA GET OFF THE GROUND, AND I THINK IT'S MORE SENSE TO ME. THAT WOULD BE A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, I THINK EITHER
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WAY UM, WE BUDGETED BOTH IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, SO WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE. I MEAN, CURIOUS, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A NET CONVERSATION WHERE I BROUGHT UP FRANKIE'S OIL AND WATER IS LIKE, BUT THEY'D BE WILLING TO PARTNER FOR THIS AND WHETHER IT'S PLANTINGS OR YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD REACH OUT. I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS COLUMBUS SPEND MONEY , BUT MAYBE YEAH. SHOULDN'T LIKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GRANT EVEN IF WE DON'T SPEND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T GET IT NEXT YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. WELL, MAYBE WE COULD WORK WITH THEM SINCE THEY ARE DOING A PROGRAM OUT HERE IN THE FALL LIKE MAYBE WE COULD TIME. THE LAUNCH OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM AROUND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THEIR COMMUNITY BACKYARD PROGRAM OUT HERE, TOO. BECAUSE IT COULD BE MATERIAL THAT COULD BE MARKETING FOR OUR BABY. IT'S JUST US. I WANT TO GET TOO MUCH IN AND THAT'S INVOLVED. BUT IF YOU DID A TRADE IN PROGRAM IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT MUCH TREAT YOU WANTED TO TRADE BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO NATIVE TREE WITH IT WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ONE FOR A SMALL MOUNTAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH I'M SURE WE COULD WORK ON THOSE DETAILS. IT MIGHT END UP BEING ABOUT LIKE YOU GET A VOUCHER. SO THE ONE WE WERE MODELING IT AFTER, UM YOU UPLOADED A PICTURE OF YOUR THE BASIC TREE OR SHRUB YOU'VE REMOVED AND THEN, UM I THINK GETTING A VOUCHER FROM A NURSERY AND HANDING THOSE OUT WOULD BE EASIER THAN US KEEPING A BUNCH OF PLANTS ALIVE SOMEWHERE BETTER . JUST DO IT AT SERVICE. YEAH, RIGHT. HAVE A NURSERY OUT THERE. YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH, YEAH, PAINT CANS. THIS WAY. YOUR TREE DOWN THERE REALLY MADE A GREAT POINT. BEFORE ABOUT THAT, TOO, IS, YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE THE FLEXIBILITY TO REMOVE THOSE INVASIVES. GET THEIR VOUCHER, BUT THEN THEY COULD USE THEIR VOUCHER IN THE SPRING. OR EVEN NEXT FALL, DEPENDING ON HOW WHEN IT EXPIRES SO AND WE CAN ALSO PUT STIPULATIONS ON A VOUCHER AND REQUEST THAT THEY USE IT FOR SPECIFIC SPECIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SOUNDS GOOD. GREAT. AND THEN JUST REMINDERS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS, THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION AGAINST OCTOBER 21ST FROM EIGHT TO NOON, WHERE CYCLING TO BE LIKELY PUBLIC SERVICE, OKAY? AND THEN. THE MARKS C SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY . THAT'S THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 FROM 8 TO 4 30. JUST, UM. IF YOU WOULD LET ME KNOW, MAYBE JUST LIKE A SHOW OF HANDS. NOW, IF YOU WOULD HAVE INTENTIONS OF TRYING TO GO. UM OR IF YOU KNOW, LIKE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT DO YOU WANT TO GO? ATTENTION YEAH, INTENTION . YEP, THAT'S I'M JUST LOOKING FOR INTENT. DEFINITELY. MAYBE I CANNOT. YOU CANNOT. SAME HERE.OKAY? SO. FOUR INTENTIONS. OKAY THAT'S VERY HELPFUL, BRIAN. I WON'T SPEAK. WELL LET MARCY PAY HIS ENTRANCE. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. UM GREAT. I'M ALREADY DID OTHER BUSINESS. THE SAME
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REMINDERS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR BUSINESS. GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK EVERYONE VERY MUCH GREAT NUMBER STATION. MEMBERS OF ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. I'D LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO KEEP A GOOD THOUGHT FOR US NEXT WEEK AS PETE AND I ROLL OUT THE CAMP POSTING PROGRAM, LET'S GO VIDEOS MADE TODAY TO SHOW TO THE KIDS THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL AND TOOK AN HOUR TO DO IT OVER THE OH, THAT IS SO GREAT, THOUGH, SO JUST KEEP A GOOD THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD PAY. IT'S INCREDIBLE.HMM. THAT'S GREAT POSTED GOOD LUCK. ALRIGHT IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8 15. YOU HAVE A SECOND SECOND. THANK YOU FAVOR.
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