Jun 11, 2025 Sustainability Advisory Board

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GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 630. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL? MR. SCHUMACHER HERE, MISS GALLO HERE. MR. CONWAY HERE. MR. KOCIAN HERE. MISS KOPPELMANN HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALTHOUGH MR. BARNES, MISS SCOTT, MISS HALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER KIST ARE ABSENT.

[III. Action of Minutes: May 14, 2025]

SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. MINUTES FROM MAY 14TH MEETING. SECOND. SECOND. MR. CONWAY SECONDS. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. CONWAY. YES, MISS GALLO? YES, MR. KOCIAN? YES, MISS. KOPPELMANN. YES. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE

[IV. Additions or Corrections to Agenda]

[VI. Business:]

AND THEY WERE FROM EARTH PEAK SOLUTIONS GO ZERO SERVICES, THE COMPOST EXCHANGE AND COMPOST CLUBHOUSE. JEFF WAS SO KIND TO PUT THE SPREADSHEET TOGETHER FOR US WITH ALL OF THE NUMBERS SO WE COULD SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER AND COMPARE AND CONTRAST WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE PICKUP, DROP OFF SITE COLLECTION, AND THEN SOME INITIAL SUPPLY COST.

CAN I STOP YOU REAL QUICK? SO JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THE PROCESS FOR TONIGHT. SO TONIGHT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE'RE REVIEWING THE RFP THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PICKUP PILOT PROGRAM. THE INCLUSION OF THE WASTE DROP OFF FIGURES WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN HAD ASKED TO JUST INCLUDE FOR KIND OF, HEY, LET'S JUST SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH TYPE OF THING. BUT SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RFP AS IT RELATES TO THE PILOT PROGRAM. YES. SO I THINK THE THOUGHT IS WE ASKED THEM FOR INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT DROP OFF LOCATIONS, GIVEN THAT WE ARE ALREADY INTO JUNE OF OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BREAK THAT CONTRACT FOR 2025. SO I THINK THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD KEEP GO ZERO FOR THE CURRENT DROP OFF PROGRAM, AND THEN RIGHT NOW, JUST LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING FOR THE CURBSIDE SERVICE. AND THEN LATER THIS YEAR AND A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW, WHEN WE START PLANNING FOR 2026, WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE FOR THE DROP OFF PROGRAM AND WHETHER WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR RIGHT NOW. BOARD MEMBERS CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. SO MAKE SURE.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THEN ON THAT SAME SHEET JEFF DID ALSO INCLUDE THAT OTHER INFORMATION ON HERE.

AND HE INCLUDED SOME OF HIS NOTES FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL. SO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN

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IS THAT WHAT THAT OTHER. I THINK IT'S THE ONE AFTER THIS OR ACTUALLY IT'S ON BOTH, BUT. OH YEAH. IS THAT WHAT THAT ONE MEANS AS FAR TWO COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT. SO IF I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE PROVIDER. YOU CAN MAYBE DO TWO. YEAH. THE COMPOST EXCHANGE I KNOW HAD SOME OPTIONS WHETHER THE BUCKETS WERE GOING TO BE PURCHASED FROM THE RESIDENTS OR WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO BE REMAIN IN OWNERSHIP FROM THE VENDOR. SO THEY HAD THAT BUCKET OPTION. THE COMPOST CLUBHOUSE WAS CONFUSING ABOUT THAT WAS ON

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HOW HIGH ON THE OTHER END. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMETIMES TOUGH TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES BECAUSE ONE THING WE DON'T KNOW IS THERE A FEES ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, TIPPING FEES ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING RID OF THE COMPOST. SO WHEREVER THEY'RE TAKING IT, OR ARE THEY INTERNALLY SAYING, HEY, WE OWN THE FACILITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE TOWARD THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, $100, A TON OF FOOD WASTE, OR DO WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A THIRD PARTY? WHAT? ARE THEY GOING TO BE CHARGED? SO WE DON'T HAVE A SENSE ON WHAT THE COMPOSTING COSTS ARE AND HOW THAT MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE SITE THAT THEY'RE USING TO DO THE COMPOSTING. SO YEAH, I FELT.

SINCE GO ZERO WAS KIND OF A. VERTICAL OPERATION. LIKE I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE PRETTY SURE THAT THAT'S ALL IN. I FELT LIKE IN READING THROUGH THE COMPOST EXCHANGE COMPOST CLUBHOUSE THAT THAT ALSO ALL OF THEM FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING INCLUDED, LIKE WHERE THEY'RE TAKING THE PRODUCT. YES. YEAH. I HATE TO USE THE WORD SUSPECT ABOUT THE EARTH, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE FOR ANYONE NEW ON THE BOARD, THEY'VE APPROACHED THE CITY PREVIOUSLY AND THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME, SOME PART OF THE BUSINESS STARTED. SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY EAGER TO WANT TO DO THAT. BUT WE ALSO HAD A ODD EXPERIENCE AT THE SCHOOL. WE CONTACTED THEM TO COME IN. THEY CAME IN, THEY PRESENTED AN INITIAL PROPOSAL, AND THEY WERE GOING TO GET BACK TO US WITH THE SPECIFICS. THEY DIDN'T, SO THEY LET IT GO FOR WELL OVER A MONTH BEFORE PETE AND I GOT IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND SAID, WE NEED TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO GET IN SO BAD, THEY JUST LEFT A REALLY BAD IMPRESSION ON ME PERSONALLY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOR US THE NEXT DAY. YOU KNOW? SO AND IT BEING THAT MUCH LOWER, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM SUSTAINABLE. YEAH. AND I ASKED CHELSEA A QUESTION IN THE EMAIL, DOES A CONTRACT LIKE THIS. AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH OHIO LAW. SO THIS EXPLAINS MY IGNORANCE HERE IS DO THEY SHOULD WE REQUIRE A PERFORMANCE BOND ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BECAUSE WHEN I USED TO BE THE TRASH BUSINESS AND WE. RESPOND TO RFPS IN NEW YORK AND MARYLAND, IF WE GOT THE JOB, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A PERFORMANCE BOND SO THAT IF WE FAIL TO DO THE JOB, YOU KNOW, WE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS OR WHATEVER, THAT THERE WOULD BE MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, FACE THE PROJECT AND THE CITY WOULDN'T BE HELD FINANCIALLY LIABLE. BUT APPARENTLY WE DON'T DO THAT ON ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT LOW PRICE IS LIKE, WELL, WHAT IF THEY DON'T PERFORM HALFWAY THROUGH? WHAT'S OUR RECOURSE. RIGHT. DO WE KNOW HOW LONG EACH OF THESE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, I THINK GIVEN THE NATURE, THEY'RE ALL WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER FAIRLY NEW. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT YEARS FOR THEM. THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION IN THE COMPOST CLUBHOUSE. I'M NOT GOING TO RECORD IT, BUT AND THEN, YEAH,

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THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 2012. COMPOST EXCHANGE. YEAH, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE LONGEST IN BUSINESS, BUT I THINK THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SOME ITERATIONS OF HOW THEY'VE APPROACHED THINGS.

WELL, LET ME JUST TAKE A STRAW POLL. WOULD WE LIKE STAFF TO MAKE SOME INQUIRIES OF THE REFERENCES THAT PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED? I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD THINK, HEAR MORE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT EARTH PEAK. I MEAN, MY GUT REACTION IS TO NOT CONSIDER THEM. BUT IF YOU CAN GET A GLOWING REVIEW AND WE CAN GO FOR THE LOWEST PRICE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I JUST I'M NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT, SO I WOULD NEED SOME MORE CONVINCING WITH THEM AND THEN GO ZERO. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN A GOOD THEY'VE BEEN GOOD AT THE SCHOOLS.

THEY'VE BEEN GOOD, I BELIEVE, FOR THE CITY THEY HAVE BEEN. SO I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE OTHER THREE TO FIND AN ANY, ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN ON THAT. BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION. THAT'S MY OPINION. SO I WILL CHECK THE REFERENCES AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF JEFF, WERE YOU WONDERING MAYBE IF THERE WAS OTHER HIDDEN FEES THAT WE SHOULD GET CLARIFICATION? I WOULD JUST ASK THE QUESTION IS, ARE THESE FEES ALL INCLUSIVE JUST TO VALIDATE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT WHERE THIS STUFF IS GOING.

YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE THE COMPOSTING FACILITIES? DO THEY HAVE THE APPROVALS FROM THE OHIO EPA TO OPERATE THOSE SITES? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE DRAGGED INTO A, YOU KNOW, AN OPERATION THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING TO, LIKE A. SUPERFUND THAT'S THERE WOULD BE LIKE THAT. BUT I WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO. LET'S MAKE SURE YOU'RE TOP OF THE LIST IF THAT HAPPENS. THERE'S ONE OTHER QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. WE SHOULD ASK. AND IT'S USUALLY ANNUAL CONTRACTS. SORRY. WHAT'S THE DURATION. SORRY WHAT'S THE DURATION. ARE THEY TYPICALLY ANNUAL CONTRACTS. SO FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM IT WAS GOING TO BE A 12 MONTH. PERIOD.

SO IF WE END UP STARTING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IT WOULD RUN 12 MONTHS. TYPICALLY LIKE FOR THE DROP OFF PROGRAM, IT'S THE CALENDAR YEAR. OUR CONTRACT IS JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER. BUT IF WE END UP SIGNING A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, IN NOVEMBER AND THEY START IN NOVEMBER, THEN IT COULD GO NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER. SURE. AND I THINK WHEN WE WERE KIND OF THROWING THIS AROUND, I'M SURE SOME OF US HOPED THIS WAS FURTHER ALONG THAN IT IS IN THE YEAR RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF GET THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF HOW THINGS WERE GOING, AND THEN HAVE IT RUN THE 12 MONTHS, BUT BE ABLE TO MAKE A CALL PRETTY MUCH BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE UP RIGHT UP AGAINST THE END OF THE YEAR TO GET SOME SORT OF SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. I WAS THINKING OF, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS THEIR COMMUNICATION OR WHAT OUR COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS WOULD BE FOR WHEN IT GETS TO BE WINTER, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THEM FROM PICKING UP. BECAUSE I DON'T. I'M TRYING TO THINK I'M PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE US MAIL COME RAIN OR SHINE KIND OF THING, BUT. I KNOW WE DON'T WANT CITIZENS GOING. THEY DIDN'T PICK UP MY PAIL AND IT'S THREE FEET OF SNOW. WHICH I THINK LAST MEETING YOU KIND OF DECIDED THE TRUCKS ARE HAVING A CURIOSITY ABOUT MANIPULATIONS, ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT THAT THAT WHAT COLOR ARE THE BUCKETS? AND I'M ASKING YOU THAT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE WHITE BUCKETS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SNOW, THAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE. WELL, I KNOW THE BUCKETS ARE BLACK. OKAY. THE COMPOST EXCHANGE USE YELLOW YELLOWY ORANGE. I MEAN WE CAN I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO. I JUST WAS MAKING SURE WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY'RE JUST NOT WHITE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE WHITE WE HAVE SNOW. THEN THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO A SNOW BANK. THEY CAN STORE PLOWED UP WITH THE SNOW AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO YOUR STREETS ARE PLOWED FIRST, AREN'T

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YEAH. IF YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE REFERENCES AND CHECK ON THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE WANTING CLARIFICATION ON. PERHAPS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE YOU TIME TO SUBMIT THESE BACK TO STAFF. AND STEVE, YOU CAN STILL REVIEW AND SUBMIT. SURE. WE'LL ACCEPT IT. THAT'LL GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO SUBMIT THAT BACK TO US AS WELL. OKAY. SO THESE WOULD BE ONE FOR EACH. YES. SO YEAH. SO I'LL EMAIL THEM TO YOU OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN TIMING WISE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS OUT IN JULY. CHARLES AND PETE I KNOW ARE GOING TO BE OUT IN JULY. AND THEN I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE SELECTED ANYONE TO FILL STEVE'S POSITION. TODAY'S HIS LAST MEETING. SO TIMING WISE, I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY ANXIOUS TO GET THIS GOING, BUT IF WE COME BACK IN JULY AND HOLD A VOTE, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE PRESENT IN JULY. SO. ARE YOU OKAY WITH US DOING THIS FURTHER RESEARCH AND REVIEW, AND THEN MAYBE HAVING THE RECOMMENDATION VOTE IN AUGUST. IS IT IS IT AGAINST THE RULES TO VOTE IN ABSENTIA, LIKE COULD CHARLES. YES, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE, UNFORTUNATELY. ALL RIGHT. AS I SAY, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE, MORE SO THAN MYSELF, I MEAN, WELL, I'LL BE ABLE TO IMPEDE AS WELL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE EVALUATION FORM. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE AT LEAST. SO THERE'S A RECORD OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING.

AND YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THE FINAL VOTE. THAT'S FINE WITH ME. I'M KIND OF MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING COUNCILMAN KEST BE PRESENT BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS COMING IN FROM SOME OF THE RFP PARTICIPANTS. SO, OKAY, WELL, WE CAN PLAN FOR JULY.

YEAH, WE CAN SHOOT FOR JULY AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES THEN. GREAT. OKAY. I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING. YEAH. I THINK WE PROBABLY WANT TO ASK THE VENDORS ARE CAN THEY DESCRIBE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. LIKE FROM THE DAY WE AWARD THE CONTRACT. YOU KNOW, WITHIN TWO WEEKS WE EXECUTED WHATEVER PAPERWORK. THEN 30 DAYS AFTER THAT, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DISTRIBUTE THE BUCKETS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT IS THEIR PLAN ONCE THEY GET THE CONTRACT TO DISTRIBUTE THE BUCKETS, TO GET THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL OUT OR DEVELOPED UNTIL FIRST PICKUP. SO HONESTLY, THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO FALL ONTO STAFF. OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE PLANNING ON PROMOTING THE PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY COLLECTING THE SIGNUPS BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY DOING 150 HOMES IN A SUBDIVISION THAT'S 300. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING AND GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP. WE'RE GETTING THE LIST OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW WHICH VENDOR WE CHOOSE AND HOW THEY RUN THE BUCKETS, WHETHER WE DISTRIBUTE THE BUCKETS OR THEY DISTRIBUTE THE BUCKETS. SO THEY'LL BE RELYING ON US IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY OKAY, IMPLEMENT THEIR. YEAH. SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, IT'LL BE A TEAM OKAY. JOINT EFFORT. THANK YOU. THAT DOES RAISE A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN WHAT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN FOR STARTING THAT PROCESS OF WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT UNTIL WE PICK A VENDOR. SO IF YOU PICK SOMEONE IN JULY, WE CAN START THAT PROCESS IN JULY.

WE CAN'T TANDEM IT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PICK SOMEBODY. I MEAN, UNLESS PEOPLE FELT WE WEREN'T GOING TO PICK ANY OF THE FOUR, WE'RE GOING TO PICK SOMEBODY, RIGHT? SO IT'S GOING TO START OUR PROMOTION IS WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THEIR THEIR GOD. YEAH. YEAH OKAY. SORRY I KNOW

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THIS IS REALLY JUST THIS BOARD RECOMMENDATION, CHOOSING THAT PERSON AND WORKING WITH STAFF TO GET IT GOING. SO CASEY WILL UPDATE COUNCIL ON THE DECISION OR THE RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THAT MEETING WHEN HE UPDATES THEM TO HAVE. YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. BUT THEY APPROVED OUR BUDGET REQUEST AND THEN YOU ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION. HE WILL INFORMALLY TAKE IT TO THEM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. SURE. SO THAT COULD BE OUR GOAL. HOPEFULLY HAVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD IN JULY AND THEN HOPEFULLY STARTING THE PICKUP IN SEPTEMBER. THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE NICE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE BACK FROM SUMMER VACATION GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL. SO HOPEFULLY YOUR UPTAKE WILL BE MORE BETTER THAN. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. SO THE POCKET PRAIRIES WE ARE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH FROM 430 TO 6. WE WILL HAVE BASICALLY TWO OPEN HOUSES BEING RAN AT THE SAME TIME, ONE AT JAMES RIVER PARK AND ONE AT PLANTER'S GROVE.

AND IN PREPARATION FOR THE OPEN HOUSE, WE DO HAVE A POCKET PRAIRIE WEB PAGE. YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND THAT'S THE WEB PAGE RIGHT THERE. WE DID MAIL, I THINK IT WAS LETTERS TO 21 HOMES. WE DID FOR OUR ZONING LETTERS. WHEN WE HAVE ITEMS THAT GO BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE MAILED TO RESIDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN 200FT OF THE SITES OR 200FT OF THAT SITE. SO WE KIND OF JUST TOOK THAT RULE OF THUMB AND APPLIED IT TO HERE. AND AT BOTH PARKS.

WE DID THE 200 FOOT RADIUS AND MAILED IT TO ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN 200FT OF EACH OF THOSE TWO PARKS. SO THEY GOT LETTERS NOTIFYING THEM OF THESE POCKET PRAIRIES THAT THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, AND THEN INVITING THEM TO THE OPEN HOUSE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWSLETTER THAT THE OPEN HOUSE AND THE POCKET PRAIRIE THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN PROMOTED.

AND THE CONNECTS EMAIL, WE HAVE TEMPORARY YARD SIGNS THAT WILL BE INSTALLED BEFORE THE OPEN HOUSE NEXT WEEK. THERE IS GOING TO BE A HANDFUL AT EACH PARK. TAYLOR FARM, YOU KNOW, TAYLOR FARM PARK WILL HAVE IT ALONG THE ROAD AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS, AND IT'S BASICALLY THE LANGUAGE IS SIMILAR. IT'S VERY SIMPLE YARD SIGN WHERE IT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE POCKET PRAIRIES IN PROGRESS. AND THEN THE QR CODE TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE IS ON THERE AS WELL. AND THEN PROBABLY, I THINK BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL BE DOING SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING UP TO THIS POINT FOR THE OPEN HOUSE. AND JUST LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE PLANS TO ATTEND THE OPEN HOUSE, AND THEN WHICH LOCATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE AT. OR YOU CAN HOP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT WE'LL HAVE CITY STAFF WILL BE THERE. ADRIAN AND I WILL EACH PICK ONE PARK MAD SCIENTIST WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AT EACH LOCATION. FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER WILL

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THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE. I'M HOPING TO STOP BY, BUT I'LL HAVE MY KIDS WITH ME. THERE'S A PARK.

IT'S PERFECT. HELP FIELD QUESTIONS. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TIME I WOULD SHOW UP SOMEWHERE, BUT I PLAN TO STOP BY AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WITH MY KIDS. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE MAILINGS THAT YOU SENT OUT? I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE YET AND THEY WERE SENT OUT. I THINK LAST WEEK IS WHAT I SAID. IS THAT WHAT I TOLD YOU, CHARLES? WAS IT LAST WEEK? YEAH. SO YEAH, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE YET. OKAY. SO NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS UNLESS THEY'RE ALL ON VACATION AND THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEIR MAIL. WELL, THEY'LL ALL COME HOME NEXT WEEK. I SHARED LAST WEEK WITH ADRIAN. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE GOLF COURSE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB CONTINUING TO FIND AREAS WHERE THEY LET THE GRASS GROW, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT'S OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE FENCE. SO AS YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT SEEMS SO OUT OF PLACE. SO THAT MIGHT BE TO OUR BENEFIT IN TERMS OF. POTENTIAL UPROAR. RIGHT? THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO PROMOTE THE INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM. IF WE'VE GOT A PAPER FLIER OR SOMETHING, WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THOSE THOSE PEOPLE TO COMPLIMENT IN THE AREA. YEAH, I THINK FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER, THAT'S PART OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON BRINGING.

YEAH, I DID HAVE A RESIDENT. THEY LIVE VERY CLOSE TO PLANTERS GROVE. THEY DIDN'T GET THE LETTER BECAUSE THEY'RE FARTHER THAN THE 200FT, BUT THEY SOMEHOW FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE AND CALLED, AND THEY WERE ASKING QUESTIONS. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE EXCITED. SO HOPEFULLY THEY COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE AND CAN SHARE THAT EXCITEMENT. IS WILL UP TO SPEED? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HE COULD ATTEND OR IS THERE A REASON TO HAVE HIM ATTEND? I THINK THAT HE'S NOT UP TO SPEED.

IN THREE WEEKS. HE COULD DEFINITELY LEARN BECAUSE HE'S AT PLANTERS GROVE AND WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE THAT AREA A LITTLE. WELL HE MAY OKAY, OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. THE MORE THE MERRIER. TERRIFIC. ALL RIGHT. SO ALONG THOSE LINES WITH THE POCKET PRAIRIES, WE DO EVENTUALLY WANT TO ESTABLISH AND INSTALL PERMANENT SIGNAGE. THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. THESE EXAMPLES ARE FROM ACTUALLY SC'S WEBSITE. THERE'S SIGNS THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN COLUMBUS AND IN CINCINNATI AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THEY WORKED ON. SO THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. THIS ONE HAS SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT A POLLINATOR GARDEN. AND INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE POLLINATORS AND NATIVE PLANTS THAT ARE IN THE GARDEN. IT GIVES, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON PLANTS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THIS SITE. AND SOME OF THE BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES AND BEES THAT COULD BE FOUND IN THE GARDEN THAT LIKE THOSE PLANTS.

THIS IS A SIMILAR SIGN FOR THE PRAIRIE GARDEN WITH OTHER INFORMATION WITH VARIOUS LANDSCAPING THAT WAS INSTALLED. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE SIZE FOR REFERENCE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE

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AND THEN THEY HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL. BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE LIKE A THIS IS WHERE THESE THINGS ARE. AND IT KIND OF BROUGHT IT TOGETHER NICELY. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S AS APPLICABLE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SIZED ONES. BUT TAYLOR FARMS MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TIED INTO THE PLAN. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY LONG WALKWAY IN THAT AREA. SO MAYBE A GRAPHIC OF THE PLAN. AND YOU CAN KIND OF THIS IS HERE. YEAH. TO YOUR POINT NOT YOU'RE NOT JUST LEARNING ABOUT IT, BUT YOU CAN GO SEE WHERE IT IS RIGHT. YEAH. OR SCAN A QR CODE. THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S. YEAH. GOOD IDEA. I COULD SEE LIKE YOUNG FAMILIES, LIKE GOING TO TAYLOR PARK AND NOT KNOWING THIS IS HERE, SEEING IT AND THEN SEEING SOMETHING ON THE SIGN, OR EVEN IF IT'S BY CLICKING ON THE QR CODE AND GOING TO THE WEBSITE THAT SAYS, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT MORE? WE HAVE ONE IN PLANTERS GROVE, AND WE HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY COULD GO VISIT THE OTHER NEW ALBANY SITES OR SOMETHING TO DO. AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PLAYGROUNDS BY THEM.

IT'S A LITTLE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR FAMILY. YEAH. LIKE REFERENCING THE OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL. SO THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S PLACES THEY CAN VISIT. TAYLOR'S KIND OF A WEIRD ONE FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOU'RE NOT EVER SEEING IT. I MEAN, YOU'RE DRIVING BY IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GET TO IT FROM INSIDE THE PARK UNLESS YOU'RE. SEND YOUR KIDS, SEND YOUR KIDS TO THE WEEDS. YELLOW FLOWERS. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE SO PRETTY. YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM SO FAR AWAY. AND THEY, LIKE, DREW ME IN ONE DAY JUST TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO TAKE, LIKE A TEN MINUTE WALK ON MY QUICK ERRAND BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKED SO INVITING. LIKE, THE FLOWERS ARE NICE. YEAH, YEAH, THAT ONE WILL BE. SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON HOW, LIKE THE OTHER TWO PARKS, THE SIGN WILL KIND OF BE BUILT INTO THE PLAN ALONG THE ROAD. THAT'LL BE. YEAH. I WANTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE PUT A SIGN THERE BECAUSE THE FLOWERS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH, I THINK I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT TALKING BECAUSE. RIGHT. THIS WAS

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YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK TO NOODLE HOW TO PRESENT IT. BECAUSE I GUESS I IMAGINE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A SIGN WHEN YOU COME ACROSS GREEN WATER OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE POSITIONED KIND OF AN ANGLE. SO IF YOU WERE IN THE PARK, YOU COULD COME ACROSS IT, OR IF YOU WERE IN AND OUT, YOU COULD KIND OF SEE IT. BUT TALKING ABOUT MORE OF THIS IS JUST A SUSTAINABLE WAY TO TREAT ROADSIDES, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A TEST PATCH THAN IT IS A I THINK THE OTHER THINGS, IT'S ALL SOME OF A TEST, BUT I THINK WE LIKE THE IDEA THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PARKS IS MAYBE JUST AN EVOLUTION OF THE PARK SPACE THAT IS ACTUALLY MORE OF A TEST OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF NATIVES AND NATIVE, THE NATIVE SUSTAINABLE PLANTINGS, IF YOU WILL, IN A IN A FUNCTIONAL AREA AND ALSO ALMOST LIKE THE NO MOW KIND OF RIGHT. LIKE THAT'S A PLACE THAT WE'VE HAD TO MOW AND GET AT THE ANGLE TO GET DOWN THERE. RIGHT. SO WE'RE FILLING THAT IN, RIGHT? MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A, HEY, THE BENEFITS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE KIND OF THING. THIS DOESN'T NEED TO NECESSARILY BE A BENEFIT. I MEAN, IT IS A BENEFIT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A SECONDARY THING BECAUSE IT IS SO VISUAL. MAYBE THAT PLAYS UP MORE OF THE BENEFITS OF NO, TO YOUR POINT AND NO MO KIND OF SITUATION. AND I'M OFFERING NO HELP ON HOW TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. WELL, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE, I WOULD IMAGINE NPSC HAS SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THAT IN LIKE WHEN THEY'VE TAKEN WATERWAYS AND DONE THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY'VE DONE SOME TREATMENTS THAT CAN OFFER . YEAH, IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN PROMOTE TAYLOR PARK AS AN ECO PARK WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE TEST SPOT AND THEN YOU GOT THE, THE COMPOSTING FOOD WASTE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE WETLANDS, AND THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT TO WATER HEALTH AND QUALITY THAT THEY ALL TIE TOGETHER IN THIS ONE SITE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A SIMPLE NATURE WALK. BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A SIGNAGE PLAN THAT'S IN WORKS FOR TAYLOR FARMS. SPECIFIC TO THAT. WELL, THERE IS A SIGN PLAN THAT'S IN THE WORKS FOR PARKS AND TRAILS, LIKE WAYFINDING ON THE PARKS AND THE PARKS AND TRAILS. SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE TAKING IT TO COUNCIL IN JULY TO HOPEFULLY GET APPROVAL ON THAT SIGN PLAN. AND THEN SO THESE SIGNS WOULD FALL INTO THE SIGN FAMILY. SO IT'S LIKE A LARGE PLAN FOR ALL OF THE PARKS AND TRAILS AND NEW ALBANY. THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE THE SAME COLOR. BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT SIGN TYPES. YES. SO THIS WILL BE A SIGN TYPE WITHIN THE FAMILY OF SIGNS FOR THE WHOLE CITY SIGN PLAN. I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT PLACEMENT WISE. IT'S NOT BUTTING UP AGAINST A PLAN THAT MAY BE IN THE WORKS FOR WHERE THIS MIGHT GO, ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY TAYLOR. I COULD SEE IT GOING. CLOSE TO THE PATH SO THAT YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO READ THE SIGN WHILE YOU'RE ON THE PATH, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT UP BY THE PLANTINGS. YEAH, SOMETHING TO INDICATE THAT THE DESCRIPTION IS FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

I NEED TO NOT TALK WITH MY HANDS. THAT'S I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE DOES THAT. SO. WELL. YEAH.

IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM MY WAY. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION ON WHERE TO HEAD. AND CODY, ALSO FROM THE MAD SCIENTIST GROUP, SAID THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE EXAMPLES ALSO. SO FAR I'VE ONLY GOTTEN THE TEMPORARY EXAMPLES FROM THEM AND THEN HE'S GOING TO SEND THE MORE PERMANENT SIGNAGE THAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE FOR PROJECTS. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO THROW A LITTLE WIFFLE CURVEBALL INTO IT. WOULD YOU MIND MAKING CONTACT WITH THE POLLINATOR PATHWAY, FOLKS, AND JUST SEEING IF THERE'S IF I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN TO, IF THERE'S LIKE SOME DESIGNATION OR JUST IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE, HEY, WE SHOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING THESE IN. WE'VE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT. IT'S A GROUP THAT'S GOT PUT TOGETHER THAT ISN'T BEING SPONSORED BY FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER, BUT IT'S KIND OF BEEN NURTURED BY THEM, SPONSORED BY THEM. AND IT'S MUNICIPALITIES AND GROUPS FROM ALL OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY. ADRIAN AND I HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY KEEP UP ON IT BECAUSE THEY WERE KIND OF REALLY JUST DIGGING IN AND PEOPLE HAD SOME SPECIFIC

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THANK YOU. I THINK THAT CONTACT INFO IS IN THE EMAIL YOU SENT. SO I'LL JUST EMAIL THAT PERSON.

OKAY. I CAN INVITE THEM TO THE OPEN HOUSE AND ALL OF THAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. SO. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PRINTED THIS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT I WAS TRYING NOT TO CREATE A BUNCH OF PAPER. AND I CAN ALSO EMAIL THIS TO YOU AS WELL. WE HAVE JUST BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF OUR BUDGET, AND I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH REGARD TO THE BUDGET WAS WHAT WAS THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION GOING TO DO TO OUR BUDGET? WE DID FIND OUT THAT WE COLLECTED OVER 50,000 POUNDS OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AT OUR EVENT, WHICH IS WAY UP. LAST YEAR IT WAS 23,000. BUT THANKFULLY. EVEN THOUGH IT ALMOST DOUBLED OUR BILL, OUR INVOICE DID NOT DOUBLE. IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 6000 OVER WHAT WE HAD OPENED THE PO FOR. SO WE HAVE SOME OTHER AREAS WHERE WE WILL WE'RE ABLE TO DRAW THE MONEY FROM TO MODIFY THAT. PO. SO WE HAD BUDGETED 20,000 FOR THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND IT ENDED UP BEING ABOUT $26,000 BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD ONE. STUDENT LEADERSHIP GRANT APPLICANT THAT CAME IN AT $1,000. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE MONEY GOT RE-APPROPRIATED NOT REALLY REAPPROPRIATED, BUT MOVED AROUND FROM BECAUSE WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED $10,000 FOR THAT. SO THE BUDGET IS LOOKING GOOD. WE HAVE PAID THE E-WASTE, FOLKS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON MODIFYING THAT PO FOR THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTRACTOR. THE PAPER SHREDDING THAT HAS BEEN PAID AND CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. WE HAD BUDGETED $2,000 AND WE ENDED UP PAYING 1700. THE ONGOING COMPOST PROGRAM FOR THE DROP OFF. THE. WE HAD OPENED THAT PO FOR 25,000, AND WE JUST MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO THEM. AND LIKE I JUST SAID, THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY PILOT GRANT, WELL, IT'S NO LONGER A PILOT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR. WE HAD BUDGETED 10,000, AND 1000 WAS AWARDED TO ALEXA. AND SHE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IS GOING TO COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO MAKE HER FINAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

SHE INSTALLED THE BIRDHOUSES ALREADY, AND NOW SHE IS WORKING ON HER REPORT THAT SHE HAS TO DO. AND THEN WITH SUMMER, OUR MEETING DATES WERE NOT ALIGNING WITH WHEN SHE WAS AVAILABLE. SO SHE'S GOING TO COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A DECEMBER DEADLINE. SO SHE'LL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO GO OVER THAT WITH YOU. THE INVASIVE TRAINING PROGRAM IS GOING WELL. WE HAVE HAD THREE APPROVED APPLICANTS NOW, AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS FOUR IN THE WORKS. FOUR PEOPLE HAD CONTACTED FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET. THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME INFORMATION. SO IF THOSE FOUR GET APPROVED THEN WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN SO FAR. BUT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE PAID OUT ABOUT $1,000 FOR THE THREE APPROVED APPLICATIONS. I THINK IT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND. IT WAS LIKE 1081, 500.

AND THERE WAS LIKE A LIKE AN 80 SOMETHING. YEAH. YEAH. SO FAR THAT IS LOOKING GOOD FOR 2025.

WE HAD BUDGETED 11,500. AND THEY HAD THE CARRYOVER FROM LAST YEAR, THE 3500. WE'RE TRYING TO

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SO SORRY. THIS IS, IN ESSENCE WHAT HOPEFULLY THE WHAT STAFF IS WANTING TO DO IS A BIT OF A STOP START CONTINUE AS WELL. LIKE WE'VE DONE SOME CERTAIN THINGS. I THINK THE THING THAT THIS BOARD UNFORTUNATELY HAS NOT DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IS BEING ABLE TO SIT BACK DOWN AND GO, HEY, WE DID ALL THESE THINGS. DID WE LIKE WHAT WE DID? DID WE? HOW DO WE CHANGE IT? AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF DONE A LITTLE BIT OF IT ON SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING. SO WE'VE JUST KIND OF KEEP LAYING THINGS ON HERE, WHICH I THINK IS FINE TO KEEP THINGS ON THE WORK PLAN THAT MAY NOT GET ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR JUST TO KEEP SILENT. SO WHEN CHELSEA IS ASKING, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE ON HERE, THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO GO. HEY, WHAT ARE WE THINKING MIGHT BREW UP FOR? EVEN IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR 2025, IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME TO CONSIDERATION. OR WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET ON A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER FOR 2026. SO GOING BACK TO MY FIRST POINT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SPEND A LITTLE TIME, IF ANYBODY HAS COMMENTS OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR THIS YEAR, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD SEE REASON TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY OR EVEN MODERATELY? IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE ANYTHING WE'VE DONE YOU'D WANT TO NOT DO GOING FORWARD FOR ANY REASON, JUST TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION? BECAUSE THIS THIS CONVERSATION IS REALLY WHAT IS KICKING OFF THE BUDGET PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR. SO WE NEED TO KIND OF GET OUR DUCKS AROUND WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND HOW IT MIGHT CHANGE. DOES THAT FAIR? IS THAT FURTHER CONVOLUTED? YES. SO I WOULD NOT I WOULD MOSTLY FOCUS ON IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS YEAR THAT YOU REALLY WANT US TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN MAYBE DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2026, BUT WE WILL COME BACK AND START PLANNING FOR 20. I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DETAILED FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN 2026 JUST YET. MORE? YEAH, MORE. A MATTER OF MODIFICATIONS OF THINGS THAT ARE ONGOING ESPECIALLY. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE FOR ME IS I THINK WE DID A GREAT WE YOU AND STAFF AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE WITH THE HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THE PAPER SHREDDING. I FOR ME, I'VE BEEN PUSHING SINCE THE FIRST TIME WE DID THIS. I'D LIKE TO SEE PAPER SHREDDING DONE TWICE A YEAR, MAYBE CONSIDER HOME HAZARDOUS WASTE PICK UP TWICE A YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO JUST LEAVING THIS THING AROUND EARTH DAY AND HAVING IT BEING LIKE THIS ONE BIG, GINORMOUS THING IS THAT MAYBE IT HELPS PACE STAFF MANAGEMENT OF THE EVENT BY HAVING TWO TIMES A YEAR OF ALL.

KIND OF LIKE POST-SUMMER CLEANUP, AND THEN YOU CAN STILL HAVE THEM AROUND EARTH DAY AS AN EXAMPLE. SORRY, I GOT ONE MORE DETAILED MY EXAMPLE THAN I MEANT TO, BUT I WANT TO. I HOPE TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ON THAT AS WELL. JUST SO YOU KNOW, STAFF CAN START TO GET AN IDEA ABOUT, OH, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A THAT'S A TYPICAL FOR ME TO THINK THAT WE NEED TO JUST BUDGET UP POTENTIALLY FOR SOMETHING OR I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP DOING SOMETHING SO GREAT.

LET'S TAKE THAT OFF THE OR NOTE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE TABLE. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2026 AND HOW WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR COULD IMPACT WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT. SO THAT SAID. ANYBODY COMMENTS OR THEY I THINK ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE HAVE GONE REALLY WELL. AND YOU SEE IT KIND OF THE POPULARITY. IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR. RIGHT. IT WAS LIKE MORE STUFF, MORE PEOPLE COME THROUGH. ONE OF THE THINGS

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GROUP. AND THEY THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THIS GROUP. AND THEY ACTUALLY DO LIKE EVERYTHING THEMSELVES, LIKE THEY WANTED TO DO AN AUDIT OF ALL OF THE PARKS AND WORTHINGTON, OF THE TRASH AND THE RECYCLING. AND THIS GROUP WENT TO THE PARKS AND WORTHINGTON AND DID AN AUDIT OF THE TRASH AND RECYCLING FOR THE CITY. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND O. YEAH. YEAH. THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED GROUP. YEAH. YEAH. THEY'RE, THEY DO A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS. WELL IT'S KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS, WORDS OR IDEAS IN ANYONE'S HEAD. BUT I THINK WHEN THE IDEA OF GREEN GUARDIAN GROUP GOT TOGETHER HERE AS A VOLUNTEER GROUP, THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK THEIRS IS CALLED GREEN GUARDIANS. I COULD BE MAKING THAT UP FOR WORTHINGTON. FOR WORTHINGTON, I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY HAVE A CUTE NAME, BUT IT'S NOT.

WE DIDN'T STEAL THEIR NAME. THAT'S NOT. YEAH, IT'S NOT THE SAME. BUT ANYWAY, THAT SAME KIND OF IDEA WHERE. YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO DRAW A VOLUNTEER GROUP TOGETHER AND DO THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND IT FEELS LIKE WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME ABILITY TO KEEP BUILDING ON THAT WITH OURS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO MY KIDS ABOUT IT, LIKE, OH, SEPARATING COMPOST, NO, I'LL GO PICK UP TRASH OR I'D GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT COULD BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD. BUT YEAH, NO, IT'S GREAT. I JUST THINK IT'S COOL TO HAVE THAT IDEA, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO AN IDEA TO GET STUDENTS TO KEEP LOOKING TO EMPTY SEAT. BUT STUDENTS INVOLVED AND THE ENVIRONMENT CLUB AND HIGH SCHOOL MIGHT BE THAT PERSON TO HELP OUT WITH THAT. A GOOD GROUP LIKE THRIFT SHOPPING. YEAH. FOR FREE TRADE YOUR STUFF THAT YOU'RE SICK OF. THAT'S NEW. NEW TO SOMEONE ELSE. OH IT FALLS UNDER THAT BUCKET OF JUST DOING LIKE SOME MARKET RESEARCH, I GUESS, ON WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND SEEING WHAT IDEAS SEEM FEASIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SORRY TO JUMP, BUT THE ONE. SO THE ONE THING THAT WE KIND OF ADDED MIDSTREAM WAS THE WATERWAY. IMPACT. YES. SO I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A PROGRAM, BUT EFFORT FOR THE WATERCOURSE? YES. EDUCATION. THEY HAD FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER HELPED

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EARLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I'M SURE I ASKED THIS 20 TIMES. DO WE PROMOTE THIS AT THE. LIKE COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AND THE ACADEMY? WELL, THEY HAVE TO BE NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS, THOUGH, I KNOW. BUT THOSE KIDS ALL GO. YEAH. NOBODY GOES. NOT EVERYBODY THERE. NO, I KNOW, BUT I MEAN, JUST TO SAY YOU COULD TAKE IT TO THAT SCHOOL AND SAY, THESE ARE FOR NEW ALBANY. WE ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH NEW ALBANY SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE, I MEAN, WHO LIKE, WHO DO WE SEND IT TO OTHER THAN THEM WITHOUT SENDING IT TO SOME SCHOOLS AND NOT OTHER SCHOOLS? AND HOW DO WE CAPTURE EVERYONE? I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO OTHER SCHOOLS TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT AND HAVE THEM PROMOTE IT TO THEIR STUDENTS, TOO. BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE CAPTURE. WELL, I JUST THINK WE'RE MISSING A CHUNK OF KIDS. IF WE'RE NOT, IF WE'RE NOT REACHING OUT TO THOSE SCHOOLS, THEN IT'S WORD OF MOUTH. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S REALISTIC NECESSARILY. I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE THAT LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS. OH, YES. I'LL TAKE A I'LL TAKE A QUESTION OR COMMENT FROM THE. I JUST THINK IMMEDIATELY CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? WE'RE RECORDING THE MEETING. OH YOU'RE ON CAMERA. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK OF LIKE, PIGGYBACKING ON OTHER GROUPS, LIKE I WAS A SCOUT. AND SO WHEN I THINK, OH, SOMETHING,

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AND IT'S GOING TO BE SUSTAINABILITY RELATED. SO HERE. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. SO FUNNY ENOUGH, OUR APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN SOME FORM OF A SCOUT AND HAVE BEEN PAIRED UP WITH A SCIENCE TEACHER. SO YEAH. AND IT'S WE TOOK IT INTO CONSIDERATION THE TIMING OF EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS AGAIN, WE HAD A STUDENT SITTING, HELPING OUT, TALKING ABOUT THE TIMING. THAT'S OKAY. THERE'S NOT A PERFECT TIME FOR THE SENIOR SEMINAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PUT THE PROMOTION OR PUT THE APPLICATION IN, BUT IT SHOULD SYNC UP. WE KIND OF SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN. EVEN, LIKE THEY ALL HAVE TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, RIGHT? YEP. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS YET, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE CREATIVE WAYS WE COULD GET SOME INTEREST, MAYBE FROM KIDS IN SCHOOL. BECAUSE I'M WITH YOU. I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE APPLICANT EVEN FOR SUCH A COOL THING. LIKE, I FEEL LIKE IF MY KIDS SAW THAT, THEY'D BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY HARD TO GET THAT GRANT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE COMPETING FOR THAT MONEY. YEAH.

WE'RE USING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING YOU HOPE TO CONTINUE INTO 2026. BUT I DO AGREE. I THINK THE PROMOTION COULD BE A LOT BETTER. WE DID PROMOTE THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY DIDN'T GET THE ATTENTION THAT IT DESERVES. WELL, NOW THAT PETE IS SEEING ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS, WE COULD GIVE HIM SOME INFORMATION TO PASS OUT. MAYBE WHEN HE'S SEEING THOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE E3 LAB AND. AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE COULD. HELP.

MAYBE WE INVITE AN ACADEMY TO. I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE ALL THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. I MEAN, AGAIN, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS THROWING THE NET A LITTLE BROADER. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH ANYBODY. BUT I MEAN, TO THAT END, THEY ARE RESIDENTS. AS LONG AS THEY ARE RESIDENTS. THEY'RE IN MY FRONT YARD. SO THERE IS A. RESIDENT ALBANY ADDRESS AT LEAST. BUT EVEN LIKE PROMOTING TO LIKE LOCAL SCOUT TROOPS OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO. OKAY, GREAT. AND YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW. OH COME ON JEFF, YOU GOT AN OPINION

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I WAS GOING BACK THROUGH IT THE OTHER DAY, JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS FOR THE COMPOSTING, AND I'M REALIZING, LIKE YOU HIT IT AS A COMMUNITY, AS A RESIDENT, THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS TRASH. AND YOU KNOW, THE COMPOSTING THINGS, THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. IT'S LIKE, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHIFTING AROUND OF SOME COLUMNS AND SOME, SOME IDEAS TO MAKE IT MORE ABOUT, HEY, WE'RE REALLY ABOUT RECYCLING AND COMPOST AND WASTE REDUCTION. SO THE FIRST THING ISN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT TRASH. EVEN AT THE POINT OF ACTUALLY UPDATING IT TO SAY, NOT SAY TRASH AND TO SAY LANDFILL, WHICH IS TENDED TO BE KIND OF THE WAY THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE HANDLING IT. MUNICIPALITIES IS MAKING THAT FOCUS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST GOING NOWHERE, IT'S GOING INTO A LANDFILL. SO THAT'S MORE OF A I DON'T THINK THAT THAT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE A THIS YEAR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS ON THE PLATE, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT OUT THE ETHER FOR AN ONGOING. THAT WOULD BE AN EASY THING FOR THIS YEAR. OH WELL, THEN ADDED TO THE LIST. YEAH. I NEVER KNOW. WHEN I ASK THE MARKETING PEOPLE IF IT'S LIKE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SIX MONTH PROGRAM, OR I LIKE THAT IDEA BECAUSE I THINK AND WITH THE ORANGE BAGS, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY, I WOULD RATHER SEE, BECAUSE I WAS TELLING MY HUSBAND AFTER I READ THAT EMAIL, I HAD READ SOMETHING ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT WASN'T HERE, AND I KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT IT. BUT, I MEAN, WE'RE DOWN TO ALMOST A FULL TRASH BAG. EACH WEEK IS WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE. AFTER COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING, I SAID, WE CAN START BUYING THE LITTLE MINI TRASH BAGS. IF WE START DOING THE ORANGE BAG AS WELL. SO I'D RATHER SEE US START, LIKE CHARLES SAID, WITH THE GOOD STUFF AT THE TOP, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. AND THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE ONLY ONE LITTLE BAG LEFT AT THE END OF THE WEEK. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE LANDFILL OR TRASH SECTION SHOULD BE, I LIKE THAT. IN TERMS OF WHAT'S LEFT TO DO. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS. BURNING AS A PUSH? LIKE KIND OF FULL? I MEAN, I FOR I KNOW FOR ME GETTING THE PILOT PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR COMPOSTING OFF THE GROUND WAS KIND OF KEY. I'VE BEEN A CHAMPION OF THIS COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING CONVERSATION, BUT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH ENGAGING ON THAT LEVEL. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK IN THE FALL AND PUT ANOTHER EFFORT TOWARDS THAT. AGAIN, WHETHER THAT'S ENGAGING WITH CHAMBER, WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO HELP GET SOME. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. WE HAD CREATED THE RESIDENT SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT BEFORE WE WERE EXPLORING THE IDEA OF THE CURBSIDE FOOD WASTE PICKUP SERVICE. WE SENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT'S REGISTERED FOR THE DROP OFF PROGRAM, AND THEN MADE IT AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY. WE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE FOR THAT. AND THEN WE MADE A SIMILAR SURVEY FOR. ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS AND THE VILLAGE CENTER TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS COLLECTING FOOD WASTE. AND IF THEY'RE WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU INTERESTED? AND YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND NOBODY RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY. SO.

AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF THE RESTAURANT MANAGERS, NOBODY WAS. I GUESS THEIR RESPONSE IS THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT. BUT SO IT DID NOT GO WELL. SO THAT'S WHAT HE WAS REFERRING TO ON OUR ROADBLOCK WITH THAT. BUT YEAH, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. IF WE COULD FIND I CUT YOU OFF, IF WE COULD FIND ONE

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SO THIS IS JUST KICKED OFF, AND HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH I'LL ACTUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE ON HOW WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO MAKE WITH OUR BUSINESSES. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE VILLAGE CENTER. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS PARK, ANYBODY IN THE CITY SHE CAN GET WITH AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO THAT STARTED AT QDOBA. RIGHT? GET QDOBA ON BOARD. OH YEAH.

HERE IS THE FRUSTRATING THING IS CHELSEA HAD KIND OF TEAMED UP ON THIS. LIKE THE FRUSTRATING THING IS WHEN YOU GO TO CORPORATE WEBSITES, STARBUCKS HAS A HUGE PROGRAM. THEY LOG ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY DO, AND EVEN CARMEN CAMERON MITCHELL RATHER LOVES ALL THE THINGS THEY DO, THE RESTAURANTS AND THE FACT THAT CONTACT WAS MADE WITH A LOCAL ENTITY AND THEY JUST IGNORED IT.

I'M LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU TO DO IT. YOUR COMPANY DOES IT, CORPORATION DOES IT AND SUPPORTS IT. SO IT WAS JUST TRYING TO LIKE MAKE THAT LITTLE CONNECTION. SO IT WAS LARGELY FRUSTRATING FOR ME FROM THAT STANDPOINT. BUT I THINK EITHER THROUGH THE OSWEGO THING, THERE DEFINITELY IS WAYS TO COME BACK AT IT. AND THEN I GUESS FURTHER ALONG THAT LINE FOR THE NEW MEMBERS, THAT WAS THE IN THE INITIATIVES FOR PROMOTION, THIS GREEN NEW ALBANY CERTIFICATION THING, SOMETHING THAT A COUPLE OF US THREW OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO IS JUST TRYING TO FIND SOME WAY OF, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A CERTIFICATE YOU PUT IN A WINDOW OR A STICKER OR SOMETHING SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED GOLD LEVEL STANDARD OR SILVER LEVEL STANDARD FOR WHATEVER THAT IS. WE'VE JUST NEVER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF MAKING THE CONTACT AND FIGURING OUT WHO'S POTENTIALLY INTERESTED. IT'S LIKE MAYBE WE KIND OF KICKING THE CAN ON THAT ONE. BUT IN TERMS OF MAKING PEOPLE JEALOUS, THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD HOPEFULLY. ANYBODY ELSE, ANYBODY ELSE LAST CHANCE. MR. OH. I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING ON HERE ABOUT SOLAR, BUT I GUESS WE KIND OF PUSHED THAT DOWN BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE HADN'T. GOTTEN THAT. IT GOT CUT OUT OF YOUR PLAN. OOPS. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETHING SOLAR RELATED FOR THE I THINK IT'S IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. GOT IT. SO IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE NEW PROGRAMS CATEGORY. BUT THERE IS MENTION OF IT IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. IT'S PART OF OUR ORIGINAL KIND OF GOAL TO DO. BUT YEAH, I THINK WE PUT IT OFF FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE WERE DOING THIS, WE THE SENATE BILL HADN'T BEEN FINALIZED. AND SO, YEAH, WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT. WELL, IF YOU WANT TO.

BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH, REVIEW THE 2025 WORK PLAN. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PUT ON AN AGENDA FOR ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, LIKE IF THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ON THIS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LIST THAT YOU WANT US TO BRING TO YOU BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IF YOU EVER HAVE AN IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO HAVE ON A FUTURE AGENDA, JUST LET ME KNOW. I THINK, AS I SAID, I KNOW SPEAKING FOR MOLLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COME AND DISCUSS WAS INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THIS BOARD AND OTHER BOARDS IN THE CITY, EVEN TO COUNCIL STANDPOINT, IN TERMS OF GUIDELINES THAT ARE LEADING TO DECISIONS BEING MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'VE KIND OF BRUSHED ON THIS BEFORE IN THE PAST, WHERE IT'S LIKE THE CITY'S BEEN USING MPSC, WHICH HAS SOME GREAT

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SURE. YEAH. I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GET CRAFTED BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG HAIRY THING MAYBE. BUT YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO PAW THROUGH CODE. I LIKE THAT BECAUSE I USED TO BE IN THERE. YOU GO PLANNING. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU HERE. OKAY. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT IS ALL OF THE

[VII. Other Business]

THIS IS FOR FROM COLUMBUS MICROSYSTEMS, OUR EARTH DAY E-WASTE RECYCLING DRIVE. WE WERE THE MUNICIPALITY WINNER. AT THE 20,897 POUNDS COLLECTED. SO THEY WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES ON THEIR WASTE, THEIR E-WASTE DRIVE. AND WE WERE THE CITY THAT COLLECTED THE MOST. SO WE GOT THIS AWARD. WE GOT IT LAST YEAR AND WE GOT IT THIS YEAR TOO. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF A PICTURE IS GOING TO BE TAKEN, IT'S WITH ANGIE AND HER TEAM. YEAH. I DON'T THINK THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. OKAY. BRING IT OUT TO YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF IT. IT MAY NEED TO BE BIGGER, BUT. GOOD IDEA. SOUNDS GOOD. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM OF OTHER BUSINESS I HAD SENT THE EMAIL ABOUT THE HEFTY RENEW PROGRAM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR. AND JEFF REMINDED STAFF OF THE PROGRAM AND HAD SOME IDEAS WITH THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN JUST TURN IT OVER TO YOU. SURE. SO ONE DAY WE GET THIS PACKAGE FROM HEFTY, AND IT WAS ONE SINGLE BAG AND SOME INSTRUCTIONS, AND MY WIFE HAD ORDERED IT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING SHE SAW IN THE NEW ALBANY. THE WEBSITE, OR SHE GOT THE INFORMATION FROM US HERE, BUT WAITED A YEAR TO DO IT. AND SO WE STARTED IT AND WE FILLED UP THE BAG PRETTY MUCH IN A WEEK AND REALIZED HOW EASY IT WAS TO DO. AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE BAGS FILLED UP, YOU PUT IT WITH YOUR RECYCLABLES, RECYCLABLES. AND IT WAS NOT A BIG EFFORT. AND SO WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING MORE OR WE WERE THEN THINKING ABOUT CURBSIDE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE COMPOSTING AND FOOD COLLECTION, I THOUGHT, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE WASTE REDUCTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAM AND DO IT AS A PILOT, WHY DON'T WE ALSO PROMOTE THAT, AT LEAST IN THE FORM OF AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE? IF NOT, YOU KNOW, DOING MORE BY PROVIDING BAGS SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COMPOST ARE GOING TO PROBABLY DO WANT TO DO MORE, ESPECIALLY NOW THEY LEARN THEY'RE GOING TO SIGN UP FOR IT VOLUNTARILY. THESE PEOPLE ARE DEDICATED. SO IF YOU GIVE THEM ANOTHER TOOL, MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM. THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO THAT ALSO. SO IF WE WANT TO SEE TRUE DIVERSION THAT'S THE WAY TO MAXIMIZE IT IS GIVING THEM ANOTHER TOOL. AND SO WHEN WE ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM AND THE DELIVER THE BUCKETS, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE WE GIVE THEM A BAG AND A SAMPLE BAG AND A PIECE OF A FLIER AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE IT ON THEIR OWN. SO I FOUND THAT BAGS WERE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING TO FIND IN THE STORE, BUT I SAW THE LIST THAT YOU HAD SENT, AND I FOUND THEM

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YEAH, I THINK THAT LIST MIGHT BE OUTDATED NOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LIST THAT RUMPKE GAVE TO ME ROGRAM LAUNCHED, AND IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND SINCE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SERVICING, DOES RUMPKE ALSO SERVICE THEM FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING? YEAH. SO THAT'S A NATURAL FIT JUST TO INCORPORATE THAT IN BECAUSE IT'S NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE RUMPKE OR THE HOMEOWNER, EXCEPT FOR THE BAGS. I THINK I BOUGHT THE BAGS OF. I THINK THEY'RE 20 OF THEM. I GOT FOR $8, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT. I MEAN, IT'S A TRASH BAG. YOU AREN'T PAYING FOR IT. SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WASH. YEAH. NO, I LOVE THAT IDEA. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROMOTE WHATEVER WE CAN, INCLUDING REUSING. YEAH. I LIKE THEM ALL. YEAH. I LIKE YOUR THOUGHT BEHIND SENDING IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PILOTING THE CURBSIDE PICKUP ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN DOING THESE SORTS OF ACTIONS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO SUPPLY THE BAG, OR IS IT ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM A FLIER TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM? THAT'S, I THINK, I THINK GIVING THEM A SAMPLE BAG WILL KICK START THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE ONCE WE DID IT, MY WIFE WAS HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY EASY. I MEAN, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAD IS WHERE ARE WE GOING TO KEEP IT NOW WE GOT A TRASH CONTAINER. RECYCLING CONTAINER. NOW WE GOT A THIRD ONE, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. NOW ADD TO THAT FOOD WASTE. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE FOUR BINS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPACE, YOU KNOW ISSUES IN HOMES. BUT. YOU KNOW MY THRIFTING IS THOUGHT, HEY, LET'S REACH OUT TO HEFTY AND TELL THEM THAT WE GOT THIS 150 PILOT PROGRAM. GIVE US 150 SAMPLE BAG KITS, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND GET A FREE KIT FROM AFTER YOU RIGHT NOW. ANYONE CAN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AFTER YOU WOULD SAY SURE OR EVEN ONCE YOU, YOU KNOW, HELP US KICK THIS OFF AND GIVE US 150 OF THESE KITS TO DISTRIBUTE WITH THE PROGRAM. AND THEN JUST THE KIT THAT YOU GOT, HAVE THAT THE LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S FLIER AND I TESTIFIER EVEN I TRIED TO PUT IT THROUGH OUR COPY MACHINE AND SHRED IT UP. SO IT WAS THE ORIGINAL FLIER I SENT YOU IN ONE BAG AND THAT WAS THAT. WAS IT? OKAY, COOL.

YEAH, I SIGNED UP FOR IT AFTER YOU SENT THAT OUT. SO I'M WAITING. I'M WAITING FOR MY KIT.

IT IS PRETTY AMAZING, THOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THERE AND YOU REALIZE WHAT GOES YOUR TRASH, I MEAN, AFTER AGAIN, AFTER YOU'RE DOING RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING, YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD FILL UP A BAG. YEAH, THAT'S WHY I SAID ONE OF THOSE LITTLE ONES THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR BATHROOM. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I'D HAVE LEFT WITH STYROFOAM. I MEAN, PACKING PEANUTS. I WAS SHOCKED AT ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS ON THERE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. YEAH, I WENT TO WENT OUT AND GOT SOMETHING AT THE FARMER'S MARKET LAST WEEK AND GOT IT IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER. SO WE HAD FOOD IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER. SO EAT THE FOOD, HAVE LEFTOVERS. THAT GETS RECYCLED PLASTIC CONTAINER THAT GETS RECYCLED. YOU'RE DONE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT NUMBER PLASTIC IT IS. IT JUST EVERYTHING GOES IN. I TOOK A WRAPPER OFF A PIZZA TONIGHT, RIGHT? PUT IT IN THE BAG. SO YEAH, BECAUSE KROGER'S TAKES THE BAGS BACK, BUT THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT'S HAD FOOD IN IT. YEAH. SO IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'LL TAKE WHATEVER. SO YEAH I WAS WISHING PETE WAS GOING TO BE HERE BECAUSE I THINK HE WOULD ALSO BE AN INTERESTING THING TO INTRODUCE IN THE CAFETERIAS, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT WHEN I WAS DOING SCHOOL RECYCLING PROJECTS, IT'S LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH OF THAT PLASTIC BAG OF CHIPS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND EVEN JUST THE ZIPLOC BAGS. I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT THAT STUFF GOES AWAY. AND THE CHIP BAGS WERE THE BIGGEST BANE FOR US, ENDING UP IN THE COMPOST BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE TRAYS WITH THE FOOD AND THE KIDS WOULD JUST THROW THEM IN. YEP. SO DO YOU WANT STAFF TO REACH OUT TO HEFTY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD GIVE US THE KITS? AND THEN IF NOT, I COULD PUT A ESTIMATE TOGETHER FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO SUPPLY ONE BAG PER COMPOST. CURBSIDE PARTICIPANT AND SEEMS LIKE. YES. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE WITH THAT

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GOT IT. SO I DEFINITELY CHELSEA WILL CARRY THAT. GOT IT OKAY. WE DID I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S NUTS IF I DON'T YOU KNOW I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY. I KNOW FOR US RECYCLING HAS BEEN THE ONE.

THAT'S THE STANDARD 64 GALLON. WHATEVER IT IS FULL. SO IT'S LIKE I'M PUTTING THE ORANGE BAG.

IT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BE TIED TO THE SIDE KIND OF THING. BUT IT'S LIKE, I DON'T NEED A HALF A 32 GALLON. I MEAN LIKE A TEN GALLON TRASH THING AT THIS POINT. AND BUT IT'D BE NICE TO PAY LESS BECAUSE OF THAT FROM DOING THE OTHER EFFORT. SO. THE THING THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP TO GO THE MOST AS WE HEAD INTO THIS MEETING ON FRIDAY IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE THE CONSORTIUM TO INCLUDE THE CURBSIDE FOOD WASTE SERVICES AND THE BID. ANDREW WANTED TO MEET WITH ME AHEAD OF FRIDAY, BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. SO THEY KNOW THAT WE WANT THAT IN THE BID. BUT HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE IN THE CONSORTIUM THAT WANT THAT. BUT BEXLEY IS IN OUR CONSORTIUM, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CHIME IN. AND HOPEFULLY NOT BE INSULAR IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON THEIR OWN. BUT I GUESS WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. YEAH. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE OTHER BUSINESS I HAD. TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. IT'S BACK TO ME.

I'M BURYING MY. THIS WOULD BE THE TIME IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER COMMENTS OTHER THAN WHAT WE'VE

[VIII. Poll Members for Comment]

IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT INTO THIS, THOUGH FROM THE BEGINNING. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS. YES. FOUR YEARS. IT HASN'T BEEN FOUR YEARS. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE THE START OF THE BOARD. SO WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL WEARING MASKS. REMEMBER WE'RE HERE WHEN WE START THIS THING. YES, YES. AND THEN WE'RE LIKE OH THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE. FOR ALL THE TIME AND DEDICATION YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS BOARD AND INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WE'RE SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND HOPE THAT YOU KEEP CHECKING IN ON US AND KEEP IN

[01:40:05]

ANYONE ELSE ALL RIGHT. SEEING? NO, NONE. I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 810. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. CONWAY. ALL IN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.