Aug 13, 2025 Sustainability Advisory Board

THAT'S WHAT JOE IS. HE'S WATCHING FROM HOME, SO I DON'T WANT TO. HEY, JOE. GOOD EVENING.

[I. Call to Order]

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[III. Action of Minutes: July 9, 2025]

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JULY 9TH MEETING MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. GOSHEN. APPROVED, MISS GALLO. YES, MR. SCHUMACHER? YES, MR. BARNES? YES, MISS. SCOTT? YES, YES. SORRY. MISS KOPPELMAN.

YES, MISS LOPEZ? YES, WE HAVE MOTION PASSES. GREAT. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR. ADDITIONS AND

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[VI. Business]

LOOKING AHEAD FOR NEXT YEAR. AND BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION, I DID START DRAFTING THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND WORK PLAN AND THEN A BUDGET SHEET. THESE ARE VERY MUCH IN DRAFT FORM, BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ON WHAT YOU WANT NEXT YEAR TO LOOK LIKE. SO THIS REALLY WAS TO JUST SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS YEAR HAS LOOKED LIKE SO FAR. AND THEN POTENTIAL THINGS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND JUST GIVE THE NEW MEMBERS AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BUDGET PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE CREATE THIS BUDGET. AND ONCE YOU FINALIZE YOUR PLAN AND YOUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR FALL WORKSHOP, AND THEY WILL REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO THEM. SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND START HAVING YOU

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BUT BY THE TIME YOU SET UP, YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTION DAY AND THEN THE PROCESSING OF IT AFTER

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SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST DROP THIS OFF ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT NO COST. SO YEAH, I'M WILLING TO. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE A LIFT FOR STAFF. THAT WOULD BE MY OWN CONCERNS IF AND I KNOW WE MAY CURTAIL THE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PROMOTE IT AND KIND OF GEOFENCE THE MARKETING FOR IT.

BUT WORD OF MOUTH AND I'M JUST TRYING TO PUSH FOR WHAT HAPPENED. ABSOLUTELY ON THAT TWICE A YEAR NOW. AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CURTAIL IT. BUT I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE. IF WE IF THAT SITUATION OCCURRED, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW PEOPLE KIND OF FLUSH THE SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ACCUMULATING THAT MUCH WASTE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND IT GOES A LITTLE BIT FASTER. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE SAID THAT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS NOW. RIGHT? HOW MANY CRT TELEVISIONS ARE STILL THEY STILL KEEP FINDING THEM. SO I KEEP THINKING WE'RE GOING TO COME TO THE END. BUT I DO THINK WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE ESPECIALLY ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND TVS IN GENERAL ARE SO INEXPENSIVE NOWADAYS, WHERE THEY ARE A 1 OR 2 YEAR ITEM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A BIGGER ONE AND WE CAN JUST RECYCLE I AND THAT FALLS INTO THE OTHER CATEGORY OF I DON'T WANT US TO GET INTO. I LOVE THE REUSE AND NOT TO BUY THE NEW TV IN THE FIRST PLACE, RATHER THAN I FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF BECAUSE I RECYCLED IT AND NOW I CAN GO BUY ANOTHER TV AND I CAN JUST KEEP RECYCLING IT EVERY YEAR. YES. YEAH. AND I DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT BEHAVIOR EITHER, WHERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION TO RECYCLE TV, IT'S A BETTER SOLUTION THAN THE LANDFILL. BUT IF THIS EXPECTATION IS, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR, WE CAN YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THAT MENTALITY WHERE WE CAN JUST USE SOMETHING FOR A SHORT TERM, GO GET ANOTHER ONE. SO I YEAH, AGREE. YEAH. I MEAN I THINK THAT THAT'S A FINE LINE. WE WALK IN SOME OF THESE MANY EVENTS. WE DO. YEAH I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF PROMOTING MORE MAYBE LIKE THE EXISTING SWACO FACILITIES. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE OR THEY DON'T THINK TO DO THAT. AND SO THEN THEY JUST THROW THE TV IN THE BASEMENT AND THEY JUST START GROWING THE PILE OF STUFF, AND IT BECOMES OVERWHELMING IF WE CAN REMIND THEM A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR, LIKE THESE THINGS EXIST, NOW'S A GREAT TIME OF THE YEAR TO GO DO THAT. MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD WHERE IT'S ALREADY BEING. I AGREE WITH THAT TOO. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. IT'S BETTER THAN BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL? IS IT TO KEEP PUTTING MORE CITY MONEY INTO THIS THING OR TO KIND OF START NOW TO TAKE PEOPLE AND GO, OKAY, WE DO THIS ONCE A YEAR, BUT EVERY SEASON AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SEASONS, WE DO DIFFERENT THINGS. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY SEASONAL THING WHERE EVERY, YOU KNOW, WE DO A CARD EVERY SEASON AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP WITH SUSTAINABILITY. DON'T FORGET YOUR LIGHTS IN THE WINTER. DON'T FORGET, YOU KNOW, JUST CERTAIN THINGS THAT KIND OF GO TOGETHER. OH, AND BY THE WAY, ON THE CARD, HERE'S THE ADDRESS TO GET RID OF YOUR STUFF BECAUSE THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING. IF YOU WANT TO GET

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LIKE CONSTANTLY REMINDING PEOPLE THAT, LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING. THESE THINGS ARE HERE AND YOU CAN DO IT FOR FREE. SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB, IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE THAT WAY BASED ON THE SEASONS. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SORT OF WOULD FLOW NATURALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS WE DO ARE EACH SEASON RIGHT, AND SORT OF HIGHLIGHTED. AND I THINK ONCE YOU KIND OF GET PEOPLE INTO THAT PATTERN, THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THIS. SO I DON'T KNOW, JUST MY THOUGHT. AND ALSO JUST A SIDE NOTE, WHEN I USED TO WORK FOR HEALTHY NEW ALBANY, WE USED TO DO A COMMUNITY CLEANUP TWICE A YEAR WITH THE CITY. AND IT WAS AWESOME. AND WE JUST USED VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE GOT THE VESTS, WE GOT THE PICKERS, THEY GAVE US THE BAGS. I REALLY LOVED IT, AND I WOULD LOVE IT TO COME BACK THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY SOMEHOW, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEASONAL THINGS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS MORE INVOLVED, THAT'S A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO GET THEIR HOURS, GET TO KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY, TO GET TO KNOW THE LAND, THE PARKS, HOW IT ALL OPERATES FROM A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, AND IF WE DID LIKE A CLEANUP THING AND WE CAN INVITE STUDENTS LIKE THE CITY HAS SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THEY WANT US TO CLEAN UP AND WE COULD PUT SAFETY SIGNS UP AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THAT WAY STUDENTS SORT OF GET TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO DO THESE COMMUNITY EFFORTS AS AN ADULT, IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THESE THINGS, IT STARTS YOUNG, LIKE, UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ALL OPERATES TOGETHER AND THE MANPOWER AND THE TIME THAT GOES INTO THIS.

AND I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WE COULD BE DOING WITH WITH THAT TYPE OF VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, TOO. AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN LEAD INTO MORE GREEN GUARDIANS, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN MAYBE GET MORE STUDENTS AWARE ALSO OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO HERE WITH THE MONEY, WITH THE GRANTS. SO THAT'S A LOT. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO, MOLLY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA WITH THE REMINDER. AND I MEAN JOSH, OUR MEDIA GUY REMINDS US ALL THE TIME LIKE MAIL PEOPLE STILL READ THEIR MAIL. YEAH. LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA IS GREAT. AND FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND ALL THAT IS GREAT.

BUT PEOPLE A DIRECT MAILER. YEAH, THAT'S VERY RIGHT. WE KNOW WHEN THE LEAF PICKUP IS WE ALL KNOW LIKE YEAH. YES, WE HAVE THE CARD HUNG UP ON OUR FRIDGE LIKE THE SUMMER CONCERT EVENTS THAT ARE FREE AND STUFF LIKE, THAT'S A NICE WAY TO REMEMBER. AND I'M LIKE AN OLD WOMAN IN MY BRAIN.

AND I STILL WRITE EVERYTHING ON PAPER, LIKE I NEED TO SEE IT FOR IT TO CEMENT IN MY BRAIN. SO I JUST DON'T THINK MY WIFE HAS THE MONTHLY CALENDAR AND CHALK, AND EVERY MONTH SHE ERASES THE LAST MONTH. AND BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO SEE IT. YES, I LOVE THE THINGS THAT ARE JUST SIMPLE LIKE THOSE.

I JUST THINK THAT THE SEASONAL THING MAKES SO MUCH SENSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DO SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PUMPKIN THING IN THE FALL WITH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SORT OF TARGET COMPOST.

SPRING AND FALL IS A GREAT TIME TO TARGET THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE SUMMER WHEN YOU'RE GETTING YOU'RE COMING UP EVERY MELON AND IT'S SO MUCH WASTE. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE COULD BE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING BY SEASON AND MAYBE LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY, AND THEN IT KIND OF FLOWS MORE NATURALLY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE THAT WAY WE ALL KIND OF KNOW, OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT. SO COULD WE TENTATIVELY BUDGET IN BECAUSE EVEN AS A CITY I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO PAY POSTAGE BECAUSE IT'S A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YEP. BUT CAN WE BUDGET IN MAYBE LIKE FIND OUT WHAT IT COSTS? I THINK WE HAVE LIKE 3500 HOUSEHOLDS. SO MAYBE TWO MAILERS A YEAR WILL DO A SPRING AND MAYBE FALL, AND WE CAN KIND OF HIT ON WE CAN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO PROMOTE, BUT JUST KIND OF SUSTAINABILITY MAILINGS DO A COUPLE OF THOSE A YEAR TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT COMPOSTING PROGRAM SO WE COULD DROP OFF. AND THEN WE CAN PROMOTE EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY. AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER AND APRIL, MAYBE SIX MONTHS APART. IN THAT WAY, IT'S RIGHT BEFORE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. YEP. AND KIND OF LIKE THE LIKE THE POCKET PRAIRIES, HOW WE WANTED THE QR CODE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SCAN IT, READ MORE LIKE THE MAILING COULD HAVE THE QR CODE TO KICK THEM OVER TO A WEBSITE WE HAVE THAT HAS THE LINK TO THE SWACO ADDRESSES, AND IT HAS THE LINK TO OUR COMPOST DROP OFF LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. WHEN WE SEND OUT A MAILER OR WHATEVER, CAN WE SOMEHOW HIGHLIGHT THE WORD HOUSEHOLD SO WE DON'T END UP WITH THE TRACTOR TRAILERS COMING IN WITH WHAT THEY'VE ACCUMULATED ON THEIR JOB SITES FOR THE PAST YEAR? SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO FOR NEXT YEAR IS. I TALKED TO OUR COMMS TEAM, AND I THINK THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE THE EVENT NEXT YEAR IS SENDING EACH RESIDENTS A MAILER AND NOT GO OVERBOARD WITH THE.

PROMOTION. THAT WAY, EACH RESIDENT WILL BE NOTIFIED, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL DROP OFF, NOT COMMERCIAL. SO WE ARE KIND OF

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BUT I THINK I WAS THINKING SOMEONE LIKE PATTI SHIPLEY, LIKE, LEAVES FOR A WHILE. LIKE SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO PLANT INSTEAD. AND MAYBE THEY WOULD EVEN GIVE US. MAYBE SHE WOULD EVEN GIVE US A DISCOUNT FOR PEOPLE THERE TO DO MORE. I MEAN, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING NOT JUST WHY YOU WOULD EXCHANGE TREES AND SHRUBS THAT ARE INVASIVE, BUT WHAT YOU PUT IN MATTERS, AND IT SUSTAINS OTHER LIVING THINGS AND HELPS BIODIVERSITY OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THERE'S IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S DO IT RIGHT, RIGHT. LET'S LET'S GET PEOPLE IN THAT UNDERSTAND IT AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE PART OF THAT BUDGET GO TOWARDS THE OPEN HOUSE OR TWO IN THE NEXT YEAR, LIKE IN 2026, THAT PEOPLE KNOW OR I DON'T KNOW. I WILL SAY WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF THOSE

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DID WE GET SIGNAGE UP AT OAKLAND THIS YEAR FOR THE INVASIVE? NO. I HAD CALLED THEM AND THEIR MANAGER NEVER CALLED ME BACK, SO I'D BE I'D BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, GO OVER THERE AND TRY TO TALK TO THE NATIVE PERSON AND SEE IF SHE YOU KNOW HER NAME. I'M SORRY. I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME, BUT. OKAY, I'LL TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER. SPECIFICALLY, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THE NATIVE PERSON. THE NATIVE PERSON, RIGHT? YEAH. SHE KNOWS HER STUFF. AND HE KIND OF. TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAYBE BABY STEPS. WE DON'T HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE RIGHT AWAY THAT NOBODY IS COMING TO. LIKE THINKING OF PLACES THESE PEOPLE WE WANT TO REACH ALREADY ARE GOING LIKE OAKLAND OR LIKE OCTOBERFEST, OR LIKE THESE AMPHITHEATER CONCERTS OR WHEREVER. LIKE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD PITCH WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKE IT REALLY INTERESTING ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE COME OVER AND WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT JUST AS A BABY, NOT TO REPLACE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE. I THINK IT TENDS TO BE A BETTER WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED. YEAH, BECAUSE PEOPLE I THINK ARE LESS LIKELY TO CARVE OUT TIME FOR AN OPEN HOUSE, EVEN IF THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT'S COOL. BUT TO BREAK AWAY FROM IT, TO COMBINE IT WITH SOMETHING OR MEETINGS OR WORK AND YEAH, I THINK TO MUDDY IT UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GOING COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO START TO RAISE MORE AWARENESS ABOUT IT. WHAT ABOUT AT THE INDOOR FARMER'S MARKET LIKE IN JANUARY? BECAUSE I KNOW JANUARY IS WHEN I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLANT THINGS. YEAH, AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO BRING SOME PLANTS FROM SOMEWHERE FROM THE NURSERY OR WHATEVER, AND HAVE A DISPLAY THAT I THINK WOULD DRAW PEOPLE WHO ARE FEELING THE JANUARY BLUES AT THAT POINT, OR FEBRUARY, EITHER ONE OR MARCH. I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE IN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD EVEN HAVE SOME LITTLE. SEEDLINGS OR SOMETHING YOU COULD GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN MAYBE HAVE SOME EDUCATION AS WELL. I AGREE, I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR PEOPLE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH IT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO YOU WANT ARE THE ONES WHO DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT THE INVASIVE PROGRAM. THERE MAY BE WILLING TO LISTEN, BUT THEY JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE JUST REALLY BUSY WITH OTHER STUFF. BUT I LIKE THE INDOOR FARMER'S MARKET. MAYBE YOU HAVE LITTLE IT'S HARD TO GET PLANTS IN JANUARY. YES, JANUARY IS NOT SO GOOD FOR THAT. BUT YEAH, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA THOUGH. I LIKE THE IDEA OF BECAUSE IT'S SUCH NOT AN EXCITING TOPIC. LET'S JUST FACE IT, THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO ALMOST PUT IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE GO, OH, I'M HERE ANYWAY. I MIGHT AS WELL LEARN ABOUT THIS TREE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT. IT'S LIKE HOW THE SCHOOL PEATOS ARE POPPING UP AT THE MOVIES RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YEAH. EXAMPLE WORKS, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WHILE YOU'RE HERE WITH YOUR FAMILY ANYWAY, COME BY TEACHER FOR YOUR KIDS FOR THEIR SCHOOL AND JOIN THE PTO. AND HERE'S OUR FLIER ABOUT STUFF COMING UP, STARTING WITH THAT KIND OF THING TO BUILD THEM UP TO LIKE, WANT TO CARE ENOUGH TO GO TO AN EVENT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, I WANT PEOPLE TO WANT TO GO TO. YEAH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, I MEAN, I GUESS I'M PROMOTING WHAT I DO, BUT I MEAN, AS AN EDUCATOR, I TAKE PEOPLE OUT IN THE WOODS AND INTRODUCE THEM TO TREES AND PLANTS. WHY CAN'T WE JUST DO A COUPLE WALKS A YEAR HERE? ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW WE HAVE SUCH

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OVERWHELMINGLY, WE WOULD HAVE 30, 40 PEOPLE SHOW UP THAT WANT TO CLEAN UP THE THREE PIECES OF STARBUCKS TRASH THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OUR, OUR PEOPLE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB. BUT I WILL SAY THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT IN CERTAIN POCKETS, BUT IT'S FUNNY, PEOPLE WILL COME OUT TO DO SOMETHING CHARITABLE OR GOOD THAT WAY, DO YOU KNOW? SO I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MARKET ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST BASED ON WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST. I KNOW WE EVEN HAD SOME OF THE OTHER WE HAD LIKE GOOGLE AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE SIGN UP. BY THE WAY, YOU'LL GET TO MEET THE POLICE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS FIND WEIRD THINGS IN NEW ALBANY. SO THAT'S PART OF THE INTERESTING PART TOO, IS THE BIZARRE THINGS WE FIND WHEN WE'RE DOING A COMMUNITY CLEANUP IN THIS TOWN.

JUST SAYING. VERY INTERESTING. BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S JUST WE JUST HAVE TO BE MORE CREATIVE IN GETTING PEOPLE OUT AND GETTING PEOPLE EXCITED. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR, TOO. I THINK WE THINK EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE IT'S NICE. NO, SOME OF THE BEST STUFF IS HERE IN THE WINTER, WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE TREES AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THINGS, AND THERE'S SOME COOL STUFF JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CLEANUP, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY. I DON'T HEALTHY NEW ALBANY PUTS THAT ON AT ALL. NO, THAT WAS ME. THAT THAT WAS YOU. SO I DO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S LIKE, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE ON THE NOSE FOR SUSTAINABILITY GROUPS, YOU CLEANUPS. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT DOING IT NOW. SO I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE A COOL OPPORTUNITY. AND IT'S GREAT PHOTOS. THEY USE A LOT OF THE PHOTOS IN THE CITY. AND IT'S IT JUST BRINGS EVERYONE SORT OF TOGETHER. AND I WOULD BAKE COOKIES AND HAVE HOT CHOCOLATE AND EVERYBODY. IT WAS MORE IT WAS JUST A TRUE COMMUNITY EVENT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN THEN TAKE THAT PLATFORM OF DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEN ADD TO IT ABOUT COMPOST, ADD TO IT ABOUT, OH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THIS SEAT. LIKE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE 30 OR 40 PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY THAT CARE. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT. THAT'S WHO YOU WANT TO GET TO THE NEXT THING, RIGHT? AND GET THEM. YOU WANT THEM IN GREEN T SHIRTS. YOU WANT THEM SIGNING UP FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE. SO THE GOOD SORRY, THERE'S A TRASH PICK UP THIS SATURDAY THAT I'M GOING TO FROM A GIRL SCOUT THAT'S TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT MARKETED, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, BUT I'M GOING TO IT. BUT LIKE I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO IT. IT'S JUST LIKE. BUT I THINK EVEN GIRL SCOUTS IS A WAY TO LIKE, OH, A GIRL SCOUT IS DOING THAT. THAT'S SO CUTE. LIKE, I WANT TO SUPPORT THEM. SO I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, IF YOU EVER WANT TO LIKE, TIE IN GIRL SCOUTS, THE WAY THE CITY DOES IT IS SOMETIMES WE WOULD HAVE FAMILIES AND KIDS DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SAFETY COMPONENTS. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. SOME OF THE THINGS ARE ADULT ONLY PICKUPS BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF DOWN IN CREEKS, YOU'RE KIND OF IN SOME LITTLE YOU'RE ON YOU'RE ON HIGHWAYS LIKE SO IT DEPENDS ON THE AREAS. BUT WE USUALLY DID ONE FAMILY,

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ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T. I DEFER TO IMAGINING LIKE ASK ME ABOUT MY NEW NATIVE TREE. MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, I PARTICIPATE. SO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE A QR CODE THAT'S THIS BIG, BUT I MEAN SOMETHING YEAH, SOMETHING WOULD HAVE A QR CODE TO LINK BACK TO THE PROGRAM. THIS IS GOING TO THIS IS GOING TO DOVETAIL INTO A QUICK BACK AND FORTH THAT CHELSEA AND I HAVE HAD, WHICH IS MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, I GUESS, WAS WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE ABOUT THIS GROUP. LIKE WE TALK ABOUT IN WASTE REVISION. THERE'S COMPOSTING INFORMATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PAGE. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT FROM THE START OF THIS GROUP, WE SAID WE NEEDED TO HAVE HAPPEN. AND I THINK JUST THROUGH CHANGES OF PERSONNEL AND WHATNOT, WHAT KIND OF LIKE NOT HAD IT HAPPEN. SO IT WOULD BE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN. IF YOU'VE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE WEB TEAM TO FIGURE OUT BUILDING THAT, BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME PLACES WHERE THIS CAN LIVE EVERGREEN. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT KIND OF A PROMOTION OF A SCAN, THIS QR CODE IS GOING TO THE WEBSITE AND SOMETHING CAN ALWAYS FIND IT, AS OPPOSED TO DIGGING BACK THROUGH EMAILS. IS THAT ACCURATE? DO YOU AGREE? RIGHT NOW, THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WEB PAGE ON THE WEBSITE JUST HAS YOUR SCHEDULE AND YOUR AGENDAS AND YOUR MINUTES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT START HERE, THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE LINKED TO, LIKE THE ADMINISTRATION, THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT THAT I'M IN. SO THEY'RE NOT THERE'S NO LANDING PAGE FOR ALL OF YOUR INITIATIVES. IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, THERE'S A COMMUNITY PROGRAMING LANDING PAGE, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON ONE PAGE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS FOR SUSTAINABILITY, A LANDING PAGE FOR ALL OF THE INITIATIVES TO BE FOUND IN ONE PLACE INSTEAD OF ALL OVER THE WEBSITE. SO HOPEFULLY THIS FALL. CHARLES IS EXCITED. YEAH, WELL, WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING, I COULDN'T FIND IT AND USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION TO DO IT. THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO CIRCLE THIS BACK JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT DIRECTION. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE. IS THERE ANYTHING NOT ON HERE THAT ANYONE'S LIKE. OH, I THOUGHT WE COULD DO THIS OR I GOT AN ITCH THAT I WANT TO SCRATCH. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD PLAN. OKAY. ALLOW ME TO TRY AND SOMEONE CALL ME ON IF I'M NOT DOING THIS. RIGHT. SO. FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, TAKING THE E-WASTE HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND THE PAPER SHREDDING AND DOING A TIMES TWO FOR EACH OF THEM, BUT JUST ADDING 50% MORE TO THIS BUDGET. NOT DOUBLING IT. PUMPKIN STAYS THE SAME HOLIDAY OR SORRY, POLITICAL RECYCLING AND HOLIDAY RECYCLING STAY THE SAME. I THINK WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMPOST PROGRAM, MAYBE AFTER WE REVIEW WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF UPTAKE AND USAGE. SUSTAINABILITY, WE'LL KEEP THAT NUMBER THE SAME. YEAH, I MEAN IT'S ASPIRATIONAL, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT THERE IN CASE WE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVEN'T USED IT RIGHT. AND IT'S KIND OF WORKED OUT WHERE IT'S KIND OF BEEN A BACKSTOP FOR MAYBE SOME OTHER PROGRAMS GOING OVER. RIGHT. SO I KIND OF I THINK WE PREFER TO KEEP IT AT 10,000. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO START SHAKING THE TREES AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE APPLICATIONS. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. SHE'S LIKE, WHY DID I SAY I DO THIS? I MIGHT DO THAT, RIGHT? INVASIVE TREE. WE'LL KEEP THAT THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO USE FOR MARKETING THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY HAVEN'T BEEN USING NECESSARILY. GREEN GUARDIANS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, GREEN GUARDIANS, WE'RE SAYING 11 FIVE. NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 2000. OKAY. SORRY, 2011 FIVE IS NOT. NO. I GUESS I COULD HAVE DONE THE MATH TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SORRY. AND YOU SAID THAT'S ALREADY ASSUMING THAT WE'RE BUYING MORE SHIRTS AND MORE

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BUT I THINK I CAN GET TO TWO. BUT HE WOULD PREFER ONE. I COULD TELL THEM WE WOULD LIKE FOR I COULD TELL THEM WE WOULD LIKE FOUR, AND MAYBE HE WOULD WHITTLE IT DOWN TO TWO. I THINK TWO IS A FAIR NUMBER THAT WE CAN GET TO. OKAY. AND I DO NOT INEXPENSIVE. IT'S LIKE 6 OR 7 GRAND A MAILER MAYBE. WELL, THE ONE THAT WE'RE DOING FOR WINDSOR, THE PILOT PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER $600. AND THAT'S ONLY THAT'S LESS THAN 300 HOMES. YEAH. IT'S NOT IT'S EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING FOR THE POSTAGE. AND THEN NOT ONLY THE POSTCARDS THEMSELVES, BUT THEN THE SERVICES OF THE PRINTING COMPANY TO PRINT THEM AND MAIL THEM AND DO ALL THAT FOR US. THE LABOR.

THERE YOU GO. AND ONE OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WE'RE GOING TO HAND DELIVER ALL OF THESE POSTCARDS TWICE A YEAR. SO VOLUNTEERS READY. NERVOUS? WELL, YEAH. AS I SAID, MAYBE I THINK WE SHOULD BUDGET FOR IT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE MARKETING TEAM AS TO COULD THESE BE INCLUDED IN SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE? I KNOW NEXT YEAR I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT COMES UP IN THE TOWN. OKAY. I PERSONALLY, I THINK IF YOU JUST WANT YOUR FACE ON ONE, OKAY. THIS IS WE WANT TO PROMOTE THIS. GOT IT. BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE LIKE MAYBE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S USUALLY A THEME, RIGHT. AND THERE'S WE DO THE QUARTERLY LETTERS TO THE CITY WHERE YOU KIND OF HIT THAT. RIGHT. AND WE CAN PLUG IN. WE IN LIKE 30 DAYS INCLUDED IN THOSE. RIGHT. BUT IF WE WANTED TO DO LIKE A LITTLE LIKE SEVEN, FIVE BY SEVEN OR SOMETHING A COOL LIKE TRIFOLD. GOT IT. THAT'S JUST SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY KIND OF OKAY, STRESS SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING TOO. I THINK NEXT WEEK THEY'RE MEETING ABOUT THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY MAGAZINE, ABOUT UPCOMING STUFF FOR 2026.

THEY'LL START DOING THEIR PLANNING STUFF STARTING NEXT WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS GOING, BUT I COULD ALWAYS PLUG SUSTAINABILITY IN THE CITY AND SEE IF THEY COULD DO AN ARTICLE ON US, AND MAYBE GET A PICTURE IN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT KIND OF HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE, AND THEY PROBABLY INTERVIEW YOU AND SORT OF FIND OUT THAT WAY WE CAN GET IN THE MAGAZINE. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF GET OUT THERE TO A LOT OF HOUSEHOLDS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. YEAH, I LOVE THAT. YEAH, YEAH. ANGIE JUST BROUGHT UP SOMETHING. WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY CONNECTORS PROGRAM THAT WE JUST STARTED. IT'S STILL TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND. IT'S LIKE THE COUNCIL WALK. WE HAVE ABOUT 55 NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY AND I THINK. MAYBE THERE'S LIKE 20 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REPRESENTED RIGHT NOW WITH A COMMUNITY CONNECTOR. SO AS THAT GROWS, WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF FILTER SOME INFORMATION TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AS WELL. SO IT'S A BRAND NEW PROGRAM. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HEAVILY WE CAN RELY ON THAT JUST YET, BUT THAT IS OUT

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THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. BUT HE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE ESTIMATE ON WHAT WE COULD LOOK AT SPENDING IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT 35 IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. CRYSTAL. OKAY, GREAT. AND CHELSEA, TONIGHT YOU JUST NEED KIND OF A BASIC IDEA. LIKE HOW LONG UNTIL YOU WANT LIKE SOMETHING. SO I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS BASED ON WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT, UPDATE THE MATERIALS THAT I GAVE YOU AND BRING IT BACK FOR PROBABLY.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, AT LEAST ONE MORE REVIEW. THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION IS IN NOVEMBER NOVEMBER, SO MAYBE TWO MORE REVIEWS BEFORE COUNCIL SEES IT. SO IT'S ONGOING. YEAH. SO FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IF YOU'RE THIS IS KIND OF JUST SHAPING UP FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AND THIS WILL ROLL IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO WHILE WE'RE STARTING EARLY, I GUESS IF WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, THEN FOR SEPTEMBER, IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING, THAT'S OH, HEY, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS. THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE DROP DEAD MONTH TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET TO OCTOBER, IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED FROM US TO MOVE THE COUNCIL. YEAH. BUT YEAH. SO IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU OF IS KIND OF A PRELIMINARY PROJECT. ADRIAN AND I MET WITH. AND THEY ARE BIG INTO SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED AS GREEN GUARDIANS AT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THEY HAVE A SELF-IMPOSED TREE PLANTING PROGRAM WHEN THEY COME INTO A COMMUNITY AND BUILD A FACILITY, THEY HAVE A PLAN TO FOR EVERY TREE THAT THEY REMOVE, THEY PLANT A NEW ONE. AND FOR NEW ALBANY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLANT UP TO 100,000 TREES IN THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

100,000? YES. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY DIDN'T REMOVE 100,000 TREES. THEY. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS A LICKING COUNTY. THAT WAS A FARM FIELD BEFORE. SO I DON'T THINK THERE WERE 100,000 TREES THERE. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT COUNT ON HOW MANY WAS REMOVED, BUT THEIR GOAL, THAT IS THEIR GOAL FOR WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLANT. AND I'M GOING TO WORK WITH OUR NEW CITY FORESTER IN IDENTIFYING AREAS OF THE CITY THAT COULD USE SOME MORE TREES. SO THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY. WE JUST STARTED THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS TAKING PLACE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST ON WHERE SOME TREES COULD GO, I'M NOT SURE. ON THE

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THE CITY FORESTER. BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S JUST GOOD INPUT ON WHAT TYPE OF TREES WILL GROW.

YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY BASED ON. I GUESS I AGREE WITH YOU, THOUGH I WOULD LIKE IT TO SEE AS BIODIVERSE. IT'S BIODIVERSE AS IT COULD BE WITH LIKE NOT JUST THE STANDARD.

HERE'S YOUR SHADE RELATED. IT'S BIODIVERSITY FOR COVER AND FOOD SOURCES FOR THERE'S A LOT OF EVERGREEN SHRUBS. I MEAN THERE'S A LOT MORE THERE'S A LOT OF BIODIVERSITY IN THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BUILD ON WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK WHEN YOU GO OVER LIKE AGAIN TO THE NATURE PRESERVE OR TO THE ARBORETUM AND TO SWICKARD WOODS ARBORETUM, WHEN YOU GO TO DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THAT, IT NEEDS SOME TLC. IT'S TIME TO PUT SOME NEW TREES IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ALREADY BEAUTIFUL AND THAT PEOPLE USE AND COULD USE MORE THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, NEAR THE KIDS AND STUFF. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD START. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT THINGS. LET'S JUST AND THESE THESE ARE BEING PLANTED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WELL IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CITY. CITY PROPERTY. THAT'S THAT'S WHY I'M SUGGESTING THE LEISURE TRAIL SINCE IT RUNS ALONG. GENERALLY ON CITY RIGHT OF WAYS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. IS IT LIKE, WOULD THEY BE OPEN TO PLANTING TREES ON PEOPLE'S HOUSE PROPERTIES? I DON'T THINK IT'S RESIDENTIAL CITY. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES THAT, I MEAN, NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF CITY OF NEW ALBANY, I GUESS, BUT THAT'S THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. WE COULD TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. HAS LEISURE TRAIL SPACE THAT THEY COULD BE CAMPING. YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING. I THINK 100,000 TREES IS AMAZING. YEAH. IF IT HAPPENS. SO THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF OUR GIS MAP WITH SOME DIFFERENT LAYERS. THIS LAYER SHOWS OPEN SPACE AND TREES. THE MAJORITY OF THE TREES ARE STREET TREES. BUT THIS IS ON THE CITY VIEWER MAP. IF YOU EVER GO ONLINE AND WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THE OPEN SPACE AND TREES THAT ARE ACCOUNTED FOR, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT TAYLOR FARM, THERE'S A LOT MORE TREES THERE THAN WHAT'S DEPICTED ON THE SCREEN. SO NOT EVERY TREE IS ACCOUNTED FOR, BUT ALL THE STREET TREES ARE. LIKE OUR TREE LAWN TREES INCLUDED IN THIS ARE THOSE LIKE ARE THOSE HOA OR CITY TREES? THREE TREES? YEAH. LIKE TREE LAWN. THEY ARE. SO WHEN THEY DIE, LIKE DOWN THE STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES THE CITY REPLACE THOSE OR WOULD THIS BE PART OF THAT EFFORT? WE REPLACE THOSE WE DO IT BY. WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE DO IT OKAY. SO IN ADDITION THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITION. YES. SO YOU WILL DO A PLAN WITH THEM. AND THEN YOU'LL LET US KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE IT REALLY IS. YEAH.

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THIS WOULD BE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY TO COME BACK, ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE OF THAT SIZE, THAT THEY'RE REPLACEABLE FOR THAT. GREAT WORK. NET NEUTRAL OKAY. SO WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE POCKET PRAIRIES FOR YOU. THEY DID BEGIN ON AUGUST 6TH WITH REMOVING THE INVASIVE MATERIALS FROM TAYLOR FARM. AND THEY STARTED APPLYING THE HERBICIDE. AND TODAY. THEY WERE PLANNING ON GOING BACK OUT TO TAYLOR FARM AND HOPING TO FINISH THAT LOCATION. THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO A PLANTER GROVE NEXT, AND THEY WERE STARTING THIS WEEK AS WELL, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD IF THEY ACTUALLY MADE IT OUT THERE. I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO DO TWO LOCATIONS AT ONCE, BUT THEN DECIDED TO JUST FINISH TAYLOR FARM AND THEN MOVE ON TO PLANTERS GROVE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING. THE SCIENCE GOT MOVED DOWN AGAIN. I REPLACED THEM AGAIN TODAY. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT BEGINNING, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS TIMELINE IS ACTUALLY LIKE IT WAS THE PLAN B TIMELINE. THEY GAVE US TWO TIMELINES. ONE WAS BEST CASE SCENARIO. AND THEN THEN THERE WAS THIS ONE WITH ALL OF THE UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE GOT THIS SUMMER. IT DID PUSH THINGS BACK A LITTLE BIT, SO HOPEFULLY. THE FINAL PLANT INSTALL WILL BE IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WINTER AT LEAST NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY JANUARY THROUGH MARCH WILL PROBABLY HAVE A BREAK. BUT THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT THEY GAVE US. AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL EMAIL ME AT THE END OF THE WEEK WITH HE'S BEEN UPDATING ME PRETTY OFTEN NOW THAT THEY STARTED THE SITE. PREP. IS ROCKY FORK AWARE THAT THOSE SIGNS NEED TO NOT BE MOWED DOWN? DUMB QUESTION, BUT NO, THEY ARE AWARE. WE'VE CALLED THEM SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE DOWN AGAIN TODAY. SO ACTUALLY WE PROBABLY SHOULD REPLACE THOSE SIGN HOLDERS BECAUSE I DID MY BEST TO BEND THEM INTO A SHAPE TO PUT THEM BACK IN THAT ROCKY FORK, TAKING THE SIGNS DOWN. OH, THEY'RE JUST MOWING THEM OVER. YEAH, THEY WERE ALL ALL FOUR OF THE ONES AT FINNISH GROVE ARE DOWN AGAIN.

AND VARIOUS STATES HAVE KNOCKED AROUND. YEAH, I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IF IT'S IF LIKE I SAID, I THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE NEW SIGN HOLDERS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BROKEN APART AND IN.

BUT IF THEY I GUESS IF WE PLACE THEM INTO OR OUTSIDE OF THE BORDER AREA THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MOWED, I REALIZED WE'VE BEEN MOWING EVERYTHING JUST TO GET IT DOWN BEFORE THESE GUYS GET STARTED. BUT MAYBE IF WE JUST PUSH IT IN A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD HOPE THEY COULD JUST MOW AROUND IT, BUT OR JUST PUT IT BACK WHEN THEY'RE DONE. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE GUYS MOWING? THEY'RE NOT GETTING I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SIGNS. IS THIS OKAY TO ASK RIGHT NOW. YEAH. IS THERE ARE THERE ANY IS THERE A QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR HAVING TURTLE CROSSING SIGNS OVER BY TAYLOR FARM PARK? TURTLE CROSSING ON THE. HAS ANYBODY ELSE SEEN ALL THE TURTLES THAT ARE GOING ACROSS? YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF TURTLES GOING ON WITHIN THE PARK IN THE ROAD.

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PILATES. I SEE A TURTLE LIKE A BACK. I'LL SEE A TURTLE. MY DAUGHTERS HAVE SEEN THEM. IF YOU LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL THE TIME. BUT YEAH, THIS TIME OF YEAR THERE. YEAH. I'M JUST THINKING IF YOU CAN GET DUCK CROSSING AND DEER CROSSING, TURTLE CROSSING, WE'VE GOT IT ALL THERE. IT'D BE A GOOD PLACE FOR TURTLE CROSSING SIGN IS MY ONLY COMMENT THERE. THANK YOU I LOVE THAT. I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PARK TWO. HAVE YOU SEEN HIM OVER THERE? YEAH, YEAH, I'VE MOVED THEM AROUND. YES, YES, YES, I WORRY ABOUT THEM. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT UPDATE IS THE PILOT. FOOD WASTE CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAM. THE.

POSTCARD IS UP HERE ON THE SCREEN. THE FRONT IS THE SIDE WITH THE PICTURE. OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM PHOTOSHOPPED SOME BINS OUT THERE. AND THEN THE SECOND SIDE IS THE INFORMATION WITH THE QR CODE. SO THESE ARE GOING TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE WINDSOR SUBDIVISION. AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE MAILED EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW. SO LAURA YOU SHOULD BE GETTING YOUR POSTCARD. OKAY. MY MAIL'S BEEN ON HOLD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GONE ALL WEEK. SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY WITHIN I DON'T KNOW, I THINK POSTCARDS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN REGULAR MAIL, SO MAYBE YOU'LL RECEIVE IT NEXT WEEK. BUT THESE ARE GOING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS THIS WEEK. AND THEN OUR WEBSITE IS LIVE SO THAT WHEN THEY RECEIVE THEIR POSTCARD, THEY CAN SCAN THE QR CODE AND GO TO THE WEBSITE, SEE IF I CAN PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK. SO THIS IS THE WEB PAGE. AND IT JUST GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM. AND YOU CAN REGISTER HERE. AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT THE COMPOST EXCHANGE GAVE US TO PUT ON THE WEBSITE. AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AND THEN IF YOU CLICK HERE, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE FORM. BUT YOU CAN ALSO SCROLL DOWN. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS, THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN WINDSOR AND YOU TRY TO TYPE YOUR ADDRESS, IT'LL SAY ADDRESS NOT FOUND. SO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN WINDSOR WILL ONLY BE THE ONES ABLE TO SUBMIT THE REGISTRATION FORM. IF YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE FORM. AND THEN SO THAT'S THE WEBPAGE IS GOING TO HATE ME FOR ASKING THIS, BUT COULD WE NOT ADD A LITTLE BOX AT THE END SAYING ALL OTHER RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO DO USE THE DROP OFF PROGRAM AND HAVE IT LINK BACK TO THE DROP OFF PROGRAM PAGE? SURE. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT HOW SOMETHING WOULD COME ACROSS THIS NECESSARILY. THEY DIDN'T CURE IT, BUT IF IT'S SITTING ON THE WEBSITE, PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND. YEAH. SO SILLY QUESTION. BUT I ASSUME THEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OUR RECOMMENDATION TO GO WITH THE COMPOST EXCHANGE. YES, YES OKAY. THAT'S EXCITING. YES. I FELT LIKE I MISSED A STEP. SO THERE'S ABOUT 300 RESIDENCES IN WINDSOR, CORRECT? YES. AND WE ARE. WE BUDGETED 150. IF THERE WAS 150 THAT SAID YES. RIGHT. SO CONTINGENCY FOR IF 300 PEOPLE SIGN UP OR IS IT JUST A HARD CAP. AND THEN CONVERSELY, DO WE GO FORWARD WITH THE PILOT IF TEN PEOPLE SIGN UP? YES. SO IT'LL BE THE FIRST 150 PEOPLE. AND THEN IS THAT A HARD STOP FOR AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGETARY. BUT I MEAN, WE DO HAVE IN THEORY, FUNDS THAT WE COULD PULL FROM LIKE THE STUDENT GRANT AT LEAST FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT I DO I MEAN, IDEALLY WE GO IT GOES NORTH OF THAT AND WE HAVE GREATER THAN 50% PARTICIPATION. BUT I JUST WANT IT'S YOUR DECISION HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE MONEY IF YOU DO WANT TO ENTERTAIN. GOING ABOVE THAT, I WOULD SAY MY

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IS THERE SOMETHING THAT I'M CYNICAL BY NATURE? AND IF I GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I'M THINKING, HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST ME? IS THERE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IT SAID? IT SAID FREE. DOES IT SAY FOR HOW LONG? IS IT FREE? COULD THE POSTCARD DID NOT HAVE THE WORD FREE? DO WE KNOW IT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT NICE. FREE ALL CAPS. OH, IT IS ALL CAPS. IT'S IN THE FOURTH LINE. I THINK. I JUST GOT NEW GLASSES. I NEED TO GO. OH IT IS. OH THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. AND I LIKE THAT IT HAS NEW ALBANY ON THE BOTTOM. SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE MORE LEGIT. YEAH. YEAH. LET'S WEAR THEM ALL THE TIME. OH THERE IT IS FIRST 150. SORRY. THANKS. YEAH I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD.

YEAH. SO IT DOES SAY FREE. YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS I, I CAN BARELY READ IT. CERTAINLY.

WOULD YOU GET THIS IN YOUR MOUTH. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT JUMPS OUT AS A. SHARE. SO THE MAILER IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE HOPEFULLY IT WENT OUT TODAY. YEAH. BUT WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO DO, OBVIOUSLY THE WEBSITE HAS A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN JUST THE MAILER. SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY'LL GO TO THE WEBSITE AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO ADD OR TAKE DOWN OR CLARIFY, JUST LET ME KNOW. I'LL SEND YOU THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE. YEAH, CHARLES HAS A HARD TIME FINDING STUFF ON THE WEBSITE, SO LIKE IF YOU SEARCH PILOT, THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP. HOPEFULLY SHE'LL STILL FIND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL LIKE THE CITY SENDS OUT LIKE A NEWSLETTER EVERY SEASON OR WHATEVER AND JUST KIND OF SAYS, OH, HERE'S THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE THINGS UPCOMING. I MEAN, THAT WAY JUST SO OTHER PEOPLE GO AND THE LINKS DON'T GO, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS? OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THAT WAY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PILOT PROGRAM. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS EDUCATED. THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. YEAH.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN WINDSOR, LIKE TALENTED AND YOU TELL ME YOU'RE JEALOUS, I KNOW THAT'D BE

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CHARLES. SO HOPEFULLY CHARLES WILL BE GETTING CAN'T WAIT. I'LL BE RUSHING BACK. AND ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS. MEETING ADJOURNED. CAN YOU SEE ME ROCKING OUTSIDE MY MAILBOX? YEAH. SO THIS THIS DID GO OUT TODAY. GREAT. WE WERE AT THE MERCY OF ANOTHER ENTITY THAT WAS TAKING CARE OF THIS FOR US, AND I KNEW NOTHING WOULD COME THROUGH. IT JUST TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I THOUGHT. SO DOES THAT MEAN THEY PAID FOR IT? YES. YEAH. IT'S THROUGH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER. AND WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THEM. AND PART OF THEIR CONTRACT IS OUTREACH. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ENCOMPASS THIS THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IT PROBABLY COULD BE SOME CONVERSATION WITH THIS MAILER STRATEGY WE'VE GOT AND UTILIZING MAYBE THAT PART OF THAT AGREEMENT. YEAH, I DID HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO SEND THAT MAILER BECAUSE. OUR LOGO IS ON IT. YES, YES. SO THE NEXT UPDATE IS THE FARMER'S MARKET BOOTH, AND I'M GOING TO PUT MR. BARNES ON THE SPOT BECAUSE HE VOLUNTEERED TO RUN THE BOOTH AND HAVE HIM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. YEAH. THANKS FOR ALL THE SWAG. THE KIDS LOVE THE SUNGLASSES AND SUNTAN LOTION. SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY BRINGS THEM IN WHICH I THINK IS GOOD. SO I ENDED UP TALKING TO A LOT OF TEN YEAR OLDS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. BUT YOU KNOW THAT BRINGS IN THE PARENTS AND THEN THEY THEN YOU CAN ASK THEM A QUESTION OR TWO. YOU KNOW, I GUESS I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD TO HAVE THAT TO BE VISIBLE AND TO BE AT THOSE EVENTS WHEN WE CAN. LIKE I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I THINK PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE TO BUY FRUIT, THEY'RE THERE TO GO TO THE FOOD TRUCKS. SO THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LIKE WANTING A WHOLE LECTURE ABOUT NATIVE PLANTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN INTRODUCE THE IDEA. I THINK IF I WERE TO DO IT AGAIN, I'D PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LIKE MAYBE MAKE A SIGN OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, COME LEARN ABOUT WHAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE IS DOING OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS SUPER OBVIOUS, LIKE WHAT I WAS THERE FOR. BESIDES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD I HAD WE HAD OUR LITTLE FLIERS FOR EACH PROGRAM, BUT JUST KIND OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN, LIKE WHAT? WHAT IS THEY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE AS THEY'RE WALKING PAST? I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE IT REALLY EASY FOR THEM. BUT BUT YEAH, IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TRADING PROGRAM. I FELT LIKE MOST PEOPLE I TALKED TO THAT STOPPED ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE COMPOSTING DROP OFF COMPOSTING. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD, THAT I DON'T THINK THAT'S AS MUCH OF A MYSTERY ANYMORE. AND I MENTIONED A COUPLE PEOPLE, THE HEFTY ORANGE BAG PROGRAM, JUST KIND OF GETTING THAT OUT THERE. SO OVERALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS IT WAS GOOD. IF WE'RE THINKING WE WILL DO MORE OUTREACH LIKE THAT, WE CAN LOOK AT ALSO BUDGETING FOR SOME KIND OF BANNER. AND WE WERE MARKETING THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS PROGRAM. WHEN WE WOULD GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, WE HAD A BIG BANNER SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BOOTH THAT THEY WERE APPROACHING SO WE COULD LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING MORE EYE CATCHING FOR PEOPLE TO JUST TO BRING THEM IN. YEAH. ASK ME HOW TO GET $500. YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOMETHING CATCHY THAT LIKE, BRINGS THEM IN. I REALLY DO THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE REALLY POSITIVE THING. YEAH. AND THEN THEY DON'T THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL THEM SOMETHING. IT'S JUST LIKE INFORMATION. BUT YOU DID IT. WHEN I LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA, WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WE HAD JUST LIKE SMALL SIZED TRASH CANS. AND I GUESS IT ALL EVOLVED NOW BECAUSE WE DO MORE THAN JUST TRASH. WE DO RECYCLING, WE DO COMPOST. ALL THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, RIGHT? ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO. AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO, WE JUST CLEANED UP THINGS WE HAD IN OUR HOUSE, LIKE CONTAINERS AND THINGS. THEY'D BE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS? WHERE DO YOU PUT THIS? BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU'RE ACTUALLY TEACHING THEM AND THE KIDS CAN HAVE THIS BIG CONTAINER FULL OF CLEANED TRASH OR WHATEVER, AND THEN THEY CAN PUT THE THINGS IN DIFFERENT. IT'S KIND OF FUN TO HAVE THEM ENGAGE AND SORT AND GO, WELL, WHERE WOULD I PUT THIS? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. HOW WOULD I KNOW WHERE I PUT THAT CUP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK. ARE WE TEACHING? ARE WE DOING MORE THAN ONE THING? ARE WE EDUCATING THEM? ARE THEY ENGAGED? ARE THEY HANDS ON? ARE THEY GOING TO REMEMBER THAT? AND THEN PARENTS SHOULD GO, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I'VE BEEN THROWING THIS AWAY WRONG FOR 20 YEARS. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE WE ALL DO IT. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF PART OF I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE SOMETHING. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, PETE, TO HAVE SOMETHING HANDS ON FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES. AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE

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WORKING, PETE. GLAD TO DO IT. THANK YOU. YES. SO THERE IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS GETTING READY TO KICK OFF IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND THE SCHOOLS AND PLAIN TOWNSHIP AND ABERCROMBIE. SO JEANS RECYCLING PROGRAM. I HAD SHARED WITH YOU A PROGRAM THAT SWACO IS DOING WHERE IT WAS THE CLOTHING, AND THERE WAS INTEREST IN THE CITY BEING A DROP OFF LOCATION, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THIS PARTNERSHIP AND BE A DROP OFF LOCATION FOR THE JEANS RECYCLING PROGRAM. THEY'RE CALLING IT JEANS FOR GREEN NEW ALBANY AND THE DROP OFF LOCATIONS ARE CHANGING SLIGHTLY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE A DROP OFF AT THEIR MAIN OFFICES, BUT THEY WILL HAVE THEM AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE DROP OFF BINS HERE AT VILLAGE HALL, AND THEN THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP FIRE STATION WILL HAVE BINS AS WELL. SO THEY'RE GOING TO KICK THIS OFF ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AND IT WILL RUN THROUGH OCTOBER 10TH. AND THEY JUST SENT AN UPDATED FLIER TO ME TODAY THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

WITH THE UPDATED DROP OFF LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THE HOW, THE WHAT, THE WHEN AND THE WHY AND ALL OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PARTNERSHIP AND BE A DROP OFF LOCATION FOR THIS RECYCLING PROGRAM INSTEAD OF THE LARGER SWACO PROGRAM. IT WAS NOT FAVORABLE TO DO TO BE A DROP OFF LOCATION FOR BOTH, JUST BECAUSE THERE COULD BE CONFUSION. THESE ARE JUST DENIM, AND WE DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE BRINGING OTHER CLOTHES AND PUTTING THEM IN THE DENIM BIN. SO. BUT YEAH, SEPTEMBER 22ND IS WHEN THIS WILL BEGIN. THE COLLECTION WILL BEGIN. WHAT'S BEING DONE WITH THE JEANS? SO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS WORKING WITH A COMPANY. I THINK THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THEY LANDED ON THE UPDATED FLIER THAT THEY SENT BEFORE THE MEETING MIGHT HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THERE. I THINK THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD BE END OF LIFE, OR THEY WOULD BE REUSED, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COULD GO SOMEWHERE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WILL WEAR THEM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR THEIR GOAL WAS.

SO THIS IS THEIR PROGRAM AND WE'RE JUST A DROP OFF LOCATION. WE'RE PROVIDING THE BINS. WE'RE HELPING THEM WITH THE COMMUNICATION AND THE SIGNAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YEAH, I'D LOVE TO PUT THAT ON THE SCHOOL SITE. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND A FLIER, I'D BE HAPPY TO, I THINK.

PATRICK. SO PATRICK IS PART OF THIS. I THINK HE WAS GOING TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS. THEY WERE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT. SAY SOMETHING TO JUSTIN BECAUSE HE'S TAKEN OVER STUPID CONCEPT. THE BINS HERE WILL BE MUCH LIKE WHERE WE HAVE THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND THE POLITICAL SIGN COLLECTIONS. SO RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOORS IN THE

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OKAY. MY EYES CAN'T SEE VERY WELL. NEVER MIND. SO WE CONTINUE TO GO. SO YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE IS A DIVERSION RATE. SO WE TAKE THE RECYCLING PLUS YARD WASTE PLUS THE FOOD WASTE. DIVIDE THAT BY THE MSW NUMBER. WELL THE TOTAL NUMBER THE TOTAL NUMBER. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US PERCENT DIVERSION RIGHT. CHARLES I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT. BUT THE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE SO MUCH MONTH TO MONTH. I MEAN, THERE'S SUCH A DELTA BETWEEN YOU KNOW, MAY IS 384 MSW AND JUNE IS 267. RIGHT. THAT JUMPS BACK TO 351. RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A PERCENT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIVERSION IS. YEAH. BECAUSE I NORMALIZE IT TO SEASONALITY.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THEN MY, MY THE IN MY MIND THE REASON FOR DOING THIS IS THAT AGAIN, WE'VE SAID THAT WASTE DIVERSION IS A KEY PILLAR OF WHAT THIS GROUP WANTED TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE PUT THINGS IN PLACE AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WE'VE DONE. SO WE KEEP DOING. BUT LIKE WE SHOULD BE CHECKING OURSELVES TO SAY, ARE WE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO? SO ONE OF MY PERSONAL PET PEEVES IS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING AS GOOD A JOB PROMOTING THE DROP OFF AREAS AS WE COULD. AND SO WE WERE GETTING INTO SOME MORE WEEDS. WHEN YOU GO ON TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AREA BY AREA. SECOND TO THAT WOULD BE IF WE'RE NOT GETTING TRACTION IN ONE OF THESE AREAS, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAYING FOR THREE BINS OR WHATEVER WE MAY HAVE. MAYBE CUT THAT DOWN TO TWO, KEEP THE DROP OFF AREAS. BUT LET'S LET'S JUST CHALLENGE OURSELVES ON WHAT WE'RE DOING. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP SPENDING THE CITY RESIDENTS MONEY ON THINGS THAT AREN'T WORKING THE RIGHT WAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'VE FELT AS A GROUP THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO DO, THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE RIGHT EFFORTS TOWARDS IT. YEAH, I AGREE. AND SO TO THAT POINT, I THINK GO ZERO DOES MONITOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL DROP OFF POINTS, AND WE HAVE DATA ON THOSE TO SEE IF OBVIOUSLY I THINK THIS ONE IS THE MOST USED. RIGHT. AND IF WE CAN PULL BINS OR IF WE NEED TO ADD TO CERTAIN ONES, JUST GO ZERO. GIVE THAT FEEDBACK. THE AS FAR AS WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL DROP OFF LOCATION. YEAH WE GET. EACH WEEK THAT THEY PICK UP. WE GET THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION. OKAY. SO THAT'S THE DATA THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY COLLECTED HERE. LIKE I THINK WE WANTED THIS DATA. SO AT SOME POINT IF WE REALLY DID GAIN A LOT OF TRACTION WITH THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM, WE COULD GO BACK TO RUMPKE AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED A BETTER RATE BECAUSE YOU'RE PICKING UP LESS TRASH

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ONCE WINDSOR GETS UP AND RUNNING. THAT WAS ONE REASON WHY WE CHOSE WINDSOR. WHEN WE MAPPED OUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REGISTERED FOR THE DROP OFF PROGRAM, THERE WAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION IN WINDSOR. SO IF ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOW DOING THE CURBSIDE, THEY WON'T BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ANYMORE. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHAT I THINK I MIGHT BE HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT IF OUR EFFORTS AND PROGRAMS ARE BEING EFFECTIVE, WE WOULD SEE THAT THE PERCENT OF THE LIKE, IF PEOPLE ARE DIVERTING THEIR WASTE TO COMPOSTING AND DONATING THEIR JEANS INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM OUT AND RECYCLING WHAT THEY USED TO BE THROWING AWAY, RIGHT? THAT PERCENT OF THE MSW TO THE GRAND TOTAL WOULD BECOME LESS RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE LOOKING AT, RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT. YES. OKAY. I WILL JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH UPPER ARLINGTON AND BEXLEY ABOUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE CITYWIDE CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAMS AND.

THEY AND. UPPER ARLINGTON IS THERE'S A STILL VERY NEW BEXLEY HAS THEIRS HAS BEEN AROUND A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND SO THEY'RE FINALLY JUST GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE SEEING A DIFFERENCE. AND SO IT TOOK THEM GOING FROM A DROP OFF PROGRAM TO A CITYWIDE CURBSIDE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR LIKE EIGHT YEARS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE EVEN SEEING A DIFFERENCE. SO OURS IS A DROP OFF PROGRAM VERSUS, YOU KNOW, RUMPKE CURBSIDE PICKUP, WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR, YOU KNOW, FOOD WASTE, CURBSIDE PICKUP CITYWIDE AND COMPARE IT TO THERE. SO IT IS AND I'LL ADD ANOTHER. YEAH. ARLINGTON'S A PRETTY STATIC POPULATION. OUR POPULATION IS GROWING. SO THAT NUMBER, NO MATTER WHAT OUR EFFORTS ARE, IS PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, NOT DRASTICALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR NEW HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT IN NEW ALBANY. SO I THINK NATURALLY THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO GROW. THERE'S NOT BEEN NORMALIZED FOR THAT. THE PERCENT SHOULD NORMALIZE, BUT THAT NUMBER YEAH, ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GROW WHEN ACROSS THE BOARD. WHEN WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION WITH THAT THAT WAS THROWN ON THE BOARD THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS HAPPENING, THERE HADN'T BEEN THAT MUCH GROWTH OVER THE TIME THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT'S AN POINT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE GOAL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OURSELVES HONEST BY ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS? ARE WE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, OR IS THAT

[01:35:04]

THANK YOU FOR CALLING. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE NUMBERS. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ THAT. CAN WE? THIS IS. CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS THAT SENT? BECAUSE I KNOW JEFF WANT TO DO THE PERCENTAGES AND I WANT TO DO IT. THANK YOU. SO THERE IS ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[VII. Other Business]

[VIII. Poll Members for Comment]

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL. THANKS FOR PICKING UP YOUR DOGS. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE WEB PAGE FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM. DOES IT MENTION ANYWHERE ON THERE OR ON THE POSTCARD ABOUT HOW YOU CAN ALSO GET TWO BAGS OF COMPOST EACH YEAR, OR 50 POUNDS OR WHATEVER IT IS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THEIR. YEAH, PART OF THEIR PROGRAM WAS, I THINK TWICE A YEAR YOU COULD REQUEST. OKAY. YEAH. AND SPEAKING OF THAT, I

[01:40:10]

I THINK OUR COMMUNICATION IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO WINDSOR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF NON WINDSOR RESIDENTS TRYING TO REGISTER NEW PEOPLE. IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. BUT IF WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING NUMBERS, WE CAN REEXAMINE HOW WE'RE PROMOTING THE PROGRAM FOR SURE, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THEM A TABLE AT THE WINTERS, THE WINTER FARMER'S MARKET. BUT WOULD YOU MIND, CHELSEA, IF. IF AFTER THIS THING GOES OUT IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, WE GET 150 PEOPLE? OR THERE'S A GREAT RESPONSE. YOU SHOULD SEND A NOTE OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. SO WE'RE KIND OF AHEAD OF IT FOR SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU. IF IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS, WE DON'T WAIT.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? NO OTHER COMMENTS. I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:10 P.M.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.