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City of Brookings
Meeting Agenda - Final-revised
Brookings City & County
Government Center
520 3rd St., Suite 230
Brookings, SD 57006
Phone: (605) 692-6281
Fax: (605) 692-6907
3rd Floor Community Room 3004:00 PMWednesday, June 14, 2017
REGULAR MEETING
1. Call to Order
2. Welcome new member
3. Adoption of agenda
4.ID 2017-0359 Approval of minutes
April 12, 2017 minutesAttachments:
5. Action to appoint Nusz Chandler as Chair and McGrath as Vice Chair
6. Update on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) north of Brookings
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June 14, 2017Sustainability Council Meeting Agenda - Final-revised
7. Updates/Reports
A. Committees
1) Smart Energy/Wind Turbine
2) Earth Day 2017 wrap-up report and identify theme, date (4/21/18), location (Larson Nature
Center) and committee for 2018 event
3) Green Building Policy
4) Urban Ag/Local Foods
a. Pollinator Initiatives
-Mayor's Monarch Pledge First Quarter Report
b. Local Food Promotion
-Meeting with Community Development to review regulatory barriers
-Report from Urban Ag Committee on City Council request for Curbside Composting
5) Storm/Clean Water
a. CAFO training session in Huron on June 21
6) Green Drinks
7) Executive Committee Report
a. Recycling containers in city facilities update
b. Attendance at Dubuque Growing Sustainability Communities Conference
c. "Creating a Sustainability Strategy for your Organization" webinar - July 11-13
d. Membership
B. Liaisons:
1) Affordable Housing Task Force (Lockrem)
2) Brookings Bicycle Advisory Committee (Lockrem)
3) Comprehensive Master Plan Steering Committee (Kleinjan)
a. Review "Best Practices for Incorporating Sustainability in Comprehensive Plans"
b. Participate in July Stakeholder meeting with RDG Consultants
4) Big Sioux River Board (Granholm)
8. Correspondence/Announcements/Calendar
9. Adjournment
Sustainability Council Members: Jane Hegland, Mike Lockrem, Robert McGrath, Stephanie Aure, Paul Peterson,
Norma Nusz Chandler, Jennifer McLaughlin, Benjamin Kleinjan, Betty Beer, Nels Granholm, and Caleb Vukovich.
City Staff: Shari Thornes, City Clerk.
Assisted Listening Systems (ALS) are available upon request. Please contact Shari Thornes, Brookings City
Clerk, at (605)692-6281 or sthornes@cityofbrookings.org. If you require additional assistance, alternative
formats, and/or accessible locations consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Shari
Thornes, City ADA Coordinator, at (605)692-6281 at least three working days prior to the meeting.
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