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Sustainability Council Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 4:00 PM City & County Government Hall Room 300
Sustainability Council Members: Bruce Pengra, Cynthia Kunkel, Kyle Jamison, Louis Hesler, Albert
Patin, Samuel Krueger, Anthony Shanks, Robin Buterbaugh, Betty Beer, Emily Abele, 10ey-Re , and
SDSU Student Representative Gabrielle Bolwerk. City Staff. Paul Briseno City Manager.
1. Call to Order
Meeting called to order by A. Patin
2. Approval of the Agenda
Moved: B. Pengra Second: B. Beer
Aye: All Opposed: None
3. Approval of the Minutes
Moved: L. Hesler Second: B. Pengra
Aye: All Opposed: None
4. Open Forum
At this time, any member of the public may request time on the agenda for an item
not listed. Items are not typically scheduled for the end of the meeting; however, very
brief announcements of invitations will be allowed at this time.
- R. Buterbaugh: Think about having a BSC booth at the upcoming Garden Discovery
Festival hosted by McCrory Gardens, Sunday 12:00-5:00 pm May 21st, 2023
5. City Updat
P. Briseno:
- Assistant city manager search continues, looking at revitalization
efforts for downtown and quality of housing
- The City looking to hire an HR director, parks director, and CFO
- Working on renewing the charging station leases
- Stormwater master plan and landfill masterplan are being
updated — to be completed this spring
- Continuing roadwork projects underway with new major roadwork
coming up, more details can be found at the city website.
6. No Mow May
G. Bolwerk:
- Created a memo and presentation for the city council covering details
and a summary of No Mow May major goals and objective
- City ordinance amendment completed
- No Mow May Signs completed, working on getting them printed.
7. Urban Food Forest
R. Buterbaugh:
Met with the parks department last week, talked about location options. Updated list
of potential locations. Mission is to create a community garden aimed at education,
community food, and sustainable land use with a volunteer structure for maintenance
and harvesting when needed.
Potential site with pros and cons:
- — Community Garden space
- Approx. 0.5 acres just south of the community garden. (Potential site,
but not centrally located in the community.
- Good amenities in place such as water and storage shed.
- Med Ave. North of 20th St.
- Central location, near bike trail, located near family neighborhood
- Dakota Nature Park
- Located off the bike trail, good amenities in place, neighborhood friendly, potential
concerns that it may not align with the "natural theme" of the park
-Plans to continue this discussion with updates during next meetings and plan to finalize the
site at that time.
8. Earth Day
A. Patin:
Emily spoke with Jennifer on collaborating on an Earth Day event Thursday April 20th
potentially located on SDSU Campus. There was strong interests in solar energy, EV, and
recycled fabric / clothing topics. BSC members expressed an interest in pursuing such a
collaborative event.
Motion to pursue this collaboration further:
Moved: B. Pengra Second: G. Bolwerk
Aye: All Opposed: None
9. Guest Speaker Brainstorming
- B. Beer: Economic development master plan speaker from the City
- P. Briseno: BMU, Stormwater Masterplan and Landfill Masterplan, Biogas line
system, Milbourne Seeds, J. Meshke on economic development
- A. Patin: Updates from Jennifer with the SDSU sustainability department.
Look at having BMU speak during next month's meeting.
10. Updates/Reports from Subcommittee
a. Marketing and Communication
L. Hesler: As of now there is still one unused add to run in the Register - look at
using it for No Mow May.
b. Climate Action Plan
A. Shanks:
- Talked to Pale Blue Dot on developing a Climate Action Plan — developed a
set of three goals for the BSC going forwards:
1. Select a company
2. Secure Funding
3. Complete baseline documents: greenhouse gas, land cover, renewable potentials.
B. Pengra:
- Sent out a request to potential consultants, still working on getting any
relevant responses that would help us going forward attaining bids and
applying for grants.
c. Waste
A. Patin: Solid Waste Master Plan - meeting postponed till the end of Feb.
d. Energy
Meeting with Russ from BMU did not work out, looking to reschedule.
e. Local Foods
R. Buterbaugh:
- No further updates beyond what was covered in the Food Forest initiative.
11. Updates from Liaisons
a. Human Rights Commission
Human rights Meets tomorrow: B Pengra will plan on attending virtually.
b. CLEAR
No updates
13. Call for Future Agenda Items
R. Buterbaugh:
- Garden Discovery Festival hosted by McCrory Gardens, Sunday 12:00-5:00 pm May
21 st, 2023
14. Adjourn
Motion to Adjourn
Moved: R. Buterbaugh Second: B. Pengra
Aye: All Opposed: None
Respectfully submitted, Samuel Krueger