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Minutes Environ. Stew. 03 13 01MINUTES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ADVISORY COMMISSION MARCH 13, 2001 4:00 P.M. CITY HALL ANNEX, 1300 MAIN, CONFERENCE ROOM # 1 John Bennett called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: John Bennett, Briana Tully, Dave Czarnecki, William Niemann, Leslee Spraggins, Art Sunleaf MEMBERS ABSENT: Mike Buelow STAFF PRESENT: Mary Rose Corrigan John Bennett completed the Certification of Compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Dave Czarnecki moved to approve the Minutes of the February 6, 2001 ESAC meeting. Bill Niemann seconded the motion. There were no changes or additions and the Minutes were approved as distribUted. TEST AGENDA: Dave Czarnecki moved to accept the agenda. Leslee Spraggins seconded the motion. There were no changes or additions to the agenda. Motion passed unanimously. ITEMS FROM COMMISSION: OLD BUSINESS: 1. Radon. Mary Rose Corrigan told Commissioners about the Building Code of Appeals meeting she attended in February. She stated that the Building Code of ^ppeals is leaning toward adopting the radon requirements as an appendix to the Building Code when it is updated in the Fall. Generally, updating the Building Code is a two or three month process. The Building Code of Appeals would like someone from the Iowa Department of Public Health or the Iowa Radon Coalition, possibly Jim Doolittle, to come to their meeting in the Fall. One of the impediments is that contractors do not like being told what to do. Mary Rose suggested that if the ESAC works with the Building Code of Appeals and the Home Builders Association, the City Council will be more favorable of adoption. A short discussion took place on the pres and cons of the ESAC waiting until the Building Code is updated. Leslee Spraggins stated that she felt that if the Home Builders Association came on board, it would be worth the wait; This agenda item will be forwarded to a future meeting. 2. Bottle Bill. John Bennett submitted an article regarding the Bottle Bill to Julien's Joumal. There are a number of variations to the original Bill and stated that some are better than others. He encouraged Commissioners to contact the legislators. 3. Energy. John Bennett put together a report on energy and distributed it to other Commissioners. He explained the different points of the information. A short discussion of the various types of alternative and incentives took place. John suggested that the Commission should continue to gather information and possibly make recommendations to the City and/or State in the future. John Bennett left the meeting at 4:40 P,M. and Bill Niemann took over as the Chair. NEW BUSINESS: ITEMS FROM STAFF: OLD BUSINESS: 1. Deer Management Program. Mary Rose Corrigan passed out graphs and explained the map displays. According to the IDNR, the number of deer harvested in the county zone was more than 82. She stated that the aerial survey indicated that the deer density is pretty much the same as last year. Mary Rose introduced Joe Hinderman, bow hunter who participates in the City hunt. Joe answered some questions, from his point of view. Bill Nieman asked why there was a success rate decrease. Joe stated that there were more hunters this year. Mary Rose added that the increased hunters and number of tags affected success rate. Mary Rose stated that according to the Operations & Maintenance Department, road killed deer picked up totaled forty-two (up from thirty-two last year.) Bill Nieman asked if feeding deer is a problem. Joe stated that it affects the deer movement. Mary Rose stated that she is still working on the educational brochure and waiting for input from the IDNR. Leslee Spraggins stated that she has a copy of a plant brochure. Dave Cznarecki asked about the Lyme Disease study. Mary Rose reported that she had not received the report from the University of Iowa Hygienic Lab yet. Mary Rose passed out copies of the staff recommendation to the City Council and stated that she hoped that the Commission would have a recommendation on the plan. After a short discussion, Bill Niemann moved that the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Commission support the staff recommendation for the 2001/2002 Deer Management Plan: Dave Czarnecki seconded the motion. There was no further questions or discussion. Motion passed unanimously, NEVi/BUSINESS: ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC: There was no one present to address the Commission. CLARIFICATION OF TASKS: Mary Rose Corrigan will draft a letter for Michael Buelow to sign regarding the Commission support of the staff recommendation for the 2001/2002 Deer Management Plan. NEXT MEETING DATE: Apdl 3, 2001 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Energy and radon. ADJOURNMENT: Bill Niemann moved to adjourn the meeting. Bdanna Tully seconded the motion. Meeting was adjourned at 5:25 P.M.