Environmental Stewardship Commission_Public InvitationMayor Roy Buol and
City Council Members
50 West 13 Street
Dubuque IA 52001
Dear Mr. Mayor and City Council Members:
In an attempt to engage Dubuque's citizens in further conversations about sustainability
and to gather the wisdom ideas of our city's foremost proponents of sustainable
practices, the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Commission (ESAC) would like to
extend an invitation to the public to attend our meetings and propose new and
innovative ways in which the City of Dubuque can move further along the continuum of
sustainability.
We believe such discussions and input will keep the goal of creating a more sustainable
community at the forefront of citizens' thoughts and will foster the type of creative
thinking that allows for the seeds of innovation to germinate. Citizens with ideas relating
to current city sustainability initiatives, or ones with ideas for new city -wide initiatives
can present them to the commission. ESAC can then review and further research the
ideas brought forth by citizens. Finally, the commission can forward on to the City
Council the ideas that are considered to have the greatest merit and potential positive
outcomes related to the city's path towards a more sustainable community.
We ask for your support in implementing the public input portion of our ESAC meetings
by helping to provide public notices of the meetings and the message that we will
welcome ideas that will allow the City of Dubuque to implement more sustainable
practices.
Sincerely,
Wahine Klostermann, Chair
Environmental Stewardship Advisory Commission
July 12, 2010