Tri-City Sustainability Plan Development Team - Agenda

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Conference Room, Bluffs Business Center

(main floor, middle of building, on left)

 

Please sign-in, provide email address correction, phone number correction

Sustainability

            “Meeting our needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” – from the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development, commonly called the Brundtland Report

“If a business already has a sustainable development plan, it won’t need to scramble when a government passes more stringent legislation,” Kete says. “It will already have a competitive advantage when it comes to the environment and will, therefore, be in a better position to increase profits.”  http://ethisphere.com/2020-global-sustainability-centers/

 

7:00pm (5)        Introductions

                              Name

                              Occupation

                              Sustainable tidbits

 

7:05p  (5)          Approval of Minutes – Oct.30, 2008 meeting

                        Approval of Minutes – Nov.18 30, 2008 meeting

 

7:10p   (60)       part 1 of 3 parts - Community Sustainability Assessment CSA

                              (Separate Worksheet) – team development

 

8:10p   (10)       Mission Statement Draft - review/modification

                              (on-going through plan development / utilization by Cities.  This is to be a living document.)

 

8:20p    (10)      Closing remarks by each member – schedule next meeting

 

Topics for Inventory toward Sustainability (initial development, team approved through consent)

Ø      Alternative Transportation

Ø      Built Environment

Ø      Community Health & Safety

Ø      Economic Development

Ø      Educate and Train Staff & Community about Sustainable Practices

Ø      Energy Efficiency

Ø      Food Security

Ø      Resource Management (Reduce, Reuse, Recovery, Recycling, Compost, Reduce Pollutant Release)

Ø      Sustainable Community Development (Green Space, Brownfield redevelopment)

Ø      Water (Quality and Efficiency)

 

Ref: 20081202AgendaTCSP.doc