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Milton Grows Green Committee
Minutes October 21 2008
[Approved]
Date: October 21, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Place: City of Milton Fire Station No. 43, 750 Hickory Flat Road, Milton, GA 30004
I. Agenda: The Agenda for this meeting was posted.
II.Old Business:
RRR - The letter announcing the pilot recycling program at Bell Memorial Park to parents from the
Hopewell Youth Association was discussed. Jon read the current draft letter as edited by Dan
Drake.
Communications -- A related discussion on setting protocol for issuing press releases with this
effort being coordinated with the city was also discussed. All of this information should become
part of MGG's information posted on the city web site. How do we set this up? Press releases
should be "sanctioned" by the city before release, but we want some control over our publicity
effort. A meeting is in process of being set up to establish the appropriate steps with the city to
ensure all necessary folks are engaged. Chris Lagerbloom and Allie Taylor will be a part of this
meeting and determination of next steps.
Jon read a list of possible press contacts including those from the last meeting and some additional
points of contact:
Bob Howard, Bureau Chief at AJC, bhoward&gic.com
LUBS- Jon read some of the MGG committee members' responses to the CPAC questions posed to
further refine the CLUP update process and documents:
• Would like to see some of the large swaths of open land preserved and equestrian nature of
the community preserved. Whether or not transfer development rights (TDRs) can be used
to accomplish this needs closer scrutiny, as recommendations need to be specific.
Would like setbacks and buffer zones preserved as written in Milton code in order to
maintain visual barriers between different zoning.
0 Landfills are being used up at an accelerated pace. Chadwick has already used up 40 years
of space which is why recycling is an important factor in land use. CLUP update process
might want to look at options for the landfill over time including what it could be used for
once it is at capacity. Also, how to buffer the landfill from the rear given it is visible from
Providence Lakes and Providence Road.
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More input to the CPAC committee will be forthcoming from MGG.
MGG still needs someone from District 4 for the governing board. This will be an on -going search
with the help of Councilman Hewitt.
Adapt -A -Road - In a meeting with Dan Drake two areas that need work are:
Establishing criteria for identifying and prioritizing roads for the program and where to
place the signs; and
• Establishing a list of roads and adopters that are already in place, seeing if they are still
active and establishing requirements for the clean up, i.e., age restrictions, number of
supervising adults, equipment needed, how often to clean, how is this going to be checked,
where to dispose of trash, what safety rules and what documents to be downloaded from the
city web site to explain and enroll in the program.
• The city would have to be involved in mowing the areas identified.
III. New Business:
Wilson Borden talked about the "Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable" which meets the first Friday of
every month, 7:30-9:00 am, at the All Saints Episcopal Church 634 West Peachtree St., Atlanta.
Pod casts of the discussions can be downloaded from the Southface web site. The November 7th
discussion is on "Region -wide Responses to Growth" Session I will examine some of the sizable
and growing number of initiatives underway in the region to confront Atlanta's growth. Session II
will look at examples of tools, resources and public, private and non-profit leadership being used in
dozens of Atlanta locales.
Press Kit — Julie asked that the communications subcommittee put together a press kit that would
include introductory information of MGG, the Executive Summary, Mission Statement, etc. as well
as separate info sheets on specific programs as they are implemented such as the Adapt -A -Road
Program, Bell Memorial Park Pilot Recycling Program or the MGG School Programs. This will be
helpful for the City, the communications manager, Allie Taylor, and anyone that inquires about the
MGG programs. It also will serve as some of the educational material needed by certain of the sub-
committees. It will ensure consistent information is available for whoever needs it.
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Minutes APPROVED by the Governing Board this 12th day of June 2009.
Jon B. McPhail, Co -Chair
ATTEST:
Francis Lindon, Secretary
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