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Milton Grows Green Committee
Minutes March 12,2009 [Approved]
Date: March 12,2009,6:00 -8:00 p.m.
Place: C i ty of Milton Fire Station No. 43, 750 Hickory Flat Road , Milton , GA 30004
I. Agenda: The Age nda for thi s me e t ing was po sted.
n. Old Bus iness and Updates :
The Great A merican C leanup Events -
T he kickoff for th e Bell Me morial Park Re cycl in g program to o k place Saturday March 7. Thi s was
the firs t of fou r in a ser ies of eve nt s that are part of the Great A meri can Cleanup . C harle s Slade of
Co mmuni ty Waste Services pro vi ded 17 35-gal blue -top recycle bin s a nd a 3 c u. yard dumps te r for
recyclab le material s. The c it y provid ed decal s for th e bin s. A lett er announci ng th e event was sen t
to the Hope well Youth Alliance for th ei r web page and Allie Tay lor was sen t a d escription of th e
program for genera] c ir c ul at ion a nd th e ci ty web site. By virtu e of their absence it was no ted th at we
had to do a better job at notifyin g the pres s of these events parti c ul arl y the Milton Harol d, whi ch is
th e City's lega l organ.
Another in th e se ri es of the G reat Ame ri can C leanu p even t s, in cel ebra ti o n of Earth Week, Milton
Gro ws Gree n and th e Ch urc h of Je sus C hri st of th e Latte r Day Sai nts is o rganizin g Mi lt on 's first
lo ca l G reat A meric an C leanup Ev ent for Binning ha m Park sche duled for Ap ril 25 th . T his Sunday,
March 22 at 6:30 at Gordon and Jim Hunt er 's house there will be an organizationa l and plannin g
mee t ing. Jon , Jack, Marc and Kathy are sched ul ed to represe nt MGG. Organi zers from the Ch urch
of the Latter Da y Saint s and Milton Grows Green have already spent time walkin g the site to assess
the scope o f the genera l cleanup needed. Anyt hin g liv in g that wi ll be removed will be tagged ahead
of tim e w ith a yellow ribbon. MGG needs to develop a comprehens ive li st befo re Sunday's meet ing.
MGG w ill be organizi ng the log istics a nd J im Brown from the ch ur c h w ill be in c harge of
o rganiz in g church vo lunteers and o f all volun teers on th e ground. Coordinati o n and publicity w ill be
up to us . Kath y Johnson has agreed to coordinate vo lunteers from our e nd . Park s a nd Recreation is
g oi ng to lo ok at th e plan afte r it is de vel oped.
Adopt-A-Roa d -Roll out is tentatively scheduled for th e fi rst wee k in May. It was decided to place
one sign at the beginning of th e ad opted road segment and one sign at the end. The d is tance of road
to be adopted co ul d vary in increment s of a m il e wi th a I-mi le m inimum . MGG w ou ld d eterm in e
what stretches o f Road ca n be ad op ted and by wh o m. T he signs wou ld be placed a fter the vol unt ee r
or g rou p has clea ned th e ir ass ig ned sect ion th e fi rs t t ime . Dan Drake is ge ttin g cost esti mates for th e
signs. We w ill gi ve the city a ll of th e related document s we've developed for lega l revi ew and the ir
ap pro val. These forms coul d be po sted on the c ity's we b site for downl oading. We should also
make an in struct ional safety vide o.
There was a discuss ion on how to hand le State highwa ys. T here are three within Milto n, Hwy. 9,
Birmin gham Hw y. a nd Hwy. 140. Contracts to clean the se have to be m ade thro ug h GA DOT. It
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was a general con se nsus that Hwy. 9 posed problems too big for a volunteer cleanup chew alone
si nce it would require mowing and the removal of objects too la rge for trash bags. Gina said that
GA DOT gave three alternatives for cleanup adoption: I. MGO could contract; 2. th e ci ty cou ld
co nt ract; or 3. a busi ness could contract w ith GA DOT and GA DOT wo uld take r espons ibili ty for
li ab ilit y.
Co nsens us was that we s hould be able to leverage o ur offer to vo lu nteer to ge t th e DOT to do the
mowing and pickup of large debris. We shou ld also be able to sub-o ut sec ti ons of Rt. 9 us in g
what ever signs appropriate and ge t the city to step up e nforcement of a «litteri ng ban." MOO's
e ffort s are meant as a supplement to state and c ity efforts. MOO ha s a say in setting the rul es and
can't be re spons ibl e for all 18 mil es of Hwy. 9. Alt hough there are a lo t of peop le inte re sted in these
sectio ns, lack of equipm ent co uld be an issue for large projects s uch as this.
The Kits with supp li es wo uld include: g loves (to be kept by individual volunteers fo r reuse -Jack
may be ab le to get a s uppl y from Kim be rl y-Clar k), o range vests. a fi rst aid kit , orange caution flags
to be placed at th e begi n ning and e nd of wo rk deta il s. "Caution Vo lun teers at Work o r Litter
Pickup." two ty pe s o f tr ash bags, clear to recycle item s and ora nge or dark for trash. We need t o
fig ure out how man y of these kits would we need and what should be the drop off an d pick up point
for the kits . A lso we ne ed to find out i f the city p ublic works departm e nt mi ght a lready have caution
signs we could bo rrow.
House Keeping Issues -A preli mi nar y MOO "delegates" meeting for th e Great Ameri can Cleanup
is sc hed ul ed fo r 2:00 p.m. at th e C ra ba ppl e Starb ucks on Satur day, March 14 th.
Gina a nd Kathy need a few rubber stamps wit h th e MOO logo on th e m. (F ran c ia w ill lo ok into
ge ttin g th is done.) This is for an Evergreen Schools co nt est w here kids put th ei r env ironmen tal
messages and drawings o n br own paper ba gs for prizes . Contest deadline is sc hedu led fo r around
the 5th or 6th of Ma y.
MGG has a req ues t fr om CPAC and th e LUBS s ubcomm itt ee is wo rking on gettin g a co nse nsus
response back to th e m.
MOG needs to make a detennination as to what can be done to get points for a Green C itie s
Designation for Milton. Who wou ld be o ur co nta ct person at City Ha iL What current practice s need
ratification by o rdin ance for points and or veri fic at ion
Wi lson has so meon e he wants to schedul e to come ta lk to MOG.
Julie has ta lked wi th Sharo n Murp hy about setting up a community garden/fram ers market. Cou ld
be one of the events he ld at th e Binningham Park. What s u bco mmitt ee wo ul d thi s co me under?
We have se nt a copy of our PowerPoint presentation to th e Bi g Canoe neighborhood association .
We s hou ld be thinki ng about networking w ith oth er simi lar o rganizations in the area.
A "Specia l Called Mee t in g" was se t for Apri l 2, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
Mee ting adjourned at 8:00 p.m . APPROVED by the Governing Board this 2nd day of April 2009.
~ ATIEST:
Jo n B. McPhail , Co-Chair Francia Li ndo n, Secretary
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