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MILTON GROWS GREEN COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 8, 2011 MINUTES [APPROVED]
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Date: November 8, 2011. Noon-1:50 PM
Place: City Hall, Executive Conference Room. 13000 Deerfield Parkway, Milton, GA 30004
Attendees: Jack Lindon, Francia Lindon, Cindy Eade, Jon McPhail, Kathy Johnson, Tass Welsh.
Agenda: It was posted on the City's web site.
I. Approval of Minutes: No minutes were approved. September and October minutes will be
emailed to everyone, and approved by email.
II. Announcements & Updates:
Evergreen School Program - Cindy explained the program, a collaborative effort with Milton,
Alpharetta, Roswell and Keep North Fulton Beautiful with 5 meetings per year and newsletters of
teachers and volunteers interested in EE in the schools. Kathy suggested we have an annual
sticker to designate Evergreen School status yearly.
Ground Rules for Meeting - Jack and Cindy suggested that we state ground rules such as no
interrupting, a certain amount of time for comments or questions at end of each topic (2 minutes
or less), etc. in an attempt to keep meetings to 11/2 hours. We will begin this at December meeting.
Bring One for the Chipper - Jack has contacted Todd Harkelroad/Casey Tree to do chipping on
Sunday, Jan. 8 at Scottsdale Farms and Milton HS. Home Depot will also be a site, but Davey Tree
chips those trees. Cliff Jones/MHS is confirming. Decided on 9AM-3PM to coincide with Home
Depot Chipper hours. Discussion about trying to get a good count for trees chipped on Jan. 7'.
Possibility of goody bags or saplings to give away. (Mark Law checking with Rotary to see if
saplings are being donated - Cindy following up). Include green and white candy canes. Tass
offered Crabapple Community Assoc. potentially as volunteers for event and to stuff bags -
Cindy will follow up. We need to find places to dump the mulch - Cindy checking with Mark
Law - Bethwell is a site, and also with MHS - Tracy Eller. This is rough Christmas tree
mulch ... good for trails and erosion control.
Rivers Alive Recap - 41001bs. estimated trash collected, 50 or more volunteers, front-page article
in Milton Herald. Additional efforts by Hopewell MS Eco Explorers (clean up around school) and
BFES Girl Scout troop (storm drain markers) also took place.
Milton Roundup Recap - Francia reported that Richard Kinzel's Rain barrels were a big hit, sold
about 7. Only one person signed up for MGG info. Good synergy with Clean Air campaign
people. Mark Law displayed the tree/climate change poster in CD booth. Crowd seemed to be
less than first year. Off site parking was negative. Smaller more frequent buses would be better.
Clean Air smog car was set up at entrance to parking, as a drive by display. Need to have that in
the main event area. Recycling was handled poorly! Charlie Slade assured us the recycling
containers would be there. Charlie brought "recycling labels" for the trash boxes, which went out
around 2 PM - no telling where recycling ended up. We decided that we (MGG) should plan on
handling this with the Clearstream containers that we can borrow from City of Alpharetta. That
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way, we coordinate and know it is done the right way. Important to have to have a recycling
container next to trash container or it will be used as a trash container.
Christmas in Crabapple -Saturday, Dec. 17. 2-5 PM. Tass described location as both behind Olde
Blind Dog and on Sally's property on Broadwell. We will help with getting recycling bins
(Cindy). Suggested cardboard boxes for trash, and Alpharetta Clearstream bins for recycling, they
can be purchased for $7/each from WM and Advanced Disposal. 20 businesses are participating.
Children will get passports to visit businesses. Cindy will reserve the Chipper costume for the
event (done) and Chipper will hand out Bring one for the Chipper info. Jack will check with Vic
Knight about getting trash boxes.
America Recycles Day, November 15 - Cindy is working on a recycling resource webpage for
residents to refer to for recycling options. Francia suggested starting with a website list she had
done. In addition, containers will be placed at 3 locations at city hall to recycle shoes with Shoes
for a Cure program.
Solid Waste - Jack suggested that we be clear that our residents should expect recycling to be
provided by their hauler. Cindy mentioned that MGG now has responsibility for the solid waste
management plan under our wings, including the budget accrued from the 5% franchise fee.
Budget should give us funding for events like hazardous waste. Cindy is working on a survey to
send in January to residents.
Earth Day - Jack asked if we are going to get help with the planning of the event from Parks and
Rec or Carter. Jon suggested we get help with project management skills. Cindy has contacted
PMI and volunteers may be provided to help with project management tasks. Jack asked if the
new event planner would be in charge of Earth Day; Cindy said it probably would be our event,
with City support. Jack would like to ask John Rebar for help with parking. Jack proposed by
next meeting that we assign roles for Earth Day to diversify responsibilities. Jon suggested more
green building focus and more environmentally focused booths and volunteered to get going on
that.
Meeting adjourned at 1:50 PM.
ATTEST:
Jon B. McPhail, Co-chair Francia Lindon, Secretary
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