HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 8, 2011 Meeting MinutesSt. Lucie County Sustainability Advisory Committee
August 18, 2011 Meeting Minutes
Present: Chairman Eric Winterstein, Marty Laven, Mary Chapman, Ryan Strickland, Councilwoman Linda Bartz,
Susie Caron (for Comm. Mowery)
Staff and Guests: Sandra Bogan (ERD), Karen Smith (ERD)
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The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 1:56 pm
MOTION TO APPROVE minutes from the June 16, 2011 meeting made by Ryan Strickland and seconded by
Marty Laven, passed unanimously.
The committee talked about choosing the next priority issue to focus on, and the chairman reminded everyone that
they should make sure whatever is decided upon, that it is within the committee's scope, and that any
recommendations need to be 'do-able.'
After some discussion, Marty Laven made the following motion, Linda Bartz seconded, and it was passed
unanimously.
MOTION to move that the Sustainability Advisory Committee will focus on water conservation and education
as its next priority issue.
The Committee discussed existing ordinances or obstacles that preclude the use of cisterns for alternative water
supply and options for managing water quantity and run-off. This should be added to the Working Spreadsheet, and
Sandy was asked to distribute the water section of the spreadsheet to all the members.
Update on geoplasma ... the Company lost its funding, therefore it has been delayed. The group discussed the
amount of money that has been spent by the County in the past five years looking at and working toward creating the
geoplasma plant, from funding the outside consultant, to internal staff time.
MOTION TO ADJOURN made by Mary Laven, seconded by Ryan Strickland, passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 3:10pm.