Friday, September 27, 2013

Minutes of the Sept. 5, 2013 Outreach Committee Meeting



MINUTES

FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH COMMITTEE MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
IRONHOUSE SANITARY DISTRICT


DATE:         Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013

TIME:          9:00 a.m.

PLACE:        Ironhouse Sanitary District Office
                   450 Walnut Meadows Drive
                   Oakley, California  94561

ATTENDANCE: David Contreras, David Huerta, Tom Williams, Roni Gehlke



 A.     Public Comments—no public comments


 B.      Planning of Future and Ongoing District Public Outreach Efforts

1.  P2- FOG Campaign, Heart of Oakley booth
Discussed plans for the P2 – FOG campaign that the committee will be displaying at the Heart of Oakley event on Sept. 14 in Oakley. Roni showed soap, candles and suet made of FOG to be displayed at the event giving people alternatives on how to recycle FOG. She also showed recipe fliers to hand out to residents about the program. Committee discussed other ways to advertise the program, as well as the idea of bringing the soap or suet program to schools.

2.  ISD sign updates, Main Street, Jersey Island
Committee discussed the permits needed for the Main Street directional signs and where the process is. The committee also approved, with changes, the photo release form used for photos or graphics used in the wipes sign we are currently making and to use anytime in the future when using graphics and photos in publicity.

3.  District of Distinction and Transparency Award Review
Committee discussed the public transparency award and the next steps. Currently the committee is waiting for the finance committee and the board to approve the “reserve policy”. The committee is also working on a letter to go to County Mary Piepho and LAFCO Lou Ann Texeira that will ask each of them to judge the transparency of Ironhouse Sanitary District. The program has specific people within the community judge the award.

Ask for the reviews to be completed during the month of October. Include a tour of the Facility with Tom and possible lunch here at the District office.

4.  ISD/High School internships
Discussed working with STEM students at Freedom High School and offering Internships and mentor programs to work on their senior projects. To encourage participation in the college program provided to students at Solano College.

5.  Sewer in the Classroom
Decided to hold off on this program this year, until we see what the participation is like with the STEM program.

6. Green Business plan
Reported on the progress of this program. Still working with Dave Smith on putting this program into action.

7.  Board Position Paper development
Made changes on the draft page. Begin working with staff to start using form for upcoming board meeting in October.

8. Review draft letter regarding mainland property uses
Held to next meeting

C.       Discussion on future items for Outreach Committee meetings
          Discussed looking for ideas for a story to submit to the CSDA bi-monthly magazine.
         
 D.     Adjournment


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