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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE
RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
September 26, 2011
City of Chula Vista, Executive Conference Room 103
276 Fourth Avenue
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MEETING CALLED TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT
MOTION TO EXCUSE:
STAFF PRESENT:
OTHERS PRESENT:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
CHAIR COMMENTS
The Chair welcomed the two new Commissioners, and each board member gave a brief
description of their background and their particular areas of interest.
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Zero Waste Systems
By Chair Stillman at 4:06 p.m.
Chair Stillman, Commissioners Coleman, Davis, Kappes,
Rahimzadeh, and Romo
Commissioner Vargas
Commissioner Vargas, excused
Engineering Assistant Director Quilantan, Environmental
Resource Manager Reed, Environmental Resource
Program Manager France, and Sr. Secretary Fields
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The Minutes of September 12, 2011 were approved.
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Environmental Resource Program Manager France presented a video on the zero waste
philosophy. She stated that AB341 was a bill currently on the Governor's desk and that
it would require the City to divert 75% of the waste by 2020. She added that the Otay
Landfill was slated to close in 2028, and that considering those two facts, the City
needed to start looking at how to handle the resources that are in the waste stream to
better use them.
The group further discussed the issue and Program Manager France addressed
questions and comments from the board.
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2. RCC Action Plan Discussion
• Environmental Resource Manager Reed gave a brief overview of the process to date.
He began by stating that the RCC is an advisory body to City Council, to other
commissions, and to City staff on environmental topics, and he mentioned the scope of
the topics the board reviews. He also talked about how the recent reorganization had
brought the RCC under the Public Works Department, and that each of the divisions and
sections within Public Works had presented to the RCC to give the board a sense of the
type of work each does within the City. Reed went on to say that after those
presentations, the group worked on developing an RCC Action Plan to develop a list of
initiatives that the RCC could lead to further the City's sustainable goals. This Action
Plan came in response to feedback from the RCC that they wanted to be much more
hands-on in our programs.
After Manager Reed finished the overview, the group continued to discuss the next items
on the Action Plan list.
ACTION ITEMS:
None
DIRECTOR COMMENTS
Assistant Director Quilantan commented on the following:
• The City Clerk's Office is updating charters for the various commissions.
• The goal of 100 Clean Businesses has been reached. The participating businesses will
be recognized as part of the Centennial event on October 15tH
• Beautify Chula Vista event -litter clean up and graffiti abatement at Harborside Park on
October 22"d
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
• Commissioner Coleman first welcomed the new board members. He then requested a
bulleted list from staff of upcoming agenda items, to which Environmental Resource
Manager Reed responded that we could add a "Future Items" section to the agenda.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 6:18 p.m. to a regular meeting on Monday,
October 10, 2011, at 4:00 pm in Executive Conference Room 103, Building 300, 276 Fourth
Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910.
Prepared by:
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Sheryl Field
Sr. Secretary
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