Recycling and Renewable Energy Committee

Minutes from 5 Sept. 07, Town Hall, 6-8:10pm

Attending:  Jim Denietolis, Lee Bartell, Ghee Patrick, Amy Germain, Mike Leger

Minutes:  Approved as amended.

Beautifying the Transfer Station:  Ghee suggested that we contact Barbara Rushmore, to help plant trees and beautify the area, especially around the Swap Shop.  Who wants to call her?

Transfer Station Signage:  We discussed the wording, and Lee will take it to Sandy Turner at the DPW office for approval.  If approved, Lee will letter the signs, and the DPW staff will install them, Burma Shave style, up the right side of the approach to the Transfer Station, starting just after the official town sign.

Certificates of appreciation publicized:  Lee found that the Banner said that as we're a town committee, the town needed to request the ad.  Lee rang the Town Manager's office, and was told to get in touch with Sandy at the DPW.  We discussed just having the info in the In & About Town column, on page 2.  Also hopefully an article with photos of the DeVita and Roderick crews receiving their certificates in front of their trucks might happen.  We questioned whether the Selectboard would want to give their blessing to this, but decided that it may make sense just for us to do it.

Recycling cards, brochures:  Please ask your family and friends to send you the recycling info that they have from their communities.  It will be fun for us to see what others do, how they explain it, etc., so bring them to our next meeting.

Municipal Sustainable Grant:  After much discussion, we decided that the 3 we'll apply for are, prioritized;

#1. Public Area Recycling Containers, 12 each of 3 designs.

#2. Consumer Education & Outreach Materials

#3. Technical Assistance - Municipal Planning & Contracting Assistance, #A

We then completed the application as best as we could, and Mike will meet with Jim tomorrow, to finalize it, before it gets passed on to Michelle Jarusiewicz, the town's grant writer, who will present it to the Selectboard on the 10th; after Selectboard signs off on it, she'll submit it to the DEP by the 13th deadline.  Whew!

Schools:  Mike is meeting with the Supt. of Schools this Friday at 10:30am, to discuss recycling.  He told us about GreenTeam.org, (it's in Italian), or GreenTeam.com. (it's San Jose, CA), so not sure which you meant, Mike.

Our Meetings:  We decided to have our meetings 3 weeks apart from now on, at 6:00pm.

Next Meeting is Wednesday, 26 September 07, 6:00pm, Town Hall

minutes by Lee

Lee Bartell
9 Seashore Park Drive
Provincetown, MA 02657
508-487-8838
cell 508-237-6111
capewoman@cape.com