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Meeting Minutes
June 12, 2012, 2:00pm
Bozeman City Hall, City Commission Room
Members Attending:
Vance Ruff, Elin Hert, Wendy Weaver
(by phone), Emily Baker (Energy Corps Member)
Staff Present:
Natalie Meyer (Staff Liaison)
Call to Order
Changes to the Agenda
None
Approval of Minutes.
Approved
Public Comment
None
Action
Items
Survey: Getting it Done
Updates from Baker: the link is on the Chronicle’s homepage, have 15 responses from that right now, as well as 50 from surveys Baker has given in person
at the library and DMV.
Group reviewed preliminary survey results.
Discussions of how many surveys we need: as many as we can get from the online survey. Our resources may be tapped
for giving the survey in-person.
We will keep the survey open for as long as the Chronicle keeps it on their homepage. Thanks Chronicle!
Outreach Plans and Materials
Finalized handout
shown to group (as approved by John Van Delinder and Loni).
Includes copy-edits by Elin
Prioritizing methods of outreach
Car windshields: Group decided to steer away from an approach
of giving handouts which could be placed on car windshields. Ruff, Hert, and Meyer thought that this has a lot of potential to backfire, and make people idle their cars more. Want to
avoid the anger people get at things on their windshields, and channel more positive emotions.
Outreach to schools: Weaver and Hert are very interested in this project. We would like
to get the DEQ schools toolkit and supplement it with eye-catching
outreach (stickers, buttons, etc), and get a champion at every one of the local schools.
A good approach could be going to the monthly meeting of the superintendent with the PACs (Parent
Advisory Committees).
Weaver is involved with a PAC, will inform us about the necessary scheduling.
Potential partner: the City-County Air Quality Board
Carson and Berk are both on
this: they can help us integrate the efforts of the two groups. Perhaps a representative of this group should go to one of their next few meetings.
Posting signs as local businesses
Design
a new, pretty, Bozeman-specific sign?
Yes—group will get a graphic designer to propose a few options.
Baker inquired if the commission would pick?
Meyer replied that Carson can be a
good liaison to the Commission, and help us proceed without getting on the agenda, as they are already super packed.
This will be a good, visible thing, and work towards changing norms.
Start
with places we know will be interested: perhaps in front of Refuge.
Weaver pointed out this will get businesses points towards LEED certification.
Fliers around town
We can use the work
from the handouts we have already developed to create something which we will distribute at coffee shops, city hall, the library, and city-county licensing, etc.
We can think about getting
a graphic designer to do this, pretty up the image and information we already have.
Groups will work on other forms of outreach as enthusiasm and time to work on various projects appears.
Next
steps: get a few copies of the DEQ toolkit for schools, and figure out how to get it embraced by Bozeman schools. Hasn’t really taken off yet, but we want to build on their work to ensure
it does.
Think about creating a toolkit for local businesses: perhaps window stickers, and delivery-truck policy as well as signs we can put up outside.
Adjourn: 4:00 pm