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10 August 2010

Join Us Tonight!

Posted by Stephanie Hastings under: News .

Agenda

August 10, 20107:30 PM Municipal Center - Meeting Room A
 I. CITY OF NAPERVILLE  
II. NCEC RESIDENT EDUCATION
  • 2011 Event and/or Program(s) Planning/Brainstorming
    • USGBC Update
    • Elec Veh Charging Station
    • Photo contest
    • Walk to School Day
    • Go to www.activetrans.org/carfree  to pledge to go car-free on Chicago land Car-Free Day, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2010
  • Planned “AYEG?” Presentation(s) – St. Raphael Mom’s Group: April 2011 
III. BUSINESS COMMITTEE  (email jw2050@aol.com for details)
  • Naperville Chamber of Commerce Green Leadership Committee Updates
IV. FUNDING 
  • DuPage Community Foundation grant was due Aug 6
  • Need to prepare list of targets and calendar of grant application deadlines 
VII. FUTURE MEETINGS
  • Timing to schedule 2011 dates? 
  • 9/14– Meeting Room A
  • 10/12– Meeting Rooms B&C
  • 11/9– Meeting Room A
  • 12/14– Meeting Room A

Thank you to those who attended our last meeting. A representative from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning presented the highlights of the GoTo2040 regional plan, paying special attention to the “Livable Communities” chapter. CMAP is seeking public comment through August 6th. If you are interested in providing feedback (e.g. today), please read the “Livable Communities” chapter (Chapter 2) and make comments on the web site www.goto2040.org.  Both the plan and the feedback forms are available on this site. 

Beginning this month (Aug) our new Board of Directors will begin their 2 year term:

Stephanie Hastings (returning)

Bill Dawe (returning)

Jodi Trendler (returning)

Frank Oboikovitz

Beth Schwartz

Mark Skowron

Jim Weihrouch

During our meeting we also brainstormed content ideas for an outline for an educational video. The City of Naperville will be using EECBG funds to create a suite of educational videos, including one specifically for the subject of “energy efficiency.” NCEC was asked by city staff to provide an outline.

Our next meeting is this Tuesday, August 10th at 7:30 pm. We will be meeting in the lower level of the City of Naperville municipal center located 400 S. Eagle St . Our meetings are open to the public, so please join us and/or invite a friend.

I received recently from the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC).  This email provides sample questions our organization could ask our city and our electric utility about the increased Prairie State Coal Plant in order to advocate for renewable energy.   We will discuss this document during our next meeting.

ARTICLES/EVENTS:

U.S. Mayors Endorse Green Building Code

On June 14, the U.S. Conference of Mayors endorsed the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), a new, comprehensive green building code authored by the International Code Council. In a resolution passed at the group’s annual meeting in Oklahoma City, the Conference of Mayors “call[s] on all local governments wishing to take a more holistic approach to incorporating energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings, sustainable community planning and healthy and safe building practices into the codes to adopt the IGCC.” For full article, click this link: http://www.eco-structure.com/sustainability/mayors-conference-endorses-igcc.aspx. For more information about the IGCC, click this link: http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/igcc/pages/default.aspx

 

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee

The City of Naperville is currently accepting applications for one open BPAC position. BPAC is composed of nine members who serve two-year staggered terms. The committee’s purpose is to guide, support and advise the City of Naperville on bicycle and pedestrian issues. Applications must be submitted by Friday, October 8.   More information about BPAC and the membership process will be presented during the BPAC meeting on Monday, September 20 at 7 p.m. in Room 247 of the Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. Interested residents may download the membership application online at www.naperville.il.us/bpac.aspx .

 

Fox Valley Elec Veh Assoc.

Frank O. has been attending the monthly meetings of the FVEAA Fox Valley Electric Auto Assn. http://fveaa.org/. They meet the 3rd Friday of each month at Packer Engineering in Naperville .  Many of the presentations at the meetings are very good and go into technical detail.  They post the meeting notes on the web page.

 

Chamber of Commerce

Jim W., Jodi T. and Bill D. have been attending the Chamber of Commerce Green Leadership Council Meetings. The next meeting is 8/23/10 8:00 a.m. at the Chamber offices. Contact Jim with any questions jw2050@aol.com .

http://www.naperville.net/cwt/External/WCPages/WCEvents/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=3207

 

Governor Quinn Signs Legislation to Encourage Investment in Renewable Energy

News Laws Provide Property Tax Relief for Wind Farms

See the following link: http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/PressReleasesListShow.cfm?RecNum=8632

 

Free ENERGY STAR Benchmarking Assistance

This summer, U.S. EPA Region 5 is offering municipal and county government facilities in Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Minnesota , Ohio and Wisconsin free one-on-one technical assistance to benchmark their facilities using ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager.  Municipal and county governments, school districts and wastewater treatment authorities are all eligible.  Benchmarking in Portfolio Manager lets you compare the energy performance of your facility to others nationwide, adjusting for weather and other important facility and operational characteristics.  EPA Region 5 can set up your password protected Portfolio Manager account and enter your energy consumption and cost data. To learn more about the one-on-one technical assistance in ENERGY STAR benchmarking that is available from U.S. EPA Region 5, please contact abdishi-tallackson.elham@epa.gov at 312-353-8242. For more information, please visit http://www.epa.gov/r5climatechange/energy-star-benchmarking.html.

 

Enter a raffle to win a Toyota Prius

Partners for Clean Air, celebrating 15 years, invites you to participate in “Green Pays on Green Days”.  In “Green Pays on Green Days,” you commit  to improving air quality in the Chicago region and you could win you a new Toyota Prius, donated by Your Chicagoland Toyota Dealers!  http://www.cleantheair.org/

 

EPA Proposal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations to cut air pollution that impairs air quality and harms the health of people living downwind. The regulation will target power plant pollution that drifts across the borders of 31 eastern states and the District of Columbia .

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/c045295ced7dcf6885257758005b74bb%21OpenDocument

 

July Prairie State Protector (Sierra Club – IL Newsletter)

http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=182169.0&dlv_id=156182

 

Transitional Communities - Interesting article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html?_r=3&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all

 

The DuPage Peace through Justice Coalition invites you to a Free Film & Discussion on

Friday, August 13, 2010 at 7:20 pm : Our Soil and Healing the Earth. For more information visit www.DuPagePeace.org

 

DIRT: The Movie, http://www.dirtthemovie.org/

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