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10/01/2008 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD OEC - , REGULAR MEETING MINUTES October 1, 2008 @ 5:15 PM ~~ Borough Conference Room `~~~"~°~ ------_. Call to Order Chair Altenhof called to order the Regular Meeting of the SWAB at 5:15pm on October 1, 2008 at KIB Conference Room. Roll Call T. Mitchell conducted a roll call and a quorum was established. The following persons were present: Board Members Present Not Present Excused Altenhof, Bar / Holm, Fre a / Mahone , Ed / 5:30 m Owen, Marion / Pillans, Rick / Harrin on, Cind / Murdock, Laurie / Also in attendance were: Ex-Officio Members: Chris Lynch and Tracy Mitchell. Rick Gifford and Woody Koning, Kodiak Island Borough. Caroll Tracy, Kodiak Sanitation. Others present were Hunter Roesler and Nick Szabo. Approval of Aeenda It was Moved, R. Pillans and seconded to approve the Agenda. Agenda was approved by a unanimous voice vote. Approval of Minutes None Visitor Comments N. Szabo told the Board he got the Solid Waste Management Plan off the webpage and made some comments along with a presentation to the Board regarding the Plan. N:\EF\Baler Facility\Solid Waste Advisory Board\FY2009\Minutes\01 October 2008 C. Tracy asked the Board if there was a timeline for the RFP. H. Roesler told the Board he was checking in, and wanted to let them know the 2"d hand building materials store is doing well and would appreciate any solutions the Board may have for expanding. Old Business None New Business It was Moved, R. Pillans and seconded to discuss the following Agenda items. Motion Carried by a majority voice vote. a. Discuss Subcommittee Action Plan and possible presentation of plan to Assembly. M. Owen handed out a spreadsheet of the Subcommittee's action plan. C. Harrington made comments about the plan. M. Owen showed the Board a brochure that will be sent out in the October garbage bills. Chair Altenhoff asked the Board if they could generate a priority list for the action plan. b. Discuss guidelines/contest rules for SWAB logo contest; deadlines; intent of logo/prize. It was discussed when the Logo contest should begin and end. c. Discuss a "Kick-off' day? AK Day/Halloween/America Recycles Day It was discussed to send information to the Kodiak Daily Mirror about America Recycles Day. d. Discussion with KIBSD folks @ recycling efforts It was discussed to invite some representatives to come to next work session and discuss recycling in the schools. e. Discuss scheduling teleconference w/Port Angeles Waste Reduction Specialist. It was discussed to contact Port Angeles to ask questions about recycling. C. Harrington stated for the record, B. Hinkle left town and was a prior SWAB member and turned over a lot of information through R. Pillans to her. She was looking through his things and she wanted to know if SWAB had the information. N:\EF\Baler Facility\Solid Waste Advisory Board\FY2009\Minutes\01 October 2008 f. Green Star information from R. Pillans R. Pillans told the Board he spoke with Shawn Sculling of Green Star in Anchorage and they will send him their Mission Statement. Discussion followed about what the company does and how Kodiak could incorporate a similar program. g. Discussion of Regional Cooperative for recycling efforts. It was discussed to give presentations to different community groups. Vision, Plan and What SWAB wants to accomplish for Borough Mayor to get to AML/JIA. Visitor Comments H. Roesler spoke to the Board about expanding his business to include salvaging marine equipment. He also suggested the possibility of curbside pickup of recyclables. N. Szabo said he realizes the SWMP has been submitted to the Assembly, but he would like to see an amendment to the Plan before the RFP goes out to present a plan to neighborhood collection centers. Board Comments C. Harrington asked N. Szabo for a website to look up collection centers information. M. Kozak said there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm to get everyone educated about recycling. He told the Board that he understood the ability to make a difference in the landfill through recycle is not in place. He asked the Board what the likelihood of successfully making a dent in the next couple of years where you're really going to extend the life of the landfill beyond its existing footprint in the timeframe you have to deal with. How long are you looking at of design, build of an expansion of the landfill, what is the Borough going to do with the landfill and how is the Borough going to have a landfill ready to go in time when there is no more space in the existing footprint. He told the Board he appreciates the enthusiasm, but he's afraid as a group that's supposed to be making recommendations tothe Assembly that's the big thing that scares him. He wanted to know if the design of a landfill is in the schedule. He doesn't feel recycling can make a difference fast enough if this other aspect isn't included. B. Altenhof told the Board that Bell pointed out the two critical investment alternatives which M. Kozak mentioned, one either spend the money for a new lined landfill or the community would need to invest in the resource recovery concept. The argument should become part of the education process so people understand that. N:\EF\Baler Facility\Solid Waste Advisory Board\FY2009\Minutes\01 October 2008 M. Owen said the immediate thing to do right now is stop solid waste from going in the landfill. E. Mahoney said the Board is way off of what their focus is. Who if not this Board is going to give general policy guidelines to this community or to the Borough as to what were going to do, if expand or get a different area for the landfill. Who if not this Board is going to come up with ideas and make proposals to the Assembly as to where we're going to buy this, if we're going to do that. He thinks their clearly charged with that operation. He thinks the education is surely in their sights. He thought the subcommittee was going to do the research and come back to the Board. He thinks expansion or a new area is something the Board should be talking about. His thoughts on that evenings meeting was that he felt it was more of a work session because the Board took absolutely no action, talked about the education. L. Murdock -none R. Pillans agreed with M. Kozak. He asked would it be more productive to expand the landfill or ship items off Kodiak. Things that need to be done now are resource recovery. M. Owen -none T. Mitchell read an email from F. Holm to the Board that she had to resign from her position on the Board due to other commitments. Meeting Scheduled Next work session is October 15, 2008 @ 5:15pm in the Borough Conference Room. Adiourn There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:12pm. N:\EF\Baler Facility\Solid Waste Advisory Board\FY2009\Minutes\01 October 2008 SUBMITTED BY: Mary J. Barb S retary KIB Engineering/Facilities Department Date: l ~ 3~ o~ APPROVED BY: Barry Altenhof, Chair Solid Waste Advisory Board Date: / ~ T7 ~•g N:\EF\Baler Facility\Solid Waste Advisory Board\FY2009\Minutes\01 October 2008