San Anselmo Quality of Life Commission  Monday, June 20, 2011-7P.M. Town Hall conference room 525 San Anselmo Ave. San Anselmo, CA 94960  Meeting Minutes 1. Call to Order 7:05 p.m. 2. Roll call Barbara Thornton Leal Dutton Sita Khufu Chantal Maher Woody! Weingarten 3. Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes  Sita moves to approve, Lea seconds. Motion is approved.  Woody moves to approve, Sita seconds. Minutes from previous meeting are approved. Amember oft the public asked Sita to mention concerns about dog poop bags being left on the side of roads/trails. Also the issue of people throwing the bags into the creeks and polluting the water was mentioned. Not clear how to address ori ifitis a specific area that is a . Award nominations, Brian Crawford, Richard Stutsman, Carla Overberger (Woody)  5. Open Time for Public Expression  particular problem.  Woody gave background on each nominees activities Lea moves to approve, Sita seconds. Motion is approved. 7. Endorsements, 100 pots garden project (Woody)  Woody explained how the. Marin100+ Garden Challenge intip./maringardenchallenge.org) worked and proposed that the Commission endorse the organizations efforts. The program matches people who want to garden with people who have land and are not gardening.  Sita moves to approve, Lea seconds. Endorsement is approved. 8. BYOB (bring your own bags) update to posters (Lea)  Lea visited some additional businesses to ask about howi the BYOB regulation would work for Barbara and Debbie talked about Community Fair Day in September = what about doing something fun for QOL booth - interactive with kids and adults and sell something as at fund raiser for the Commission (ideas discussed: reusable bags, glass water bottles with rubber Barbara said there was going to be ai funded Zero Waste booth = thought QOL booth could  them  9. Green Fair update (Chantal/Lea)  protective wrap, plants. be next to and complement each other  Woody suggested repeating the alternative vehicles from last year    Woody suggested çollecting eco material (i.e., bike related material from biking organizations new bike lanes being created throughout Marin) from other organizations and we also discussed creating our own tip sheets with easy online links to resources and creating posters with Climate Action Plan tips (possibly focusing on educating the public about the Climate Action Plan and/or provide. list of steps for becoming a green business and promoting  local green businesses or some other specific theme for the booth). Everyone was asked to think about ideas for the fair. Chantal will investigate providing filtered water Suggested to ask county to come and talk about the Green Business program Chantal provided information on the EcoFair in San Rafael (in early September 2011). Commission approved Chantal exploring being on. their board and how the Commission Discussed possibly having a booth at Gas Land movie on August 5th (thrown by Seawood Photo); picnic nights from July to August; or Art & Wine Festival in July. Need to create a Still in hands of PUC how to allow individuals to have an affordable alternative to the SmartMeter. Need to keep watching this. No real progress to date.  might participate  Sita willi find outi if we can borrow the booth structure used last year  booth that can easily be setup for any occasion. 10. SmartMeters update (Woody) 11. QOL blog update (Kevin) Kevin not able to attend meeting 12. Cycle Chic blog update (Lea) www.sacyclechc.com has a new header.  Lea tried to contact organizations in other towns to invite them to create their own photo blog, but wasn't able to make any progress. She will contact additional organizations. Lea will also Barbara will check with Debbie on what kind of disclaimer needs to be added to the site about  contact Debbie Stutsman to request a mention in thel Newsletter  the photos. 13. Survey update (Lea) No update  14. Song contest about San Anselmo (Woody)  Woody requested approval to explore the idea of throwing ai fun, positive song contest to be  about San Anselmo (but not an official San Anselmo song) Lea moves to approve, Sita seconds. Motion is approved  15. Vacancy in seventh seat (all)  Woody talked with several people including Tim at the Coffee Roastery vaçancy not filled Group discussed adding youth member - possibly someone from SEA-DISC at Drake High  yet. School  Lea will ask manager of The Bicycle Works  16. Commission comments & questions, requests for future agenda items  None at this time 17. Next meeting: July 18 18. Adjournment  Woody moves to approve, Sita seconds. Meeting is Adjourned