12-14-22 EC Minutes1
Chanhassen Environmental Commission (EC)
Chanhassen City Hall, Fountain Conference Room
6:00 pm
December 14, 2022
Members Present: Kristin Fulkerson, Leslie Elhadi, Scot Lacek, Julia Adams, Markus Fischer, and
Scott Grefe, Greg Hawks, Kaisa Buckholz
Members Absent:
Staff Present: Jill Sinclair, Environmental Resources Specialist
Visitors: none
Minutes: November minutes were approved.
Finalize 2023 Media Calendar: The commission reviewed the calendar for 2023 and no changes were
made. Jill made note that some commissioners are assigned topics after their terms expire, but
commissioners said they would submit the posts prior to their terms ending. T he approved calendar is as
follows.
JAN: natural
home cleaning,
Kristin
FEB:
Appliances,
Scott
MAR: Home
energy
efficiency,
Greg
APR:
Laundry,
Leslie
MAY:
Energy
efficient
gardens, Scot
JUN:
Composting,
Markus
JULY:
Sustainable
travel/staycations,
Kaisa
AUG:
Alternative
energy
sources,
Markus
SEPT:
Clothing,
Julia
OCT:
Home/Holiday
waste, Kaisa
NOV: Food
waste, Leslie
DEC: Gift
giving ideas,
Kristin
Spring/Summer Connection Article: Julie offered to write the article focused on a sustainability topic.
The article is due to Jill by 1/3/23.
Winter Environmental Trivia Event: Kristin asked the commission to decide on the 5 categories for
the event. After a discussion the commission settled on Sustainable Home, Sustainable Travel,
Alternative Energy, Carver County Environmental Center and Chan-Happening as well as a Tiebreaker
category. The following commissioners agreed to write 5 trivia question for the categories as listed:
Leslie, Kaisa, Scot, Jill, and Kristin. Questions are due to Kristin by 1/9/23. Updates will be made to the
scoring and answer sheets. Prizes
Chanhassen Environmental Academy: Jill updated the commission that the site visits have been
confirmed with the staff at the site. The order of the presentations was changed to:
2
Aug.17 – Forestry workshop on current diseases and pests of trees
Sept. 21 – tour of Carver Co unty Environmental Center
Oct . 19 – tour of West Water Treatment Plant
Finalize 2023 Work Plan: The commission did a final review of the work plan, making some changes,
additions and deletions. The commission approved the final plan.
Commissioner Updates: Greg didn’t attend the last watershed meeting. Julia reported that the
Chanhassen HS Environmental Club met today. They made ornaments from recycling materials. There
were about 15 students attending. Idea for future: Partner with Buy Chanhassen to promote events like
Trivia Night.
Meeting adjourned at 7:35p
Minutes prepared by Jill Sinclair