11-14-07 Minutes
Chanhassen Environmental Commission (EC)
Regular Meeting
November 14, 2007
Members Present:
Dennis Hansen, Jim Sommers, Lee Scholder, Rose Kircher, Bill Fouks, Shirley
McGee
Members Absent:
Ron Olsen
Staff Present:
Jill Sinclair, Environmental Resources Specialist
Minutes:
October minutes were approved.
Tour of Carver County Environmental Center:
Bill reviewed operations at the Environmental Center
with the Commission. Use of the facility has increased over the years, but remained nearly the same over
2005 and 2006. The county is looking for ways to promote the center to more people in the county. The
commissioners thought more ads and articles in newspapers and city publications would be good because
it’s unclear to the general public what is accepted at the site.
Water Conservation Education Program
: Initial ideas regarding an education program were discussed.
The commission thought that first a mailing should be put together that included water usage information,
discount on rain barrels, and fact sheets on xeriscaping, rain gardens and other landscaping. Maybe plants
appropriate for these plantings could be sold at Arbor Day. Commissioners also talked about bottled
water vs. tap water but decided that could be a separate issue.
Nominations for the EE Award:
The commission selected the finalists for the Award. They were Dale
Rusch, resident, for bluebird nest box monitoring; Eckankar, organization, for natural resource
stewardship; and General Mills, business, for the Lake Ann rain garden plantings.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30 PM.
Minutes Prepared by Jill Sinclair