[0:05] Here.

[0:08] I'm here. Commissioner Mohamed. Chairperson in the mid. Here.

[0:15] For members present, quorum is present.

[0:24] We're on to the approval of the minutes for May 19, 2025. May I have a motion to approve the minutes? Motion approved.

[0:35] second, the second, the motion made by Commissioner Jocchian, second, and the second,

[0:40] the motion is here, all those in favour to approve the minutes.

[0:45] I'm a here and a moment.

[0:45] Commissioner and a moment.

[0:46] Hi.

[0:48] Hi.

[0:48] Minutes of May 19th, 24 May 5th, we're on to new business.

[0:54] Moving along, I believe Natalie has our sustainability plan updates.

[1:05] Good evening for the sustainability plans. This is part of our quarterly updates about everything going on for 2025 in the meeting packet is a in-depth memo about everything going on.

[1:18] There's a lot of things we're working on for the moving to the end of the year.

[1:23] We have had some staff transitions and community development where a lot of our goal areas are focused this year so as they continue to be on boarded with the village we'll work to get them on the sustainability team and get moving forward on some of our goals.

[1:38] We have had some good progress in things, public works is working on some North Shore channel restoration, there's some erosion out there that's being worked on with engineering.

[1:50] right now we are working on IEPA grant program that the village was awarded last

[1:56] year to do some auditing of the municipal facilities and energy studies I'm

[2:01] happy to take any questions at the commissioner's house.

[2:12] I'd love to hear more

[2:13] about the erosion mitigation they're doing because I love that because it usually

[2:18] involved Native plants. I know that it's in design right now with engineering. They are working

[2:27] with the engineering firm to look at different erosion methods. I think it's still in the design

[2:31] phase so I can follow up in the commission with the information about the specific contract that

[2:37] was awarded? That sounds great.

[3:19] I can ask to see how we can ask about that or how we know or if there's anywhere the villa tracks it. I know food for thought compost, but I can't think of any business restaurant business in the village. I specifically know it's composting, but I know like food for thought is doing a lot of composting.

[3:38] and cyclical food waste kind of things.

[3:42] And we don't have anything on the books

[3:44] that says that restaurants should do something

[3:46] with their food waste, I don't think we do.

[3:48] No, we do not.

[3:49] But I think we have it in our sustainability plan,

[3:51] so I don't know how we highlight that.

[3:56] And it's just a little bit of a topic,

[3:59] it's because of the theft.

[4:00] One of the vendors there, it was in full view,

[4:04] because I would buy it or enter it.

[4:05] It basically emptied out a whole pan

[4:11] when they could have shared it,

[4:13] they didn't always have seen it.

[4:14] They didn't have anything.

[4:16] But then I thought if that's what happened

[4:17] at the first, what could be happening

[4:19] within the left hand and the cells,

[4:22] it's just something that might work for you,

[4:25] and seeing if we can do a bit better on that.

[4:29] The other thing I wanted to mention was

[4:35] I'm glad to see you've got something going on

[4:37] about the energy. I think Mark would be very pleased to hear that. We're looking at a comprehensive

[4:42] energy action plan, so that's kind of been long overdue, so you can see that clearly.

[4:50] And again, I agree with this. Some work done on that because it's done lots of clean ups

[4:58] but then there's a really good if you get the answer.

[5:04] The other thing, I think that we'll sit on that.

[5:08] Thank you, covered most of it.

[5:11] So

[5:14] these are the topics that are taking us out to the end of 2020.

[5:20] Is there something that we're going to be, I understand you put a note in,

[5:23] that we might be talking about the future goals in September?

[5:27] Yes, that is my goal to bring up,

[5:29] a more comprehensive review of the sustainability plan

[5:33] and an action plan moving forward

[5:34] using the sustainability plan review from Weaver

[5:39] that we reviewed at the beginning of the year

[5:42] because they kind of saw the gaps in the GRC too

[5:45] about along the 10 or 12 categories of sustainability goals

[5:51] where our plan didn't cover this time

[5:53] and where we can kind of direct to go to the future.

[5:56] So that's my goal to bring that up in September.

[6:05] So when we will have another review in September again, yes.

[6:29] So the schedule potential schedule is in the packet for review we don't have to take any action on that tonight. It's for the commissioners to check their schedules. See what works best and then we can vote on.

[6:39] on 2026 schedule the day in the next meeting.

[6:42] Okay.

[6:43] All right, so the schedule is there.

[6:45] Hot months or even months.

[6:49] Whatever it is, I think everyone is going to look

[6:52] at that next meeting.

[6:55] So I think we're really on to old business,

[6:58] and I think that the report and onto staff report

[7:03] you've got a couple of reminders for us then.

[7:06] Yes, I do.

[7:07] I'd just like to remind everyone

[7:08] that the September cleanup event is upcoming.

[7:11] These plan for it we're going to be cleaning up the valley line trail in September from 11 to one

[7:18] I'm sorry to encourage what date was that

[7:22] Believe it's the 22nd 14th

[7:28] the 14th

[7:29] And it's valley line

[7:38] That's going to be exciting for us

[7:40] Our clean prevents are always very satisfying and then just a quick update with October fest

[7:47] I've reached out to over 25 vendors.

[7:49] We're going to see some new faces this year,

[7:51] like pace and the Illinois Extension Office.

[7:53] They're going to have a fun activity

[7:55] planting lettuce in the bag.

[7:56] So we're working on October Fest planning

[7:59] and then we're going to,

[8:00] I'm going to try to do some updated signage

[8:02] based on some commentary last year

[8:04] that some yard signage should be around the park

[8:07] for the event to kind of encourage more people.

[8:11] So I just have a few comments.

[8:13] Does anyone have any comments?

[8:22] And the newsletter will, the, the October fest be announced?

[8:27] Yes.

[8:28] Both the cleanup event and October fest have been submitted to be in the print newsletter

[8:32] that goes out to the village.

[8:33] And then we do remind, send out reminders and link them with local and on Facebook.

[8:47] Yes, we'll get some fires out.

[8:49] So, I think we'll have a much more in-depth meeting in September when you think, I think we can actually find what we need.

[8:58] We need a wider world, a wider world.

[9:01] So, I was just hanging with a couple of years ago.

[9:05] Who is the Illinois Extension Office?

[9:09] So, if you have a question about gardening, like the master gardeners, they're kind of the experts on that.

[9:14] So it's like, oh, I have a weird guardian question and people like reach out to your local extension office. That's kind of what they are.

[9:20] These are the confirmed people.

[9:23] That's nice.

[9:25] Yes.

[9:27] I was wondering if you could add the Niles.

[9:34] Because I think they came to one of ours.

[9:39] It was very well received, people learnt about how to make their food donations.

[9:44] So if you have a question- I think there's a very good question I think there's a very good question.

[9:47] I'm sure I have good timing to go.

[9:50] Oh, I have good money.

[9:51] There's not just one how do we do the food waste?

[9:55] Two, if you've got good food you can donate it.

[9:59] So I will reach out to food pantry.

[10:01] That would be our supervisor and then that was one.

[10:07] And I was wondering if you were interested in having a bike?

[10:11] Chicago, they also attended one of our therapists.

[10:14] They were quite good, too.

[10:15] They had a lot of information about trails and rides

[10:18] and how to ride safety, of course, for children.

[10:22] Yes, bike Chicago.

[10:24] Yes.

[10:25] You know them.

[10:26] Good.

[10:27] So bike Chicago's, I don't have the contact names,

[10:30] not the answer you'll find them.

[10:35] And then the last one I was thinking of, we haven't seen it, we've missed it for a year.

[10:41] It was wild birds and limited.

[10:44] It come from land here.

[10:46] And we had them for the very first three of turbophets that we've done.

[10:51] And they were always a big thing.

[10:54] They brought a lot of giveaway.

[11:02] You could keep one at your home and decide, you know, if you have to see a boat and you're done, you can just pick it up and look at that diagram and see which one it is.

[11:10] It had a lot of giveaways, it was very nice and it was very popular table.

[11:14] But the gentleman who ran it is no longer there, so I don't know if they would want to find somebody to see.

[11:20] I will reach out and see who's interested.

[11:24] So those are the three ones that came to mind because they were the ones we had before.

[11:29] Do we know who's doing the composting this time, the composting vendor?

[11:33] Both of them said they would be there.

[11:36] Oh really?

[11:36] Will that change before the event?

[11:39] Both of them used to say.

[11:40] Both of them used to say resource and waste knowledge.

[11:42] Yes.

[11:43] Okay. That's interesting.

[11:46] We've only had collective resources.

[11:49] Okay, so that looks like an interesting October fest, and it looks like you've got a lot of nice, nice attendees.

[11:59] We just have to hit the weather. We got lucky that we did.

[12:05] My question is like, are all these vendors confirmed?

[12:10] Most of them are confirmed.

[12:11] Okay, so if they're because I see in the in the memo that you send out that they will be talking about water conservation and everything so what would our role be as commissioner student during October fest.

[12:23] We will still have our commissioner tables with your interest topics.

[12:26] So like water conservation is a commissioner topic.

[12:29] He passes our commissioner topic upcycling and waste reduction is a commissioner topic.

[12:35] If you give away is a commissioner topic, so we will.

[12:40] My question is like, I would love to see some like a wooden broom applications.

[12:46] And then we, yeah, we know.

[12:47] And then we'd have to come up with a table.

[12:52] I think one table.

[12:54] One table.

[12:57] Will you have to do that?

[13:00] You'll do it again.

[13:06] I'm working on a kid's craft that involves no paint or glue, so again we can look at this

[13:31] So I will be on to CHAS report and I have a few comments on I have to give a reminder

[14:01] on our website on the Lincoln Wooden Bloom page there is a paper application should

[14:07] Residents choose and that gets emailed back or there is an online web form where you can do it all on a web form

[14:12] Attached photos and it automatically emails me with submissions to package up and send out to the mission for review

[14:18] So it's super easy. You can do it from your phone anywhere. You have a flower

[14:37] And after we know news, we'll have an increase in the reward money or anything like that.

[14:42] In increasing reward money, no, we've been talking internally about how to further

[14:47] incentivize it, but we're not solidified in that yet.

[14:50] So we are talking about how to get more excitement around Lincoln with a bloom.

[15:09] It's a big time. Yeah. It's a big time. Yeah. Okay. So I just have your comments about your

[15:26] started out of getting volunteering, how to get best,

[15:28] I will be a cramposs, the pilot program,

[15:32] and it was in conjunction with block bins,

[15:36] who were the organizers there,

[15:38] and they had a few patients set up.

[15:41] First of all, I want to thank Commissioner Khanda

[15:44] for doing a lot of those things.

[15:46] I didn't know that.

[15:48] It's a big, I don't know.

[15:49] Thank you for that.

[15:51] Can I do that on time today?

[15:53] There was some interest. There were a few people that came up and talked in our questions and wanted to know what this is.

[16:01] And of course, there were trying to be frightening. I tried to direct a few people to make sure they did put it in the right place.

[16:08] But mostly because of lack of signage, I feel, people just lift the bin and throw everything away. Some were being careful.

[16:16] Some did see, like I need to put the water bottle in the cycling and some did it, but on the

[16:23] pole, to what I was able to see in the 5 hours I was there, there are a lot of people

[16:29] who do that.

[16:32] And then this very nice person from Lockton was going in and pushing the stuff in the house,

[16:39] which I did to, kind of joined in.

[16:42] And he called a lot of stuff out there.

[16:46] And he didn't mind either.

[16:48] He had another vendor, which also,

[16:51] the lady who threw the chicken away,

[16:53] was throwing all her pizza cartons into garbage.

[16:56] And when I told her,

[16:57] please put your pizza cartons into compost.

[17:01] At which point did she follow all the instructions?

[17:06] The aluminum foil cans went into the recycling

[17:17] So, it really is all about education, it really is about getting everyone to participate.

[17:23] But I don't know how much, when you're in a fun mood and you're doing things, you're not really looking at the fun.

[17:27] I think we had to be brought to their attention and I thought about this, we had, I forget his

[17:37] name now, John Gelton, he's very good with the mic and the loudspeaker and he's very good

[17:43] at the band, so he's very good at rousing everyone up for the music, I thought we needed him

[17:53] on the loudspeaker to tell him, by the way, yes.

[17:57] please dispose of your food. So maybe next time he could put a little note in on

[18:06] the mouth speaker. I think that would get everyone's attention by the way.

[18:11] So that was the first. I think as a first try, it may not have been that bad. I look

[18:20] to hearing your report, or parks and rec directs that you're going to enjoy on that.

[18:28] The other thing I wanted to quickly mention, I wanted to thank Natalie for putting in a lot

[18:34] of stuff with this July August newsletter. If everyone read the newsletter, it covers plastic

[18:41] feature live, water conservation, how to help your trees thrive. So that was a nice write-up

[19:01] I believe Commissioner, if I'm saying that correctly, we'll join us up our next meeting

[19:06] with our commissioner.

[19:08] And lastly, I want to mention, we'll have three days, September 22nd, if anyone wants to

[19:29] I have something and I like that so much. I had it here. Thank you so much. All right.

[19:37] I'd like to highlight the Climate Action Museum, Chicago's first museum dedicated to climate

[19:44] solutions, which is free and open to the public. It's a great spot to learn about local and global

[19:50] sustainability efforts. It's at 300 South Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. You can enter via

[19:58] Jackson Boulevard and Van Vieren Street. It's open from Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

[20:05] and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

[20:13] I have not, but I saw it on the architectural tour from the river.

[20:17] So it just like dawned on me like how cute

[20:22] Like how amazing and like I went into their like little thing and like I kind of looked cool, so

[20:32] Yeah, it's an actual museum and there's like a whole bunch of people that are like

[20:36] Doing the thing. Yeah

[20:40] Specifically for Chicago

[20:52] It's a free museum, free museums are like nice.

[20:59] It's a little bit by Ogle V station if you can't visualize the coordinates from the address

[21:09] that I just saw.

[21:10] It's near Ogle V.

[21:11] you're like downtown it's like near you're over there.

[21:20] Yeah that would be fun so

[21:21] that's it that's all I'm saying. I'm done.

[21:24] So thank you for that.

[21:27] And nothing is that possible to get that information to the team in tenor.

[21:32] Just that happened to discuss it in the environmental commission.

[21:35] It's a little bit like over the speech.

[21:38] Yes, I can make sure this is full and we're a good information.

[21:41] I could get that original idea.

[21:42] And if you would, the actor, the head, the head, the head, the head, the head.

[21:46] You're always young.

[21:47] Anyone else?

[21:50] I had some information about the fest as well, just mid-airing chairperson, I must report.

[22:00] I volunteered on Thursday and we did have three people stopped by and those three people

[22:07] were genuinely interested in black beans and composting and they were asking questions

[22:12] about what can be composted, what cannot be composted, what are the things, how does it work?

[22:17] So my suggestion would be because I saw I was at the fair on Saturday as well, and I saw a lot of people

[22:24] throwing away their food in landfill bin. So my suggestion would be because there wasn't any proper signage.

[22:30] Maybe we could have like proper signage or even have like the vendors post signage by their booths just to like remind people that food, whatever food waste can be composted.

[22:41] like make sure that you're putting the right things,

[22:43] the right waste in the right bin,

[22:47] so just like have signage everywhere.

[22:49] That's why there's people,

[22:51] lots of people want to do it composting,

[22:53] but they don't know where,

[22:54] but they don't know what goes where and recycling too.

[22:58] So I was just like we have proper signage next year.

[23:11] It has to be prominent.

[23:13] So having the lock bins, the tent,

[23:18] and then they had their green bins,

[23:20] but maybe some kind of signage on tap or in the front because people are not

[23:26] really paying attention. They're just kind of tossing it. And if you were

[23:30] minded them by the food area, they would do it. But to have simple toss your

[23:36] food here, toss your receptacle in the other bin. Just something simple and

[23:42] clear. That would be my recommendation.

[24:21] I agree, I think that any other comments are the way.

[24:28] One more thing I had to say, the grounds were cleared off, but then the streets, there

[24:33] were like a lot of mess around on the streets as well.

[24:36] Our street was all messy, people like they threw garbage on the streets, it's still messy,

[24:42] so how is the village going to address that?

[24:44] because I just walked and I took to he and there was like so much trash on two

[24:49] we have in you as well. So how is Village going to address that?

[24:54] I will flag the trash in the streets for public work.

[24:59] Is there any way to prevent that for next year?

[25:02] I will bring it up with the directors of Parks and Rec and Public Works to see if we can't get bins out.

[25:07] Thank you.

[25:43] We really do appreciate that. Thank you so much. Okay, I will do that. The person you might want to call of the bike bikes is Charlie's there.

[26:05] Thank you, Sean, it's still in sweet.

[26:07] Anyone else?

[26:08] We have a jumping in here.

[26:10] It's a public comment.

[26:12] That's good.

[26:12] Thank you very much.

[26:13] Thank you.

[26:15] If there's nothing else, then next meeting I believe.

[26:18] Oh, nothing I believe.

[26:20] There was a time change or a day change.

[26:22] Is there a number?

[26:23] Do you think?

[26:24] Yes.

[26:24] So there's a conflict with the September meeting of Rosh Hashanah, so I will reach out to the commissioners to see if September 8 or 15 is better for the commission to hold the September meeting.

[26:36] So we'll cancel the 22nd and then reschedule special meeting on a different Monday.

[26:40] Okay. Okay. And I think the 15th might be one that was set, the 15th follows are 14.0.

[26:47] So I thought that might work. I don't think I've heard of the 15th, I haven't seen the chat about that.

[26:53] But anyone has been, are you going to tell us the date or will you be deciding that?

[27:00] I can email everyone to see when we can get four.

[27:02] How I see it.

[27:03] Okay.

[27:04] We have to take from the, you can take that in.

[27:14] Okay.

[27:19] Next is a journey and motion to a journey.

[27:26] Motion to a journey.

[27:39] Thank you very much.

Environmental Commission

Transcript