Environmental Quality Commission

Members

Name	Title	Term expiration
Bruce Anderson	Member	December 31, 2022
Carla Hansen	Member	December 31, 2020
Brian Nowak	Member	December 31, 2020
Janet Petri	Chair	December 31, 2021
Kim Smith	Vice Chair	December 31, 2022
Mika Turner	Member	December 31, 2022
Vacancy
Katie Schroeer	Youth Representative (voting member)	2019-2020 school year
Nicholas Boehning	Youth Representative (non-voting member)	2019-2020 school year

Researched and developed draft ordinances around the topics of Dark Skies and adding an invasive species component to the noxious weed ordinance
Reviewed and learned about the city’s Land Development Code, Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrades and energy use, and city water usage. This last item also has social justice implications as the group learned that water is sometimes left running in some manufactured homes due to pipe freezing concerns. This has led to work with Growing Up Healthy and efforts to provide weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades in some manufactured homes
Reviewed the city’s waste and recycling contract with DSI
Considered ways to manage our urban forest

The biggest item the Environmental Quality Commission worked on in 2019 was the Climate Action Plan.

Led by the Climate Action Plan Advisory Board, a group of nine residents who assisted staff and a consultant
Participated in many meetings, draft review and recommended the final document to City Council
In 2020, Environmental Quality Commission will be the lead city group to monitor progress on the Climate Action Plan