ECC Meeting Summary
November 2018
Present:
Kristin Marcell
Judith Karpova
John Messerschmidt
Madeline Russo
Updates
– Welcome new member – Madeline Russo
– Outreach opportunity with Steve Jordan
– UC Waste conference
– Rondout Esopus Land Trust members to come to meet with us at next meeting
TOR Recycling
Supervisor Baden requests we do outreach on recycling/waste to help residents
understand new recycling guidelines and to help town reduce disposal costs.
Outreach and Website development
– Develop content on natural areas, recycling, hunting/fishing, upcoming events
– Simple layout with photos of TOR natural areas and residents enjoying them
– Link to other TOR organizations – neighboring ECCs, farms, Rondout Esopus
Land Trust, Rod and Gun club, etc.
– Organize speaker series
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Spring – streams (water quality, watershed, amphibians)
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Fall – recycling/waste or other topics
– Use website and speakers to highlight events like Riversweep and Earth Day
Road cleanup
– Consider more ads for members in Bluestone press
– Develop simple survey for residents to inform our work
– Potential Rondout Watershed brochure – Consider proposal to town board when
we have more information in early 2019.
Energy Efficiency and Resilience
– Presentation in January or February