I. Introductions: No Introductions Were Made

Minutes

Yampa Valley Recycles

December 1, 2011

Present: Craig Schifter, Catherine Carson, Nancy Stahoviak, Steve Hoots, Sarah Jones, Garrett Smith, Sonja Macys, David Epstein, Jo Lockhart, Rich Levy, Candace Noriega, and Emilie Rogers

I.  Introductions: No introductions were made.

II.  Approval of November minutes: The minutes were approved.

III.  Financial Report:

A.  Current Budget: Catherine presented the current budget as well as the proposed budget for 2012. YVR’s funding from the City of Steamboat Springs was reduced to $3,750. A suggestion was made to request funding for a specific project when the grant application for 2013 is submitted.

IV.  Updates:

A.  Green Bags: Catherine provided a brief overview of the progress regarding the plastic bag fee that was presented to City Council. Carbondale, Aspen and Telluride have made significant progress on their bag initiatives. Homelink magazine will have an article featuring plastic bags in their winter edition.

B.  Bulb Crusher: Craig and Emilie will meet with the owners of Lightworks of Steamboat to discuss the possibility of housing and maintaining the unit on their property. Details for charging commercial users is still to be determined. YVR will investigate any legal obligations associated with donating the unit to LOS. Yampatika graciously declined the opportunity to have the unit at Legacy Ranch.

C.  Green Machine/Paper Machine: Placing both GM gables at Safeway was recommended to help alleviate the overflow issues. Catherine spoke with the Pilot about funding the “paper machine”. Emilie will talk with the downtown PO about taking over the payments for the Sundance PO Recycling program.

D.  ARD Presentation: Due to time constraints, this was not discussed

E.  City Recycling Ordinance: Due to time constraints, this was not discussed

V.  New Business:

A.  Review of 2011 Strategic Plan/New Plan for 2012: The group reviewed the 2011 plan and made changes to the 2012 plan. The 2012 plan is posted on the YVR website at: yampavalleyrecycles.org

B.  Open Discussion: Sarah offered to provide contacts at CMC to work with YVR to initiate condo recycling in 2012.

C.  Next Meeting: January 5, 2012 Centennial Hall Rm. 113 12-1.