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SRC_03-08-2023_Minutes 1 SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes for Wednesday, March 8, 2023 10050 NE 2nd Avenue 6:30 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER Ms. Meyer called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM 2. ROLL CALL Present: Mr. David Brown Ms. Nicola Meyer Ms. Marjorie Weber Ms. Veronique Malebranche Absent: Mr. Richard Pluhar Ms. Sarah McSherry Also, present: Ms. Claudia Hasbun, Planning Director Ms. Alizgreeth Tezen, Planning & Zoning Technician Public Commentator: Ms. Carol Respondek 3. MINUTES 3.A. MINUTES Approval of the Minutes for February 8, 2022 Adjustment to minutes as follows: Ms. Meyer would like to have a chance to review and edit the previous minutes as she was not on time at the last meeting to fully grasp what was presented. Motion with corrections by Ms. Meyer and Second by Ms. Weber the motion approved 5-0. 2 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS: a) Comprehensive Plan – Climate Change, Resiliency and Sustainability White Paper – Future workshop date. Ms. Weber stated that she would like to see a more user friendly website that would provide a voice for the residents of Miami Shores Village and help to promote sustainability and climate change incentives that are more vocal and apparent. Ms. Weber would like to invite the designer who designed the SoHo Highline of New York City. This will provide insight and expertise to Miami Shores Village to help with climate change. Ms. Hasbun stated that it is recommended to present the final draft to the council members for March 21st, 2023 so that the council can present this document to the consultants, the goal is to show that the sustainability and resiliency body is being engaged and actively participating in adding a new element to the comprehensive plan, to fill in a void regarding sustainability. b) Green day event & committee participation – April 29, 2023. Ms. Hasbun stated that the green day event is going to be a large event that will include a compose vendor, different station companies promoting incentives for sustainability efforts and all this is going to is going to bring awareness so that the residents are participating. 98th street is going to be green street. Alternating of different committee members will be available at the event script options will be available for the staff to present at the chamber of commerce to help give educational information  Public commentator Ms. Respondek suggested to have a tree give-away and add that as a component in the event create a questionnaire and at their leisure answer those questions through an email  Ms. Malebranche asked if we can pull minutes to be part of the script and add it in the flyer  Ms. Hasbun showed an infographic that has empty green boxes and asked the input of the committee and make it shareable  Ms. Hasbun will send a time sheet to know who goes to the event in a sign-in sheet per order of preference.  Ms. Meyer will add bullet points on who is tasked with which task.  Ms. Meyer volunteered on making t-shirts for the sustainability resiliency committee. 3 c) Village presentation discussion Ms. Meyer would like to have a meeting setup with Mr. Miranda (Public Works Manager) to go on a day site visits to see how the functions of the pump stations, recycling, and infrastructure and other aspects of public works are being ran by Miami Shores Village. 5. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS Ms. Weber showed a comparison about recycling, regarding food containers and other various items from another community and showed it as an opportunity to specify these recycling issues and address it on the website to help with the cause of sustainability. 6. NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING – April. 12, 2023. 7. ADJOURNMENT- 7:46pm Miami Shores Village complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disability Act. If you are a disabled person requirin g any accommodations or assistance, including materials in accessible format, a sign language interpreter (5 days’ notice required), or information, please notify the Village Clerk's office of such need at least 72 hours (3 days) in advance. In accordance with Village code and section 2-11.1(s) of the Miami-Dade County Code, any person engaging in lobbying activities, as defined therein, must register at the Village Clerk’s Office before addressing the Council on the above matters or engaging in lobbying a ctivities.