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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OF ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS
Agenda for monthly meeting, February 17, 2009. 7:00 pm in
1. Earth Day planning - April 25 Brent Sonnek-Schmelz
- Selection of activities
- Recruitment of volunteers
- Publicity
2. Lenape Woods Jim Krauss
Work day - April 26:
- Selection of activities
- Recruitment of volunteers
- Publicity
Storage shed and assembly/inventory of tools
Checklist of plans and projects
Training of trail volunteers (County Parks), March 14
3. 2009 budget of Environmental Commission Paul Boyd
4. Draft Borough Council resolution on parking access to scenic Paul Boyd
outlook at Hofbrauhaus (sent out by email last week)
5. Waterfront Day - September Paul Boyd
Chair and committee
Proposed events
Possible linkage with Lenape-Hudson 400th anniversary
6. ANJEC workshop on Environmental Commission Paul Boyd
roles and tasks, March 14
7. Possible initiatives:
a) Osprey nest at Wagner Creek Paul Boyd
b) Scenic Byways – county project involving Atlantic Highlands Paul Boyd
c) “Green team” training March 21 – County initiative. See p. 2 below Paul Boyd
d) Bayshore “green map” – initiative of Bayshore Regional Paul Boyd
Watershed Council. See p. 3 below
8. Other business
Agenda for Feb. 17, 2009 Page 2
“GREEN TEAM” -- letter from Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership
January 21, 2009
Dear Community Leader,
Is your Green Team ready to go to work?
If you recall, in our November 15, 2008 Green Team Training – Part I, we recommended that each municipality create a Green Team. We urge you to form this team, if you have not already done so! The objective of each team is to formulate a Climate Action Plan which will establish goals and identify actions needed by your municipality to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Shortly you will be receiving an invitation to Green Team Training – Part II, “Creating a Climate Action Plan for Your Town”. This event, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2009, will be held at the Agricultural Building on Kozloski Rd., Freehold. Please mark your calendar now.
Green Team Training – Part II – will be an important next step in your community’s progress toward becoming sustainable.
Sincerely,
Marie Savoia, Chair
Monmouth County Cool Cities Partnership
Your Green Team members may be drawn from the following groups:
Mayor and Council
Environmental Commission
Planning Board
Borough Administrator
Water and Sewer Department
Road Department
Shade Tree Commission
School Board
Library
Local Businesses
Chamber of Commerce
Shopping Mall
Civic Organizations
Faith Communities
Concerned Citizens
Agenda for Feb. 17, 2009 Page 3
“GREEN MAP” - plan from BAYSHORE REGIONAL WATERSHED COUNCIL (BRWC)
Greetings fellow Bayshore Watershed folks,
As discussed during our previous watershed meeting on January 8th, a topic was brought up for creating a “Green Map” for the Bayshore region.
The map would highlight not only trails, creeks, and scenic roads, but unique natural, historical, and economic resources of the Bayshore region. For example, some of the possible areas to be highlighted on the map would be: marinas, public beaches, onshore fishing sites, bike and kayak rental shops, kayak launching sites, green markets, green businesses and/or services, health food stores, environmental centers, waterfront parks, historic features, wetland areas, and watchable wildlife sites, such as places to see active Osprey nests.
In addition, the map could highlight those natural and historical areas threatened with development, such as Freneau Woods and Stone Road Meadows; among others.
We plan to pay for the creation of this map via grants, donations, and advertisements from green businesses. It sounds like a really good idea, but certainly there will be much work to complete this project. This is a long-term project.
We start now, however, by asking all watershed members to add their thoughts on what additional sites and categories might be included on a map. Please be specific. Please include all natural, historical, economic, and cultural sites in your community that you can think of, which you would like to see in a green map.
For more information on what is a green map, please click on to this website: http://www.greenmap.org/
Please email me your thoughts.
Thank you & fair winds,
Joe Reynolds, Co-Chair BRWC
