The Environmental Commission was created by City Council in 2001 and is comprised of up to 13 members of the public appointed by City Council. You can search for Environmental Commission in the Online City Code from the City Clerk page.
You can find many board and commission meetings with agendas and meeting minutes on the City Clerk Legistar Calendar. Agendas and minutes for future Environmental Commission meetings will be stored there. There is a search function at the top that allows you to review ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS or just the ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.
General Meeting Time:
Fourth Thursday of each month, 7p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall.
Typically, every other meeting will be an untelevised Working Session (WS) open to the public. See schedules for the Commission and Committees below. Please visit the city Legislative Calendar to view upcoming commission meetings and agendas
Environmental Commissioners (click on name to send e-mail):
Steve Bean (Chair) (Term expires August 2010)
Rita Loch Caruso (Term expires August 2011)
Anya Dale (Term expires February 2011)
John German (Term expires August 2011)
Christopher Graham (Vice-Chair)
Carsten Hohnke (City Council)
John Koupal (Term expires May 2012)
Gwen Nystuen (Parks Advisory Commission representative)
David Stead (Term expires August 2010)
Valerie Strassberg (Term expires October 2011)
Margie Teall (City Council)
Kirk Westphal (Planning Commission representative)
David Wright (Energy Commission) (Term expires June 2011)
Committees of the Environmental Commission
- Solid Waste - as needed - Stead (Chair), Bean, Teall
- Natural Features - 3rd Friday at 12:30 - Graham (chair), Bean, Nystuen
- Transportation - 3rd Thursday at Noon - Dale (Chair), Bean
- State of Our Environment Report - 2nd Monday at Noon - Bean (Chair), German, Stead, Teall, Westphal
- Sustainable Community - 2nd Fridays at Noon - Bean (chair), Dale, Westphal
- Water - 2nd Thursday at Noon - Strassberg (Chair), Bean, Loch Caruso, and Nystuen
Committees will typically meet in the 4th floor workroom - contact one of the commissioners on the committee or Matthew Naud if you plan to attend to verify times and locations of committee meetings. These meetings are open to the public.