Mystic River Watershed Steering Committee Meeting Draft Flip Chart Notes March 11. 2009 Ground Rules: Everyone is encouraged to speak Please raise your hand to speak All ideas should be treated with respect One person should speak at a time Try not to use acronyms or abbreviations Ideas should be written as the speaker intends Audience member should state their name and affiliation before they speak Agreement Points: Purpose and structure document will be considered a "living document" and will be amended and changed as needed. A process for reaching consensus will be developed at the next meeting. Quorum will be a minimum of 50% of members present representing community stakeholders (at least 6) and 50% of members present representing government stakeholders (at least 6). Voting on an issue will occur when consensus fails. Quorum is needed and 2/3 majority of present voting members is needed to reach agreement. The Steering Committee will meet every two months to begin. Locations and agenda will be determined and communicated in advance. A process for engaging and involving businesses will be reviewed at the next meeting. 2009 Priorities for Action: Create a clearinghouse/central location for past and present research and projects throughout the Mystic River Watershed. Create a comprehensive plan for the Mystic River Watershed (e.g. land use, development, others) Create an environmental atlas for the Mystic River Watershed (e.g. resources, other issues historical and present) Establish a Mystic River cleanup boat (like the Charles River cleanup boat) Connect pathways between the river and its tributaries Establish TMDLs for nutrients (e.g. phosphorus) as a water quality priority Increase safe, public access to the Mystic River Increase level of environmental compliance in Mystic River Watershed with measurable results Increase public awareness, understanding and access to information about the Mystic River Watershed Create newsletter capturing work of the Steering Committee in the Mystic River Watershed Create opportunities to listen to community needs and concerns (e.g. listening session) Organize and coordinate cleanup events along the Mystic River ------- Increase the level of enforcement activity in the Mystic River watershed on environmental issues by all government stakeholders (e.g. federal, state and local) Improve coordination of planning and development activities in the Mystic River watershed and look at cumulative impact of development decisions Address pollution from multiple sources and change behavior and practice on key issues (e.g. lawn care, pesticides, residential landscaping techniques, etc.) Create a strategy to engage and involve youth on a range of environment and public health issues (e.g. lawn care, pesticides, etc.) Create a standardized bylaw/models for use in the Mystic River watershed Identify and secure resources including funding for needed activities/projects in the Mystic River watershed Establish and select priorities for next three years to improve water quality in the Mystic River, lakes, and streams in the watershed Create metrics/measurement to track progress and determine success Conduct briefings for flinders to attract attention and larger resources for projects Improve communication/coordination between agencies and departments that normally do not work collaboratively Communicate established priorities in a high visibility way Report Card event should also include information on positive accomplishments in addition to the grade Follow up Actions: Determine process for reaching consensus at the next Steering Committee meeting. (Lead = NOAH, Brenda Cotto-Escalera) Create proposal and options to engage and involve businesses in the Steering Committee and the larger Mystic River effort for next meeting. (Participants: MyWRA - Ekongkar Singh Khalsa, CWC, Ivey St. John, and EPA, Stephen Perkins) Work with EPA to organize and coordinate next report card event in 2009 (Participants - CGRC, Roseann Bongiovanni; MWRA Lise Marx; NOAH, Brenda Cotto-Escalera; CWC, Pam Daly; WREN, Ed Quinn) Revisit 2009 priority actions at next meeting and identify top priorities. Next meetings of the Steering Committee will be in the morning on: o May 20, 2009 (Winchester - Town Hall?) o July 15, 2009 (Arlington/Medford - Century Bank?) o September 16, 2009 (Woburn - TBD) o November 18, 2009 (Chelsea - TBD) Parking Lot/Bike Rack: Location of business representative in determining "Quorum" - "Community", "Government", or Other Publicize the Steering Committee meetings better (e.g. newspaper, web, etc.) Environmental Joint Powers Act ------- Mystic River Slewing C'ommillee Sign-in Slieel Msireli 11. 2009 Nsi me ()rg:ini/;iliปii K-nisiil sulci ress Ivey St. John Chariest own Waterfront Coalition (CWC) aran.niefa),comcast.net Andrew DeSantis Chelsea Department of Public Works (DPW)/Revere ConCom adesantis(3),chelseama. aov Marina Spitkovskaya Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) marinaฎ,ace-ei. ore Brenda Cotto-Escalera Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) brenda(3),noahcdc.ore Edward Quinn Woburn Residents Environmental Network (WREN) bosstanefo! rcn.com Ekongkar Singh Khalsa Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) ek(a),mvsticriver. ore Jan Dolan Friends of the Mystic Lake dolani anicea(3),hotmail. com Stephen Perkins US EPA New England perkins. Stephenฎ,epa. aov Christine Ellersick Roots and Shoots cellersick(a),i aneeoodall. ore Nancy Free Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation nefreeฎ verizon. net Lise Marx Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) lise. marx(a),mwra. state, ma.us Roseann Bongiovanni Chelsea Greenspace & Recreation Committee roseannb(3),chelseacollab.ore Martin Pillsbury Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) mpillsburv(a>,mapc.ore Karen Pelto Massachusetts Office of Energy and the Environment (MA EEA) karen.peltofa), state, ma.us Tricia Haederle MassPort phaederle(3),massport. com Cynthia Liebman Conservation Law Foundation cliebmanfS),clf. ore David Mendelsoln FEMA david.mendelsohn(a),dhs.eov Bill Hinkley Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) william.hinklevfa), state, ma.us Tom Budde EXXON Mobile Pipeline Co. i.thomas.buddefa), exxonmobile.com ------- Arthur Powers EXXON Mobile Pipeline Co. arthur.f. powersฎ, exxonmobile.com Bernie Campbell The Flatley Co. bcampbellfa), flatlevco.com Mary Beth Dechant Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) marvbeth(a>,mvsticriver. ore Sarah Spotts Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) sarah(a),mvsticriver. ore Judith Dyer Chelsea Greenspace and Chelsea Conservation Commission iudie dverfa),msn.com Pamela Daly Chariest own Waterfront Coalition (CWC) pd3 3 fo),comcast. net Paul Sullivan Chariest own Waterfront Coalition (CWC) paulsullivanl 04(a), comcast. net Lynne Hamjian US EPA New England hami ian. lvnne(a),epa. aov Caitlyn Hunt US EPA New England hunt. caitlvn(a),epa. aov Todd Borci US EPA New England borci. todd(3),epa. aov Tom Faber US EPA New England faber. tom(a),epa. aov Amy Braz US EPA New England braz. amv(3),epa. aov Mike Castagna US EPA New England castaana. michael(3),epa. aov Kristi Rea US EPA New England rea.kristi(3),epa. aov ------- |