Would you attend mtg with Lori Topley re bags reduction programs?...

[Bruce England]

Hello GMV members:

Please pay special attention to help-needed announcements and seriously consider volunteering for them, as it is through these activities that Green Mountain View will be most successful.

Bye for now, and stay tuned!

Bruce England

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Since Green Mountain View began, we have intended to establish a single-use shopping bags reduction project to include one or more related programs (e.g., public education and outreach, reusable bags distribution, partnering with the City, etc.)

Lori Topley, the Solid Waste Program Manager for the City of Mountain View, recently submitted a draft "Single-Use, Carry-Out Bags" report to the Council Environmental Sustainability Committee (CESC) (see http://groups.google.com/group/greenmountainview/web/SingleUseBags-StaffReport.pdf), and, while the report is being reviewed and discussed, this is an opportune moment for us to determine Green Mountain View's role in the City's process, and what we might do independently to best complement the City's activities.

Lori would like to meet with a core group of us to start the City/GMV discussion ("I think we should meet very soon to have a discussion about how we can collaborate on the bag issue.  I'd love to have sort of an overall plan in place before you actually spend money on bags and distribute them.  However, before I can implement anything in conjunction with GMV, I need to run the plan by the Council, as was discussed at the Committee meeting.")

Accordingly, please get in touch with me asap if you are interested in one or more of the following:

- Participating in (at least) the initial meeting with Lori (for this, before the end of day, Sunday, December 13th, please)

- Helping to develop a Green Mountain View Bags Reduction Project plan

- Volunteering to lead or become a member of the GMV Bags Reduction Project

Thanks for considering this important project,

Bruce England

Green Mountain View co-chair