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Home My WebLink About2024-05-15 “To Promote Efficiency, Conservation, and Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the City of Livonia”May 2024 Meeting May 15, 2024 Agenda Adjourn •Public Comments•New Business•2024 Catalyst Leadership Circle Fellowship (CLCF)•Tree Ordinance/Tree Replacement •EV Infrastructure •Recycling Education •Solid Waste and Recycling Contract •Recycling & Solid Waste Policies•Status–Solarize Livonia •Green Infrastructure •Report Out –Initiative Teams •2024 Michigan Green Communities Challenge Update •2024 Catalyst Leadership Circle Fellowship (CLCF) Update •Meeting Minutes Approval2024March 13, • Meeting Approval Minutes 2023 Certification•Over 60 Communities Received•Silver Level Certification•Livonia has 68 Points•2060Gold 100Platinum 175Levels (Minimum)Points MIchigan Green Communities Challenge (MGC)Michigan Green Communities Challenge Recycling &Team Solid Waste Solid Waste & Recycling Contract Update Recycling Education Katie Mullett–Recycling Education Lead Recycling Education Katie Mullett–Recycling Education Lead Greenleaf Commission Instagram Recycling Education Next Step Confirm Pricing (Price Increase) –•Kalamazoo, Lansing, East Lansing and Midland Utilize Recycle Coach•Uses Gamification to Educate Community on Recycling•Local Waste/Recycling Rules Accessible•Recycle Coach Recycle Coach – Free Recycling Apps Educates and Informs ConsumersBest Free Site–O’Brien/EGLE Kerrin iRecycle Earth 911 Free Recycling Apps Free Recycling Apps is Residential Recycling Program NameReCollect•DPW Support Programs with Customer Recycling Section •Routeware •Due to Ann Arbor RestrictionsU of M Composting Sent to Wixom U of M Composting Spurt Industries, about 34 miles away, instead of to Ann Arbor’s compost site.As of January, UM is having the bulk of its compostable waste trucked to •have the University of Michigan now sending its compost to Wixom.New limitations on what’s accepted in Ann Arbor’s compost stream EV Infrastructure Team EV Charging StationsUpdate Tree OrdinanceTeam & Tree Replacement 2024 Catalyst Leadership Circle Fellowship Catalyst Leaderhip Circle Fellowship wide tree inventory-recently completed communityProposed Livonia project will focus on implementing next steps on its •focus on a sustainability related topicwith a mentor (City of Livonia representative) that will allow Livonia to Program will provide a graduate student and technical expert, along •Livonia is one of ten Michigan cities participating in this program•Circle Fellowship (CLFC)Livonia was selected to participate in the 2024 Catalyst Leadership •Certification) in the MGC Program Livonia was recognized for environmental leadership (Silver Level •Collaboration with Michigan Green Communities Program (MGC) and EGLEProgram Led by the University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute in •(CLCF) 2024 CLC Fellowship Project Overview areas).canopy, develop approved tree species lists, maintain open identifying supporting initiatives (e.g. way to expand the best analyze the inventory, monitor the canopy, and steps. Potential directions include investigating methods to a city needs assistance designing and implementing next wide tree inventory, -Having just completed their communityImplementation”“Trees Please! Canopy Monitoring & Supportive Livonia –CLC Fellowship Project Catalyst Leaderhip Circle Fellowship City of Livonia 2024 CLC Fellowship Project Weekly Team Project Meetings •Provide local government/community guidelines •, Doug Moore, Trisha Gabriel, Jim Baringhaus RohraffDon •1 + CLC Mentors (City of Livonia)•topical knowledge, resources, and contactsGuides project with –(1 Hour per Week) Subject Matter Expert •Worked at City of Ann Arbor, Davey Tree, and currently at DNR•1 Technical Advisor (Kerry Gray)•least one shareable deliverable by end of program Responsible for creating at -(40 hours per week) Project Lead•(Carson Evans)–1 Student Fellow •Catalyst Leaderhip Circle Fellowship City of Livonia Project Team 2024 CLC Fellowship Project Timeline Sterling Heights, MI –Sterling Heights Community Center •July 25, 2024–Project Close Date •June 12, 2024–up Meeting -CLC Fellowship Follow•Ann Arbor, MI –Palmer Commons •May 20, 2024–Project Start Date •May 6, 2024–CLCF Meeting -Livonia Pre•Catalyst Leaderhip Circle Fellowship City of Livonia Project 2024 CLC Fellowship Project Timeline Strategies Tree Trimming •Strategies Replanting •EducationCommunity •Funding Requests•StepsDetermine Next •AreasIdentify At Risk •Identify Benefits•Potential OutputsTree Analysis -iInventory Data 2023 Livonia Tree Inventory Data 2000 Livonia Tree Canopy Data SEMCOG Tree Catalyst Leaderhip Circle Fellowship City of Livonia Project Green Infrastructure Team Livonia Solar Street Lamp Pilot 27 Feet –180 Watts | Pole Height -Lights Street Light #3 (Not Piloted)27 Feet –180 Watts | Pole Height -Lights 33 Feet –180 Watts | Pole Height -Lights Street Light #1 (Not Piloted)Obtain Multiple Bids for Solar Street Lamps •Retrofit One Electric Street Lamp (#2) to Solar Electric Street Lamp •Revised Pilot Test Livonia Solar Street Lamp Pilot Two Lamps) –Obtain Multiple Bids for Solar Street Lamps (Note •Retrofit One Electric Street Lamp (#2) to Solar Electric Street Lamp •Revised Pilot Test Livonia Solar Street Lamp Pilot Parker Village•Avalon Park•Highland Park Secured Funding for Two Sites with Solar Power Streetlights•Than Just Cutting Off the PowerDTE Stated Removing Streetlights Was a Better Alternative •DTE Left 500 Streetlights in Highland Park •to Collect on $4 Million the City Owed for Electricity DTE Removed Streetlights Out of Highland Park-2011 •Installed Solar Street Lights in Highland Park, MI •Michigan Based Company •Cooperative Industries Ryter•Facilitate Exchange of Information and Ideas on Solar Street Lights •John Freeman •Recommended by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA)•Ryter Cooperative Industries Cooperative Industries Ryter MI DiscountRainbarrelCommunity •Community Education •Livonia Events •Interested in Developing Livonia ProgramRainbarrelMI •Joshua Rubin Discussion Rainbarrel GLREA Strategy Session Solarize LivoniaGLREA Developing Resources •Developed Solar Education Kit •Visuals Key for Education•”Power Moves” Campaign •Detroit/Hamtramck•Communities Use as Solar Education•per Year2 Meetings-Some Communities do 1•Difficult to Implement Group Buy Neighborhood Model•Key Points: Hamtramck/Detroit •Holland•Meridian Township•Traverse City •Royal Oak •Mt. Pleasant •Livonia •Ann Arbor •Communities Participating:•Community Solar Strategy Session New Business Hayes Elementary School West Side Christian School (Grand Rapids)•Hayes Elementary School (Livonia)•Two Michigan Schools Received Award•Federal Recognition Award •Federal School Sustainability Program•Green Ribbon Schools U.S. Green Schools 2024 Green Ribbon School Hayes Elementary School and West Side Christian for their innovative efforts to apply classroom learning to the real world.”of taking care of the environment. I applaud students and educators at Hayes Elementary “It’s critical for Michigan children to learn about our environment and the importance say about this prestigious award: Here is what State Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice had to from local community organizations for funding, planning, and maintenance. seeds to all students and installed a new pollinator garden supported by mentors•Monarch butterfly through the World Wildlife Fund; they then distributed milkweed •The school has symbolically adopted both the honeybee and the •Inspired students organized Spirit Days to fund a plastic bottle bench.•The Green Team ends the school year with a walking field trip to go strawberry picking. •Students and their families maintain a school garden, including creating labels for the plants. •prompting the introduction of Waste Free Wednesdays and a share table. A waste audit revealed that food was the primary waste, •adoption of compostable lunch trays. of plastic straws and polystyrene in the school lunchroom, resulting in districtwide writing campaign to ask LPS to discontinue the use-Students held a letter•Hayes Elementary School Green Activities: Green Activities Greenleaf Commission Upcoming Event for 2024–Blue Font Completed Events–Black Font July 25, 2024 –CLC Fellowship Close Date •June 8, 2024–2024 Passport to Safety •June 1, 2024–Run to Save our Youth •May 20, 2024 –CLC Fellowship Start Date •17, 2024–May 16 –MI Healthy Climate Conference and Preconference •May 17, 2024–EGLE Recycling Infrastructure Grants Final Submission Date •May 1, 2024–2024 Michigan Green Communities Final Submission Date •April 29, 2024–Livonia Rotary Club Presentation •April 13, 2024–Coffee Hour: Let’s Talk Recycling •March 19, 2024–State of the City Address •February 27, 2024–Leadership & Awards Celebration (Greenleaf Award) •January 12, 2024–Solid Waste/Recycling Committee •Pending and Completed Events 2024 Event Status 2024 Greenleaf Commission November 13, 2024•September 18, 2024 •July 17, 2024 •May 15, 2024•March 13, 2024•January 17, 2024•7:00 pm Start Time –All Wednesday Evenings •Meeting Schedule Public Comments