AGENDA FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY MEETING AND GREEN TEAM MEETING 

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 7:30 pm – Virtual Meeting 

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 Call to order: 

 1. Labor Day Festival Information Table - Update

2. Updates from Sustainability Framework / Green Team Circles.
a. Energy / Alternative Energy Circle –
-EVIPG recommendation to Council to remove the DC Level 3 Fast charging station at the municipal building and install Level 2s. (See EVIPG request below).
-EV EVent – September 17 (10 am to 1 pm) at Schrom Hills Park - Recap
b. Food Systems / Sustainable Land Care/Pollinators Circle.
c. Green Building
d. Land Use / -
e. Transportation.
f. Local Economies - Time Bank Circle.
g. Waste Management / Zero Waste Circle –
-Update? Martha Ainsworth from Sierra Club: Municipalities to enact a “best practice ordinance” to ban plastic bags and allow commerces to charge for the paper bags they issue. Does Green ACES want to recommend Council to come up with such an ordinance? Can Greenbelt get consensus with our neighbors? To be discussed at the next Four Cities meeting. Focused on grocery stores. What about enforcement?
- College Park has voted for the ban on plastic bags? Or on supporting the State legislation?
- Working with Berwyn Heights, New Carrolton and Hyattsville.
- USDA Composting, food producing, soil ameliorement grant with Compost Crew, City Gardens, and CHEARS - update
h. Water / Streams – 

3. Events/Other

Adjournment