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C  I T Y  O F
    WEST CHICAGO
            W H E R E H I S T O R Y & P R O G R E S S M E E T

           ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION

              Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 p.m.
       Water Treatment Plant, 1400 W. Hawthorne Lane

                  AGENDA

1.  Call to Order & Establish a Quorum

2.  Approval of Minutes
        a.  Environmental Commission Meeting Minutes of April 16, 2025

3.  Public Participation/Presentations

4.  Items for Consent
        a. None

5. Review and Discuss the Commission Priority List
        a.  Current List
                            i.  Sustainability Plan – Subcommittee Update
        b. New Additions or Upcoming Events
                            i.  Blooming Fest – May 17, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
                        1.  Location: Downtown West Chicago
                        2.  Bareroot Prep – 5:00 PM on May 15, 2025, at the Water
                       Treatment Plant
                        3.  Staff Update: County partnership, booth set up by 8:30am,
                       promote: resident survey, Recycle Coach, shredding event, rain
                            barrel,
                            ii.  Paper Shredding Event & Rain Barrels Pick Up – June 7, 2025, 9:00 AM
               – 12:00 PM
                        1.  Location: West Chicago Metra Station Parking Lot
                        2.  Staff Update: Rain barrel ordering is now open and advertised (7
                        orders as of 4/23/24), flyer (Enclosure), location map (Enclosure),
                      agreement in place for 2 shredders; rename the event?
6.  Other Business
        a.  Recycle Coach – Promotion at the Blooming Fest
        b.  Strategy to collaborate with City staff, elected officials, other City commissions,
         and local environmental groups.
        c.  Monarch Butterfly Action Items – Planter Design (Enclosed)
        d.  Landscaping Plans feedback for the proposed Community Park
                            i. Feedback due by May 30, 2025, in writing to the Staff Liaison.

7.  Adjournment