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Commissioners and staff reminded organizers that the Conservancy is city property and that volunteers must complete the city volunteer waiver process. Maria Otto of the Conservation Corps offered to help expedite the waiver paperwork and staff said they would circulate waiver instructions to the student organizers.

Ending: The commission encouraged volunteers and neighborhood groups to join the Aug. 19 cleanup and asked staff to share waiver details with the student organizers.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Sustainability Commission 7-16-2025","oneSentenceSummary","Commission announced a youth‑led park cleanup at Newberry Conservancy on Aug. 19 organized by Green Bay Area Public School students; staff reminded organizers to complete the city volunteer waiver process.","taxTitle","Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin","taxId",2853,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6165029,"Conservation Corps to distribute mosquito‑bucket kits in August to reduce backyard fogging",372,6960000,7332000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366&start=6960&end=7332","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366/thumbnail_6960000.jpg","/articles/6165029/Green-Bay/Brown-County/Wisconsin/Conservation-Corps-to-distribute-mosquitobucket-kits-in-August-to-reduce-backyard-fogging","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6165029-48273f362f9cf452ace299c46f1c6035/orig.mp4?Expires=1776620731&Signature=XnRWCmIy95P~ZjDS30uv8T7zh93lF2CuqsBol-0rL2Mp3GQILJVMHIJm4q2qTIk7ddnH8hD9bD~qIbPUYLXOb8kYebu3ZVm9k7Ojtepp-qXqLn8gzExUaUgD4oKKxkQbIEscYeH3~UvR6kIWS8dR0ByxUXj2F30vCfct22iqkD1srAiGEAjiFtxpcaDW1nZBws0dVdq48Wbej9SSN6KproL25vUIh2WI5lRKxrZrwOaTs7q63M8E7Yu4Y5HAT5giunen-Aoip4G2pcx0E-7SGgPrFSjEpZcVepoFWJADSojhFU86CoZgWKl2j82Yu1YQgr2yidiz4K5LCRM~~3CW-g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Green Bay Conservation Corps will assemble and distribute about 25 mosquito‑bucket kits in August as a low‑cost, non‑chemical way for residents to reduce mosquito populations on private property.

Maria Otto of the Conservation Corps told the Sustainability Commission the program borrows from a national “Mosquito Bucket” idea that builds small habitat containers where mosquitoes lay eggs; adding a biological control called BTI prevents larvae from completing their life cycle. “The idea of a mosquito bucket is an alternative to using chemicals and fogging on like, in your grass to eliminate the the pest of mosquitoes,” she said. She explained the kits will include basic materials (a 5‑gallon bucket, mesh/netting and instructions) and a BTI puck; a single puck can treat multiple buckets and replacement BTI is inexpensive.

Otto said the corps already uses reclaimed buckets and volunteer materials and that the finished kits will be free to the public. She said the organization will announce pickup logistics and make a social‑media post when kits are ready. The corps expects to have assembled kits ready for pickup in August and will publicize the pickup plan on the city’s and its own social channels.

Ending: The commission thanked the Conservation Corps for the low‑cost pilot and asked staff to coordinate a press release and social‑media notice when kits are available.","Green Bay Conservation Corps plans to offer 25 free mosquito‑bucket kits (BTI pucks + simple materials) in August to provide a non‑chemical option for reducing local mosquito larvae populations.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6165034,"Commission offers edits to draft comprehensive plan; staff seeks commission comments by July 21",587,4698000,5285000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366&start=4698&end=5285","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366/thumbnail_4698000.jpg","/articles/6165034/Green-Bay/Brown-County/Wisconsin/Commission-offers-edits-to-draft-comprehensive-plan-staff-seeks-commission-comments-by-July-21","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6165034-75e84fe1886fdad7a4ef0f8b6c911159/orig.mp4?Expires=1776620731&Signature=HftfOiSIW95YtBvmLOY-~G8fzb-3qCtlVUQW0zM7VHyu8aPzjuSRCKaBJbZFjXcvnNKdMNvMUtDMurh7jpQzg3dqrBRggvCL8sSN3opc4Ghl163gBkzy6wW1m4LxeJ34HiCgZ8Q3EsohObI1wJZ7oz4ocWboWSxQ-kN1r0C3vlyhrCD4BF37zKE0LZ85vNws~Qw~BSNXrSmvHtBGcmg1QluNrZMG~IhPWC4DzcaSH2yjQvAEu3I07sydVoIQ3PEUxLeu8ZevoZ~vc58NSm6ahcuPG-Z~ullPxNgQ9Kzpx32rpBSBpM2pCxeS2T57APYqW3Xb0DFU7mnDqa7VNVezMQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City planning staff presented an update on the draft comprehensive plan and asked the Sustainability Commission for commission‑level comments by the stated July 21 deadline. Staff described the plan’s public outreach, key chapters, and the implementation table that will match actions to responsible parties and timing.

Staff said the update was driven by extensive public engagement over 18 months, including pop‑ups, neighborhood workshops, stakeholder interviews and an online map‑based input tool. The plan reframes the city into districts, nodes and corridors and includes goals for land use, transportation, community facilities and infrastructure. Staff emphasized a change in approach: instead of a massive set of hundreds of action items, updated practice is to adopt a shorter, prioritized set of actions with five‑year updates.

Commissioners stressed several priorities to strengthen sustainability language and implementation: integrate green‑infrastructure techniques (bioretention, tree canopy and green stormwater features) into the Complete Streets and transportation sections; explicitly link building‑ and economic‑development decisions to the city’s Clean Energy Plan so commercial/industrial energy impacts are considered at permit and construction stages; add guidance to make new construction solar‑ready (roof structure, conduit and electrical capacity); and elevate the city’s Bay/Great Lakes waterfront as a more prominent economic and planning asset in the document’s vision language.

Planning staff said the plan already references the 100% clean energy goal and that more technical details (such as sustainability program chapters) are best kept as linked plans rather than embedded in every page because those programs evolve more rapidly. Staff also outlined next steps: final draft review in late July, senior staff edits in early August, a broader public open house around Sept. 3, and subsequent plan‑commission and city‑council review and adoption by ordinance.

Ending: Commissioners agreed to provide specific recommended edits to planning staff before the July 21 commission comment deadline; staff will compile commission‑level input for the consultant team’s final draft.","City planning staff described the draft 20‑year comprehensive plan update and solicited commission input; commissioners highlighted complete streets, green infrastructure, clean‑energy alignment with economic development and the waterfront as priorities.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6165039,"Sustainability commission recommends Bay Beach recycling pilot after long debate over contamination and cost",2502,2148000,4650000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366&start=2148&end=4650","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366/thumbnail_2148000.jpg","/articles/6165039/Green-Bay/Brown-County/Wisconsin/Sustainability-commission-recommends-Bay-Beach-recycling-pilot-after-long-debate-over-contamination-and-cost","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6165039-e0b7f2d4ad547851ecdf6f656da1af74/orig.mp4?Expires=1776620731&Signature=S90zFKildBBJaoX1l4Pi9E5OpjXy73422BBx3s0wrsdyO7WvsUGqo7JJbJngSvxf9uzbMoRIRWmrD9wa07RRjLUOyYgASjz78b-dj4LqlgBRGXwXpxcjqXWqiaukh007dQbN8-VXC1TMM44HxoQB5pZBOq4FU13YCQqGr4RJjSe9mdBQRdFlyoMtcR6voKTxXj4gUF~2CaxIUxVvUrg0DTkAXT5R7tHPBZotTD35ff1Ukzpfhm57DTOvU3fct1tFTRz0l9QrqMkHoCQeFJNyVX75vStidn9jQNDa0HZJnqQ8iUVtwAAcF1ztaGLHmP6kiTZ~b6XRj9tKagYZa4opTw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Sustainability Commission voted to recommend that Parks Department staff explore recycling collection best practices for recreational facilities and implement a trial at Bay Beach Amusement Park during the 2025 season, then report back to the commission at summer’s end.

Commissioners and staff spent more than an hour discussing why on‑site recycling in public parks is difficult and what a trial should look like. Parks Director Dan Ditchite described previous efforts and cautioned that “away‑from‑home” recycling is “problematic at best” because visitors often do not sort waste properly. He said small paper items such as tickets are too small for automated sorting at material recovery facilities and are “actually better as compost than anything else.”

Mark Walters (recycling practitioner) and others urged that pilot designs minimize contamination, avoid putting recyclables in plastic bags, and include paired garbage and recycling containers emptied on the same schedule. Commissioners proposed clear signage, slot‑style receptacles that accept only bottles and cans, and receptacle designs used by successful stadiums and parks elsewhere. One commissioner suggested creative, eye‑catching containers to draw correct behavior.

The motion—“recommend Parks Department staff to explore recycling collection best practices at recreational facilities and implement trial collection at Bay Beach during the 2025 season, then report back to the Sustainability Commission at the end of the summer”—was moved during the meeting and seconded by multiple commissioners; the commission voted “Aye” and the motion passed with no recorded opposition.

Parks staff said pilots should be realistic about expectations: prior CityDeck and Bay Beach trials produced high contamination rates, and successful sites often require monitoring, frequent emptying, and staff time for sorting or coordination with volunteer partners. The director said a pilot could still be useful as an outreach tool and a source of comparative data about receptacle types and messaging; he offered to attempt in‑season trials with available resources and to present results to the volunteer advisory group or parks committee.

Ending: Commissioners instructed staff to develop a pilot plan and report back; the motion will be documented and circulated to the Parks Department and the Parks Committee as appropriate.","Commission voted to recommend that Parks staff test recreational recycling collection best practices and run a trial at Bay Beach this season; staff warned contamination and staffing remain major challenges.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6165044,"Local nonprofit describes food‑rescue work; city staff outlines limited compost pilot options",227,133000,360000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366&start=133&end=360","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426429-94fbe8fbb014c530bb171425aa8c9366/thumbnail_133000.jpg","/articles/6165044/Green-Bay/Brown-County/Wisconsin/Local-nonprofit-describes-foodrescue-work-city-staff-outlines-limited-compost-pilot-options","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6165044-2437194e0203bd68225dad043fe5c4d5/orig.mp4?Expires=1776620731&Signature=mNnNiPdYxXeOm7qjvlP3Isljgk6itX4ffv7xnU2HwnJI73RohuGP5r50KIt9DWT4jky3-JfwcwwdhWYJleo7N25DcPPhMR02RnaW3pjxHLq6Q7lwBU2znog~tZOKTpQlgmgo8attGhakl273XzhME-vKq8UmRbz2XQfk0LFS3G-8B8VqqEM-1rzHRm8OqypAYjFFhdnu1qyIbe~LImdDMFO39TchW6tjsnzc-cpsH7QkDg1dK-sTMYSjxYIGkk8WF-6HPO~87aRF2uaF0Q9G5ffOUj~W6KSpqq5YTZqhNmfA6uGSsXkF95sltQcKqDm1EAH6o7QX1Yr4G3XdhCp~xw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Selena Darrow, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Rooted In, outlined the organization’s food‑recovery and meal programs and urged the Sustainability Commission to pursue education and donation strategies to reduce local food waste. City staff later reported that a full curbside organics collection pilot is not feasible now and said the most practical near‑term test would be composting for city operations at the Brown County Wildlife Sanctuary.

Darrow told the commission she launched Rooted In two years ago and that the group both recovers surplus food for meals and distributes recovered foods to partner pantries. “The mission we have today is the mission from iHeart. It's to build a community table that nourishes and uplifts, and we bring access to local nutritious foods as a tool to transform health and well‑being,” she said. She described three programs: a monthly “Nourishment for All” meal program that she said produces “approximately 400 individually packaged meals” for pantry partners, a recipe database for households, and a “Glean team” that recovers garden, orchard and on‑farm surplus. Darrow said Rooted In recovered about 7,000 pounds of perishable food at the NFL draft and has recovered “over 25,000 pounds of recovered food in less than 2 years.”

Darrow and several commissioners highlighted education and donation as low‑cost first steps. She described uncertainty over federal SNAP and Medicaid changes and said food recovery will help meet local need if federal supports change. She also described national and state research showing households commonly waste the equivalent of about $100 in groceries per month and noted inconsistent date‑labeling on food as an obstacle, citing California’s pending work on labeling consistency as a possible model.

Later in the meeting, city staff provided an update on a feasibility review of food‑waste composting pilots. Melissa (city staff) said staff had consulted the Wisconsin DNR and other municipalities and concluded that launching a curbside, public organics collection pilot this year was not realistic because of funding and operational constraints. “We felt like it would be a good idea to look internally and to look at pilots for our own operations from a staff perspective, not a public facing pilot,” she said. Staff recommended exploring composting options for city‑operated sites and identified the Brown County Wildlife Sanctuary as the most practical near‑term location because of existing composting activity and on‑site use for finished compost.

Staff described technical requirements and barriers: successful programs generally require capital for tamper‑proof or tumbling composters, operational staff or nonprofit partners to manage turning and monitoring, and safeguards against vermin where food or meat is present. Staff said Bay Beach Amusement Park has food waste dominated by items such as partially eaten hot dogs and buns and that some edible leftovers from events are being donated already; staff therefore judged Bay Beach a poor fit for an organics diversion pilot. The Wildlife Sanctuary, by contrast, already uses tumblers for a 4K program and has greenhouse needs for finished compost, making it a practical testing location. Staff also noted that residential curbside collection models in other cities usually start with nonprofit partners and outside grant funding before scaling to municipal programs.

Commissioners and staff asked for follow‑up: several asked staff to return with more detail on capital costs, operational champions and possible grant sources; others encouraged collaboration with local nonprofits already active in food recovery. Darrow offered to share successful materials used by Feed Milwaukee and to present further detail about Milwaukee’s USDA‑funded feed project, which she described as a model. Commissioners also discussed education campaigns and targeted workshops for schools and restaurants as inexpensive first steps.

The commission did not take formal action on a public curbside composting program at the meeting; staff said they would continue conversations with the parks director, the wildlife sanctuary and interested community partners and would return with more specific recommendations and cost estimates.

Ending: Commissioners thanked Darrow for the presentation and asked staff to report next steps for an internal pilot. Darrow and staff agreed to share resources and follow up on potential partnerships and grant opportunities.
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