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Board debates longer timeline and rotating review committee for Environmental Stewardship Awards
Summary
Board members discussed expanding the awards timeline to allow 4–6 months of project work prior to nomination, proposed a rotating five-person review committee, and targeted a finalized rubric by September 1 to aim for an Earth Day award announcement.
Felicia and Matt led a discussion about how to structure the city’s new Environmental Stewardship Awards and whether to give applicants additional lead time to complete projects before nominations. Felicia said the original plan was a short nomination window (February–March), but board members proposed advertising 4–6 months earlier so residents can start projects and then submit them for consideration.
The board discussed weighing a simple application window against a longer outreach period intended to increase high-quality submissions. Tom and other members urged simplicity; others recommended a running list of eligible project ideas, a youth category and a group category, and clear rubric elements to evaluate volunteer effort and project outcomes. Members agreed to form a rotating review committee (target: five people including staff support) and to aim to have the rubric and committee in place by September 1 so the program can be publicized ahead of the next Earth Day.
There was no formal vote to adopt program rules; board members were asked to notify Felicia if they wished to serve on the review committee or had ideas for the scoring rubric.
