435 Hamilton Street
Allentown, Pa. 18101
Allentown
Minutes - Final
Environmental Advisory Council
Monday, February 12, 2024
5:15 PM
Allentown Public Library basement conference room, 1210
Hamilton Street (free parking in rear of building)
or Via Zoom:
Attendees: Tim O’Brien, Kyle Ropski, Felice Cragin, Lacey Pasco, Jess Rosen, Maria Ocasio, Jennifer
Swann, Jeremy Taylor, Santo Napoli
Old Business
1. Approval of January’s Minutes
2. Approval of 2024 EAC goals
3. Status updates on goals from leads and interns
4. Filling Vacancy (Tim O’Brien)
1. Approval of January’s Minutes
Approved.
2. Approval of 2024 EAC goals
Document sent prior to meeting was approved.
3. Status updates on goals from leads and interns
a) Kyle’s communication presentation suffered a severe disruption when the
newly made Allentown EAC account was suspended by Google and all files
were deleted :(. He is going to appeal which will take a few days.
b) Jennifer is working with our interns on additional cleanup in coordination with
groups at Muhlenberg College such as Greek life.
c) Intern Jess Rosen indicated that their team is starting to collect data from
Lehigh County and the municipal GHG inventory.
d) Maria will be hosting a free webinar based around sustainability coordinator
on Feb 28th, 2024. What we can look forward to and expect from the
position. Meet and Greet with other cities coordinators.
e) Intern Felice noted that the original plan to coordinate/organize/work with the
Library on Muhlenberg’s Campus may be done by other groups. If this is the
case, Felice will have more availability for initiatives to meet the requirement
of the program.
f) Resident Jeremy Taylor indicated his support for initiatives regarding Kline's
Island / US Water Alliance side goal.
g) Tinku Updates (Out of order)
i) Jeb Bortz from Public Works and I attended the kick-off meeting
