Green Ossining Committee

OSSINING RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT PRESENTS

Friday Night Movie Series at The Ossining Community Center

The film series will focus on current environmental issues. Popcorn is free, bring your own drinks and get current on issues facing us such as “bad eggs.” This is primarily focused towards adults but mature children are welcome to attend.

John bell will be hosting the series. Films are approximately 1 to 1.5 hrs in length. If you bring snacks plan on sharing. We like snacks especially ones from the organic community gardens. This is a free series.

Food Inc. – September 17th at 7:30pm

The End of Suburbia – October 15 th at 7:30pm

The 11th Hour – November 12th at 7:30pm

The Power of Community – December 10th at 7:30pm

Green Ossining Committee at 7:30 pm on Thursday, September 23, at the John Paul Rodrigues Operations Center (Armory, Rte 9A).

Ossining Green Committee –9/23/10 Meeting Agenda

1) Brief recap of July’s Green Committee Meeting

• Current status of Community Climate Action Plan
  • Detailed Waste Sector Recommendations
• Approximate timeline for Plan

2) Initial Recommendations – Water Resources

• Comments and Discussion on Recommendations
  • Commercial Water Conservation
  • Household Water Conservation
  • Stormwater Management

3) Next Steps on Recommendations

• Detailed Recommendations for Water Resources sector
• Initial Recommendations for next sector

4) Ossining School District Green Committee – October Sustainability Forum – Update (Dorian Burden)

5) 10/10/10 Climate Change Awareness Event with Transition Westchester & Environmental Film Series (John Bell)

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Detailed recommendations for the Waste Sector as well as the initial recommendations for the next sector that we will review, Water Resources. Please review these documents and submit any comments you have on them via email.

Ossining Climate Action Plan – PDF Downloads:

Potential Ossining Measures – Water Resources Sector

Summary: These measures are focused on increasing household and business water conservation and conducting outreach intended to raise awareness of the effects of stormwater runoff on the environment. (Commercial Water Conservation, Household Water Conservation, Stormwater Management)

Detailed Recommendations: Waste Sector

Summary: These measures are focused on minimizing the amount of non-recyclables entering the waste stream and maximizing recycling rates. They are divided among four sectors: commercial waste management, household waste management, public spaces, and construction practices.

The updated New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual with new Technical Standards for green infrastructure was released earlier this month.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/29072.html

The New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual provides designers with a general overview on how to size, design, select, and locate stormwater management practices at a development site to comply with State stormwater performance standards. This manual is a key component of the Phase II State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) general permit for stormwater runoff from construction activities from all sizes of disturbance.

This manual has been prepared by the Center for Watershed Protection for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and made available to the Empire State Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society for distribution.

The New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual is available for download at this site. Alternatively, the document may be purchased as a paper copy by sending an order form to the Empire State Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/29072.html

The August 6th public listening session and discussion are an opportunity for leaders of the America

The Green Committee held its July meeting on Wednesday, July 14th. The meeting focused on the initial recommendations for the waste sector that will form one of the components of the Ossining Climate Action Plan. Many good ideas were brought to the table and the Committee will continue work on the energy, water resources, and transportation sectors at forthcoming meetings. Detailed recommendations for the waste sector component of the Plan based off of the discussion from Wednesday