[MissoulaGov] Goals for Council

[David V. Gray]

Max,

 

I believe the Bozeman City Dump already has a very successful composting
program.  All organic waste can be disposed of for free and you pay to
dispose actual waste.  When I lived in Bozeman the City Dump had been
recognized and awarded several times for its forward thinking programs and
huge compost operation.  If Missoula is turning into a pay to throw away
system I would like to see municipal composting programs started to
counteract the increase in trash fees. This could be a bonus for the parks
department and a possible income stream to help pay for park maintenance.
It works for Ecocompost why not Garden City Compost?

 

David V. Gray

Ward 6

 

From: missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com
[mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of maximillian smith
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:11 AM
To: Bob Jaffe
Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Goals for Council

 

Taking off of Tim's comment--A deep look into the future demands our
redesign of cities that meet our demands (energy, food, ...) locally (read:
cutting out the fraud, waste, and abuse of petroleum). 

 

I'd like the see the city take a look at producing our energy from the
wastestream (not incinerating things like trash, but converting biogas into
methane for heat and electricity). I'd like to see the city support the
efforts of citizens who are motivated to develop technological fixes like
biogas converters and greywater systems. Call it the Small Is Still
Beautiful, Missoula crowd, or maybe call it practical. I'd suggest these
sorts of developments be supported (if subsidizing such efforts isn't the
council's bag, I'd love to see policy changes that might encourage these
decentralized manifestations of sustainability). Maybe we'll get to a point
where the city's power is produced by city-centralized anaerobic digesters.
How cool would that be?

 

Concerning food-- students and faculty in Missoula and Bozeman are beginning
to address nutritional disparity among low-income residents by developing
their lawns. In a nutshell, we're nearing a point where (and there's
beginning to be a push in Bozeman for grants and city-support) MT
municipalities might sponsor city-wide composting...like they do in
Portland, Seattle, and other progressive urban areas.

 

Max Smith

 

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Bob Jaffe <BJaffe at ci.missoula.mt.us> wrote:

Hi,

We are scheduled to have a discussion tomorrow afternoon regarding goals for
the council. 

Here is the referral I made back in April of '07:

 

Hold a structured discussion regarding the goals we have for what we want to
accomplish over the next

year. Hopefully concluding with a list of tasks and some kind of action plan
for how those things will

happen.

 

 

Ed has reluctantly agreed to take up this item in COW on Wednesday.

 

Marilyn posted this one:

Among other things already mentioned, I want to see the city save money and
maintenance costs by increasingly using native plants and non turf areas as
much as possible. Labor and water costs make annual flowers and expansive
lawns expensive. 

Where turf lawns are needed, I would like them maintained using integrated
management methods (composting, aeration, proper irrigation, prudent
herbicide applications). We asked parks for a turf management plan several
years ago- let's re-visit this. Proper management saves money.

 

Here are a few of mine:

I would like to see us do something meaningful in the realm of affordable
housing. Both in the area of regulation and financing.  Slow progress is
being made but I would like to see us step it up.

 

Sidewalks: We have got to come up with a better way to do sidewalks. The
street maintenance districts could play a role in this.

Urban Forest: We know the trees are dying. If we want to maintain one of the
most defining aspects of the character of Ward 3 we will need to take much
more aggressive action to maintain the urban forest. Maintenance districts
may also be a part of this.

 

I'm curious if folks have suggestions for what they would like to see the
City Council / City of Missoula accomplish in the short and long term.

 

Thanks,

Bob

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Jaffe

Missoula City Council, Ward Three

1225 South 2nd West

Missoula, MT 59801

(406) 880-2052

 

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