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Environmental Action Committee
- 5:30 PM
- 3rd Monday of each month
- City Hall
113 W. Mountain Street
Room 326
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
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Description
The Environmental Action Committee formally known as the Environmental Concerns Committee was created by Ordinance 3922 on September 5, 1995. The Ordinance has since been amended by Ordinance 4462, 5260, 5291, 5473, 6041 and 6196.
The purpose of the committee is to address environmental concerns, promote a safe and healthy environment, and maintain the natural beauty of the environment within the City. To research and recommend climate mitigation strategies that the community can implement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the negative consequences of climate change, and to promote and recommend policies that encourage energy efficiency efforts and increase the clean energy supply throughout the community.
The Committee shall make recommendations to other city committees and to the City Council on matters concerning the environment. The Committee may coordinate all City efforts to obtain and maintain an annual community wildlife habitat designation through the National Wildlife Federation subject to City Council approval.
Terms
The City Council member shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve until replaced. Terms of all other members shall be three years and shall be staggered so that each year either three or four members' terms shall be available for appointment by the Nominating Committee.
Members
Such Committee membership shall be composed of the following:
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One City Council member
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One member from a local industry
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One member from a science discipline
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Eight residents at large
Appointment
Positions on the committee reserved for City Council individuals shall be filled by mayoral appointment. All other vacancies on the Committee are filled by appointment from the governing body of the City.
Public Notification
A weekly meetings list is prepared by the Office of the City Clerk Treasurer; it is distributed to the press and posted online.
- Teresa Turk
City Council Member
1408 West Cleveland Street
Fayetteville, AR 72701
206-713-2265
email
01/03/19-Indef. - Andrew Miles
Chair
Resident at Large
1884 North Caton Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72704
214-797-2187
email
01/01/15-12/31/20 - Ryan Mills
Vice Chair
Resident at Large
2954 North Williamsburg Lane
Fayetteville, AR 72703
785-250-4821
email
07/01/17-06/30/20 - Local Industry
Joseph Donahue
940 North Pembroke Road
Fayetteville, AR 72701
202-285-2272
01/01/19-12/31/20
email
01/01/19-12/31/21 - Science Discipline
Erin E. Scott
3203 North Warwick Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72703
479-841-2627
email
07/01/17-06/30/20
- Gene Allen Franco
Resident at Large
212 North Locust Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-236-9750
email
07/01/19-06/30/22 - Colin Massey
Resident at Large
1630 North Jordan Lane
Fayetteville, AR 72703
479-466-1651
email
01/03/17-12/31/21 - Jeffery Chavis
Resident at Large
2221 Skyler Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72703
501-538-5281
email
10/01/19-06/30/21 - Schuyler Schwarting
Resident at Large
324 South East Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
512-771-5084
email
01/01/18-12/31/20 - Claire Allison
Resident at Large
873 West Kyle Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72701
870-480-9338
email
01/03/17-12/31/19 - Mike Wiederkehr
Resident at Large
445 N Mock Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
806-625-2410
email
10/01/18-12/31/21
Contact Us
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Environmental Action Committee
Leif Olson
Sustainability Planner
City of Fayetteville
Phone: 479.575.8269
Email