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HomeMy WebLinkAbout161003 06/25/2008 CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA VENDOR: 356305 Page 1 of 1 ONE CIVIC SQUARE DARRELL D NORRIS CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 101 2ND AVE SW, #2C CHECK AMOUNT: $96.00 CARMEL IN 46032 CHECK NUMBER: 161003 CHECK DATE: 6125/2008 DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT PO NUMBER IN VOICE NUMBER AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 1160 4343005 D 15.00 CHAMBER LUNCHEON FEES 1160 4355100 D 6.00 PROMOTIONAL FUNDS 1160 4357004 D 75.00 EXTERNAL INSTRUCT FEE i I STATE OF INDIANA SS: COUNTY OF HAMILTON AFFIDAVIT I, Darrell D. Norris, being duly sworn upon my oath, state that I personally expended the following sum of money, in cash at the location in Fort Wayne, Indiana (check or cash required), as the fee to attend the "Need To Go Green" symposium by Grassroots Green, (grassrootsgreen.us) and the Richard G. Lugar Center for Environment and Energy, on i t Saturday, June 21, 2008, and for which I need to be reimbursed: June 21, 2008 Seminar Fee 75.00 TOTAL: 75.00 Dated this 23 day of June, 2008. Darrell D. Norris Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this o3 day o 2008. 1 Notar y Public Printed Name Resident of County, Indiana My Commission Expires: 09 l I f' ,I f,' r�,`+ r; it j r' �r�t jRj �s =dam 0 go SCHEDULE shipped from afar. Learn how to sustain your food needs locally with tips from successful backyard gardeners. General Session 9:00 a.m. 10:05 a.m. Y3 s o Welcome Dave Aschliman, Indiana Tech Ramping Up Recycling Issues and Opportunities John Steinbach, Co- founder of Grassroots Recycling saves energy and other natural resources that go into making Green; Dr Hsu, Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy products from raw materials. From starting a business or building a home, to running an office and living each day, we can do much more recycling Issues and Opportunities as We Go Green at every stage. Candace Imbody of Construction Recycling Solutions will Dr. Andrew Hsu, Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, and talk about how we can ramp up our efforts. John Steinbach, co- founder of Grassroots Green, will introduce the day's theme: the need to go green. We are facing a variety of challenges, Lunch 12:35 p.m. 1:15 p.m. including spiraling energy costs, environmental issues, and the economic Bagel Station lunch network in exhibit area and national security threats brought on by dwindling resources. We need to see the issues we face in an interconnected way and address them General Session 1:25 p.m. 2:15 p.m. through a broad and bold vision to create a greener, more sustainable Understanding and Influencing State and Federal Legislation Jesse future. John's talk will outline the challenges we face and introduce how Kharbanda, Hoosier Environmental Council, and Bowden Quinn of the topics covered during today's conference and the actions we can all Sierra Club take will get us moving toward a greener future. Understanding and Influencing Federal and State Policy Concurrent Sessions 10.15 a.m. 11:35 a.m. Sierra Club, Indiana Chapter, endeavors to educate and enlist people to Educating for Green Future Indiana Tech protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. A Green Building Practices Terry Thornsbury, Mac Williams of USGBC representative from this environmental activist group will show you how to best advocate for sustainable policies at the national level. Hoosier Educating Specialists for a Sustainable Future Environmental Council's website states that they are "guided by science, The future will look quite different. We'll source our energy in different inspired by the ties between nature and humanity, and led to success ways, and we'll need professionals to help us negotiate a new technology. through partnerships." The executive director will join us to talk about how Higher education is working to prepare students to serve the future. Hear to promote sustainable practices at the state level. representatives explain how their universities are creating programs for a sustainable tomorrow. Concurrent Sessions 2:25 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Lean Green Low Carbon Diet Green Building Practices Creating a Clean Water Community Matt Jones Our built environment impacts the world in which we live, and there are many ways we can create environmentally responsible, profitable, and Clean Water Resources: Sustainable or Sacrificed? healthy places to live and work. (Unfortunately, Indiana has one of the Water is considered to be "the next oil" as the supply of clean water least- efficient building codes in the country.) The U.S. Green Building dwindles. We can live without oil, but we can't live without water for more Council USGBC) will show you how their LEER® Green Rating System than a few days. Matt Jones of the Allen County Partnership for Water establishes more sustainable building practices. Quality will talk about what we can do locally to maintain clean water supplies. Concurrent Sessions 11:45 a.m. 12:35 p.m. Green Gardening and Farming Diane Dickson, Angie Quinn Living Lean and Green: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Ramping Up Recycling Candace Imbody of Construction "Living Lean Green" workshops use "The Low Carbon Diet: A 30 -day Recycling Solutions Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds," by David Gershon. This presentation introduces individuals and households to the impact of global warming on Backyard Gardening their community and to a set of simple tools to reduce energy consumption It's possible to grow lots of the food you need in your backyard, and it and save money. This workshop previews the five session "Living Lean will be more nutritious, cheaper, and use for fewer fossil fuels than food Green" series that delves further into the impact of global warming on our community and helps participants explore and implement numerous home more environmentally responsible, more energy efficient, and healthier energy- saving strategies that will save money. places to work and live. These factors are the backbone of the mission of the USGBC and are now being brought to Fort Wayne with the initiation Concurrent Sessions 3:25 p.m. 4:15 p.m. of the local USGBC Indiana Chapter Fort Wayne Branch. Transportation for Tomorrow Jack Schenenclorf Advocating for a Sustainable Future Jane Grant Educ t ng= Specialistsnfor a _Futu_M, Sustainable Transportation Timothy,l .A -AP, received his masters degree in architecture Whether you are driving to Indy or eating an orange, you can see how with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. While reliant we are on surface transportation. Most of the objects that surround at Berkeley, Tim was awarded the prestigious Branner Prize, a f you have probably arrived here in the middle of the continent by rail or that funded travel abroad for the 1988 academic year. He is an invite road. Massive amounts of depleting and expensive foreign oil keep the speaker around the world and, as associate professor system working to support the safety and convenience of our lives. Hear of arch itectu Ball State�Uniy�ersf�ty,�he led t stud ent designed first the vice chair of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue zero carbon facility at the campus, a straw bale eco= cenw, a Study Commission discuss their report addressing how we can design national award from the Green Building Initiative at the 2007 Sustainable a less- energy- dependent transportation network to sustain our nation's Design Expo in Washington, D.C. Tim is the founder of Gray Architecture security and economy into the future. where he has designed projects such as the Fruitvale housing complex, which was awarded a Phoenix Award from the EPA. Local Advocacy: Imperative for Democracy and the Planet We have a legacy of people who have taken a stand, who have found Dave Aschliman received a BSME and a MSME from Purdue University in time to follow local projects and decision making and who have lobbied 1976 and 1987, respectively. Dave served as manager of Environmental on behalf of the environment. Our leaders depend on people willing to Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Specialty Design Test and Product stand up and present their passion, so that all aspects of issues are seen Assurance at Magnavox /Hughes Aircraft /Raytheon. In 2002, Dave as we create our community. The obligation to take on this work will be joined Indiana Tech as the chair for the Department of Mechanical supported with effective methods and successful strategies of the recent and Civil Engineering. In 2004, with the addition of the Biomedical past. Engineering program, Dave became the chair for Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. In 2005, with the academic restructuring at Closing Session 4:15 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Indiana Tech, Dave became the dean for the College of Engineering and Computer Studies. In 2008, a new program, Energy Engineering, is being launched at Indiana Tech. PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES Ramping Up Recycling Issues and Opportunities While Candace Imbody was confined to bed after surgery, she had plenty of time to browse the Web and think. Her ideas became Construction John Steinbach is a consultant, speaker, writer, and trainer. As co- Founder Recycling Solutions, which now recycles about 72 percent of the of Grassroots Green, LLC, and publisher of the Green Living Guide for residential construction waste in Allen County, keeping more than 18,000 Northeast Indiana, he presents workshops and consults with organizations tons of construction waste from landfills. on how to incorporate sustainable practices. Green Gardening and Farming Dr. Andrew T. Hsu, director, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI. Dr. Hsu is Professor Successful home gardeners Diane Dickson and Angie Quinn have of Mechanical Engineering and Indiana University PCL Fellow. He received prolific plots in their backyards and in Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation his Ph.D. degree from the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Department's community gardens. These organic gardeners produce Institute of Technology in 1986, with a specialization in computational enough food for themselves and more to share. They know how to fluid dynamics. He is a member of AIAA and ASME and advisor to the increase soil fertility using sustainable methods and use block planting and Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy. His areas of expertise raised beds to get the most out of a very small space. Their passion for include fuel cells and nanomaterials. locally grown foods will inspire your efforts. Green Building Practices Diane is a musician with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. She learned about professional market gardening techniques at Lone Swan Farm, a certified U.S. Green Building Council, co -host of the Need To Go Green organic vegetable and flower farm. She received training in organic farm conference, is represented by Mac Williams, LEER® -AP, USGBC Indiana inspection from the International Organic Inspectors Association (IOIA) Chapter chairman, and architect with Inverde Design (Indianapolis); and and has inspected farms for the Ohio Ecological Food Farm Association Terry Thornsbury, R.A., LEED® -AP, USGBC Fort Wayne Branch chairman, (OEFFA). Viridian Architectural Design (Fort Wayne). These LEED® accredited professional architects integrate the philosophies of the LEED® Green Angie is the executive director of ARCH, the local historic preservation Building Rating System into every building they design by making them organization. She is a former naturalist and trail guide and completed 6 16 Master Gardener program in Monroe County. She is a member of legislation, with a particular focus on legislative strategy, legislative the Allen County Ag Producers Association, which operates the South procedure, and the federal budget process. For nearly 25 years, Mr. Side Farmers Market, where she shares a stand each week with another Schenendorf served on the staff of the Committee on Transportation and home gardener. She grows and saves heirloom vegetable seeds and is a Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representatives. member of Seed Savers Exchange and Slow Food USA. o Advocating for a Sustainable Future Understanding and Influencing State and Federal Legislation Jane A. Grant, Ph.D., is an associate professor of public environmental affairs at IPFW. She has just completed a book on the role of civic ethics in Jesse Kharbanda came to Hoosier Environmental Council from the American democracy, exploring the obligations that citizens have to each Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago. At ELPC, he helped other, future generations, other nations, and other species. build support among agricultural, clean- energy, and economic development organizations throughout the Midwest to support provisions in the federal energy and farm bills. He helped craft rural- focused clean energy legislation and wrote briefs on a variety of environmental polity O issues. Kharbanda has a graduate degree in development economics from by Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and undergraduate degrees in economics and environmental studies from the University of Chicago. i a Indiana Chapter Bowden Quinn is conservation program coordinator for the Hoosier grassroots g re e n' Chapter of the Sierra Club. He is the Indiana coordinator for the club's Cool Cities and Cool Counties programs that mobilize people to work with their local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from pp pp government operations and to lower their community's carbon footprint. opOCa.�l� jj num sponsors He also works on water quality issues and is a former member of the Indiana Water Pollution Control Board. FORT WAYNE N EwsPAPERs Living Lean and Green THE N EWS- SENTINEL A THE JOURNAL GAZF,TTF Kathryn M. Williams, J.D., is the new manager for the Central Indiana Environmental Education Program (CIEEP). She graduated from i Northeastern University School of Law in 1982 and has been a registered lobbyist with the state of Indiana since 1996. In addition to managing Smarter from the Ground Up'" CIEEP, Kathryn is a public -policy advocate for a number of human services organizations in the Indiana General Assembly, including Indiana Community Action Agencies, the March of Dimes and the god s Children's Coalition. From 1982 1996, Kathryn represented clients in civil cases through the Indiana Legal Services Organization in matters including housing, government benefits, and constitutional rights. She is a INDIANA Ll V� Ll L! member of the Indiana State Bar Association and has been a presenter in Continuing Legal Education programs. She also has been a guest lecturer at IUPUI School of Law and IUPUI School of Social Work. Creating a Clean Water Community dWr s 0 01 As a Water Resource Education specialist with the Allen County c Partnership for Water Quality, Matt Jones educates non agricultural ��w70�1ng- stakeholders to sustain clean water. Matt acted as consultant and co- Tneee ""'e`d'SRe�`'' ^9" writer on the "Green Sells^ technical video and the nationally acclaimed "A Watershed Mentality" documentary, both produced by PBS39 Fort Wayne. �J r Transportation for Tomorrow �I Grassroots Green 6 260.744.2122 Jack Schenendorf, vice chair, National Surface Transportation Policy grassrootsgreen.us and Revenue Study, is an attorney with Covington and Burling, LLC, in Washington, D.C. His practice concentrates on transportation and i Date: Cannel Chamber Smrular focus, Sh —d St. -s Received of Amount: 15.00 For: Monthly Luncheon C�� o� eacsuscPJtce %3 %30. s os t aeP aePos�t S" 30- a t 3 0 at e A t ex Exp iration: Expiration: L ce Law School 4 I L c, Law School Lot 90 permit C�j Lot 90 permit ONES WIPE, b I ONE SWIPE J 70323391 i 70323390 y\ 'I f Prescribed by State Board of Accounts ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER City Form No. 201 (Rev. 1995) 6 CITY OF CARMEL An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show: kind of service, where performed, dates service rendered, by whom, rates per day, number of hours, rate per hour, number of units, price per unit, etc. Payee Darrell Norris Purchase Order No. One Civic Square Terms Carmel IN 46032 Date Due Invoice Invoice Description Amount Date Number (or note attached invoice(s) or bill(s)) 6/21/08 Affidavit "Green" conference Darrell Norris attending 75.00 6/11/08 Receipt Cnrtmpl Chamber luncheon June 2008 $15.00 I 5/29/08 Recei t Parking fees for computer class $6.00 Total $96.00 1 hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or bill(s), is (are) true and correct and I have audited same in accordance with IC 5- 11- 10 -1.6. 20 Clerk- Treasurer VOUCHER NO. WARRANT NO. 6/23/08 ALLOWED 20 Darrell Norris IN SUM OF One Civic Square Carmel IN 46032 96.00 ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATION FOR 1160 Mayors 4357004 ($75.00) 4343005 ($15.00) 4355100 ($6.00) Promotional, Chamber Luncheon Fees Instructional Fees (External) Board Members PO# or INVOICE NO. ACCT #/TITLE AMOUNT DEPT. I hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or Receipt 4355100 $6.00 bill(s) is (are) true and correct and that the Receipt 4343005 $15.00 materials or services itemized thereon for Affidavit 4357004 $75.00 which charge is made were ordered and received except 20 S sign ure Title Cost distribution ledger classification if claim paid motor vehicle highway fund