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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, July 21, 2014 Page 8 SPECIAL COMIVIITTEE REPORTS: Information & Technologv - There was no meeting. There is no report. Records Commission - Mrs. Mills reported, we will be meeting next week. I finally received a report on Shred Day. 7200 pounds, or 3.6 tons were shred. Environmental savings was 7 barrels of oil, 61 trees, 2500 plus gallons of water 11 cubic yards of landfill. Energy savings was 14,000 plus kilowatts and 900 carbon dioxide pounds. Mr. Marrie commented, it's a great program, for many reasons, if nothing else to clean house and feel safe that it is not being passed around. Mr. Jerome asked, is this better than previous years? Mrs. Betsa replied, yes. Mrs. Mills stated, it seems like people are getting used to it. They are cleaning out papers they have been saving for no reason. Community Economic Develonment - Mr. Saponaro stated, there was no meeting. There is no report. The Grove Committee - Mr. Jerome reported, The Grove had a couple events since our last meeting. We had the Art Festival Saturday July 12'h. I wasn't there. Mrs. Mills stated, there were about 150 people there. It was very well attended. The artists were pleased. The people were pleased. At these events, there is an increasing number of residents showing up which is very encouraging. Mr. Jerome stated, I have been trying to keep note of residents to make sure that everyone knows of future events. On Thttrsday, Ju1y 1r, we had Sweet Adelines and Barbershop Quartet. It was pretty well attended. Mrs. Mills stated, Gary said maybe about 300 people attended. That hill was pretty well occupied. With regard to the high school battle of the bands, Mr. Jerome stated, it has been rescheduled to September 6?'. We had trouble getting bands for that event. We are going to try again. Yesterday, we had the Cinema Under the Stars, Princess Bride. I was there. That was really nice. There were a lot of families there. The weather was nice. Coming up, we have the Greek Music and Dance on Friday. On Saturday is the History Under the Stars. That should be nice too. We still have all of August. There are a number of events. I hope everyone can at least check it out once if they have not been there at all.