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Good evening. I

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d like to call

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the

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SEPTEMBER 10th, 2025, Natural

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Resources Commission, lead to

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order, and we will start with,

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uh, roll call, um,

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coordinatorsrier.

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Thank you, Vice Chair Stein,

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Commissioners present, um, Vice

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Chair Stein, um, commissioners2

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or sorry, Commissioners

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McCaslin and Daw, um, currently

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we do not have a quorum, um,

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commissioners, they are not

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present our commissioner

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s

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tuning, husbands and sheets, um,

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I believe we still are

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expecting a couple

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commissioners, um, but MR. Vice

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Chair, if we could move along

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with the agenda

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but not take formal action

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unless we do get a quorum at

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some point. Ok, thank you.

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So, the next item was to

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approve the agenda. We will

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table that at this time and

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just use the

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the agenda that you have before

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you as, as sort of a, a draft

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or a I guess a unofficial

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agenda and we

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ll still kind of

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follow that, that flow for the

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meeting.

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And same thing with the

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approval of the minutes from

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our last work session which was

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in JULY.

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Um, we will not take formal

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action on that at this time

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since we

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re we do not have a

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quorum

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um, but please do review those

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minutes, um, when you, when you

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have time.

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And the next item is the uh

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citizen comment period. We

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t have any in-service

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in-person visitors this evening.

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put out a warm invite for any

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citizens of Maota Heights that

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would like to attend one of our

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meetings. We

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d love to to have

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you here to hear, um, any

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concerns you have about the

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city

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s natural resources, any

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positive things that you

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d like

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to share as well, um, one other

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opportunity I

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ll mention is

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once or twice a year we do have

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like a field or a site visit.

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We just had one last month to,

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um,

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the Interstate Valley Creek

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restoration project, so that

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another opportunity for

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citizens to come and meet, meet

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the commission, um, talk to us,

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um, see, see some really

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interesting and cool projects.

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remind, uh anyone that MAY be

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watching on Town Square of that

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opportunity.

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Um, coordinator Sreer, can we

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go back now and, and do those

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approvals, or is that the, yes,

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that would be great. Thank you.

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so we

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re gonna go back in the

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agenda to take care of a few

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items here, um, you should have

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the agenda in front of you.

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is there a motion to adopt

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tonight

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s agenda.

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So the motion by Commissioner

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Dahl, is there a second?

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Second by Commissioner Sheets.

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Any discussion on the motion?

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Um, hearing none, all in favor,

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please say aye. Aye.

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Paul Poino

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we have an agenda

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s move, um, back

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again a little to approval of

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the of the minutes from the

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JULY 9th, 2025, um, commission

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work session.

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all had, had a

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little bit of time to review

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those minutes prior to the

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meeting.

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yeah, so is there a motion to

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approve the minutes from the

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JULY 9th work session.

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I look to approve

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that the motion is made by

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Commissioner Tony, is there a

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second?

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Second by Commissioner McCaslin.

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Any discussion on the motion?

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Ok, hearing none, all in favor

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of approving the minutes.

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Please say aye.

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All opposino.

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And the the minutes are

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approved.

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Um, so going to item 6 on your

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agenda, new business

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this one has an action item of

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discussion, discussion of the

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trickerteen event.

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As well as some, um, a decision

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on our level of involvement in

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the trick routine event.

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and who specifically that that

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might be if we choose to

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participate in that event. Um,

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to kind of kick this off for my

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benefit, can you remind me, did

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we participate in that event?

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We did participate in that

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event last year.

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Yes, um, thank you, MR. Vice

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Chair Stein, um, we did

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participate last year, uh, last

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s participation was

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focused on stormwater education

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and promoting the adopted Dream

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program.

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And I can, I can, if the

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commission is ready, I can, um

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present on that item. Yeah,

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please do.

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Um, so this is an annual event.

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s held at the Par 3 city

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golf course and so again we

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will be having the event in

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2025. Um, it is scheduled for

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Saturday, OCTOBER 18th, from 4

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public. It

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s a free event, um,

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each hole on the golf course,

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uh, features giveaways and

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candy for kids and um other

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how to incorporate partners in

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energy, um, in city events as

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well as this one in the in the

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past and the commission has as

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well, um, so some ideas

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proposed including um

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uh, some ideas were also

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proposed by staff to um move

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the commission to the first

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hole on the golf course and

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then also incorporate waste and

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recycling organics, um, uh, and

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education on other

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sustainability efforts in the

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city. Um, so one of the things

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from Partners and Energy

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standpoint would be promoting

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the home energy squads as well

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as other partners in energy

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programs.

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For residents and businesses in

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Mendota Heights. So

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um, if the commission could

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please discuss the event and

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interest and ability to be

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involved or attend at this time.

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s a great, seems

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like a great opportunity to get

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information out and would

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wondering in terms of the home

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energy squad, I know, I think

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at one of the events we had a

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drawing for a free home energy

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audit? Would that be a

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possibility to do that again at

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this event? Yeah, thank you for

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the question. Um, I believe so.

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in Energy. They might still be

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offering free, um, home energy

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squad visits through the fall,

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if not, I think we can sponsor,

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an issue to sponsor another one.

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materials for the

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the partners in energy booth

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pretty well prepared. We

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a slide show, um, for some of

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our events in the spring, we,

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we brought along some some lawn

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equipment, some things like

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minimal, I would think.

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any insights from

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doing this last year from the,

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Well, a piece of it is, um.

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Implementing whatever you

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boozing or talking about into

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the hole, right? That

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s a piece

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of it. So, um

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d want to think about how to

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be engaging at the whole, um,

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Materials that we have.

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engaging with the, the adults

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that come with the child,

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probably from the home energy

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perspective or is there a way

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to engage kids in that topic?

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s a good question. I mean, I

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think we should adjust it. I

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was not present

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myself last year, but I can be

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on this date. So if we need

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people there, I can be there.

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make sure sheets just, uh, just

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never been to this event. What

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does that mean? Like,

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coordinated with the whole, is

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it gift, uh, well, the idea

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that we had last year that our

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student commissioner, um,

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Hannah was super instrumental

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in was we created a great setup

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to go over the whole to look

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like leaves and engage with

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talking about stormwater, um,

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cleaning leaves out from your.

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From the drains and like if

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you

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re on walks and you see

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that there are leaves, you can

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do something about it. So I

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created an engaging way to talk

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about it. I don

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t know, um,

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coordinatorsrayer, if you would

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say it differently, but it made

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a topic, um, simple to talk

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about with.

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Kids and attendees, but also

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kind of fun.

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Mck had like, I think it had

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the

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drinks to the river stencil on

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it, you know.

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Like.

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Uh.

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To help you recognize that

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where you

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d see it in your

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neighborhood or

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around the city. And then the

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other halls are sponsored by

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like an orthodontist and

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a martial arts place in the

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handout.

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Each one, so

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sort of the sponsoring. Um, and

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just to confirm all of the

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material that was used last

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year is still available to use

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this year.

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Um, uh, Commissioner Tuning,

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yes, however, the focus has

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changed to Partners in Energy

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and sustainability, so we

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probably could not reuse those

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materials for this year, yeah,

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yeah, and there

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s been some

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talk about um costumes if

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commissioners want to dress up

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in costumes. I think staff will

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be in costumes, um, vegetable

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costumes, it sounds like

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another waste in organics

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themed. So if there is

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something it creatively you

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want to come up with for a

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costume for Partners in Energy

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or another sustainability.

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Topic.

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Um, or something else. You

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don

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t have to dress up in a

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costume either.

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I mean, I think uh perhaps our

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education committee and

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outreach committee could come

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up with something, but in terms

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of um educating younger people.

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I mean, there

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s opportunities

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to educate about light bulbs,

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light switches, that type of

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thing perhaps in terms of

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conserving energy, so I think,

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I think we could probably come

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up with something to have on

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the whole and then

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um, encourage

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whoever

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s there to dress up in

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a costume appropriate to that.

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Um, just recently engaging with

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a young child on this, um, I

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found that there

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s, it

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resonated when talking about

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fossil fuels and dinosaurs and

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all of this, uh, so maybe that

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could be an engaging way

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looking at what is fossil what

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are fossil fuels in a very

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basic way and what do renewable

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energies mean in a very basic

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way, but, um, considering the

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timeline is only a month. I

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m

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not quite sure. I would have to

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just kind of discuss more

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logistics, how much we want to,

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um, how much

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capacity we have and

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availability to create this

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material. I definitely agree

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with you, Commissioner Dahl. I

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think education, the education

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community committee could jump

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in on this, but maybe that

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s

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something that we can chat

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about.

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Yeah, and on that question,

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coordinator Sreer, do we have,

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do you need a commitment

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tonight that we are going to

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take a hole at this event, or

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is this something we can have

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the education outreach

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committee put a little more

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thought into how we would

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how we would, um

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I don

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t know, decorate the, the

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area or whatever the, the word

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is there.

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Um, or do you need a

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with the time, what is it?

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OCTOBER 18th, do you need a

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firm commitment tonight that

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we

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ll be taking

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one of the slots. Thank you,

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Vice Chair MR. Uh, Vice Chair,

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I think that, um, not maybe

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individual commitments, but

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maybe a commitment from the

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commission as a whole that

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they

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ll put some effort into um

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coming up with some um

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things to have at the hole if

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they

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re not, if you

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re not

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going to be able to make it, um,

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to help promote partners in

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energy, um

436
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I, I think that would be enough,

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and then we can get individual

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commitments. Um, I would like

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to have individual commitments

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by the end of the month for

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sure.

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Thank you for the clarification,

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coordinator Sreer, um, and I

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would say as a whole I think it

445
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sounds like a great opportunity

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for our commission to engage

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with the public on on energy,

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so.

449
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Generally positive feedback.

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ok.

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I would say

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Well, I

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d like to move then

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that uh we sponsored the whole

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I had um.

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This is the second portion, but

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that the education and outreach

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committee design the whole for

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our committee.

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So I have a motion from

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Commissioner Dah to sponsor a

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whole with with um

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some additional work from the

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education outreach committee on

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on how to stage that the best?

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Is there a second to that

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motion?

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Second by Commissioner Sheets.

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Any discussion on the motion?

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Ok. All in favor say aye. All

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those say no.

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Ok, the motion passes. We will

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commit to that coordinators

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spreader. Thank you.

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And the next item on the agenda

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of new business is.

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The geothermal planning grant,

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and I will, um, kick this over

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to coordinator Sreer for an

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information only update on this

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grant.

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Thank you, Vice Chair Stein.

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The city had originally applied

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for a geothermal planning grant

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from the Minnesota Department

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of Commerce back in MARCH of

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this year we were placed on a

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waiting list and then recently

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were notified that we were

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taken off that waiting list and

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awarded, um, up to $150,000 for

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the planning of a geothermal

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energy system. The plan would

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be to

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assess the city

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s public works

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facility with that grant, um,

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so I, I brought up this graphic

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from the Department of Energy,

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um, for those not familiar with

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geothermal energy systems or

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geothermal energy in general.

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So this is kind of a nice basic,

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um, graphic that shows how

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geothermal energy works, uh,

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basically

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it

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s taking or utilizing the

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constant temperature of the

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ground and moisture water

511
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within the ground sometimes to

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heat and cool buildings, um

513
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the, the, uh, it, it

514
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s only

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maybe uh below 30 ft in in

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depth where you reach that

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constant temperature of 50 to

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59

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f, and so, um, Wells are

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dog and it

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s on a looped system,

522
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so the water moves through the,

523
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the well or the pipes, um, it

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doesn

525
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t take water from the

526
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ground. It

527
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s just passing

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through

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the ground and it can be

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installed vertically as well as

531
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horizontally, these systems, um,

532
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but we would then be using this

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grant to assess installing one

534
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of these systems at the public

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works facility and eligible

536
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expenses through the grant

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include

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analysis analysis of the

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heating and cooling demand of

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the building evaluation of

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equipment that

542
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s needed, um,

543
00:17:37,330 --> 00:17:39,433
analysis of the geologic

544
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conditions of the site and then

545
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preparation of a financial and

546
00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,400
analysis or final report for

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the project, so the city has,

548
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um, about 16 weeks to enter

549
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into a contract with a

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00:17:51,648 --> 00:17:53,583
consultant to lead and

551
00:17:53,583 --> 00:17:53,750
implement the project, um,

552
00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:55,252
we

553
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re currently working on

554
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a request for proposals to go

555
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out to qualified consultants

556
00:18:03,927 --> 00:18:06,296
and contractors for the project.

557
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And, um, no action is needed.

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00:18:06,463 --> 00:18:08,980
It

559
00:18:08,980 --> 00:18:09,399
s just an update to the

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commission.

561
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If there are any questions by

562
00:18:12,769 --> 00:18:14,104
the commission, I can attempt

563
00:18:14,104 --> 00:18:16,973
to answer those at this time as

564
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well.

565
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I

566
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ll just start with a comment,

567
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which is um

568
00:18:24,114 --> 00:18:26,449
we installed this exact type of

569
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system at our house back in

570
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2010, so for 15 years, it

571
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s

572
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both heated and cooled our

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00:18:31,888 --> 00:18:32,422
house, so we haven

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00:18:32,422 --> 00:18:34,224
t used

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00:18:34,224 --> 00:18:36,593
natural gas or any sort of

576
00:18:36,593 --> 00:18:37,660
combustion to, to do that.

577
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And it

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s been extremely

579
00:18:40,664 --> 00:18:42,664
reliable and, um,

580
00:18:44,301 --> 00:18:46,503
efficient, low cost, um, the,

581
00:18:46,503 --> 00:18:48,472
the trick is the

582
00:18:48,472 --> 00:18:50,874
that initial drilling of those

583
00:18:50,874 --> 00:18:52,876
of those loops is where the

584
00:18:52,876 --> 00:18:53,910
added cost is or the, the

585
00:18:53,910 --> 00:18:54,277
higher upfront cost, so that

586
00:18:54,277 --> 00:18:54,711
s

587
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kind of what

588
00:18:55,212 --> 00:18:56,413
s cool about this

589
00:18:56,413 --> 00:18:56,613
grant is like,

590
00:18:56,613 --> 00:18:58,248
they

591
00:18:58,248 --> 00:18:59,449
ll

592
00:18:59,449 --> 00:19:00,751
analyze that the economics of

593
00:19:00,751 --> 00:19:02,119
it, the

594
00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:03,487
you know, the effort to drill

595
00:19:03,487 --> 00:19:04,988
those in and everything and

596
00:19:04,988 --> 00:19:06,489
and see if this is something

597
00:19:06,489 --> 00:19:08,425
that makes sense for the city

598
00:19:08,425 --> 00:19:10,930
or not before you just jump

599
00:19:10,930 --> 00:19:11,395
into it. So really happy to

600
00:19:11,395 --> 00:19:12,396
hear that we

601
00:19:12,396 --> 00:19:13,730
were pulled off the waiting

602
00:19:13,730 --> 00:19:15,730
list and

603
00:19:16,233 --> 00:19:18,268
and and got the grant and

604
00:19:18,268 --> 00:19:20,637
I just want to thank staff, um,

605
00:19:20,637 --> 00:19:21,972
coordinator Sreer, but also, um,

606
00:19:21,972 --> 00:19:23,607
public works director Rutzek. I

607
00:19:23,607 --> 00:19:25,676
know you guys put a lot of like

608
00:19:25,676 --> 00:19:27,611
effort into just like

609
00:19:27,611 --> 00:19:29,112
understanding all of this and

610
00:19:29,112 --> 00:19:31,181
talking to to companies that

611
00:19:31,181 --> 00:19:32,683
have expertise to to be able to

612
00:19:32,683 --> 00:19:33,417
submit that grant. So, so thank

613
00:19:33,417 --> 00:19:33,750
you for doing that and it

614
00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:33,917
s,

615
00:19:33,917 --> 00:19:34,818
it

616
00:19:34,818 --> 00:19:38,418
s really great that we got

617
00:19:40,791 --> 00:19:42,791
it.

618
00:19:44,127 --> 00:19:46,127
And congratulations

619
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,199
I have a question about how we

620
00:19:49,199 --> 00:19:50,734
will share those results back

621
00:19:50,734 --> 00:19:52,350
with the city for people who

622
00:19:52,350 --> 00:19:53,403
might be thinking about doing

623
00:19:53,403 --> 00:19:55,105
something like this at home,

624
00:19:55,105 --> 00:19:55,239
and also of course how we

625
00:19:55,239 --> 00:19:57,239
ll

626
00:19:57,374 --> 00:20:00,440
use it as a city going forward?

627
00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:01,712
Is that part of the

628
00:20:01,712 --> 00:20:03,800
plans later once the project

629
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,849
has been implemented and you

630
00:20:05,849 --> 00:20:06,783
have data to talk about. Yes,

631
00:20:06,783 --> 00:20:08,785
uh, thank you, Commissioner s

632
00:20:08,785 --> 00:20:11,655
Sheets for the question. Um,

633
00:20:11,655 --> 00:20:13,323
the report would be posted on

634
00:20:13,323 --> 00:20:15,159
our sustainability page after

635
00:20:15,159 --> 00:20:16,827
the project is complete, um,

636
00:20:16,827 --> 00:20:17,528
for sure, and then along the

637
00:20:17,528 --> 00:20:18,929
way, we

638
00:20:18,929 --> 00:20:20,497
ll be sharing

639
00:20:20,497 --> 00:20:23,497
information as well through the

640
00:20:29,506 --> 00:20:31,506
usual outlets.

641
00:20:32,910 --> 00:20:35,312
Ok, we will move on next to old

642
00:20:35,312 --> 00:20:37,181
business and the first item is

643
00:20:37,181 --> 00:20:38,549
the Shoreland Management

644
00:20:38,549 --> 00:20:39,516
Ordinance Development.

645
00:20:39,516 --> 00:20:39,649
Uh coordinator Sreer, I don

646
00:20:39,649 --> 00:20:40,384
t

647
00:20:40,384 --> 00:20:41,752
know if you want to kick this

648
00:20:41,752 --> 00:20:42,586
off or if you want one of the

649
00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:43,153
committee members to kick it

650
00:20:43,153 --> 00:20:45,153
off.

651
00:20:45,889 --> 00:20:49,489
Uh, thank you, Vice Chair Stein.

652
00:20:49,793 --> 00:20:52,196
I can give some background for

653
00:20:52,196 --> 00:20:54,596
um launching into discussion,

654
00:20:57,134 --> 00:20:59,436
so, um, as, um, an initiative

655
00:20:59,436 --> 00:21:01,104
of the goal One ordinance and

656
00:21:01,104 --> 00:21:01,372
Policy Development Committee,

657
00:21:01,372 --> 00:21:03,307
um, they

658
00:21:03,307 --> 00:21:05,307
re 20, on their 2025

659
00:21:07,211 --> 00:21:09,313
work plan, um, the committee is

660
00:21:09,313 --> 00:21:11,810
exploring and working to

661
00:21:11,810 --> 00:21:12,816
develop a shoreland ordinance

662
00:21:12,816 --> 00:21:14,718
for recommendation of approval

663
00:21:14,718 --> 00:21:15,686
by the city council Currently

664
00:21:15,686 --> 00:21:18,856
the city does not have a

665
00:21:18,856 --> 00:21:20,856
shoreland ordinance, um.

666
00:21:20,858 --> 00:21:21,825
If adopted this, there

667
00:21:21,825 --> 00:21:23,825
s a

668
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:27,164
placeholder under Title 15

669
00:21:27,164 --> 00:21:29,164
Environmental environmental

670
00:21:32,236 --> 00:21:33,537
standards of city code, um

671
00:21:33,537 --> 00:21:35,339
and the Shoreland ordinance

672
00:21:35,339 --> 00:21:37,140
would uh serve to protect

673
00:21:37,140 --> 00:21:38,642
natural water bodies within the

674
00:21:38,642 --> 00:21:40,978
city that are not already

675
00:21:40,978 --> 00:21:42,646
protected under current city

676
00:21:42,646 --> 00:21:44,248
codes such as we already have a

677
00:21:44,248 --> 00:21:45,916
wetland ordinance, so it would

678
00:21:45,916 --> 00:21:48,619
be water bodies other than

679
00:21:48,619 --> 00:21:51,880
wetlands, um, that would be a

680
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:52,856
part of this proposed ordinance.

681
00:21:52,856 --> 00:21:55,225
In the past couple of work

682
00:21:55,225 --> 00:21:56,860
sessions, the commission has

683
00:21:56,860 --> 00:21:58,662
briefly discussed the ordinance

684
00:21:58,662 --> 00:22:00,798
and, um, Shoreland ordinances

685
00:22:00,798 --> 00:22:03,834
in general, um, at the JULY

686
00:22:03,834 --> 00:22:06,834
works session. It was briefly

687
00:22:07,738 --> 00:22:09,673
discussed, um, there was a

688
00:22:09,673 --> 00:22:11,542
comment that we need to obtain

689
00:22:11,542 --> 00:22:12,977
more public information on

690
00:22:12,977 --> 00:22:15,212
water bodies within Mendota

691
00:22:15,212 --> 00:22:17,212
Heights, especially Lake

692
00:22:19,416 --> 00:22:21,652
Augusta might pose, uh, a

693
00:22:21,652 --> 00:22:22,286
specific challenge because that

694
00:22:22,286 --> 00:22:23,754
water level

695
00:22:23,754 --> 00:22:24,221
continues to rise since it

696
00:22:24,221 --> 00:22:26,221
s a

697
00:22:28,258 --> 00:22:30,294
landlocked basin, um, so the

698
00:22:30,294 --> 00:22:31,528
established ordinary high water

699
00:22:31,528 --> 00:22:31,695
level, which is usually what

700
00:22:31,695 --> 00:22:33,300
we

701
00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:35,430
re basing setbacks and

702
00:22:35,432 --> 00:22:37,835
regulations on in a shoreland

703
00:22:37,835 --> 00:22:40,471
ordinance would um maybe not be

704
00:22:40,471 --> 00:22:40,704
relevant, um, so, um, that

705
00:22:40,704 --> 00:22:42,639
s

706
00:22:42,639 --> 00:22:44,608
something that we will have to

707
00:22:44,608 --> 00:22:47,608
work out during discussion. I

708
00:22:48,779 --> 00:22:51,215
have reached out to the dnr, um,

709
00:22:51,215 --> 00:22:53,284
to get advice and um

710
00:22:53,284 --> 00:22:55,786
also will possibly be working

711
00:22:55,786 --> 00:22:56,200
with the wmo, um, who

712
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,488
s been

713
00:22:57,488 --> 00:22:59,390
heavily involved in Lake

714
00:22:59,390 --> 00:23:01,926
Augusta as well, um, to get

715
00:23:01,926 --> 00:23:04,528
some input from them, but um

716
00:23:04,528 --> 00:23:06,528
that uh will

717
00:23:07,131 --> 00:23:09,433
possibly pose a challenge and

718
00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:12,803
then also at the JULY work

719
00:23:12,803 --> 00:23:14,939
session, the, um, commission

720
00:23:14,939 --> 00:23:16,939
talked about including

721
00:23:17,541 --> 00:23:18,609
non-public water bodies a

722
00:23:18,609 --> 00:23:20,411
couple of them into the

723
00:23:20,411 --> 00:23:22,212
ordinance ordinance possibly

724
00:23:22,212 --> 00:23:24,248
such as Ivy Falls Creek and

725
00:23:24,248 --> 00:23:26,183
Interstate Valley Creek.

726
00:23:26,183 --> 00:23:28,853
So at this time, the commission

727
00:23:28,853 --> 00:23:32,189
has just asked to continue the

728
00:23:32,189 --> 00:23:34,589
discussion, um, add any

729
00:23:34,825 --> 00:23:37,610
comments into the template or

730
00:23:37,610 --> 00:23:39,960
the draft ordinance, um, that

731
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,365
has been distributed and is in

732
00:23:41,365 --> 00:23:43,400
your packet, um, committee

733
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,400
members go on committee members

734
00:23:47,171 --> 00:23:49,240
have already made some comments,

735
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,307
um, everyone is encouraged to

736
00:23:50,307 --> 00:23:51,542
continue to make comments,

737
00:23:51,542 --> 00:23:53,177
including, um, the commission

738
00:23:53,177 --> 00:23:56,777
as a whole as well, and

739
00:23:59,550 --> 00:24:00,251
suggestions.

740
00:24:00,251 --> 00:24:01,185
And I guess I

741
00:24:01,185 --> 00:24:03,554
ll start out with

742
00:24:03,554 --> 00:24:05,356
a few comments from the

743
00:24:05,356 --> 00:24:06,223
from the ordinance committee,

744
00:24:06,223 --> 00:24:07,240
um.

745
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,293
And you MAY remember some of

746
00:24:09,293 --> 00:24:11,362
this discussion from our work

747
00:24:11,362 --> 00:24:12,797
session, but I guess, I think

748
00:24:12,797 --> 00:24:16,670
the, the view of the committee

749
00:24:16,670 --> 00:24:18,903
so far is that the this

750
00:24:18,903 --> 00:24:20,871
model that the dnr has put

751
00:24:20,871 --> 00:24:21,806
forward is quite comprehensive

752
00:24:21,806 --> 00:24:23,307
and

753
00:24:23,307 --> 00:24:24,642
in my opinion, good

754
00:24:24,642 --> 00:24:26,344
So we

755
00:24:26,344 --> 00:24:26,510
at least in our comments so far,

756
00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:28,510
we

757
00:24:28,712 --> 00:24:30,681
re not really suggesting

758
00:24:30,681 --> 00:24:34,151
too many changes to that other

759
00:24:34,151 --> 00:24:35,353
than they have some suggested

760
00:24:35,353 --> 00:24:36,754
ways to clarify and make it

761
00:24:36,754 --> 00:24:38,789
maybe easier to enforce or

762
00:24:38,789 --> 00:24:40,258
easier for the

763
00:24:40,258 --> 00:24:42,826
for citizens and home builders

764
00:24:42,826 --> 00:24:43,995
and and others to understand,

765
00:24:43,995 --> 00:24:44,261
um, but for the most part, I

766
00:24:44,261 --> 00:24:44,629
think we

767
00:24:44,629 --> 00:24:45,629
re, we

768
00:24:45,629 --> 00:24:46,564
ve been

769
00:24:46,564 --> 00:24:47,565
um,

770
00:24:47,565 --> 00:24:48,633
our read through this whole

771
00:24:48,633 --> 00:24:49,967
thing. It is pretty long and

772
00:24:49,967 --> 00:24:52,436
kind of daunting when you look

773
00:24:52,436 --> 00:24:53,370
at the length of it. Um, but,

774
00:24:53,370 --> 00:24:53,871
but I think it

775
00:24:53,871 --> 00:24:55,273
s quite

776
00:24:55,273 --> 00:24:55,940
comprehensive and and quite

777
00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:57,141
clear. There

778
00:24:57,141 --> 00:24:58,442
s some pictures

779
00:24:58,442 --> 00:24:59,143
and graphics that help you

780
00:24:59,143 --> 00:25:00,578
understand some of the

781
00:25:00,578 --> 00:25:00,778
dimensions, the key dimensions,

782
00:25:00,778 --> 00:25:01,446
that

783
00:25:01,446 --> 00:25:02,947
s good.

784
00:25:02,947 --> 00:25:04,549
Um

785
00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:06,584
I see coordinator Ssreer has, I

786
00:25:06,584 --> 00:25:08,753
guess, put in some of the or

787
00:25:08,753 --> 00:25:10,855
put in the public water bodies

788
00:25:10,855 --> 00:25:12,557
that are in Mendora Heights on

789
00:25:12,557 --> 00:25:13,724
page 21, right?

790
00:25:13,724 --> 00:25:16,724
Which would be Rogers Lake,

791
00:25:16,927 --> 00:25:18,927
Lake Augusta.

792
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,166
Clemey Lake, and Club Lake.

793
00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:24,636
And then on the next page has

794
00:25:24,636 --> 00:25:27,710
added those 22 creeks that that

795
00:25:27,710 --> 00:25:29,471
she mentioned too, so

796
00:25:29,474 --> 00:25:31,509
so again, this would have

797
00:25:31,509 --> 00:25:33,509
applicability.

798
00:25:33,544 --> 00:25:35,747
Only to public water bodies or

799
00:25:35,747 --> 00:25:38,349
if we choose to put

800
00:25:38,349 --> 00:25:38,983
add any to those

801
00:25:38,983 --> 00:25:39,484
Um, that

802
00:25:39,484 --> 00:25:40,170
s what, that

803
00:25:40,170 --> 00:25:41,752
s kind of

804
00:25:41,752 --> 00:25:43,287
a, I think helpful to to

805
00:25:43,287 --> 00:25:46,287
understand I guess what the

806
00:25:54,298 --> 00:25:56,670
applicability of this is.

807
00:25:56,670 --> 00:25:58,469
Just to jump in, um, thank you

808
00:25:58,469 --> 00:26:00,469
for for the

809
00:26:00,471 --> 00:26:02,340
summary. Thank you, uh, to the

810
00:26:02,340 --> 00:26:03,875
whole ordinance and committee

811
00:26:03,875 --> 00:26:04,375
for subcommittee for reviewing

812
00:26:04,375 --> 00:26:05,176
it. I know it

813
00:26:05,176 --> 00:26:05,376
s um, it

814
00:26:05,376 --> 00:26:07,376
s a

815
00:26:07,712 --> 00:26:10,712
heavy lift, so appreciate that

816
00:26:11,115 --> 00:26:14,715
as well. Um, just reflecting on

817
00:26:14,752 --> 00:26:17,152
our JULY session, um

818
00:26:17,221 --> 00:26:19,157
we also said with your

819
00:26:19,157 --> 00:26:20,992
recommendation saying that the

820
00:26:20,992 --> 00:26:23,270
optional text that is in blue,

821
00:26:23,270 --> 00:26:24,996
um, I just want to return to

822
00:26:24,996 --> 00:26:27,310
that. I recall you said that a

823
00:26:27,310 --> 00:26:28,333
lot of those seem also quite

824
00:26:28,333 --> 00:26:28,833
reasonable. Um, so maybe we

825
00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:30,833
could.

826
00:26:31,969 --> 00:26:33,671
Bring those up to speed who

827
00:26:33,671 --> 00:26:35,907
were not there um and just

828
00:26:35,907 --> 00:26:37,907
address those.

829
00:26:38,443 --> 00:26:41,443
The optional text in blue.

830
00:26:46,284 --> 00:26:47,552
And give me comments on those.

831
00:26:47,552 --> 00:26:49,870
Yeah, and there is quite a bit

832
00:26:49,870 --> 00:26:51,220
of

833
00:26:51,220 --> 00:26:54,622
as you kind of flip through

834
00:26:55,827 --> 00:26:57,827
this, um,

835
00:26:58,529 --> 00:27:00,565
it is just a summary

836
00:27:00,565 --> 00:27:02,467
throughout the entire text

837
00:27:02,467 --> 00:27:04,335
there are um sections that are

838
00:27:04,335 --> 00:27:06,804
highlighted in blue, which the

839
00:27:06,804 --> 00:27:08,239
dnr have said are

840
00:27:08,239 --> 00:27:08,406
stipulated as optional. So it

841
00:27:08,406 --> 00:27:08,773
s

842
00:27:08,773 --> 00:27:09,274
something that

843
00:27:09,274 --> 00:27:10,642
s recommended,

844
00:27:10,642 --> 00:27:12,176
but it would go above and

845
00:27:12,176 --> 00:27:12,744
beyond, um, just our

846
00:27:12,744 --> 00:27:15,790
conversation was kind of

847
00:27:15,790 --> 00:27:17,749
looking at what those seem

848
00:27:17,749 --> 00:27:19,830
pretty reasonable, um, so

849
00:27:19,830 --> 00:27:19,684
it sounded like we

850
00:27:19,684 --> 00:27:21,684
d feel

851
00:27:22,190 --> 00:27:23,922
comfortable

852
00:27:23,922 --> 00:27:24,689
um recommending keeping those

853
00:27:24,689 --> 00:27:26,491
optional

854
00:27:26,491 --> 00:27:26,825
texts inside of the document.

855
00:27:26,825 --> 00:27:27,292
Yeah, and I

856
00:27:27,292 --> 00:27:28,760
m trying to find a

857
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,360
good example. Maybe is the best

858
00:27:35,166 --> 00:27:36,301
way to

859
00:27:36,301 --> 00:27:38,102
page 17, there

860
00:27:38,102 --> 00:27:38,569
s a big blue

861
00:27:38,569 --> 00:27:39,303
section that

862
00:27:39,303 --> 00:27:41,105
s kind of has a

863
00:27:41,105 --> 00:27:44,705
line through it, kind of that.

864
00:27:45,410 --> 00:27:47,512
The one I was looking for, um,

865
00:27:47,512 --> 00:27:49,948
was the one related to like

866
00:27:49,948 --> 00:27:51,616
decks where they, there was

867
00:27:51,616 --> 00:27:52,951
some in their basic language,

868
00:27:52,951 --> 00:27:54,119
it says dex.

869
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:54,552
That are, I think it

870
00:27:54,552 --> 00:27:56,120
s said,

871
00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:58,120
greater than 3 ft.

872
00:27:58,122 --> 00:28:00,122
Above the

873
00:28:00,225 --> 00:28:01,292
the ground line right

874
00:28:01,292 --> 00:28:03,294
And their suggestion was just

875
00:28:03,294 --> 00:28:04,996
like, just for simplicity.

876
00:28:04,996 --> 00:28:06,497
Just make it all

877
00:28:06,497 --> 00:28:07,980
all decks, right

878
00:28:07,980 --> 00:28:08,333
So that

879
00:28:08,333 --> 00:28:11,202
s an example of I that

880
00:28:11,202 --> 00:28:15,402
I think we should just, I think

881
00:28:19,770 --> 00:28:21,770
page 13, page 13

882
00:28:27,850 --> 00:28:28,720
yeah

883
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:29,200
I, I, I think that we, you know,

884
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:29,887
that there

885
00:28:29,887 --> 00:28:32,690
s, there are a lot

886
00:28:32,690 --> 00:28:34,159
of them, um

887
00:28:34,159 --> 00:28:35,426
we should definitely include

888
00:28:35,426 --> 00:28:36,428
them for consideration, you

889
00:28:36,428 --> 00:28:36,795
know, the, the ones, probably a

890
00:28:36,795 --> 00:28:37,662
few that don

891
00:28:37,662 --> 00:28:40,620
t quite fit, but.

892
00:28:42,367 --> 00:28:44,367
Yeah.

893
00:28:45,403 --> 00:28:47,403
Um, on page 48,

894
00:28:49,441 --> 00:28:51,343
uh, as we get into a 47, 48, 49,

895
00:28:51,343 --> 00:28:53,711
um, that also provides a lot of

896
00:28:53,711 --> 00:28:55,146
optional types through, uh, and

897
00:28:55,146 --> 00:28:56,648
one thing that another

898
00:28:56,648 --> 00:28:59,170
conversation we had talked and

899
00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:01,152
brought to the table last week,

900
00:29:01,152 --> 00:29:02,587
uh, in the JULY session was

901
00:29:02,587 --> 00:29:04,823
around vegetation and so we

902
00:29:04,823 --> 00:29:07,225
want to make sure to tie our

903
00:29:07,225 --> 00:29:09,270
urban forestry land um

904
00:29:09,270 --> 00:29:09,361
ordinance to this document

905
00:29:09,361 --> 00:29:10,428
because that

906
00:29:10,428 --> 00:29:11,463
s quite a robust

907
00:29:11,463 --> 00:29:13,365
ordinance, so I just want to

908
00:29:13,365 --> 00:29:14,833
make sure to align that, um,

909
00:29:14,833 --> 00:29:16,833
and even

910
00:29:18,937 --> 00:29:20,937
I think.

911
00:29:22,474 --> 00:29:22,874
8.2.4 on page 48, um, we

912
00:29:22,874 --> 00:29:24,874
d even

913
00:29:27,379 --> 00:29:29,180
said maybe that line a 8.2.4, a

914
00:29:29,180 --> 00:29:31,549
vegetation to be maintained.

915
00:29:31,549 --> 00:29:32,750
To screen structures, vehicles,

916
00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:35,453
or other facilities by at least

917
00:29:35,453 --> 00:29:37,922
50% as viewed from the water.

918
00:29:37,922 --> 00:29:39,357
Um, and that was even proposed

919
00:29:39,357 --> 00:29:40,859
in the previous session that

920
00:29:40,859 --> 00:29:42,859
that could be

921
00:29:43,161 --> 00:29:45,161
um

922
00:29:46,431 --> 00:29:47,832
maintained actually at 100% of

923
00:29:47,832 --> 00:29:48,533
uh leaving it be as where it

924
00:29:48,533 --> 00:29:49,200
was.

925
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,635
Um

926
00:29:50,635 --> 00:29:52,635
instead of allowing

927
00:29:52,871 --> 00:29:54,871
any vegetation removal

928
00:29:54,873 --> 00:29:56,808
Do I remember that correctly

929
00:29:56,808 --> 00:29:58,109
from our discussion

930
00:29:58,109 --> 00:30:00,912
Yeah, so to change this by at

931
00:30:00,912 --> 00:30:03,548
least or change the by at least

932
00:30:03,548 --> 00:30:04,490
50% to a higher, that was the

933
00:30:04,490 --> 00:30:04,883
discussion, but that

934
00:30:04,883 --> 00:30:05,830
s

935
00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:07,830
that

936
00:30:07,819 --> 00:30:09,754
s why I bring it here and.

937
00:30:09,754 --> 00:30:11,223
Yeah, so I guess my suggestion,

938
00:30:11,223 --> 00:30:14,326
I guess at this point, because

939
00:30:14,326 --> 00:30:16,610
it is a pretty lengthy

940
00:30:16,610 --> 00:30:17,395
draft is, is

941
00:30:17,395 --> 00:30:19,331
kind of go through those and

942
00:30:19,331 --> 00:30:20,398
yeah, if you see anything like

943
00:30:20,398 --> 00:30:21,660
anything like that,

944
00:30:21,660 --> 00:30:23,100
particularly where we, where

945
00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,169
you think

946
00:30:24,169 --> 00:30:25,170
you know, we should be more

947
00:30:25,170 --> 00:30:27,170
stringent

948
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:30,208
um

949
00:30:30,208 --> 00:30:32,310
yeah, those will be good ones

950
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:33,312
to like

951
00:30:33,312 --> 00:30:34,813
flag and have some discussion

952
00:30:34,813 --> 00:30:35,814
on, I think. So yeah, Kusher

953
00:30:35,814 --> 00:30:36,114
and McKesson. There

954
00:30:36,114 --> 00:30:36,248
s, there

955
00:30:36,248 --> 00:30:37,816
s

956
00:30:37,816 --> 00:30:38,216
a, a word document or something

957
00:30:38,216 --> 00:30:39,384
where we

958
00:30:39,384 --> 00:30:39,985
re putting in comments,

959
00:30:39,985 --> 00:30:41,985
so.

960
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,200
Um.

961
00:30:44,890 --> 00:30:45,257
That

962
00:30:45,257 --> 00:30:46,124
yeah, I think that

963
00:30:46,124 --> 00:30:48,524
s a good way

964
00:30:49,327 --> 00:30:51,529
to do it. But we also had a

965
00:30:51,529 --> 00:30:52,497
uh Google Doc of some kind.

966
00:30:52,497 --> 00:30:52,764
But I think we

967
00:30:52,764 --> 00:30:54,232
re mostly

968
00:30:54,232 --> 00:30:55,670
operating within them

969
00:30:55,670 --> 00:30:55,734
I forget which one it

970
00:30:55,734 --> 00:30:57,202
s been a

971
00:30:57,202 --> 00:30:58,203
little while, if it

972
00:30:58,203 --> 00:31:00,105
s the Word

973
00:31:00,105 --> 00:31:02,507
document or the Google Doc.

974
00:31:02,507 --> 00:31:05,110
Yes, and, um, if I can just

975
00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:06,778
interject, so the, the ver that

976
00:31:06,778 --> 00:31:08,847
is in your packet is the most

977
00:31:08,847 --> 00:31:10,615
recent version that I have with

978
00:31:10,615 --> 00:31:12,615
comments.

979
00:31:13,585 --> 00:31:15,487
So if commissioners have

980
00:31:15,487 --> 00:31:16,488
additional comments, um, such

981
00:31:16,488 --> 00:31:16,822
as Commissioner t Toing

982
00:31:16,822 --> 00:31:18,790
s

983
00:31:18,790 --> 00:31:20,892
comment. Um, if you can send

984
00:31:20,892 --> 00:31:22,227
those to me in writing so I can

985
00:31:22,227 --> 00:31:23,161
incorporate them in the

986
00:31:23,161 --> 00:31:23,729
document if you don

987
00:31:23,729 --> 00:31:23,895
t, if you

988
00:31:23,895 --> 00:31:24,229
can

989
00:31:24,229 --> 00:31:25,197
t or don

990
00:31:25,197 --> 00:31:27,650
t wanna put, put

991
00:31:27,650 --> 00:31:29,134
them in the document yourself.

992
00:31:29,134 --> 00:31:29,635
Um, so we can make sure to

993
00:31:29,635 --> 00:31:31,103
include everyone

994
00:31:31,103 --> 00:31:32,170
s comments.

995
00:31:32,170 --> 00:31:34,372
For bringing it back to the

996
00:31:34,372 --> 00:31:34,506
group

997
00:31:34,506 --> 00:31:36,800
I

998
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:37,376
m happy to look back. I think

999
00:31:37,376 --> 00:31:38,977
I also have notes on the

1000
00:31:38,977 --> 00:31:39,378
computer from the JULY session,

1001
00:31:39,378 --> 00:31:40,879
so I

1002
00:31:40,879 --> 00:31:42,247
m happy to review that and

1003
00:31:42,247 --> 00:31:43,916
send it over. Thank you.

1004
00:31:43,916 --> 00:31:45,916
First

1005
00:31:46,952 --> 00:31:47,953
And that is a good point to

1006
00:31:47,953 --> 00:31:48,921
make sure we have, I guess,

1007
00:31:48,921 --> 00:31:49,922
cross reference our other

1008
00:31:49,922 --> 00:31:50,889
ordinances like the Tree

1009
00:31:50,889 --> 00:31:51,256
Preservation ordinance, the

1010
00:31:51,256 --> 00:31:51,957
other one that

1011
00:31:51,957 --> 00:31:53,425
s in here quite

1012
00:31:53,425 --> 00:31:56,195
a bit is like impervious

1013
00:31:56,195 --> 00:31:57,629
surfaces, which we have uh.

1014
00:31:57,629 --> 00:31:58,130
A separate ordinance for that

1015
00:31:58,130 --> 00:31:59,131
too. So if that

1016
00:31:59,131 --> 00:32:00,299
s

1017
00:32:00,299 --> 00:32:00,566
um

1018
00:32:00,566 --> 00:32:01,233
yeah, we

1019
00:32:01,233 --> 00:32:04,233
ll just have to work

1020
00:32:04,369 --> 00:32:05,971
on

1021
00:32:05,971 --> 00:32:06,972
um, I guess if that one is more

1022
00:32:06,972 --> 00:32:08,507
stringent than some of this,

1023
00:32:08,507 --> 00:32:12,107
maybe we just need to provide

1024
00:32:12,711 --> 00:32:12,978
reference over to that.

1025
00:32:12,978 --> 00:32:14,179
So there

1026
00:32:14,179 --> 00:32:15,981
s some more work to be

1027
00:32:15,981 --> 00:32:18,917
done there to to see.

1028
00:32:18,917 --> 00:32:20,219
How that, how the impervious

1029
00:32:20,219 --> 00:32:21,386
surface material in this

1030
00:32:21,386 --> 00:32:22,200
ordinance.

1031
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:22,754
Meshes or doesn

1032
00:32:22,754 --> 00:32:22,988
t mesh with

1033
00:32:22,988 --> 00:32:23,856
what we

1034
00:32:23,856 --> 00:32:25,357
ve already.

1035
00:32:25,357 --> 00:32:27,357
Adopted

1036
00:32:27,393 --> 00:32:28,560
Um

1037
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:29,895
apologies, I

1038
00:32:29,895 --> 00:32:31,864
m still new on on

1039
00:32:31,864 --> 00:32:33,999
the commission. The name of the

1040
00:32:33,999 --> 00:32:35,834
ordinance is called Impervious

1041
00:32:35,834 --> 00:32:36,768
Services Ordinance.

1042
00:32:36,768 --> 00:32:38,768
You

1043
00:32:38,971 --> 00:32:40,971
Uh

1044
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,430
I will have to check. I think

1045
00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:46,478
if you just um go to our city

1046
00:32:46,478 --> 00:32:49,115
code online and put that

1047
00:32:49,115 --> 00:32:52,715
keyword in. It will pop up.

1048
00:32:53,180 --> 00:32:55,454
Um, I can try to do that.

1049
00:32:55,454 --> 00:32:56,989
While you are continuing to

1050
00:32:56,989 --> 00:32:58,524
discuss and bring that back to

1051
00:32:58,524 --> 00:33:00,524
you, the official.

1052
00:33:01,627 --> 00:33:03,762
I have to look it up though.

1053
00:33:03,762 --> 00:33:05,762
Committee one subcommittee.

1054
00:33:06,198 --> 00:33:07,266
That looking for some of those

1055
00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:08,567
those cross reference things

1056
00:33:08,567 --> 00:33:10,769
might be a good.

1057
00:33:10,769 --> 00:33:10,969
Little effort for us to do.

1058
00:33:10,969 --> 00:33:11,937
That

1059
00:33:11,937 --> 00:33:14,606
s your assignment the next

1060
00:33:14,606 --> 00:33:15,841
time kind of thing. Yeah. Yeah.

1061
00:33:15,841 --> 00:33:17,900
Yeah, and then the other part

1062
00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:17,276
of that

1063
00:33:17,276 --> 00:33:18,430
yeah, I

1064
00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:18,177
m not sure what it

1065
00:33:18,177 --> 00:33:18,644
s

1066
00:33:18,644 --> 00:33:19,144
called if it

1067
00:33:19,144 --> 00:33:19,745
s called

1068
00:33:19,745 --> 00:33:20,120
impervious surface, but that

1069
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:20,979
s

1070
00:33:20,979 --> 00:33:21,146
really what it covers is if

1071
00:33:21,146 --> 00:33:23,146
you

1072
00:33:23,882 --> 00:33:25,384
re, but it covers

1073
00:33:25,384 --> 00:33:27,820
not just these lots that are

1074
00:33:27,820 --> 00:33:27,987
along these public water bodies.

1075
00:33:27,987 --> 00:33:29,121
It

1076
00:33:29,121 --> 00:33:30,756
s citywide, so it

1077
00:33:30,756 --> 00:33:32,756
s how much

1078
00:33:33,192 --> 00:33:34,326
you know, of a lot can be

1079
00:33:34,326 --> 00:33:36,161
covered by

1080
00:33:36,161 --> 00:33:38,161
structure, driveway, sidewalk.

1081
00:33:38,564 --> 00:33:39,164
You know, any impervious

1082
00:33:39,164 --> 00:33:41,164
surface, so it

1083
00:33:41,867 --> 00:33:42,340
s a little more

1084
00:33:42,340 --> 00:33:43,936
it

1085
00:33:43,936 --> 00:33:45,170
s applicable to more

1086
00:33:45,170 --> 00:33:46,739
basically

1087
00:33:46,739 --> 00:33:48,307
citywide, whereas this is

1088
00:33:48,307 --> 00:33:51,307
applicable to just certain lots

1089
00:33:52,578 --> 00:33:54,978
along these water bodies.

1090
00:34:00,352 --> 00:34:02,352
Thank you.

1091
00:34:02,821 --> 00:34:04,823
And I know this is a long, a

1092
00:34:04,823 --> 00:34:04,990
long ordinance, but, um, yeah,

1093
00:34:04,990 --> 00:34:05,991
it

1094
00:34:05,991 --> 00:34:06,625
s uh

1095
00:34:06,625 --> 00:34:08,600
I don

1096
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:09,280
t know any other way than

1097
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,563
Canada

1098
00:34:10,563 --> 00:34:14,600
to slog through it and to see,

1099
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,635
see what comments you have. So.

1100
00:34:16,635 --> 00:34:17,636
i think there were a few, and I

1101
00:34:17,636 --> 00:34:18,604
slogged through it a couple

1102
00:34:18,604 --> 00:34:19,538
months ago, so I

1103
00:34:19,538 --> 00:34:21,407
m pulling up

1104
00:34:21,407 --> 00:34:22,741
memory. There were a few

1105
00:34:22,741 --> 00:34:24,343
sections that were less

1106
00:34:24,343 --> 00:34:24,543
applicable to our city. Um, so

1107
00:34:24,543 --> 00:34:26,543
that

1108
00:34:27,179 --> 00:34:28,247
s also a point where we

1109
00:34:28,247 --> 00:34:31,247
can look at removal. Yep,

1110
00:34:31,983 --> 00:34:33,352
absolutely.

1111
00:34:33,352 --> 00:34:34,190
Commissioner, just in glancing

1112
00:34:34,190 --> 00:34:36,589
and reading a little bit. I

1113
00:34:36,589 --> 00:34:38,824
mean, it appears that it gets

1114
00:34:38,824 --> 00:34:41,460
more specific about, you know,

1115
00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:42,628
the impervious, um, surfaces

1116
00:34:42,628 --> 00:34:43,696
and trees, that type of thing

1117
00:34:43,696 --> 00:34:44,797
as you get deeper into it, and

1118
00:34:44,797 --> 00:34:46,632
I appreciate you leaving the

1119
00:34:46,632 --> 00:34:47,700
blue sections in there. I think

1120
00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:48,134
that makes sense if it doesn

1121
00:34:48,134 --> 00:34:50,134
t,

1122
00:34:51,337 --> 00:34:53,500
you know, is it redundant or uh

1123
00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:54,106
contrary to what else is

1124
00:34:54,106 --> 00:34:55,541
written.

1125
00:34:55,541 --> 00:34:57,541
In another variants

1126
00:34:57,710 --> 00:34:58,677
or something

1127
00:34:58,677 --> 00:35:01,460
Coordinatorsrier looks like you

1128
00:35:01,460 --> 00:35:03,460
found the

1129
00:35:07,787 --> 00:35:10,756
Yeah, so, um, it is 12, Title

1130
00:35:10,756 --> 00:35:12,580
124a 6, um, and it

1131
00:35:12,580 --> 00:35:13,526
s entitled

1132
00:35:13,526 --> 00:35:15,526
Just Impervious surface

1133
00:35:17,997 --> 00:35:18,497
Requirements.

1134
00:35:18,497 --> 00:35:19,498
Commissioner Caslin

1135
00:35:19,498 --> 00:35:21,498
s point, I

1136
00:35:22,168 --> 00:35:23,836
think, I think the committee

1137
00:35:23,836 --> 00:35:25,836
should

1138
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:27,640
sort of compare this to what

1139
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,410
the requirements are in the

1140
00:35:29,410 --> 00:35:31,410
shoreland ordinance.

1141
00:35:31,777 --> 00:35:33,179
And kind of see which

1142
00:35:33,179 --> 00:35:35,147
you know,

1143
00:35:35,147 --> 00:35:36,150
if the requirements in this are

1144
00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:36,215
all more restrictive than

1145
00:35:36,215 --> 00:35:37,149
what

1146
00:35:37,149 --> 00:35:38,985
s in this. We could

1147
00:35:38,985 --> 00:35:39,952
probably just

1148
00:35:39,952 --> 00:35:42,952
provide a cross reference to

1149
00:35:51,797 --> 00:35:53,797
this one.

1150
00:35:57,336 --> 00:35:59,336
Thank you.

1151
00:35:59,639 --> 00:36:00,806
So, any other comments on the

1152
00:36:00,806 --> 00:36:00,973
on the ordinance? I know it

1153
00:36:00,973 --> 00:36:01,140
s,

1154
00:36:01,140 --> 00:36:02,875
it

1155
00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:06,475
s kind of long and yeah.

1156
00:36:07,580 --> 00:36:08,280
A lot in there, but so

1157
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:08,781
thank you for your work. I

1158
00:36:08,781 --> 00:36:09,849
think it

1159
00:36:09,849 --> 00:36:10,160
ll be wonderful when

1160
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,160
it

1161
00:36:12,751 --> 00:36:14,530
s complete.

1162
00:36:14,530 --> 00:36:15,521
All right, let

1163
00:36:15,521 --> 00:36:17,921
s move on to

1164
00:36:18,624 --> 00:36:19,725
um

1165
00:36:19,725 --> 00:36:21,725
Interstate Valley Creek

1166
00:36:22,328 --> 00:36:24,290
stabilization and bmt.

1167
00:36:24,290 --> 00:36:24,930
Bmp project tour coordinators

1168
00:36:24,930 --> 00:36:26,930
spreader.

1169
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:29,500
Thank you.

1170
00:36:30,436 --> 00:36:32,238
Vice Chair Stein, um, in lieu

1171
00:36:32,238 --> 00:36:35,838
of our AUGUST meeting, as you

1172
00:36:35,841 --> 00:36:37,843
know, we took a tour of the

1173
00:36:37,843 --> 00:36:39,843
recently completed, um,

1174
00:36:40,146 --> 00:36:42,146
Interstate Valley Creek

1175
00:36:43,583 --> 00:36:45,983
stabilization and bmp project,

1176
00:36:47,687 --> 00:36:49,789
um, we made it to all of the uh

1177
00:36:49,789 --> 00:36:51,624
areas within the project except

1178
00:36:51,624 --> 00:36:54,240
for 11 of the infiltration

1179
00:36:55,728 --> 00:36:56,929
basins, um, but just as, uh, a

1180
00:36:56,929 --> 00:36:58,300
brief overview again, the

1181
00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:00,300
project include

1182
00:37:02,100 --> 00:37:04,837
d stabilization of two reaches

1183
00:37:04,837 --> 00:37:07,237
of the stream, um

1184
00:37:08,207 --> 00:37:11,807
in some re meandering and it

1185
00:37:11,811 --> 00:37:14,811
also included installing a weir

1186
00:37:15,414 --> 00:37:17,414
to um

1187
00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:21,530
um create wetland habitat, um,

1188
00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:23,422
so in, in the wetland by the

1189
00:37:23,422 --> 00:37:25,422
ballpark, um

1190
00:37:25,958 --> 00:37:27,393
so the tour are involved um

1191
00:37:27,393 --> 00:37:29,362
seeing all these different

1192
00:37:29,362 --> 00:37:31,297
aspects of the project. I just

1193
00:37:31,297 --> 00:37:33,699
have some pictures I was gonna

1194
00:37:33,699 --> 00:37:35,902
kind of click through. So this

1195
00:37:35,902 --> 00:37:37,902
is reach

1196
00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:41,874
um one. This was a meandering

1197
00:37:41,874 --> 00:37:43,709
and reshaping, um,

1198
00:37:43,709 --> 00:37:46,109
stabilization of the stream

1199
00:37:48,648 --> 00:37:51,250
Bank, um, where the erosion was

1200
00:37:51,250 --> 00:37:53,419
the worst uh throughout the

1201
00:37:53,419 --> 00:37:56,419
stream bed. There were over 10

1202
00:37:56,956 --> 00:38:00,930
ft vertical banks, so they re

1203
00:38:00,930 --> 00:38:03,930
meandered the, the stream to

1204
00:38:03,496 --> 00:38:05,865
help with um with

1205
00:38:05,865 --> 00:38:07,433
uh, rate and energy dissipating

1206
00:38:07,433 --> 00:38:09,902
some of that energy. They also

1207
00:38:09,902 --> 00:38:12,302
installed cross beams for

1208
00:38:12,372 --> 00:38:14,240
different cross veins and um

1209
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:16,542
stabilize the banks using

1210
00:38:16,542 --> 00:38:18,444
bioengineering, so root wads

1211
00:38:18,444 --> 00:38:20,513
from trees were taken and

1212
00:38:20,513 --> 00:38:22,682
placed in the side of the bank

1213
00:38:22,682 --> 00:38:25,385
as well as footer logs, um, to

1214
00:38:25,385 --> 00:38:27,420
hold the bank, um, using

1215
00:38:27,420 --> 00:38:29,489
natural materials you can see

1216
00:38:29,489 --> 00:38:31,858
the vegetation has already

1217
00:38:31,858 --> 00:38:33,292
started to fill in quite nicely.

1218
00:38:33,292 --> 00:38:35,292
Um

1219
00:38:35,728 --> 00:38:37,530
there is another photo of the

1220
00:38:37,530 --> 00:38:40,990
same reach, um, this was the

1221
00:38:40,990 --> 00:38:40,333
bank that was over 10 ft and

1222
00:38:40,333 --> 00:38:42,333
now it

1223
00:38:42,702 --> 00:38:44,904
s sloped back at a 3 to

1224
00:38:44,904 --> 00:38:45,204
1.

1225
00:38:45,204 --> 00:38:46,873
And there

1226
00:38:46,873 --> 00:38:47,674
s a photo of the

1227
00:38:47,674 --> 00:38:49,609
group.

1228
00:38:49,609 --> 00:38:51,311
Cannot reach one. This is a

1229
00:38:51,311 --> 00:38:54,800
photo of the weir that was

1230
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,482
taken, um, so you can see the

1231
00:38:56,482 --> 00:38:58,685
water backing up behind it, um,

1232
00:38:58,685 --> 00:39:01,788
this area of the channel was

1233
00:39:01,788 --> 00:39:03,790
down cutting quite a bit, and

1234
00:39:03,790 --> 00:39:05,925
so historically there was a

1235
00:39:05,925 --> 00:39:07,760
weird place, a small weir, um,

1236
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,462
placed by the dnr that was

1237
00:39:09,462 --> 00:39:11,998
wooden that had failed um.

1238
00:39:11,998 --> 00:39:13,900
Quite a few years ago, uh, but

1239
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:16,350
the stream continued to downcut

1240
00:39:16,350 --> 00:39:18,905
and no longer flooded its banks

1241
00:39:18,905 --> 00:39:20,730
so that it no longer provided

1242
00:39:20,730 --> 00:39:22,410
water to the wetland. The

1243
00:39:22,410 --> 00:39:24,430
wetland was starting to dry up,

1244
00:39:24,430 --> 00:39:25,912
so this brought back a good

1245
00:39:25,912 --> 00:39:27,280
amount of hydrology, as you can

1246
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:27,447
see to that wetland. Um, we

1247
00:39:27,447 --> 00:39:29,349
ve

1248
00:39:29,349 --> 00:39:30,850
noticed a lot of waterfall and

1249
00:39:30,850 --> 00:39:32,850
other wildlife, taking

1250
00:39:33,486 --> 00:39:36,486
advantage of it as well.

1251
00:39:37,924 --> 00:39:41,361
Um, so, uh, next steps for the

1252
00:39:41,361 --> 00:39:43,463
project we will be after so

1253
00:39:43,463 --> 00:39:45,799
currently, um, the public and,

1254
00:39:45,799 --> 00:39:47,700
and everyone has noticed that

1255
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:49,350
Valley Creek Park is under

1256
00:39:49,350 --> 00:39:50,570
construction for the river to

1257
00:39:50,570 --> 00:39:52,939
river Greenway project, so the

1258
00:39:52,939 --> 00:39:53,139
trail is currently torn up.

1259
00:39:53,139 --> 00:39:54,407
They

1260
00:39:54,407 --> 00:39:56,807
re replacing the bridges,

1261
00:39:56,976 --> 00:39:59,345
um, so we are going to wait

1262
00:39:59,345 --> 00:40:01,414
until that project is

1263
00:40:01,414 --> 00:40:03,490
substantially completed before

1264
00:40:03,490 --> 00:40:03,783
doing any more restoration work.

1265
00:40:03,783 --> 00:40:05,552
There is more

1266
00:40:05,552 --> 00:40:07,587
restoration work to be done,

1267
00:40:07,587 --> 00:40:09,322
adding some woody vegetation,

1268
00:40:09,322 --> 00:40:10,757
tree plantings, um, with this

1269
00:40:10,757 --> 00:40:12,125
project and also with the

1270
00:40:12,125 --> 00:40:12,258
Greenway project, um, but we

1271
00:40:12,258 --> 00:40:12,559
re

1272
00:40:12,559 --> 00:40:13,326
gonna, we

1273
00:40:13,326 --> 00:40:16,326
re gonna wait on that

1274
00:40:16,629 --> 00:40:17,997
and kind of do it all at once

1275
00:40:17,997 --> 00:40:19,320
so that um we don

1276
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:20,367
t risk any

1277
00:40:20,367 --> 00:40:22,168
more disturbance to new

1278
00:40:22,168 --> 00:40:24,168
plantings.

1279
00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:27,607
So that is kind of the, the

1280
00:40:27,607 --> 00:40:29,476
next steps for that project, um,

1281
00:40:29,476 --> 00:40:31,478
but the Creek project is

1282
00:40:31,478 --> 00:40:33,413
substantially complete. Um

1283
00:40:33,413 --> 00:40:35,215
minus those two things, um,

1284
00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:37,450
plantings of the infiltration

1285
00:40:37,450 --> 00:40:39,219
basin will basins will also be

1286
00:40:39,219 --> 00:40:41,488
done, um, after completion of

1287
00:40:41,488 --> 00:40:42,789
the Greenway project. We did

1288
00:40:42,789 --> 00:40:45,189
have an inspection and

1289
00:40:45,925 --> 00:40:48,925
walk-through by the Army Corps

1290
00:40:49,529 --> 00:40:51,197
of Engineers recently and um

1291
00:40:51,197 --> 00:40:53,667
they had only good things to

1292
00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:54,668
say, so that was nice to

1293
00:40:54,668 --> 00:40:55,168
hear as well and that

1294
00:40:55,168 --> 00:40:55,502
s all I

1295
00:40:55,502 --> 00:40:57,300
have. It

1296
00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:58,404
s just an update for

1297
00:40:58,404 --> 00:40:58,705
the commission. The

1298
00:40:58,705 --> 00:41:00,705
commission

1299
00:41:00,807 --> 00:41:02,909
s willing to or

1300
00:41:02,909 --> 00:41:05,445
welcome to comment, but um, no

1301
00:41:05,445 --> 00:41:06,980
action needed.

1302
00:41:06,980 --> 00:41:08,615
Any comments from commissioners,

1303
00:41:08,615 --> 00:41:09,816
I guess especially

1304
00:41:09,816 --> 00:41:11,184
from seeing it in person, which

1305
00:41:11,184 --> 00:41:13,184
was great.

1306
00:41:14,187 --> 00:41:16,220
Last month, the impressions are

1307
00:41:16,220 --> 00:41:18,220
the comments

1308
00:41:18,925 --> 00:41:20,260
Just, just that it

1309
00:41:20,260 --> 00:41:22,429
really came together quickly in

1310
00:41:22,429 --> 00:41:23,697
a lot of good work got done for

1311
00:41:23,697 --> 00:41:25,980
it seemed like not a whole lot

1312
00:41:25,980 --> 00:41:27,980
of budget, so

1313
00:41:27,801 --> 00:41:29,436
the project

1314
00:41:29,436 --> 00:41:31,436
That was just

1315
00:41:31,872 --> 00:41:33,840
yeah, just see it in person. I

1316
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,376
was just really impressed like

1317
00:41:36,376 --> 00:41:37,978
this weird location here, um.

1318
00:41:37,978 --> 00:41:39,446
Just the amount of

1319
00:41:39,446 --> 00:41:41,314
water that stores in a big like

1320
00:41:41,314 --> 00:41:42,983
rain event and can control the

1321
00:41:42,983 --> 00:41:45,218
velocity of, you know,

1322
00:41:45,218 --> 00:41:46,820
of the water

1323
00:41:46,820 --> 00:41:49,222
you know, going down that

1324
00:41:49,222 --> 00:41:50,357
stream and causing so much

1325
00:41:50,357 --> 00:41:51,758
erosion, coordinator Schreer

1326
00:41:51,758 --> 00:41:52,392
has mentioned, you know, the

1327
00:41:52,392 --> 00:41:52,792
waterfowl that she

1328
00:41:52,792 --> 00:41:54,227
s starting

1329
00:41:54,227 --> 00:41:55,662
to see in this sort of

1330
00:41:55,662 --> 00:41:56,963
replenished wetland now that

1331
00:41:56,963 --> 00:41:58,640
because it had pretty much

1332
00:41:58,640 --> 00:41:59,332
dried out, correct, you know,

1333
00:41:59,332 --> 00:42:00,634
from the

1334
00:42:00,634 --> 00:42:02,536
from the elevation I guess of

1335
00:42:02,536 --> 00:42:04,536
the creek being

1336
00:42:05,338 --> 00:42:07,340
being kind of like

1337
00:42:07,340 --> 00:42:08,708
um, going down, so it kind of

1338
00:42:08,708 --> 00:42:09,209
drained this whole wetland area.

1339
00:42:09,209 --> 00:42:10,310
So

1340
00:42:10,310 --> 00:42:12,279
um,

1341
00:42:12,279 --> 00:42:12,646
yeah, just to really impressive

1342
00:42:12,646 --> 00:42:13,713
project and it

1343
00:42:13,713 --> 00:42:15,248
s really to me

1344
00:42:15,248 --> 00:42:16,616
really satisfying because we do

1345
00:42:16,616 --> 00:42:17,684
a lot of plans and natural

1346
00:42:17,684 --> 00:42:19,860
resources management plan and

1347
00:42:19,860 --> 00:42:20,387
the partners and Energy plan

1348
00:42:20,387 --> 00:42:21,888
and just to see.

1349
00:42:21,888 --> 00:42:23,560
See the fruits of that labor

1350
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,560
kind of come.

1351
00:42:26,359 --> 00:42:26,593
Come to life is really cool. So.

1352
00:42:26,593 --> 00:42:28,593
I

1353
00:42:28,829 --> 00:42:30,730
d say I was very impressed by

1354
00:42:30,730 --> 00:42:30,897
the project, um, and I think

1355
00:42:30,897 --> 00:42:32,566
it

1356
00:42:32,566 --> 00:42:34,468
d be really, um

1357
00:42:34,468 --> 00:42:36,200
satisfying for a lot of

1358
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:36,669
residents to know kind of what

1359
00:42:36,669 --> 00:42:37,237
was before and what

1360
00:42:37,237 --> 00:42:37,738
s after,

1361
00:42:37,738 --> 00:42:38,372
and I maybe we

1362
00:42:38,372 --> 00:42:39,306
ve talked about

1363
00:42:39,306 --> 00:42:39,506
this at our tour, but if

1364
00:42:39,506 --> 00:42:40,774
there

1365
00:42:40,774 --> 00:42:42,109
s even some kind of a

1366
00:42:42,109 --> 00:42:43,310
placard with pictures that

1367
00:42:43,310 --> 00:42:44,277
could be put up to say this is

1368
00:42:44,277 --> 00:42:46,120
how it used to look, this is

1369
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,681
how it looks now, and educating

1370
00:42:47,681 --> 00:42:48,949
about what was done and why it

1371
00:42:48,949 --> 00:42:51,840
was done for the local

1372
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:52,519
community because it is such a

1373
00:42:52,519 --> 00:42:53,720
heavily used area trail, you

1374
00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:54,788
know, once all the trail is

1375
00:42:54,788 --> 00:42:55,922
completed and so forth. I think

1376
00:42:55,922 --> 00:42:57,824
that would could be really

1377
00:42:57,824 --> 00:42:59,920
beneficial to the community in

1378
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,920
terms of education and just

1379
00:43:04,431 --> 00:43:05,565
knowledge.

1380
00:43:05,565 --> 00:43:05,966
I agree because there

1381
00:43:05,966 --> 00:43:07,534
s like

1382
00:43:07,534 --> 00:43:08,235
this the even is, is a little

1383
00:43:08,235 --> 00:43:08,769
bit hidden and it

1384
00:43:08,769 --> 00:43:09,202
s like

1385
00:43:09,202 --> 00:43:09,970
there

1386
00:43:09,970 --> 00:43:11,138
s so much good work that

1387
00:43:11,138 --> 00:43:12,672
was done here and I just, that

1388
00:43:12,672 --> 00:43:14,608
was one

1389
00:43:14,608 --> 00:43:16,276
one thing I was leaving the

1390
00:43:16,276 --> 00:43:18,145
field visit with is like I wish

1391
00:43:18,145 --> 00:43:19,146
more, just more citizens from

1392
00:43:19,146 --> 00:43:20,447
the city could could see what

1393
00:43:20,447 --> 00:43:22,582
was done here because it was

1394
00:43:22,582 --> 00:43:24,982
really a great project.

1395
00:43:25,180 --> 00:43:26,954
I

1396
00:43:26,954 --> 00:43:27,554
also left thinking a lot about

1397
00:43:27,554 --> 00:43:28,922
that. Um, it

1398
00:43:28,922 --> 00:43:30,924
s a really neat

1399
00:43:30,924 --> 00:43:34,524
project. The scale is hard to

1400
00:43:35,395 --> 00:43:37,430
see in pictures, this weir is

1401
00:43:37,430 --> 00:43:38,565
massive project and we

1402
00:43:38,565 --> 00:43:40,565
ll make

1403
00:43:41,368 --> 00:43:44,710
a large difference to the

1404
00:43:44,710 --> 00:43:45,639
water flow in that area and as

1405
00:43:45,639 --> 00:43:48,308
a neighbor who walks through

1406
00:43:48,308 --> 00:43:49,676
this area all the time. Um, I

1407
00:43:49,676 --> 00:43:51,311
know that the Greenway project

1408
00:43:51,311 --> 00:43:52,120
is going to be much more felt

1409
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:52,713
by people. It

1410
00:43:52,713 --> 00:43:53,614
ll be, it

1411
00:43:53,614 --> 00:43:54,448
s

1412
00:43:54,448 --> 00:43:55,115
experience as you

1413
00:43:55,115 --> 00:43:57,115
re walking on

1414
00:43:57,618 --> 00:44:01,218
the paths and you see that

1415
00:44:01,655 --> 00:44:03,657
but I, I do hope the visible

1416
00:44:03,657 --> 00:44:04,391
parts can be appreciated. And

1417
00:44:04,391 --> 00:44:05,580
so I do think there

1418
00:44:05,580 --> 00:44:07,580
s

1419
00:44:07,461 --> 00:44:08,962
storytelling that, um, our

1420
00:44:08,962 --> 00:44:11,164
committee can help in thinking

1421
00:44:11,164 --> 00:44:12,933
about how do we help share this

1422
00:44:12,933 --> 00:44:14,902
in a way that

1423
00:44:14,902 --> 00:44:17,302
helps people understand why

1424
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:19,706
this was important and um how

1425
00:44:19,706 --> 00:44:21,374
it will be

1426
00:44:21,374 --> 00:44:22,576
seen for many years to come in

1427
00:44:22,576 --> 00:44:24,576
in the different

1428
00:44:25,512 --> 00:44:28,150
ways that it continues to grow,

1429
00:44:28,150 --> 00:44:30,384
especially the plantings which

1430
00:44:30,384 --> 00:44:32,352
already the wildflower and one

1431
00:44:32,352 --> 00:44:33,654
of the areas near the stream

1432
00:44:33,654 --> 00:44:34,755
where

1433
00:44:34,755 --> 00:44:34,888
already quite lovely and it

1434
00:44:34,888 --> 00:44:36,888
ll

1435
00:44:37,900 --> 00:44:38,592
be fun to see the native

1436
00:44:38,592 --> 00:44:41,592
plantings and trees as they

1437
00:44:42,896 --> 00:44:44,598
continued to grow to.

1438
00:44:44,598 --> 00:44:46,967
One other comment I would make

1439
00:44:46,967 --> 00:44:48,435
is, you can see from being out

1440
00:44:48,435 --> 00:44:50,270
there just sort of the pressure

1441
00:44:50,270 --> 00:44:52,573
of all the invasive species

1442
00:44:52,573 --> 00:44:53,440
coming at it from all

1443
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:54,700
directions, and that

1444
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:54,808
s why I

1445
00:44:54,808 --> 00:44:55,108
think

1446
00:44:55,108 --> 00:44:56,510
I, I

1447
00:44:56,510 --> 00:44:57,111
m proud of our commission

1448
00:44:57,111 --> 00:44:57,277
that we

1449
00:44:57,277 --> 00:44:58,345
ve we

1450
00:44:58,345 --> 00:44:59,546
ve been

1451
00:44:59,546 --> 00:45:01,546
supportive of

1452
00:45:02,216 --> 00:45:03,784
of

1453
00:45:03,784 --> 00:45:04,151
maintenance funding to, you

1454
00:45:04,151 --> 00:45:05,252
know, once he

1455
00:45:05,252 --> 00:45:06,787
s

1456
00:45:06,787 --> 00:45:08,589
once the areas like the

1457
00:45:08,589 --> 00:45:10,257
infiltration basins are, are,

1458
00:45:10,257 --> 00:45:13,257
are seeded and planted with

1459
00:45:14,194 --> 00:45:16,960
native native plantings that we

1460
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:17,531
really prioritize maintaining

1461
00:45:17,531 --> 00:45:18,320
those areas and kind of holding

1462
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:18,432
them.

1463
00:45:18,432 --> 00:45:19,933
Because they

1464
00:45:19,933 --> 00:45:20,934
re under a lot of

1465
00:45:20,934 --> 00:45:21,669
a lot of pressure if you

1466
00:45:21,669 --> 00:45:23,337
re not

1467
00:45:23,337 --> 00:45:23,670
kind of constantly vigilant. So

1468
00:45:23,670 --> 00:45:24,672
I think that

1469
00:45:24,672 --> 00:45:26,240
s something that

1470
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:27,775
the commission has really

1471
00:45:27,775 --> 00:45:27,908
been supportive of, and I think

1472
00:45:27,908 --> 00:45:29,908
I

1473
00:45:34,214 --> 00:45:35,316
m proud of that and I think

1474
00:45:35,316 --> 00:45:37,718
Any other comments before we

1475
00:45:37,718 --> 00:45:39,753
move on? Thank you.

1476
00:45:39,753 --> 00:45:41,221
And next item on the agenda,

1477
00:45:41,221 --> 00:45:42,656
our staff announcements.

1478
00:45:42,656 --> 00:45:44,656
Coordinator Sreer.

1479
00:45:47,270 --> 00:45:50,627
Thank you. Um, Vice Chair Stein,

1480
00:45:50,898 --> 00:45:54,802
um, one of my, or I guess my

1481
00:45:54,802 --> 00:45:58,402
only announcement is um that we

1482
00:45:58,606 --> 00:46:01,742
have posted uh a opening for a

1483
00:46:01,742 --> 00:46:04,742
new student commissioner on um

1484
00:46:04,912 --> 00:46:07,810
our commission, um, very, again,

1485
00:46:07,810 --> 00:46:09,450
very appreciative and impressed

1486
00:46:09,450 --> 00:46:11,218
by the work that um student

1487
00:46:11,218 --> 00:46:13,618
commissioner Trudeau had done,

1488
00:46:15,556 --> 00:46:19,156
she was with us for 2 years.

1489
00:46:19,860 --> 00:46:21,128
Um, and so it has um moved on

1490
00:46:21,128 --> 00:46:21,929
and, and we

1491
00:46:21,929 --> 00:46:23,931
ll be a senior this

1492
00:46:23,931 --> 00:46:26,467
year and has been busy with all

1493
00:46:26,467 --> 00:46:27,735
things senior. And so, um, we

1494
00:46:27,735 --> 00:46:30,804
are looking for a new student

1495
00:46:30,804 --> 00:46:33,204
commissioner, um, the posting

1496
00:46:35,576 --> 00:46:37,711
is on our website and um

1497
00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:38,979
um, you can go, uh, or

1498
00:46:38,979 --> 00:46:40,314
interested students can go

1499
00:46:40,314 --> 00:46:42,316
there to look for the

1500
00:46:42,316 --> 00:46:45,316
application. They can also stop

1501
00:46:46,620 --> 00:46:50,900
by City Hall, uh, the term runs

1502
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:51,525
from OCTOBER 25th to AUGUST

1503
00:46:51,525 --> 00:46:52,293
26th, or I

1504
00:46:52,293 --> 00:46:54,293
m sorry.

1505
00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:57,798
The month of OCTOBER of 2025

1506
00:46:57,798 --> 00:47:00,367
through AUGUST of 2026. Um, it

1507
00:47:00,367 --> 00:47:03,967
is open to all high school

1508
00:47:04,105 --> 00:47:06,400
students in grades 9 through 12

1509
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,109
and um student commissioners

1510
00:47:08,109 --> 00:47:10,377
serve as non-voting members of

1511
00:47:10,377 --> 00:47:12,279
the commission, um, but very

1512
00:47:12,279 --> 00:47:13,981
valuable members and that they

1513
00:47:13,981 --> 00:47:15,282
provide a youth and student

1514
00:47:15,282 --> 00:47:17,682
perspective, um, to the

1515
00:47:17,952 --> 00:47:19,952
commission.

1516
00:47:20,955 --> 00:47:23,257
So any interested students

1517
00:47:23,257 --> 00:47:25,359
should submit the student

1518
00:47:25,359 --> 00:47:27,359
commissioner application, um,

1519
00:47:29,964 --> 00:47:33,564
which is different than the um.

1520
00:47:34,168 --> 00:47:35,636
The adult, um, or non-student

1521
00:47:35,636 --> 00:47:38,360
application, um, but submitting

1522
00:47:38,305 --> 00:47:41,750
that to the city by 10 A.M. On

1523
00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:41,675
SEPTEMBER 19th. So I encourage

1524
00:47:41,675 --> 00:47:42,343
anyone that

1525
00:47:42,343 --> 00:47:44,343
s interested to

1526
00:47:45,712 --> 00:47:46,914
apply or if, um, anyone knows

1527
00:47:46,914 --> 00:47:49,316
someone that would be a good

1528
00:47:49,316 --> 00:47:51,180
fit, encourage them to apply as

1529
00:47:51,180 --> 00:47:51,619
well, please, and that is all I

1530
00:47:51,619 --> 00:47:53,619
have.

1531
00:47:55,623 --> 00:47:57,623
Thank you

1532
00:47:58,250 --> 00:48:00,494
Hey, next item is commission

1533
00:48:00,494 --> 00:48:02,196
comments.

1534
00:48:02,196 --> 00:48:03,697
Any comments from the

1535
00:48:03,697 --> 00:48:05,699
commissioners on any other

1536
00:48:05,699 --> 00:48:07,301
any other items

1537
00:48:07,301 --> 00:48:07,768
ok, hearing none. Let

1538
00:48:07,768 --> 00:48:09,768
s go to

1539
00:48:10,838 --> 00:48:12,600
committee reports

1540
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:13,774
um, Committee one is ordinance

1541
00:48:13,774 --> 00:48:13,957
and Policy development, which

1542
00:48:13,957 --> 00:48:15,776
we

1543
00:48:15,776 --> 00:48:17,144
ve, I think already covered.

1544
00:48:17,144 --> 00:48:17,411
Anything else we need to, I

1545
00:48:17,411 --> 00:48:18,120
mean, we

1546
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:18,412
re

1547
00:48:18,412 --> 00:48:20,281
we

1548
00:48:20,281 --> 00:48:21,616
re pretty much just on that

1549
00:48:21,616 --> 00:48:23,718
Shoreland ordinance right now

1550
00:48:23,718 --> 00:48:24,686
um

1551
00:48:24,686 --> 00:48:25,119
but we will, yeah, we

1552
00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:26,654
ll kind

1553
00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:28,890
of tackle some of those where

1554
00:48:28,890 --> 00:48:29,323
they overlap with some of our

1555
00:48:29,323 --> 00:48:30,825
other ordinances maybe as a

1556
00:48:30,825 --> 00:48:33,600
next step for the for the

1557
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:34,629
committee.

1558
00:48:34,629 --> 00:48:37,629
Um, Committee to Education and

1559
00:48:38,266 --> 00:48:38,432
Outreach.

1560
00:48:38,432 --> 00:48:39,834
We

1561
00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:42,637
ve not met recently, but we

1562
00:48:42,637 --> 00:48:44,105
will be meeting soon to discuss

1563
00:48:44,105 --> 00:48:46,105
the um tea

1564
00:48:48,576 --> 00:48:51,879
the hole in one project trick

1565
00:48:51,879 --> 00:48:52,546
or teeing project and the

1566
00:48:52,546 --> 00:48:54,810
valley.

1567
00:48:54,810 --> 00:48:55,216
Park project we should talk

1568
00:48:55,216 --> 00:48:58,190
about that. And I would also

1569
00:48:58,190 --> 00:48:58,619
say um just as part of the

1570
00:48:58,619 --> 00:48:58,753
commission because it

1571
00:48:58,753 --> 00:48:59,954
s

1572
00:48:59,954 --> 00:49:01,155
outreach and education, I think

1573
00:49:01,155 --> 00:49:03,558
it would also be a lovely thing

1574
00:49:03,558 --> 00:49:05,426
to hear from the public or on

1575
00:49:05,426 --> 00:49:06,961
what they would like to see

1576
00:49:06,961 --> 00:49:07,995
more from our commission, um,

1577
00:49:07,995 --> 00:49:09,230
and really create a good

1578
00:49:09,230 --> 00:49:10,431
channel of communications so we

1579
00:49:10,431 --> 00:49:11,866
can gather your

1580
00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:14,769
priorities as well and bring

1581
00:49:14,769 --> 00:49:16,437
that back to

1582
00:49:16,437 --> 00:49:18,172
the natural resources

1583
00:49:18,172 --> 00:49:19,730
commission. So please public

1584
00:49:19,730 --> 00:49:20,942
engagement, we like to hear

1585
00:49:20,942 --> 00:49:22,942
from you.

1586
00:49:23,277 --> 00:49:25,677
Ok, um, committee 3 urban

1587
00:49:27,148 --> 00:49:29,148
forestry and restoration

1588
00:49:29,717 --> 00:49:31,185
um, we, we MAY meet

1589
00:49:31,185 --> 00:49:33,621
tomorrow to, to discuss the

1590
00:49:33,621 --> 00:49:36,621
planning by the stormwater pond

1591
00:49:37,725 --> 00:49:37,925
at the Mendota village, um,

1592
00:49:37,925 --> 00:49:38,960
that

1593
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:39,861
s to be determined, but,

1594
00:49:39,861 --> 00:49:40,270
um

1595
00:49:40,270 --> 00:49:40,228
we

1596
00:49:40,228 --> 00:49:41,329
ll, we

1597
00:49:41,329 --> 00:49:42,797
re due for a meeting

1598
00:49:42,797 --> 00:49:44,298
soon, so.

1599
00:49:44,298 --> 00:49:45,867
Uh, and maybe looking at some

1600
00:49:45,867 --> 00:49:46,670
fall planting.

1601
00:49:46,670 --> 00:49:48,670
That

1602
00:49:48,135 --> 00:49:50,237
s good. Um, Committee 4 is

1603
00:49:50,237 --> 00:49:51,305
strategic planning.

1604
00:49:51,305 --> 00:49:52,707
Um, so we

1605
00:49:52,707 --> 00:49:54,275
ve had a busy year,

1606
00:49:54,275 --> 00:49:54,442
uh, because

1607
00:49:54,442 --> 00:49:55,910
we

1608
00:49:55,910 --> 00:49:59,113
ve got two line items on our

1609
00:49:59,113 --> 00:50:02,116
work plan. One is Valley Park

1610
00:50:02,116 --> 00:50:04,218
to create a site-specific

1611
00:50:04,218 --> 00:50:04,519
strategic plan for Valley Park.

1612
00:50:04,519 --> 00:50:05,520
Um, so we

1613
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:06,988
ve been very

1614
00:50:06,988 --> 00:50:08,422
fortunate to come to bring all

1615
00:50:08,422 --> 00:50:09,891
of the stakeholders together in

1616
00:50:09,891 --> 00:50:13,327
the last month, so that was the

1617
00:50:13,327 --> 00:50:15,163
wmo, um, and Dakota County and

1618
00:50:15,163 --> 00:50:17,365
be able to do site visits as

1619
00:50:17,365 --> 00:50:19,400
well with coordinator Sreer, um,

1620
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,469
to really get an idea of all of

1621
00:50:21,469 --> 00:50:22,537
the different projects and the

1622
00:50:22,537 --> 00:50:22,737
timelines because there are

1623
00:50:22,737 --> 00:50:23,605
there

1624
00:50:23,605 --> 00:50:23,805
s a lot going on and

1625
00:50:23,805 --> 00:50:24,739
there

1626
00:50:24,739 --> 00:50:25,740
s a lot of overlap

1627
00:50:25,740 --> 00:50:27,740
between the different

1628
00:50:28,343 --> 00:50:29,744
organizations. Um, so we

1629
00:50:29,744 --> 00:50:31,212
decided we met with all the

1630
00:50:31,212 --> 00:50:33,414
stakeholders a couple of months

1631
00:50:33,414 --> 00:50:34,349
ago decided that it was helpful

1632
00:50:34,349 --> 00:50:34,849
to meet again, so we

1633
00:50:34,849 --> 00:50:36,517
ll plan to

1634
00:50:36,517 --> 00:50:37,986
do that, uh

1635
00:50:37,986 --> 00:50:41,389
at the in DECEMBER at the end

1636
00:50:41,389 --> 00:50:43,591
of the year, um, with hopefully

1637
00:50:43,591 --> 00:50:46,427
an updated gis file with all of

1638
00:50:46,427 --> 00:50:47,629
the most recent um

1639
00:50:47,629 --> 00:50:48,997
updates on, on the different

1640
00:50:48,997 --> 00:50:50,997
projects.

1641
00:50:51,432 --> 00:50:52,200
So that has been great to kind

1642
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,668
of

1643
00:50:53,668 --> 00:50:56,680
bring everybody together and

1644
00:50:56,537 --> 00:50:59,700
get a really uh aligned on that

1645
00:50:59,700 --> 00:51:01,943
park, the current status, um

1646
00:51:01,943 --> 00:51:05,313
and we also decided that it

1647
00:51:05,313 --> 00:51:07,282
makes sense to delay the sites

1648
00:51:07,282 --> 00:51:09,150
specific natural resources

1649
00:51:09,150 --> 00:51:11,152
management plan for Valley Park

1650
00:51:11,152 --> 00:51:12,654
until after all of this work,

1651
00:51:12,654 --> 00:51:15,189
um, comes down and settles down.

1652
00:51:15,189 --> 00:51:18,326
Uh, so we looked at delaying

1653
00:51:18,326 --> 00:51:18,960
that until 2026, 2027, um, so

1654
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:19,861
in the meantime, we

1655
00:51:19,861 --> 00:51:21,861
ll just

1656
00:51:22,263 --> 00:51:24,650
continue the updates with the

1657
00:51:24,650 --> 00:51:25,934
stakeholder groups, um, and

1658
00:51:25,934 --> 00:51:27,769
then keep an eye on, of course,

1659
00:51:27,769 --> 00:51:27,936
as you mentioned, invasives.

1660
00:51:27,936 --> 00:51:29,471
It

1661
00:51:29,471 --> 00:51:31,773
s like a ongoing battle

1662
00:51:31,773 --> 00:51:33,975
against, um, invasive, so just

1663
00:51:33,975 --> 00:51:35,410
keeping an eye on that as well

1664
00:51:35,410 --> 00:51:36,477
and coordinator Sreer has been

1665
00:51:36,477 --> 00:51:38,212
great about keeping us updated

1666
00:51:38,212 --> 00:51:40,212
on the

1667
00:51:40,649 --> 00:51:42,150
vegetation situation.

1668
00:51:42,150 --> 00:51:45,653
Um, yeah, so that is Valley

1669
00:51:45,653 --> 00:51:47,489
Park, the 2nd point on our work

1670
00:51:47,489 --> 00:51:49,889
plan is exploring potential

1671
00:51:50,892 --> 00:51:53,228
funding sources and so we have

1672
00:51:53,228 --> 00:51:54,562
looked at um as mentioned in a

1673
00:51:54,562 --> 00:51:56,631
previous meeting, the climate

1674
00:51:56,631 --> 00:51:58,366
action planning grant, um.

1675
00:51:58,366 --> 00:52:00,202
And in our last meeting

1676
00:52:00,202 --> 00:52:01,869
yesterday, we also started

1677
00:52:01,869 --> 00:52:03,338
discussing other potentials, um,

1678
00:52:03,338 --> 00:52:04,639
but important is also to make

1679
00:52:04,639 --> 00:52:05,730
sure that we have a good idea

1680
00:52:05,730 --> 00:52:06,474
of what we

1681
00:52:06,474 --> 00:52:07,375
re wanting to, what

1682
00:52:07,375 --> 00:52:07,842
kind of projects we

1683
00:52:07,842 --> 00:52:09,842
re wanting

1684
00:52:10,245 --> 00:52:11,813
to fund. Um, so very happy to

1685
00:52:11,813 --> 00:52:14,482
also open that up to the wider

1686
00:52:14,482 --> 00:52:18,682
group as well. Um, as we move

1687
00:52:20,655 --> 00:52:22,655
into planning for 2026.

1688
00:52:22,724 --> 00:52:23,958
And Commissioner Tony, the

1689
00:52:23,958 --> 00:52:25,593
the climate action planning

1690
00:52:25,593 --> 00:52:27,762
grant you mentioned, is that?

1691
00:52:27,762 --> 00:52:28,630
Is that out or have a deadline

1692
00:52:28,630 --> 00:52:28,496
or it

1693
00:52:28,496 --> 00:52:29,264
s, it

1694
00:52:29,264 --> 00:52:29,965
s still been

1695
00:52:29,965 --> 00:52:30,265
released yet. Ok, hasn

1696
00:52:30,265 --> 00:52:32,265
t been

1697
00:52:32,934 --> 00:52:34,934
released yet. Ok.

1698
00:52:35,904 --> 00:52:38,600
Ok. Thank you for that update.

1699
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:39,507
Um, the sustainability

1700
00:52:39,507 --> 00:52:39,641
committee, um, I think we

1701
00:52:39,641 --> 00:52:40,742
re

1702
00:52:40,742 --> 00:52:42,143
going to play our video that

1703
00:52:42,143 --> 00:52:43,144
was produced by Town Square,

1704
00:52:43,144 --> 00:52:43,912
but I guess I

1705
00:52:43,912 --> 00:52:44,746
ll just mention

1706
00:52:44,746 --> 00:52:45,980
before that.

1707
00:52:45,980 --> 00:52:47,980
We are

1708
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,685
kind of in the initial stages

1709
00:52:50,685 --> 00:52:52,253
of, um, so Commissioner Kosland

1710
00:52:52,253 --> 00:52:54,890
is the other commissioner on

1711
00:52:54,890 --> 00:52:54,255
this, on this committee, and

1712
00:52:54,255 --> 00:52:55,523
we

1713
00:52:55,523 --> 00:52:57,158
ve had some initial

1714
00:52:57,158 --> 00:52:59,158
discussions with coordinator

1715
00:52:59,361 --> 00:53:00,295
Sreer on possibly some more

1716
00:53:00,295 --> 00:53:01,830
direct outreach with the

1717
00:53:01,830 --> 00:53:03,265
businesses to try to get the

1718
00:53:03,265 --> 00:53:04,432
businesses more um engaged in

1719
00:53:04,432 --> 00:53:04,699
this work and maybe it

1720
00:53:04,699 --> 00:53:05,533
s going

1721
00:53:05,533 --> 00:53:07,533
to take

1722
00:53:08,703 --> 00:53:10,405
yeah, some more kind of like.

1723
00:53:10,405 --> 00:53:12,700
Face to face interaction. So

1724
00:53:12,700 --> 00:53:12,974
just some discussion going on

1725
00:53:12,974 --> 00:53:14,974
there

1726
00:53:15,644 --> 00:53:16,978
um

1727
00:53:16,978 --> 00:53:19,814
the little background on this

1728
00:53:19,814 --> 00:53:21,983
video, which has been, um, I

1729
00:53:21,983 --> 00:53:23,618
think was finalized in JULY, I

1730
00:53:23,618 --> 00:53:23,852
believe, and was put on Town

1731
00:53:23,852 --> 00:53:24,986
Square

1732
00:53:24,986 --> 00:53:25,420
s website, the city

1733
00:53:25,420 --> 00:53:27,420
s

1734
00:53:28,623 --> 00:53:29,691
website, uh social media feeds

1735
00:53:29,691 --> 00:53:29,958
and uh so if you didn

1736
00:53:29,958 --> 00:53:30,358
t see

1737
00:53:30,358 --> 00:53:31,326
that, it

1738
00:53:31,326 --> 00:53:31,760
s just a few minutes

1739
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:32,194
long, so we

1740
00:53:32,194 --> 00:53:34,529
re going to go

1741
00:53:34,529 --> 00:53:36,929
ahead and play that.

1742
00:53:36,998 --> 00:53:38,500
Thank you, um, Vice Schstein,

1743
00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:39,868
as, as you

1744
00:53:39,868 --> 00:53:41,868
ve mentioned, who

1745
00:53:42,838 --> 00:53:47,380
was done um by Town Square uh

1746
00:53:47,209 --> 00:53:50,809
tv as an insight 7 story, so,

1747
00:53:51,379 --> 00:53:52,180
and it was um filmed at

1748
00:53:52,180 --> 00:53:54,580
uh, Vice Chair Stein

1749
00:53:54,883 --> 00:53:56,318
s home, um,

1750
00:53:56,318 --> 00:53:57,520
so I will, it

1751
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:58,119
s only a few

1752
00:53:58,119 --> 00:54:00,589
minutes long, but I will play

1753
00:54:00,589 --> 00:54:01,756
it.

1754
00:54:01,756 --> 00:54:03,291
Sustainable future

1755
00:54:03,291 --> 00:54:04,292
They

1756
00:54:04,292 --> 00:54:04,759
of our advisory

1757
00:54:04,759 --> 00:54:05,360
so.

1758
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:06,328
The

1759
00:54:06,328 --> 00:54:08,328
suit

1760
00:54:09,698 --> 00:54:11,199
and they

1761
00:54:11,199 --> 00:54:12,330
natural resources directive,

1762
00:54:12,330 --> 00:54:13,502
everything from

1763
00:54:13,502 --> 00:54:15,502
physical energy

1764
00:54:15,804 --> 00:54:17,773
poetry, surface water.

1765
00:54:17,773 --> 00:54:19,307
In 2024, the commission

1766
00:54:19,307 --> 00:54:19,674
collaborated with Excel Energy

1767
00:54:19,674 --> 00:54:21,576
on the

1768
00:54:21,576 --> 00:54:22,644
partners and Energy

1769
00:54:22,644 --> 00:54:23,780
Tell Energy Purpose Energy

1770
00:54:23,780 --> 00:54:23,879
Program. It

1771
00:54:23,879 --> 00:54:25,513
s a program that

1772
00:54:25,513 --> 00:54:27,513
excels to develop.

1773
00:54:27,516 --> 00:54:29,851
To offer our cities who are

1774
00:54:29,851 --> 00:54:31,486
interested in developing and

1775
00:54:31,486 --> 00:54:33,880
implementing customized energy

1776
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:35,257
action plans, and the process

1777
00:54:35,257 --> 00:54:38,930
that we use for that is we

1778
00:54:38,930 --> 00:54:39,595
partner with a local

1779
00:54:39,595 --> 00:54:41,595
stakeholders and community

1780
00:54:42,430 --> 00:54:43,832
leaders to identify the energy

1781
00:54:43,832 --> 00:54:45,400
holes, city is interested in

1782
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,269
achieving. And then we actually

1783
00:54:47,269 --> 00:54:48,870
develop an actionable plan that

1784
00:54:48,870 --> 00:54:51,270
will achieve those goals.

1785
00:54:51,273 --> 00:54:53,675
For the energy action team made

1786
00:54:53,675 --> 00:54:55,777
up of residents, commissioners.

1787
00:54:55,777 --> 00:54:57,679
We even had some students, uh,

1788
00:54:57,679 --> 00:54:58,847
city staff to form this action

1789
00:54:58,847 --> 00:55:00,847
plan and

1790
00:55:00,949 --> 00:55:03,719
on that we came up with 3 goals

1791
00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:05,654
from the Sydney, saving energy,

1792
00:55:05,654 --> 00:55:08,654
obviously, cost savings as well,

1793
00:55:09,224 --> 00:55:10,859
and then reducing emissions

1794
00:55:10,859 --> 00:55:12,394
residents, you save the city

1795
00:55:12,394 --> 00:55:14,229
money, hopefully for businesses

1796
00:55:14,229 --> 00:55:15,430
within the o to to, to save

1797
00:55:15,430 --> 00:55:15,964
them money as well.

1798
00:55:15,964 --> 00:55:17,990
The city

1799
00:55:17,990 --> 00:55:19,499
s Energy action plan

1800
00:55:20,602 --> 00:55:22,270
calls for saving $1.6 million

1801
00:55:22,270 --> 00:55:24,306
in energy costs and avoiding

1802
00:55:24,306 --> 00:55:25,774
9000 metric tons of carbon

1803
00:55:25,774 --> 00:55:27,309
dioxide equivalent of

1804
00:55:27,309 --> 00:55:28,877
greenhouse gas emissions by

1805
00:55:28,877 --> 00:55:29,440
2030. The approach, I think

1806
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:30,450
we

1807
00:55:30,450 --> 00:55:30,712
ve taken here at our house

1808
00:55:30,712 --> 00:55:31,446
is like we

1809
00:55:31,446 --> 00:55:33,649
ve really looked for

1810
00:55:33,649 --> 00:55:34,516
things that will just save us

1811
00:55:34,516 --> 00:55:36,251
money because all of us have

1812
00:55:36,251 --> 00:55:38,754
better things to spend money on

1813
00:55:38,754 --> 00:55:39,888
than utility bills, right?

1814
00:55:39,888 --> 00:55:41,857
Natural Resources Commissioner

1815
00:55:41,857 --> 00:55:43,692
Will Stein has been making

1816
00:55:43,692 --> 00:55:45,527
gradual upgrades toward energy

1817
00:55:45,527 --> 00:55:46,895
efficiency around his home.

1818
00:55:46,895 --> 00:55:47,930
Convenience of just not having

1819
00:55:47,930 --> 00:55:49,498
to go get gas, not having to

1820
00:55:49,498 --> 00:55:51,166
get oil changes. Over several

1821
00:55:51,166 --> 00:55:52,634
years, the Steins have upgraded

1822
00:55:52,634 --> 00:55:54,360
to an electric car, electric

1823
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:54,536
lawn care tools, the lawn mower

1824
00:55:54,536 --> 00:55:55,370
just takes, it

1825
00:55:55,370 --> 00:55:57,370
s the same

1826
00:55:57,390 --> 00:55:58,807
battery, but it just takes one.

1827
00:55:58,807 --> 00:55:59,608
An induction stove preheats up

1828
00:55:59,608 --> 00:56:01,430
the

1829
00:56:01,430 --> 00:56:02,945
pan or the contents of the pan,

1830
00:56:02,945 --> 00:56:04,446
so they do need to be like.

1831
00:56:04,446 --> 00:56:06,482
Stainless steel or whatever. A

1832
00:56:06,482 --> 00:56:09,751
heat pump dryer, so instead of,

1833
00:56:09,751 --> 00:56:11,453
you know, burning natural gas

1834
00:56:11,453 --> 00:56:13,622
or electric resistance heat to

1835
00:56:13,622 --> 00:56:15,900
create heat. It again uses heat

1836
00:56:15,900 --> 00:56:15,257
pump technology and more. So

1837
00:56:15,257 --> 00:56:16,291
we

1838
00:56:16,291 --> 00:56:16,658
ve done a lot of upgrades,

1839
00:56:16,658 --> 00:56:17,559
but we haven

1840
00:56:17,559 --> 00:56:19,959
t done them like

1841
00:56:20,395 --> 00:56:20,596
all in like one time just like

1842
00:56:20,596 --> 00:56:21,930
they

1843
00:56:21,930 --> 00:56:24,330
ve been really stretched

1844
00:56:24,366 --> 00:56:25,634
out over 1517 years now.

1845
00:56:25,634 --> 00:56:28,340
Mendota Heights residents can

1846
00:56:28,103 --> 00:56:29,871
qualify for home energy squad

1847
00:56:29,871 --> 00:56:31,540
visits through xl. So they were

1848
00:56:31,540 --> 00:56:33,800
here at our house for about 2.5

1849
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:34,877
hours. Shortly after that, they

1850
00:56:34,877 --> 00:56:36,812
send you a nice written report

1851
00:56:36,812 --> 00:56:38,447
that summarizes everything, the

1852
00:56:38,447 --> 00:56:39,982
recommendations, potential

1853
00:56:39,982 --> 00:56:41,160
incentives and rebates that are

1854
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:41,149
out there available if you

1855
00:56:41,149 --> 00:56:42,918
re

1856
00:56:42,918 --> 00:56:44,119
looking at, at, at doing one of

1857
00:56:44,119 --> 00:56:45,420
the upgrades too. That would be

1858
00:56:45,420 --> 00:56:46,655
the first step I would take if

1859
00:56:46,655 --> 00:56:48,490
you want to get more involved

1860
00:56:48,490 --> 00:56:50,590
with this effort because they

1861
00:56:50,590 --> 00:56:50,225
do a lot of the work for you if

1862
00:56:50,225 --> 00:56:51,760
you

1863
00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:52,695
ve got inefficient lighting

1864
00:56:52,695 --> 00:56:53,280
or other things, they

1865
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:54,563
ll just

1866
00:56:54,563 --> 00:56:54,930
go in and replace those things

1867
00:56:54,930 --> 00:56:55,564
for you if it

1868
00:56:55,564 --> 00:56:57,990
s with your

1869
00:56:57,990 --> 00:56:58,534
permission, obviously.

1870
00:56:58,534 --> 00:57:00,690
Opportunities for businesses

1871
00:57:00,690 --> 00:57:01,103
are also available through

1872
00:57:01,103 --> 00:57:03,639
Partners and Energy, and those

1873
00:57:03,639 --> 00:57:05,400
might be in the areas of energy

1874
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:06,308
efficient programs that they

1875
00:57:06,308 --> 00:57:07,976
can participate in and they

1876
00:57:07,976 --> 00:57:09,711
might be able to participate in

1877
00:57:09,711 --> 00:57:11,213
renewable programs. Some

1878
00:57:11,213 --> 00:57:13,480
companies have renewable goals,

1879
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:14,160
and we can help assist them in

1880
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:15,417
terms of how they meet those

1881
00:57:15,417 --> 00:57:16,685
renewable goals.

1882
00:57:16,685 --> 00:57:18,487
Residents and businesses can

1883
00:57:18,487 --> 00:57:19,922
learn more about partners and

1884
00:57:19,922 --> 00:57:21,423
energy opportunities, including

1885
00:57:21,423 --> 00:57:21,623
cost saving programs on the

1886
00:57:21,623 --> 00:57:22,424
city

1887
00:57:22,424 --> 00:57:23,580
s website.

1888
00:57:23,580 --> 00:57:23,592
You know, there

1889
00:57:23,592 --> 00:57:24,930
s different

1890
00:57:24,930 --> 00:57:25,427
levels of people

1891
00:57:25,427 --> 00:57:26,261
s, I guess,

1892
00:57:26,261 --> 00:57:27,363
interest in environmental

1893
00:57:27,363 --> 00:57:27,796
issues and things like that,

1894
00:57:27,796 --> 00:57:28,597
and to me that

1895
00:57:28,597 --> 00:57:29,698
s not even the

1896
00:57:29,698 --> 00:57:31,166
critical issue. I think if you

1897
00:57:31,166 --> 00:57:33,166
just focus on

1898
00:57:33,602 --> 00:57:35,538
the improvements that are going

1899
00:57:35,538 --> 00:57:36,905
to save you money, make your

1900
00:57:36,905 --> 00:57:38,340
life more convenient if you

1901
00:57:38,340 --> 00:57:40,340
implement those things.

1902
00:57:40,709 --> 00:57:42,144
A lot of the rest of the

1903
00:57:42,144 --> 00:57:43,846
benefits will come along for

1904
00:57:43,846 --> 00:57:46,846
the ride. For Insight 7, this

1905
00:57:49,952 --> 00:57:51,921
is Carmen Haw.

1906
00:57:51,921 --> 00:57:53,856
Yeah, so they really took a lot

1907
00:57:53,856 --> 00:57:56,358
of video and took a lot of

1908
00:57:56,358 --> 00:57:58,270
comments. So kudos to Town

1909
00:57:58,270 --> 00:57:59,228
Square tv for putting all that

1910
00:57:59,228 --> 00:58:01,630
together and uh

1911
00:58:01,630 --> 00:58:03,630
a short but

1912
00:58:03,650 --> 00:58:04,199
I think I just think they did a

1913
00:58:04,199 --> 00:58:05,701
really nice job putting all

1914
00:58:05,701 --> 00:58:07,136
that together, so

1915
00:58:07,136 --> 00:58:10,136
Thanks for letting him into

1916
00:58:10,906 --> 00:58:12,906
your house.

1917
00:58:13,509 --> 00:58:14,877
And I think you also, um,

1918
00:58:14,877 --> 00:58:16,812
highlight the point that not

1919
00:58:16,812 --> 00:58:19,181
everybody is motivated from the

1920
00:58:19,181 --> 00:58:22,181
natural resources side, but the

1921
00:58:22,418 --> 00:58:24,119
financial side is a very

1922
00:58:24,119 --> 00:58:24,954
important factor to take into

1923
00:58:24,954 --> 00:58:25,955
consideration.

1924
00:58:25,955 --> 00:58:27,556
Yeah, and in addition to that,

1925
00:58:27,556 --> 00:58:30,493
I would add just some of the

1926
00:58:30,493 --> 00:58:32,161
convenience of these like.

1927
00:58:32,161 --> 00:58:35,761
VVs are the best example. It

1928
00:58:35,998 --> 00:58:36,465
just saves you a lot of chores

1929
00:58:36,465 --> 00:58:37,133
for like that

1930
00:58:37,133 --> 00:58:37,800
s what I like

1931
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:38,670
about some of that. It

1932
00:58:38,670 --> 00:58:39,869
s just

1933
00:58:39,869 --> 00:58:41,700
like simplifies your life and

1934
00:58:41,700 --> 00:58:42,338
and, uh, yeah, it

1935
00:58:42,338 --> 00:58:43,139
s

1936
00:58:43,139 --> 00:58:44,707
definitely worth looking into

1937
00:58:44,707 --> 00:58:46,342
some of these things, so.

1938
00:58:46,342 --> 00:58:46,909
Um

1939
00:58:46,909 --> 00:58:48,444
so that

1940
00:58:48,444 --> 00:58:50,844
s all for committee

1941
00:58:51,647 --> 00:58:51,914
reports, um.

1942
00:58:51,914 --> 00:58:53,149
And that

1943
00:58:53,149 --> 00:58:56,149
s the last thing on

1944
00:58:56,252 --> 00:58:58,454
our agenda. Is there a motion

1945
00:58:58,454 --> 00:58:59,255
to adjourn. So motion to

1946
00:58:59,255 --> 00:59:01,255
adjourn by Commissioner

1947
00:59:01,390 --> 00:59:03,793
McCaslin. Is there a second???

1948
00:59:03,793 --> 00:59:04,994
22 by Commissioner Dahl. All in

1949
00:59:04,994 --> 00:59:08,594
favor say aye. And we are