HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-17 City Council Work Session MinutesMinutes approved by the Edina City Council Jan. 7, 2020.
MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, DECEMBER I7, 2019
5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call were Members Anderson, Brindle, Fischer, Staunton and Mayor Hovland.
Staff attending the meeting were: Scott Neal, City Manager; Lisa Schaefer, Assistant City Manager; Tara
Brown, Sustainability Manager; Casey Casella, City Management Fellow; Chad Millner, Engineering
Director; Perry Vetter, Parks & Recreation Director; Katie Bisek, IT Specialist; and Sharon Allison, City
Clerk.
Climate Action Plan
Tara Brown, Sustainability Manager, explained that the draft Climate Action Plan was "Initiative 5: Study
and Report on Climate Action Plan Parameters," from the Energy and Environment Commission's work
plan. Ms. Brown said some key things led to drafting the plan, including student and community
feedback, plus 75% of Quality of Life survey respondents said a plan was needed.
Ms. Brown explained the Climate Action Plan was needed to organize and prioritize the City's response
to the impacts of climate change and she identified several key recommendations for planning and
considerations. Ms. Brown said typical Climate Action Plan starts with emissions and she explained
challenges with only utilizing performance-based goals and how community centered outcomes were
more effective. She discussed key steps for successful community centered outcomes to reduce
emissions and keep the community resilient and an implementation timeline beginning early 2020-2021
with community engagement and relationship building, visioning and alternatives, and plan and project
development. Next steps would be to form a staff working group, identify other projects that feed into
this work and allocate resources.
The Council spoke about the City's focus on the City's fleet and how it would be good to engage
residents to have a private/public focus. The Council suggested planning the Cahill district to aggressively
reflect changes to the electric grid, moving people around, etc., and spoke of examples of what other
cities were doing worldwide. Ms. Brown answered questions of the Council.
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ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:40 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,