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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-06-14 EEC Minutes Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 7/12/2018 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Energy and Environment Commission Edina City Hall Community Room Thursday, June 14, 2018, 7:00 PM I. Call To Order Chair Jackson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Chair Jackson, Commisioners Glahn, Hoffman, Horan, Manser, Seeley, Frendands Late: Satterlee, Hussian, Kostuch Absent: Moadhok Staff Present: Liaison Brown, Casey Casella III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion made by Seeley to approve the Meeting Agenda. Motion seconded by Hoffman. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Seeley to approve the May 10, 2018 minutes. Motion seconded by Manser. Motion carried. Commissioner Satterlee arrived at 7:04 PM. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations A. St. Paul’s Sustainable building Policy, Kurt Schultz Commissioner Hussain arrived at 7:06 PM. St. Paul Program Manager, Kurt Schultz, presented about the Sustainable Building Policy of St. Paul. The city adopted a model policy in 2010. The presentation addressed why a city would adopt a Sustainable Building Policy, the process of adopting a model policy, and what a policy would look like. Commissioner Kostuch arrived at 7:16 PM. VI. Community Comment Bayardo Lanzas introduced himself to the Commission. He will be a new Commissioner at the next meeting. Chair Jackson tells the commission that LouAnn Waddick has resigned from the commission and Bayardo Lanzas will take that seat. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 7/12/2018 VII. Reports/Recommendation A. Partners in Energy Closeout Report Chair Jackson asked for review and comment on the Partners in Energy (PiE) closeout report. Commissioners shared their feedback. Staff Liaison Brown wrote a summary of the feedback. B. Residential Organics Recycling Staff Liaison Brown presented a staff report on Residential Organics Recycling. Staff recommendation in the report was to provide curbside organized collection similar to a recycling program with cost of service dispersed to all. Commissioners gave comments on the staff report to complete their work plan initiative. Staff Liaison Brown will write a report and submit to the next council meeting detailing the feedback. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions A. Working Group Minutes • Minutes received from the Education & Outreach and Business Energy Efficiency and Conversation Working Group. Chair Jackson asked what action should be taken with the Water Working Group, given it currently does not have a chair. Chair Jackson made a motion to dissolve to Water Working Group. There was no second, and the motion was not considered. Commissioner Manser expressed interest to explore options to keep the Water Working Group. The discussion was tabled until the next EEC meeting. Commissioner Manser will provide a report on options to keep the working group. Chair Jackson offered a motion to change the name of the Business Energy Efficiency and Conservation Working Group to Business Environmental Working Group. Commissioner Horan seconded. Motion adopted. IX. Chair And Member Comments A. Council Work Session Update Chair Jackson gave an update on the May 15, 2018 work session with City Council. B. Education and Outreach Commissioner Manser left at 8:40pm. Commissioner Satterlee told the Commission the EEC is registered for the July 4th Edina parade and asked for volunteers to assemble pinwheels and walk in the parade. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 7/12/2018 Commissioner Kostuch passed out materials that estimated U.S. energy consumption. Commissioner Fernands announced Project Earth at Edina High School would like to be more involved in the Commission’s working groups. Commissioner Satterlee announced Jeff Lundgren resigned from the Education and Outreach Working Group. Commissioner Glahn made a motion to remove Jeff Lundgren from the Education and Outreach Working Group, Commissioner Jackson seconded. Motion adopted. X. Staff Comments Staff Liaison Brown updated the Commission on a Fix It workshop the Edina Senior Center hosted. Liaison Brown also announced bottled water has been eliminated from city hall. Staff Liaison Brown updated the Commission on the PACE program and announced her intent to set up a meeting with the St. Paul Port Authority to understand how they incentivize their PACE program. Staff Liaison Brown asked where the Commission would like the EEC table at the Open Streets event. Commissioners decided they would like to be near the Water Resources group. XII. Adjournment Motion made by Glahn to adjourn the June 14, 2018 meeting at 8:53 p.m. Motion seconded by Hoffman. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Casey Casella City Management Fellow