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City Council Work Session
City of Edina, Minnesota
VIRTUAL MEETING
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
5:30 PM
I.Call To Order
II.Roll Call
III.Climate Action Plan Update
IV.Joint Meeting: Energy & Environment Commission
V.Adjournment
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Date: June 15, 2021 Agenda Item #: III.
To:Mayor and City Council Item Type:
Reports / Recommendation
From:Grace Hancock, Sustainability Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:Climate Action Plan Update Discussion, Information
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None; information only.
INTRODUCTION:
Receive update on Climate Action P lan development - supporting materials may be found in the "Documents"
section of the Better Together Edina Climate Action Plan site: https://www.bettertogetheredina.org/climate-action-
plan. These include:
Edina Renewables P otential Study
Edina Groundcover and Sequestration Study
Edina Climate Vulnerability Assessment
Edina Climate Action Baseline Summary
Edina 2013/16/19 Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Date: June 15, 2021 Agenda Item #: IV.
To:Mayor and City Council Item Type:
Reports / Recommendation
From:Grace Hancock, Sustainability Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:Joint Meeting: Energy & Environment Commission Discussion
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None; discussion only.
INTRODUCTION:
An update from the Energy & Environment Commission on their 2021 work plan.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
2021 EEC Work Plan
To-Go Packaging Committee Report Jun21
Approved by Council December 1, 2020 [Do not modify fields except progress reports]
Commission: Energy and Environment Commission
2021 Annual Work Plan Proposal
Initiative # 1 Initiative Type ☒ Project ☐ Ongoing / Annual ☐ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☒ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐ 4 (Review & Decide)
Make recommendations to Council regarding the development of the
City’s Climate Action Plan [which will include information on GHG
emission inventory and routes to carbon neutrality]. Create a Climate
Action Plan Working Group to provide feedback and support for the
plan development. The working group will report to the EEC which will
provide formal recommendation to Council. Staff liaison will support
this working group.
Deliverable
Recommendation to Council
Leads
H. Martinez
A. Martinez
Mans
Rajat
Tessman
Target
Completion Date
December 2021
Budget Required: No additional funds required.
Staff Support Required: Staff Liaison (40hrs)
Progress Q1: Received introductory presentation from facilitating consultant in March
Progress Q2:
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Initiative # 2 Initiative Type ☒ Project ☐ Ongoing / Annual ☐ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☒ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐ 4 (Review & Decide)
Review and recommend on development of to-go packaging ordinance
and policy avenues. Includes an update to the 2016 study and report to
incorporate the recently launched organics recycling program.
Deliverable
-Report and recommendation to
Council
Leads
Horan (primary), Lukens,
Dakane, A. Martinez,
Lanzas, Mans
Target
Completion Date
December 2021
Budget Required: No additional funds requested.
Staff Support Required: Staff Liaison (20hrs), Health Division (40hrs)
Progress Q1: Focus groups in Feb/March 2021 were conducted
Progress Q2:
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Approved by Council December 1, 2020 [Do not modify fields except progress reports]
Initiative # 3 Initiative Type ☐ Project ☐ Ongoing / Annual ☒ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☒ 4 (Review & Decide)
Initiative Title
Review and decide on commission members coordinating and tabling
at City events to educate the community on organics recycling and
sustainable living.
Deliverable
-Presence at up to 4 City events to
include Fourth of July, Open Streets,
and Farmers Market
Leads
Lanzas (primary), A.
Martinez, Horan, Mans
Densmore
Target
Completion Date
June – September
2021
Budget Required: Funds available, $200 for supplies and food.
Staff Support Required: Coordinator (20hrs) and Organics Recycling Coordinator (8hrs) can advise and provide materials already created.
Progress Q1:
Progress Q2:
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Initiative # 4 Initiative Type ☒ Project ☐ Ongoing / Annual ☐ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☒ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐ 4 (Review & Decide)
Review and comment on staff recommendations for the City’s Green
Building Policy.
Deliverable
- Commission comments on policy
Leads
All, Haugen, Tessman
Target
Completion Date
December 2021
Budget Required: No additional funds requested.
Staff Support Required: Staff Liaison (16hrs)
Progress Q1:
Progress Q2: Received intro presentation, final draft city policy for comment, initial draft commercial policy for comment
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Approved by Council December 1, 2020 [Do not modify fields except progress reports]
Initiative # 5 Initiative Type ☐ Project ☒ Ongoing / Annual ☐ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☒ 4 (Review & Decide)
Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the Business Recognition
Program by Q1 and decide future of the program. Implement changes,
if any.
Deliverable
Report to commission.
Leads
Horan, Lukens, A.
Martinez, Mans,
Tessman
Target
Completion Date
ongoing
Budget Required: No additional funds requested.
Staff Support Required: Staff Liaison support to manage intake and acceptance process (16hrs), Communications to support communication updates (16hrs),
Community Engagement Coordinator (8hrs).
Progress Q1: Agreed to continue program, began to compile and implement updates
Progress Q2:
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Initiative # 6 Initiative Type ☐ Project ☒ Ongoing / Annual ☐ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☒ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐ 4 (Review & Decide)
Initiative Title
Review and Comment on Conservation and Sustainability (CAS) fund
proposed Capital Improvement Plan.
Deliverable
- Commission comments on Capital
Improvement Plan
Leads
All
Target Completion Date
Q2, 2021
Budget Required: No additional funds requested.
Staff Support Required: Staff Liaison (4hrs)
Progress Q1; COMPLETE - Received for comment at Mar 11, 2021 meeting
Progress Q2:
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Approved by Council December 1, 2020 [Do not modify fields except progress reports]
Initiative # 7 Initiative Type ☒ Project ☐ Ongoing / Annual ☐ Event
Council Charge ☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☒ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐ 4 (Review & Decide)
Review and comment on the ETC’s report and recommendation on
organized trash collection.
Deliverable
-Memos to ETC for their study and
report
Leads
Haugen
Target
Completion Date
December 2021
Budget Required: No additional funds requested.
Staff Support Required: Staff Liaison (4hrs)
Progress Q1: no updates Mar21
Progress Q2:
Progress Q3:
Progress Q4:
Parking Lot: (These items have been considered by the BC, but not proposed as part of this year’s work plan. If the BC decides they would like to
work on them in the current year, it would need to be approved by Council.)
Develop a program with realtors to give sellers the opportunity to showcase environmental improvements to their homes (such as insulation).
Coordination with other cities on climate action., Advocating for street sweeping, Education and engagement on water initiatives.
Study and report on inequities in the environmental movement.
Research enforcement of state law requiring water sensors for irrigation systems and other water saving tools, including rebates.
Exploring ways of partnering with under-served/other communities to outreach/educate businesses.
Community wide environmental event listening to what the community is saying.
Plastic bag policy / program / options
POSSIBLE INCLUSIONS FOR A PACKAGING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE TITLES -Need to choose one
1. Environmentally Acceptable Packaging/Products
2. Zero Waste Packaging —
3. Preferred Food-Service Ware and Packaging
4. Green To Go Packaging. Minneapolis branded as “green to go” – Could play well
with Edina colors
GOALS AND PURPOSE OF A PACKAGING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF EDINA
1. Common categories of goals for regulating food packaging:
1. Environmental impact
2. Solid waste reduction
3. Litter
4. Health/toxicity
5. Social or environmental justice
2. Examples of goals and purposes stated in other city packaging ordinances:
1. Minimize the amount of single-use, disposable food and beverage packaging
that must be thrown in the garbage, and thus disposed via incineration or
landfilling, which are the last (and least preferred) two options in Minnesota’s
waste disposal hierarchy
2. Maximize the amount of single-use food and beverage packaging items that
can be recycled or composted.
3. Encourage the creation of a more circular system for food and beverage
packaging
4. Minimize contamination in organics and recycling.
5. Reduce the economic, environmental and health costs of waste management.
6. Reduce that amount of litter that is created by plastic food and beverage
packaging.
7. Meet the goal of a 75% waste reduction by 2030, which all counties in the
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area are accountable for implementing.
REQUIREMENTS
3. Ban
1. Polystyrene (#6 resin), both expanded and foam - NOT RECYCLABLE
2. All black plastic - NOT RECYCLABLE
4. On Site Collection
1. Food and beverages prepared for immediate consumption and to-go must be
placed in packaging that is reusable, recyclable or compostable. Recyclable
materials must be recycled. Compostable plastics must be composted.
2. A food establishment which utilizes single-use compostable and/or recyclable
food packaging to serve consumers on-site shall have on-site collection for
recyclable and/or compostable packaging.
3. Containers for the on-site collection of recyclable and/or compostable packag-
ing shall be co-located with garbage containers.
4. At public events and markets, such as farmers markets, the event food spon-
sor or market manager shall be responsible for providing a qualified recycling
and/or organics management system for event and market vendors and con-
sumers.
5. Reduce Contamination
1. Single-use cups and containers that are utilized with lids shall have lids of the
same category of packaging.
1.Recyclable packaging shall only have recyclable lids;
2.Compostable packaging shall only have compostable lids.
2. Compostable cups shall be labeled to clearly indicate to the consumer that
the cup is compostable. Labeling must include at least one of the following:
1.The words “certified compostable,” “commercially compostable”. “Made
from plants,” “bio-based,” or “biodegradable” are not acceptable alterna-
tives on their own;
2.The logo of a third-party certification or testing body indicating the cup
meets composability standards.
6. Straws and Utensils (non-packaging food service items).
1. Require all utensils be compostable.
2. Ban straws unless they are compostable and only available upon request.
IN-SCOPE OPERATIONS
1. All above requirements will be extended to include food trucks, gas stations, baker-
ies, and grocery stores serving to-go food products.
2. All above requirements will be extended to all front of house operations at Hospitals
and Nursing Homes. This includes common dining rooms, cafeterias, and coffee
shops.
POSSIBLE EXEMPTIONS
1. Food and beverage service provided through patient care at hospitals and nursing
home. Common dining rooms at nursing homes, hospital cafeterias, and hospital
coffee shops are not exempt.
2. Any packaging which is not environmentally acceptable, but for which there is no
commercially available alternative. This will be reviewed yearly to determine
whether current conditions continue to warrant the exemption
3. Manufacturers, brokers, distributors or warehouse operators who conduct or transact
no retail food or beverage business.
4. Food packaging pre-packaged by a manufacturer, producer or distributor.
5. Plastic films less than ten(10)mils in thickness.
VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
Yes. Guidance from staff