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MINUTES
OF THE EDINA CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2021
5:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering roll call were Members Anderson, Jackson, Pierce, Staunton, and Mayor Hovland.
Staff in attendance: Scott Neal, City Manager; Lisa Schaefer, Assistant City Manager; Alisha McAndrews,
Finance Director; Grace Hancock, Sustainability Coordinator; Chad Millner, Engineering Director; Bill
Neuendorf, Economic Development Manager; Mikala Turner, GreenCorps Intern; Risi Karim, City
Management Fellow; and Sharon Allison, City Clerk.
2022-2023 BUDGET AND BUDGET WORK PLAN
Finance Director MacAndrews presented the proposed budget and preliminary levy for 2022-2023.
McAndrews stated that the 2021 Quality of Life survey showed that residents felt they received excellent or
good value for taxes paid and maintaining and improving valued services requires keeping up with inflationary
presentation which were the budget levy, excluding the Special Street Levy, that was 5.71% for 2022 and 5.30%
for 2023, and debt service change that allowed staff to reduce the overall levy and debt service, the drivers of
the levy change for 2022, internal service funds, and that the 2022 estimated levy impacts on a median valued
home would be approximately 4.87%.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS POLICY PROPOSAL
Sustainability Coordinator Hancock introduced Mikala Turner, a GreenCorps intern working in the engineering
department, and Community Program and Policy Manager Katie Jones from the Center for Energy, who
facilitated development of the proposed policy. Hancock said the policy was developed to address existing
practices and reduction goals. She explained how the policy affected the triple bottom line, that architects
feedback showed that increased building cost with the policy would be 1-2%. The data shows that a building built
under this policy would be more efficient, and that it would be applicable for new or remodeled construction.
Hancock explained the policy triggers that are in line with other cities, rating system, compliance, and effective
date. The effective date would be April 1, 2022, and because staff does not have the capacity inhouse for
implementation, Hancock recommended partnering with Hennepin County Efficient Building Collaborative, a
group that Edina is already working with. Next steps were Council approval of the proposed policy and
implementation.
The Council asked questions and provided feedback.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, ____________________________________________
Sharon Allison, City Clerk
Minutes approved by the Edina City Council, November 3, 2021.
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James B. Hovland, Mayor