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Energy and Enviro nment C o mmissio n
City Of Edina, Minnesota
VIRT UAL ME E T IN G
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Thursday, F ebruary 10, 2022
7:00 P M
I.C all To O rder
Vice C hair Horan called the meeting to order at 7:03pm.
I I.R oll C all
Ans wering roll c all were Vice C hair Horan, C ommissioners Haugen, Lanzas,
Lukens , Tessman, Dakane, S tudent C ommissioners R awat and S humway.
Late: C ommissioner Hovanec (7:03); C hair Martinez (7:12)
I I I.Approval O f Meeting Agenda
Motion by Cory Lukens to Approve Meeting Agenda. Seconded by J ohn
Haugen. Motion Carried.
I V.Approval O f Meeting Minutes
A.Minutes : Energy and Environment C ommission January 13, 2022
Motion by Teri Hovanec to Approve J anuary 13 Meeting Minutes.
Seconded by Ukasha Dakane. Motion Carried.
V.S pec ial R ec ognitions And P res entations
A.P res entation: C ity of Edina F orester
C ity of Edina F orester Luther O verholt joined the C ommission to ans wer
ques tions related to EEC Work P lan Initiative #1.
VI.R eports /R ec ommendations
A.2022 W P #1: S upport Natural Habitat
Hilda Martinez and Mic helle Horan pres ented an update on Initiative #1
planning. Teri Hovanec and Tom Tes s man joined the initiative.
B.2022 W P #3: Multi-F amily organic s
Hilda Martinez pres ented an update on initiative related to multi-family
organic s planning. Hilda Martinez and Teri Hovanec agreed to co-lead the
initiative, Bayardo Lanzas will s upport.
C .2022 W P #5: P las tic Bag P olicy
Michelle Horan presented a Working G roup G reenprint for approval by the
EEC , to rec ruit working group members for the initiative pertaining to plas tic
bags . T he working group greenprint was approved.
Motion by J ohn Haugen to Motion. S econded by Ukasha Dakane. Motion
Carried.
D.Monthly call for c ommunication requests
S taff Liaison Hancoc k called for any communic ation reques ts from the
EEC pertaining to their work plan initiatives. None were rec eived.
E.Annual C hair/Vic e C hair Nomination & S elec tion
Bayardo Lanzas nominated Hilda Martinez as C hair, and Mic helle Horan as
Vice C hair. C ory Lukes sec onded the nomination.
C hair Martinez and Vice C hair Horan were elected for another term.
Motion by Bayardo Lanzas to Motion. Seconded by Cory Lukens. Motion
Carried.
VI I.C hair And Member C omments
C ommissioner Haugen c ommented on the legal brief rec eived by email to
the EEC from the C ity of Edina's C ity Attorney regarding organized tras h
c ollection. In light of this brief, C ommis s ioner Haugen determined not to
bring a sec ond draft of the EEC advis ory communic ation on this topic bac k
to the EEC at this time.
C ommissioner Haugen announc ed a conferenc e on April 30th related to
c limate and environment. S taff Liaison Hancoc k will s hare more details by
email.
VI I I.S taff C omments
I X.Adjournment
T he EEC meeting was adjourned at 8:32pm.
Motion by Hilda Martinez S algado to Adjourn. S econded by Bayardo
Lanzas. Motion Carried.
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