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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-01-12 EEC MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Energy and Environment Commission Edina City Hall Community Room Thursday, January 12, 2017, 7:00 PM I. Call To Order Commissioner Manser called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Burmeister, Glahn, Horan, Jackson, Kostuch, Kim, Manser, Satterlee, and Waddick. Late: Madhok Absent: Seeley and Chair Zarrin Staff Present: Liaison Brown, Sulekha Mohamed III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion made by Member Jackson to approve the Meeting Agenda. Motion seconded by Member Burmeister. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes A. Member Satterlee wanted to amend the minutes to the following under “Reports and Recommendations” following “PiE Cross Chair Meeting Update” to state: a. In accordance with Initiative 8 of the 2017 Work Plan, Member Satterlee confirmed that the Education & Outreach Work Group (EOWG) will move forward with the film series, as a lead-up to the Annual Environmental Forum, and the Residential & Business Energy Work Groups will join the EOWG in planning/ executing the Forum in October. Liaison Brown has provided sponsor sheets to receive more sponsors in helping out with the film series events. b. Liaison Brown has also reached out to someone in the Parks Department who has agreed to lend out a blow up screen to show one of the films in the series at a park. Motion made by Member Manser to approve the December 08, 2016 minutes. Motion seconded by Member Jackson. Motion carried. Member Madhok arrived to the meeting at 7:10pm. V. Special Recognitions And Presentations A. Planning Commissioner Introductions a. Guest Speaker Steve Hobbs, has been with the Planning Commission for roughly two years. Mr. Hobbs shared information regarding the Comprehensive Plan process. The Comprehensive Plan is due the end of 2018. This year is a little different since MET Council has a new Resiliency component. Mr. Hobbs has shared that there will be a Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: consultant helping with Comprehensive Plan. The role that the consultant will have is to primarily help organize the meetings and structure aspects of the Compressive Plan. The main responsibility of the Planning Commission is to construct the overall Comprehensive Plan. b. Liaison Brown reminded everyone about the upcoming Resiliency Workshops for Comprehensive Planning and EEC has three commissioners that have signed up. i. There is also a Comprehensive Plan Training on March 1, located in the Community room at City Hall. It will be recorded if anyone cannot attend. B. PiE Quarterly Update a. Liaison Brown went through the update attached in the agenda. The next steps are to bring content to PiE working groups and a communications calendar to February EEC meeting. b. Liaison Brown will work on an upcoming About Town article, which will feature a two-page article about PiE overall. One of those pages will be devoting to residents. About Town will be out on April 1, 2017. VI. Community Comment • No community comment. VII. Reports/Recommendation A. Prep for City Council Work Session • Topic moved to February EEC meeting. B. 2017 Work Plan Updates Business Energy Efficiency Working Group • Discussed with Liaison Brown about their main goal, which is reaching two businesses a month. o The big challenge for the future is figuring out who are the people that Business Energy Efficiency Working Group needs to connect with businesses. Looking forward, Business Energy Efficiency Working Group will continue to reach out to people, receiving feedback, and receiving content from Liaison Brown to review. Residential Energy Efficiency Working Group • The main goal for this month is that Residential Energy Efficiency Working Group to receive content from City of Edina’s Fellow Intern, Kelly Dumais, to help coordinate energy parties in Edina. • Also focusing on working with student councils or student members in the local schools discussing grassroots issues. • Preparing for the Forum this Fall City Operations Energy Efficiency and Conservation Subcommittee • Meeting with Liaison Brown at the end of January to discuss and we will have a better report next month. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: Education Outreach Working Group • Looking forward to start the planning process for the education forum next month. The focus is reducing greenhouse gas emission, which lines up with the goals of PiE • Thrilled to announce that the film series is fully sponsored. The dates are April, May, June, August, and September. Education Outreach Working Group is currently working with the Communication team to reach out to the public. Water Quality Working Group • Helping Edina work on fulfilling their SWPP regarding education and outreach. • Working with the City of Edina for de-icing and snow removal and all of those contractors are required to go through the training. • One of the main goals for the future is to help educate the public about conservation. Member Kim excused herself from the meeting at 7:55pm. Member Madhok excused herself from the meeting at 7:55pm. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions • None. IX. Chair And Member Comments • None. X. Staff Comments • Liaison Brown updated Commission on City Council Members ask for a staff report on Packaging Report. There are three different initiatives on Commission’s 2017 Work Plan related to waste, Liaison Brown made a recommendation to provide one staff report on the three waste initiatives. • Liaison Brown has shared 2017 EEC Summary and Schedule, which is a calendar to keep Chair and Members informed about upcoming events and planning future meetings. • Liaison will look into possibly organizing a Retreat for the August 2017 EEC meeting. XI. Adjournment Motion made by Member Burmeister to adjourn the January 12, 2017 meeting at 8:55 p.m. Motion seconded by Member Jackson. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Sulekha Mohamed Executive Assistant