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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-06-08 EEC MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: July 13, 2017 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Energy and Environment Commission Edina City Hall Community Room Thursday, June 8, 2017, 7:00 PM I. Call To Order Chair Manser called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Hoffman, Horan, Jackson, Manser, Satterlee, and Waddick Late: Glahn Absent: Burmeister, Kostuch, Kim, Madhok, Seeley, and Shanmugavel 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 Waddick. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Member Jackson to approve the May 11, 2017 Meeting Minutes with edits. Motion seconded by Member Waddick. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions And Presentations A. Water Resources Annual Report, Jessica Vanderwerff Wilson • City of Edina has over 130 lakes, ponds, and wetlands with 4 miles of Minnehaha Creek stream and 2 miles of the Nine Mile Creek stream in its 16 square miles. • With that much water, City of Edina water resources goals are clean water and flood resilience. i. Primary threats to clean water resources include urban stormwater pollutants and changing climate with larger and more intense storm events. ii. The City stormwater utility is a large part of the City’s infrastructure. It provides drainage, flood protection, and clean water services. Sometimes these services compete for resources. Additionally, typical practices can cause the attainment of one service level at the expense of another (not necessarily cause and effect, but competing priorities). iii. To make progress toward meeting those goals and address competing priorities, the Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: July 13, 2017 (CWRMP) was created and identifies issues and describes policies, objectives, and strategies. 1. The CWRMP is under revision. The City of Edina will seek input on the plan and revised policies from the public this summer/fall. Member Glahn arrived to the meeting at 7:24pm. V. Community Comment • None. VI. Reports/ Recommendation A. Prep for Council Working Session a. Purpose of the Council Working Session is updating the Council on progress towards completing the EEC's 2017 Work Plan. Commissioners reviewed the draft of the update. Chair Manser will make recommended updates for final approval at the July13, 2017, meeting. B. Initiative 6: Comprehensive Plan a. Chair Manser updated Commissioners about the preparation of the Comprehensive Plan, Commissioners will look to develop Sustainability principles and provide examples of how sustainability can be incorporated into each chapter. i. Commissioners will send their additional examples to Sulekha by June 30th. She will compile Commissioners ideas for discussion at the July 13th, 2017, Energy & Environment Commission meeting. C. August Meeting Motion made by Member Jackson to cancel August 10, 2017, Energy & Environment Commission meeting. Motion seconded by Member Glahn. Motion carried. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions A. Working Group Minutes • Education & Outreach Working Group i. The Energy & Environment Commission will be part of the Fourth of July parade this year, organized by the Education & Outreach Working Group. The group will have banners, the City's Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, CEE's Home Energy Squad van, as well as will be handing out pinwheels with Windsource information and plants during the parade. ii. The next Film Series is, “Merchants of Doubt,” scheduled for Thursday, June 15, at 7:00pm located at Edina Senior Center. • Water Quality Working Group i. Commissioner Waddick updated Commissioners that the Water Quality Working Group toured the Colonial Church in Edina to see all the initiatives the Church has done with water. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: July 13, 2017 ii. Chair Manser updated the Commissioners that he was contacted by a potential volunteer who is interested in water conversation and potentially joining Water Quality Working Group. iii. Commissioner Waddick will follow up with Ross Bintner about grass clippings on a few blocks of France Avenue near Southdale and what the City can do to help with this issue. • Residential Green House Gas Reduction Work Group i. Commissioner Hoffman updated Commissioners about reaching out to several neighborhoods in the city in hopes of hosting energy parties. ii. Commissioner Hoffman also discussed what is the City’s view on signing up for a 100% renewable via Renewable Connect. iii. Liaison Brown and Commissioner Hoffman shared a great success that a resident had a house energy party on May 20th. It was extremely successful since the resident had 17 Residential Windsource sign ups and 10-15 Home Energy Squad sign ups. IX. Chair And Member Comments • Co-Chair Jackson mentioned to Commissioner Hoffman about researching, “Passive Homes.” X. Staff Comments A. Draft: Redevelopment Questionnaire • Liaison Brown shared with Commissioners that they can view the Comprehensive Plan Commission meeting on YouTube. • Liaison Brown has created a Redevelopment Questionnaire to help community decision makers understand how development aligns with key focus area of sustainability that ensures both developers and the community long-term value. Liaison Brown gave the questionnaire to the Planning Director and Planning Commission. i. Currently, The City of Edina cannot mandate building code to require people to be more sustainable. The questionnaire will help inform planning and City Council with their decision making. • Liaison Brown suggested to Commissioners about using postcards that Energy & Environment Commission would make for the Fourth of July parade and reuse the postcards for the “Night To Unite,” event in August. The goal is to supply the postcards in bags and hand them out during the Night To Unite event. • Liaison Brown also shared with Commissioners about sending out a link to a webinar that Xcel hosted through their Partners in Energy Program, the webinar will center around “rebates.” XI. Adjournment Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: July 13, 2017 Motion made by Member Jackson to adjourn the June 8, 2017 meeting at 9:05 p.m. Motion seconded by Member Glahn. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Sulekha Mohamed Executive Assistant