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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-03-10 PacketAgenda Energy and Environment Commission City Of Edina, Minnesota City Hall Thursday, March 10, 2016 7:00 PM I. Call To Order II. Roll Call III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes A. Minutes V. Community Comment During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant issues or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment. Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to staff for consideration at a future meeting. VI. Reports/Recommendations A. New Member Introductions B. Partners in Energy Update C. Prepare for EEC/CC joint Worksession on March 15 D. 2016 Workplan / Workgroups E. April 14 EEC Community Forum VII. Correspondence And Petitions A. Correspondence VIII. Chair And Member Comments A. Attendance report and roster B. Working Group List C. Chair and Member Comments IX. Staff Comments A. Staff Comments X. Adjournment The City of Edina wants all residents to be comfortable being part of the public process. If you need assistance in the way of hearing amplification, an interpreter, large-print documents or something else, please call 952-927-8861 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Cooal • lijOa c5i40/ 15 Date: March 42016 Roll Call mmission urmeister mmission mmission mmissione mission mission C--f r.X19‘,„v missioner Mohanty mmissioner Reinke mmissione SatteiTee. r'iimission mmissioner Stefanik Agargalarair- missione(WaddiS) ai Staff: Ross Bintner and Rebecca Foster Revised 2-18-16 ^ ' 3 -/5--71 leee&ee."-e,;-- JVckeisi-r - Aez-c Qfk a,(467c- co,,Are Fii &J;Le eisucei ev-,74-) AR. C I CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: WA. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Minutes From: Rebecca Foster, GIS Adminstrator Item Activity: Subject: Minutes Action ACTION REQUESTED: Approve Regular February 11, 2016 Meeting Minutes INTRODUCTION: ATTACHMENTS: February 11, 2016 Draft Minutes Draft Minutes® Approved MinutesEl Approved Date: Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Energy and Environment Commission Edina City Hall Community Room Thursday, February 11, 2016, 7:00 PM I. Call To Order Chair Kostuch called the meeting to order at 7:00p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Glahn, Gubrud, Manser, Satterlee, Seeley, Sierks, Stefanik, Thompson, Waddick, Zarrin and Chair Kostuch. Late: Howard Absent: Reinke Staff Present: Ross Bintner, Rebecca Foster and Brian Olson III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda • Chair Kostuch added Election of Chair and Vice Chair after Approval of Meeting Agenda. • Chair Kostuch added Green Purchasing Policy update at the end of VIII. • Chair Kostuch added Mayor's EEC Volunteer Award Nominations after VIII. Member Howard arrived at 7:02p.m. Motion made by Zarrin to approve the Meeting Agenda. Motion seconded by Thompson. Motion carried. Election of Chair and Vice Chair • Member Zarrin was elected as Chair and Member Manser was elected as Vice Chair. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes • Member Satterlee asked that her name be corrected under IX. B. Motion made by Gubrud to approve the January 14, 2016 minutes with edits. Motion seconded by Howard. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions And Presentations • None. VI. Community Comment • None. Draft Minutes® Approved Minutes0 Approved Date: VII. Reports/Recommendations A. Snow and Ice Control/Chloride • Mr. Olson, Public Works Director, presented on the City's Snow and Ice Control/Chloride procedures. • He gave a brief introduction to Public Works. • He discussed Equipment used during a Snow Event and how Salt usage is being tracked. • He gave an update on Water Quality, Safety and Quality of Life with the usage of Salt. • He announced that a Service Request for Sweeping up Salt was created in the EdinaToGo app. for residents to report excess salt on street or sidewalk. B. Sustainable Infrastructure/Envision • Mr. Bintner informed the Commission that the City is starting to use a Self-Assessment for Road Projects by using the Envision Rating System. • Olivia McGuire, Emmons Oliver Resources, Inc., gave an introduction to the Envision Rating System. • She discussed the Self-Assessment baseline of Edina Road Projects. • She gave Recommendations on what Edina could do to improve their rating. • Last year, Arden Park/W 54th St, Valley View Rd. and the Birchcrest Neighborhoods used the rating system. • Mr. Bintner gave an example of how he does sustainability at home. C. Partners in Energy Update • Chair Zarrin reviewed the 30% reduction of Green House Gases by 2025. • She explained the Partners in Energy Vision. • She introduced who was on the Partners in Energy Team. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions • No Comment. IX. Chair And Member Comments A. Attendance report and roster • Member Glahn noted that the total number percentage was incorrect for a few Members. A. Workgroup list and Minutes • Member Gubrud requested that the Community Solar Subcommittee be changed to a Working Group next month, so termed off Commissioners can stay on the Committee. B. Chair and Member Comments Draft Minutes® Approved MinutesE Approved Date: • Member Glahn gave an update on how the City of Mounds View's organized collection was suspended. He suggested that we do a survey of residents in Edina asking for their opinion on organized collection. C. Building Energy Efficiency Subcommittee • Tim Barnes hired a consultant to review the entire City's Facilities to decide what deeper comprehensive energy improvements are needed. D. City Environmental Considerations Subcommittee • There was no work by this subcommittee because it was rolled into Partners in Energy. E. Community Solar Subcommittee • Member Sierks explained how the Community Hosted Solar projected came about. F. Education Outreach Working Group • Member Thompson announced the 5th Annual April 14th Forum. The theme will be "Smart Energy Future Will Edina lead the Way" • Member Gubrud announced the first Community Hosted Solar garden in MN on the Public Works roof. • Member Gubrud reviewed the initiatives that he was involved with in his six yrs. of being a Member. • Member Gubrud announced there will be a presentation on CBMS at the March meeting. • Member Howard reviewed the Lift of Burden movie event. G. Home Energy Squad Subcommittee • Member Gubrud announced there have been 508 visits since 2010. H. Recycling, Solid Waste and Organics Working Group • The Group decided to table the Organics Ordinance due the haulers needing to review their business models. • The meeting for the Environmental packaging Ordinance had no attendees, so there will be another one scheduled. • The Businesses haven't done a lot of push back on the packaging ordinance, because most of them are already doing it. I. Student Subcommittee • Member Stefanik gave an update on Composting at Southview Middle School. • Student Members are involved with the Southview's school renovation. • A Tech Dump will be at the April Forum. J. Water Quality Working Group • The Group did an Outreach to the Arden Park Neighborhood on installing BMPS in 2015. • They had a table at the Garden Club and EEC Forum in 2015. • Storm Stenciling occurred May thru Oct in 2015. • Education on Salt during the winter months at Businesses in 2015. • In 2016, they'll continue the Storm Stenciling and Salt Education. • They would like to partner more with Nine Mile creek Watershed to help with Salt Education. • Do Outreach to Morningside and White Oaks Neighborhoods on BMPS. Draft Minutes® Approved MinutesO Approved Date: • They'll attend the City's Fall MS4 meeting. • Will work with Students on a May Term Water Project. K. Green Purchasing Policy • The Green Purchasing Policy was adopted on March 20, 2010. • It was the final best practice to achieve to get the Green Step 3 Award on June 10, 2012. • Staff is to generate a report on what they purchased and there has only been one report for the 2013 year presented at the January 9, 2014 EEC meeting. • The Commission has requested multiple times to receive the 2014 report. • Member Kostuch presented a Council Advisory requesting for the annual report. Motion made by Member Kostuch to approve the Green Purchasing Policy Council Advisory. Motion seconded by Glahn. Chair Zarrin abstain. Members Manser and Gubrud are Nay. Motion carried. L. Mayor's EEC Volunteer Award Nomination Motion made by Chair Zarrin to approve the Members Bill Sierks, Bob Gubrud, and Paul Thompson for the Mayor's EEC Volunteer Award. Motion seconded by Glahn. Motion carried. Chair Zarrin thanked Member Howard for his service on the Commission. X. Staff Comments A. March 15 EEC/CC Joint Meeting • Mr. Bintner reminded the Commission about the Joint Council meeting next month. B. 2015 Term Summary and Schedule • Mr. Bintner asked the Commissioners to give ideas to the Chair for this year's topics. XI. Adjournment Motion made by Glahn to adjourn the February 11, 2016 meeting at 10:03p.m. Motion seconded by Chair Zarrin. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Rebecca Foster GIS Administrator CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: VI.B. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Report and Recommendation From: Ross Bintner - Environmental Engineer Item Activity: Subject: Partners in Energy Update Discussion ACTION REQUESTED: Provide input to the EEC members on the Partners in Energy planning team. INTRODUCTION: The City has partnered with Xcel Energy in it's Partners in Energy program. Sarah Zarrin, Carolyn Jackson, and Richard Manser are on the Partners in Energy planning group. Representatives from Xcel and their partner Center for Energy and the Environment will describe the planning effort and next steps to the Commission. Ross Bintner is also on the planning team and will provide a review of municipal operations planning, a fourth priority focus area. Attached are a concept-level analysis of GHG and proposed reduction, an updated conservation and sustainability goal summary, an example presentation from the Regional Indicators Initiative on citywide reduction planning, and the meeting four update email. You can download and review the presentations materials at the following web address: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section—partnersinenergy or by searching "Partners in Energy" on EdinaMN.gov ATTACHMENTS: City Operations Focus Area - GHGFootprintAnalys is and Reduction Concept City Operations Focus Area - Conservation and Sustainability Goal Sturunaty Regional Indicators - Citywide Focus Ea niple Partners in Energy - Meeting 4Update DATE: February 23, 2016 TO: Partners in Energy Planning Team CC: Energy and Environment Commission FROM: Ross Bintner P.E. - Environmental Engineer RE: City Operations Focus Area / Footprint Analysis and Reduction Concept The Partners in Energy Planning team chose a focus area around greenhouse gas (GHG) in City of Edina operations. This report was requested by the team, and provides a concept-level estimate of GHG footprint in City operations to inform the effort of the planning team. The "concept" level of detail is important to note, as I have not been trained to perform GHG analysis. In performing this analysis I worked with planning team member Kyle Sawyer, and Michael Orange with Orange Environmental to translate 2015 City of Edina expenses data into approximate GHG emissions. Mr. Orange has conducted GHG assessments and politely emphasizes my lack of training when asked! In addition to GHG, I also attempted to summarize other notable environmental footprint not directly related to energy, such as water and land to demonstrate the concept of tradeoffs in City operations. Methodology and Analysis Mr. Sawyer provided a spreadsheet with all 2015 budget and actual expenses broken down by City of Edina business units and object accounts. The business units were ignored, and the object accounts were used to group like expenses into total dollar values. Those total dollar values were then converted to units of material or energy, or directly translated to GHG using reference factors from a variety of information sources noted in Table I. To use an analogy: Sometimes we try to get `ballpark' estimates; In this case, I see turf under my feet, and suspect I'm in a ballpark, but I still don't know if I'm in the right ballpark! Chart I presents the same information, in a visual format to draw attention to areas of opportunity. Note that only GHG footprint is represented and that capital expenditure "pathways" are underrepresented in importance. For example, while Edina may only spend a third of the budget on new equipment, vehicles, buildings and roads, these new and replacement facilities and infrastructure write future energy costs into concrete, steel and stone. Since business units were ignored in the summary, I try to map major sources of GHG back into the business unit framework in Table 2, by summarizing notable city services and footprint that associate highly with each type of expense and GHG. In Table 2, I also provide example indicators where environmental performance is now measured and where policy or tools currently exist. I look forward to the help of the planning team, and the EEC in completing this policy tool mapping exercise. To extend the concept, and start to point toward solutions, Table 3 provides very rough GHG reduction strategy, estimates and costs and starts to not opportunities and barriers. While this may not be the focus of Partners in Energy meeting 4, we may get to this level of detail in subsequent meetings. Your input is required and welcome. Table 4 demonstrates the level of implementation needed for various levels of reduction. Attachments: Table I — GHG Estimate from City Operations Chart I — GHG Estimate by Category of Major Expense. Table 2 — Footprint, Indicators, Tools and Policy Table 3 — Concept GHG Reduction Options Table 4 — Concept GHG Reduction Plan Chart 2 - Concept Wedge Diagram (Added for 3/10 EEC) City of Edina: Municipal Spending and Rough Greenhouse Gas Estimate Updated: 2/7/16 1 I 1 1 I I 1 The purpose of this analysis is to use established conversion factors and data from other cities to derive a very approximate estimate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with normal city government operations. Table 1: Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimate: City Operations Major Categories Total Costs 9 Equivalencies Units/S Energy Units GHG Tonnes/Unit GHG Tonnes % of Budget % of GHG GHG TN/ 1000 $ 2,,,. Direct Burn / 25,030,842 Energy Conversions kWh / Territorial 0.00048 CRC 12136 2.4%[ 26.6% 6.4% 17.4% 5.9566 6.8743 1.6867 Electricity (kWh) 1 $2,037,311 0.081 Natural gas (therms) 2 $421,502 0.800 526,878 Therms 0.00550 2898 - 4. - Sewer/Water 3 $4,710,101 12,572,119 kWh 0.00063 7944 5.5% Anthropogenic 6,662,417 kWh 0.00063 4210 Biogenic 5,909,702 kWh 0.00063 3734 3.1% 2.9466 Liquid fuels 4' 5 $479_, 197 147,717 1412 Gasoline (US gal.) 9 88,654 88.65 1,000 gal 8.92 791 Diesel (US gal.) 9 59,063 59.06 1,000 gal 10.51 621 1.0500 3.0519 Solid waste management 7 $523,533 2.1 550 0 Subtotal Scope 1,2 i`..I. 4i • Scop Personnel (FTE) Personnel $8,171,645 $33,732,354 500 Consumption Based / Simply FTE 24939 100.0% Chain /Procurement G: . - - - ,........_._ ... ---- 2.1.9%I 0.2965 9.5% 5.3% 0.2965 20 10000 Professional Services $8,133,116 121 FTE 20 2411 Communications Services $217,137 $ 0.35 38 2.2% 4.8% 17.6% 16.4% .., 2.2% 7.4% 6.9% 0.3750 0.2450 0.2 0.222 Materials _ $1,843,498 $ 0.75 691! Goods / Services $4,130,918 $ 0.49 1012 Equipment & Gov't CapX $14,985,889 $ 0.45 3372 Enterprise CapX $14,000,000 $ 0.45 3150 Subtotal Scope 3 $77,042,912 20674 Total $85,214,557 45613 100.0% Notes: 1 Average cost per kWh is from source for the GHG emission the city operations rate is Xcel Energy baseline assessment for 2013. portion of the "Shorewood Renewable Energy Project, 2015." Data is for 2013. The 2 Source for cost per kWh: CenterPoint Energy. Downloaded from: Source for GHG emission factor: Table G.11, International Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Protocol , Version 1.1, May 2010. 3 Assumes 95% of costs are electricity based and 5% natural gas based per cities of Shorewood and Burnsville, 2013 (refer to Table 2). 4 Source: Table G.12, International Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Protocol. 5 Transportation fuels sold in Minnesota have blends of ethanol that are higher than the national average, thus, per-gallon GHG emissions will be relatively lower. From 2001 to 2005, the state required 10% ethanol in gasoline. From 2006 to the present, the state added the requirement of 5% ethanol in diesel fuels. 6 Assumes the share of total emissions associated with solid waste management in Edina are comparable to the share in the cities of Burnsville and Shorewood (refer to Table 2). 7 Assumes contract service for normal public works responsibilities in Edina are comparable to the share in the cities of Burnsville and Shorewood (refer to Table 2). 8 Refer to Table 2 for comparison figures for the cities of Shorewood and Burnsville. 9 Source: City of Edina / http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/business-calculator for Outside scope items. Chart 1: City of Edina / Rough Greenhouse Gas Estimate By Major Catagory of Expense 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% % of Budget % of GHG % GHG / % Budget n Electricity (kWh) 1 n Natural gas (therms) 2 n Sewer/Water 3 n Liquid fuels 4, 5 n Solid waste management 7 n Personnel (FTE) n Professional Services n Communications Services Ela Materials n Goods / Services El Equipment & Gov't CapX Enterprise CapX 'fable 2: footprint, Indicators, Major Categories Tools and Policies for Sustainability Notable Services by Notable Footprints Major Catagories of Indicators Expense. Municipal Organization Policy / Tools Citywide Policy /Tools Direct Burn / Energy Conversions Electricity (kWh) I / Territorial GHG Utilities, Park Enterprises GHG, Land B3, Xcel Comprehensive Plan Natural gas (therms) 2 Park and Government GHG B3, Centerpoint Comprehensive Plan Sewer/Water 3 Sanitary Utility / MCES Water, GHG RH, B3 Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive Plan CWRMP Liquid fuels 4, 5 Fleet, Transportation GHG, Land RH, City Fleet Report Comprehensive Plan Solid waste management 7 Contracted recycling Land Solid Waste Consumption B Personnel (FIT) ay, Public Safety Professional Services Communications Services Materials Transportation GHG, Land Procurement Policy Goods / Services Procurement Policy Equipment & Gov't CapX Park, Fleet Envision Score Envision, Living Streets Envision, Living Streets Enterprise CapX Utilities, Trasportation LEED, Envision LEED, Envision LEED, Envision Table 3: Conceptual Level / Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Options: City Operations Major Categories Potential GHG Reduction Strategies Approximate One The / Capital Cost $50,000 , , —11'''''''''' Annual Cost Possible Reduction Possible Reduction (Tonnm GHG) Organization- Wide %Energy Use 10 year SCost or (Swings) / Tonnes GHG Reduced Notes Dina Horn I f IN • C reni T sittgA111 ,,,.,. Building Electricity (kWh) Energy conservation -$70,000 .444ff 10% 704 1.5%Llallie.:_:..1...4;tt Buildin continual recommissioning (electric $250,000 -$100,000 15% 1056 2.3%V?..!--- --a 41 Building retrofit (Electric $4,500,000 -$300,000 30% 2112 4.6% 71 Utility Electricity I Pump and lift optimization $900,000 -$30,000 10% 610 1.1% 118 Capital intensive to cut long service fife short. Negotiate renewable purchase $0 $250,000 $200,000 100% 100% 26.6% 26.6% 21 16 Easy to do, adds variability in price Potentially high variability In price, possible to Increase scale Direct carbon market offset Xcel Conservation Target $0 • $0 30% 3641 8.0% 0 Will happen based on Xcel plan. Natural gas leg continual recommissioning (Gas) $50,000 445,000 15%' • 434 tosspgrall_ AS3 Building retrofit (Gas) $2,500,000 -$100,000 30% 869 1.9% 173 Cogeneration $2,500,000 4200,000 50% 1449 3.2% 35 Sewer/Water 3 Water Conservation $100,000 $50,000 10% 794 1.7% 76 This option reduces Edina share of MCES load and GHG, but would not reduce electric load at treatment plant substantially because total waste determines energy demand. Negotiate pass though renewable (wastewater' $0 $75,000 34% - 2738 6.0% 27 Slightly more complex due to third party, but relatively easy Negotiate to fund biogenic efficiency project 51,000,000 $150,000 15% 1192 2.6% 210 Liquid fuels 4, 5 Fleet management/conservation $50,000 -$30,000 10% 0.3% 0.5% -71 May conflict with service level demands Vehicle efficiency goal $50,000 -$20,000 15% 10%' 0.1%® Solid waste management 7 Efficiency provisions in contract $25,000 Opportunity comes up at time of recycling contract Subtotal Seo 01,2 Personnel (FTE) N/A No actionable practices suggested Professional Services N/A No actionable practices suggested Communications Services N/A Internal plug load of servers and communications In electric above. Materials Procurement Policy GHG not quantified in policy Goods / Services Procurement Policy GHG not quantified In policy Equipment & Gov't CapX LEED and Envision Infrastructure that serves the community can effect community wide future demand. Enterprise CopX LEED and Envision Projects with small one-time impact to GI-IG can determine future fuel inputs. Table 4: Conceptual Level / Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan: City Operations kxample Reductions Percent 10% 4561 Recommended 2015-2025 Actions for 50% Cumulative % Reduction Cumulative 8.0% 8.0% 3641 reduction -.1=- IME: IIIMI Reduction Strategy 3641 Xcel Conservation Target 20% 9123 9.5% 1.5% 4345 704 Energy conservation 2025 Goal 30% 13684 11.8% 2.3% 5400 1056 Building continual recommissioning (electric) 40% 18245 12.8% 1.0% 5835 435 Building continual recommissioning (Gas) 50% 22807 39.4% 26.6% 17970 12136 Negotiate renewable purchase 60% 27368 39.9% 0.5% 18182 _ 212 Vehicle efficiency goal 70% 31929 44.5% 4.6% 20294 2112 Building retrofit (Electric) 2050 Goal 80% 36491 50.5% 6.0% 23031 2738 Negotiate pass though renewable (wastewater) 90% 41052 50.8% 0.3% 23173 141 Fleet management / conservation AIL Chart 2 - Conceptual Wedge Diagram O to N en Ln N rn In N a en Ln N Cle-1 N NCO M m M en ▪ .1- cr dr .1 U) - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N Xcel Conservation Target n Energy conservation • Building continual recommissioning (electric) i Building continual recommissioning (Gas) • Negotiate renewable purchase • Vehicle efficiency goal LI Building retrofit (Electric) Li Negotiate pass though renewable (wastewater) • Fleet management / conservation Li Negotiate to fund biogenic efficiency project (wastewater) • Cogeneration Future Reductions PLAN (Remaining GHG) Net Zero Future Projects / Growth c) 00 Tonnes GHG DATE: February 23, 2016 TO: Partners in Energy Planning Team CC: Energy and Environment Commission FROM: Ross Bintner P.E. - Environmental Engineer RE: City of Edina Energy, Conservation and Sustainability Goal Summary This report provides a summary of energy, environment and sustainability goals to support the Partners in Energy planning initiative city operations focus area. This report is an update to a report initially produced in 2013 to support an Energy and Environment Commission (EEC) initiative to better integrate City environmental sustainability goals into City operations. Mission and Vision The mission of the City of Edina defines the foundation for the organization. The mission reflects the authorities and core services that are delegated to Cities in Minnesota including public safety, local transportation networks, clean water and public sanitation, and orderly land use. The mission specifically recognizes key roles of infrastructure systems, land redevelopment and public facilities in sustaining a high quality of life in the community. • Our mission is to provide effective and valued public services, maintain a sound public infrastructure, offer premier public facilities and guide the development and redevelopment of lands, all in a manner that sustains and improves the uncommonly high quality of life enjoyed by our residents and businesses The vision of the City of Edina was recently updated after extensive public involvement. Vision Edina defines how the organization and community at large sees itself and its approach and understanding of future challenges. • Edina holds a well-earned reputation as a city of choice. It is the model of a successful, mature, and progressive urban community, that strives to lead in a modern and evolving world. We maintain our heritage and attractiveness, and afford our residents the highest quality of life, while actively embracing our future. This vision also spells out five strategic focus areas; I) Inclusive and connected, 2) Built-to-scale development, 3) Sustainable environment, 4) A community of learning, 5) Future oriented. Strategic area four includes specific vision statements that speak from the future about sustainability including; • Edina has focused and invested in world-class citywide resource management systems, built around the leading principles of environmental sustainability. • We have substantially reduced our overall environmental impact and significantly increased our resource use efficiency. • Our planning has integrated the best-proven standards of sustainable building and environmental stewardship into all aspects of our city planning and building codes. • Our community continues to treasure and protect our public spaces and parks. We have enhanced our biodiversity and natural ecosystems, which in turn support and purify our natural environment. While the mission of the City of Edina can be accomplished without an emphasis on environmental sustainability, the vision of the Community includes the specific focus to implement the mission in a way that is future oriented, and environmentally sustainable. Comprehensive Plan, Goals and Policy A variety of city wide policy and plan speak to topics of conservation and sustainability. Specific City Council resolutions, City ordinance and the Comprehensive Plan were reviewed. The following list is intended to summarize types of energy, and environment topics, and specific goals articulated in each document relating to energy, conservation and sustainability. I. Resolution 2007-05 City Code Section 2-137 and formation of the EEC a. No specific goals set. 2. Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article 3, Division 3 (2-137) Energy and Environment Commission a. Chapter two, division I describes role of boards as providing advice to Council and investigate subjects of interest to the City. b. The Council, recognizing the need to support and advance environmental protection, conservation efforts including energy conservation, and waste reduction, and to improve thereby the overall welfare of the citizens of the City, does hereby establish the Energy and Environment Commission. c. Duties; The Commission shall: i. Examine and recommend best practices for energy conservation for Edina's citizens and businesses, including a "green" building code, use of Energy Star appliances, and other energy reduction targets. ii. Examine and recommend changes in City Government purchasing and operations to conserve energy. iii. Evaluate and monitor the provision of a residential recycling program. iv. Evaluate and monitor the provision of a privately provided solid waste program, as well as a reduction in municipal solid waste produced by Edina residents and businesses. v. Evaluate and encourage improvements in air and water quality. vi. Promote the establishment of targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the City's buildings, equipment and operations. vii. Educate the public about energy issues, reduction, conservation, reuse, recycling and environmental protection. viii. Examine and promote renewable energy options for transportation, heating, and cooling, and other energy uses. 3. Resolution 2007-20 Endorsing US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement a. Preamble contains mentions of IPCC study, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, climate change, adaptation, planning for natural disasters, and the Kyoto Protocol. b. RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors endorses the U.S Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. c. RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors will work in conjunction with ICLEI Local Governments for sustainability or other appropriate organization for track progress and implementation of the U.S. Mayors Climate Agreement. (The wording of the ordinance seems to simply proclaim the work of the US Mayor group) 4. Resolution 2007-119 Joining ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection Campaign a. Preamble assumes 2007-20 authorized city signing the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and that the City has committed to take a variety of actions including: i. Urging Federal policy and programs to meet Kyoto protocol goals ii. Promote land use and transportation policies that reduce GHG iii. Increase use of renewable energy and energy efficiency iv. Adopt purchasing and building construction and operations practices that reduce GHG v. Increase recycling rates and urban forest cover vi. Support education efforts to reduce GHG in the community b. RESOLVED, City will join ICLEI Cities Climate Protection Campaign and take a leadership role in reducing GHG in the community and promote public awareness about impacts of climate change. 5. 2008 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 10 Energy and Environment a. Section 10.1 Introduction and History: This section describes a history of environmental action in Edina and the formation of the EEC. b. Section 10.2 Climate Change and Global Warming: includes trends and challenges, background describing ICLEI and Mayor Climate Protection resolutions, and 2007 State GHG goal are included. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Conduct 2007 Baseline GHG emissions assessment (this effort was undertaken by the EEC, but the result is of little organizational value as a baseline due to the lack of data transparency and final report) ii. GHG reduction goal: 15% reduction by 2015, 25% reduction by 2025, 80% reduction by 2050 (the 2025 goal has been interpreted to be in error, as the reference standard is set at 30% by 2025.) iii. Develop a local action plan iv. Implement policies and measures in the local action plan v. Monitor and verify results of implementation c. Section 10.3 Energy: Describes environmental costs of current mix of energy generation, and states importance of developing local and renewable sources of electric power. Topics of biofuels and fuel use reduction are covered. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Lead by example in conserving energy and developing renewable energy for city buildings, fleets and operations. ii. Promote community and business energy conservation including policies or incentives for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and reduction in GHG iii. Adopt purchasing guidelines for Edina that include renewable energy sources such as wind sourced electric or bio fuels. iv. Promote educational programs to inform residents and businesses about energy v. Obtains grants for adoption of renewable energy sources and work to make these projects self-sustaining. d. Section 10.4 Solar Protection: Discusses potential for ordinances for solar protection and details 4 considerations and specific actions to develop further policy in this area. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Continue to enforce setback, building height, and lot coverage ordinance that can serve as protection to solar access ii. Consider access to solar when reviewing variance applications iii. Promote use of passive solar in building design iv. Establish policies to restrict development for the purpose of protection solar access e. Section 10.5 Residential Energy Consumption: The section details the three major components of residential energy use; electric, heat and transportation and discusses energy trends and the Energy Star label. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Inform residents on energy efficiency ii. Create incentives to reduce residential energy use iii. Promote LEED certification for new construction iv. Encourage green materials and tree planting to reduce heating and cooling needs v. Inform homebuilders and remodelers of energy efficiency f. 10.6 Commercial and Industrial Energy Consumption: This section discusses potential opportunity for efficiency in the commercial and industrial sector, as well as challenges. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Promote renewable energy )1U.rilli The CITY of EDINA Brief introduction to Public Works Equipment, process, tracking Water quality, safety, quality of life What we're doing Things we heard Discussion The CITY of EDINA Winter Road Maintenance: Balancing water quality, safety, and quality of life City of Edina, MN t IIIMiiiMEN Presented by Brian Olson at 2/1 1/1 6 EEC Televised Meeting From: Ross Bintner To: Ross Bintner Cc: Rebecca Foster Subject: FW: MPCA listening session Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 7:04:32 AM Attachments: imacie003.onq EEC Members, See attached from member Horan. Ross Bintner, PE, Environmental Engineer 952-903-5713 I Fax 952-826-0392 RBintner@EdinaMN.gov I www.EdinaMN.gov ...For Living, Learning, Raising Families & Doing Business From: michelle horan [mailto:mhoran00©gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 9:19 PM To: Ross Bintner Subject: MPCA listening session Ross, Below is some information about a listening session with the MPCA that might be something that EEC members might be interested in attending. Thanks, Michelle Horan The Pollution Control Agency has asked CM to help get the word out on a public listening session related to the new Solid Waste Policy Plan for the metro area. This listening session will set the stage for the issues to be addressed in the update to the long range policy plan which happens every five years or so. The plan will set objectives for recycling, waste reduction, and composting. The listening session details are: Thursday, March 3, 2016 5:30 — 7:30 pm The Wellstone Center, Room 271A, 179 Robie Street East, Saint Paul, MN 55107 Members of the public are encouraged to attend this meeting. RSVP not necessary. The meeting will provide attendees with the opportunity to share their ideas on how to: *reduce the amount and toxicity of garbage in the Twin Cities *recycle and compost more *recover energy from what isn't recycled *minimize negative environmental and human health impacts The early input provided at these public meetings is critical to developing an effective policy plan so we hope you will join us for the conversation. The MPCA staff is strongly encouraging citizens to attend this meeting. CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: VILA. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Correspondence From: Ross Bintner P.E. — Environmental Engineer Item Activity: Subject: Correspondence Information ACTION REQUESTED: No action required. INTRODUCTION: Attached are correspondence received or distributed since the last meeting. Correspondence related to Partner in Energy planning is included in reports and reccomendations section of agenda. ATTACHMENTS: Horan - MPCA Listening Session Invite Olson - 2/11 Presentation Materials Snow and Ice Bintner- 2/11 Presentation Envision Sustainable hifiustructure and Energy Planning DeLaForest - Organized Collection Irtfonnation Presentations: July 14, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: August 11, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: Jessica Wilson: WP7 Clean water outreach, changing environmental attitudes and behaviors. September 8, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: October 13, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: November 10, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: December 8, 2016 Meeting Cancel January 12, 2017 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: February 9, 2017 Meeting Item of focus: Election of Chair/Vice Presentations: Presentations: CITY OF EDINA MINNESOTA ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION March 2016 — February 2017 Term SUMMARY AND DRAFT SCHEDULE Item # WP1 Workplan Item Partners in Energy Planning Monthly Activity WP2 Energy and Greenhous Gas WP3 Energy Outreach WP4 Comprehensive Plan WP5 Solid Waste, Organics, Recycling WP6 April Forum / Public Education WP7 Water Outreach OR1 Green Purchasing OR2 Joint Meeting w/ Council OR3 Green Step Cities WP = work plan number. OR = ongoing responsibility number Advisory, Date MM/YY Acted on Not Acted Golf dome re-commissioning 10/12 X New facility carbon goals 10/13 X Urban forest task force 3/13 X Yorktown community garden pervious parking 4/13 X Water bottle sales 4/14 X EEEP transfer to SPPA 5/14 X Building energy system CIP 1/15 X Braemar capital improvements, 1/15 X CIP environmental considerations, 1/15 X Fleet operations task force, 1/15 X Grandview sustainability principles, 3/15 X Community solar joint purchase, 5/15 X Green Purchasing Policy Report, 2/16 March 10, 2016 Televised Meeting / EEC/CC Joint Workshop March 15 Item of focus: Welcome new members, Workplan and subcommittee assignments, OR2 prep, WP1 report, WP3 prep Presentations: April 14, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Cancel meeting / Conflict with April Forum Presentations: None May 12, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Sustainable Infrastructure / CIP / State of the Infrastructure, WP5 workgroup report Presentations: PiE Planning Team, CEE: WP1 Partners in Energy Final Report June 9, 2016 Item of focus: Council Comments: District Progress Report: Ongoing Responsibilities Annual Green Purchasing Report Annual joint meetings with City Council and City Manager Green Step Cities reporting Other Work Plan Ideas Considered for Current Year or Future Years Proposed Month for Joint Work Session (one time per year, up to 60 minutes): March Work plans proposed by the Boards and Commissions were reviewed at the December 1 work session. The following changes/comments were made and are reflected on this work plan: • Initiative 1— changed language as recommended by City Manager • Initiative 2 — changed language as recommended by City Manager • Initiative 3 — changed language as recommended by City Manager • Remove prior initiative 5 - EEC will hold a 90 minute working session with City Council • Initiative 5 —changed language as recommended by City Manager • Initiative 6 — changed language as recommended by City Manager • Initiative 7 — added initiative as recommended by City Manager • Ongoing Responsibilities — changed language as recommended by City Manager Approved by City Council on December 15, 2015 Initiative 7 Target Completion Date Liaison Comments • EI New Initiative q Continued Initiative q On-Going Initiative Budget Staff Support Required Required (To be completed by Staff Liaison) Engineering 8hrs Engineering 4hrs Engineering 4hrs Engineering 2hrs Water 1) Continue water drain education and stenciling efforts 2) Receive annual report from City staff on Edina water quality issues and activities 3) Continue winter salt education efforts 4) Actively monitor the activities of the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed Initiative 6 - - Target Completion Date Liaison Comments q New Initiative El Continued Initiative q On-Going Initiative Budget Staff Support Required Required (To be completed by Staff Liaison) El New Initiative q Continued Initiative El On-Going Initiative Budget Staff Support Required Required (To be completed by Staff Liaison) Target Completion Date itiative 5 Liaison Comments None None None or minimal Q3 2016 Q2 2016 Q4 2016 3. Work to create City staff driven processes for long-term ownership of sustainability measures and implementation of Chapter 10. Progress Report: Solid Waste, Organics and Recycling Management. 1. Research and Report on MPCA compost rule- making process and its impact on City operations 2. Research and Report on proposal to ban Styrofoam food packaging materials in Edina 3. Research and Report on the alternatives for reorganizing the manner in which solid waste is collected from single family homes in Edina. The reported total tons of recycling collected by the licensed haulers in Edina for 2014 was 2377 tons and for 2013 was 2044 tons. Numbers for 2015 are not yet in for the year Progress Report: Recycling Coordinator, 8hrs Recycling Coordinator, Unknown hours. Recycling Coordinator, Unknown hours. Public Education. 1. Plan and execute the annual ECC Community Education Event 1. 02 2016 2. Student members will create and execute a plan for 2016 student activities 2. Ongoing Progress Report: Staff time plus event costs None Communications Specialist, 40hrs Successful annual event held in 2015; film series held in 1 H 2015 but currently suspended Annual event has run about $1500-$2500 in past years. Approved by City Council on December 15, 2015 Initiative 3 q New Initiative El Continued Initiative q On-Going Initiative Support tangible efforts and projects in the community that promote the reduction of energy consumption and GHG. 1. Support the City's effort to create a Community Solar Garden at City's Public Works and Parks Maintenance Facility. 2. Support the City's effort to participate in the Metropolitan Council's proposed Community Solar Garden project. 3. Expand the City's subsidized Home Energy Squad (HES) installs for residents. City will fund 100 HES installs at a cost of not more than $5,000. Progress Report: City's CIP budget process. 4. City Fleet Environmental Audit. Receive a 4. Dec. Fleet Manager, 8hrs presentation from City staff concerning the City's vehicle fleet and how decisions are made that shape the size and nature of the fleet. Provide comments and ideas to staff regarding the City's fleet management practices. 2016 Progress Report: Initiative 4 El New Initiative q Continued Initiative q On-Going Initiative Work with City Staff to revise Chapter 10 of City Comprehensive Plan 1. Update Ch. 10 to reflect progress in City operations and City metrics since 2008 Plan was issued 2. Revise City sustainability goals (i) to align with state and city policies, (ii) establish interim goals for sectors (i.e. energy, transportation, waste/recycling, etc.), and (iii) establish and maintain quarterly or annual metrics that measure progress towards goals Target Budget Staff Support Required Liaison Comments :Completion ate Required (To be completed by Staff Liaison) Early 2016 TBD by City Engineering, 60hrs Mgr Early 2016 None Engineering, 24hrs Early 2016 $5000 Engineering, 2hrs (consultant) Target Budget Staff Support Required Liaison Comments Completion Required (To be completed by Staff Date Liaison TBD — depends upon City None Engineering, Planning, Public Works staff as needed Staff schedule for revision of City Comp Plan Approved by City Council on December 15, 2015 Budget Required Target Completion Date Liaison Comments q New Initiative (0 Continued Initiative q On-Going Initiative Staff Support Required (To be completed by Staff Liaison) Initiative 1 Liaison Comments [8] New Initiative q Continued Initiative q On-Going Initiative Target Budget Completion Required Date Staff Support Required (To be completed by Staff Liaison) 2016 None Environmental Engineer, 40hrs Assistant Finance Director, 20hrs City Manager 8hrs (Staff estimate for planning phase) City's Partners in Energy (PiE) initiative • Up to three EEC members will participate constructively in the City's Partners in Energy (PiE) initiative. These members will provide periodic updates to the EEC on the status of the action plan. • The EEC will review and comment on the draft Energy Action Plan before it is presented to the City Council. Progress Report: The Partners in Energy initiative was approved by Council. Additional Staff needs for implementation phase should be assessed by Council and Manager at the time of plan approval. Board/Commission: Energy and Environment Commission 2016 Annual Work Plan Proposal Support efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by City of Edina municipal government operations. 1. GHG Measurement. Create protocol, 1. April Staff time Unknown Staff, 20hrs methodology and metrics for measurement of 2016 the City's GHG production. Create baselines for GHG reduction goals for the City's buildings, fleet and utility operations. 2. Support efforts to reduce energy consumption 2. July 2016 Staff Time Public Works, 8hrs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the City of Edina 3. City Capital Process Environmental 3. April Staff Time Finance, 8hrs Considerations Initiative. Commission will 2016 research and develop options for City staff to more explicitly describe the GHG production of proposed capital improvements proposed for the Approved by City Council on December 15, 2015 CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: VLD. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Other From: Ross Bintner - Environmental Engineer Item Activity: Subject: 2016 Workplan / Workgroups Discussion ACTION REQUESTED: The Chair and Vice Chair will lead a discussion on how to organize the commission's work around the 2016 workplan. INTRODUCTION: Attachments include the workplan, workgroup list and term summary and schedule. ATTACHMENTS: 2016 EEC Workplan 2016 Tenn Sumoraly and Schedule Woficgroup List CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinanin. gov Date: March 10, 2016 To: Energy and Environment Commission From: Subject: Prepare for EEC/CC Joint Worksession on March 15 Agenda Item #: VI.C. Item Type: Report and Recommendation Item Activity: Discussion ACTION REQUES No action required. INTRODUCTION: Chair and Vice Chair will present the attached slides and report and ask for commission input. ...For Living, Learning, Raising Families & Doing Business http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=boards_energyandenvironment Energy Challenge: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=energyandenvironment_energychallenge Energy Events: http://edinamn.gov/incLex.php?section=energyandenvironment_energyevents Working Groups: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=energyandenvironment workinggroups Meetings: http://edinamn.gov/index.Dhp?section=energyandepvironment_meetings Ross Bintner, PE, Environmental Engineer 952-903-5713 I Fax 952-826-0392 RBintner(aEdinaMN.00v I www.EdinaMN.gov • ...For Living, Learning, Raising Families & Doing Business From: Ross Bintner Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 8:36 AM To: Ross Bintner Cc: Rebecca Foster Subject: Partners In Energy Update for EEC Members EEC Members, I wasn't able to attend your most recent meeting, so I thought I'd provide a Partners in Energy update: The first planning event was held on October 14, where members of the planning team introduced themselves, and spent a majority of the meeting reviewing baseline data, past and present conservation and sustainability initiatives, and started the process of defining an Energy Vision for the group. EEC Members on the planning team include Bill Sierks, Sarah Zarrin and Richard Manser. You can review handouts, meeting agenda, data and presentation slides at the following web address: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=partnersinenergy As the EEC is the center of gravity for Energy topics in the City, much of the information prepared for the first Partners in Energy meeting will be review for you. The next Partners in Energy meeting is coming in mid-December, and meetings are planned monthly. I'll provide an update of the next Partners in Energy event in December, and include information in your January meeting packet. Ross Bintner, PE, Environmental Engineer 952-903-5713 I Fax 952-826-0392 RBintner@EdinaMN.gov I www.EdinaMN.gov From: Ross Bintner Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 3:27 PM To: Ross Bintner Cc: Rebecca Foster Subject: Partners In Energy Update 2 EEC Members, Partners in Energy Update The City of Edina and Xcel Energy hosted the second planning meeting for Partners in Energy in mid- December. During the meeting the group heard presentations from Sarah Zarrin and Bill Sierks on the goals of the City and the work of the Energy and Environment Commission, from Michelle Swanson on Xcel and the business of power, and from Jenny Edwards, facilitator from the Center for Energy and the Environment. You can download review the presentations materials at the following web address: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=partnersinenergy Here were some key statistics that stuck me: • Xcel already uses 55% carbon free energy sources (Xcel Background Presentation) • Only 79 households in Edina choose to reduce or eliminate their carbon energy by subscribing to Windsource. (Slide 30) • 66% of total community use in commercial and industrial, of this percent the top 20 users make up 87% of the use. (Slide 17) • Top 20 C&I users use an average of 16.7 million kWh annually. • Residential makes up the remaining 34% of use, 6000-9000 kWh annual use is average for Xcel residential premise. More than 1/2 of Edina neighborhoods are "Above Average" (Slide 19) with top 20% of household use making up 45% and the top 40% of households making up nearly 70% of the use (slide 20) • Including all municipal accounts (yes, water and sanitary utilities too), the City of Edina uses 36 million kWh annually (slide 26) 6.16% of the total 2014 use and 9.3% of commercial and industrial sector use. So I'm guessing City of Edina is user number 2-4. After the review of data we finalized the group vision statement (slide 39) Now with all this great data and a vision to move, the facilitators had to struggle to keep everyone in big-picture "Topic Areas," when the team was ready to go to strategies and tactics — where the Partners in Energy will go in meetings 3 and 4! Look forward to an update at the January 14 EEC meeting. Website Input Needed In the new year, please resolve to provide input or updates on any of the many website pages relating to the Energy and Environment commission! Go Green Edina: htto://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=go __green edina Partners in Energy: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=partnersinenergy EEC Main Page: From: Ross Bintner Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 1:28 PM To: Ross Bintner Cc: Sarah Klauer (sklauer(amncee.orq) Subject: Partners In Energy Update 3 EEC Members, The third Partners in Energy meeting was held January 21st, here is your update! The meeting started with group members breaking the ice by sharing their personal energy use comparing it to the average annual 9,430kWh, or average monthly 786kWh number. The group then explored more data as follow up to the last meeting, notable presentation data included: • Slide 7, current plan to reduce carbon intensity of electric grid by 35% by 2025. • Slide 8, commercial trend of decreasing demand by 1.3 "City Hall equivalents" per year, and increasing residential demand by 1.0 "city hall equivalents" per year. Where a city hall equivalent is 1.4M kWh/yr. • Slide 14, the residential energy pie show that the 40% of users that with "above average" energy use, use nearly 70% of all residential energy. • Slide 16, Rich detail on the appx 675 Residential Windsource participants show Y2 subscribed to the minimum 100kWh block. Members were asked to nominate and prioritize focus areas, and then split up and proposed goals and possible implementation actions for each focus area. Three priority focus areas and goals that emerged were: • Residential Windsource: Double the usage and double the average amount of windsource in the next 18 month. • Schools and Service Learning: Contact school personnel, follow up on service learning and term projects. • Residential Information Campaign: 750 homes take action toward carbon reduction per year. Members left with homework assignments to detail what an 18 month implementation timeline would look like to achieve the goal for their priority area. You can download review the presentations materials at the following web address: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=partnersinenergy Ross Bintner, PE, Environmental Engineer '4 952-903-5713 I Fax 952-826-0392 RBintnernEdinaMN.aov I www.EdinaMN.gov ...For Living, Learning, Raising Families & Doing Business From: Ross Bintner To: Ross Bintner Cc: Rebecca Foster; 5arah Klauer (sklauer(amncee.org) Bcc: Carolyn Jackson; "Emily Student EEC"; Jeff Burmeister; "Keith Kostuch (kostuch.eecarnail.com)"; "Lauren Satterlee"; "Louise Waddick"; "Melissa Seeley"; Michelle Horan; "Richard Manser"; Sanat Mohantv; "Sarah Student EEC; Sarah Zarrin; Solvei Wilmot; "William Glahn"; Scott H. Neal; Chad Millner; Kevin Staunton (kstaunton13(aicloud.com) Subject: Partners In Energy Update 4 Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 9:10:53 AM Attachments: 6.0 1 160301 EEC 2015 GHG Footprint Analysis & Reduction Concept.odf 6.0 2 160223 2015 Enemy Conservation and Sustainability Goal Summarv.pdf 6.0 3 Regional Indicators Initiative Edina 150312.pdf Edina-Workshop 4-Notes.pdf imaae006.pnq jmaae007.pnq imaae008.priq jmaae009.png EEC Members, The fourth Partners in Energy meeting was held February 23rd, here is your update! See attached Workshop 4 notes that describe all the focus areas and next steps for the planning team and link below include all information presented at the meeting. At the meeting, the planning team discussed action strategies, goals and actions that will inform the first draft of the energy action plan. There is a lot of work ahead in March and April, as the plan goes from a rough draft to final. Here is the schedule: • March 10 EEC Meeting Presentation — Review goals, strategies and potential actions with Xcel, CEE, and EEC/PiE planning team members. • April 4 Partners in Energy planning meeting 5 — Produce draft of Energy Action Plan • May 12 Energy and Environment Commission meeting - Finalize and consider recommendation of Energy Action Plan • June 7 City Council. Consider approval of PiE Energy Action Plan and MoU with Xcel for implementation EEC planning team members need your help! Prepare yourself to provide input on next steps — attached is a sneak preview of a few items that will be in your March 10 EEC Packet on the city focus area, they include; 1. Concept level GHG analysis and reduction planning concept for city operations 2. Updated conservation and sustainability goal summery 3. Regional indicators planning example Also, download and review the presentations materials at the following web address: http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=partnersinenergy Meeting 4 is not immediately available, but website will be updated soon with the latest. Ross Bintner, PE, Environmental Engineer 952-903-5713 I Fax 952-826-0392 RBintner@EdinaMN.gov I www.EdinaMN.gov ...For Living, Learning, Raising Families & Doing Business 1r* 'El CITIES • Bemidji • Bloomington • Burnsville • Coon Rapids • Duluth • Eagan • Eden Prairie • Edina • Elk River • Falcon Heights • Hopkins • Kasson • Lake Brno • Maplewood • Minneapolis • Minnetonka • Oakdale • Richfield • Rochester • Rosemount • Shoreview • Saint Anthony • St. Cloud • St. Louis Park • St. Paul • White Bear Lake • Woodbury DATA SOURCES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES Anoka Municipal Utility CenterPoint Energy Connexus Energy Dakota Electric Association Duluth Comfort Systems Duluth Steam Cooperative Great River Energy Hennepin Energy Recovery Center Minnesota Energy Resources Minnesota Power Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative NRG Energy Olmsted County Waste to Energy Facility Rochester Public Utility St. Paul District Energy University of Minnesota (Southeast Steam) Western Lake Superior Sanitation District Xcel Energy PARTNERS LHB MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE oor7.4q- LioNii:Ohii;i1LNIAL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Duluth Port Authority Hennepin County Metropolitan Airports Commission Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Minnesota Department of Administration Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota Department of Transportation Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Rochester International Airport U.S. Energy Information Administration University of Minnesota OTHER Degree Days.net ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Urban Land Minnesota Institute Minnesota Pollution Control Agency GREAT PLAINS INSTITUTE U LI Better Energy. 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CARBON REDUCTION WEDGE DIAGRAM wee gnd footprint change vAhd tuthine 02; vace utilization green building standards 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 * interim net 01-10 emissions targets: 11,00 MTCDE by 2020;13,000 MTCDE by 2025;15,000 MTCDE by 2030 •••••••-- behavior d^ange lni '"'Yes batkprenure turbine Wed turbine 81 *lace • direct Oe 20,000 15,000 10,000 1,0 0 0 0 43ustats9 AS 3303I" 30,000 25,000 ail REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVF FIVE-YEAR PLAN • Undergo peer review • Develop automated online database to manage data • Collect and publish data for all metro area cities in time for use in comprehensive planning process • Develop tools to assist cities in comprehensive planning (i.e. summary of city data, wedge diagram template, workshops) • Expand program to be statewide, and incorporate into state's climate action plan • Continue to track annual data to measure progress toward goals figure PIaNYC 2030 Goals and Strategies to reduce GOG emissions by 302 below 2005 levels 18.21 Carleton College Climate Action Plan (2011) 2040 2005 2020 2025 2010 2015 2030 2035 tonnes CO,e 300,000 - 250,000 - 200,000 - 150,000 100,000 - ......... 50,000 - cal Efficiency Cal Decarbonization REDUCTION FROM 2005 LEVELS - BUSINESS-AS-USUAL -87% ..... TARGET 62% PLAN 6% - tik ))r1\111(`, Hit 1)11(..A r • SO WHAT? WEDGE DIAGRAMMING We are currently working with test cities to identify specific goals and select reduction strategies to commit to. The goal is to create a wedge diagram template for use by cities in sustainability planning. REDUCTION PLAN Commercial & Industrial Energy Energy Efficiency 28% Existing buildings 6% New buildings 20% Outdoor lighting 1% Water treatment and distribution m Energy Decarbonization 23% Decarbonization of grid 18% Decarbonization of on-site energy 5% Residential Energy Energy Efficiency 29% Existing buildings 4% New buildings 25% Energy Decarbonization 20% Decal bonization of gild 18% Decarbonization of omsite energy 2% Million tonnes CO2e 35 30 25 20 15 10 E .,IDICATORS INITIATIVE SO WHAT? TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM PRIMARY SOURCES PROJECTIONS 11 —RII DATA BUSINESS PS USUAL rAIRGETS (Ntkr GeNelt4rioN eNk-RGY 4CT) -4-- 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE • IP • 50 - 49 37 37 31 10 27 25 24.. 24 1 ro O O U MN AVERAGE, 28.9 US AVERAGE, 25.8 RII AVERAGE, 22.8 40 - 30 30 - >4 (a C C 0 C 0 0. C C Saint Louis Park Falcon Heights -C 3 aJ La 0 a) t4= c2 (CI C 173 0 0 CENTRAL/STAND- ALONE CITIES INNER-RING SUBURBS 18.3 25.8 C O C E o _c OUTER-RING SUBURBS 29.4 White Bear Lake Eden Prairie ro on LU Minnetonka C 3 0 E aJ O 0 0 O E VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED INCREASES AT GREATER DISTANCES FROM CENTRAL CITIES VMT/CAPITA/DAY - 2012 CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS BRITISH THERMAL UNITS GALLONS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED POUNDS 2012 2009 NN TOTAL VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, (VMT/capita/day) 2011 2008 2010 Iry ENERGY WATER TRAVEL WASTE GHG EMISSIONS /Val R. R. ff I444. 001 41'4.4. 5 5 g g 5 t y t § g (1.±Akf- OUTER-RING SUBURBS 0 4 0 0 4 / 4 0 4 1 1 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE WATER USE - 2008-2012 GALLONS/CAPITA/DAY COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL )r-a n-1 CENTRAL/STAND ALONE CITIES INNER-RING SUBURBS 4 41 103 106 RESIDENTIAL WATER USE GALLONS/CAPITA/DAY - 2012 125 - 100 - 75 - 50 - 25 - 0 91 48 69 US AVERAGE*, 98 MN AVERAGE*, 68 RII AVERAGE, 64 VV lib 47 I 48 48 35 37i *State and national data for 2005 from U.S. Geological Survey White Bear Lake C O on w Eden Prairie C C 0 a) C C F -o aJ .c U "c2 -C 4-1 C21 0 0_ a) C (CS N 4-, In a) _c 0 Saint Anthony Falcon Heights CENTRAL/STAND- ALONE CITIES INNER-RING SUBURBS OUTER-RING SUBURBS 80 70 60 50 42 45 42 40 36 32 33 30 29 20 1 II. 10 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 RESIDENTIAL WATER 300 250 245 224 228 240 214 213 200 172 150 100 50 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Ci Commercial/Industrial Residential --0--- RH Average 132 135 134 gallons/person/day 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 148 149 gallons/job/day gallons/household/day 126 107 .0.0" REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE irp 7-YEAR TRENDS EDINA - WATER USE TOTAL WATER COM. / IND. WATER REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE ENERGY WATER TRAVEL WASTE GHG EMISSIONS BRITISH THERMAL UNITS 20013 GALLONS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED POUNDS CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS I 2012 n 2,4." 2009 2011 TOTAL POTABLE WATER USE (gallons/capita/day) 2010 ,.ammumas RESIDENTIAL KBTU/CAPITA/DAY COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL L _r L 0 INNER-RING SUBURBS ~llt 1‘4.4tfol OUTER IRING SUBURBS 14114.04.“01 4 CENTRAUSTAND ALONE CITIES REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE ENERGY USE - 2008-2012 z 8 9 ;0, E g z 2, 2 , 'r z 0 ,T, 0 174 353 339 237 0- Saint Louis Park Saint Anthony 214 208 206 202 202 221 204 n 189 RII AVERAGE, 224 176 159 it Thr COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL ENERGY USE KBTU/JOB/DAY - 2012 White Bear Lake • 450 - 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 O C CENTRAL/STAND- ALONE CITIES 285 230 178 0 0 INNER-RING SUBURBS o a) C 3 C ata al awn .)..) -o Of) '5 W as O W 112 w n3 C 8 c 0 " E o -OC.-, o Uop 156 140 111 LiJ Falcon Heights O 0. 209 399 399 Eden Prairie Minnetonka • OUTER-RING SUBURBS • • 249 175 200 393 317 295 251 239 „A 233 189 209 202 202 193 148 357 277 284 293 296 263 246 200 - 150 - 100 50 0 400 350 300 250 Saint Louis Park cM CI. 0 Saint Anthony Falcon Heights RESIDENTIAL ENERGY USE KBTU/HOUSEHOLD/DAY - 2012 450 RH AVERAGE, 241 White Bear Lake ra L'' .,_. o E c 55. g -a in o 4-, E 0.1 ar C 0 ,:) N c 8 es .._1 cc o fa o_ 4,1 GJ = ▪ -C a -C 61 • C U U C c . In r. ce CENTRAL/STAND- ALONE CITIES INNER-RING SUBURBS 237 222 ar 3 c O 0 ra a) _ Ta •., OD 0. -0 on E na al .._ c Li..1 et AI c E ,5 o 0 _c O 0 v) 1....) cc) OUTER-RING SUBURBS 259 Eden Prairie 318 320 315 318 321 302 307 320 332 336 338 343 3 316 27 frs r/- 0 ••••*,. : 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Electricity Natural Gas -0- RII Average kBtu/household/day 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 kBtu/person/day 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE 7-YEAR TRENDS EDINA - WEATHER NORMALIZED ENERGY USE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 • Commercial/Industrial Residential -0- RII Average COM./IND. ENERGY ,%, 300 -0 0...„0........-o,.0.....-o........0_0 _o."- o 250 3 -, --.. 200 - 169 170 173 179 170 161 167 150 100 novs"-^ N.".", NA. ..N., in"? ,.."." ...," ..."" \e," 50 ".....s Nes" NA" 1"" vv. V," v'sho %AySo VW ."/S, ...," Nv1 'v.v.. 10,..% KA.. Vs", V%A., W. ••••••% W NA" NevS. .•••vi VW Vv.. ./••••., 0 i k."-A. k.A...... •.A....... i 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 El Electricity Q Natural Gas -0- RII Average RESIDENTIAL ENERGY Er w 20 0 GHG EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY g) 15 C C 0 C 10 0 5- 5 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 WEATHER NORMALIZED 0 150 ENERGY gill 140 2 130 0 120 110 100 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL ENERGY 150 140 130 120 110 100 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Millions MMBtu REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE 7-YEAR TRENDS TWENTY CITIES REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE TOT POUNDS CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BRITISH THERMAL UNITS GALLONS 2012 rS 2011 TOTAL ENERGY USE (kBtu/capita/day) 2010 ENERGY WATER TRAVEL WASTE GIG EMISSIONS $3,449 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE 7-YEAR TRENDS EDINA - COSTS o 4,500 111 0_45 4,000 • Edina's per capita costs are 20% higher than the RI I $3,921 average. $3,713 $3,736 $4,020 $3,745 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Energy Water Vehicle Travel n Waste • Wastewater —0-- RII Average • Vehicle travel is the largest contributor to costs (52%) N "WS HTIATIVE 7-YEAR TRENDS EDINA - WEATHER NORMALIZED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 20 18 17.8 17.2 16.2 16.1 16.3 16 15.3 15.3 ••• 14 12 Wow 10 8 6 4 2 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Energy Vehicle Travel III Waste Air Travel • Wastewater -Ci- RH Average tonnes CO2e/person Edina's per capita emissions is 11% higher than the RII average. This is primarily due to higher than average vehicle travel and residential energy use. Per capita emissions decreased 14% from 2007- 2013, due primarily to a steadily cleaner grid. Non-travel energy is the largest contributor to emissions (63%) REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE AIR TRAVEL WASTE 4 1% % WASTE WATER 1% ENERGY 69% VMT 50% ENERGY 44% WASTE WATER r 0% WASTE 6% VMT 25% COMMON METRICS BREAKDOWN OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - 2012 (22 cities) • RII follows the method outlined in the ICLEI Community Protocol • Many cities have done greenhouse gas inventories, but this is the first state-wide effort of this scale • For RII cities, energy is the largest contributor to emissions • RI l's primary metrics comprise over 90% of all in-boundary emissions • Other emission sources were also calculated, including air travel and wastewater 0 BREAKDOWN OF COST - 2012 (22 cities) • Includes retail cost of delivered energy, fuel costs for vehicle miles traveled, statewide average costs of solid waste management, and electricity and natural gas costs of producing and distributing potable water. • VMT is the largest contributor to cost WATER J 0% ((:)1N1)\ ENERGY (IN BTUS): electricity, natural gas, and district energy consumed citywide (subdivided into residential and corn rnercial/ind ustria l) WATER (IN GALLONS): potable water consumed citywide (subdivided into residential and commercial/industrial) TRAVEL (IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED): on-road distance traveled within city limits WASTE (IN POUNDS): citywide municipal solid waste managed via recycling, composting, combustion, and landfilling (prorated from countywide data) METRICS ADDITIONAL DATA DEMOGRAPHICS All data is reported both as a total as well as in units/capita. Residential data is reported in units/household, and Commercial/ Industrial data is reported in units/job COMMON METRICS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (IN TONNES CO2E): citywide greenhouse gas emissions associated with each of the four indicators COST (IN DOLLARS): cost estimates associated with each of the four indicators AREA City Area (sf) WEATHER Heating Degree Days Cooling Degree Days Precipitation (in) ANOKA WASHINGTON HENNEPIN •\ rn AWIL101,..4 ii , L.I'fj°"4 4.v.r.rtriaL,0 111.40,0 11,13411.011 1111 RAMSEY la r IK4Kwagit. ,IXAV,OW CARVER REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE PARTICIPATING CITIES • CENTRAUSTAND-ALONE CITIES (6) INNER-RING SUBURBS (7) OUTER-RING SUBURBS (14) SAW GIOIA SCOTT ........ .... .......... . .............. . ......... ....... ..................... The Regional Indicators Initiative participants include: of Minnesota's total population, of the seven county metropolitan area population, 1,745,441 PEOPLE 1,441,250 PEOPLE DAKOTA p,N) et Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. and Its partnels Minnesota GreenStep Citie BUILDINGS AND LIGHTING LAND USE TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REG °NAL. H'DIC,A:10R(:» i'',11-111A11VE BACKGROUND Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's GreenStep Cities Program: • Choose from 28 best practices • GreenStep Cities tracks which practices cities have adopted, but does not currently have a method of tracking the effectiveness of these strategies • GreenStep Cities Pilot Regional Indicators Initiative Pilot • Edina • Falcon Heights Saint Louis Park March 12, 2015 2010 REGIONAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE City of Edina Energy and Environment Commission Becky Alexander, LHB Inc. LHB An Inventory of Energy, Potable Water, Travel, Waste, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Twenty Seven Minnesota Cities from 2007 to 2013. c. Chapter 8 — Water Resource Management i. This section covers the three major utilities that provide clean water service to Edina; Sanitary Sewer, Domestic Water, and Storm Sewer. Descriptions of the capacity of trunk sewers indicate that total water and sanitary use are a critical factor in the ultimate development density of the City. The storm sewer services of clean surface water and flood protection are described in detail and reference the Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan, Nondegradation of Waters Report, local watershed plans, individual lake studies, and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. ii. Goals include; Eliminating inflow and infiltration of clean water into the sanitary system and protecting the health safety and welfare of citizens, modifying permitting and enforcement processes for construction activities, clean water education, providing clean, safe and high quality potable water, provide for sustainability of water supply through promotion of water conservation. iii. Policies include; Eliminating points of inflow and infiltration to the sanitary system, restricting discharge of clean water into the sanitary system, implementation of the various surface water and pollution prevention plans for clean water and flood protection and implementation of the Water Supply Plan to encourage a reduction in water demand. d. Chapter 9 — Parks Open Space, and Natural Resources i. This section details links to surface water quality and parks operations, the restoration of natural resources, links to community health, active living goals and recreation places and space opportunities and regional amenities and trail networks. A variety of natural areas are catalogued, and environmental trends listed. ii. This section includes a "Natural Resource Conservation and Management" part that details water resources and natural areas, and a "Wildlife Management Plan" that details habitat for birds and wildlife, and conservation and restoration of natural areas. iii. Natural resource and wildlife goals include; Establishing a natural resource conservation and management plan for restoration and protection of natural resources. Ensure development includes provisions for protection of shorelines, creeks and lakes. Identify a master landscape planting plan for all Edina parks. Conserve and replace Edina urban forest. Maintain existing wildlife sanctuaries. Continue to improve shoreline fishing opportunities. iv. Natural resource and wildlife policies include; conducting a natural resource inventory of prairies, woods, wetlands, establishing a natural resource conservation and management plan, managing deer, goose and beaver population, and provide fishing opportunities. 7. 2011-37 Joining Greenstep Cities a. No specific goals or policy set; implementation actions intended to help City meet its sustainability goals. Challenge, competition, recognitions and ideas-network functions served as well. b. Preamble describes GHG reduction goals in 2007 Next Generation Act goals. c. Appoints the EEC to serve as the GreenStep coordinator. While detailed plan and policy information exists in the Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan, and the Parks Strategic plan about water and natural resource environmental service, these topics were only covered to the level of the comprehensive plan in the "related chapters" section. Attachments: Link to prior Vision and Strategic Plan Link prior Vision Edina Link to Comprehensive Plan Copy of prior summary memo includes Resolution 2007-20, Resolution 2007-119, and Resolution 2011-37 Link to Section (2-137) Energy and Environment Commission g. 10.7 City Energy Consumption: Describes the ability of the city to play a leadership role by reducing its own energy in buildings (56%), water and sanitary operations (33%), Fleet (5%), Street lights (2%) and employee commute (4%). This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Create benchmarks for current energy use in all public facilities and reduce to GHG reduction goal. ii. Establish policy for annual build energy use report and goals for reduction. h. Section 10.8 Waste: This section discusses the history of recycling in Edina, and describes the state of the industry and an increasing amount of waste generated. Trends in waste types and options for handling are discussed such as sources separated organic composting and electronic waste. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Continue to operate a household recycling program encouraging reduction, reuse and recycling ii. Encourage backyard home composting of organic material iii. Support citywide collection of source separate organics iv. Encourage businesses to participate in MN chamber waste wise program v. Encourage proper disposal of household hazardous waste vi. Educate consumers to buy green vii. Recommend changes to City purchasing policy viii. Expand range of plastics that can be recycled ix. Encourage greater recycling among businesses x. Identify an Edina site that would produce renewable energy from City waste, such as an anaerobic digester. i. Section 10.10.1 Air: This section describes coal burning and automobile traffic as major causes of impairment to generally good air quality and also details potential indoor air quality issues. This section includes the following goals and policies: i. Cooperate with statewide and regional air quality efforts ii. Encourage mechanical ventilation systems in new homes iii. Provide incentives for building practices that improve indoor air quality iv. Encourage tree planting to reduce noise and absorb carbon v. Consider vehicle idling ordinance, and promote 'no idling' near school and public parking lots vi. Promote the use of renewable energy sources to reduce coal particulate in regional air 6. 2008 Comprehensive Plan — Related Chapters a. Chapter 4 — Land Use i. Chapter 4.2 details natural features, landforms, water resources around which the built- environment is situated. The land use example of Southdale explains a context of using a massive heat pump, the largest in the world at the time, to "make our own weather at Southdale." ii. Chapter 4.3 details issues around zoning, mixed uses, and connectivity of transportation networks. iii. Chapter 4.4 includes goals to increase pedestrian and bicycling opportunities and connects, and reduce dependence on the car, as well incorporating principles of sustainability and energy conservation into all aspects of design, construction, renovation, and long-term operation of new and existing development. This chapter also talks about the fundamental link between land use and transportation. b. Chapter 7 — Transportation i. Goals include; Minimizing the impacts of the transportation system on Edina's , reducing the overall dependence on and use of single-occupant vehicles, Provide multiple travel options for transit users, pedestrians, bicyclists, and rideshare users, managing parking and encourage join and shared use of facilities, ride share, bicycle parking, and increased transit use, and providing efficient movement of goods. ii. Policies include; Use economic and environmentally sound management techniques for snow and ice removal, a variety of pedestrian and bicycle recommendations. je\l 1/4 Vorth America High-speed air and rail North America Pacific OECD Western Europa — Eastern Europe — Former Soviet Liman Centrally Planned Asia — Latin America — M. East, NIMEnt Africa Other Pacific Asia • • Sub-Coltman Africa — Scan Asia j...North America 100,000 Percent of total travel for each mode 100 80 - 70 - 60 - 50 - 40 - 30 - 20 - 10- PrNife; 90 - ••• "."6. s 4 Public "i• transportation Light-duty vehicles 0 100 1,000 10,000 Kilometers traveled per person 1,00( What are we willing to do? The CITY of EDINA "Is constraint or opportunity the mother of invention? It can surely no longer be 'necessity:" • Municipal / Community / National / International Scope? • If increasing QOL and associated utilization of services is desirable and inexorable, how do we change footprint? • Do we know how people will utilize utility systems before we design? www.EdinaMN.gov Image: Transport in a Climate-Constrained World — Shafer et al MIT 9 Print lo. save ac PDF Category www.EdinaMN.gov http://coolclimate.berkeley.edukalculator / http://www.footprintnetwork.org/ 8 What are you willing to do? • Household budget • Food system, transport systems, education systems, housing and shelter, heat & energy systems, communications systems, arts & culture, leisure & travel • How each affected my QOL? • How does each affect my water, land and energy footprint? Tons Saved zne20-.2e,4yr Dollars Saved Upfront Cost 23.29 • ._....... $0 $466 8.95 80 $179 10.92 SO 8216 4.67 $0 847 4.68 $711 $16017 4.4 $1116 $15000 1.66 8604 .817000 1.12 1360 12000 • :.-. ... 1.12 $360 $16000 0.9 $213 SO ------ 0.85 $362 $O 0.72 8454 $0 $221 so 0.56 $128 so 0.44 $71 SO 0.42 $17 $0 0.39 $121 $0 0.36 1100 $30 - - - 0.36 $67 $O I Pledge ' Offset Shopping Footprint 1 ._ ____ , I Pledge Offset Housing Footprint I Pledge Offset Transportation Footprint LPIecicie Purchase Green Electricity i i Pledge Install PV Panels Pledge Buy an Electric Vehicle I—Pledge Maintain My Vehicles Pledge Turn Down Thermostat In Winter Pledge Power Management of Computers Pledge Reduce Your Waste Fledge Buy an Alternative Fuel Vehicle I. Pledge Buy a More Efficient Vehicle Pledge Buy a Hybrid Vehicle I Pledge Practice Eco-DrIving ! Pledge Carpool to Work I i Pledge Telecommute to Work Pledge Ride my /Ike Pledge Install Low Flow Showerheads _ - - - - - - - - - Pledge Line-dry Clothing 1977, WE GALL IT A "WILDLIFE PIzESEVNE'l KEEPS IN THE GIRAFFES AND THE LIONS AND THE ELEPHANTS AND . . WE LALL IT A "re.Nce-1 Kee95 our THE GIRAFFES AND THE LIONS AND THE ELEPHANTS AND THE ... What has infrastructure done for the The CITY of planet? EDINA Environmental Inputs: Land, Air, Water, Materials What is the footprint? How do they vary spatially? Local/Regional/Global? www.EdinaMN.gov Image: "The Fence" — Daniel Quinn 2002 7 Abscesses Aneurism Apoplexy Burns or Scalds Cancer - Casuslties - Childbed - Cholera Morbus Colic Consumption - Convulsions • Cramp in the stomach Croup . Debility • Decay • Diarrhea - Drinking cold water Dropsy in the head Drowned Dtsentery Dispcpsia or Indigestion Fever, bilious - - pulmonic — inflammatory putrid - typhus • Flux infantile - Gout Hoemorrbage 1811 Cause of Death Records -1 13 6 5 . 15 14 - 6 2 221 36 - 2 • 28 20 - 15 2 - 21 23 - 13 14 - 15 7 - 46 24 • 33 57 3 4 BOSTON MAIN 'DRAINAGE MAIN AND BRANCH —.INTERCEPTING. SEWERS ACCONNIC.I0 ET Tlit SEWERAGE COMMISSION. 1E175. • _ ic , tt 'Ce noon VC 1875 Sewer Plan Boifdri, Sewerhistory.org Bold = Core Municipal Services What has infrastructure done for us? The Dr.srgs preceding were caused by Diseases and Casualties as follows, viz. The CITY of EDINA Sanitation Drainage Shelter Mobility Communication Energy Hernia, or Rupture . 40 Jaundice - . 10 Inflammation of the bowels - of the stomach Killed by lightning - - 1 Ipsanity 1 Intemperance 2 Locked jaw 2 Mortification 11 Old Age - 26 Palsy - 12 Pieurisy • 8 Quinsy - 15 Rheumatism Rupture of blood vessels - 1 Small•PGx,(st Rainsfoni's Island)2 Sore throat . 1 . . 2 - '49 Boston, Sewerhistory.org Spasms - Stillborn . - Suicide - - - 1 Sudden death - . 25 Syphilis - . 12 Teething - - - 1S Worms - . - 11 Whooping Cough . 14 White swelling - - 2 Diseases not mentioned • 48 Total, 942 www.EdinaMN.gov 6 What has infrastructure done for me? This is the hardware of modern life... • Private Property Buildings, Housing • Municipal Infrastructure Public Safety Mobility &Transportation Sanitation & Clean Water • Private Utilities Communication Power t1:174: Heat Image: University of Rhode Island — Nextlab The CITY of EDINA TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE SYSTEMS ENERGY GRID , --f-41011 -11 :)TRUCTURAL I IEAI.TH www.EdinaMN.gov 5 The world according to one engineer Quality of life is.. Sustainability is... • Public heath, safety and welfare are fundamental to engineers. • Services provided by engineers include the creation and operation of public and private infrastructure. • These infrastructure provide core services and are dependent on environmental inputs. The CITY of EDINA Personal, collective & complicated Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly, the services provided by engineers require honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity and must be dedicated to the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. — Portion of Preamble, NSPE Code of Ethics www.EdinaMN.gov 4 Sustainability Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. t, Balance of social, economic and ecological needs. The CITY of EDINA "The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around." —Gaylord Nelson "What use is a sawmill without a forest?" -Herman Daly Outline The CITY of EDINA I. Introduction - sustainability? 2. Introduction - the world according to one engineer 3. What has infrastructure done for me? 4. What has infrastructure done for us? 5. What has infrastructure done for the planet? 6. How do I use infrastructure and what am I willing to do? 7. How do we use infrastructure and what are we willing to do? 8. Recommendations / Next Steps / Partners in Energy Planning www.EdinaMN.gov 2 The CITY of EDINA Sustainable Infrastructure & Partners in Energy Planning 20 15 Engineering Staff Presentation 2/8/ 16 Energy & Environment Presentation 2/ I 1 / 1 6 CLEAN STREETS CLEAN_WATER EDI NA WORKI NG TOWARDS A FUTURE OF SAFE STREETS AND CLEANERWATER The CITY of EDINA The CITY of We'd like to hear from you EDINA ® We're listening • Assessing equipment and conducting training for the 50th & France, Senior Center, and Library sidewalk areas. O Improving process for submitting service requests to sweep-up salt through the Edina To Go app. • Re-certification for the team and extending the invitation to winter maintenance professionals outside our organization. How can we improve our service? Safe Lane experiment at PW facility The CITY of EDINA The CITY of EDINA In the most recent Quality of Life survey, the City of Edina ranked No.1 of all Minnesota municipalities in snow plowing! www.EdinaMN.gov 24 Things we're doing ► Shift from granular products to liquid products • Brine system upgrades (blending cabinet for the brine system) ► Improved physical snow and ice removal 'All-out' strategy, all hands on deck On-call drivers ► Snow and ice pavement bond prevention • Anti-icing and pre-wetting • Piloting Safe Lane anti-icing pavement overlay products at Public Works entrance , installed October 2015 ► Strategies to reduce salt waste Equipment upgrades to deliver lower application rates while maintaining effectiveness Choosing temperature appropriate material Annual calibration of equipment Covered salt storage Narrowing streets under the Living Streets policy ► Training for maintenance professionals • Winter Road Maintenance Workshop in Edina, February 17 • Level 1 - Snow and Ice Control Best Practices Certification Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance Workshop (4 + Park) Fall Maintenance Expo Annual Road Salt Symposium • Annual Snow Day ► Education and outreach for residents and private enterprises • Continued partnership with Watershed Districts • Responding to requests for salt clean-up The CITY of EDINA EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION RATE CHARTS USED IN MN The CITY of EDINA Temperature Maintenance Action Spinner Speed Satt % Pounds Per Lane Mile 30 Light sleet light rain, or light snowfall stopped. low 100% 100 to 200 Light freezing rain or light snow continuing. 150 to 300 25 Heavy freezing rain, sleet, or snowfall continuing. low 100% 200 to 400 Light snowfall continues at yr to 1/4" per hour. low 100% 150 to 300 20 Heavy snowfall, repeat salting at lower rate. low 100% 200 to 350 Light snow falling at trace to 1/4' accumulation. 150 to 300 15 Light snowfall continues at 1/8' to 1/4' per hour. low 100% 200 to 300 Heavy snowfall, repeat salting at lower rate. off BO% 10 Snow stopped and sun Is going to come out. low 100% 200 to 300 Light snowfall continuing or sun is going to come out. - 60% 200 to 300 5 to 10 Light snowfall continuing or sun is going to come out. low 70% 150 to 300 Light snowfall at trace to 1/4' accumulation. 25% 200 to 400 0 to -15 Light snowfall at trace to 1/4' accumulation low 25% 400 to 600 Light snowfall at trace to 1/4" accumulation. 0 to -15 Snow stopped and roads have hard pack. off 25% 400 to 600 Snow stopped and roads have hard pack. 'Concentrate sett with low sinner speed 'Hales are per lane Use a higher % of sand in cold temps or use 200 to 400 His treated sal below 15 temp Rates are for units with salt settings of 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 000. Deicing Application Kate litlItlerl ones 29' of pavamonl (tYTiOaltwo•lano rood) J r These rates are not fixed values, but rather the low and of a range to ha selected end adjusted by en agency according to its local conditions end oxperience. Lba/ two-lana mile Pavement Weather Maintenance Salt Salt Dry Salt. Winter Send Tersq.. r i'n and Trend Condition Actions Prowerted/ Pretreated With Salt PreWarted/ Pretreated With Other (abrasives) Brine Blends :309 t Snow Flow. awl onternlysections 80 oco.r. ,,,ilat 70 100' Not recommended Fro. rein Apply chemical 80 - 180 70- 140 100L-200 Not recommended 309 L snow [jowl& 001,1Y animal 80 - 100 711 -• 140 100 - 200' Not recommended Frz. rain Apply chemical 1.10- 200 130 - 180 180 -240' Not rixommended 25 . 30' t Snow Plow & apply chemical 120 - 160 100 - 140 150 - 200' Not recommended Frt. rain Apply chornical 150 - 200 130 -180 180 - 24114 Nut MCornmendeci 2.5 . 30- 1 Snow Plow & ripply 120 - 160 100-140 150-700' Not Frz. rain AnneTylcc'hol micai ISO- 240 140-210 200 - 300' zrmendad 20 - 25' t Snow or frz. rain MOW & apply chemical 160 - 240 140 - 210 200 - 300' 400 20 . 25.1 Snow fcr Nopply 200 - 28D 175 - 250 250 -- 360' Not nde d zrn- Frz. rein Apr; chemical 240-320 210 - 280 309-440 15 - 20. j Snow Plow & apply chemical 200 - 280 175 -250 250 - 350' Not recommended Frt. rain Apply channel 240 -320 210 - 280 300 - 406' 400 10 - 20. i p:Itiwniiii,r Ic=rgemly 240 - 320 210-280 300-400' GOO for frt. rain 0 to 15' T.1. Snow Plow. treat Not , 300- 400 Not 500 -750 spot with blends, sand hazardous WOOS recommooded recominandod treat as needed <0' Snow Plow. treat Not 400 - 600" Not 500 -750 spot with blond.s, d"'. 'a... tecommanded recommended treat as flooded :Is 'Dry sell in t of recommended. It Ls likely to blow off the road Were it melts ice. • "A blend of 6 - 8 gel/ton MgC1, or cem added to NaCl ottoman ice as low as -10'. www.EdinaMN.gov 22 Other challenges The CITY of EDINA ► Each event is unique - must be adaptive ► Equipment and workforce (CIP process) ► Managing expectations ► Private applicators 0 The Nine Mile Creek Chloride TMDL report estimates that the relative contribution for commercial and packaged deicer (private application sources) in the watershed was 38% of the total amount of road salt applied. Safety The CITY of EDINA ► Safety is a real concern from City standpoint ► City staff responds to requests for Slippery spots which generally results in additional chemical (PD, FD, residents). ► Higher risk for specific audiences (senior center and library) Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Chloride Management Plan DRAFT My 2015 c..1 Ayr nay wg4w11-CEff The CITY of EDINA Chloride Management Plan ► Metro-wide plan. ► Authored by the MPCA. ► DRAFT July 2015, final in progress. Water Quality The CITY of EDINA ® Nine Mile Creek is on the federal 303(d) List of Impaired Waters for chloride pollution. The City of Edina has a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). What does that mean? - The City of Edina is required, under the Clean Water Act, to commit to activities to reduce chloride pollution. - With each permit cycle, the City identifies Best Management Practices (BMPs) and a timeline for implementation. . The City reports progress on these milestones annually to the MPCA. The CITY of EDINA Quality of Life Salt Use and Snowfall Totals 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 80000 70000 - 60000 - 50000 40000 30000 - 20000 - 10000 0 Granular salt applied (lbs) (suop6) uopnpoid aupq 1IeS M Granular • Brine 13-14 14-15 Winter year Trends The CITY of EDINA ► Too early to tell ► Winter events are dynamic - varied in mix, severity, and duration ► Collecting. baseline data now "Twin Cities Metro Area receives about 54 inches of snow annually. Total Total Granular Granular Granular . „,, SALT ei Engine Distance Distance ,„ , atill Nth' (Actual (Combined (I Operator(s) Hours Traveled Spreading (Actual lbs) Ibs) IN I oll) (ml) Asset 25.326 Unknown 06:33 48.24 23.77 18188 1910 18188 25.335 Unknown 08:08 46.08 22.12 9191 9191 23.343 Unknown 03:16 39.28 28.41 18489 18489 25.344 Unknown 09:36 66.44 19 5147 5147 25.351 Unknown 06:06 75.07 28.34 18623 18623 Precise AVL system The CITY of EDINA Along with mapping capabilities, this system also gives us some information on salt usage. This snippet is from a storm on Jan. 8th, 2016. The program can give the City information on what was used for salt on that day. And how we can use that data to teach each employee to regulate salt usage, and be more conscise on what that operator is putting down in the storm. 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MI u , , et. o o .., -,cdi, St3a aliU5° c'.3 rm—ra 1 t, 10 o p• P It `....' 0 • • 0111 i ' • 4 i 1Cisi I Salt Brine System The CITY of EDINA CITY OF EDINA BRINE APPLICATORS The CITY of EDINA ► ANTI-ICING TANKS (HOOK TRUCKS, MAIN LIQUID EQUIPMENT FOR APPLYING BRINE) ► ANTI-ICING TRUCK (PARKING LOTS, PATHS AND SIDEWALKS) EDINA PLOW EQUIPMENT AND ANTI-ICING EQUIPMENT The CITY of EDINA SALT STORAGE The CITY of EDINA The CITY of Salt EDINA 1, Includes; • Salt brine: liquid • Granular salt • Liquid calcium chloride • Mag Chloride • Blends of both ► Used for deicing and anti-icing of City infrastructure • roads, sidewalks, and parking lots ► The City does not do winter maintenance for; • private enterprises ▪ Schools • County/State roads and highways The CITY of EDINA EAST SIDE CORRIDOR (3 MACHINES) I. ,l:_, ,. \7-1- -,.. - - i ,-. ..4r.'11L-.• I_ •• :, cfiri-----7-r ' • \ :', 1: I WEST SIDE CORRIDOR (2 MACHINES) CITY OF EDINA SIDEWALKS The CITY of EDINA PLOW EQUIPMENT The CITY of EDINA '‘ City of Edina Snow Plow Routes IRO 111 81.7 1116 St 141" a. PLOW ROUTES The city is divided up into plow routes. All different trucks and loaders. This does not include sidewalks, parks, and ramps which we also maintain. Equipment The CITY of EDINA ► The City of Edina's Public Works Department plows 230 centerline miles of roads, 55 miles of sidewalks. ► Uses an average of 3200 tons of salt annually. ► During a typical snow event, the City utilizes the following; - 25 plow trucks - 4 loaders, 5 sidewalk plows, 3 brine trucks for pre-treating - This is only the Street Dept. Park Dept. also has a fleet of snow fighting equipment, along with other entities within the City. Public Works Divisions The CITY of EDINA ► Utilities (18 Wells, 34 Lift Stations) ► Concrete Streets ► Asphalt Streets ► Park Maintenance (40+ parks, 45 fields, 12 rinks, trails and paths etc.) ► Facilities ($1 50M building support, signals) ► Equipment Operations ($8M vehicles) n Electricity (kWh) 1 n Natural gas (therms) 2 rs Sewer/Water 3 n Liquid fuels 4, 5 n Solid waste management 7 Personnel (FTE) n Professional Services NI Communications Services Materials n Goods / Services n Equipment & Gov't CapX Enterprise CapX % of Budget % of GHG % GHG / % Budget Recommendations — Municipal The CITY of EDINA Chart 1: City of Edina / Rough Greenhouse Gas Estimate By Major Category of Expense Energy Planning, B3, Regional Indicators • Water: MPCA, Watersheds, DNR, City (CWRMP, Living Streets) • Materials? MPCA, Hennepin County Land? Parks master plan, Comprehensive Plan Planning and Tracking 100% • Air: Partners in 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% www.EdinaMN.gov http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/business-calculator / City of Edina, Partners in Energy Planning 10 Wors Degrading Sacrificing Exploiting Improving Recommendations — Systems Intersect • Baseline, goal and scope of measurement matter • Where does QOL core services and sustainability intersect? • What policy and sustainable pathway tools exist? • How do we make tradeoffs between QOL and Footprint? • EEC Homework: How are QOL and Footprint described in the Edina mission and vision? The CITY of EDINA www.EdinaMN.gov Image: ENVISION V2.0 — Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Pathway Next Steps • Broaden the conversation • Focus on the possible - find ways to improve QOL and reduce footprint. • Decision points are where trade-offs happen • Support creation of meaningful QOL and footprint metrics • Truly sustainable choices often do not exist. Find ways to strengthen pathways The CITY of EDINA Table 2: Footprint, Indicators, Tools and Policies for SustainnbiliinnIajor Cotagoties o _______ , ,,_,,,, Major Categories Notable Services Notable Footprints Municipal Citywide Indicators Organization Policy /Tools Policy / Tools Electricity (kWh) 1 Utilities. Palk Enterprises GHG. Laud B3. Xcel Comprehensive Plan Natural gas (therms) 2 Park and Government GHG B3, Canterpoint Comprehensive Plan Sewer/Water 3 Sanitary Utility / MCES Water. 0110 RU. B3 Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive Plan CWIIMP Liquid fuels 4. 5 Fleet. Transportation 0110. Land RII. City Fleet Report Comprehensive Plan Solid waste management 7 Consumption Based i SimpalE7Proturement Personnel (FTE) Contracted recycling Land Solid Waste Public Safety / Pathnays Professional Services Communications Services Materials Transportation 0110. Land Proctueinent Policy Goods / Services Procurement Policy Equipment & Gov't CapX Park. Fleet Envision Score Envision. Living Streets Envision. Living Streets Enterprise CapX Utilities. Importation LEED. Envision LEED. Envision LEED. EllViii011 Recommendations — Policy and www.EdinaMN.gov City of Edina, Partners in Energy Planning 12 W6 GALL IT A "FENCE"! KEEPS OUT THE (ARAMS AND THE LIONS AND THE ELEPHANTS AND THE .. I. • vicscKvel Ite WE E.ALLITA;Ws IN THE ILDLIFC (+ULM:FES AND THE LIONS AND THE ELEPHANTS AND . Sustainable Infrastructure - Questions Ross Bintner RE.— Environmental Engineer P: 952-903-5713 E: rbintner@EdinaMN.gov The CITY of EDINA www.EdinaMN.gov Image: "The Fence" — Daniel Quinn 2002 13 Range of project owner sustainable development goals Set a new benchmark for sustainable performance Do what is currently achievable Apply conventional — Achieve Compliance IMING59597,1466225111 The CITY of EDINA High Sustainability goal (ideal) Varies based on new evidence, technological developments Advances through innovation and risk taking with new processes, systems and technologies Advances through the application of best-in-class processes, systems and technologies Current state-of-the-practice Varies based on laws, regulations Range of project owner implementation choices Low 14 www.EdinaMN.gov Image: ENVISION V2.0 — Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Core Services Sanitation and Public Health Service, System or Infrastructure Sanitary Conveyance Sanitary Treatment Domestic Water Production Domestic Water Distribution ....... Cross Organizational Services Administration IP Finance --- --... Human Resources Communications and Technology Policy and Governance System or Service Delivery Needs Land / Physical Space Buildings Equipment Personnel Natural Resource Services 111- Air Energy Landuse Water Material and Wastes Transportation and Mobility Roads / Parking Freight Rail Transit Trails/Walkways Police Fire Building code Fields and Parks Sport Arts and Culture Planning and Zoning Economic Development Schools Public Safety Recreation, Leisure, Cultural Orderly Land Use / Economic Development Education / Public Involvement tiajfort5t Con5utting, February 12, 2016 Edina Energy and Environment Commission 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424 Honorable Members of the Energy and Environment Commission, I write today to offer both my observations on the "organized collection" of waste disposal and my attendance at a future meeting, if desired. I have long experience in dealing with the issue as a legislator, executive branch official in state government, and as a lobbyist. I have been involved in some fashion with nearly every organized collection issue of the past five years (e.g. Maplewood, Brooklyn Park, Mounds View, Saint Anthony, Bloomington, Golden Valley, Roseville, Shoreview, Anoka, Fridley, Lexington, Sank Rapids). I also helped craft the most recent amendments to the organized collection statute. While I wouldn't argue that organized collection is wholly without merit, I do believe that the benefits have been greatly overstated, often by consultants who make a living convincing cities to transition to organized collection, often with their high-priced assistance. In Bloomington, organized collection consultants have billed the city many hundreds of thousands of dollars thus far. Regarding organized collection, the debate often centers on the issues of road wear and tear, price, and traffic/safety. The reinainder of this letter addresses those issues while adding commentary on a couple of related issues. ROAD DAMAGE Garbage trucks have become a popular scapegoat to explain away road damage complaints raised by citizens. More often than not, the blame is misplaced. Road damage is due to factors such as weather, soil, and the excessive driving of vehicles that are beyond the weight limit rating of a particular road. But it is environmental factors, weather and soil, that are the primary factors that determine road life expectancy on local use roads in Minnesota, not vehicle use. Far too often, the freeze-thaw cycle of Minnesota weather, road construction quality, base materials, drainage, and maintenance is overlooked. URS, Inc. working for the City of Arden Hills, stated, "Environmental factors are generally responsible for the majority of pavement wear and deterioration for Arden Hills streets." University of Minnesota / Department of Civil Engineering, in a report dated March 2005, conunenting on a study in the City of Crystal, stated, "Spring Load Restriction policy produces no benefit to the road owners in the City of Crystal, as it does not extend the life of the pavement within its normal lifetime. The roads would fail for other reasons before they would fail due to excessive loadings in the springtime." The Roseville City Engineer, in an April 15, 2015 report to the city council, discussed accelerated deterioration of the top layer of street pavement. The technical term is called delamination. Staff stated that many other cities in the metro area and around Minnesota have been experiencing this issue. The cause, according to MnDOT researchers, is related to poor field construction methods. Nothing in their report even hinted that garbage 1 763-439-1 1 78 chris@delaforestconsulting.com / www.delaforestconsulting.com 15806 Linnet Street NW, Andover, MN 55304 trucks were the cause. The City of Fridley ran their road statistics through a mathematical formula and proclaimed that a few garbage trucks traveling down city streets one day a week reduced road life by approximately 20%. A closer examination of the data though revealed that many of the city's streets were built on thin base material that is up to 8 inches less than today's industry standards. In addition, the report provided no indication that the city's data had been verified though field inspection and it could not be confirmed that any normal maintenance was factored into the calculation. Also there was no analysis as to whether the city had maintained an adequate road maintenance program throughout the lifecycle of their local road system. The Fridley report as written also appeared to contemplate the removal of all garbage trucks from'city streets in order to see a reduction in road damage. Unless the city plans to require all residents to personally haul their own trash, recycling, and yard waste to appropriate disposal sites, no solid waste plan would ever contemplate the removal of all trucks. As the numbers of trucks are reduced through government managed collection, the preferred scenario of multiple trucks with lighter loads is replaced with fewer trucks with heavier loads. In the City of Lexington, in October 2014, Mayor Mark Kurth responded to citizens who claimed that garbage trucks were destroying city roads. He said, "I served on the citizens committee for whether or not the city was going to make a decision concerning (organized) solid waste. I was against it, and I still am against it. It turned out, the people say that the garbage trucks destroy the roads. I looked at how old the roads were and every single road in Lexington, all of those roads were lasting 30 years. And that was with all the garbage trucks driving on it. That was with deferred maintenance. So overall our roads are lasting as long as they need to..." ROAD SAVINGS Many claims have been made about there being a significant cost savings on road maintenance if a handful of garbage trucks were removed from the local roads one day a week. To date, no city has reduced or modified their road maintenance program after instituting government managed trash collection. No city has been able to demonstrate reduced road maintenance due to having a government managed trash collection program. In a March 2011 report prepared by Moore Engineering, Inc., titled City Street Budgets — Cost Comparison Analysis, they stated that, "Generally, it appears that there is not a definitive correlation between the type of garbage collection system and the cost per mile to maintain streets." In a February 26, 2015 article in ABC Newspapers, Anoka County Commissioner Scott Schulte discussed his time on the Coon Rapids City Council when they studied government managed trash collection and rejected it. He said that they compared street maintenance budgets with the City of Blaine, which has government managed trash collection. They found that the City of Coon Rapids had a lower road-costs-per-mile than Blaine, so the premise that open hauling was causing undue damage to the streets did not hold up for him. He said, "It didn't make sense that a single-hauler system is easier on our roads." In a letter to the Bloomington City Council dated July 11, 2014, Bloomington Public Works Director Karl Keel discounted all claims that government managed collection would reduce road maintenance costs. He stated, "The reduction of garbage trucks realized by organizing collection...would not likely have a noticeable impact on actual safety or result in the need for less roadway maintenance." SAFETY Garbage trucks, most likely due to their size, are often targets of false claims of being safety hazards in the community, therefore necessitating government managed collection in order to reduce their numbers. Actually an open market trash collection system improves safety in the community. Garbage truck drivers, unlike most motor vehicle drivers, are professional career drivers who must meet stringent state and federal licensing standards. Drivers are subjected to random drug testing, and cannot operate vehicles with DWI's, careless driving, or reckless driving convictions on their record. In fact, on a first violation a driver's commercial driver license (CDL) is suspended for one year. A second violation results in a 2 permanent suspension. Drivers are also required to be trained in first aid and fire safety. Trucks are maintained on a regular basis by professional mechanics. With new garbage trucks costing over $300,000 each, drivers are held responsible for their proper use. In the City of Bloomington, in response to the claim that garbage trucks are a safety hazard, Bloomington Public Works Director Karl Keel stated in a July 11, 2014 memo to the City Council that, "Historically, garbage trucks have not contributed to the accident history in Bloomington. In fact, staff is not aware of a single incident involving a garbage truck in recent history." Garbage Haulers for Citizen Choice (GHCC) confirmed Keel's findings, failing to find any garbage truck accidents dating back to the beginning of the city's computerized records management system in November 2004. As a comparison, GHCC chose to review the accident history of city vehicles. During the same time period, city vehicles had been involved in accidents with bicycles three times and in accidents with motor vehicles over one-hundred times. Bloomington city employees caused accidents due to being distracted by phones, computers, etc. and rear ended vehicles stopped at red lights or yielding to cross traffic before making turns. One employee crashed a city vehicle into their own personal vehicle, and another crashed into an overhead street light because their box was up. In one instance, a city truck drove off the road and had to be rescued by another city truck. When chaining the trucks up to tow the first vehicle out, the driver of the towing vehicle got out without setting the emergency break. That vehicle went down the hill and crashed also. At the Mall of America, a city employee decided to drive the wrong way into a restricted area, triggering a terrorism barrier which they promptly crashed into. Why open market trash hauling actually improves safety in the community is due to the relationships that develop between drivers and customers, no different than those that develop between mail carriers and residents. Many customers select a garbage hauler because their route brings them to their residence at a certain time of the day when they are home. Many route drivers are on a first name basis with their customers and speak with them on a regular basis. An open market system provides an incentive for a company to maintain these relationships. Garbage truck drivers, like mail carriers, are often times the first people in the community to notice if there is a problem at a particular residence. Under government managed trash collection, government dictates which hauler a resident must use. There is no incentive to connect with residents in the community, unless they sit in the city council, because the city is the customer, not the homeowner. PRICE There is a mistaken belief that government managed collection will provide savings for all. Savings only occur for some, and is accomplished by forcing others to pay more and by providing less service. Also there is the incorrect assumption that all residents value saving a few dollars over freedom of choice and the ability to find the best value. In the City of Fridley, government managed collection was voted down by the city council when citizen after citizen held up their bills stating that the city's proposed price was actually higher than the price that they paid, or that the city's proposal included less services and more hidden fees. Involved citizens in the community, who pay attention to the actions of their city council, are the same citizens who pay attention to their bills and do price comparison shopping for services. In most cases, those who do price comparison shopping with trash hauling services, will receive better value than any government negotiated option. In the trash collection industry, many costs are fixed or determined by outside forces, such as tipping fees, capital equipment, labor, and fuel. When the base rate of trash service is negotiated down through a government managed trash collection system, it is done by forcing others to pay more or by charging for extra services which typically were included in the base rate. The City of St. Anthony and the City of Maplewood lowered their base rate for trash service by forcing hundreds if not thousands of residents to purchase trash service they did not need or want. In the City of St. Anthony a consultant informed City Manager Mark Casey on April 4, 2014 that they should expect that a "significant portion of Saint Anthony residents do not have regular trash / recycling collection service by 3 a commercial hauler." This same consultant also said that the City of Maplewood, "found that up to 25% of their residents did not have trash service before they went organized." The residents that did not have their own trash service primarily fell into two categories. Some hauled their residential trash to their work places. Many were senior citizens who shared a single trash container with a neighbor. In both cities, government was able to negotiate a lower base rate by guaranteeing to a contractor that all citizens would be forced to pay for service that many did not need or want, and that sharing services would be prohibited. This is how these cities were able to provide a lower base rate for some residents. In Maplewood under limited circumstances, for a fee they will allow a resident to opt-out of their government managed trash collection plan if for example they wanted to haul their residential trash to a business which they owned. In cities with significant senior populations, there has been an uproar when seniors learn that they must have trash service and thus pay for it individually. As mentioned above, many seniors generate little trash, so they find other ways to dispose of it, such as sharing a can or having a family member dispose of it in their own can. Since most are on a fixed income, every penny counts. In addition to forcing all residents to have trash service as described above, another way the base rate is lowered is by charging more for extras. Under a free market trash collection system, haulers may take a certain number of extra bags in order to keep a customer's business. With government managed trash collection, fees are applied to everything unless negotiated in the government contract, which then increases the base rate as more services are added. In some cities, tax dollars artificially lower the base rate of trash service. In Maplewood, over a half-million dollars of property tax money was invested in the purchase of carts, which artificially lowered the base rate, because in an open market trash collection system, the hauler always purchases, owns, replaces, and manages the carts. In some cities, the base rate is lowered because the cost of government employees used to manage the government managed trash collection system is billed to property taxes. In other cases, the city guarantees payment to their contractor by using government as a bill collection agency, or by simply using property tax dollars to cover uncollected trash bills. If government uses their employees to do work typically performed by the hauler in an open market trash collection system, such as customer service and debt collection, and covers all bad debt, the base rate of trash service is lowered through this government subsidy. In some cities such as St. Louis Park, their government managed trash collection system has become a tool to raise revenue outside of property taxes. They overcharge citizens for trash collection in order to provide some funding for their parks department. In Bloomington, they plan on using government managed trash collection as a way to justify and potentially fund a new $150,000/yr solid waste management employee. At many public hearings held on this issue, citizens speak about how an open market trash collection system allows them to find best value for trash hauling services, not unlike finding the best value for new carpeting or a remodeling project. Under government managed trash collection, it is about government ordering citizens to use the hauler who provides the lowest base price, regardless of the quality of service, and the cost of extra services. CONSULTANT/ATTORNEY COSTS Communities that have studied the cost of instituting government managed collection have concluded that it may take years to break even, if ever. The adherence to council spending limits and quality of work from consultants has been questionable at times. In Bloomington, the city has spent $350,000 on consultants along with several thousand hours of city staff time. In addition, they are now embroiled in litigation over citizens exercising their right under the city charter for initiative and referendum on the issue. In 2014, the City of Lexington estimated that it would conservatively take them at least seven years to recoup costs, if ever, if they chose to institute government managed trash collection. That estimate did not factor in substantial citizen objection to their plan. Consultants asked for up to $100,000 to guide the city through the process. The City of St. Anthony approved $10,000 to hire an environmental consultant 4 to simply begin the process of assisting staff in instituting government managed trash collection. St. Anthony also took issue with the quality of consultant work. In an email dated June 30, 2014, from City Attorney Kurt Whitman to City Manager Mark Casey, commenting on a price comparison memo from a consultant, Whitman stated, "To be honest, I'm disappointed. Much of it seems inaccurate and misleading to me." In an email dated July 29, 2014, in response to a consultant invoice that was significantly over budget, City Manager Mark Casey stated, "To be honest this is not what I expected." The City of Fridley chose not to hire expensive consultants, instead devoting tens of thousands of dollars of staff time for more than a year to work through the government managed collection process. In the end, the city's proposal garnered significant public opposition and was voted down by the city council. In addition to consultants, cities that choose to move from an open market system to a government managed system must also engage their city attorney to assist in ensuring that the city complies with the state's complex and prescriptive "organized collection" statute, resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, of additional billable hours to the city. Sincerely, Christopher J. DeLaForest CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: VILLA. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Other From: Rebecca Foster, GIS Administrator Item Activity: Subject: Attendance report and roster Information ACTION REQUESTED: No Action Required. INTRODUCTION: EEC Attendance report attached. ATTACHMENTS: Attendance Report and Roster ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION J FM A M J J A SON 0 Work Session Work Session # of Mtgs. Attendance % Meetings/Work Sessions 1 1 2 NAME Glahn, William TERM 3/1/2017 1 1 (Enter Date) (Enter Date) 2 100% Gubrud, Bob 3/1/2016 1 1 2 100% Howard, John 3/1/2016 1 1 2 100% Kostuch, Keith 3/1/2016 1 1 2 100% Manser, Richard 3/1/2018 1 1 2 100% Satterlee, Lauren 3/1/2018 1 1 2 100% Seeley, Melissa 3/1/2018 1 1 2 100% Sierks, Bill 3/1/2016 1 1 50% Thompson, Paul 3/1/2016 1 1 2 100% Waddick, Louise 3/1/2017 1 1 2 100% Zarrin, Sarah 3/1/2018 1 1 2 100% 0 0% Reinke, Emily 9/1/2016 1 1 50% Stefanik, Sarah 9/1/2016 1 1 2 100% Liaisons: Do not enter numbers into the last two columns. Meeting numbers & attendance percentages will calculate automatically. INSTRUCTIONS: Counted as Meeting Held (ON MEETINGS' LINE) Attendance Recorded (ON MEMBER'S LINE) Regular Meeting w/Quorum Type "1" under the month on the meetings' line. Type "1" under the month for each attending member. Regular Meeting w/o Quorum Type "1" under the month on the meetings' line. Type "1" under the month for each attending member. Joint Work Session Type "1" under "Work Session" on the meetings' line. Type "1" under "Work Session" for each attending member. Rescheduled Meeting* Type "1" under the month on the meetings' line. Type "1" under the month for each attending member. Cancelled Meeting Type "1" under the month on the meetings' line. Type "1" under the month for ALL members. Special Meeting There is no number typed on the meetings' line. There is no number typed on the members' lines. *A rescheduled meeting occurs when members are notified of a new meeting date/time at a prior meeting. If shorter notice is given, the previously-scheduled meeting is considered to have been cancelled and replaced with a special meeting. CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: VIII.B. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Other From: Rebecca Foster, GIS Administrator Item Activity: Subject: Working Group List Discussion ACTION REQUESTED: Please review the list and propose additions or deletions at the meeting. INTRODUCTION: See attached work group list. ATTACHMENTS: 2016-2-1 W1cGtpList Edina Energy & Environment Commission. Working Groups and Subcommittees Draft of 02-1-16 Building Energy Efficiency Subcommittee - Chair Sierks, Members: Bill Glahn, Keith Kostuch Objective: This subcommittee will work with City staff to recommend to Council a comprehensive approach for achieving deeper energy efficiency actions for the city's buildings that maximizes greenhouse gas reductions, maximizes energy saved and dollars saved, and maximizes effective use of city dollars. City Environmental Considerations Subcommittee — Chair Keith Kostuch, Members: Objective: This sub-committee of the EEC will work with City staff to find a way to embed the 2008 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 10 environmental commitments into the City's capital budget process. New buildings, major building renovations and fleet purchases have large and long-term environmental implications. Consequently, environmental considerations need to be made more explicit at the inception of all capital projects and in the approval process up to City Council final approval. Time frame: This process will be collaborative with City staff in terms of conceptualization and implementation so it will take most or all of 2014. Community Solar Subcommittee - Chair Bill Sierks, Members: Paul Thompson, Bob Gubrud Objective: Work with City Staff to evaluate whether the City can host a Community Solar. site. If so, the group will assist as appropriate in completing the steps necessary to apply for, develop, and market this program, and involve interested members of the public through a working group if the project moves forward to construction Edina Climate Commitment Team —1st 3rd Monday — Chair Sarah Zarrin — Commissioners: Bill Sierks, Robert Manser — Staff Scott Neal and Council Member Kevin Staunton Objective: Assist with establishing best practices for energy conservation for The City of Edina (i.e., buildings, fleet) Assist with meeting established conservation goals and establish strategies to track and meet these goals Identibi opportunities for change to meet GHG goals Assist with developing effective communication strategies for above to EEC, Council and the public Assist with allocating City resources (staff, budget) to enable realization of conservation goals Education Outreach Working Group (EO WG) — 1st Thursday at 7:00 pm - Co-Chairs Paul Thompson, Bob Gubrud and Lauren Satterlee — Members: John Howard (EEC), Sarah Stefanik, Emily Rienke, Emily Ding, Chuck Prentice, Kristopher Wilson and Mindy Ahler. Objective: The mission of the Education and Outreach Working Group is to support the charter of the Edina Energy and Environment Commission by creating awareness and engaging residents, schools, churches, business' and community organizations to take action to conserve and increase energy efficiency, to reuse and recycle, and to preserve and enhance our environment Home Energy Squad Subcommittee (HES) — Meets as needed - Chair Bill Sierks — Commissioners - Paul Thompson, Bob Gubrud Objective: This subcommittee works with City staff Xcel Energy, Centerpoint Energy, and the Center for Energy and the Environment to implement the Home Energy Squad program for Edina's residents. The city's gas and electric utilities have hired CEE to implement the Home Energy Squad program across their service area. Our subcommittee is helping to promote the program and maximize its impact in Edina. Recycling Solid Waste and Organics Working Group(RSWO WG) — 1st Wednesday at 7:00 pm - Chair Melissa Seeley — Commissioners Lauren Satterlee, Emily Ding, Members: DP Latham, Michelle Horan, Lori Syverson (Chamber of Commerce), Ben Knudson (Hennepin County Environmental Services), Andre Xiong (HCES) — City Staff: Solvei Wilmot Objective: Evaluate and monitor the provisions of the recycling, solid waste and organic waste collection programs in Edina. Evaluate and monitor the reduction in municipal solid waste by residents and businesses in Edina. Educate the public about recycling, organics and solid waste reduction. Student Environmental Leadership Council — EEC Chair, Members: Paul Thompson, Student Members• Emily Reinke, Sarah Stefanik and open to students attending secondary schools in Edina. Objective: To facilitate, coordinate and share information between the EEC and the School Environmental groups and to work on common energy and environmental objectives as appropriate. To assist in developing environmental leaders of tomorrow. Water Quality Working Group (WQ WG) — 2nd Tuesday at 6:30pm - Chair Lou Ann Waddick — Members: Jon Moon, Steve Wielock, Katherine Winston, Sue Nissen and Randy Holst, Richard Strong. Objective: To facilitate communication between citizens and city government and champion efforts to improve water quality within Edina. CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: VIII.C. To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Report and Recommendation From: Sarah Zarrin, EEC Chair Item Activity: Subject: Chair and Member Comments Discussion ACTION REQUESTED: Board and Commission Member Comments on the following topics, subcommittee and working groups will be heard. INTRODUCTION: 1. Building Energy Efficiency Subcommittee 2. City Environmental Considerations Subcommittee 3. Community Solar Subcommittee 4. Education Outreach Working Group 5. Home Energy Squad Subcommittee 6. Recycling, Solid Waste and Organics Working Group 7. Student Subcommittee 8. Water Quality Working Group Please review attachments. ATTACHMENTS: RSWO minutes 21716 WQWGMinutes 2.8.16 RSWO Meeting Minutes February 17, 2016 In attendance: Melissa Seeley, Michelle Horan, Lauren Satterlee Review of organics ordinance - Melissa met with John Jiamez from Hennepin County to get clarification on transfer stations and composting facilities. - According to John, these are the sites that can accept and process co-mingled SSO: Transfer Stations § Malcolm Transfer Station (Minneapolis) § Dem Con Transfer Station (Shakopee) § Empire Transfer Station (Empire Township) Composting Sites § Empire Composting Site (Empire Township) § Full Circle Organics Composting Site (Becker) § SMSC Composting Site (Shakopee — approval not applicable / sovereign site) -We decided that we'd like to move forward with the ordinance despite the push-back we received from haulers. (This has since been amended based on Solvei's desire to visit these sites prior to a timeline decision) Review of packaging ordinance Michelle has reached out to some Edina businesses to get feedback. So far there have been no major objections Second stakeholder meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 2 at 2:00 at City Hall. \ Edina Water Quality Working Group Meeting February 8, 2016 Guest: Erica Sniegowski, Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Erica provided background and data on the chloride impairment in Nine Mile Creek and goals to reduce the impairment. Following was a brainstorming session on potential outreach opportunities in Edina. Business Meeting: Old Business: 1. Sun Current article is on Jessica's desk for approval. 2. ECC 7:00 this Thursday at 7:00/Katherine attending 3. Sue & Randy attending Aquifer presentation 4. Library Earth Day exhibit - Jon and LouAnn 5. Eric Burfine at Environmental Science Teacher LouAnn to followup 6. Article was put in Friday Epistle New Business: 1. Table Requests: a. ECC - Environmental Forum, Thursday, April 14, Southview MS, 6 - 9:00 PM, requested a table, b. Morningside EcoFair - April 24, Paul Thompson (on commission) 2. Put article on NextDoor.com 3. Stenciling Article 4. Banners to use during Education and Outreach, Jon has the frame, banners to go, Randy has a contact for printing, Sue has contact for design, Include: WQWG, City Logo, Respectfully Submitted, Sue Nissen CITY OF EDINA 4801 West 50th Street Edina, MN 55424 www.edinamn.gov Date: March 10, 2016 Agenda Item #: To: Energy and Environment Commission Item Type: Other From: Ross Bintner, Environmental Engineer Item Activity: Subject: Staff Comments Information ACTION REQUESTED: No action required. INTRODUCTION: The following items are included for your information. 1. Grant Applications (verbal report only) ATTACHMENTS: 2015 Term Sunraily and Schedule CITY OF EDINA MINNESOTA ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION March 2015 — February 2016 Term SUMMARY AND DRAFT SCHEDULE Item # WP1.1 Workplan Item GHG Measurement Monthly Activity July Partners in Energy report WP1.2 City Building Energy March staff report on building energy use WP1.3 Capital Process Environmental Considerations WP2.1 Community Solar May CC Community Solar advisory. July CC PW Solar Proposal Advisory WP2.2 Coordinate with PC, ETC, PB WP2.3 Promote Home Energy Squad April Edina dialogue event, April Movie, June Motion to recommend $3200, January motion to recommend $1000 for 2016 OR1 Green Step Cities Reporting May annual assessment OR2 Urban Forestry OR3 Solid Waste and Recycling June water bottle advisory reconsideration tabled. August motion to support recycling grant to Hennepin County. OR4 Purchasing policy, review annual report August, motion to ask City Manager to provide 2014 purchasing policy report at October or November EEC meeting. ORS Business Recycling OR6 Local Food / Bees and Chickens Ordinances passed Spring 2015. July Duck Keeping Request. May recommendation for Xcel franchise agreement WP = work plan number. OR = ongoing responsibility number Advisory, Date MM/YY Acted on Not Acted Golf dome re-commissioning 10/12 X New facility carbon goals 10/13 X Urban forest task force 3/13 X Yorktown community garden pervious parking 4/13 X Water bottle sales 4/14 X EEEP transfer to SPPA 5/14 X Building energy system CIP 1/15 X Braemar capital improvements, 1/15 X CIP environmental considerations, 1/15 X Fleet operations task force, 1/15 X Grandview sustainability principles, 3/15 X Community solar joint purchase, 5/15 X March 12, 2015 Televised Meeting Item of focus: Elect Chair and Vice Chair. Presentations: TELEVISED MEETING April 9, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: EEC/CC Meeting Recap Presentations: None May 14, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: Xcel Energy Franchise Presentations: June 11, 2015 EEC/CC Joint Workshop Item of focus: City Climate Commitment Subcommittee, Water Bottle Advisory (Sarah) Presentations: July 9, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: Street Sweeping, Community Solar, EEC Workplan, City Climate Commitment Subcommitee Presentations: August 13, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: Xcel Partners In Energy Program / Working Group Creation September 10, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: Workplan, Presentations: October 8, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: November 12, 2015 Meeting Item of focus: Presentations: December 10, 2015 Meeting Cancel January 14, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Prep for Televised, CAS Policy, Presentations: February 11, 2016 Meeting Item of focus: Televised, Presentations: Partners in Energy planning, Chloride Snow and Ice,