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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-01-10 EEC Minutes Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/14/2019 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Energy and Environment Commission Edina City Hall Community Room Thursday, January 10, 2019, 7:00 PM I. Call To Order Chair Jackson called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Chair Jackson, Commissioners Horan, Hussian, Kostuch, Manser, Lanzas, Satterlee, Hoffman, Glahn and Fernands Late: Maynor Absent: Seeley Staff Present: Liaison Brown, Casey Casella III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Commissioner Hoffman made a motion to approve the January 10, 2019 meeting agenda. Horan seconded. All voted aye. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Commissioner Manser to approve the November 8, 2019 minutes. Motion seconded by Kostuch. Motion carried. Commissioner Maynor arrived at 7:03 PM. VI. Community Comment No community comments. VII. Reports/Recommendation A. 2019 EEC Work Plan Commission walked through the commission’s work plan for 2019. Discussion topics were: • Importance of student engagement in the organics engagement and business recognition initiatives. • The business recognition initiative working group start meeting in February. • The energy benchmarking initiative will need help with audits, production confidentiality and public engagement. o Commissioners Maynor, Satterlee, Lanzas, Hussian and Manser expressed interest in working on the initiative. • The pollinator initiative lead will have a meeting with Project Earth and two City staff. • The climate action plan initiative lead will meet with Liaison Brown to discuss initial research opportunities. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/14/2019 B. Greater Southdale District Plan Consideration The City Council is looking for comments on the district plan revision. Liaison Brown shared a brief update of the ETC discussion at their last meeting. Chair Jackson and commissioner Manser mentioned the storm water re-work of managing the system the City currently has. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions A. Working Group Minutes • Minutes received from the EOWG Working Group. IX. Chair And Member Comments A. Advisory Communication Commissioner Kostuch introduced an advisory communication regarding maintaining reliable GHG-free electrical power by supporting removal of MN ban on new nuclear power plants. Discussion topics on the advisory communication were: • Minnesota’s nuclear power plant plans. Commissioners were interested in Xcel Energy’s nuclear plan. • The legislature’s involvement with nuclear legislation. • There was expressed concern with the lack of information on the topic. • There was concern with the price and commitment of building a nuclear reactor. • There was discussion on the technology and the waste of the nuclear plants. • There was discussion about the competitiveness of lifting the ban in Minnesota. Motion made by Kostuch to approve the advisory communication and send the report to the City Council. Glahn seconded. Commissioner Kostuch, Glash, Hoffman voted aye. Commissioners Horan, Manser, Fernands voted nay. Commissioner Hussian, Lanzas and Satterlee abstained. Motion does not prevail. B. Chair Comments a. Thanked Commissioner Kostuch for his 8 years of service to the Energy and Environment Commission. b. The Chair recommended looping the Mayor into youth groups that are outside out community. c. The Chair will be attending a meeting at Hennepin County about composting. C. Student Commissioner Updates a. Commissioner Fernand’s youth group It Can’t Wait met with Governor Walz in January. b. The group It Can’t Wait has a state bill that will be sponsored by Rep. Hornstien. c. There will be a Youth Climate Justice Summit at the MN Capitol this session. d. Project Earth is conducting an initiative about school waste. D. Commissioner Satterlee a. Recommended to disband the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/14/2019 Commissioner Glahn made a motion to disband the EOWG. Hoffman second. All vote aye. Motion prevails. X. Staff Comments Liaison Brown gave an oral update on organics. A. Tree Grant Liaison Brown presented an update on the staff’s submission to a Hennepin County Healthy Tree Canopy Grant. Staff will hear on the outcome at the end of the month. B. Solar Ordinance Passes Management Fellow Casey gave an update about the final passage of a solar ordinance and the City’s submission to the SolSmart certification. C. Chloride Pollution Prevention Management Fellow Casey gave an update on the advisory committee on the chloride pollution prevention advisory committee. XII. Calendar Changes A. Work session date for the EEC has changed to April 2. B. November meeting is not the second Thursday, it is the first Thursday Nov. 7. XII. Adjournment Motion made by Glahn to adjourn the January 10, 2019 meeting at 8:20 p.m. Motion seconded by Lanzas. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Casey Casella City Management Fellow