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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-04-11 EEC Minutes Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/9/2019 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Energy and Environment Commission Edina City Hall Community Room Thursday, April 11, 2019, 7:00 PM I. Call To Order Chair Jackson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Chair Jackson, Commissioners Horan, Hussian, Manser, Seeley, Lanzas, Satterlee, Hoffman, Glahn and Fernands Late: Maynor Absent: Staff Present: Liaison Brown III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Glahn made a motion to approve the April 11, 2019 meeting agenda. Seeley seconded. All voted aye. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Glahn to approve the March 14, 2019 minutes with amendments. Motion seconded by Hoffman. Discussion led to request for an amendment to minutes. Motion made by Chair Jackson to amend the March 14, 2019 minutes to read “May of 2020” under item VII. Initiative 2. Motion seconded by Manser. Motion made by Manser to approve the March 14, 2019 minutes with amendments. Motion seconded by Hussian. All voted aye. Motion carried. Commissioner Maynor arrived 7:05 PM V. Special Recognitions and Presentations None. VI. Community Comment None. VII. Reports/Recommendation A. Joint Work Session with City Council a. Chair Jackson gave an overview of the plan for the joint work session with City Council on April 16, 2019 at 6:15pm. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/9/2019 Chair Jackson asked to add an item to the work plan parking lot. Working with congregations was added to the parking lot. B. Initiative 3: Large Building Benchmarking Chair Jackson presented a summary of the benchmarking workshops. The themes that emerged were: 1. How complicated is this going to be? 2. General dislike of regulation. 3. Why not benchmark residents? 4. Fear and misinformation. 5. Punitive. The Commission discussed the draft benchmarking ordinance. Topics covered were: • “Political subdivision” language • Propane inclusion in energy • Definition of tenant and lease holder • Timeline of implementation of ordinance • Level of effort example • Water utility o Wait until automation collection of water data • Evaluation point of requiring an assessment o Leave assessment portion as is in the draft • Overall goal of benchmarking program • Enforcement Motion made by Manser to approve the draft ordinance and sent it on to the Attorney to clean up and then to City Council. Motion seconded by Horan. Motion carried. VIII. Correspondence And Petitions A. Received Resident Correspondence Commission discussed banning plastics straws, the topic of the correspondence received. The Commission planned to respond to the resident. Item was added to the Commission’s work plan parking lot. IX. Chair And Member Comments A. Chair Jackson thanked the people involved in the energy benchmarking initiative. B. Chair Jackson notified the Commission students will present at the next commission meeting. C. Commissioner Manser suggested to watch the Governor’s bills on the environment. D. Commissioner Horan gave an update from Conservation Minnesota. E. Commissioner Horan gave an update on the BRP initiative. X. Staff Comments A. Tree Ordinance Update Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/9/2019 a. Forester will make a recommendation to add Ash tree to the list of trees residents don’t have to replace with the tree ordinance. B. Quality of Life Survey a. The quality of life survey includes sustainability related questions and will help inform where the community is on the spectrum of tackling sustainability related issues. C. Builder Training a. A contractor training will take place this April. The sustainability manager will present actions builders can take to builder more sustainable homes. Sustainability manager will share presentation and discussion to inform. XI. Calendar of Events A. Group discussed having the Commission’s August meeting offsite at Braemar Golf Course. XII. Adjournment Motion made by Hoffman to adjourn the April 11, 2019 meeting at 8:37 p.m. Motion seconded by Hussian. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Tara Brown Sustainability Manager