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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-11 EEC MinutesAgenda Energy and Environment Commission City Of Edina, Minnesota VIRTUAL MEETING Thursday, June 11, 2020 7:00 PM I.Call To Order Chair Jackson called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM II.Roll Call Answering Roll Call were Chair Jackson, Commissioners Horan, Lanzas, Manser, Martinez, Satterlee, Seeley, Martinez, Absent: Hussain, Maynor Late: Dakane III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion by Richard Manser to Motion. Seconded by Bayardo Lanzas. Motion Carried. IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion by Melissa Seeley to Motion. Seconded by Bayardo Lanzas. Motion Carried. A.Minutes: Energy and Environment Commission, March 12, 2020 V.Special Recognitions And Presentations A.EEC history, Chair Jackson Chair Jackson presented the history of the EEC. Ukasha Dakane arrived at 7:26 PM. Climate action plan work will likely not begin until 2021 because the city has not been able to hire a Sustainability Coordinator yet. VI.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. VII.Reports/Recommendations A.Initiative 1: Climate Action Plan, Vice Chair Satterlee Vice Chair Satterlee shared an update on the Climate Action Plan and the following points were discussed: Bill from the MPCA suggested getting greenhouse gas emissions data for Edina from the regional indicators but the latest data is from 2018. Should we create a to-do list for the Task Force when that starts? What actions does Edina need to take to get to 100% renewable energy? Urban Sustainability Directors Network has a list of high impact actions cities can take. Set up a joint meeting with ETC to talk about energy reduction through transportation. Energy Star Portfolio Manager has energy data back to about 2009 for the City's 20 buildings. Look at affordable energy and meet with ETC for now. Reach out to City Council and ask why EEC can't at least start work on the Climate Action Plan prior to the hiring of a sustainability coordinator or ask if the hiring of a new sustainability coordinator can be moved up rather than waiting. Put a working group together for now. The purpose of the working group is to help establish deliverables for the task force. Motion by Richard Manser to Create a Climate Action Plan Working Group. Seconded by Melissa Seeley. Motion Carried. Members of the working group from the EEC would be chaired by Hilda Martinez and members would include: Ukasha Dakane, Bayardo Lanzas, Lauren Saterlee, and Ana Martinez. Motion by Hilda Martinez Salgado to Approve Members of the Working Group. Seconded by Ukasha Dakane. Motion Carried. B.Initiative 2: Education events, Commissioner Lanzas Commissioner Lanzas provided and update on engagement and all events, except Open Streets and farmer's market, have been canceled as of now. The following points were discussed: Farmer's Markets will happen at Rosland Park. Open Streets may happen with additional safety precautions. Create a plan for presence at the Farmer's Market. Social Media outreach may be useful with the lack of events. C.Initiative 4: Cross-commission event with HRRC, Commissioner Hussian Cross commission event with HRRC is planned for the fall and there is not currently a representative but the EEC will need to assign one as soon as possible. The representatives will be Commissioner Hussain and Commissioner Lanzas. Commissioner Lanzas will be the chair. D.Initiative 5: PARC initiative feedback, Chair Jackson No update. Chair Jackson will be the lead commissioner. VIII.Correspondence And Petitions A.Working Group Minutes IX.Chair And Member Comments A.Flood Risk Reduction Strategy Task Force update, Commissioner Manser Flood Risk Reduction Task Force ended in April with presentation of the report to Council. www.bettertogetheredina.org/morningside will be where the updated information is hosted. Walk-About activity in Weber Park will occur in June and there will also be an online version B.Pollinator Resolution update, Commissioner Horan Pollinator Resolution passed. C.Green Business Recognition Program update, Commissioner Horan Application from Galleria and came in at Gold qualification and will be reviewed as working group. Planning to meet with them and go over their application. D.Advisory Communication Commission drafted an advisory communication to City Council in regards to the hiring of a Sustainability Coordinator. Motion by Richard Manser to Approve Advisory Communication and Send to Council. Seconded by Melissa Seeley. Motion Carried. X.Staff Comments A.Sustainability Coordinator vacancy update B.Energy Benchmarking update Original deadline was June 1st with 36 out of 164 buildings submitted their reporting. C.Organics Recycling update Roll out is all of June and about 1000 people have opted out. XI.Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 9:20pm. Motion by Bayardo Lanzas to Motion. Seconded by Melissa Seeley. Motion Carried. 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.