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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – MARCH 20, 2023 8 Councilmember Fabel said no option so far makes enough sense to spend the money on a different system. E. Climate Action Roadmap City Administrator Perrault said Council had requested that staff research what other cities were doing for Climate Change Action Plans or roadmaps. He reviewed what nearby cities were currently doing. He suggested an option could be to look at sustainable building policies as it is less intensive than a Climate Action Plan and could be done in-house. An element that was recently talked about at the Mayor/Administrator meeting was the idea of going to a single garbage hauler. Councilmember Rousseau stated that the PTRC was looking into the City’s history with the Green Steps program. Councilmember Holden felt we should probably be higher than Step 2 now but staff would have to write and submit the memos. Councilmember Rousseau said the Green Steps program and a Climate Action Plan should be coordinated to be efficient. Councilmember Monson asked if we had thought about getting an intern from Green Corps. City Administrator Perrault responded that we did have someone from Green Corps once. Councilmember Monson liked the idea of a sustainable building policies guide as it was the sort of thing they would want to put on the master development agreement with TCAAP. She felt you couldn’t control sustainability via zoning, so the real leverage would be to add it to the development agreement. Councilmember Holden said she would like to put this on hold until after the League of Minnesota Cities conference as they can have the opportunity to talk to people from other cities about what they are doing. Councilmember Monson said she had no problem with that. The reason she was asking for a roadmap is to decide where they’d like to focus. City Administrator Perrault thought the deadline for applying for a Green Corps intern may have passed. He said they were typically someone right out of school and a Climate Action Plan may be out of their skillset. As related to TCAAP, there are LEED requirements that could be put into place and the JDA could discuss those. Councilmember Holden thought they could do more by doing TCAAP separate from the rest of the city and put higher expectations on those homes. She felt if they found a good intern they could find the money to pay for it. Councilmember Monson suggested having someone to do research for the summer might be a good idea.