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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 21,2011 Page 7 Kelsey advised that Roseville was one of a few that have continued participating; with realtors needing to acquire fifteen (15) hours of continuing education credits annually, and this event qualifying them for three (3) hours credit. Ms. Kelsey reminded Councilmembers and the public of the HRA's Living Smarter Website @ www.livingsmarter.org. Ms. Kelsey reviewed the recently-completed online "Green Remodeling Hand- book;" and reviewed some of its features; and the City's partnership with the Family Housing Fund and cost-share for the intern working on the project through coursework on environmental sustainability. Ms. Kelsey noted that additional costs for consultant fees had been paid for by the Family Housing Fund; and a re- view of the Book had been completed by eight (8) other experts in various areas; with the intent that the Book would become accessible to other communities and organizations; with the MN GreenStar Program already expressing interest in linking to the site from their website; advising that it was currently the only certi- fication program that does a complete underwriting of remodeling homes. Mr. Trudgeon distributed, as a bench handout, a one-page fact sheet on the Green Remodeling Plan Book, attached hereto and made a part hereof Ms. Kelsey re- viewed the Xcel Energy's underwriting of residential energy audits, with the HRA picking up the balance providing overall benefit to the community for home im- provements and energy fixes. Ms. Kelsey noted that the Plan Book was wrapped around that concept; determining how a home runs currently before remodeling; and briefly reviewed the various sections included in the online Book. Ms. Kel- sey advised that the Book was specifically designed for the general public, not professionals in the field, to help they understand and address a variety of home styles throughout the process. Ms. Kelsey opined that this had been a huge HRA accomplishment, one of which the City should be proud; and one of which its leadership had yet again shown forth. Ms. Kelsey announced the upcoming 2012 Living Smarter Fair on February 18, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Fairview Community Center; with plans being finalized at this time and more information available in the near future. Councilmember McGehee opined that the Green Remodeling Plan Book was an excellent website and resource; and questioned if the City could promote partner- ships with companies, stores or vendors that sold the kind of products referenced. Ms. Kelsey advised that the City had intentionally and strategically avoided rec- ommendations of anyone's service or product; based on concerns in keeping the government entity separate from such recommendations; attempting to make the public aware of various resources of value without promoting specific companies or products.