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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 23,2012 Page 11 Step Cities Program; as well as Ms. Lindsay Van Patten (Roseville resident) and Ms. Kiley Friedrich, U of MN students performing best practices research with City staff as part of their class project to help Roseville become a Green Step City. The presentation was included in the meeting materials and displayed via Power Point; and an Implementation Checklist was provided to the City Council and Mr. Malinen as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Councilmember Johnson thanked the students for their great presentation and poise during that presentation. Councilmember Willmus thanked the students for their presentation, and recog- nizing that the Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Chair, Jim DeBenedet, was present at tonight's meeting, asked for his percep- tion of where the City was at in this process. Jim DeBenedet, Chair, PWET Commission, advised that the Commission had recommended to the City Council proceeding with the Green Step Cities Pro- gram with the understanding that there were a number of steps that could be taken under the green category. Chair DeBenedet noted specifically the PWET Commission's current review of transition to LED street lighting as an immedi- ate consideration, in addition to other items that fit with the goals of the City's Comprehensive Plan as referenced by the students. As to whether the PWET Commission was still actively working on the pro- gram, Mr. DeBenedet responded to Councilmember Willmus that the PWET Commission has passed off the initiative to the appropriate staff to coordinate efforts under the broader direction of the City Council. Councilmember McGehee thanked students for their presentation; and ques- tioned which items they found from the checklist that have already been com- pleted by the City. Students reviewed the various categories and best management practices out- lined in the Checklist as provided as a bench handout; and their recommenda- tions for other initiatives, including the State of MN B-3 Program to benchmark energy use in public buildings. At the request of Councilmember Pust, students addressed the Complete Street Program, recognizing that the City didn't have jurisdiction over all roadways in the cities; and advantages of more aggressively pursuing green steps.