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and asked that staff coordinate with them and try to pick a date for a joint tour by the PWETC and City Council in the near future; and a future tour of the BRT station in Minneapolis when built. 5. Recap of Joint Meeting with City Council Chair Stenlund thanked those members of the PWETC who'd attended the joint meeting with the City Council; expressing his pride in the group. Of the items discussed with the City Council, Chair Stenlund noted that organized trash collection remained silent, with no direct charge to the PWETC to pursue it further at this time. From his notes of the joint meeting, Chair Stenlund reviewed the directives and comments provided by individual City Councilmembers, and his recommendation for those items the PWETC should include in their work plan for ultimate recommendation to the City Council as applicable. • Involve and/or increase participation in curbside recycling collection by multi- family apartments, businesses and churches to continue increasing participation and a larger percentage of recovered material. • Green Cities Program: determine where that process is at, and next steps. On a related noted, Chair Stenlund advised that he had recently attended a water quality workshop in St. Louis Park for commission members, which he found quite interesting and offered to share information with others if interested. Mr. Schwartz reported that Environmental Specialist Ryan Johnson had recently taken a look at the project performed by Mankato State students, and met with Metro/CERTS in mid-April to discuss the process and next steps to reach a Level 2 minimum Green Step. Mr. Schwartz further reported that this morning, Mr. Johnson had tentatively scheduled a meeting with the City Council at their July 14, 2014 meeting for formally establish the City of Roseville as a Green Step City via resolution, after which the MPCA would get the City started on their website for additional data entry; and the City of Roseville would be recognized at the next League of Minnesota Cities annual conference in June of 2015. Therefore, Mr. Schwartz advised that the program should be up and running before too long. Chair Stenlund asked staff to include an update from staff for the benefit of new commissioners on a future PWETC agenda. • Status report on single-sort recycling program to-date after its initial roll-out in February of 2014; and as part of that a reminder about the requested Eureka tour. Page 5 of 18