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WN 494 Mr. Schwartz advised that he would consult with Mr. Bilotta to get more specific 495 information on those zoning districts and their locations. Mr. Schwartz noted that 496 density as always a tough issue for suburban communities; and encouraged 497 members of the PWETC to provide public input for the pending Metropolitan 498 Council's housing goals as they deal with these and other issues as well. 499 500 Chair Stenlund reviewed those items required on the inventory (Steps #1, 11, 15, 501 and 24) opining that those were the most difficult ones to accomplish, and if 502 required it would change the total character of Rose 'lle to accomplish that 503 density. Therefore, Chair Stenlund questioned if one of those things created an 504 impediment to the decision process, the City f Roseville may not get out of Tier 505 1 of the GreenStep Program. 506 507 As an example with Goal #1 (building energy goals), Mr. Schwartz advised that 508 there was no specific energy use goals, but simply a tracking of information for 509 comparison purpose with other communities and the City of Roseville itself. 510 511 Mr. Johnson further clarified that Xcel Energy had already sent the information, 512 but the ball was in his court to enter all of the five years worth of data from all 513 City buildings onto the GreenStep website, which he found to be very doable. 514 Mr. Johnson opined that most of the required steps could be accomplished. 515 516 Regarding Step #15 (purchases and consumables), Mr. Schwartz advised that the 517 City currently had a decentralized purchasing policy which made it more difficult 518 to achieve that requirement. 519 520 At the request of Member Felice, Mr. Johnson addressed the intent of the 521 benchmarks and community engagement process for development, noting that 522 within the website itself, there was more detailed information on each of these. 523 Mr. Johnson opined that #24 was probably the hardest to attain, with the City 524 having done less work under its five subheads than the other goals, and needing 525 the most work, with #1 the closest to being accomplished. 526 527 Mr. Sch opined that the PWETC could provide assistance in advising how 528 best to eng ith the community to get the word out. 529 530 Member Gjerdin n expressed his unfamiliarity with some of the framework and 531 terms for green building, and sought additional information or a source to find this 532 information. 533 534 Mr. Johnson advised that once the website was more built out than currently done, 535 that information would become available on the GreenStep Program website and 536 would provide more information than the MPCA site. Once the resolution was 537 passed by the City Council and the website built, Mr. Johnson advised that the 538 City would have more access and more explanations available. Mr. Johnson Page 12 of 16