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539 offered to answer specific questions of the PWETC, and if not available to him on 540 the website, he would e-mail the MPCA for definitions and that information and 541 provide it for dissemination to the PWETC. Mr. Johnson clarified that level #1 in 542 accessing the website would be the City Council's passing of the resolution; 543 which would become public for anyone to access the information specific to the 544 City of Roseville. At this time, Mr. Johnson advised that it was readable for the 545 public, and offered to send out a link to the Roseville site, but cautioned that the 546 information to -date remained rather mundane with only population and 547 demographic information completed until things were filled out more. Mr. 548 Johnson suggested a review of the City of Shoreview's and City of Falcon 549 Heights' sites as examples of information developed over several years already. 550 Mr. Johnson advised that he intended to fill in more data during the winter months 551 as the construction period wound down. 552 553 Chair Stenlund noted that some of the GreenStep areas are not specific to the 554 PWETC, but some more applicable to Finance, Planning or other areas of 555 expertise. Chair Stenlund suggested it would help to know how t e PWETC can 556 help, and not just in educating the community. 557 558 Member Seigler agreed that Step uld be good for the WETC as 559 well. 560 561 Discussion ensued regarding other areas listed in the inventory and how they 562 applied specifically to current and/or future Roseville code and policy; and the 563 need for an outline of gaps beyond those required that may indicate 564 communication with block clubs, congregations or other community groups to 565 facilitate their ed cation 566 567 r. Johnson advise that he would segregate those items more appropriate for the 568 PWETC to handle and suggest a role for them to play in helping. 569 570 MSchwartz advised that would first select the easier items to accomplish 571 an ring it back to the P4 or their policy direction and a list of priorities 572 and next steps for checking those items off the inventory. 573 574 8. Commune olar / City Facility Energy Use 575 Mr. Schwartz rovided a brief update since the last meeting on community solar; 576 expressing his hope that things could have been further along, but noted that 577 financial discussions were still underway internally, and information not yet 578 available. However, Mr. Schwartz advised that Mr. Johnson had prepared a chart 579 on energy use by city facilities; and staff had met with the IOK Solar firm from 580 Bloomington, part of the Minnesota Made Companies qualifying for Made in MN 581 credits, who was putting together budgetary numbers and potentially would bring 582 one of their marketing people to the next meeting of the PWETC to discuss their 583 findings. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff s vision at this time is to have that 584 budgetary discussion and consideration of the next steps at the October meeting, Page 13 of 16