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Mr. Schwartz advised that he would consult with Mr. Bilotta to get more specific <br /> information on those zoning districts and their locations. Mr. Schwartz noted that <br /> density as always a tough issue for suburban communities; and encouraged <br /> members of the PWETC to provide public input for the pending Metropolitan <br /> Council's housing goals as they deal with these and other issues as well. <br /> Chair Stenlund reviewed those items required on the inventory (Steps 41, 11, 15, <br /> and 24) opining that those were the most difficult ones to accomplish, and if <br /> required it would change the total character of Roseville to accomplish that <br /> density. Therefore, Chair Stenlund questioned if one of those things created an <br /> impediment to the decision process, the City of Roseville may not get out of Tier <br /> 1 of the GreenStep Program. <br /> As an example with Goal 41 (building energy goals), Mr. Schwartz advised that <br /> there was no specific energy use goals, but simply a tracking of information for <br /> comparison purpose with other communities and the City of Roseville itself. <br /> Mr. Johnson further clarified that Xcel Energy had already sent the information, <br /> but the ball was in his court to enter all of the five years worth of data from all <br /> City buildings onto the GreenStep website, which he found to be very doable. <br /> Mr. Johnson opined that most of the required steps could be accomplished. <br /> Regarding Step 415 (purchases and consumables), Mr. Schwartz advised that the <br /> City currently had a decentralized purchasing policy which made it more difficult <br /> to achieve that requirement. <br /> At the request of Member Felice, Mr. Johnson addressed the intent of the <br /> benchmarks and community engagement process for development, noting that <br /> within the website itself, there was more detailed information on each of these. <br /> Mr. Johnson opined that 424 was probably the hardest to attain, with the City <br /> having done less work under its five subheads than the other goals, and needing <br /> the most work, with 41 the closest to being accomplished. <br /> Mr. Schwartz opined that the PWETC could provide assistance in advising how <br /> best to engage with the community to get the word out. <br /> Member Gjerdingen expressed his unfamiliarity with some of the framework and <br /> terms for green building, and sought additional information or a source to find this <br /> information. <br /> Mr. Johnson advised that once the website was more built out than currently done, <br /> that information would become available on the GreenStep Program website and <br /> would provide more information than the MPCA site. Once the resolution was <br /> passed by the City Council and the website built, Mr. Johnson advised that the <br /> City would have more access and more explanations available. Mr. Johnson <br /> offered to answer specific questions of the PWETC, and if not available to him on <br /> Page 12 of 16 <br />