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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 1. Introduction / Roll Call Chair Cihacek called the meeting to order at approximately 6:30 p.m. and at his request, Public Works Director Marc Culver called the roll. Present: Chair Brian Cihacek; Vice Chair Joe Wozniak; and Members Martin Kors, Michael Kruse, Nancy Misra, and Thomas Trainor Absent: Member Michael Joyce (Excused) Staff Present: Public Works Director Marc Culver; and City Engineer/Assistant Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer. 2. Public Comments Ms. Priscilla Morton, 2593 Western, stated she was at the meeting because she was very concerned about climate change and what is being done about it. She stated she has read a portion of the Roseville 2040 plan which deals with Environmental Protection and Resilience which has a lot of great information. She wondered if it was up to date in meeting the IPCC recommendations to get to 45 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 and to zero by 2050. Ms. Morton stated from individual to national, everyone has a role to play. She stated the plan does not exactly draw out how this will all be accomplished. She wondered if the Public Works Commission supported the goal that the IPCC has recommended to them and would the Commission actively push for that recommendation through the City Council. She asked for those items that cannot be done locally, is the Commission willing to endorse plans that will get the City to those goals. She stated what she is finding not quite satisfactory, in her mind, is an actual plan to get there. Ms. Morton stated the nation is not on track at all. She stated as a citizen, she would like the City to be on track with the goals of IPCC. She stated she is pleased to be apart of the community because there is so much environmental action in the City, but this has to take precedence above water quality, above all of the other things Page 1 of 10