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that are important. She stated if this is not accomplished everyone will lose the world. She asked if the Public Works Commission would advocate to the City Council that the City make specific commitments and meet them to ensure the goals are met. Chair Cihacek thought the first thing to note is the IPCC goals are not necessarily by municipalities but generally. From a Jurisdictional perspective, the Federal Government has more ability to hit those goals then the Municipality does or the State or Council. He noted he appreciated Ms. Morton recognizing that in order to achieve those goals it is a collaborative effort and there is not a lot of say at the City level to achieve the goals. He thought there were things that the City could do better, and he would be open to hearing Ms. Morton's suggestions. Ms. Morton stated she was not at the meeting prepared to brainstorm and was not an expert. She knows there are tons of ideas out there that different industries are working on and she believed there are things that can be done locally that the City is not doing that could be communication or regulations, coding or other things. She stated unless this is done locally and rely on it being done nationally then everyone is at a stand still and time cannot be wasted. Chair Cihacek did not think anyone on the Commission was an expert on the topic but would be open to hearing recommendations. Ms. Morton suggested the Commission bring in some people to make suggestions that are more knowledgeable then she is. Chair Cihacek thought staff could look into that and bring in some experts. Public Works Director Marc Culver stated this is a big topic and as a Commission it can be discussed how to address and tackle that in some future meetings. He noted the City Council did discuss this at some previous meeting without much resident input. He also noted the City Council will be reviewing this item at the December 3`d meeting. He also indicated the City will be installing solar panels in the next few months. Ms. Morton stated the IPCC goal is for the world, however a case could easily be made that a community like Roseville ought to do more than it's share. In the world scare, she thought Roseville was right in at the top in terms of resources. If anything, her opinion would be that the City should move faster than that goal because not the rest of the world is going to be able to meet anything like those, it does cost money. She asked the Commission what her next step would be to support the Commission. Chair Cihacek stated the Commission needs to go to the City Council and let them know that Ms. Morton and other residents feel this is an important issue and ask for action on their end which will help get the ball rolling. He stated he will also have Page 2 of 10