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35 that are important. She stated if this is not accomplished everyone will lose the 36 world. She asked if the Public Works Commission would advocate to the City 37 Council that the City make specific commitments and meet them to ensure the goals 38 are met. 39 40 Chair Cihacek thought the first thing to note is the IPCC goals are not necessarily 41 by municipalities but generally. From a Jurisdictional perspective, the Federal 42 Government has more ability to hit those goals then the Municipality does or the 43 State or Council. He noted he appreciated Ms. Morton recognizing that in order to 44 achieve those goals it is a collaborative effort and there is not a lot of say at the City 45 level to achieve the goals. He thought there were things that the City could do 46 better, and he would be open to hearing Ms. Morton's suggestions. 47 48 Ms. Morton stated she was not at the meeting prepared to brainstorm and was not 49 an expert. She knows there are tons of ideas out there that different industries are 50 working on and she believed there are things that can be done locally that the City 51 is not doing that could be communication or regulations, coding or other things. 52 She stated unless this is done locally and rely on it being done nationally then 53 everyone is at a stand stil nd time cannot be wasted. 54 ANEW 55 Chair Cihacek did not think anyone on the Commission was an expert on the topic 56 but would be open to hearing recommendations. 57 58 Ms. Morton suggested the Commission bring in some people to make suggestions 59 that are more knowledgeable then she is. 60 61 Chair CihacNDirec ght staff could look into that and bring in some experts. 62 63 Public Works or Marc Culver stated this is a big topic and as a Commission 64 it can be discussed how to address tackle that in some future meetings. He 65 oted the City Council did discuss this at some previous meeting without much 66 resident input. He also noted the City Council will be reviewing this item at the 67 December 3rd meeting. He also Indicated the City will be installing solar panels in 68 the next few months. 69 70 Ms. Morton stated the IPCC goal is for the world, however a case could easily be 71 made that a mmunity like Roseville ought to do more than it's share. In the 72 world, she thought Roseville was right in at the top in terms of resources. If 73 anything, her opinion would be that the City should move faster than that goal 74 because not the rest of the world is going to be able to meet anything like those, it 75 does cost money. She asked the Commission what her next step would be to 76 support the Commission. 77 78 Chair Cihacek stated the Commission needs to go to the City Council and let them 79 know that Ms. Morton and other residents feel this is an important issue and ask for 80 action on their end which will help get the ball rolling. He stated he will also have Page 2 of 10