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218 Commission on what to pursue, what to prioritize and what to bring to the city <br />219 Council for recommendations for further action. <br />220 <br />221 Environmental Specialist Ryan Johnson presented the information to the <br />222 Commission. <br />223 <br />224 Mr. Culver noted there will be an intern in house full time working on these items <br />225 for eleven months. This person will be able to help staff and this Commission on <br />226 many items to help Roseville become more sustainable and will be able to do some <br />227 outreach into the community. <br />228 <br />229 Vice Chair Wozniak explained there is a program through the Port Authority that <br />230 would allow energy improvement costs to be placed on their property taxes. (the <br />231 program is called MinnPACE. More information can be found here <br />232 https://www.sppa.com/energy-financing/minnpace ) <br />233 <br />234 Mr. Culver indicated the one he was familiar with on that was specific to solar but <br />235 was not sure if it extended to other energy things. He noted this is a great program <br />236 and the city needs to make people aware of it. <br />237 <br />238 Chair Cihacek explained another thing the intern could work on is helping develop <br />239 buying pools for a community solar garden. He explained how this could work for <br />240 the city and other communities or private entities. This might help the city <br />241 accelerate solar power as well as the School District, corporations or other entities. <br />242 <br />243 Member Misra asked if there has been any solar ene y production this past winter. <br />244 <br />245 Mr. Johnson indicated the city has seen a little bit. There have been some snowy, <br />246 icy conditions but have been producing a little bit. It will be interesting to see <br />247 through February and then see how 2020 looks as well. <br />248 <br />249 Member Spencer asked how the city finds the interns. <br />250 <br />251 Mr. Johnson explained the city will work through MNTAP which already has a <br />252 pool of interested students. The same will be done through Minnesota Green Corp. <br />253 which is through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. <br />254 <br />255 Chair Cihacek asked if anyone in the public had input on this topic. <br />256 <br />257 Ms. Tammy McGehee explained she wanted to forward Bob Willmus's message <br />258 because he came to speak on the sump pump and was not able to speak but wanted <br />259 to point out that there was a charge of $250 to get the inspection in West St. Paul <br />260 and Golden Valley and in addition to that there needs to be a plumber there so the <br />261 entire cost was around $500.00 to get this point of sale inspection so Mr. Willmus <br />262 very much favored the current plan and not doing the point of sale with the added <br />263 expense. <br />Page 6 of 7 <br />