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SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE 2020 GREEN STEP CITIES Roseville has been a participating member of the GreenStep Cities Program for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency since 2012, a voluntary 5-step challenge to help cities achieve sustainability and quality of life goals. In early 2019, the city completed the remaining practices necessary to achieve Step 3 status. The city is currently working to achieve Step 4, improving 13 more practices including increasing the num- ber of trees planted, evaluating the methods of transportation for city residents and employees, calculating the energy consumed by the city, increasing the number of solar energy systems: public and private, calculating miles of pathway, among others. The goals of Steps 4 and 5 are to gather data in order to inform sustainable decisions in the following years. Only 12 cities have achieved Step 5 status this year. Step 5 of the program is a renewable metric that is only achieved upon additional improvements from year to year. Roseville hopes to soon join the prestigious and ambitious cities leading the state on resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability. Further details about Roseville's progress can be found at: https://greenstep.pcs.state.mn.us Minnesota GreenStep Cities NNE 2020 GREEN TEAM To continue Roseville's progress through the Minnesota GreenStep Cities Program, a committee has been formed and is working in the Public Works, Environment, and Transportation Commission of City Council, the official Green Team of the city. Much of the committee's work focuses on the implementation sustainability practices which meet the city's sustainability goals. The Green team is working with the Public Works department staff, such as the environmental specialist, identifying electrifying the city fleet and increasing solar systems in the city as opportunities for growth in the near future. CITY HALL CAMPUS SOLAR INSTALLATION Roseville completed the installation of the third solar array on the City Hall campus this summer (2019). Solar systems on the Fire Station, Mainte- nance building, and City Hall have been installed and are functioning. The panels have an estimated savings in energy of $1,366 in the first year alone, and encour- age the use of renewable energy to limit the use and impact of fossil fuels and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the city and on the environment. Roseville will con- tinue to promote the implementation of renewable energy sources throughout the city. 3