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163 person meetings on particular subject areas that communities are interested in. <br />164 There is an ongoing relationship. Some communities have reapproached Partners <br />165 in Energy asking for additional things to be done or to focus on one particular area <br />166 or to pursue a different type of project and that is not an uncommon occurrence. As <br />167 far as reporting is concerned, the City will receive semi-annual implementation <br />168 reports. He reviewed what the reports consist of. He indicated Xcel Energy has a <br />169 tremendous capability to be able to keep track of what is going on in communities. <br />170 <br />171 Chair Wozniak asked if there were any comments from the public with none being <br />172 offered. <br />173 op <br />174 Chair Wozniak explained he liked the presentation and it seemed well thought out. <br />175 He thought there was lots of information. He wondered if there were any surprises <br />176 with Roseville's plan and he wondered if any trends were seen emerging and what <br />177 have the plan's goals been. <br />178 <br />179 Mr. Halsinger indicated he was very proud to be working with the staff at Roseville. <br />180 A lot of the workshops are really calibrated based on the energy of the members of <br />181 the Energy Action Team. He thought the members of the Roseville Energy Action <br />182 Team are really passionate, committed and really interested and there was great <br />183 dialogue and discussions. One of the things that distinguished Roseville was the <br />184 sense of energy and passion. He thought everyone did a great job. There was a <br />185 real passion from everyone to do everything and get going on the work. He thought <br />186 those were the things that distinguished the Roseville assignment from some others. <br />187 It was areally engaged group. As far as trends are concerned, that is amore difficult <br />188 question, partly because the Partners in Energy program is designed, not to hand <br />189 every community a brochure of the available programs, but it is designed to be a <br />190 reflection of what the community really wants. There is not a real set plan in place. <br />191 The notion of energy burden is one that many communities are very concerned <br />192 about and certainly, greenhouse gas reduction is a major issue. He thought those <br />193 are two themes he has seen kind of growing in the sense of urgency. Different <br />194 communities are going to have different priorities around business efficiency and <br />195 residential, but for the most part each community tends to be fairly different. <br />196 <br />197 Mr. Sedlacek explained he has worked on five different community plans and there <br />198 is always conversation around lower income families and how the City can help <br />199 them because they do not have the tools others might have. Other than that, each <br />200 one of the plans he has worked on is so very different. He noted it sells him even <br />201 more on the value of the program because each community has come up with <br />202 something unique, which is fun to see. <br />203 <br />204 Ms. Pfiefer thought this is really community -specific and driven by the community <br />205 and is not something Xcel Energy runs, they provide guidance and information, but <br />206 it really is a community effort. <br />207 <br />Page 5 of 10 <br />