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