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Mr. Culver updated the Commission on the things the City is planning to do <br />regarding parking in the City when the State Fair is open. <br />Chair Wozniak asked about utility markings on B2 between Hamline and Snelling. <br />Mr. Culver explained Ramsey County is starting a project that will have substantial <br />traffic impacts for the City. <br />5. Partners in Energy Update <br />Environmental Specialist Johnson introduced Ms. Megan Week and Ms. Tami <br />Gunderzik from the Center of Energy and Environment (CEE) who gave a <br />presentation to the Commission. <br />Member Misra indicated she was excited to see this get up off the ground. She was <br />curious what the longer -term picture looked like on the commercial side and the <br />longer time frame of the whole plan. <br />Mr. Johnson explained in the packet there is the implementation schedule for the <br />next eighteen months and what will be the focus. Once that is done then there will <br />be outreach and engagement in the business community later this fall and into 2022. <br />Member Misra thought this plan has been somewhat different from other cities and <br />she wondered how success will look like on this in a year or two on some of the <br />early phases. <br />Ms. Gunderzik explained she has been excited to see the data driven approach that <br />has continued through implementation. She indicated they tried to put that into <br />some of the early planning workshops to give people information to make decisions <br />on and the fact that now that they have transitioned over, and the community has <br />now taken the lead role that they still continue to do it in a very procedural process <br />which gives her a lot of confidence that they are setting some good roots down and <br />platforms that can be built on long term which is not seen in a lot of communities. <br />Ms. Week explained within the plan, the goals of the business focused areas <br />specifically, they have just gotten to engaging one hundred small and medium sized <br />businesses which will then directly coincide with the goals they have for dollar <br />savings as well as greenhouse gas avoidance. Those numbers coincide and is their <br />measurement of success in one sense, numbers wise but also the success to of <br />helping businesses through COVID to save money and promote energy. <br />Member Misra explained she was happy that the City is taking it with such attention <br />to the data and the detail and she thought it was one of the really important things <br />being done in Roseville. She hoped as it continues and it looks like there are other <br />things that can be happening in the community, she hopes people will step up and <br />take on the work. <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />