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25 Mr. Culver updated the Commission on the things the City is planning to do 26 regarding parking in the City when the State Fair is open. 27 Chair Wozniak asked about utility markings on B2 between Hamline and Snelling. 28 Mr. Culver explained Ramsey County is starting a project that will have substantial 29 traffic impacts for the City. 30 5. Partners in Energy Update 31 Environmental Specialist Johnson introduced Ms. Megan Week and Ms. Tami 32 Gunderzik from the Center of Energy and Environment (CEE) who gave a 33 presentation to the Commission. 34 Member Misra indicated she was excited to see this get up off the ground. She was 35 curious what the longer -term picture looked like on the commercial side and the 36 longer time frame of the whole plan. 37 Mr. Johnson explained in the packet there is the implementation schedule for the 38 next eighteen months and what will be the focus. Once that is done then there will 39 be outreach and engagement in the business community later this fall and into 2022. 40 Member Misra thought this plan has been somewhat different from other cities and 41 she wondered how success will look like on this in a year or two on some of the 42 early phases. 43 Ms. Gunderzik explained she has been excited to see the data driven approach that 44 has continued through implementation. She indicated they tried to put that into 45 some of the early planning workshops to give people information to make decisions 46 on and the fact that now that they have transitioned over, and the community has 47 now taken the lead role that they still continue to do it in a very procedural process 48 which gives her a lot of confidence that they are setting some good roots down and 49 platforms that can be built on long term which is not seen in a lot of communities. 50 Ms. Week explained within the plan, the goals of the business focused areas 51 specifically, they have just gotten to engaging one hundred small and medium sized 52 businesses which will then directly coincide with the goals they have for dollar 53 savings as well as greenhouse gas avoidance. Those numbers coincide and is their 54 measurement of success in one sense, numbers wise but also the success to of 55 helping businesses through COVID to save money and promote energy. 56 Member Misra explained she was happy that the City is taking it with such attention 57 to the data and the detail and she thought it was one of the really important things 58 being done in Roseville. She hoped as it continues and it looks like there are other 59 things that can be happening in the community, she hopes people will step up and 60 take on the work. Page 2 of 5