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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: March 8, 2021 <br />Item No.:9.e <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Authorize City Manager to apply for a Minnesota GreenCorps Member for <br />2021-2022 <br />1 B ACKGROUND <br />2 The Minnesota GreenCorps program is a statewide initiative, coordinated by the Minnesota Pollution <br />3 Control Agency, to preserve and protect Minnesota’s environment while training a new generation of <br />4 environmental professionals. <br />5 The program places AmeriCorps members with host organizations around the state to assist <br />6 communities and local governments in addressing a variety of statewide needs, aiming to: <br />7 Reduce solid waste and increase recycling in Minnesota communities. <br />8 Reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and other air pollutants. <br />9 Reduce water runoff and improve water quality. <br />10 Assist community members to take eco-friendly actions. <br />11 Increase community resilience and build local capacity to respond to the threats of climate <br />12 change. <br />13 Train new environmental professionals. <br />14 Members serve at their host sites for 11 months, from mid-September through mid-August. More <br />15 than 350 GreenCorps members have served at over 200 organizations across Minnesota. Former and <br />16 current host site organizations include cities, counties, public schools, universities, watershed <br />17 districts, and non-profit organizations. <br />18 Since the program’s launch in 2009, Minnesota GreenCorps members have engaged and educated <br />19 nearly 200,000 volunteers in communities around the state through service projects, including <br />20 assistance with environmental fairs, multi-modal transportation events, energy benchmarking, waste <br />21 sorts, tree inventory/citizen foresters, invasive species removal, tree planting, and building rain <br />22 gardens. Many of these projects help to increase resilience of Minnesota communities to the impacts <br />23 of climate change, such as increasing heat and heavy precipitation. <br />24 Minnesota GreenCorps is an AmeriCorps program. Funding is provided by ServeMinnesota, the <br />25 Corporation for National Community Service, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. In-kind <br />26 resources are also provided by participating host site organizations. <br />27 The City was successful in their application to host a GreenCorps member last year and therefore is <br />28 currently hosting a GreenCorps member in the Public Works department. Will Ristow, our current <br />29 GreenCorps member, has been helping staff with several sustainability efforts including a voluntary <br />30 private energy benchmarking program and the City’s work in the Partners in Energy program. This <br />31 partnership has been very successful for the City so far and has allowed us to do much more over the <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />
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