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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 13.D. 021, Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission members, City Staff, and members of the public participated in this meeting electronically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 1. Introduction / Roll Call Chair Wozniak called the meeting to order at approximately 6:30 p.m. and at his request, Public Works Director Marc Culver called the roll. Present: Chair Joe Wozniak; Vice Chair Bryant Ficek; and Members Michael Joyce, Jarrod Cicha, Nancy Misra, Mike Collins and Shane Spencer Absent: Youth Member Rose Gasongo (Excused) Staff Present: Public Works Director Marc Culver; City Engineer/Assistant Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer; Civil Engineer Stephanie Smith, and Environmental Specialist Ryan Johnson Commissioner Collins arrived at 6:34 p.m. 2. Public Comments Ms. Priscilla Morton, 2593 Western, wanted to comment about the discussion in November regarding climate emergency. She hoped that of any body in Roseville who would support the words "climate emergency" would be the PWETC. If this group is the Sustainability and the Green Team and they know they are in climate emergency, she would urge the Commission to go ahead and use those terms. She indicated she did not see the memo or all the wording in the resolution so she does not know what the hesitation was but she would urge the City to support that terminology. The second thing aboutthat was it concerned her that this Commission was willing to take on all of the sustainability efforts, all the stuff that has been done and all that needs to be done, to have only one quarter of a Commission working on this, seems like it is under staffed and a low level of attention for the Page 1 of 9