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34 Emergency in Minnesota. It appears as though this is an effort to do a city by city, <br />35 State wide resolution declaring a climate change in Minnesota that they want cities <br />36 to take action on the last week in January. There is an issue of climate change, it is <br />37 happening and it is real and humans have a lot to do with it and there are things <br />38 they need to do to try and slow that down or turn it back. The resolution part is <br />39 requesting the City take action. He reviewed what the resolution detailed. He <br />40 explained he sent Mr. Culver an email about this and noted the timeline and <br />41 addressed each of the resolutions. He asked if the Commission was interested in <br />42 discussion this at this point to look at these. <br />43 <br />44 The Commission discussed the email to see if they wanted to make any <br />45 recommendation to the City Council on the resolution. <br />46 <br />47 Mr. Culver explained the Commission could take the intent of the resolution and <br />48 come up with its own whereas' and build off of what is in the current draft of the <br />49 resolution, if that would be more comfortable for the Commission to do. That is <br />50 probably a more reasonable path than trying to work through the resolution at this <br />51 meeting. The Commission could also say that the Commission strongly <br />52 recommends that the Council consider a resolution declaring a climate emergency. <br />53 That also carries some weight without getting into specifics of a particular <br />54 resolution. <br />55 <br />56 Chair Wozniak thought that was a great suggestion. He asked if the Commission <br />57 supported the City taking efforts to address climate change. <br />58 <br />59 The Commission indicated there was support. <br />60 <br />61 Chair Wozniak thought the Commission could recommend to the City Council that <br />62 the Commission supports efforts to address and mitigate climate change and will <br />63 take this specific item up as a part of the January PWETC meeting. <br />64 <br />65 Chair Wozniak made a recommendation that the Commission recommend to the <br />66 City Council that the Commission would support any efforts to address and mitigate <br />67 climate change on behalf of the City as a part of a greater effort and will be happy <br />68 to review this proposal as apart of the January PWETC meeting. He noted Member <br />69 Cicha brought up about citations for some of the facts and figures sighted in the <br />70 resolution and to make them a part of the resolution. <br />71 <br />72 Member Misra agreed with the gist of it. She indicated when she was looking at the <br />73 "Therefore be it resolved" section, a lot of what is listed in there the City is already <br />74 doing and it might be worth, as background for the Council, letting them know that <br />75 the Commission will take it up at the January meeting and that this group has <br />76 already put forward a number of actions under that section and that the Commission <br />77 could look at some new items. <br />78 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />