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79 Mr. Culver thought the City Council could appoint the Commission as the <br />80 Sustainability and Resiliency Committee if there is some formal role that it plays <br />81 in some broader plan State wide. <br />82 <br />83 Motion <br />84 Member Wozniak moved to indicate this Commission supports any efforts the <br />85 City can take and make to mitigate and address climate change such as a <br />86 resolution and the Commission will consider this at the January PWETC <br />87 meeting and also recommend the Council include citations to some of the facts <br />88 and figures in the proposed resolution. <br />89 <br />90 Mr. Culver suggested the following motion instead of Member Wozniak's lengthy <br />91 motion. <br />92 <br />93 Member Wozniak moved to recommend the City Council join cities and <br />94 counties across Minnesota declaring a climate emergency and asking the State <br />95 and Federal Government to help address it, provide vital resources and that <br />96 the City Council develop a resolution of support of that initiative. <br />97 <br />98 Chair Wozniak thought that motion was afew steps beyond where the Commission <br />99 started. He asked the Commission for comments on what Mr. Culver was <br />100 suggesting because he thought the Commission was not going to support this <br />101 specific resolution yet because the Commission has not had a chance to look at or <br />102 discuss it. However, the Commission does support City efforts to address and <br />103 mitigate climate change. This is a step in that direction. He was not comfortable <br />104 stating the Commission is ok with the resolution because he, himself, has not read <br />105 the entire thing. He did want to support the City's efforts in that direction. <br />106 1 <br />107 Mr. Culver suggested to simply state at this point, not making a formal <br />108 recommendation to the City Council at this meeting but simply stating that the <br />109 Commission is going to review this as a part of the Sustainability Super Meeting in <br />110 January. <br />111 <br />112 Member Joyce thought this was definitely something the Commission is interested <br />113 in discussing. It would be nice to know what the unintended consequences is of <br />114 having a climate emergency for them. He wondered what Statutes this would fall <br />115 under. He thought that bringing it to the super meeting would be great and <br />116 something the Commission could work on over a number of meetings and he would <br />117 be comfortable with exploring and understanding this in a broader sense of what <br />118 the City can do and the pros and cons of this endorsement. <br />119 <br />120 Chair Wozniak thought the Commission was back to the motion that states the <br />121 Commission supports City efforts to address and mitigate climate change and some <br />122 of the elements of this proposal are things that the Commission has worked on and <br />123 supported. He thought the Commission would be willing to serve as a sustainability <br />124 and resiliency committee. <br />Page 3 of 7 <br />