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75 some serious momentum toward sustainability. The City also has an intern to work 76 on these things which hopefully will be afull-time position in the City in 2023. He 77 did not think that there is the thought, at the City of Roseville level, they need to 78 declare an emergency state to take other actions at this time. There are things they 79 would like to see the State do and the Legislature and are pushing for those things 80 whether the City signs the resolution or not. He thought that was kind of the tone 81 from the Council last night. The Council supports this stuff and know the local 82 Legislative representatives support this but the Council did not feel it would make 83 a difference if their name was on a list or not. 84 85 Mr. Culver indicated he talked to Chair Wozniak and one thing that they need to do 86 a better job of is advocating, promoting and talking to their constituents and 87 residents in Roseville about what the City is already doing. The City is doing some 88 things to prepare themselves to make changes in the City to reduce its impact on 89 the climate within the City of Roseville and the City is also advocating for even 90 more aggressive things that cannot be done right now because of State law. He did 91 not want the residents to feel like this is not important to the City or be too 92 disappointed that the resolution did not get adopted because the work is still 93 happening in Roseville and the City is still a strong advocate for those things. If 94 there is a bill introduced that has something very specific to it then there is an 95 opportunity for the City Council to come out in favor of that specific bill or action 96 in the Legislature, which speaks more than a general resolution. 97 98 Chair Wozniak indicated another thing that struck him at the Council meeting was 99 the very strong support for sustainability components to a possible future 100 maintenance facility for the City. He thought the Council really hit a home run there 101 in his view. He noted almost every Councilmember was advocating for sustainable 102 elements, the possible budget increase of about $5 million dollars to account for 103 being able to incorporate some of those elements into the final design plan. He also 104 added that the PWETC can still take action on that proposal if it wishes at a future 105 meeting. He encouraged members to consider that. 106 107 Member Misra thought the fact that the Commission is taking action is more 108 significant and important. She indicated she did not have the language in front of 109 her but she would like the Commission to leave that as a possibility, that the 110 Commission would take up language at some future date. She did not know that 111 they are trying to state the City is in a state of emergency but maybe that there is an 112 ongoing climate emergency, which she thought was two different things. She 113 thought there is some significance in this group taking up some sort of a statement 114 about that but she thought it was much more important that the Commission is 115 doing actions. She encouraged residents of Roseville who have concerns about this 116 to continue to voice those concerns and keep the pressure on because she thought 117 that it matters and a significant enough matter that the City should be welcoming 118 of those voices. 119 Page 3 of 9