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79 Vice -Chair Ficek thought the presentation on the Xcel Project was great. He asked 80 if there will be at least one sidewalk open at all times. 81 82 Mr. Freihammer explained there will be a requirement that a sidewalk be open on 83 one side or the other of County Road B and during the majority of the project 84 sidewalks on both sides of the project will remain open. 85 86 Environmental Specialist Ryan Johnson updated the Commission on sustainability 87 efforts in the City. 88 89 6. Climate Change Response Recommendation 90 Chair Wozniak reviewed the history of the Climate Change Response item and 91 explained in January the City Council reviewed it and decided not to set the item 92 aside for a future agenda item for discussion and had a discussion about it. The 93 discussion focused primarily on the importance that the City was doing things than 94 the City needs to claim an emergency about it as well as some concerns about what 95 signifying an emergency can mean and raised a few concerns among the Council. 96 He indicated the Commission should discuss whether the Commission wants to 97 take any action on this item. He asked Resilient Roseville to discuss it at their 98 meeting and perhaps offer some suggestions for what that group might see as edits 99 to or additions to the proposed resolution. 100 101 Chair Wozniak explained Mr. Culver and he also talked about this and wondered if 102 it might be better, instead of a resolution, to take the Be It Resolved action steps 103 and agree on a set of those, as a Commission, as a way of informing the City 104 Council what the PWETC believed are the best next steps for the City, without 105 claiming a Climate Emergency, but instead focus on action steps that this 106 Commission, City Staff and/or residents can perhaps consider and then that might 107 then serve as a backdrop for this Commissions discussion with the City Council at 108 the Joint meeting in July. 109 110 Chair Wozniak opened the floor to the public. 111 112 Ms. Donna Peterson, 2650 Lexington Avenue, explained she is with Resilient 113 Roseville and is trying to gather comments from residents and the City. She noted 114 Resilient Roseville did not delete anything from the Commission's template 115 received. She indicated there were not many comments except in the Be It Further 116 Resolved section. Resilient Roseville did not take out anything from the template 117 but did add a list of possibilities for people to consider. 118 119 Ms. Tammy McGehee indicated she really appreciated the list of items in the 120 resolution and as it stood, she was really unclear if all of those action items are the 121 action items that Chair Wozniak and Mr. Culver were planning to move forward. 122 She would have to say that it is most important to move those things forward and 123 there are some very easy steps there that the City could do by changing zoning and Page 3 of 9