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