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Abstain: 1 (Mueller) <br />Motion carried. <br />5. Communication Items <br />Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry provided a brief <br />review and update on projects and maintenance activities listed in the staff report <br />dated April 25, 2023. <br />Chair Ficek asked if there have been a lot of requests for yard signs for Less Mow <br />May. <br />Ms. Bakken explained there have been forty-nine sign ups online since Friday. <br />Member Hodder asked how the visioning process was going and if the Commission <br />was going to have an update as far as how the consultant is doing. <br />Mr. Freihammer explained that the consultant did present to Council and then there <br />was afollow-up with department heads two to three weeks ago. The consultants are <br />still compiling data <br />6. U of M Climate Policy Student Group — Walk Friendly Community Project <br />Sustainability Intern Noelle Bakken introduced Simon, Ava, Ben and Patricija from <br />the University of Minnesota Climate Policy Student Group who provided a <br />presentation to the Commission. <br />Chair Ficek thanked the students for their presentation. <br />Member Cicha asked about the certification, do you start at bronze or can a city go <br />straight to silver or gold. <br />Simon indicated a city can start at whatever level it has achieved. <br />Ava explained there is also an honorable mention category for walk friendly <br />communities. That would be the level below bronze. <br />Member Luongo asked how the students went about engaging the students at the <br />high school. She noted the Commission has a vacancy on the Commission for a <br />Youth Commissioner and has not had success in the past. <br />Ava explained she was the one behind communicating with the students and she <br />just had a meeting with them a couple months ago from the RAHS Progressive <br />Student Committee body and she was able to reach out to them through Instagram, <br />where she got the most engagement. When she tried to reach out through email that <br />did not go as well. Instagram was the best method of communication in that sense, <br />and she was able to meet with a few students and talk about this while it was in the <br />preliminary stages. <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />