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Environmental Manager Ryan Johnson talked about sustainability efforts in the city <br />and a Sustainability City Award that was accepted by Noel Bokken. <br />Chair Ficek thanked staff and indicated that the Rosefest parade was fantastic. He <br />thanked all of the coordinators and volunteers. He indicated the City of Burnsville <br />has a pretty cool website where the City established its goals and then have periodic <br />updates of what the City is doing to meet the goals. He liked how it was set up with <br />the different goals and a summary of them as well as details. He thought maybe <br />the Commission and staff could look at that website to see if there is anything that <br />could be borrowed for their website. He indicated there are a lot of grants out there <br />and he wondered what the City, in general, might be looking at in terms of grants. <br />Mr. Freihammer reviewed what staff has been working on related to grants and <br />eligibility. <br />5. Gold Leaf and High -Impact Climate Action — Preliminary Assessment <br />Environmental Manager Ryan Johnson explained that the Minnesota Pollution <br />Control Agency launched a pilot program which focuses on pathways for <br />communities to take local climate action through the GreenStep program. Roseville <br />was selected as one of the pilot communities in December 2022 and has been <br />working towards several different initiatives under this Gold Leaf program. One <br />of the initiatives was to look at the City -owned properties and determine how <br />energy efficient they are. <br />Mr. Johnson explained staff is currently working with American Building <br />Maintenance (ABM), who has specialty resources available to assess Roseville's <br />buildings and energy infrastructure and help determine and prioritize energy <br />improvements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. <br />Mr. Johnson introduced Mr. Adam Seidel from ABM who made a presentation and <br />invited questions and feedback from the Commission. <br />Member Mueller explained she was curious about when Mr. Seidel touched on the <br />guarantee and his company writing a check if there was a discrepancy. She <br />wondered what the fee was for contracting because obviously the company is not <br />doing this for free. <br />Mr. Seidel reviewed the process with the Commission. <br />Member Mueller indicated she was also curious about the terms and the <br />maintenance, and she thought he touched on that. She was not sure if there would <br />be phases to this and several contracts or how that would work. He mentioned that <br />generally it was up to twenty years, and she wondered if that was kind of the terms, <br />or does it depend on what the City signs on for. <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />