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Attachment 2 <br />Notes from the July 10, 2023 City Council Joint Meeting with the Public Works, Environment and <br />Transportation Commission <br />Council Comments on future topics: <br />No Mow May: <br />- Confusion over whether this was a mandate or an option. <br />- Additional education and outreach needed for raingardens, which can be good pollinator <br />gardens. <br />- Need more education on why there is a "No Mow May." <br />- This movement also serves a sustainability purpose as most mowers have combustion <br />engines. <br />- General interest in expanding the education and promotion of this movement/event. <br />Speed Limits: <br />- Concerns from a couple of councilmembers over effectiveness of changing speed limits <br />without extreme increases in enforcement which we can't commit to. <br />- What has been the result (and compliance rate) in St. Paul and Minneapolis? <br />- What would be the budget impact for new signs and enforcement? <br />- Support from multiple councilmembers to lower speed limits, at the very least on the <br />"lowest functional class" of roadway within the City. Essentially, a city-wide residential <br />street speed limit. <br />Take Out Food Containers: <br />- Support to ban Styrofoam and #6 plastic containers. <br />- Look at other options. <br />- Make sure we engage with food service providers and help them find alternatives at <br />similar/same price point. Connect them with other resources and grants at the County and <br />State level. <br />- Phased in approach. <br />Commission Name Change: <br />- Okay to consider this from time to time. General consensus that it is good to discuss this and <br />make a recommendation. <br />- Make sure to look at and adjust scope first, and then consider the commission name. <br />- Original name was simply "Public Works Commission." <br />Page 72 of 76 <br />