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MEETING OF THE IC RIVER <br /> ENERGY CITIY COMMISSION <br /> SION <br /> HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br /> WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 <br /> Members Present: Chaim Setala,Commissioners Dennis Chuba,Bruce Sayler,Ryan Setterholm, <br /> This Steirabeck,Matt Westgaard,'T'im Rybak,'T'om Sagstetter and Scott <br /> Hagen <br /> i <br /> Members Absent: Steve Rohlf <br /> Staff Present: Environmental Administrator Rebecca Hang,L•;conomic Development: <br /> Assistant Clay Wilfarht,Economic Development Director Brian Beeman, <br /> Planner/Park Planner Chris Leeseberg,Cable Coordinator Jacob Pace <br /> Others Present: Philipp Muessig,MPCA N1N GrcenStep Cities Coordinator <br /> 1. Call Meeting To Qj:der <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Energy City <br /> Commission was called to order at 8:33 a,m. by Chair Setala, <br /> 2, Considg ft it 17,2013 Ene�I!City Comma"ion Agenda <br /> MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SAYLER AND SECONDED BY <br /> COMMISSIONER STEINBECK TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. MOTION <br /> CARRIED. <br /> 3. Consider March 20,2013 Minutes <br /> MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CI- UBAAND SECONDED BY <br /> COMMISSIONER SAYLER TO APPROVE THE MARCH 20,2013 MIN111'ES. <br /> MOTION CARRIED. <br /> 4. General Buskgmg <br /> 4.1 Nerewaim Lflrt iU er Ge)r,Park.1'l inaerL.T'lusr�rer° <br /> Mr.Leeseberg gave an overview of the city's new website with a focus on tic I,ner:gy City <br /> section and pertinent information for the commissioners, <br /> i <br /> 4.2 ,Pr escrr/qtrorr l2v Phrilibb Muerrag,AQ?C-f AIN,GtxynStep Qlie,r Coprzly r <br /> Mr:,Muessig discussed the history of the MN GreenStep Cities program and informed the <br /> commission that 54 cities in MN are participants in the program which was launched in <br /> 2010. 'The program is similar to°free City'USA but loops at environmental sustainability. <br /> The program encourages civic engagement and is built around 5 categories. There are 6 <br /> partners in the program:League of MN Cities (LMC),Clean Energy Resource Team <br /> (CERl's),Great Plains Institute,Izaak Walton League,Urban Land Institute,and Division <br /> of Energy Resources. W.ithiii the 5 categories,there are 28 best practices. Depending on the <br /> size of a community determines what category it fits into, :Elk River is classified as an"A" <br /> category city and has completed enough actions to be recognized as a."Step 3" city which is <br />