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Energy City Commission Minutes Page 3 June 18,2008 0 Environmental Administrator Haug commented that she will work on verbiage and bring it back to the commission next month. 6. Other Environmental Administrator Haug informed the commission that a Greenstar Buildings Program is being formed through the State and they are looking for people to sit on the advisory committee. She questioned whether anyone on the commission is interested in representing the City of Elk River, Energy City. The commitment is at least two meetings beginning in September. It sounds as though it's a similar program to the Star City concept. If no one is interested in being on the committee, she will be our representative. Environmental Technician Blake-Bradley informed the commission that the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) has chosen Elk River as one of four cities to be shown in a documentary on green initiatives from approximately 30 submissions. The LMC will be coming to Elk River on the afternoon of June 25th to conduct interviews and film various demonstration sites. Chair Zehringer volunteered to give a short Powerpoint presentation to the crew prior to going to film the locations to help prioritize where they'd like to go. The ;t LMC crew is likely to be here for four hours or so The Mayor will also be interviewed for the program. Environmental Administrator Haug informed the commisSionthat budgets are extremely tight and that she isn't sure how that will affect the Energy Expo next year The City Council has 411) already trimmed the Expo budget by approximately $10,000 andfmay have to cut more She will have the detailed budget and expenditures from the Expo at the next meeting. The County still has to be billed for the expenses they stated they will cover. One more invoice is needed from a"thank you" ad befor the invoice can be sent to the County. Chair Zehringer stated that he" proached Bruce Saylor from Connexus to see if he'd be interested in being a co so, issioier representing the company. Bruce stated he'd be interested. Chair Zehringer will give eithe?his 11Plue address or the company address to Environmental Administrator Haug. , Commissioner Overholser stated:that ECONAR has a community loop geothermal system in place in St. Paul (she had been asked to look into whether there were any installed). She will get more information on the system from the person that was the project manager on it(as to how many homes there are, etc.). She added that representatives from ECONAR attended a party for the Roloff family in Portland,Oregon(the family showcased in"Little People, Big World") where the company donated a geothermal system for the show. She stated that • they've decided to hold the program featuring ECONAR until the season premier in September. Commissioner Overholser will let staff know when the show will be aired so that the commission can be informed. Commissioner Overholser also invited anyone from the commission that would be interested in attending the Town Hall meeting held by Senator John McCain in Eagan on Thursday, June Ill19, 2008 at noon. ECONAR was invited due to the meeting being "energy related". There is no cost.