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Energy City Commission Minutes Page 2 September 17,2008 Environmental Administrator Haug has been asked to present on Project Conserve to the III Rotary Club. Mayor Klinzing stated that the City Council's support of funding shows their excitement for the Project. Chair Zehringer stated that Commissioner Berreman has been attending some meetings within the southern suburbs where the Cities are discussing conducting projects similar to Project Conserve. With this in mind, Chair Zehringer would like to set a timeline and begin with the participants who are chosen by the end of October. A Mayor's meeting will be held on October 2, 2008 in the southern suburbs. Environmental Administrator Haug and Mayor Klinzing both expressed interest in attending the meeting to determine whether Project Conserve is in conflict with their efforts or not. The cities involved include Lakeville, Shakopee, Eagen, and Woodbury. Chair Zehringer stated that the full number of desired participants has not been reached, although there are 22 applicants currently. A utility bill stuffer will go out with an October 10, 2008 deadline for application for the program. Most of the City Council has expressed interest. Chair Zehringer stated that although the city water customer requirement has been removed, it would be beneficial to have 50% of the participants on City water for historical data. The applications will be discussed at the next subcommittee meeting on October 15th at 17 "4 .i � to determine the number of participa�.s (which will depend upon `�"' �a �;��< ,®ere the ,how many people are in the he hold, and what they have for i. util ). C air Zehrm handed out a summary sheet eg ' g what has been done to date ideas ti.moving fe 4'. d with the program, inclun "yin s with the participants and P e p g g p p 6',, s Sri erly media updates, etc. Coxun user Setala suggested putting the $ sletter i k ation on the website as will as sent g to the residents. y ..w 'Feting for the residents will be field on Oct eara2lsc and 23rd (in case some;`,-ogle can't make the first meeting). Regarding water conservation, Commissioner Setala suggested partnering with Prairie Restorations to create less turf areas which would reduce the need to be water. Commissioner Adams discussed a handout that he presented to the commission regarding peak energy usage (around 6:00 p.m. each day). He commented that the largest increases were related to air conditioning usage. A question of whether programmable thermostats would make a difference, Commissioner Adams felt they would help but there'd likely still be the surge in usage in the evening. Commissioner Overholser commented that she found a site on the internet called "10% Challenge" and gave some information to Chair Zehringer from the website that she'd printed off. 4. 2009 Energy Expo Discussion The City Council approved moving forward with the 2009 Energy Expo with a$5,000 reduction in the budget. Environmental Administrator Haug stated that the City will most III likely forego using Wolf Marketing for the project,hoping that most work will be able to be covered in house. Planning most likely needs to start now or very soon so the Commission was asked for volunteers to sit on the planning subcommittee. Chair Zehringer and