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Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council <br />6.4 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Presentations, Awards, and <br />December 19, 2016 <br />Kristin Mroz, Environmental Technician <br />Recognition <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />University of St. Thomas: History of Climate <br />Suzanne Fischer, Director COD <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Action Requested <br />None requested. <br />Background/Discussion <br />City of Elk River staff has been working with the University of St. Thomas Sustainable Communities <br />Partnership in 2016. <br />For the fall semester, one class that took on a project was History 298: History and Climate. The class <br />syllabus includes investing historical climate impacts across the world and identifying cultural changes to <br />human populations. <br />For the City of Elk River project, the class identified likely changes to our climate based on state and <br />national assessments and researched how those impacts may affect our own local population in the <br />future. <br />Students from the class will present a summary of their findings over four themes: precipitation, <br />temperature, disease, and migration. <br />Financial Impact <br />None <br />Attachments <br />■ None <br />AR <br />