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APPENDIX ENERGY CITY COMMISSION <br /> INTERVIEWS <br /> Well the City Council has to be a promoter. The City staff should also pick up, we have a <br /> publication that is once a year, and I was going to look at that and see what is in there. I need to <br /> dig into the comprehensive plan as well. I have only been to one meeting, and we have another <br /> one in May. <br /> Kallie: You mentioned that you served on the Parks and Recreation Commission, is there <br /> anything that the Parks and Recreation Commission is doing particularly well that the <br /> Energy City Commission could do,such as lessons-learned or best practices? <br /> Well the Parks and Recreation Commission in Elk River is outstanding. It does some of the things <br /> like deployment of the nature preserve and conservation.We have made some steps in regards to <br /> the library. If you drive by the library there is a rain garden and there is some native prairie and <br /> there is a windmill. <br /> Kallie: How does the Parks and Recreation Commission attract volunteers to participate in <br /> their initiatives? <br /> Well I think people like to get involved in Parks and Recreation,for example,they had a fair in the <br /> conservation area, removing mud etc and they had over 40 volunteers. I think Kristen reached <br /> out on social media and targeted mailers. <br /> Kallie: A similar question, is there anything that the Parks and Recreation Commission is <br /> doing well, in terms of organization and leadership that the Energy City Commission could <br /> do? <br /> I haven't seen anything. I think the leadership structure is fine. There is one fellow who leads it, <br /> and he has been around for 25 years.There are a lot of folks who want to get on that Commission. <br /> For Energy City, Tom and I were talking about this, there is a different ordinance. The ordinance <br /> 0 <br /> Page 86 UNIVERSITY of ST.THOMAS <br /> EfV-ERGYCITY <br /> Opus College of Business <br />