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<br /> <br />Meeting of the Elk River <br />Energy City Commission <br />Held at the Elk River City Hall <br />Wednesday, November 20, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />Members Present: Commissioners Aaron Brixius, Garrett Christianson, Trish Curtis, <br />Henry Griner, Harley Hanson, Jason Hoskins, Amy Lord and Alec <br />Plaisted, Tim Steinbeck <br /> <br />Members Absent: Chair Tom Sagstetter <br /> <br />Staff Present: Amanda Erickson, Environmental Coordinator <br /> <br />1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the Elk River Energy City <br />Commission was called to order by Vice Chair Griner at 8:30 a.m. <br /> <br />2. Pledge of Allegiance <br /> <br /> Griner led the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> <br />3. Consider Agenda <br /> <br /> Agenda approved unanimously by members. <br /> <br />4. Consider Minutes <br /> <br />Consider minutes from both the August 28, 2019 meetings. Minutes approved <br />unanimously by members. <br /> <br />5.1 Member Updates <br /> <br /> Commissioner Steinbeck provided a brief update about the GRE facility in Elk River <br />that will be begin demolition in early 2020. They are currently working on <br />decommissioning the site and the power will likely be off at the site completely by <br />the end of the year. No physical removal of material will occur on the site until <br />spring 2020. This site previously had nuclear power, but there is no radiation present <br />currently. They continue to share information with the city and public about the <br />process. <br /> <br /> <br />5.2 Henry Griner presentation: Climate Reality Project Counterpoint <br /> <br />In response to the Iverson’s presentation at the last ECC meeting, Commissioner <br />Griner asked to present his own counterpoint information to their information. <br />Griner previously worked for a power company and owned his own solar company. <br />