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Commissioner Iverson would like to work on promoting ERMU's Clean Energy <br />Choice program for residential customers. There are about 12,000 residential meters <br />in the City of Elk River. Additionally, the Drive Electric Week event at the Farmers <br />Market will not be held this year due to COVID concerns. <br />5.2 eBike updates and next steps <br />Chair Sagstetter and Ms. Erickson went to Lakeville to Rambo Bikes to test drive <br />electric bike options earlier this week. The selected model is a 750w, Kevlar fat tire <br />bike, which was a returned bike from Costco and offered at a discount. It charges in <br />about five hours and will be easy for staff to use. The standard warranty applies even <br />though it is a returned model. We will also be getting front and rear racks and saddle <br />bags for storage. ERMU will assist with adding decals to promote Energy City and <br />Clean Energy Choice. We are hopeful to get the purchase finalized in the next couple <br />weeks. <br />5.3 Energy City budget update — compostable products at city events <br />Ms. Erickson included funding for compostable products for collection at city events <br />for the 2021 Energy City Budget. More details to come on how Energy City <br />Commissioners can get involved with this. <br />5.4 MMPA Wind Turbine <br />Construction has begun for the MMPA Wind Turbine at the Youth Athletic <br />Complex city park. The driveway and foundation have been completed already and <br />the install is moving along quickly. Ideally the turbine will be installed next week. It is <br />160kW and hopefully will be online and producing power by the end of September. <br />Chair Sagstetter discussed a possible event at the park once the turbine is installed <br />and functioning to promote it. <br />5.5 Economic Development Updates <br />Ms. Eddy discussed the EDA budget, which is currently in discussion right now and <br />will be approved in September. They are proposing to allocate $10,000 for Energy <br />City rebates and programs for EDA, Energy City and ERMU partnership programs. <br />This would include Action Item initiatives and rebate programs. <br />5.6 Societal Costs of Carbon <br />Commissioner Curtis discussed Minneapolis' societal cost of carbon which was <br />discussed during the last ECC meeting. She did additional research on this <br />declaration by Minneapolis City Council. The goal is to provide a value stream to <br />carbon and to fund/prioritize initiatives that reduce carbon emissions. She discussed <br />encouraging our commission to request the City Council put a societal cost on <br />carbon and use that as a tool for prioritization. This could also help to add value to <br />projects that may not have high cost savings. The city's budget process was <br />2 <br />