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staff are working on finding local contacts or organizations that may be interested in purchasing the biogas for energy production. 5.2 Sustainability Survey The commission members discussed the draft sustainability survey and plans to work with city communication staff to refine this a bit. Some commission members felt the survey was too long and would be better received as a short, few question survey or possibly broken into multiple surveys/poll questions. The idea of having certain answers lead to more questions ("if yes, then explain", etc.) was a preferred idea to get better responses. The survey will be available online and cross promoted by the City and ERMU when complete. Ms. Eddy shared the idea of incorporating the survey along with highlighting Energy City's 2Yh Anniversary. The results will be shared back with the public and ideally used to drive the commission's future planning and projects. Revisions will include less questions, quicker replies, and less open-ended questions. The hope is that a shorter survey will get more responses and a better participation rate. City staff will work to determine what options we have for such a survey via the city website and determine how best to execute this. Ideally the survey would be only a few questions and take less than five minutes in total. The focus for the survey electric vehicles, rebates and what other topics residents are most interested in. Ideally the survey will gauge if residents are willing to pay more for sustainable initiatives either individually or support the city doing so. The priorities of the survey will be determining awareness, participation/availability and interest in sustainability and energy related topics. The commission also discussed how best to share why residents should care about these topics, without getting too technical in this explanation. The goal is to get the survey updated soon and distributed via online platforms. 5.3 Drive Electric Week at Farmers Market — September 30`b City and ERMU staff are working to organize an event at the Farmers Market during National Drive Electric week to showcase electric vehicles. Corner Stone will be partnering for the event and offering test drives at the market for residents. There will be a table where commissions can volunteer their time to talk with residents attending the market as well. Commissioner Iverson will be connecting with other local EV drivers to attend the event as well. 5.4 Rebate and EDA Funds: Expense proposals/discussion There are some funds available in 2021 from the Energy City and EDA budget specifically for Energy City rebates. The group discussed what items might be priorities for this year. Recently the EDA added an art piece in downtown Elk River