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• MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER <br /> ENERGY CITY COMMISSION <br /> HELD AT ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br /> UPPERTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM <br /> WEDNESDAY,JUNE 18,2008 <br /> Members Present: Bryan Adams, Denny Chuba, Vance Zehringer, Susie Overholser, John <br /> Setala, Todd Berreman <br /> Members Absent: Ed Stoutenburg IV, Stephen Rohlf,Mayor Stephanie Klinzing, and <br /> Maureen Griffiths for Deb Walters, <br /> Staff Present: Jeff Gongoll, Community Development Director <br /> Rebecca Haug, Environmental A nistrator <br /> Nicola(Nicki) Blake-Bradley Environmental Technician <br /> The regular meeting of the Energy City Commission was called to order by Chair Zehringer at <br /> 1:35 p.m. <br /> • 1. Approve June 18, 2008 ECC Agenda <br /> Environmental Administrator Haug added several items to the agenda: Greenstar Cities <br /> initiative, League of MN Cities update (from Nicki), and a budget update. Commissioner <br /> Overholser added an ECL3AR update and Chair Zehringer added an update on Connexus as <br /> well. <br /> F <br /> . R <br /> 2. Consider May 21, 24ECC Minutes <br /> No changes were requested of tlhe mimates They were accepted as presented. <br /> 3. "Project Conserve" Updates:'` <br /> The Project Conserve subcommiteemet regarding the possibility of this initiative moving <br /> forward. Environmental Admimstrator y. <br /> Haug discussed the time commitment and options for <br /> working with Spectrum High School or an intern. The main question is whether the <br /> Commission wants to continue this program. If so, a utility bill stuffer will go out as <br /> advertising to all ERMU customers. The two people who expressed interest in the program <br /> from the Energy Expo either live in Otsego (not on city water) or have Connexus energy (no <br /> historical data), so essentially the project would be starting over. <br /> Commissioner Setala questioned whether starting with a smaller number would be better since <br /> there are a lot of questions about exactly how much time would need to be spent per <br /> household, how much time it would take to answer questions, etc. Estimated time requirement <br /> for 30 homes was a minimum of 150 hours and staff time is very limited. If the commission <br /> 0 agrees that the project should move forward, there is an opportunity to potentially get some <br /> homes involved in Trout Brook Farms since Environmental Technician Blake-Bradley has <br /> been working on beginning an organics waste collection in the development. This program <br /> could piggyback on the organics (since that would be waste reduction). <br />