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24, 1 <br /> Meeting of the Elk River <br /> O"Y°' Energy City Commission <br /> Elk River City Hall <br /> River Wednesday, March 15, 2023 <br /> Members Present Chair Casey Mahon, Commissioners Vern Iverson,Cory Grupa, <br /> Mark Peterson,Tony Miller,Levi Aespoh,and Tom Sagstetter <br /> Members Absent Commissioners Reggie Vanlonden,and Jon Cappaert <br /> Staff Present: Environmental Services/Special Projects Director Suzanne Fischer <br /> 1. Call Meeting to Order <br /> Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the meeting of the F.lk River Energy City <br /> Commission was called to order by Chair Mahon at 8:30 a.m. <br /> 2. Pledge of Allegiance <br /> Commissioner Mahon led the Pledge of Allegiance. <br /> 3. Oath of Office <br /> Vern Iverson and Levi Aesoph took and signed their oath of office. <br /> 4. ConsiderAgenda&Minutes <br /> Commissioner Sagstetter moved to approve the agenda, seconded by Commissioner Aesoph. <br /> Commissioner Grupa moved to approve the minutes, seconded by Commissioner Peterson. <br /> 5. Status of Energy City Goals <br /> Commissioners discussed Goal 3—`Advocate to the City Council that all RFP's or capital expenditures <br /> clearly identify and quantify the LT environmental and energy eficiency attributes for projects or equipment <br /> purchases exceeding%S0K in cost <br /> Commissioner Sagstetter provided examples of sustainability questions to ask suppliers, <br /> however we will continue to search for more local examples.This item will be brought back to <br /> the ECC in May. <br /> 5.2 ECC Presentation to Council. <br /> The ECC power point for an Apr. 17 presentation to Council was reviewed by the Commission. In <br /> addition,Chair Mahon shared that he will have talking points with it and Commissioner Iverson will <br /> provide a briefing to them on the Recharge MN event in August. <br /> 5.3 Follow-Up from Recharge MN meeting of 3.8. <br /> The bi-weekly planning meetings are going well,and the group has been in contact with area car <br /> dealerships (for EV test drives),vendors,schools,charitable organizations,and potential sponsors. <br /> Plans include a strong focus on career opportunities and jobs in energy related fields.The <br /> Transportation Center for Excellence will provide a hands-on trailer and possibly an EV cut in half. <br /> The Elk River Fire Dept has also been asked to participate.The event will include food trucks in <br /> 1 <br />