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Minneapolis Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee Meeting
A
But
afternoon
call
to
order
this
meeting
of
our
health
environment
and
community
engagement
committee.
I'm,
don't
remember,
can
Gordon
I'm,
chair
of
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
don't
remember,
bender
Johnson,
council
member,
that
for
I
shall
be
here
in
a
moment,
and
we
also
have
a
council
member
Reich
visiting,
there's
not
on
the
committee,
but
we
have
a
quorum
of
committee
members
present,
so
we
can
conduct
the
business
of
the
committee
I'll
go
through
the
agenda
and
then
we'll
take
up
issues.
B
A
And
we
also
have
the
receiving
and
filing
recommendations
from
the
ni
p
policy
board
related
to
that,
and
we
have
the
neighborhood
and
community
engagement
commission
annual
report.
We
also
have
the
minneapolis
2015
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
inventory,
update
and
the
minneapolis
clean
energy
partnership.
Second
annual
report:
all
those
are
discussion
items.
First,
two
items
are
consent
items
one
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Riverview
window
for
LED
remediation
services
and
the
other
is
passage
of
a
resolution
establishing
the
northern
metals
consent.
Decree
Advisory,
Committee
I
will
move
both
of
those
consent
items.
C
A
Posts
say
no,
those
motions
carry
then
next
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
three,
which
is
our
neighborhood
and
Community
Engagement
Commission
and
neighborhood
revitalization
program
board
response.
This
is
to
a
staff
direction
that
we
gave
in
July.
I
think
it
was
maybe
last
year
to
review
and
come
back
with.
The
structure
was
based
on
the
audit
that
we
did
of
the
NRP
program
and
of
the
department
and
we're
going
to
have
Dean
present.
The
report.
A
C
Afternoon,
chair
Gordon
committee
members,
my
name
is
Shannon
Bodine
and
I
am
the
internal
services
manager
for
the
neighbourhood
and
community
relations
department
and
I
am
before
you
today,
along
with
members
of
the
neighbourhood
and
community
engagement,
Commission
and
the
NRP
policy
board,
to
respond
to
a
council
directive
issued
in
July
of
2016.
And
this
item
is
a
receive
and
file
item.
C
Just
the
background.
Information
I'll
be
giving
a
brief
introduction
to
what
the
council
directive
to
the
body
to
the
department
and
the
bodies
were
and
then
I'll
be
handing
over
the
presentation
to
Nick
chicklets,
who
is
the
current
chair
of
the
NCC
and
to
Marcia
Mariani,
who
is
the
vice
chair
of
the
NRP
policy
board
to
share
their
recommendations
from
the
council
directive.
C
Audit
report
presentation
at
that
media
at
the
July
11th
EC
meeting,
where
it
was
one
of
the
concerns
of
the
audit
or
outcomes
of
the
audit
report,
was
that
that
having
the
two
bodies
with
similar
functions
was
a
little
confusing.
So
I
will
now
hand
it
over
to
who
is
the
chair
of
the
neighborhood
and
Community
Engagement
Commission.
D
D
E
D
Ncc
did,
but
specifically
this
specific
issue,
and
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
both
of
them
were
recognized
for
the
work
they
did
taking
us
through
this
process.
As
Cheyenne
talked
about
the
overall
directive
that
came
from
this
committee,
the
neighborhood
and
community
engagement
commission
met
a
total
of
four
times:
November
16th
January
18th
March,
15th,
June
12,
the
18th
and
the
12th
were
joint
mission,
joint
meetings
between
the
NCC
and
the
NRP
Policy
Board,
the.
D
Talk
about
met
additionally
on
July
18th.
The
commission
took
a
call
and
a
charge
from
this
committee
very
seriously,
as
you
could
see,
with
the
amount
of
meetings
that
we
had.
This
was
an
important
discussion
with
multiple
ideas
and
multiple
thoughts
about
how
to
better
serve
the
council
and,
in
turn,
serve
the
neighborhoods.
D
Throughout
this
time
we
were
working
with
the
NR,
with
the
NCR
staff
to
determine,
and
if
what
were
the
thoughts
of
the
council
members,
what
were
the
thoughts
of
and
see
our
leadership
on
where
this
was
headed?
We
had
multiple
interactions
with
chair
Gordon
on
thoughts
and
ideas
about
where
this
was
headed,
so
that
we
had
an
idea
of
this
directive
is
coming
because
there's
issues
that
need
to
be
addressed,
but
are
we
staying
within
the
box?
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
That
can
be
done.
That
needs
to
be
addressed
in
this
committee
and
also
with
the
Commission
as
well.
So
we
want
more
discussions
and
more
dialogue
with
the
neighborhood's
as
well,
and
all
the
cultural
communities
that
are
there
about
neighborhood
representation,
appointed
representation,
the
election
process,
and
we
also,
as
the
current
Commission,
feel
that
there
may
be
other
structural
changes
that,
by
this
initial
kind
of
recommendation,
might
lead
to
a
broader
idea
of
what
the
NCC
can
become.
D
Without
dialogue
without
community
engagement,
the
NCC
has
no
authority
no
power
and
we
really
can't
be
a
good
steward
of
the
wishes
of
the
neighborhood's.
So
our
goal
is
to
continue
to
do
that
and
I
want
to
put
one
plug
in
as
I
step
into
the
chair
role
for
this
year,
that
the
NCC
is
committed
to
working
with
neighborhoods
working
with
individuals
to
really
be
an
advocate
for
community
change.
An
advocate
for
working
with
this
certificate
II
as
well.
So
we're
excited
about
that-
and
this
is
a
broader
question.
D
F
J
Hello,
my
name
is
Marcia
Mariani
and
I'm
from
the
Cooper
neighborhood
under
the
Longfellow
community,
Council
I'm,
the
vice
chair
of
your
NRP
policy
committee
or
policy
board,
and
we
are
recommending
no
action
be
taken
at
this
time,
and
there
are
several
reasons
for
that.
First
of
all,
we
have
a
grave
concern
that
this
is
being
presented
to
you
on
behalf
of
residents
without
their
input.
J
They
have
not
been
informed
of
this
action
and
a
great
deal
needs
to
be
said.
I've
worked
with
the
city
long
enough
on
this
Commission
I'm,
a
charter
member
and
I,
will
tell
you
that
this
is
not
new.
We
have
commissioners
on
our
Commission
today
who
are
believing
that
this
is
a
brand-new
idea,
but
I
stand
before
you
with
a
document
dated
first
few
days
in
January
of
2010
and
it's
the
NCE
C's
work
plan
timetable
and
it
states
the
NRP
slash.
Nrp
policy
board
operates
alongside
NC
r,
slash
EEZ
in
2010
in
January.
J
J
We
aren't
certain
how
they're
going
to
respond
to
any
of
this,
and
it
might
be
a
good
reason
for
them
to
make
major
changes
where
we
don't
have
the
NC
EC
and
the
RP
policy
board
to
represent
our
neighborhoods
I'm
talking
about
geographical
with
neighborhoods.
Now
not
neighborhood
groups
because
we're
all
residents,
we
all
belong
to
the
same
city,
but
there's
a
definite
difference
in
organized
neighborhood
groups
listed
geographically.
J
That's
what
we're
talking
about
here,
in
addition
to
thinking
being
thinking
beyond
the
big
box
and
so
I,
want
you
all
to
think
about
just
what
this
merge
really
will
do
if
we're
going
to
go
ahead
without
neighborhood
involvement,
and
that
means
at
least
letting
them
know
that
this
is
part
of
the
big
box.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
A
See
any
questions
right
now,
maybe
there'll
be
some
in
a
minute.
I
have
a
staff
direction
that
I'm
going
to
pass
that
up
here
and
I'll
also
lead
I.
Think
I
was
probably
one
of
the
instigators
of
considering
the
merger
in
response
to
the
audit
report.
I
think
at
that
time
the
idea
was
it
was
it
was
that
kind
of
study
found
it's
pretty
confusing
people,
don't
understand
the
difference
between
the
two
organizations,
their
duplicate
meetings,
staffs
also
having
to
staff
both
of
the
meetings,
and
they
do
a
lot
of
the
same
things.
A
So
I
would
say
that
I
approached
it
with
a
hopeful
attitude
that
well
maybe
there's
a
way.
We
can
simplify
and
streamline
the
process
and
strengthen
both
bodies
and
still
do
all
the
functions
that
we
need
to
do.
I'm
taking
this
recommendation,
that's
come
back
as
an
indication
that
nope
does
make
any
sense
at
this
time.
Both
groups
are
saying
we
shouldn't.
A
Do
it
and
I
recognize
that,
because
I
do
have
one
question,
because
one
of
the
the
NCC
made
the
recommendation
of
meeting
nearly
the
same
time
trying
to
coordinate
a
little
bit
better
in
terms
of
that
which
might
help
with
staff
resources?
Did
the
Policy
Board
discuss
that
at
all,
and
are
they
okay?
With
that
idea,
board.
A
H
Know
making
mechanical
changes
that
coordinate
in
function
certainly
are
amenable
to
that
and
it's
also
a
recognition
that,
as
you
mentioned,
staff
resources
of
respect
for
staff
resources
is
great.
It
also
should
be
noted
for
those
who
aren't
familiar,
there's
a
overlap
between
the
members
and
so
that
actually
relieves
some
burden
on
their
participation
as
well.
H
So
there's
a
lot
of
to
go
reasons
to
have
these
functional
changes
as
we
explore
or
NCC
explores
what
they're
trying
to
do,
and
it
should
also
be
noted
that
part
of
the
conversation
at
the
end
of
your
Protagoras,
like
you're,
not
an
unwillingness
to
look
at
reform
or
changes.
It
was
a
broader
recognition
that
we
are
trying
to
define
what
community
groups
mean.
The
report
in
the
big
picture
and
I
think
part
of
that
is
trying
to
figure
out.
H
How
does
this
play
into
the
big
picture
as
well
and
we
might
have
been
a
little
bit
ahead
of
ourselves
in
that
process?
In
addition
to
talking
to
the
communities
and
hearing
issues
and
concerns-
and
you
know
doing
what
we
do
with
that
information
as
well
so
I
think
buying
some
time
for
the
big
picture.
I
think
is
appropriate
and
that's
what's
being
indicated,
and
you
think
your
motion
supports
that,
but
also
says:
let's
keep
exploring.
Let's
make
it
better
and
if
there's
mechanical
administrative
changes
I,
don't
think
anyone's
against
that.
Okay.
A
I
appreciate
that
maybe
I'll
stay
with
the
staff
direction
says
so
people
can
be
it's
basically
trying
to
incorporate
one
of
the
three,
maybe
and
and
as
well
as
an
every
policy
board
kind
of
recommendation.
So
the
first
is
directing
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department
to
make
any
necessary
changes
to
streamline
the
administrative
operations
of
the
neighborhood
and
Community
Engagement
Commission
in
the
NRP
policy
board,
and
that's
just
streamlining
operations.
It's
not
any
kind
of
technical
or
legal
merger.
A
A
Doesn't
mean
that
the
meeting
great
engagement
process
is
done
or
anything
or
that
we've
sold
on
any
options.
Just
gonna
look
at
this
again,
the
first
quarter
of
next
year
and
we're
going
to
have
an
understanding
of
what
community
engagement
we
do
and
what
possible
options.
We
have
to
make
some
structural
changes
any
questions
or
comments
on
the.
G
A
A
Seeing
no
further
questions
then
I'll
take
a
vote
all
those
in
favor
and
I'll,
move
on
receiving
and
filing
the
recommendations
of
the
NC
EC,
as
well
as
the
NRP
Policy
Board,
and
also
moving
the
staff
direction
that
I
just
read
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
all
those
opposed
say:
no,
any
abstentions.
Those
motions
carry
them.
Thank
you
very
much
everybody
for
being
here
and
you
might
want
to
stick
around
because
now
we're
going
to
move
on.
B
Thank
you,
Miss
Roedean,
mrs.
Brodin
and
chair
Gordon
council
members
I.
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
the
neighborhood
and
community
engagement
commission
for
this
opportunity.
As
the
Immediate
Past
Chair
of
the
NCC
for
the
2016-17
term.
It's
a
pleasure
to
walk
through
this
presentation
on
the
annual
report
that
is
required
along
with
Commissioner
Marcus
Mills,
who
will
be
covering
a
part
of
the
neighborhood's
2020
presentation.
B
I
know
that
our
time
is
quite
limited,
so
adding
to
the
accumulating
body
of
policy
work
of
the
NC
EC
developed
with
the
community
and
with
the
neighborhood
Community
Relations
Department.
It's
a
pleasure
to
go
through
this
report
and
you
get
page
turn
thanks.
So
here
you
have
the
2016-2017
members
I
served
as
chair
of
the
Commission
following
Commissioner
David's,
efrain's
resignation.
B
Okay,
the
community
connections
conference
put
on
by
the
city
and
NCR
department
was
an
outstanding
success
that
was
record
attendance
of
over
540
residents.
There
was
a
10%
increase
in
participation
by
communities
of
color
so
that
40%
of
the
attendees
were
representatives
from
communities
of
color
of
our
city.
B
I
just
want
to
say
as
one
who
volunteered
and
helped
in
a
learning
lab
with
City
Clerk,
Casey,
Joel,
Carl
and
director
Ruben,
or
that
there
was
really
robust
dialogue
in
those
sessions
and
I
know
that
I
recall
very
distinctly
a
young
transgender
person
who
was
discussing
the
challenges
of
serving
on
city
boards,
and
so
this
was
really
a
valuable
experience
for
the
participants.
I
believe
the
neighborhoods
2020
is
an
ongoing
process
that
the
NCC
identified
way
back
in
January,
February
of
2015
and
so
I
as
a
person.
B
I
am
extremely
grateful
to
council
for
the
opportunity
to
serve
again
on
the
NCC
having
been
a
founding
member,
as
was
Commissioner
Mariani,
and
a
member
of
the
community
engagement
task
force
that
advise
the
city
on
establishing
this
Res
based
Advisory
Commission.
So
Commissioner
Mills
will
talk
about
the
five
sector
meetings
where
there
were
between
five
and
six
hundred
residents,
participating
that
the
earlier
work
product
delivered
by
neighborhoods
2020
was
the
draft
neighborhood
participation
program
guidelines
that
the
council
and
mayor
approved
next.
B
We
had
a
as
just
reported
on
at
one
time
we
were
told
to
think
outside
the
box
and
I
think
the
NCC
did
so
not
out
of
a
position
of
fear
of
change
and
so
I
understand
the
council
direction
on
that.
But
nonetheless,
the
NCC
was
responsive
to
the
council
staff
direction
to
the
department
and
so
working
with
the
council
members
and
with
the
NRP
policy
board.
As
council
members
may
know
that
back
when
the
NRP
was
reconstituted.
B
Since
I
was
the
first
chair
now
an
elected
official,
you
decided
that
the
NCC
would
appoint
the
elected
members
of
the
NRP
Policy
Board
versus
where
they
previously
had
been
directly
elected
through
a
electoral
system.
During
the
period
of
time
when
the
NRP
was
the
main
program
here,
I
mean
at
one
Minneapolis
one.
The
next
item
there
was
a
hundred
and
eighty
two
thousand
dollars
in
grants
recommended
council
members
probably
recall
these
are
very
innovative
and
they
are
awarded
to
groups
that
do
not
receive
the
community
participation
program
money.
B
Showing
the
agility
and
flexibility
and
responsiveness
to
concerns
raised
by
community
residents,
the
the
roll
of
the
neighborhood
organizations
and
facilitating
engagement
was
discussed,
became
a
community
dialogue
much
more
than
you
know,
alleged
posted
gate
or
whatever
the
term
was
that
that
was
called,
but
in
terms
of
the
Minneapolis
2040
planning.
I.
B
So
I
just
want
to
conclude
my
segment
and
say
that
the
NCC
continues
to
meet
the
directives
of
the
City
Council
and
mayor
and
the
amended
and
restated
enabling
resolution
and
having
gone
over
the
key
components
of
the
annual
report,
which
I
believe
all
of
you
have
as
part
of
your
report.
I
don't
take
too
much
time
from
Commissioner
Mills,
but
please
do
take
an
opportunity
to
look
at
that
because
the
subcommittees
of
the
NCC,
including
the
crime
and
safety
task
force
that
issued
a
crime
and
safety
guide.
B
Such
diverse
things,
as
you
know,
lighting
or
straw,
bale,
gardening,
community
safety,
patrols,
police
purchasing,
additional
bike,
patrol
police
resources
or
looking
at
the
initiatives
that
came
before
the
NCC,
the
report
on
the
20-year
street
funding
and
how
the
equity
components
that
have
been
designed
into
that
process,
proud
to
say
as
a
North
Side
resident
that
we
had
the
Patrick
Henry
high
school.
He
robotics
program
talk
about
about
its
program
and
how
it
is
reaching
to
school,
kids,
children
of
color
and
girls
to
get
them
involved
in
science
technology
for
better
careers.
B
A
K
K
Most
of
the
information
has
been
touched
on
and
so
I'll
get
into
a
little
bit
of
the
nitty
gritty,
of
course,
Commissioner
strand
former
chair
and
put
forth
the
crime
and
safety
task
force,
information
and
reproduced
the
report,
the
cataloged
several
practices
organizations
and
demonstrated
some
successes
and
localities
where
they
were
implemented.
So
those
concepts
are
in
the
are
in
the
document
that
you
were
just
asking
about
online.
Our
city
departments
engagement
committee
is
produced
is
producing
reports
outlining
several
best
practices
and
city
departments,
communicating
with
neighborhoods
and
vice-versa,
including
disk
of
cases.
K
When
that
diligence
broke
down
a
bit.
The
aforementioned
posted
gate
is
actually
one
of
our
primary
case
studies
in
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
avoid
some
of
those
pitfalls,
but
the
main
event.
What
I'm,
primarily
up
here
for,
is
discussing
the
neighborhoods
2020
considerations,
the
things
that
we've
accomplished
with
neighborhoods
2020.
So
that
process
begins
mostly
with
the
art
of
hosting
and
harvesting
conversations
that
matter.
K
So
that
begins
with
the
the
work
with
the
art
of
hosting
and
harvesting
conversations.
That
matter,
which
is
a
training
that
we
all
went
through
or
that
many
of
us
went
through.
And
many
folks
from
the
neighborhood's
went
through
to
help
in
engendering
this
process
and
what
that
basically
involves
as
many
different
techniques
on
how
to
communicate.
How
to
draw
out
the
information
that
you're
actually
trying
to
get
to
get
past
kind
of
people's
ordinary
kind
of
small
talk
tendencies
and
work
out
the
necessary
information
that
will
help
in
a
larger
process.
K
Out
of
that
out
of
that
communication,
we
came
up
with
a
World
Cafe
style
of
communication
way
too
gain
that
information
from
communities,
and
we
also
developed
three
questions
that
we'd
be
asking
our
community
members.
These
questions
are
what
services,
opportunities
and
information
should
neighborhood
organizations
provide
what
are
characteristics
of
an
effective
neighborhood
organization,
and
how
can
neighborhood
organizations
empower
engagement
out
of
those
three
questions?
We
develop
the
sector
meetings,
the
five
sectors
north
north
north,
the
east
side,
which
is
north
east
south
east
downtown,
south
and
southwest.
K
We
put
together
meetings
in
each
of
those
areas,
advertise
them
in
both
neighborhood
neighborhood
associations,
local
papers.
We
had
several
neighborhood
organizations,
actually
assisting
in
the
process
and
even
hosting
those
meetings,
and
those
sector
meetings
were
attended.
As
commissioner
strand
stated
by
over
500
people,
we
got
dozens
and
dozens
and
hundreds
of
responses
of
various
levels,
of
various
degrees,
of
importance
to
the
individuals
who
gave
them,
and
we
made
sure
to
check
the
demographics
to
make
sure
that
everyone
was
being
represented.
K
The
demographics
actually
turned
out
relatively
close
to
the
city
as
a
whole
in
terms
of
the
attendance
attendance
at
those
meetings
and
responses.
Also,
we
did
well
NCR
put
together
a
number
of
meetings
with
several
communities
that
were
slightly
underrepresented
and
wanted
to
make
sure
that
their
concerns
were
involved
in
this
process,
and
so
all
of
those
responses,
the
kind
of
number
one
responses
to
each
question-
were
brought
together
and
formulated
into
a
report
that
denotes
the
themes
raised
by
the
question.
That
report
is
now
under
review.
K
That
report
is
has
been
submitted
for
review
and
public
comment,
and
it
is
online
at
the
moment,
so
you
can
get
all
the
details
and
the
prospective
answers
that
people
gave
out
in
that
report
so
down
to
the
raw
data
and
those
are
the
those
are
the
primary
aspects
of
the
20:28
report
as
it
stands.
Are
there
any
questions
for
me,
I.
A
C
F
You
mr.
chair
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
think
the
folks
who
are
volunteering
so
much
time
and
energy
into
this
and
I
have
seen
a
really
huge
shift
over
the
past
several
years.
This
work
takes
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
and
I
think
we're
starting
to
see
the
result
that
you
know,
there's
still
a
lot
more
to
do,
and
you
know
and
continue
to
expand
our
efforts
to
engage
really
truly
into
all
of
our
communities.
But
I
really
think
we're
starting
to
see
a
big
difference
and
I
really
appreciate
everything.
That's
gone
into
that.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
I,
don't
see
any
other
questions.
I
know
that
that
work
as
it
comes
forward
to
the
committee
has
gotten
questions
in
the
past.
I
know
the
people
are
going
to
be
really
interested
in
the
one
in
Minneapolis
fund
and
how
we're
measuring
and
evaluating
that
success
as
it's
going
forward
and,
of
course,
the
work
that's
been
going
on
with
the
neighborhoods
2020
is
going
to
be
really
critical
to
future
I.
A
Think
the
big
decisions
we're
gonna
have
make
in
the
next
couple
of
years
about
how
we're
going
to
keep
maintaining
the
support
for
the
department
and
also
for
the
Commission
and
neighborhood
organizations.
Those
are
really
going
to
be
big
decisions.
You
can
say
one
question
I
good.
It
was
also
kind
of
to
say
I,
hope,
there'll
also
be
involvement
in
the
cop
planning
process
and
watching
that
as
it
goes
forward,
is
there
a
formal
way
that
commission
is
connected
right
now
to
that
chair.
C
Gordon
committee
members,
actually
through
the
city
department
engagement
committee,
where
the
meeting
in
September
will
be
meeting
with
steep
ed
staff
to
talk
about
how
can
like
what?
What
would
further
engagement
with
neighborhoods
like
I,
think
my
understanding
with
a
comp
plan
is
that
a
engagement
got
kind
of
put
on
hold
or
held
up,
but
that
NC
EC
and
the
NCR
Department
is,
will
be
heavily
involved
in
helping
guide.
Some
of
that
engagement
work
well,.
A
Good
I
know
they're
constantly
engaging
and
I
know
a
lot
of
that's
coming
through
si
pad.
They
were
out
at
open
streets
and
so
that
that's
going
on
too
and
I
appreciate
that
and
then
I
had
one
other
question,
because
or
this
is
something
to
put
out
there.
I
know
that
the
Commission
for
a
while
had
a
committee
that
was
looking
at
how
they
could
help
evaluate
city
departments
or
maybe
assist
city
departments
in
their
own
community
engagement
and
involvement.
A
There
was
even
some
discussion
about
some
kind
of
report
card
or
feedback
loop,
because,
as
a
council
member,
we
often
hear
about
great
projects
the
city
does
and
how
that
department
and
those
staff
really
engaged
community
members,
and
then
we
might
hear
about
another
project
where
hey
the
community
felt
left
out
and
this
project
went
forward
and
they
weren't
engaged.
You
ncc
still
looking
at
that
chair.
C
Gordon
community
members:
yes,
although
it's
not
really
being
considered
a
report
card,
the
city
department
engagement
committee
is
looking
at
creating
a
guide
for
City
departments
that
they
can
use
in
engaging
and
and
actually
being
available
for
assistance.
Whenever
there's
an
engagement
component
that
okay
could
be
considered.
The.
C
A
So
that's
great
to
hear
appreciate
that
all
right,
I
don't
see
any
other
comments
or
questions.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Everybody
for
the
presentations
and
I'll
move
to
receive
and
file
that
annual
report
see
no
questions
on
the
motion.
All
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
all
opposed,
say.
No.
That
motion
carries
now.
We
can
move
on
to
the
second
big
chapter,
I,
guess
of
the.
L
Gauri
committee
members,
thank
you
very
much
afternoon.
My
name
is
Luke
Allen
camp
I'm
in
the
city
coordinators,
office
of
sustainability
and
I'm,
going
to
present
an
update
on
our
2015
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventory
and
as
chair
of
Gordon
mentioned,
this
is
a
little
bit
lagging.
It
takes
a
little
bit
of
time
to
collect
data,
so
this
is
for
2015
data
and
we
were
currently
collecting
2016
a
10.
What
did
you
saw
in
that
as
well?
L
So
walk
you
through
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventory
a
little
bit
and
why
not
point
out
that?
There's
really
five
key
components
of
inventory
that
we
measure
first
off
on
this
bar
chart.
You'll
see
electricity
generation
which
is
in
blue
and
next
is
natural
gas
consumption.
That's
in
the
gray
color
there
in
green.
You
see
on
road
transportation,
think
vehicles,
buses,
that
sort,
and
then
you
have
yellow
solid
waste
and
then,
in
kind
of
a
reddish,
very,
very
small
color.
L
You
can't
really
see
much
of
is
wastewater
and
those
are
the
five
primary
components
that
we
currently
track
in
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
Inventory
you'll
see
here
that
we
track
them
back
to
2006,
and
that
is
because
2006
is
our
baseline
year
for
emissions
inventories.
All
of
our
goals,
which
we
as
a
city
have
set
always
reference
back
to
the
2006
inventory
here
and
in
2015
I.
Have
the
pleasure
of
informing
this
committee
that
we
did
meet
our
reduction
goal.
The
city
had
said
reduction
goal
of
15
percent
below
2006
levels.
L
We
surpassed
that
goal
at
17.8%
and
you
can
see
here
what
the
reduction
looks
like
you'll
also
notice
that
there
is
a
good
amount
of
seasonal
variation.
Those
ups
and
downs
a
year
over
year
are
actually
primarily
due
to
the
gray
bars,
which
are
the
natural
gas
consumption
bars.
Those
are
very,
very
much
tied
to
whether
we
about
a
warm
winter
or
a
cold
winter.
So,
although
you
do
see
a
seasonal
variation
there,
there
is
a
downward
trend.
L
When
you
look
at
the
data
looking
at
at
the
trends
from
2014
to
2015,
we
see
that
wastewater
emissions.
Unfortunately,
over
the
one
area
that
has
gone
up
and
again
wastewater
emissions
are
actually
the
lowest
emissions,
or
rather
the
lowest
component
of
emissions.
In
our
grass
in
her
greenhouse
gas
inventory,
but
they
did
rise
ever
so
slightly.
However,
the
other
four
sectors
did
decrease.
Again:
that's
electricity,
natural
gas
on
row,
transportation
and
solid
waste
emissions.
L
Another
change
that
was
made
to
the
2015
inventory
is
that
the
methodology
changed
in
some
very
technical
ways,
so
that
it
now
is
compatible
with
our
commitments
to
the
compact
of
Mayors.
We
now
use
a
very
specific
protocol
methodology
called
the
global
core
protocol
for
community
scale,
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventories
GPC.
For
short,
that
means
that
we're
now
able
to
compare
our
inventories
on
an
apples,
apples
basis
with
other
municipalities
who
also
use
the
similar
inventory
they're
also
likely
be
more
updates
in
the
in
the
coming
years
to
this
inventory.
L
This
is
a
evolving
science,
this
accounting
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
every
year
there
tends
to
be
some
updates
to
these
inventories.
So
when
we
make
those
updates,
as
we
did
this
last
year,
we
don't
just
make
an
update
to
that
year
of
data.
We
make
an
update
all
the
way
back
to
our
2006
baseline
and
the
years
between
the
current
year
in
2006.
So
again,
we're
also
comparing
apples
to
apples
across
all
of
our
city
years
can.
A
L
Largely
the
result
of
the
growing
population
of
city
and
most
of
those
emissions
come
from
the
metro
wastewater
plant
down
in
just
south
and
south
the
st.
Paul
there.
So
mostly
that
is
tied
to
the
growing
population
of
the
city.
You
do
see
some
seasonal
variations
there
as
well,
or
some
yearly
variations,
but
much
less
so
than
natural
gas.
Thank
you
to
zoom.
In
a
little
bit
more
on
the
2015
inventory,
you
can
see
a
little
bit
better
how
those
five
sectors
constitute
our
emissions.
L
Electricity
consumption
is
the
largest
contributor
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
for
2015,
and
it
has
been
that
way
since
we
and
inventory
in
2006.
However,
this
has
been
steadily
decreasing
year
over
year
due
to
bringing
more
renewable
resources
online
from
Xcel
Energy
as
well
as
then,
consumers
opting
into
programs
such
as
Xcel
Energy's,
wind
source
program,
as
well
as
then
in
particular
city.
This
is
relevant
to
the
city
Renewable
Connect
purchases
for
larger
operations,
as
well
as
then
for
for
private
individuals
that
Renewable
connect
program
is
coming
online.
L
So
we
expect
to
see
some
more
greening
of
our
electricity
consumption
in
years
and
years
following
natural
gas
consumption
is
the
second
largest
component
there.
It
and
also
is
notice
worth
noting
that
the
emissions
have
increased
in
terms
of
natural
gas
as
a
component
of
our
overall
emissions
inventory
from
twenty
nine
percent
to
thirty
three
percent
since
2006.
This
isn't
necessarily
because
of
increasing
natural
gas
emissions
by
the
community.
This
is
more
of
recognizing
that,
as
electricity
consumption
becomes
a
smaller
piece
of
the
pie.
L
The
other
pieces,
such
as
natural
gas,
which
has
stayed
relatively
constant
with
some
yearly
variation
based
on
weather,
now
becomes
a
larger
component
of
our
emissions
and
also
same
with
on-road
transportation.
There
it's
increased
from
21%
of
our
emissions
inventory
to
26%
of
our
missions
inventory
again.
L
When
you
look
at
our
emissions
earlier
for
transportation,
there
was
a
slight
dip
during
the
recession
as
more
as
fewer
people
were
out
on
the
road
commuting
to
jobs,
for
instance,
that
has
rebounded
somewhat,
but
that
is
a
sector
that
is
gonna
require
more
and
more
attention
by
us
as
a
city
in
the
future.
Obviously,
mode
shifting
to
public
transit
to
biking
to
walking
is
very
important,
as
well
as
electrification
of
the
private
and
public
vehicles
as
well.
Could.
L
That's
that's
a
very
difficult
one
to
nail
down
and
that
that
methodology
is
continuing
to
evolve
as
well.
We
currently
utilize
as
some
computer
models
that
not
ask
rated
where
they
basically
are
able
to
calculate
the
amount
of
miles
that
are
driven
by
anyone
driving
on
streets
within
the
boundary
of
Minneapolis.
So
it's
not
just
our
residence.
It's
folks
coming
and
going
plus
our
residents
and
it's.
K
L
We
use
that
model
in
the
future,
for
instance,
as
we
as
a
city
look
for
more
electrification
opportunities
for
vehicles
that
may
not
necessarily
show
up
in
a
statewide
MnDOT
model
when
they
look
at
the
vehicle
fleet
of
the
state,
but
that
could
potentially
show
up
in
the
vehicle
fleet
for
Minneapolis
residents
or
for
the
city
enterprise,
so
we'll
need
to
come
up
with
some
I
think
creative
but
rigorous
ways
of
measuring
that
change
over
in
years
and
future.
Thank
you,
I.
L
L
Zooming
again
in
on
electricity,
here
we
see
that
electricity,
which
is
shown
in
blue
here,
the
emissions
from
electricity
have
been
decreasing
rather
steadily
year
over
year
and
again.
This
is
because
of
the
greening
of
the
electricity
grid.
What
you
then
see
in
gray,
there
is
our
natural
gas
emissions
which
have
remained
relatively
constant
year
now.
L
A
L
Currently,
right
now,
with
our
natural
gas
system,
we
only
have
conservation
as
a
tool
and
we'd
like
to
be
able
to
add
a
renewable
component
to
that.
We've
begun
very
early
conversations
on
what
would
renewable
natural
gas
potentially
to
look
like
what
is
the
technical
feasibility
of
that?
What
what
is
the
possibilities
of
that
we're
able
to
come
from?
Those
are
a
lot
of
questions
that
are
probably
to
take
quite
some
time
to
look
at,
but
I
think
that's
a
really
important
discussion
to
start
having
well.
A
A
L
Sure
go
and
there's
some
interesting
studies
out
right
now
on,
for
instance,
cold-weather
heat
pumps,
air
source
heat
pumps
and
and
what
they
could
contribute
to
heating
of
buildings
using
electricity
as
a
source.
But
but
that's
a
emerging
science
we're
in
a
very
difficult
climate
and
with
how
cold
we
can
get
to
completely
move
away
from
natural
gas.
But
I
think
that
there's
many
opportunities
and
to
look
at
those
resources,
as
well
as
to
look
at
ways
to
do
some
heating
with
with
electric
sources.
Well
yeah.
A
L
And
finally,
I
want
to
talk
about
again
where
we
are
and
where
we're
going,
we
did
achieve
that
15%
reduction
by
2015.
Again
there
was
a
natural
reduction
of
17.8%,
so
we
made
good
progress
there.
However,
a
lot
of
that
was
dependent
again
on
greening
of
our
electricity
electricity
resources.
81
percent
of
that
total
reduction
did
come
from
electricity
being
a
less
carbon-intensive
resource.
L
L
So
it's
going
to
require
a
lot
of
work,
a
lot
of
resources,
but
what
that
looks
like
when
you
look
at
our
emissions
inventory
here
again
is
that
first
dotted
line
is
our
fifteen
percent
reduction
in
which
we
just
hit
that
second
dotted
lines
are
three
percent
reduction
that
we
need
to
hit
by
2025
and
then
that
third
line
way
at
the
bottom
there?
That's
our
80
percent
reduction
by
2050.
That's
going
to
require
a
sizeable
effort
for
us
to
get
there.
L
It's
also
going
to
require
some
technological
change
and
innovation
and
the
years
to
come,
and
when
you
look
at
it,
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
achieve
it
by
just
taking
a
little
bit
off
of
each
sector.
We
really
need
to
tackle
all
sectors
that
you
see
here,
for
instance,
that
80%
target,
even
if
we
completely
eliminate
electricity,
natural
gas
waste
and
our
sorted
waste,
water
and
solid
waste
transportation
continue
to
be
what
it
is
today.
A
L
A
Don't
see
any
other
questions
and,
of
course,
I
jumped
in
along
the
way,
so
thank
you
very
much,
I
think
I
think
we'll
receive
and
file.
The
report,
though,
and
it
gives
us
some
good
food
for
thought.
You
know
my
big
question
would
be:
when
are
you
going
to
have
the
master
plan
ready
to
get
to
the
80%
and
what
are
the
next
steps
we
have
to
take?
But
I'm?
Not
you
don't
have
to
go
into
that
now
because
that's
a
bigger
question.
L
Yeah
I
can
mention
that
our
climate
action
plan
does
have
a
lot
of
great
ideas.
We
were
engaged
a
year
or
so
back
with
a
study
with
Siemens
corporation
and
they
laid
out
a
footprint
for
us
to
achieve
an
80%
reduction
and,
ultimately
it's
possible
and
requires
basically
adopting
every
policy
and
technology
we
can
think
of
to
get
to
that
level.
So
it's
kind
of
an
all-hands-on-deck
endeavor.
E
You
mr.
chair
and
I
really
appreciate
the
report
and
all
the
effort
on
this
I
think
it
highlights
so
much
of
the
work
being
done,
and
it
still
needs
to
be
done.
I
think
personally,
myself
as
a
homeowner
and
around
this
whole
issue
of
kind
of
the
rule
of
80/20
that
you
spend
80%
of
the
time
working
on
20%
of
the
overall
work
and
I
think
about
that
with
homeowners
and
trying
to
get
them
converted
over.
You
know
we
spent
at
our
house
round
eight
grand
to
upgrade
our
boilers
at
ninety
five
percent
efficiency.
E
We
spent
10
grand
so
far
on
new
windows,
probably
have
another
10
grand
to
go
on
that
they're
five
grand
to
put
into
insulation
throughout
the
house
at
least,
and
so
it
gets
pretty
pricey
and
that's
just
one
home
out
of
a
hundred
and
five
thousand
homes
in
the
city.
So
I
think
that,
that's
probably
it's
fair
to
say
a
pretty
substantial
effort
ahead
on
that
front.
E
So
I
would
just
look
forward
to
any
sort
of
recommendations
or
additional
programs
that
we
can
for
residents
in
terms
of
helping
them
with
this
work,
because
it's
really
important
stuff
and
in
a
lot
of
ways
too,
it
becomes
even
more
difficult
when
I
know
our
property
tax
assessment
structure.
When
we
make
these
home
improvements
in
our
home
value
can
go
up
and
then
we
can
pay
more
in
taxes,
and
so
it
can
be
almost
disincentive
in
some
ways
as
well.
E
A
Well,
I
appreciate
that
appreciate
the
report
and
I
will
then
move
to
receiving
viola
or
2015
greenhouse
gas
emissions
inventory
update.
All
those
in
favor,
say,
aye
opposed
motion
carries,
and
that
brings
us
to
our
last
item,
which
is
related
and
it's
our
clean
energy
partnership.
Second
annual
report.
L
As
you
know,
the
city
of
my
app
lists,
Xcel
Energy
and
Centrepointe
forum,
the
forum,
the
mini
apps
Clean,
Energy
Partnership
back
in
January
of
2015,
and
this
represented
a
first
in
the
nation
collaboration
between
a
municipality
and
its
utility
providers
and
the
goals
were
to
achieve
the
city's
energy
efficiency
and
renewable
energy
goals.
The
primary
goals
of
the
partnership
itself
are
to
increase
energy
efficiency
in
the
city,
increase
renewable
energy
within
the
city
of
Memphis
and
to
develop
a
strong
City
utility
collaboration
to
accomplish
these
goals.
L
L
The
annual
report
itself
captures
the
printer
sets
work
and
metrics
from
2016.
The
report
focuses
on
eight
agreed-upon
metrics
by
the
kleenex
personal
board,
with
raw
data
in
the
report
displayed
at
the
top
and
also
narratives,
accompanied
in
that
data.
After
almost
all
of
those
metrics
are
shown
and
displayed,
there
are
included
detailed
census
tract
level
maps
which
display
where
the
programs
or
participants
are
located
within
us
within
the
city.
The
combination
of
these
data
sets
and
maps
enables
us
to
look
in
in
new
ways
at
which
buried
communities
are
utilizing.
L
Having
data
compiled
in
one
report
and
doing
so
over
consecutive
years,
not
just
one
year
at
a
time,
will
ensure
that
we
are
able
to
better
understand
the
complex
interplay
between
these
programs
and
the
communities
they
serve.
This
year's
report
also
introduces
a
new
web-based
reporting
structure.
Our
previous
reports
were
PDF
printed
reports.
This
year,
we've
moved
to
an
online
web
page
report.
This
delivery
method
is
gonna,
be
more
accessible
to
users
and
crews
as
usability
reduces
printing
and
is
easier
to
update
when
necessary,
or
when
additional
information
becomes
available
for
many
these
metrics.
L
Additionally,
the
programs
and
the
resources
that
are
referenced
in
this
report
can
then
be
directly
accessed
by
the
reader
via
web
links,
and
we
hope
this
will
increase
the
participation
and
awareness
of
these
programs
for
our
residents
and
businesses
and
I've.
Have
there
a
link
to
the
report.
We
won't
be
going
through
the
entirety
of
the
report
today,
but
it
is
a
lot
of
great
information
to
look
through
if
you
have
the
opportunity,
I'm
not
happy
to
present
a
few
high-level
highlights
of
the
a
new
report.
L
L
We
also
in
2016,
started
as
a
partnership
working
more
with
some
of
our
other
city
resources.
One
of
those
resources
as
a
city
moves.
Great
programs
is
the
green
business
cost
share
program
that
began
in
piloted
work
and
now
has
leveraged
over
forty
three
thousand
dollars
of
funding
for
$400,000
energy
efficiency
work
and
we're
continuing
to
find
new
ways
through
many
of
our
partnership.
Conversations
to
bring
the
utilities
to
work
closer
with
some
of
our
internal
programs
within
the
city,
Xcel
Energy
had
17
that
were
sorry,
fifteen
point:
seven
million
dollars
in
program
investment
Minneapolis.
L
These
are
your
energy
conservation
or
energy
efficiency
programs,
and
this
reached
thousands
of
participants
and
ultimately
resulted
in
seven
point.
Eight
million
dollars
and
annual
savings
for
customers
set
point
energy.
When
you
look
at
all
of
their
program,
offerings
combined
had
seven
million
dollars
in
program
investment
again
reaching
tens
of
thousands
of
participants
and
annually
reducing
customer
bills
by
two
point:
eight
million
dollars.
L
L
Metric
two
and
two
point:
one
regard
commercial
buildings,
which
is
again
a
very
important
sector
of
our
electricity
and
our
natural
gas
consumption.
In
all
electricity
consumption
in
2016
was
down.
0.2
percent
year-over-year
natural
gas
consumption
was
down
6.2
percent
year-over-year,
one
things
that
you
do
see
there
again
as
there
is
with
natural
gas,
a
little
bit
more
variation
year-over-year
due
to
weather
conditions,
but
it
is
a
positive
sign
to
see
both
of
those
trending
downward.
L
When
we
look
at
the
benchmarking
data
for
our
large
commercial
buildings-
and
we
get
a
lot
of
this
data
through
commercial
building,
benchmarking
ordinance,
we
were
able
to
have
analyzed
417
properties,
and
this
represents
70%
of
the
city's
total
commercial
area.
The
very
size
will
amount
of
our
commercial
property.
The
median
Energy
Star
score
for
those
buildings
is
71.
To
give
it
a
sense
of
what
that
means.
Energy
service
scores
are
given
from
a
1
to
100
scale,
50
is,
is
a
median
and
a
75
would
be
considered.
Energy
Star.
L
L
The
2016
data
just
recently
had
to
be
reported,
so
we'll
begin
analyzing
that
over
the
next
few
months
and
of
likely
sometime
around
the
end
of
the
year,
we'll
have
a
update
on
on
some
of
the
metrics
with
our.
Regarding
that
data
in
particular,
and
one
of
one
of
the
trends
we
did
see
with
this
metric
was
that
average
building
use
intensity
did
decrease.
L
We
refer
to
as
EU
ISO
buildings
became
on
average
more
energy
efficient,
but
in
fact
they
increased
run
accounting
for
weather,
so
we're
able
to
normalize
the
data
and
be
able
to
recognize
cold
vs.
warm
summers,
cold
versus
warm
winters.
So
we
see
a
little
bit
of
a
discrepancy
there.
It
was
a
slight
increase
when
accounting
for
weather,
but
that's
some
of
the
noise,
sometimes
that
you
see
year-over-year
that,
then
you
want
to
be
able
to
gather
multiple
years
together
and
see
how
we
are
trending
and
with
our
benchmarking
program.
L
We've
just
recently
reached
our
fully
phased
in
year.
So
now,
in
subsequent
years,
we
will
be
able
to
see
that
trend
line
in
a
clearer
fashion
and
for
more
information
on
the
benchmarking
data.
We
do
have
an
annual
report
that
we
release
on
that.
That
is
linked
to
here,
which
has
a
lot
more
great
analysis
included
and
now
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Bridget.
Dr.
talk
more
about
the
commercial
utility
energy
efficiency
program.
M
M
You
Terry,
hello,
council
members,
council
member
Johnson
for
the
record
I
recommend
during
the
installation
before
the
windows
would
get
a
lot
better
return
on
that
so
slide.
7
here
has
the
metric
of
the
commercial
utility
energy
efficiency
programs
and
on
the
left,
you
have
setter
points
data
and
on
the
right
you
have
excel's
data.
M
What
the
bars
tell
you
on
the
top
is
the
the
energy
cost
savings
and
the
energy
cost
savings
from
2015
to
2016
increased
by
four
point:
four:
five
million
dollars
for
a
total
of
ten
point,
three
five
million
dollars,
and
what
that
means
is
that
the
energy
efficiency
investments
that
our
commercial
customers
made
between
the
two
utilities
will
save
those
customers.
Ten
point:
three:
five
million
dollars
over
the
lifetime
of
those
measures,
so
very,
very
significant
rebate
dollars.
M
One
of
the
programs
that
we
chose
to
focus
on
in
the
partnership
was
energy
design,
assistance
we
and
that's
because
it's
the
new
building
design
program,
the
the
program
itself,
had
a
significant
jump
in
2016.
As
you
can
see,
this
is
a
joint
program
between
Xcel
Energy
and
Center
Point
Energy,
a
hundred
and
fifty
four
percent
increase
in
energy
savings
and
three
hundred
and
seventy
two
percent
increase
in
therms
savings
with
2.4
million
dollars
in
customer
rebates.
M
And
then
this
is
a
map
of
both
utilities
and
the
where
those
projects
took
place.
The
darker
areas
are
where
the
where
the
projects
were
the
heaviest
and
then
the
lighter
are
obviously
where
they
were
the
lightest.
But
there's
a
lot
of
overlap
on
these,
which
you
would
expect
from
the
commercial
sector
a
lot
of
those
a
lot
of
those
developers
and
the
commercial
businesses
are
working
with
our
account
managers
or
our
business
call
centers
or
or
with
the
with
the
developers
themselves.
M
M
A
L
M
So,
residential
building
energy
use-
one
of
the
things
to
note
here
is
on
the
center
point
in
the
energy
and
Excel
energy
bar
charts.
Is
that,
as
Luke
pointed
out,
weather
plays
a
big
role.
In
the
gas
side
there
was
decreasing
usage
on
the
natural
gas
side
and
some
pretty
levelized
usage
on
the
electric
side.
2016
was
a
fairly
warm
year,
so
the
natural
gas
side
there
was
some
continuing
decrease
on
the
electric
side.
We
had
another
3800
residential
customers
come
into
the
city
and
a
lot
of
that
was
due
to
new
construction.
M
We
had
a
couple
of
programs:
I
just
wanted
to
note.
Xcel
Energy
started
a
smart
thermostat
program
this
year,
where
you
can
pretty
much
dial
in
anything.
You
can
do
it
Wireless
through
your
phone
set,
your
AC's
that
your
your
furnace
and
676
participants
for
a
new
program
within
the
city
is
pretty
good
setter.
Point
energies,
residential
heating
program
had
almost
2,000
participants,
saving
nearly
three
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
therms,
and
then
on
the
renewable
energy
side.
The
left
side
is
Xcel
Energy's,
wind
source
program.
The
right
side
is
solar,
rewards
the
wind
source
program.
M
It's
important
to
note
that
for
2016
the
participants
grew,
but
you
see
the
drop
between
2014
and
then
1516.
That's
because
we
had
a
couple
of
large
customers
drop
off
the
program,
so
the
the
participants
and
energy
is
not
necessarily
tied
and
then
on
the
solar
rewards
program.
This
is
the
rooftop
solar.
There
was
a
slight
increase
on
this.
We
had
actually
just
three
more
customers
come
on
in
2016.
The
program's
now
at
a
little
over
a
megawatt
solar
gardens
are
a
much
easier
price
point
for
a
lot
of
customers.
M
M
And
then
metric
five,
the
home
energy
squad,
you'll
see
a
decrease
in
participation
between
2015
and
2016.
It's
actually
about
a
30%
decrease.
A
large
part
of
this
comes
from
293
visits
that
were
completed
in
four
large
apartment
buildings
in
2015.
These
buildings
would
have
now
gone
through
the
utilities,
joint
multifamily
building
efficiency
program,
but
that
was
not
around
in
2015.
If
you
take
out
those
buildings,
there's
about
an
eight
percent
difference
and
there's
going
to
be
some
evan
flow
from
from
particular
programs
and
the
program
itself
is
down
a
little
bit
right
now.
M
This
was
chosen
to
be
a
focused
program
because
it
was
a
joint
utility
program,
but
you
know:
is
this
really
the
one
of
the
focuses
that
we
want
to
do
and
is
this
the
answer
for
it?
So
we're
looking
into
that
right
now,
overall,
approximately
ten
percent
of
the
one
to
four
unit
residences
have
participated
in
Home
Energy
Squad
between
2009
and
16,
and
the
average
participant
of
Home
Energy
Squad
saves
nearly
10%
of
their
Minnesota
household
energy
use.
G
I
Good
afternoon,
chair
Gordon
and
committee
members
Alice
went
to
act,
the
centerpoint
energy,
so
my
role
today
is
to
talk
about
the
final
three
metrics,
which
are
low-income
services,
air
sealing
and
insulation
and
then
a
multi-family
program,
participation
with
regard
to
conservation,
improvement
programs.
So
we'll
start
with
our
conservation
improvement
program,
information
programs
are
designed.
The
programs
are
designed
specifically
to
help
low-income
individuals,
improve
the
energy
efficiency
of
of
their
residents
and
obviously
save
both
energy
and
lower
their
energy
utility
bills.
It's
important
to
know
that
they're
available
to
both
homeowners
and
renters.
I
Now
there
are
numerous
existing
conservation
program
offerings,
including
weatherization
appliance
replacements,
lighting
upgrades
mechanical
system,
replacements,
water
heaters,
furnaces
and
like
there
are
also
federal
weatherization
assistance
program
dollars
that
are
sometimes
available
and
the
utilities
conservation
improvement
programs
that
low-income
programs
are
can
help
leverage
those
federal
dollars,
which
can
be
very
helpful.
So
that's
the
energy
conservation
side.
There
are
also
several
programs
designed
to
help
low-income
customers
with
their
energy
bills
and
just
to
tick
off
a
few
of
them.
I
Excel
has
a
couple
significant
programs,
one
called
power-on
another
one
is
focused
on
seniors,
low-income
seniors,
to
help
them
we'll
get
into
some
numbers
in
a
little
bit
here
and
then
center
point.
Energy
also
has
what's
called
a
gas
affordability
program
to
help
customers
buy
down
their
energy
bills.
In
addition
to
the
utility
programs,
there's
also,
of
course,
low
income,
Home
Energy,
Assistance
LIHEAP
dollars
that
come
from
the
feds
and
then
the
Salvation
Army
also
has
a
program
called
he
chair,
which
has
monies
that
are
donated
by
by
individuals
that
then
go
to
help.
I
Increased
participation
with
regard
to
the
low
income
participants
on
the
energy
efficiency,
side,
low
and
low
end.
Excuse
me
the
increased
participation
dude
in
this
area
to
low
income
residents
living
in
multifamily
business
buildings
who
were
able
to
participate
in
the
multifamily
building
efficiency
program.
So
there
were
more
programs
designed
to
target
individuals
primarily
living
in
low-income
buildings
and,
in
fact,
Excel
over
doubled.
I
The
participation
rate
in
a
program
called
the
multifamily
energy
savings
program
going
from
661
folks
that
were
helped
in
2015
to
over
1300
spending
was
up
so
increased
spending
targeted
at
low-income
folks.
Now
these
are
all
combined
numbers,
but
increased
spending
combined,
meaning
excel
and
snare
point
was
due
to
deeper
retrofits
in
single-family
homes
being
done
when
opportunities
presented
themselves.
I
We
also
CenterPoint
Energy,
also
received
authorization
to
adjust
our
low-income
weatherization
program
to
provide
standalone
upgrades
such
as
furnace
replacements,
water
heaters
things
like
that
in
situations
where
the
a
federal
weatherization
assistant
program
they
have
a
racial
called
the
savings
investment
ratio.
If
that
ratio
isn't
large
enough,
we
weren't
previously
able
to
support
those
programs.
We
were
able
to
change
the
way
we
are.
We
were
able
to
get
authorization
to
now.
I
I
So
there
was
also
a
bit
of
so
we
spent
more
we've
got
more
people
that
are
participating,
but
the
energy
savings
look
like
they're
kind
of
decreased
a
little
bit.
So
why
is
that
so
an
excel
side?
The
the
savings
actually
increased
slightly
on
Center
Point
slide
side.
It
went
down
a
fair
amount.
The
reason
for
the
as
we
can
tell
as
we're
you
don't
kind
of
crunching
through
the
numbers,
is
sort
of
a
it's,
a
shifting
of
the
way
we're
doing
multifamily
projects
and
how
we're
accounting
for
multifamily
projects
in
the
past.
I
We're
now
with
a
multi-family
building
efficiency
program,
it's
more
of
a
holistic
approach,
which
means
that
it's
not
just
kind
of
a
onesie
twosie
thing
we're
looking
at
it
more
comprehensively
and
but,
as
a
result
of
that,
it
takes
more
time
to
to
kind
of
do
the
work
and
also
the
accounting
ends
up
getting
shifted
kind
of
into
a
different
bucket
as
I'm
understanding
how
the
how
they
accounting
of
that
works.
So
the
savings
are
there,
but
it's
just
not
showing
up
in
this
particular
low-income
bucket
as
I'm
understanding
it
built.
The
assistance.
I
I'd
mentioned,
excels
power-on
program
over
2,300
customers
impacted
by
that
program.
In
a
positive
way,
almost
two
million
dollars,
1.9
million
dollars
of
energy
assistance,
the
senior
assistant
disc
or
the
senior
discount
program,
five
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
seven
hundred
customers
over
a
million
dollars.
This
is
that's
an
Excel
program
and,
in
our
case,
the
gas
affordability
program.
I
Thirty
four
hundred
and
fifty
customers,
1.2
million
dollars.
There's
a
lot
of
programs
available
to
help
customers
in
need,
offset
the
cost
of
their
utility
bills,
and
you
can
see
in
both
cases,
participation
rates
up
and
spending
is
up
and,
as
one
might
expect,
the
assistance
is
going
in
areas
that
perhaps
might
be
of
greatest
need,
and
the
one
thing
that
also
should
be
noted
on
this
is
there's
a
little
different
scale
between
the
XL
and
the
Centrepointe
Maps.
I
I
Switching
to
air
sealing
and
installation
older
homes
offer
a
credible
opportunity
with
regard
to
energy
conservation,
a
lot
of
times,
there's
very
little,
sometimes
even
no
insulation
in
the
walls
very
little
in
the
attics
and
the
air.
Sealing
and
insulation
activities
aren't
they're
expensive,
but
they're
not
horribly
expensive,
so
they
normally
give
you
a
pretty
good
return
on
the
investment,
so
that
is
possible
or
positive.
I
should
say.
Bridgette
also
mentioned
the
the
fact
that
we
piloted
the
program
in
Minneapolis,
which
is
really
one
of
the
goals
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
was.
I
Are
there
things
that
we
can
do
to
kind
of
experiment?
We
experimented
in
Minneapolis
ran
a
pilot
program.
It
was
super
successful
over
a
ten
percent
upgrade
and
now
we've
rolled
that
program
out
throughout
our
entire
service
territory.
So
we
feel
very
good
about
that.
You
can
see
the
numbers
but
and
a
pretty
good
geographic
coverage
with
regard
to
people
taking
advantage
of
that
air
sealing
and
insulation
program.
I
Lastly,
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
multifamily
efforts
that
are
being
made
through
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
multifamily
is
a
real,
tough
nut
to
crack
a
lot
of
times.
There's
a
split
incentive
with
regard
to
someone
owns
the
building.
Someone
else
is
paying
the
bill.
It
just
gets
to
be
very
difficult,
even
so.
All
of
the
programs
that
we
have
available
are
available
for
building
owners
to
take
advantage
of
in
terms
of
rebates
and
engineering,
his
system,
his
assistance,
etc,
etc.
I
The
one
program
that
we
were
super
excited
about
is
the
multifamily
building
efficiency
program.
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
that
earlier
for
market-rate
housing,
Multi
multi,
family
housing.
There
can
be
rebates
up
to
40%
of
the
cost
of
of
an
upgrade,
so
you
spend
$10,000,
you
literally
get
$4,000
back.
If
it's
a
low-income
qualified
home,
those
rebates
will
double.
So
literally
you
spend
$10,000
on
an
upgrade.
I
You
can
get
up
to
$8,000
back
the
trick
is
we
still
need
to,
of
course,
convince
people
to
come
up
with
a
$2,000
I
think
we've
seen
some
good
success:
participants
709
of
participants,
some
of
those
are
individual
units.
Some
of
them
are
old
buildings
close
to
two
million
dollars
of
rebates
targeted
at
this
very
difficult
market
segment.
I
You
can
see
the
cost
savings
and
the
amount
of
energy
saved
I
think
we
can
all
be
high-fiving
ourselves
saying
this
is
great.
It
is
great,
but
we
also
know
that
this
is
a
difficult
market
and
there
is
more
work
that
needs
to
be
done
again.
That's
part
of
the
clean
energy
partnerships
role,
trying
to
figure
out
exactly.
How
can
we
work
together
to
encourage
building
owners
to
upgrade
their
buildings
as
much
as
possible,
even
if
they
don't
pay
the
rents,
even
if
somebody
else
is
paying
around
it
and
I?
Think
that
concludes
my
slides.
L
For
instance,
we've
now
in
the
annual
report
put
a
link
to
some
newly
created
interactive
maps.
The
city
has
they're
called
the
Minneapolis
population
characteristics,
environmental
indicators,
maps.
This
is
largely
based
off
of
the
work
that
Kelly,
Melman
and
others
did
on
the
green
zones
initiative
trying
to
look
for
environmental
disparities,
as
well
as
other
socio-economic
disparities
within
the
city.
L
So
we've
linked
to
that
because
that's
going
to
be
a
great
resource
for
us
to
then
cross-reference
with
some
of
the
maps
you
saw
from
the
utilities
where
we
can
see
where
program
participation
is
happening
and
where
it
isn't
happening.
So
as
we
as
a
person
mature.
That's
going
to
be
I
think
a
very
important
thing
for
us
to
focus
on
as
well
and
with
that
I
think
will
stand
and
take
any
questions
that
the
committee
has
I.
A
Don't
see
any
questions
from
committee
members
I
really
appreciate
the
report
I
think,
what's
good,
that
we
keep
evaluating
the
partnership
and
see
how
well
it's
doing
and
where
it's
going,
it
looks
like.
We've
got
some
good
and
some
good
news
to
report
so
I
appreciate
that,
and
probably
next
year
is
the
time
we
can
start
digging
into
more
about
evaluating
how
it's
going
in
a
general
scheme
of
things.