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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon,
everybody
I'm
going
to
call
this
committee
meeting
to
order
as
vice-chair
of
the
public
health,
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee.
Shara
Cunningham,
isn't
feeling
well
today
and
so
I'll
be
running
the
meeting
in
his
place.
This
is
our
regular
meeting
October
7th
here
in
City
Hall
I'm
joined
by
the
rest
of
the
committee
council.
A
Some
other
Corrections,
just
in
terms
of
the
reference
numbers
from
funding
sources
on
the
other
I'll
go
through
the
content
items
and
folks
can
look
at
those,
and
if
you
want
to
pull
anything
off,
we
can
have
more
discussion.
First
item
is
confirming
the
mayoral
appointment
of
a
Haley
Norman
to
the
community
environmental
Advisory.
Commission
second
item
is
authorizing
grant
application
to
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
the
amount
of
up
to
$400,000.
This
is
for
targeted
opioid
treatment
prevention
and
recovering
services.
A
Third
item
is
authorizing
the
middle
of
a
grant
to
the
Robert
Woods
foundation
for
a
cross
sector
innovation
initiative.
This
is
in
the
amount
of
up
to
$150,000.
Fourth
item
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
and
for
over
$10,000.
This
is
for
the
safer
sex
intervention
project.
The
fifth
item
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
Robert
Wood
foundation
for
$20,000
for
a
community.
Collaborative
learning.
A
Sixth
item
is
authorizing
a
contract
with
we
all
got
sports
and
more
for
the
2019
blueprint
approved
Institute
for
youth
violence,
vii
items
authorizing
a
mutual
confidentially
confidentiality
agreement
with
TSI
incorporated
to
test
the
newest
models
of
our
air
quality
testing
units.
The
eighth
item
is
authorizing
an
increase
in
a
contract.
This
is
for
proactive,
labor
standards,
outreach
and
vulnerable
worker
liaison
services
from
C
to
the
ninth
item
is
setting
a
public
hearing
for
the
carry
out
bags
and
retail
establishments
bring
your
own
bag
ordinance.
A
Will
we're
setting
that
hearing
if
this
is
approved
for
November
18th?
The
tenth
item
is
referring
to
staff
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
introduction
on
our
environmental
program
fees.
This
was
introduced
at
their
Council
last
meeting.
Those
are
the
ten
items
with
some
of
the
background
information.
Anybody
want
to
pull
anything
out
for
discussion.
A
B
Thank
you
very
consoling,
embers,
thank
you
for
having
us
here
today.
My
name
is
luke
collin
camp,
I'm
in
the
sustainability
division
here
at
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
for
this
presentation,
I'm
joined
by
my
counterparts
at
the
utilities
movie
to
the
cleaner,
partership
bridgett
doctor
from
Xcel
Energy
and
I'm
a
shop
you
from
Center
Point,
Energy
and
they'll,
be
joining
me
to
present
on
some
of
the
slides
in
a
little
bit,
and
it
will
introduce
themselves
a
little
bit
further
at
that
time.
B
First,
a
reminder
of
what
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
is:
it's
a
partnership
between
the
state
of
Neapolis,
Excel
and
CenterPoint
Energy
that
works
to
support
the
achievement
of
the
city's
climate
and
energy
goals.
I'm
here
reporting
today
with
my
colleagues
on
the
2018
and
a
report
which
is
providing
updates
on
progress
toward
the
city's
quantifiable
climate
energy
goals,
as
well
as
actions
they've
been
taken
by
the
partnership
toward
these
goals.
B
At
the
beginning
of
the
2018
and
report,
we
show
seven
key
metrics,
which
aligned
with
the
climate
and
energy
goals
of
the
city
and
I
will
get
into
these
one
by
one
in
detail
in
a
few
moments,
but
broadly,
what
we
see
is
that
there
of
the
seven
key
metrics
two
of
them
are
on
track,
as
indicated
by
green
here,
and
those
two
are
regards
to
greenhouse
gas
emission
reductions
and
municipal
operations,
as
well
as
renewable
electricity
and
municipal
operations.
Three
of
them
is
indicated
in
red
are
currently
not
on
track.
B
These
are
greenhouse
gas
emission
reductions,
community-wide
energy
reductions
in
the
commercial
industrial
sector
and
renewable
electricity
from
local
sources
or
directly
purchase,
and
then
there
are
two
metrics
shown
in
yellow
here
that
are
unknown
if
on
track,
and
these
two
are
energies
reduction
in
the
residential
sector
and
renewable
electricity
consumption
community-wide
so
for
the
first
metric,
this
measure
of
greenhouse
gas
emission
reductions
community-wide.
As
a
reminder,
the
city
has
established
in
the
climate
action
plan
goals
of
a
30%
reduction
of
emissions
by
2025
and
an
80
percent
reduction
by
2050.
B
B
2018
also
represents
a
year
where
now
natural
gas
is
the
largest
emissions
source,
as
shown
in
this
graph
in
in
gray,
it
is
40
percent
of
overall
GHG
emissions
followed
by
electricity,
which
is
33
percent
of
overall
emissions
and
on-road
transportation,
which
is
24
percent
of
emissions.
There
was
an
uptick
in
emissions
in
2018.
This
was
due
in
part
to
increased
natural
gas
use
in
the
commercial
industrial
sector,
as
well
as
2018
featured
months
that
were
colder
than
our
2006
baseline,
resulting
in
more
heating
for
buildings.
B
When
we
look
towards
our
2025
and
our
2050
goals,
we
see
that
there
are
multiple
pathways
to
getting
there
in
particular
in
2025.
We
need
to
have
emissions
for
all
of
those
sectors.
I
previously
mentioned,
plus
our
other
emission
sectors,
which
are
wastewater
and
water
and
waste.
We
need
all
of
the
emissions
from
the
sector,
spender
3.6
million
metric
tons
to
get
an
idea.
If
we're
on
track
to
achieve
that,
we've
created
some
trend
forecasting
here.
B
B
Natural
gas
emissions
overall
are
increasing
across
all.
Excuse
me
across
commercial,
industrial
and
residential
sectors.
That's
why
you
see
natural
gas
projection
increase
time
here
and
an
electricity
site.
Not
only
are
we
seen
reductions
in
electricity
consumption
overall,
we're
also
seeing
reductions
in
emissions
factors
from
electricity
which
has
led
to
that
historic
decline
as
well
as
then,
you
can
see
a
forecast
of
declines
via
excels.
B
Current
approved
IRP
they're,
carbon
free
by
2050
vision
and
in
the
city's
own
Harbor
Sun
renewable
electricity
goal
so
notable
to
the
2025
goal,
which
is
about
3.6
million
metric
tons,
is
that,
with
the
with
excels
current
IRP
scenario,
we
will
just
barely
miss
hitting
our
30
percent
reduction
goal
overall.
However,
if
the
city
were
to
cheat
its
100
percent
renewable
electricity
goal,
that
scenario
would
show
that
the
city
could
hit
its
overall
emissions
goal
of
30
percent
erection
by
2025.
B
B
Another
metric
we
have
is
greenhouse
gas
emissions
reductions
in
the
municipal
operations
sector.
This
is
a
reduction
goal
of
1.5
percent
annually,
since
our
2008
baseline
there's
been
a
44%
reduction
in
emissions,
a
very
substantial
reduction
of
emissions.
This
far
exceeds,
as
you
can
see
here,
the
1.5
percent
annual
reduction
goal
and
the
the
emissions,
as
shown
here
in
this
graph,
primarily
have
historically
come
in
our
musical
operations
from
electricity
shown
in
blue.
B
So
one
of
four,
in
fact,
the
most
important
element
that
has
helped
us
achieve
a
reduction
in
municipal
operation
missions
has
been
that
reduction
in
electricity
emissions.
That's
been
primarily
result
of
again
a
reduced
carbon
intensity
of
electricity
provided
on
the
electric
grid
as
well
as
the
city
now
has
substantial
subscriptions
to
computer
agarn
programs
as
well
as
excels
renewable
connect
program.
Also,
the
city's
municipal
operations
have
seen
about
a
10
percent
decrease
in
energy
consumption
overall
since
2018,
and
that's
largely
due
to
the
using
less
electricity
as
well
as
using
less
of
vehicle
fuel.
B
C
B
Sure
Gordon
comes
from
a
tree
that
so
this
metric
is
for
municipal
operations,
so
that
is
for
the
city
being
a
participant.
The
city
operations,
municipal
operations,
City
Enterprise,
being
a
participant
in
community
solar,
turns
commutes
our
turns
for
the
entire
community
as
a
goal,
that's
included
in
one
of
our
metrics
later
on.
Thanks.
C
D
D
You
for
having
me
so
metric
three
measures.
Progress
towards
the
climate
action
plan
goal
to
achieve
a
15%
reduction
in
residential
energy
use
by
2025
in
2018
energy
use
was
6%
above
the
baseline.
The
blue
line
shows
year-to-year
variations
and
energy
consumed
which
closely
aligns
with
weather
trends.
So,
if
you're
looking
at
the
years,
2014
and
2018,
those
were
both
above
average
in
cold
weather
years
and
those
contributed
to
increased
heating
demand
and
energy
use
in
the
residential
sector.
D
However,
because
of
these
fluctuations
in
energy
use
tied
to
weather,
it
is
not
clear
if
this
metric
is
on
the
necessary
trajectory
or
that
red
dotted
line
to
achieve
the
climate
action
plan
goal.
But
we
do
know
that
utility
and
city
programs
are
having
a
dominant
demonstrated
impact
on
reducing
emissions
to
spite
growth
in
residential
customers
for
both
electricity
and
natural
gas
in
the
city.
D
So
diving
a
little
bit
deeper
into
the
residential
sector.
I
think
most
of
you
are
familiar
with
Centrepointe
and
excels
Home
Energy
Squad
program
which
helps
customers
understand
and
access
energy
efficiency
opportunities
within
their
home.
The
map
compares
the
distribution
of
home
energy
squad
visits
in
Minneapolis
in
2017
on
the
left
and
2018
on
the
right.
In
2018
we
saw
a
dramatic
40
percent
increase
in
home
energy
squad
visits
across
the
city,
which
can
be
attributed
to
the
city,
paying
the
customer
copay
for
over
300
visits.
D
The
next
slide
shows
the
distribution
of
Minneapolis
residents
that
took
advantage
of
Center
Point
energy
rebates
for
residential
air
sealing
and
insulation
projects
between
2017
and
2018
participation.
Increased
seven
percent
and
you'll
see
that
participation
was
lower
in
the
green
zones
than
compared
to
other
parts
in
the
city
for
both
2017
and
2018.
D
This
is,
in
part
due
to
insulation
services
offered
at
no
cost
for
income
call
fied
customers
through
other
programs,
not
the
rebate
program,
but
we
want
to
keep
an
eye
on
this
program
and
the
maps
in
the
future
because
of
the
increased
home
energy
squad
visits
and
other
efforts
to
increase
insulation
and
air
sealing
throughout
the
city.
We
are
looking
to
see
an
increase
in
participation
in
this
program.
D
D
D
E
A
A
D
So
metric
for
measures,
progress
toward
the
climate
action
plan
goal
to
achieve
a
20%
reduction
in
the
commercial
industrial
energy
use
sector
by
2025
in
2018
energy
use
was
6%
above
the
baseline
and
as
on
track
to
meet
the
goal.
Like
the
residential
sector,
the
commercial
industrial
sector
saw
usage,
which
is
the
blue
line,
aligned
closely
with
weather
trends,
though,
to
a
slightly
lesser
degree.
D
Economic
activity
combined
with
the
low
cost
of
natural
gas,
an
increased
customer
of
customers
and
commercial
customers
and
Minneapolis
has
contributed
to
increased
emissions
in
the
sector
and
diving
deeper
into
efforts.
Helping
businesses
save
energy
Centerpoint
energy
delivered
over
a
thousand
rebates
worth
over
1.2
million
dollars.
An
Excel
energy
delivered
over
2000
rebates,
valued
at
close
to
8
million
dollars
to
businesses
that
demonstrated
a
quantifiable
energy
savings,
notably
the
joint
utility
offered
energy
design
assistance
program,
which
is
available
for
new
construction
projects.
D
More
than
doubled
and
participation
in
2018
compared
to
2017
and
Excel,
delivered
a
$225,000
rebate
to
a
single
customer
that
saved
over
1.5
million
kilowatt
hours.
In
comparing
Minneapolis
commercial
customer
participation
against
enter
points
overall
program
participation.
We
saw
that
Minneapolis
customers
were
well
represented
among
rebate,
receivers
for
heating
and
water,
heating
rebates,
but
underrepresented
represented
in
programs
that
help
customers
analyze
their
energy
use,
an
improved
building
and
process
efficiency
and
of
no
only
14
Minneapolis
commercial.
D
B
Next,
we'll
shift
to
renewable
electricity
goals
that
the
city
has
established
and
metric
number
five
is
renewable
electricity,
community-wide
of
which
we
have
a
goal
recently
passed
by
the
city
for
haar
percent.
Renewable
electricity
by
2030
2018
shows
that
we
are
at
26%
renewable
electricity,
and
this
percentage
is
generally
increasing
over
time.
B
We're
at
this
time
unable
to
say
if
this
metric
is
on
track,
that's
without
a
few
more
years
of
data.
One
of
the
reasons
is
that
the
goals
were
only
just
recently
established
in
2018,
so
we
don't
yet
have
a
full
year
of
data
under
which
this
goal
has
actually
been
present,
and
we
were
just
beginning
to
roll
out
some
of
the
strategies
at
the
city
wide
level
for
increasing
renewable
electricity,
so
I
believe
in
2019
and
2020.
We'll
get
a
much
better
idea
of
if
we're
starting
to
bend
the
curve.
B
B
Now
this
about
this
metric
is
using
what
we're
calling
an
action
based
methodology.
This
is
a
reference
to
measuring
the
decisions
and
deeds
by
parties
within
the
city,
so
the
parties
within
the
city
that
contribute
to
that
twenty
six
percent
renewable
exit
II
those
would
include
Xcel
Energy
via
their
standard
electricity
mix.
The
city's
municipal
operations,
as
we've
mentioned,
participating
things
like
community
solar
on
programs
and
installing
our
own
renewable
electricity,
as
well
as
residential
commercial,
industrial
electric
count.
B
Holders
within
the
city
that
are
making
decisions
for
their
own
accounts
should
mention
that
this
methodology
does
not
completely
aligned
with
renewable
energy
certificates
ownership.
So
this
is
based
on
the
actions
based
on
again
the
deeds
that
are
that
are
undertaken
by
members
within
our
community.
So.
A
B
Renewable
electricity
is
a
very
and
renewable
electricity
certificates
are
very
complicated
because
they
don't
necessarily
accrue
to
someone
who
has
made
the
decision
to
create
that
renewable
resource.
Often
it's
based
on
findings
of
the
public,
Utilities
Commission
or
proposals
by
Xcel,
Energy
and
via
their
tariff
programs.
So
we've
attempted
to
do
here
via
this
calculation
is
come
up
with
an
adjusted
mix
so
that
we
take
into
account
only
the
actions
that
are
treatable
to
city
of
minneapolis
residents,
businesses
and
dust
really
on
hold,
and
not
those
decisions
be
made
by
our
neighbors
in
st.
B
Paul
or
other
parts
of
Excel
territory.
So
what
that
means
is
we
come
up
with
an
adjusted
grid,
factor
that
Excel
that
that
Excel
produces
and
the
secrete
factors
says
we
are
not
going
to
take
credit
again
for
a
community
solar
garden
subscription
that
a
household
in
st.
Paul
subscribe
to
you're
only.
B
We
are
gonna
strip
out
all
of
those
kind
of
non
Minneapolis
factors
and
come
up
with
just
that,
just
it
critics,
which
represents
what
Xcel
kind
of
the
entity
has
created,
and
then
we
were
to
add
on
top
of
that,
what
we're
calling
the
local
actions
here.
So
that
is
then
someone
in
North
Minneapolis,
subscribing
to
a
low-income
community
garden
or
anywhere
in
the
city,
subscribe
to
low
income,
curious
or
learn,
or
a
wind
source
subscription,
or
installing
rooftop
solar
in
the
house
via
the
solar
rewards
program.
B
B
It's
complicated-
this
is
a.
This
is
a
little
bit
of
a
new
way
to
be
thinking
about
how
to
account
for
renewable
energy.
There's
a
lot
of
cities.
They
have
created
now
higher
percent
renewable
electricity
goals,
and
it's
an
emerging
science,
because
the
standard
way
of
accounting
to
be
a
renewable
energy
credits
doesn't
mesh
well
often
with
how
a
community
operates
and
takes
ownership
of
resources
and
work
together
to
create
action
to
achieve
their
goals.
So
we've
had
to
create
a
new
methodology
here
and
we're
interested
in
talking
about
this
with
other
municipalities
as
well.
F
G
B
For
instance,
and
I
invite
my
colleague
Brigid
to
me
provide
more
context
if
I,
if
she's
got
any
more
when
she
comes
up
here,
but,
for
instance,
when
you
subscribe
to
a
renewable
connect
or
wind
source,
let's
say
for
your
household
Xcel
Energy:
they,
those
those
credits
for
those
kilowatt
hours,
are
retired
on
your
behalf
as
a
resident.
So
essentially
you
own
those
credits
now
because
of
the
way
some
other
programs
are
set
up,
such
as
community
solar
garden
programs.
B
Those
renewable
energy
credits
in
a
commuter
grant
program
are
retired,
via
Excel
energy
for
all
ratepayers
across
Minnesota.
Not
for
that
individual
who,
you
know,
purchased
that
or
create
the
action
that
caused
that
kilowatt
hour.
So
there's
different
ways
of
ownership,
even
if
that
don't
necessarily
live
with
who,
let's
say,
took
that
action
to
cause
that
resource
to
come
into
existence.
A
A
B
A
B
Moving
out
to
remove
electricity
in
our
municipal
operations,
I
can
we
have
a
goal.
I
was
so
low
goal
for
her
personally,
no
electricity
in
our
own
facilities
and
in
operations.
Currently
in
2018,
we
have
45
percent
of
our
electricity
coming
from
renewable
sources,
and
this
is
on
track
to
meet
our
goal,
and
you
can
see
here
that
there
has
been
a
rather
dramatic
increase
in
recent
years,
and
this
is
in
large
part
due
to
the
already
mentioned
increase
in
city
operations.
B
Also,
what's
notable
is
that
not
all
of
these
subscriptions
were
active
for
the
entire
year
of
2018,
meaning
that
those
full-year
impacts
of
those
current
subscriptions
won't
be
made
clear
until
2019.
So
that
is
to
say,
we
expect
another
substantial
increase
in
renewable
electricity
in
2019,
and
next
I
will
pass
it
off
to
Bridget
who
will
cover
our
last
metric.
H
H
They
can
credits
on
the
open
market
can
be
used
for
different
things.
Anyone
can
buy
renewable
energy
credit,
they
could
use
them
to
meet
their
own.
Renewable
energy
needs
customers
or
anyone
could
use
them
for
anything
frankly,
so
your
question
of,
could
they
be
used
for
other
other
means?
Yes,
they
could
be.
A
H
H
A
A
That's
the
gist
of
it
that
I
wanted
folks
to
know
about,
and
especially
our
committee
and
when
we're
looking
at
energy,
the
questions
going
to
become
up.
If
we
do
generate
clean
energy.
What
are
we
gonna
do
with
those
wrecks
and
I
actually
think
it
created
a
little
bit
of
a
confusion
for
us
about
using
an
energy
connect
and
what
happened
with
that
or
renewable
renewable.
H
H
H
Currently,
the
city
is
at
three
point:
nine
percent
and
not
on
track
for
this
particular
metric.
It
includes
the
wind
source
program,
renewable
connect,
solar
rewards,
community
and
solar
rewards.
The
wind
source
program
itself
is
a
subscription
win
program.
Renewable
Connect
is
a
subscription
wind
and
solar
combination
program,
solar
rewards
communities,
community
gardens
and
then
solar
rewards
is
just
a
rooftop
solar
program.
H
A
couple
of
interesting
points
here,
as
we
look
at
this
particular
metric,
is
the
increase
in
2018
over
2017
came
primarily
from
commercial
customers
in
both
the
Renewable
connect
and
the
community
garden
program.
Three
percent
of
the
participants
were
eighty
nine
percent
of
the
subscribed
energy
in
the
Renewable
connect
program
and
similarly,
three
percent
of
the
participants
were
seventy
eight
percent
of
the
subscribed
energy
in
the
solar
garden
program.
H
So
renewable
connect
increased,
eight
hundred
and
fifty
nine
percent
from
2017
to
2018.
This
was
largely
because
it
was
a
brand-new
program
and
then
solar
rewards
community,
six
hundred
and
forty
five
percent
increase
from
year
over
seventeen
to
eighteen
as
well,
and
that
program
has
continued
to
to
grow
year.
Over
year.
We
have
had
lower
participation
within
the
green
zones
for
both
of
these
programs,
but
because
of
the
base
of
the
commercial
subscriptions
on
this
is
I.
Don't
find
this
particularly
surprising
one
thing.
H
One
thing
to
note
on
on
the
community
solar
garden
piece
is:
we
do
have
a
renewable
Development
Fund
that
Xcel
Energy's
been
working
with
the
city
on
through
our
Clean
Energy
Partnership
initiative.
It's
about
a
million
dollars
worth
that's
waiting
to
be
finalized.
It's
designated
for
a
low-income
community,
solar
garden.
It
will
be
hosted
at
your
city
facility
in
Northeast
Minneapolis.
H
H
So
our
next
one
will
move
into
some
of
our
work
plan
highlights
in
early
2019
the
partners
coordinated
to
deliver
benchmarking
training
services
to
building
operators
of
multifamily
buildings.
These
trainings
incorporated
best
practices
in
multifamily
energy
efficiency
and
recommended
utility
resources.
H
And
so
we
wanted
to
look
at
gaining
some
insight
and
how
to
keep
them.
Moving
on.
We
did
interviews
from
multifamily
subject
matter.
Experts
within
the
community
and
interviews
included
some
folks
locally
within
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
and
including
your
staff
Luke
Colin
camp
here,
who
is
very
helpful.
H
H
This
segment,
has
been
historically
really
tough
to
reach
the
small
businesses
there
impacted
by
this
are
our
ones
that
don't
have
time
to
go
out
and
seek
educational
information
on
it.
So
it's
really
been
a
one
one-by-one
tackling
of
this
segment,
so
we've
we've
contracted
with
Cee.
To
do
this
work,
the
city
has
contracted
with
Cee
to
do
some
of
the
work
as
well,
and
they
have
CES
also
doing
the
financial.
H
We
had
we
had
some
some
slow
moving
with
a
few
direct
installations
and
about
48
assessments.
We've
got
about
53
right
now,
this
year,
nine
of
those
nine
of
those
are
in
green
zones,
so
we
were
able
to
start
tackling
some
of
those
green
zones,
but
again
I
think
it's
gonna
be
slow
and
go
and
we'll
just
keep
tackling
this
segment.
So
the
last
that
I
will
be
speaking
to
is
our
streetlight
conversion.
So
we.
A
F
F
H
One
of
the
tough
things
that
we're
finding
with
this
is
that
group
has
a
really
difficult
time,
affording
new
equipment
and
they're
usually
buying,
like
the
second
third
hand,
down
from
like
what
Cub
Foods
hands
down,
or
you
know
the
larger
grocery
store
chains
and
with
the
program
at
what
we
could
offer
from
a
utility
perspective
and
what
the
Department
of
Commerce
would
approve.
We
can't
rebate
on
that
and
the
city
chose
to
follow
that
path
to
so
that's
our
struggle
right
now,
yeah.
F
F
F
C
H
The
small,
the
small
business
refrigeration
it
is
under
subscribed,
but
we
were
able
to
get
assessments
by
literally
walking
business
to
business.
It
is
getting
this
segment
to
actually
take
action.
Find
time
for
us
to
go
in.
Do
do
the
walkthroughs
because
they
are
really
really
busy.
Do
the
walk,
do's
and
then
finding
the
the
money
to
actually
do
any
of
the
upgrades.
It's
tough.
A
H
And
then,
lastly,
is
the
LED
streetlight
conversion,
so
this
spring
excel
finished,
converting
over
24,000
cobrahead
style,
high
pressure,
sodium
fixtures
in
minneapolis
to
new,
more
efficient
fixtures
using
LEDs
I'm
sure
that
you've,
probably
all
got
a
few
calls
about
that.
Thank
you
for
your
patience
with
that
I
know.
I'm
sure
you've
talked
to
Sara
through
a
lot
of
those.
The
city
can
expect
to
save
more
than
150
thousand
dollars
annually
on
these
on
their
street
lighting
bill.
H
G
Can
mr.
chair
I
am
very
happy
about
this
and
glad
with
all
of
the
great
work
that's
been
done
around
the
LED
conversion.
I
guess
I
just
had
a
clarifying
question.
I
know
in
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
around
cultural
corridors,
one
of
the
topics
or
kind
of
investments
was
around
LED
conversion
of
streetlights.
Do
you
those.
G
E
D
D
Property
owners
of
multi
tenant
rental
properties
to
access
their
buildings,
aggregated
energy
use
data
while
protecting
individual
customer
privacy,
and
this
helps
customers
or
residential
residents
in
Minneapolis,
comply
with
the
city's
benchmarking
ordinances.
So
this
was
launched
at
earlier
this
year.
The
second
project
is
Centrepointe
energies
on
the
loan
repaid
program
which
has
been
under
development
since
the
2017
work
plan
was
underway,
and
this
is
scheduled
to
launch
early
2020,
and
this
will
help
customers
pay
for
energy
efficiency
projects
through
a
loan
that
they
can
pay
directly
on
their
utility
bill.
D
F
G
A
The
bill
payer
pays
and
the
inclusionary
financing
that
we
talk
about
inclusive
financing
is
more
on
the
meter
and
who's
ever
paying
for
that
energy
actually
is
paying
less
per
month,
but
the
savings
and
energy
is
being
used
to
finance
the
improvements.
That's
a
really
thumbnail
explanation.
It
wasn't
that
good,
very.
H
B
And
finally,
today,
on
the
underreport
Malta's
mentioned
that
the
city
of
minneapolis
side,
we
I
we
adopted
recently
three
new
ordinances
or
three
ordinances
and
amendments
that
fulfilled
some
of
our
obligations
and
the
last
work
plan.
That
would
obviously
be
the
time
of
rent
ordinance
that
will
be
taking
effect
in
2021
the
truth
and
sale
of
housing.
Energy
edition
energy
data
edition
that'll
take
effect,
jerry,
fifteenth
of
2020
and
then
multifamily
benchmark.
Hannity
disclosure
policies
have
already
begun
to
be
rolled
out.
A
C
So
it
is
that
kind
of
fun
party,
but
I
think
for
everyone
else.
These
the
differences
of
metrics
for
me
are
very
striking.
It
is
something
that
where
the
city
can't
advance
its
goal,
we
work
very
hard
to
do
that
and
you
see
in
the
green
work
we're
working
all
that
we
can
to
reduce
emissions
to
make
sure
we're
using
renewable
and
the
red
are
very
like
where
we
need
our
utility
partners,
and
it
also
really
with
a
very
fine
point,
on
the
difference
on
how
we're
reviewing
this.
C
From
the
city's
point
of
view,
we're
just
also
really
focused
on
environmental
justice.
You
know
we're
not
just
trying
to
reduce
carbon,
we're
not
just
trying
to
make
sure
and
agree
on
emissions
are
done
if
we
were
doing
that,
we
ever
do
something
like
excels
doing.
You
know
we
would
just
look
at
the
distributive
utilities
and
make
sure
we
can
get
that
down
that
carbon
zero
as
quick
as
possible,
but
we're
doing
more
than
that.
C
C
We
need
to
see
more
product
programs
that
are
helping
out
expansion
of
community
solar,
Gardens
expansion
of
green
business
cross
shares,
but
also
just
more
programs
like
that,
so
everyone
is
able
to
to
reach
out
and
get
that
cuz
we're
right
now,
I
mean
the
numbers
are
pretty
stark
and
for
me
that's
that's
pretty
shocking.
We
need
to
see
moving
from
the
utilities
that
help
us
with
things
like
the
stretch
of
energy
code.
The
city
is
again
on
that.
C
F
B
Yeah
my
shirt
garden
comes
vice-president
Jenkins.
Absolutely,
as
you
can
see
here,
it's
hard
to
discern
trends
from
this
place.
The
data
is
up
and
down,
and
one
of
things
were
we're.
Recognizing
is
what
this
really
indicates
is
how
non
resilient
our
buildings
are,
that
if
you
have
a
house
that
has
very
low
insulation,
your
individual
energy
bills
could
drastically
increase.
B
If
you
have
a
cold
winter
or
drastically
decrease,
if
we
have
a
warm
winter
and
that
puts
a
lot
of
burden
on
residents
as
council
members
rare
talked
about
there's
a
lot
of
real
equity
concerns
and
impacts.
Because
of
this,
and
and
this
isn't
this
variation
of
energies
depending
on
weather
is
something
that's
also
seen
in
commercial
industrial
sector,
it's
much
more
prominent
in
the
residential
sector,
but
so
we're
concerned
with
it
from
not
only
just
an
energy
standpoint
but
from
an
equity
standpoint
from
a
housing,
affordability
standpoint.
A
All
right,
I'll
just
know,
thank
you.
Yeah
I
think
there's
some
key
things
here
that
we
are
trying
to
work
on
and
we
talked
about
a
little
in
terms
of
insulation
and
air
sealing
and
those
things,
and
also
this
better
building
code,
we're
also
restricted
by
the
State
Building
Code,
and
we
want
to
have
a
stretch,
alternative
building
code.
You
could
get
us
there
and
I
think
we're
also
limited,
because
the
the
only
option
to
heat
a
lot
of
our
buildings
in
our
homes
is
using
natural
gas.
C
A
Actually,
these
metrics
are
really
helpful,
is
I,
think
it's
helpful
for
the
public
and
maybe
all
of
you,
but
also
for
the
council
to
have
a
few
things.
We
can
concentrate
on
to
try
to
measure
what
we're
doing
and
when
we
see
a
red
light
or
a
red
circle
and
a
green
circle.
It's
clear
where
we
should
focus
some
work
and
some
energy
and
I
think
we've
landed
on
probably
some
pretty
good
metrics
and
even
if
we're
not
catching
everything
and
we're
catching
these.
A
If
all
of
these
were
green,
we'd
be
headed
in
a
great
direction
and,
of
course,
they're
tied
very
clearly
to
our
climate
action
plan
and
our
energy
vision.
So
I
appreciate
that
I
think
the
report
is
good
and
it
gives
us
a
good
picture
in
everybody,
a
good
picture
about
how
how
well
we're
doing
in
terms
of
the
partnership
and
where
we
need
to
do
some,
some
additional
work,
and
with
that
I
think
now
we
should
go
on
to
how
we're
doing
with
energy
squad
activity
in
Minneapolis.
Yes,.
B
E
Hi
vice-chair
Garden
councilmembers,
thanks
for
letting
me
come
and
talk
to
you
about
where
we're
at
I'm
gonna
just
go
out
of
Minneapolis.
We
do
have
some
updates
on
where
we're
at
with
the
demand
and
how
we've
responded,
but
we
also
have
some
really
I
think
exciting
things
to
highlight
from
this
past
year
too.
So,
just
a
little
bit
of
background
about
what
happened.
Last
year,
we
had
a
crazy
year
on
the
on
the
up
side.
The
franchise
fee
enabled
programming
and
funds
went
to
buy
down.
E
Probably
all
of
us
are
aware
of
that
and
many
of
the
energy
efficiency
strategies
that
we
are
recommending
to
customers
help
solve
ice
dam
issues,
and
people
very,
thankfully,
are
understanding
that
that's
that's
a
huge
win,
I
think,
but
because
of
that,
we
had
also
some
interest
to
to
help
people
mitigate
that
for
subsequent
years
and
then
in
January
in
February
we
had
very
cold
times.
You
know
we
have
the
polar
vortex.
People
were
being,
you
know,
really
cold
having
high
bills,
so
that
also
always
brings
on
a
lot
of
home
energy
squad
visit
requests.
E
We
at
times
were
scheduled
at
about
6
or
7
months,
which
is
the
furthest
we've
ever
been
scheduled
in
10
years
of
running
this
program.
So
we
we
responded
in
a
couple
ways.
Specifically
we
just
needed
to
have
staff
to
respond
to
this,
so
we
hired
18
additional
staff.
In
the
last
year,
we
increased
our
field
staff
capacity
by
70%,
which
was
a
huge
undertaking
that
also
included
two
additional
training
positions,
so
that
we
could
not
only
get
the
people
in
the
door
but
also
train
them
really
well.
E
So
we
can
continue
to
have
a
high
level
of
customer
service
and
quality
of
data
and
reporting,
and
then
we
also
need
an
Excel
and
Centrepointe
to
commit
to
increasing
budgets
so
that
we
could
actually
do
this
and
and
ramp
up
the
program.
So
they
agreed
to
do
that
and
are
going
to
do
that
in
the
future
and
I'm
happy
to
say
that
we
are
now
back
to
a
normal
lead
time
about
four
to
six
weeks
with
some
customers
able
to
get
in
faster,
depending
on
their
flexibility
and
the
visit
type.
E
So
in
2018
was
when
the
first
visit
by
downs
came
in
and
that
I
think
that
started
in
probably
late
July
early
August,
so
that
contributed
to
about
40
percent
increased
in
2018
and
then
in
2019,
including
scheduled
visit
and
our
anticipated
visits
that
are
not
scheduled
yet
that
we
have
room
on
the
calendar
for
we're
interesting
about
1874
visits.
Just
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
a
200%
increase,
that's
huge
in
three
years,
and
I
also
wanted
to
give
context
of
how
many
customers
we
serve
in
Minneapolis
versus
the
rest
of
the
service
territory.
E
In
Center,
Point
energy,
gas,
service
storage
territory
about
40
percent
of
our
customers
are
in
Minneapolis
and
then
in
all
of
the
service
territory.
Savannah
included,
Center
Point
gas
customers,
an
Excel
gas
customers
kind.
You
can
think
about
an
east
Metro,
West,
metro
and
a
few
other
scattered
cities
in
the
state
about
25
percent
of
those
customers
are
Minneapolis
residents.
So
that's
by
far
the
largest
segment
of
customers
that
we
have
see
also
looked
at
with
this
influx
of
staff.
E
Eighteen
staff
is
a
lot
of
people
to
hire
quickly,
but
we
also
wanted
to
see
if
there
was
a
way
that
we
could
increase
our
diversity
at
the
same
time.
So
we
worked
with
our
HR
Department.
To
do
a
few
things.
One
is
that
we
hired
a
dedicated
HR
staff
that
was
trained
in
hiring
diverse
populations.
We
dedicated
her
solely
to
recruitment
for
ATS
staff.
We
revised
our
field
staff
job
descriptions
to
be
more
accessible
and
attracted
to
attractive
to
diverse
candidates.
E
We
partnered
with
several
community
organizations
for
recruitment
and
worked
with
them
on
you
know
showing
them
the
Job
Description,
seeing
if
they
had
any
feedback.
We
also
attended
one
to
two
recruitment
events
per
month
with
those
organizations
to
try
and
do
face-to-face
recruitment,
and
then
we've
translated
our
recruitment
materials
as
well,
and
we
in
the
last
nine
months
have
increased
our
C
staff
ratio
diversity
by
three
percent.
A
Don't
see
any
questions?
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Does
anybody
have
any
final
comments
or
questions
seeing
none
I
will
move
to
receive
and
file
both
of
those
reports,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
no.
That
motion
carries
and
seeing
no
further
business.
We
are
adjourned.
Thank
you.