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From YouTube: November 3, 2021 Southside Green Zone Council Meeting
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A
B
Well,
thanks
kelly
yeah,
we
can
just
get
started
with
some
introductions
and
the
icebreaker.
So
if
everyone
could
share
your
name,
your
pronouns,
what
you
know
brings
you
to
the
meeting
who
you're
representing
and
then
kelly's
question.
Was
it
in
one
word,
I
think,
try
to
describe
how
you're
feeling
after
the
election,
if
you
can
I'm
kelly,
are
you
cool,
maybe
going
down
a
list.
A
Yes,
I'll
start
with
the
person
who's
joined
by
phone.
Can
you
share
your
name
pronouns
and
the
answer
to
the
icebreaker.
C
Okay
hi,
my
name
is
claire
boricer,
my
pronouns.
Are
she
her,
I'm
actually
driving,
which
is
why
I'm
by
phone,
so
I'm
going
to
pass
off.
So
I
can
focus
on
that.
But
I
am
here-
and
I
am
listening
and
it's
nice
to
be
here.
D
This
alphabetical
thing
always
gets
me
hi,
I'm
angie
timmons.
I
work
for
hennepin,
county
environment
and
energy,
I'm
here
joining
chris
and
christine
the
listen
on
the
natural
resources
strategic
plan.
Did
I
say
my
my
pronouns?
Are
she
her
and
one
word
I'm
glad
I
get
to
go
first
disappointed.
I
would
say.
C
G
All
right
sure,
yeah
hi,
everyone,
I'm
joel
mcgrowls.
I
work
with
an
org,
a
community
development
organization
in
the
phillips
neighborhood
called
banyan
community
that
we
serve
about
100
families,
so
that's
kind
of
who
I'm
representing
and
then
I
live
on
28th
street
as
well
down
there.
G
My
pronouns
are
he
and
him,
and
I
guess
I'm
feeling,
like
a
word,
I
guess
is
like
ready,
I'm
ready
to
move
forward
with
who's
who's
around
that
we
can
work
with
to
try
to
get
things
done.
I
guess
if
that
makes
sense,
and
just
try
to
make
things
happen.
I
I
The
amount
of
forest
we
have
cut
down
to
print
the
card
stock
for
all
the
mailers
I
received
over
the
last
three
months
has
been
a
little
disappointing,
but
I'm
I'm
tired,
but
I'm
happy
it's
done.
J
Megan
cool
stennis,
I
live
in
east,
she
her
pronouns.
I
live
in
east
phillips,
I'm
on
the
south
side,
green
zone
council
and-
and
I
guess,
if
we're
just
summing
it
up
in
one
word,
mad
mostly
on
question
one.
So.
K
I
have
she
her
pronouns
and
I'm
thinking.
My
kind
of
my
word
is
still
it's
still
apprehensive,
I'm
not
quite
sure
what
it's
going
to
mean
yet
the
results.
So
I
don't
have
a
lot
of
faith
yet.
A
Yes,
all
right
samara,
you
already
went.
Yes,
did
you
didn't
do
your
icebreaker
yet.
B
L
And
I
live
in
the
east,
phillips
neighborhood
and
I'm
just
logging
in
cause
sanja
invited
me
and
I'm
just
a
neighbor.
A
Welcome
great
to
see
you
thank
you
and
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
we
have
viviana.
M
A
All
right
and
then
for
those
who
don't
know
me
I'll,
introduce
myself
I'm
kelly,
the
moleman
I
use
she
her
pronouns.
I
work
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
sustainability
office,
I
staff
both
the
north
side
and
south
side
green
zones
and
the
word
that
I
would
use
I'm
also
a
phillips
west
resident.
The
word
that
I
would
use
is
confused.
A
M
Peggy
she
her.
I
was
an
election
judge
all
day,
so
I
guess
the
exhausted
is
probably
the
word.
I'm
I'm
recovering
from
exhaustion
right
now.
Oh
my
gosh
thanks.
A
Yeah,
well,
we
don't
have
a
quorum
tonight,
so
I'm
not
going
to
do
a
formal
roll
call
and
then
we
also
can't
formally
adopt
the
agenda
or
the
minutes
from
the
last
couple
meetings.
But
I
will
drop
those
links
into
the
chat
for
those
of
you
who
are
on
teams.
So
you
can
see.
A
Our
last
meeting
was
a
joint
meeting
with
the
northside
green
zone
task
force
and
we
did
a
lot
of
project
updates.
So
we
talked
about
the
community
air
monitoring
project.
That's
happening
right
now.
If
for
any
of
you
who
aren't
familiar
with
that,
the
city
and
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
are
collaborating
on
getting
low-cost
air
sensors
out
to
community
members.
A
So
we've
had
two
community
meetings
so
far,
specifically
on
that
to
get
a
sense
of
what
are
the
air
quality
concerns
that
residents
have
and
and
how
would
that
inform
what
types
of
monitors
the
city
will
purchase
and
we're
now
just
figuring
out
who
wants
to
host
monitors
where
they
want
to
put
them
and
we'll
be
kind
of
moving
forward
with
a
plan
for
distribution
and
what
the
sort
of
data
collection
and
support
looks
like
after
that,
so
it'll
kind
of
probably
more
formally
kick
off
with
the
actual
monitors
in
early
2022,
but
we're
doing
a
lot
of
planning
right
now.
A
A
Let's
see
what
else
did
we
work
on?
We
got
some
updates
on
other
projects.
One
of
the
north
side,
green
zone
members
is
leading
a
billboards
or
advertising
project,
so
over
the
next
few
months,
we'll
probably
be
working
together
with
north
side
green
zone
to
come
up
with
messagings
and
possible
locations
for
south
side
billboards.
A
If
the
south
side
green
sounds
interested
in
that,
and
that's
mostly
to
raise
awareness,
especially
during
covid,
when
we
it's
not
quite
as
safe
to
go
door
knocking
or
having
in-person
events
and
things
like
that
and
yeah,
I
think
that
was
most
of
what
we
talked
about.
B
Yeah
thanks
for
the
recap,
kelly
and
cool
yeah,
we
can
just
jump
into
it.
Yeah
the
folks
from
hennepin
county.
If
y'all
wanna
go
ahead
and
get
started
on
your
presentation,
that'd
be
great.
C
H
Looks
great,
okay,
cool
all
right?
Well,
first
of
all,
thanks
so
much
for
inviting
us
to
the
southside
green
zone
council
meeting
we're
really
grateful
for
your
time
and
hopefully,
some
engagement
and
participation
tonight
in
our
work,
like
I
mentioned
before,
my
name
is
christine
maurer,
I'm
a
senior
ecologist
with
the
land
and
water
unit
in
environment
and
energy
at
hennepin
county
and
I'm
joined
here
tonight
by
chris
gunzel,
who
is
a
senior
water
resource,
ecologist
in
the
land
and
water
unit
and
andy
tibbins.
H
Who
is
the
supervisor
for
our
education
and
outreach
group
tonight?
We're
really
excited
to
share
with
you
the
work
we
are
leading
to
update
our
natural
resource
strategic
plan.
This
plan
update
will
guide
our
work
for
over
the
next
decade
and
it
also
is
our
first
opportunity
to
incorporate
recent
climate
and
disparity
reduction
goals
that
have
been
passed
by
our
county
board.
H
We
are
going
to
be
sharing
a
lot
with
you
from
the
next
15
minutes,
some
of
which
will
include
what
the
natural
resources
in
hennepin
county
are,
what
their
values
are
to
our
communities.
Some
of
the
work
that
we
currently
do
to
serve
natural
resources
in
the
county.
H
H
To
cover
in
a
short
amount
of
time,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
lot
of
time
for
discussion.
So
if
things
get
breezed
over
that,
you
want
a
little
more
detail
on
we're
happy
to
dig
into
that
more
at
the
end,
as
you
would
like
to.
H
I
imagine
that
to
an
extent,
a
lot
of
you
are
well
aware
of
what
natural
resources
are,
but
just
in
case
natural
resources
in
hennepin
county
are
highly
variable
and
a
lot
of
times.
People
don't
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
unurbanized
undeveloped
area
in
the
west
part
of
the
county.
We
have
lakes
and
rivers,
we
have
parks,
forests,
prairies,
some
of
which
are
remnant
which
is
very
exciting
and
not
many
people
know.
H
We
also
have
a
lot
of
farmland
still
left
in
hennepin
county,
and
these
places
are
both
diverse
and
rich,
with
natural
heritage
and
natural
resources,
they
provide
habitat
for
wildlife,
protect
water
quality
and
offer
recreational
opportunities
and
enhance
our
collective
quality
of
life
across
the
county,
and
also
probably
the
things
that
you
guys
already
know.
But
natural
resources
are
really
important
to
our
communities
because
they
help
to
ensure
healthy
environments
for
not
only
us,
but
for
future
generations.
H
They
provide
habitat
for
wildlife
and
diversity
of
our
ecosystems.
We
have
many
rare
plant
communities
and
animal
species
that
reside
in
hennepin
county,
one
of
which
is
the
rusty
patch
bumblebee,
which
has
its
major
home
ranges
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
So
not
only
is
habitat
for
rare
features
happening
in
some
of
our
more
pristine
ecosystems,
but
also
in
our
backyards.
C
H
H
H
H
We
also
work
to
protect
our
wetlands
and
natural
areas
in
some
cases,
means
working
with
willing
landowners
who
want
to
keep
those
things
natural
forever
by
establishing
things
like
conservation
easements.
But
it
also
involves
enforcing
regulatory
statutes
to
protect
wetlands
from
things
like
filling
and
disturbance
as
a
consequence
of
development
or
just
accidental
action.
H
If
we
can
do
anything
for
you
in
terms
of
technical
assistance,
we
have
a
robust
group
of
foresters
who
are
very
eager
to
improve
our
tree
canopy
and
are
hitting
the
ground
running
to
plant
a
million
trees
over
the
next
decade,
or
so
so
they
have
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
them
and
are
eager
to
work
with
as
many
partners
as
possible
to
do
that
and
then.
Finally,
we
do
quite
a
lot
of
work
to
support
our
agricultural
landowners
that
help
to
keep
the
food
systems
in
this
county.
Local
and
sustainable.
H
So
what
is
the
natural
resource
strategic
plan?
This
plan
is
sort
of
the
boundaries
of
the
work
we
do
in
the
land
and
water
unit.
This
plan
sets
the
strategies
and
objectives
for
everything
that
we
do
and
provides
the
basis
of
all
the
programming
that
we
currently
have
and
would
like
to
develop
in
the
future.
H
I
think
that's
one
more
step
just
to
give
a
little
bit
of
background
and
summary
of
kind
of
where
we've
been
and
where
we're
going.
With
our
plan
update
process,
we
spent
the
kind
of
spring
summer
really
just
kind
of
doing
some
internal
work
to
figure
out
how
we
wanted
to
go
about
updating
the
plan
and
doing
some
backwards.
H
Looking
on
what
we
could
try
to
do
better
this
time,
we
also
spent
a
lot
of
time
this
summer,
talking
to
community
groups
and
trusted
messenger
groups,
to
try
and
understand
the
best
ways
to
engage
the
public
as
we
try
to
gather
feedback
on
values
and
priorities
from
the
public
to
incorporate
into
our
plan
and
right
now
we're
just
kind
of
starting
that
first
blue
arrow
winter
of
2021
to
2022,
where
we're
going
to
continue
to
engage
in
kind
of
our
phase.
H
One
outreach
projects
process
through
surveys
and
conversations
like
these,
but
we'll
start
to
use
the
information
that
we've
received
draft
our
initial
goals
and
objectives
using
our
internal
staff
primarily
to
do
that.
But
then
also
to
be
able
to
look
at
the
information
we've
received
from
the
public
and
other
collaborations
with
partner
agencies
and
staff
and
going
forward.
We
have
a
few
other
opportunities
for
engagement.
H
So
once
we
kind
of
get
through
this
drafting
of
goals
and
objectives
for
the
plan,
we're
going
to
stop
and
do
additional
surveys
and
additional
communication
with
the
public
and
other
partners
to
make
sure
that
we
got
it
right
and
then
once
we
go
back
and
kind
of
draft
what
we
will
consider
sort
of
the
final
draft,
then
there
will
be
another
final
comment
period
to
provide
any
final
feedback
on
the
plan
as
it
stands
before.
It
would
be
approved
by
the
county
board
sometime
around
this
time
next
year.
H
So
we
we
set
out
12
bottles,
the
ones
pictured
here
are
not
the
final
draft.
Those
were
chris
and
I's
original
attempt,
but
angie
made
them
much
prettier
for
her
following
events
and
then
gave
folks
three
bottle
caps
each
and
they
could
put
three
caps
in
one
jar
or
one
jar
and
or
one
cap
and
three
jars
to
just
help
us
understand
what
people
are
really
thinking
about
the
most
right
now
and
what
those
issues
are.
H
So
we're
gonna
actually
ask
you
to
participate
in
that
exercise
today.
I
know
we
don't
have
jars
or
bottle
caps
for
all
of
you,
but
we
do
have
a
chat
bar
and
we
do
have
hand
raising
and
voices.
H
So
we
would
really
appreciate
it
if
you
took
the
next
several
minutes
to
look
at
the
12
issues
that
we
presented
to
other
people
at
public
engagement,
events
and
list
your
top
three,
and
you
can
do
it
the
same
way.
If
you
want
to
put
all
your
votes
in
one
basket
great,
if
you
want
to
spread
them
out
across
three
things,
great
one
of
the
things
that
we
hear
a
lot
from
people
is
that
wow.
H
Why
can't
I
vote
on
all
of
them,
which
I
know
it's
it's
tough,
because
these
are
all
really
important
things,
but
having
you
guys,
vote
on
these
things
doesn't
mean
that
we're
not
going
to
do
the
things
that
get
lesser
votes.
It's
just
helping
us
to
understand
where
we
need
to
get
more
resources
to
do
more
of
the
things
that
people
care
about.
H
We
already
invest
a
little
bit
of
time
on
all
of
these
things,
some
more
than
others
at
this
point,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
before
you
start
voting
about
what
each
of
these
topics
relates
to
we're
happy
to
try
and
clarify
that
right
now.
But
I
definitely
want
to
give
you
guys
a
few
minutes
to
just
provide
that
feedback
in
the
chat
or
feel
free
to
say
it
out
loud,
and
I
can
write.
J
Well,
I
don't
know
what
I
want
to
use
all
of
mine,
for,
but
at
least
one
of
mine,
I
think,
is
the
loss
of
trees.
That's
very
concerning
to
me,
and
so
it
feels
a
little
bit
like
also
including
destructive
pests
as
that
as
well,
but
I,
I
think,
there's
a
real
opportunity.
I
think,
too,
with
with
a
loss
of
trees
to
make
sure
we're
planting
usable
ones.
I
guess
not.
J
Trees
obviously
have
awesome
value,
but
like
there's,
some
really
great
resources
that
we
can
get
from
from
trees,
fruit,
nuts
maple
syrup
things
like
that,
so
I
would
just
encourage
a
promotion
of
those
when
you
replant.
H
Yeah-
and
you
guys
can
continue
to
plug
in
your
answers
as
you're
listening,
and
we
can
also
kind
of
pull
this
conversation
to
the
end
as
well,
but
definitely
wanted
at
least
to
introduce
the
topic
before
we
get
too
far.
B
Cool,
I
was
gonna
pitch
in
I'd,
say
maybe
maybe
two
for
climate
change
and
one
for
poor
water
quality
yeah
I
bought
it.
We
had
to
shut
off
our
water
for
a
little
bit
while
the
city
was
doing
some
work,
and
I
just
had
this
moment
where
I
was
like.
I
have
no
idea
like
even
like,
where
I'd
get
water
from.
I
just
got
me
thinking
more
about
water
and
access
to
water,
and
it's
more
more
on
my
mind,.
D
I
To
summarize
many
months
of
public
outreach
in
like
four
slides,
so
I'm
going
to
really
power
through
this,
but
I
would
definitely
welcome
you
guys
to
in
the
discussion
time
we
have
to
come
back
to
any
of
these.
So
first,
let's
start
with
our
online
survey.
Considering
we're
a
global
pandemic,
we
wanted
to
focus
on
first
on
these
avenues
at
like
electronic
avenues,
to
get
to
reach
people
and
safe
ways
for
our
staff,
and
I
will
kind
of
note
a
couple
of
things
I
found
interesting.
I
As
a
scientist,
you
know
I
tend
to
focus
on
the
technical
nature
of
this
work.
You
know,
is
a
sound
like
a
lake
impaired.
Does
it
have
too
many
nutrients
too
many
algal
blooms?
Can
people
swim,
for
example,
and
not
surprisingly,
the
public
took
a
different
view.
They
tended
to
view
these.
You
know
lakes,
streams,
rivers,
wetlands,
these
natural
water
resources
really
for
the
value
they
provided
to
the
community,
and
you
know
what
they
found
in
value
was
really
in
stewardship,
primarily
both.
I
Currently,
how
well
are
we
protecting
our
natural
resources
for
this
generation
and
for
future
generations,
and
how
can
we
continue
to
protect
them?
You
know
many
years
on.
Are
we
responsibly
using
them?
Are
we
building
stronger
communities
and
using
the
natural
resources
to
their
best
value
to
us
and
to
others?
Are
we
protecting
the
you
know
the
critters
that
call
those
areas
home
and
you
know?
I
Lastly,
are
we
addressing
racism
and
environmental
injustice
that
we've
had
over
a
long
period
of
time
and
the
lack
of
green
spaces
we
have
in
some
communities
versus
others?
That
was
something
that
came
up
quite
often
too
advanced.
I
And
this
is
a
word
cloud
that
angie
generated
for
us
based
on
that
online
survey.
I
think
this
really
reflects
that
too.
You
don't
see
highly
technical
words
here.
You
see
a
lot
of
things
related
to
community
health,
natural
environment
and
really
what
we
get
holistically
from
the
environment,
how
it
improves
our
everyday
life,
which
is
really
something
we
want
to
make
sure,
is
reflected
in
this
plan.
I
And,
as
we
kind
of
summarize,
the
survey
results
we
reached
about
260
folks
through
this
initial
survey.
What
we
found
we
dug
into
the
data
was
that
it
really
hit
a
certain
group
of
folks,
a
certain
demographic.
It
tended
to
be
biased
towards
our
suburban
communities,
urban
communities
in
our
predominantly
white
and
female
communities,
and
in
that
way
we
really
wanted
to
reach
a
broader
and
more
diverse
audience.
I
You
know,
as
you
can
see,
on
the
top
right
there
only
about
3.5
percent
of
the
folks
that
we
reached
were
from
communities
of
color,
and
we
wanted
to
that's
what
like
10
of
what
we
actually
have
in
this
county
now,
based
on
the
tony
funny
census
results.
So
when
we
decided
to
do
in-person
events,
we
wanted
to
really
focus
on
working
in
areas
and
communities
where
we
know
we'd
get
that
audience
that
we
needed
to
hear
from
and
the
results
I'll
show
here.
I
We
were
able
to
reach
based
on
anecdotal
evidence
from
from
these
events,
about
25
to
30
of
the
folks
that
attended
on
average
were
folks
of
color.
So
I
think
we
were
much
closer
to
that
goal
through
that
work,
and
these
events
occurred
through
july
through
october
of
the
data
that
we
have
here
so
largely
within
the
pandemic.
Some
were
massive
around
math,
so
it
was.
It
was
interesting
for
for
engagement
and
how
things
went,
but
I
think
overall
it
was
successful.
I
So
we
have
two
tables
here:
I'll
focus
on
the
one
on
the
left
to
start-
and
these
are
the
same
issues
that
we
just
said
you
guys
look
at
and
what
we
found
from
the
public
was
predominance
for
issues
related
to
climate
change,
poor
water
quality
and
water
pollution,
lots
of
trees
and
habitat
for
wildlife
and
lots
of
green
spaces.
A
lot
of
the
same
stuff
that
that
we
heard
from
you
just
now,
but,
interestingly,
we
aggregated
across
issues.
So
we
look
at
the
ones
on
the
left.
I
Poor,
water
quality
and
water
pollution
are
quite
similar.
Things
like
aquatic
invasive
species
and
destructive
pests
are
pretty
similar
first
related
to
water
resource
challenges,
the
the
latter
group
related
to
invasive
plants
and
animals.
When
we
group
these,
we
found
that
there
actually
wasn't
that
big,
a
difference
across
these
issues.
Water,
water,
related
challenges,
lots
of
habitat,
rose
at
the
top
of
climate
change,
but
there
really
wasn't
one
that
was
far
and
away
a
bigger
issue,
which
I
think
reflects
a
lot
of.
I
What
we're
seeing
and
talking
with
folks
is
the
breadth
of
challenges
that
we're
facing
are
huge,
and
there
are
many,
and
that
means
we
have
to
have
a
plan
that
addresses
a
lot
of
different
issues
which
is
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
us,
but
I
think,
through
this
public
engagement,
we
really
came
to
realize
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
this
plan
is
far
more
comprehensive
than
our
last
mentioned.
A
lot
of
the
new
initiatives
the
county
has
related
to
climate
action.
I
We
have
our
first
climate
action
plan
that
we
completed
in
on
earth
day
this
this
year.
It
has
a
lot
of
goals
related
to
a
lot
of
the
issues
we
talked
about
and
disparity
reductions,
those
weren't
covered
in
our
last
plan.
So
that's
something
that
we're
looking
forward
to
tackling
for
the
first
time
in
this
new
plan.
I
And
that's
all
we
have
so
far
we're
really
interested
in
discussing
this
more,
but
for
the
sake
of
setting
the
scene
for
discussion,
we
want
to
leave
it
there.
So
with
that
I'll
pause
for
for
any
questions.
D
I
So
this
will
cover
the
entire
hennepin
county.
So
it's
all
one
point:
four
million
residents
about
a
quarter
of
the
minnesota
population
is
all
within
our
county,
so
it's
very
broad
covering
you
know
several
dozen
cities,
but
minneapolis
is
obviously
our
biggest
city
and
one
we
want
to
make
sure
we
cover
in
great
detail
and
another.
I
You
know
focus
that
we
have
in
this
new
plan,
as
I
mentioned,
is
disparity
reduction
and
obviously
the
south
side
green
zone
is
doing
a
lot
of
work
in
that
area
too,
which
is
another
reason
we
wanted
to
engage
you
guys
early
in
and
get
feedback
on
ways.
We
can
continue
to
engage.
B
I
mean,
I
think
I
helped
plan
the
agendas
and
we,
I
think
we
definitely
would
be
down
to
have
y'all
come
back
for
future
meetings
if
you
have
updates
or
more
specific
questions,
just
another
kind
of
general
thing
to
throw
out
there,
but-
and
maybe
I
missed
y'all
said-
maybe
I'll
have
already
done
this
too,
but
youth
engagement
is
just
always,
I
think,
really
important
to
focus
on
there's
a
lot
of
passionate
youths
out
there.
So
yeah.
I
And
and
so
far
at
least
the
ones
I've
been
involved
in,
we
had
one
in
medina.
That
was
a
youth
and
family
focused
event,
and
then
we
also
tabled
at
the
sustainability
fair,
and
that
was
that
was
a
fun
event
and
a
fun
chance
to
meet.
We.
H
Chris,
did
you
have
a
a
couple
of
kind
of
meeting
questions
if
we
still
had
a
few
minutes
that
you
could
group
with.
I
Yeah-
and
you
know
what
I
was
looking
forward
to-
I
know
angie
had
mentioned
engagement,
but
for
the
issues
that
we
talked
about.
Are
there
any
ways
we
can
address
those
issues
that
might
be
ways
that
we
haven't
considered
before?
I
know
one
was
just
mentioned
related
to
considering
trees
that
have
have
other
values
besides
just
tree
canopy
that
might
have
values
to
the
community
as
well.
Are
there
any.
I
The
box
solutions
that
we
can
look
at
that
might
not
have
been
on
our
radar
for
whatever
reason
that
you
guys
have
been
hearing
about
or
are
working
on
now.
D
I
would
say
that
that
is
something
that
we
are
hearing
at
other
events
and
something
that
we
will
add
to
kind
of
our
future
values,
but
the
idea
that
natural
resources,
as
as
a
subsistent
resource-
and
you
know,
food
value-
is
definitely,
I
think
something
new
that
we
had
not
really
considered
in
in
the
last
iteration
of
the
plan
that
I
think
we
will
see
in
in
this
next
iteration.
From
those
very
comments.
H
Kind
of
related
to
that
we
we
have
several
people
on
our
staff,
who
are
agricultural
specialists,
and
I
think
when
usually
I
say
that
word.
What
comes
to
mind
is
like
big,
real
crab
farms,
but
that's
not
the
limits
of
their
job
and
I
think
from
people
who
are
living
in
minneapolis
and
working
in
areas
living
in
areas
that
may
or
may
not
have
local
community
gardens
or
things
like
that
or
other
issues
or
topics
surrounding
food
security
or
opportunities
for
community
gardening
or
support
for
community
gardening.
Or
things
like
that.
H
B
I
think
we've
noticed
there
are
a
lot
of
folks
who
have
been
pursuing
and
like
starting
community
gardens,
especially
since
covid
and
so
a
lot
of
people
who
yeah
could
use
more
resources,
but
who
are
in
the
community
know
the
community's
needs
more,
so
yeah
support
and
resources,
for
that
would,
I
think,
would
be
a
great
thing.
J
I
J
J
Because
I
know
some
leasing,
things
have
changed
fairly
recently,
but
I'm
not
entirely
sure
okay
samara.
Sorry,
I
didn't
mean
if
you
had
any
ideas.
B
No,
I'm
also,
I'm
also
not
totally
sure.
I
know
I'm
part
of
a
gardening
group
that
is
working
on
growing
food
in
a
healthy
way
on
boulevards.
So
that's
what
I'm
personally
involved
in,
but
I
don't
know
a
lot
about
other
locations.
E
I'm
sorry,
can
you
guys
hear
me
yep
go
ahead,
cassie!
Oh,
I
can't
hardly
hear
you
guys.
I
don't
know
I
accidentally
jumped
out
and
jumped
in.
I
was
just
wondering
if
there
was
any
focus
on
like
I
don't
know
how
it
would
work
but
gardens
for
like
unsheltered
folks
to
maybe
work
on
and
are
time
for
them
to
get
food,
or
I
don't
know
something
like
that.
H
Yeah,
I
love
those
ideas,
that's
kind
of
those
drawing
those
interconnections.
We,
as
a
government
agency,
have
a
tendency
to
oftentimes
get
a
little
bit
siloed
in
our
little
buckets,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
people
working
on
lots
of
different
things
in
hennepin,
county
and
opportunities
to
think
outside
of
those
silos
and
try
to
make
connections
on
ways
we
can
help.
People
and
the
environment
is
awesome,
so
yeah.
Thank
you.
M
This
is
peggy.
I
I
have
a
couple
of
thoughts.
The
city
two
years
ago
had
a
fairly
extensive
list
of
properties
that
could
be
the
communities
could
ask
to
take
them
over
to
make
community
gardens.
I
Yeah
we
do
peggy
and
that's
come
up
a
fair
amount
in
recent
conversations
about
well
more
in
general,
utilizing
tax
forfeited
land
for
natural
resource
restoration
and
enhancement,
or
for
flood
protection.
I
would
say
that
more
generally,
but
also
for
potentially
using
it
for
other
purposes
like
urban
gardening.
I
The
conversations
we've
had
so
far
have
been
super
high
level
and
have
been
more
focused
on
the
infrastructure,
which
I
think
gets
mostly
at
what
you're
saying
things
like
high
tunnels,
some
of
the
watering
equipment
and
getting
water
on
into
the
high
tunnel
in
two
different
parts
of
of
the
greenhouse
area.
We
have
partners
like
the
federal
government
and
natural
resource
conservation,
service
or
nrcs.
I
That
does
have
a
lot
of
funding
for
things
like
that
that
we
haven't
tapped
at
the
county
level
historically,
and
I
don't
believe
the
city
has
either
to
my
knowledge
that
we
really
do
want
to
include
in
this
next
plan,
just
because
there's
so
much
opportunity
for
it
and
interest
from
what
at
least
I've
heard.
M
Well,
and
especially
with
that
conservation
core
that's
been
talked
about
as
part
of
the
next
infrastructure
plan
from
the
feds.
M
I
mean
they're,
talking
about
you,
know
actual
people,
human
resources
to
be
able
to
do
some
of
this.
So
I
I
think
to
ask
just
individual
neighborhood
organizations
or
small
groups
of
people
to
tackle
this
on
their
own
is
a
bit
much.
But
if
there's,
if
there's
those
structural
resources
to
help
them,
get
it
off
the
ground,
then
they're
able
to
maintain
it
once
it
gets
going.
H
Anything
about
water-
that
was
another
thing
that
came
up
quite
a
lot
in
the
list
of
things
that
you
all
provided
to
us
tonight.
It
was
really
yeah
pretty
heavy
on
climate,
water
and
trees.
So
I
feel,
like
we've,
covered
a
little
bit
of
trees,
kind
of
in
the
space
of
usable
natural
resources
for
food
value,
but
yeah
anything
on
water
pollution
or
development,
water
quality.
J
I
And
in
terms
of
what
we've
done,
we
we
hope
to
initiate
a
clarity
initiative
at
the
county
level
working
with
some
of
our
watershed
organizations,
so
that
in
this
area,
would
include
minneapolis
creek
watershed
district
in
the
miss
mississippi.
I
Yeah
there
we
go
mwmo
I'll,
go
with
the
acronym
working
with
them
to
to
develop
an
initiative
to
work
with
private
property
managers
and
other
private
citizens
to
help
manage
how
much
salt
they
apply.
Based
on
the
research
we
were
finding.
That
was
honestly
the
biggest
most.
I
I
So
that
was
our
most
recent
work
in
that
area
and
then
working
with
our
transportation
group
to
reduce
the
amount
of
salt
they
apply
and
work
towards
work
towards
brining
and
better
preparing
the
road
surface
for
when
snowstorms
come.
So
that's
something
we
do.
We
have
done
a
little
bit
more
of
more
recently,
but
we
certainly
want
to
continue
doing
it
because
the
water
quality
in
our
lakes
is
not
improving
related
to
chloride.
It's
only
gotten
much
worse
over
the
last
10
years.
H
I
don't
want
to
overrun
too
much
here,
but
just
really
appreciate
all
the
feedback
you
were
willing
to
provide
tonight
and
please
think
about
these
things
and
we'd
be
eager
to
get
continuing
feedback
or
emails
from
you,
as
you
think,
of
bright
ideas
as
people
who
are
on
the
ground
in
your
communities
intimately
connecting
with
these
issues
and
would
really
appreciate
to
come
back
when
we
have
drafted
goals
and
objectives
so
that
you
have
maybe
more
concrete
things
to
respond
to
or
to
provide
ideas
related
to
kind
of
actions
that
could
be
applied
to
those
things,
but
really
appreciate
your
time
and
letting
us
introduce
the
author
to
you
where
we're
planning
to
go
and
yeah
excited
to
hopefully
talk
with
you
all
again,
a
few
months.
A
Thanks
so
much
I
was
also,
I
was
gonna
say
I
think
my
internet's
a
little
slow,
but
I
can
also
send
you
the
southside
green
zone
work
plan,
and
so
you
can
see
very
specific
recommendations
that
this
group
and
others
have
come
up
with
and
see
how
those
kind
of
intersect,
with
the
different
areas
that
you're
focusing
on.
B
And
then
yeah,
if
there
isn't
anything
else,
I
think
we
can
go
ahead
and
go
to
our
other
presentation
from
the
atlanta
folks,
if
y'all
are
ready.
N
N
It's
thinking
all
right,
do
you
see?
Do
you
see
the
presentation
and
not
everything
else
on
my
screen?
Yeah,
okay,
good!
You
never
quite
know.
I
always
want
to
double
check.
So
thanks
for
having
me
so,
like
I
say,
I'm
suzanne,
savannah
hanson.
I
still
call
myself
new.
I've
been
at.
L
N
Little
over
a
year,
I
started
in
june
at
2020
and
I
actually
got
my
start
getting
a
phd
in
conservation
biology
at
the
university
of
minnesota
and
when
I
was
there,
I
also
ended
up
being
the
first
well.
N
But
before
I
was
here,
I
started
the
sustainability
program
for
macalester
college
and
ran
that
for
12
years
and
just
recently
I
got
got
appointed
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
environmental
advisory
commission.
So
at
least
as
of
the
next
meeting,
I
haven't
been
official
there
yet,
but
alaina
alaina's
big.
You
know
we
have
11
hospitals
and
over
90
clinics
and
we're
in
central
minnesota
and
a
little
bit
in
wisconsin.
N
So
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
alina
sustainability
program
and
what
we've
done
so
far
and
then
focus
a
little
bit
more
in
on
abbott
northwestern.
N
So
the
left-hand
side
here
is
the
diagram
that
I
like
for
sustainability.
Sustainability
usually
includes
environment,
social
justice
and
economics
and
three,
the
venn
diagram
with
those
three.
I
like
this
one
because
it
takes
the
environment
and
puts
it
around
behind
both
the
economics
and
social
justice
and
specifically
adds
health.
N
So
I
I
like
this
way
of
looking
at
sustainability,
because
otherwise
it
looks
like
the
environment
is
something
that
you
can
just
kind
of
take
out
of
your
social
justice
system
or
your
economic
system
and
well,
you
know
if
we
don't
have
water
and
we
don't
have
air.
None
of
us
are
here
and
we
don't
have
any
of
those
things.
So
this
is
the.
This
is
the
diagram
that
I
like
to
use
on
the
right.
N
I
like
to
use
this
one
I've
been
using
this
one
in
all
the
talks.
I've
been
giving
it
the
health
system
too,
and
then
our
most
vulnerable
populations
with
climate
change
are
people
of
color,
low-income
communities,
young
people
and
older
people.
So
those
are
so
we
have
to
keep
that
in
mind
as
we're
doing
our
work.
N
So
you
know
181
million
kilowatts
of
electricity
and
10
million
therms
of
gas
costs
us
21
million
dollars
it's
hard
to
visualize
that.
So
if
you
put
that
into
a
how
many
miles
driven-
and
he
said
it's
over
735
million
miles,
driven
in
an
average
passenger
vehicle
and
in
2019,
we
had
you
know
55
100
tons
of
waste
and
it
also
cost
us
three
million
dollars.
N
When
you
look
at
this
compared
to
other
sites,
we
are
roughly
you
know
in
the
median
of
of
both
of
these.
Depending
on
you
know,
if
you
look
at
abbot
northwestern,
we
did
a
benchmarking
just
last
year
and
we
were
a
little
above
the
median
for
energy
use,
but
we
were
a
little
below
the
median
for
waste
per
patient
day.
So
the
energy
use
is
really
because
we
have
older
facilities.
N
I
call
these
mostly
the
entrepreneurial
efforts
and
things
that
have
to
do
with
good
management,
so
our
facility
staff
has
been
working
on
energy
efficiency.
For
years
I
pulled
the
numbers
from
2014
to
2020
and
across
the
system
they
saved
seven
million
dollars
from
that
time,
from
putting
in
energy
efficiency
projects
and
the
graph
there
on
the
bottom.
C
N
N
We've
had
a
hazardous
waste,
green
team-
that's
been
doing
work
for
a
long
time
and
they
are
the
system-wide
group
that
got
reusable
sharps
containers
in
all
of
our
facilities.
They
did
the
whole
styrofoam
reduction
piece,
so
we
no
longer
use
styrofoam
and
they
started
blue
wrap.
Recycling.
Blue
wrap
is
what
they
wrap
sterile
instruments
in
the
operating
room
for
so
we
had
a
lot
of
projects
going
on,
but
we
just
didn't
have
a
comprehensive
program
to
work
with
that.
N
So
I
I
was
hired
in
2020
in
june
and
pretty
early.
I
ended
up
in
a
meet
and
greet
with
a
president
of
abbott
northwestern
and
she's
like
we
want
a
sustainability,
cost
savings
plan
and
we
have
a
goal
of
saving
a
million
dollars,
and
so
I
knew
because
I've
been
in
this
field
for
a
long
time
that
the
way
you
save
money
and
sustainability,
often
people
don't
think
you
save
money
and
sustainability,
but
you
actually
do
save
money
in
sustainability
and
it's
mostly
energy
efficiency
and
waste
reduction.
N
So
I
pulled
together
a
plan
based
on
what
our
peers
had
done
and
what
I
adapted
it
for
us
a
little
bit
and
we
made
our
million
dollar
goal
of
at
least
capturing
our
savings.
So
half
of
that
was
from
energy
reduction
and
the
other
half
was
basically
waste
reduction.
Reprocessing
is
reprocessed,
one
use
devices
and
we
sterilize
them
and
send
them
off
to
another
company
so
also
brought
in
last
year,
357
000
for
energy
efficiency
in
grants,
and
also
a
pollinator
in
stormwater
grant.
N
We
got
anti-electric
vehicle
charging
stations
and
I'll
talk
more
about
that.
We
also
started
agreeing
the
operating
room
pilot
project
and
started
some
green
teams,
and
I
was
pulled
in
when
we
did
at
the
commons.
We
cleaned
out
a
couple
floors
and
we
saved
at
least
four
thousand
hanging
file
folders
from
the
dumpster,
as
well
as
quite
a
bit
of
other
stuff
that
we
pulled
in
to
try
to
divert
from
the
landfill
as
we
were
cleaning
out
those
two
spaces.
N
So
the
other
thing
we've
done
this
year
in
2021
is
step
back
and
and
try
to
get
our
process
going.
So
I
convened
a
sustainability
steering
committee
started
last
may
and
we're
about
to
stand
up
an
energy
committee
and
we're
doing
some
sustainability
strategic
planning.
So
how
can
sustainability
advance
the
core
mission
of
the
line
of
health
and
so
we're
looking
for
getting
that
process
up
off
the
ground
which
we
have
already?
And
so
we
are
in
the
middle
of
that
right
now
the
steering
committee
has
endured.
N
G
N
N
These
are
the
other
pieces
that
are
in
our
bucket
over
in
the
sustainability
advice,
sustainability
steering
committee.
So
we're
going
to
look
more
at
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
transportation,
chemicals
of
concern,
collaboration
with
our
diversity,
equity
inclusion,
food
procurement,
green
building,
greeting
the
operating
room
and
water.
N
And
I'm
going
to
dig
a
little
more
into
abbot
northwestern
hospital.
This
practice
green
health,
which
is
this
group
that
helps
healthcare,
become
more
sustainable.
It's
basically
the
premier,
healthcare
and
sustainability
group
in
the
country,
and
this
year,
abbott
northwestern
got
an
environmental
excellence
award,
which
was
wonderful.
This
is
also
the
first
year
that
we've
been
a
member
and
and
have
done
this
benchmarking
report,
so
we're
quite
excited
to
have
that
and
that's
an
award
for
all
of
our
work
in
all
of
the
areas
that
encompass
sustainability.
N
Like
I
said
we
also,
they
gave
us
a
really
nice
benchmarking
report,
which
is
how
I
know
we
were
a
little
lower
than
average
in
energy
use,
we're
actually
a
little
higher
than
average
in
energy
use,
and
so
that
we
have
some
work
to
do
there.
G
N
So,
at
abbott
northwestern
this
last
year
we
put
in
312
312
000
in
led
lights
in
our
common
areas
and
our
hallways
and
this
project
you
know
every
year
will
save
the
equivalent
of
you
know:
70
odd
houses,
electricity
and
in
life.
The
project
is,
you
know
over
700,
and
this
is
also,
as
you
know,
an
area
about
northwestern
has
a
high
environmental
justice
screen
score.
So
when
I
pulled
that
from
the
epa,
that's
over
90
percentile,
which
you
very
much
know
that
already
so
these
are
the
projects.
N
N
N
And
our
transportation
hub,
which
is
going
up
right
now,
we've
got
a
bike
center,
that's
sized
for
200
200
bikes.
We've
got
electric
vehicle
charging
stations,
20
stalls
which
I
heard
might
be
the
largest
one
in
the
state
when
it
gets
up
the
also.
I
was
very
excited
about
this.
We
I
was
able
to
do
the
matchmaking
to
get
us
connected
to
get
a
pollinator
and
stormwater
grant
for
the
slope
going
down
in
midtown
greenwet
greenway.
N
So
we
changed
what
the
original
design
was
for
that
and
we
are
putting
out
a
community
solar
garden
roof
in
that
on
that
parking,
ramp
one
megawatts
would
provide
electricity
to
250
homes,
so
that
will
be
so.
That's
a
community
solar
piece
we're
working
with
cooperative
energy
futures
to
offer
that
out
to
community
members
the
we
have
a
new
goal:
system-wide
for
getting
15
diverse.
N
N
And
this
is
a,
but
speaking
about
construction
and
demolition
ways.
I'm
actually
just
got
these
numbers
and
we're
at
an
86
percent
recycling
rate
for
construction
and
demolition
waste
at
abbott
northwestern,
which
is
fantastic.
This
is
the
first
time
I've
seen
it
over
over
80
percent
and
75
can't
remember
practice
green
health.
Is
it
75
or
80?
Is
there
best
practices
for
health
care,
but
an
86
is
a
really
good
number.
N
We've
got
another
another
pilot
project.
This
is
another
one
that
I
did
the
matchmaking
for
and
we
are
trying
out
this
new
reuse
platform
called
reaply.
It's
like
a.
I
call
it
the
like
a
internal
craigslist
list
with
a
better
interface
so
so
places
that
have
excess
materials.
Furniture
things
like
their
supplies
can
be
listed
on
the
site
and
then
other
people
in
our
system
can
make
offers
for
it,
and
you
can
reuse
things
instead
of
having
them
end
up
in
the
trash
was
we
did
it.
N
So
the-
and
this
is
our
on
the
on
the
right
hand,
side.
The
guy
who
started
this
in
chicago
is
a
african-american
fellow
he's,
the
owner
of
the
company,
and
it's
a
it's
a
startup.
That's
been
doing
some
really
great
work,
so
we're
piloting
this
until
like
six
months
and
see
how
it
goes,
but
I'm
very
excited
about
this
another
one
that
we
have
done
is
we
started
a
greeting.
The
operating
room
pilot
project
at
abbott
and
operating
rooms
are
really
energy
and
waste
intensive,
and
so
they
have
a
lot
of
potential
for
sustainability.
N
We
found
out
that
we
had
done
some
projects
previously,
that
were
sustainability
related,
but
weren't,
part
of
that
original
pilot,
but
we
reduced
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from
our
anesthetic
gases
by
switching
away
from
an
anesthetic
glass
called
desplurine
and
we
reduced
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from
from
anesthetic
gases
by
over
60
percent.
In
fact,
it
was
so
high
that
the
practice
green
health
data-
and
you
put
your
data
into
this
thing-
they
sent
me
that
thing
saying.
Are
you
sure
that
that's
right?
Because
that's
really
high?
N
G
G
N
And
so
our
staff
went
through
and
checked
to
see
which
things
they
weren't
using
very
often
so
they'll
save
a
few
thousand
dollars
every
year
on
on
just
making
sure
they
have
what
they
really
need
in
those
packs
and
very
exciting.
They
started
blue
rap
recycling
for
the
first
time
in
since
2014
here's
a
picture
of
elizabeth
who's,
my
champion
in
the
operating
room.
N
They
started
recycling
blue
wrap
for
the
first
time
since
2014..
So
so
far
we've
diverted
780
pounds
of
trash,
and
by
starting
this
we
also
have
gotten
some
other
sites
across
the
system
to
start
recycling.
Their
blue
wrap
too.
It
all
goes
to
a
company
called
merrick
which
works
with
developmentally
delayed
people
on
job
skills,
and
so
it's
both
a
non-profit
that
works
with
job
skills
for
people,
and
it
also
gets
a
a
waste
stream
out
of
our
diverted
from
the
landfill
or
an
incinerator.
N
So
the
the
next
things
that
we
are
going
to
be
doing
we're
working
on
goals
right
now,
system-wide
goals
we're
working
with
energy,
both
the
the
projects
that
we
have
coming
up
at
with
the
cup
and
that
we
also
have
with
the
finishing
up
our
energy
project
there
with
the
led
lights,
we're
going
to
continue
with
our
waste
projects
with
ripley
expanding
our
blue
wrap.
N
N
Of
course,
my
thing
is
now
so
small
that
I
can't
read
my
thing
on
my
own
thing.
So,
let's
see
if
I
can
get
this
anymore,
bigger
so
and
we're
going
to
keep
going
with
our
our
greeting,
the
operating
room
pilot
project
and
one
thing
I'm
really
quite
excited
about.
N
Is
this
landscaping
both
the
grant
that
we're
working
on,
but
also
we
started
a
sustainable
landscaping
master
plan
at
abbott,
which
is
not
done
yet,
but
it
will
be
sometime
soon
at
the
end
of
this
year,
beginning
of
next
year,
and
that's
one
that
you
could.
That
would
be
an
interesting
one
for
you
guys
to
hear
about
once.
We
finish
it
and
we've
also
have
our
transportation
projects
coming
up
too,
especially
with
the
transportation
hub.
N
N
You
can
also
tell
me
what
you
what
what
struck
you,
what
are
you,
what
are
you
most
interested
in
from
from
your
perspective,.
A
Yeah,
I
see
megan
dropped
in
the
chat,
an
interest
in
hearing
more
about
the
landscaping
master
plan.
I
think
that
sounds
really
exciting,
because
it's
that's
sort
of
the
the
line
between
the
community
and
the
hospital,
the
point
of
of
engagement
or
intersection.
There
yeah-
and
I
know
allison
you
and
I
have
talked
before
about
some
of
the
the
transportation
demand
management
activities.
A
But
one
of
the
biggest
concerns
we
talk
about
within
the
green
zones
is
around
air
pollution
and,
knowing
you
know,
between
the
central
utility
plant
and
the
vehicles
coming
in
for
all
the
employees
that
those
are
kind
of
like
two
of
the
major
sources
for
the
hospital.
N
Yeah,
so
the
sustainable
landscaping
master
plan
is
going
on
right
now,
we're
doing
so
much
building
project,
that's
coming
up
too,
so
this
is
sort
of
setting
up
the.
How
do
we?
N
How
do
we
design
our
landscaping
so
that
it's
sustainable
and
beautiful
and
healing
and
all
those
things,
and
how
do
we
also
take
the
you
know,
combine
what
we're
doing
right
now
with
that
stormwater
and
pollinator
plants
that
are
going
into
the
hub?
And
how
do
we
also
connect
that,
and
we
were
also
talking
about
how
to
connect
in
with
a
neighborhood?
N
We
started
on
that
project
and
I
had
no
idea
that
we
have
flooding
in
one
of
our
parking
ramps
every
time
it
rains
serious
flooding
like
it
blows
up,
the
the
little
stormwater
manhole
covers
in
the
parking
ramp,
but
we're
the
lowest
in
the
neighborhood.
N
So
one
of
the
things,
that's
that
that
our
contractors
who
are
working
on
this
are
like.
Oh,
I
wonder
if
there's
any
opportunities
to
work
with
our
neighbors
on
some
stormwater
mitigation-
that's
not
actually
on
our
site,
because
our
site
is
tiny
so
but
yeah,
so
we
have
so
between
storm
water
and
pollinators
and
and
a
garden
space
that
one
like
I
say
it's
still
in
the
they're,
still
designing
it
right
now.
N
But
when
we
have
it
it'll
be
some
things
that
we
can
take
advantage
of,
and
I
think
at
one
point
we
had.
I
don't
know
if
it's
still
up
a
trying
to
get
some
input
from
from
me
a
little
survey.
It
was
internal
and
it
could
go
external
if
we
still,
if
you
guys
are
interested,
I
can
see
if
I
can
send
it
to
your
your
way.
N
I
think
some
of
the
other
pieces
that
in
walking
around
with
our
contractor,
is
looking
at
the
trees
too,
and
also
how
does
this
connect
in
with
our
neighborhood?
So
I
think
that's
a
that
is
a
a
big
one.
So,
and
I
I
would
I'd
say
we
could
probably
either
I
can
come
back.
I
can
come
back
and
bring
our
contractor
to
show
us
what
we're
what
he
gets
done.
We
I
used
to
be
at
mcallister
and
we
had
done
a
sustainable
landscaping.
N
And
there
was
a
question
in
here:
our
our
power
plant
is
on
site
yeah.
We
have
a
central
utility
plant,
a
lot
of
big
companies
like
we
had
one
at
mcallister
too,
that
a
lot
of
campuses
will
have
a
central
utility
plant
and
it's
usually
a
boiler
kind
of
thing,
sometimes
they're,
hidden
in
the
basements,
often
they're,
hidden
in
the
basements.
The
one
at
mcallister
was
down
two
flights
of
stairs
and
you'd.
Never
know
it
was
there,
but
so
yes,
it
is.
The
central
utility
plant
is
on
site
at
abbott.
N
N
G
N
N
J
Yeah,
I
was,
I
was
just
interested
if
the
landscape
master
plan
also
included.
Oh
shoot.
Sorry,
if
my
internet's
slow,
if
it
included
electric
like
if
if
there
will
be
any
grass
left,
is
it
you
know
going
to
be
electric,
it
was
just
so
funny
we
when
we
were
going
to
church,
we
always
drove
on
26th
on
sunday
mornings,
and
I
swear
every
time
we
were
driving
by
that
must
have
been
when
they
mauled
the
grass,
and
I
was
like
really
there's
not
that
much
grass.
J
Why
are
they
using
like
these
big?
You
know
gas
powered
mowers,
so
that
would
just
be
you
know,
along
with
that
air
pollution
concern.
I
think
those
smaller
sources
that
can
be
really
important
to
reduce
as
well.
N
That's
a
good
question.
I
can
ask
them
if
they've
included,
that
I
know
that
there
was
some
funding
out,
because
we
were
looking
at
this
at
my
last
job
at
trying
to
get
some
electric
lawn
care
stuff
instead
of
the
gas
powered,
and
there
was
at
that
time
there
was
just
beginning
to
get
to
be
some
electric
commercially
available
for
commercial
applications
instead
of
the
ones
for
households,
and
there
was
beginning
to
be
some
so
I'll
have
to
ask
about
that.
I
actually
don't
know
if
that's
included
in
the
system
or
not-
and
I
don't.
N
I'm
hoping
that
our
sustainable
landscaping
master
plan
also
then
piques
some
interest
among
the
rest
of
our
system
of
our
90
clinics
and
our
love
and
hospitals,
because
I
think
our
landscaping
is
one
that
has
a
lot
of
opportunities.
M
So
there
you
know
that
whole
area
there,
not
just
your
parking
lot,
I
think,
is
problematic
in
terms
of
it's.
You
know
it's
level
and
stuff
like
that,
and
I'm
wondering
if
you
can't
work
with
the
park
board.
I
don't.
I
think
there
were
planned
renovations
at
stuart
park
and
I
don't
know
if
they're
already
underway,
but
I
also
did
some
training
as
a
master
water
steward.
M
I
wasn't
able
to
complete
it,
but
I'm
thinking
about
the
use
of
cisterns
and
things
like
that,
so
that
you
can
capture
all
of
that
storm
water
underground
and
then
reuse
it
and
or
treat
it
before.
It
leaves
to
go
somewhere
else,
and
then
you
probably
know
this
but
lake
hiawatha
in
south
minneapolis.
M
That
this
might
be
a
golden
opportunity
to
mitigate
a
lot
of
what's
happening
from
south
minneapolis,
and
then
I
also
just
think
that's
super
great
that
you're
doing
the
solar
garden
and
and
providing
that
as
a
service
to
the
community,
particularly
because
it's
low
income-
and
I
think
the
more
you
can
do
that
the
better
and
go
for
it.
Please.
Thank
you.
N
Yay
yeah,
we
ended
up
choosing
cooperative
energy
features
to
work
on
that
because
they
had
such
a
history
of
working
with
communities
and
have
a
focus
on
low-income
communities
too.
N
So
yeah,
I
think
I
you
know
and
and
if,
if
you
guys
don't
know,
two
in
the
where
you're
working
the
the
watershed
district,
this
had
some
money.
So
we
got
a
grant
from
the
watershed
district
to
do
that
pollinator
and
stormwater
grant
or
stormwater
landscaping.
That's
on
the
hub
down
to
the
greenway.
N
So
there
is
some
money
out
there
for
stormwater
projects
and
it
both
for
there's
planning
money
and
then
there's
implementation
money.
There's
some
education
money
too.
So
there's
there's
a
fair
amount
of
work
to
be
done
in
that
area.
I
know
that
we're
looking
we're
in
the
very
beginning
stages
of
another
building
project-
and
I
heard
we
were
looking
at
green
roofs
and
other
things,
because
we.
L
N
N
Oh
and
one,
you
know
one
thing
that
I've
I've
had
people
ask
about,
and
maybe
you
guys
might
be
interested
in
this
or
might
know
some
way
to
to
connect,
but
as
we
get
things
like
the
pollinator
plans
or
if
we
do
some
other
landscaping
on
the
on
the
campus,
that
needs
more
weeding,
one
of
the
things
that's
come
up
in
conversation
is:
can
we
connect
with
master
gardeners?
Can
we
connect
with
master
naturalist?
Can
we
connect
with
maybe
the
master
water
stewards
in
helping
with
some.
N
A
G
A
A
Yeah
and
we
also
had
a
presentation
from
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
on
the
permit
for
this
utility
plant
and
allison.
You
were
great
at
getting
some
questions
answered
from
in
follow-up
to
that.
So,
as
updates
come
along
with
that
project,
this
group
would
also
be
very
interested
in
that.
N
If
something
catastrophic
were
to
happen
like
that,
did
in
texas
that
people
thought
it
was
never
gonna
happen
right
and
then
there
then
taxes
happened
now,
everybody's
even
more
nervous,
so
we
have
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
keep
our
lights
on
with
with
other,
probably
diesel
boilers.
I
don't
know
what
their
backup
is,
I'm
assuming
diesel
generators,
but
but
I
know
that's
what
that
sticking
point
was
they
have.
N
Even
though
they
rarely
use
even
a
portion
of
it,
but
I'm
pretty
excited
about
the
new
central
utility
plant,
though,
because
it's
going
to
be
so
much
more
efficient
and
as
we
get
to
re,
renovating
the
places
on
abbott.
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
too.
Because
then
we
can
start
putting
in
some
more
energy
efficiency
into
those
new
projects.
N
So
but
I'm
happy
to
come
back
and
when
we
have.
N
Landscaping
master
plan
done
that'll
be
a
good
one
and
yeah
keep
in
touch.
A
All
right,
I
think,
some
agreement
updates,
which
I
don't
know
that
we
need
to
go
into
much
of
the
details
on.
If
people
read
the
notes
from
the
joint
meeting,
I
think
you'll
get
pretty
caught
up.
If
you
are
so
one
thing
I'll
say
if
anyone
is
interested
in
an
air
monitor
and
hasn't
already
talked
to
me
about
that
or
submitted
their
interest.
A
Definitely
do
so.
You
can
just
send
me
an
email
and
say
how
many
air
monitor
air
sensors
you
want.
Where
would
the
location
or
locations
plural
would
be
like?
How
long
would
you
be
willing
to
monitor
or
collect
the
data?
Have
it
up
basically
and
generally
what
your
quality
concerns?
Do
you
have
there,
which
will
help
inform
which
monitor
we
would
or
which
air
sensor?
A
We
would
give
you,
but
while
in
our
remaining
few
minutes,
I
did
want
to
share
that
the
northside
green
zone
task
force
is
going
to
be
voting
on
a
letter
at
their
next
meeting
next
tuesday
to
put
forward
a
request
to
city
council
for
a
budget
allocation
for
2022.
A
A
Has
been
hearing
presentations
from
different
departments
and
has
essentially
the
next
month
to
consider
public
feedback
put
in
their
changes
and
adopt
them
so
they've.
The
north
side
green
zone
has
drafted
some
language
three
of
the
members
of
their
leadership
team
they're,
going
to
bring
that
to
their
meeting
next
tuesday
to
vote
on,
submit
it
as
a
as
a
group
and
then
may
also
modify
the
letter
to
send
as
individuals
to
their
individual
council
members.
So
we
don't
have
a
quorum
here
tonight.
A
A
A
So
again,
this
is
written
from
the
perspective
of
the
northside
green
zone
task
force.
So
we
could.
We
could
change
the
language
here,
but
so,
as
members
and
you
could
say
as
a
member
of
the
south
side
green
zone
council,
I'm
writing
to
request,
support
and
funding
for
the
green
zones.
Past
funds
which
have
included
state
foundations
and
city
general
funds,
have
been
used
to
hire.
A
Women
and
bipod
consultants
provide
stipends
to
residents,
provide
food
at
meetings,
fund
initiatives
led
by
benefiting
by
residents,
artists,
small
businesses
or
organizations,
we're
requesting
ongoing
funding,
and
that
actually
has
a
meaning
to
the
city
council
budget.
There's
one-time
funding
and
ongoing
funding
and
ongoing
means.
You
don't
have
to
ask
for
it
every
year,
it's
just
kind
of
assumed
and
they
care
they
put
it
in
the
budget,
year-over-year
so
requesting
ongoing
funding
for
the
green
zone
initiative,
specifically
125
000
per
year
for
each
green
zones.
A
The
fund
would
be
to
support
current
initiatives
led
by
and
benefiting
by
park
residents
artists,
small
businesses
hire
women,
bipod
consultants
to
advance
green
zone
work
plan
goals,
implement
new
programs
and
projects
identified
in
the
work
plan
and
identify
their
barriers
to
reaching
the
goals
outlined
in
the
work
plans
since
becoming
since
before
the
city
became
engaged
in
policy.
Making.
This
work
was
being
led
by
community
members.
A
So
again,
I
will
share
this
with
all
of
you
as
a
follow-up,
and
I
will
also
share
the
dates
for
the
upcoming
public
hearings,
which
I
have
here
so
november.
16Th
is
the
first
public
hearing
on
the
budget.
That's
at
1,
30
pm
december.
1St
is
the
second
one,
that's
at
605
pm
and
then
the
final
one
is
december
8th,
I
think,
by
december
8th.
The
city's
council's
basically
made
all
their
decisions.
A
So
it's
really,
though
the
first
one
is
key,
but
the
first
two
are
the
ones
where
you
can
actually
influence
the
decision
making
so
yeah
I'll
follow
up
with
that
information.
If
you
are
interested
and
able
to
attend
the
budget
hearing,
you
can
sign
up
and
get.
I
think
it's
a
minute
or
two
of
time
to
speak,
and
then
you
can
just
share.
You
know
you
could
share
a
snippet
from
the
letter
or
whatever
you
wanted,
or
just
send
an
email
to
your
council
member.
B
Really
would
it
I
know
we
don't
have
quorum
to
vote
on
anything,
but
would
it
be
helpful
if
we,
I
guess
individual,
south
side,
green
zone
members,
also
added
our
names
to
the
north
side,
the
north
side's
letter
that
they're
submitting
to
the
city
council
or
would
that
not
be
as
impactful?
B
A
I
think,
because
the
south
side
can't
vote
on
it,
I
think
it
would
it's
just
easier
to
just
send
them
as
individuals
and,
honestly,
the
more
like
the
number
of
of
times
a
council
member
is
contacted
about
something
like
that.
That's
helps
influence
them
as
well.
So
I
I
don't
think
it
would
add
substantially
more
to
sign
on
to
the
north
side
letter,
but
I
think
it
would
benefit
it
to
send
an
individual
notification
to
your
council
member.
A
J
No,
I
think
what
comes
out
of
the
alignment
thing
will
be
really
interesting.
I
think
the
the
permit
is
gonna,
be
I
don't
know
coming
up
soonish
so,
but
they
have
to
do
some
stuff
on
it
so
but
yeah
I'll.
Just
sorry,
I
am
clearly
hitting
a
wall.
J
I
am
excited
to
continue
to
hear
that
and
I
sorry
I
just
want
to
say
how
excited
I
am
that
a
former
south
side
green
zone
member
is
now
going
to
be
at
least
ward
9's
city,
council
member,
and
I
just
I
am
beside
myself
at
that.
So
I
just
wanna,
I
don't
know
if
we
can
put
that
in
the
notes,
so
something
that
we're
really
excited
but
yeah.
J
I
guess
I'm
voicing
it
on
on
on
the
recorded
meeting,
but
so
I
I
think
that
is
just
like
so
exciting
and
and
I'm
so
excited
for
him
and
I'm
so
excited
for
us.
A
B
Yeah
also
agreed-
I
was
just
gonna
mention
like
a
concern,
but
just
for
those
of
those
three
of
you
who
might
not
know
we
grants
we,
we
finished
reviewing
some
grants
and
so
there's
gonna
be
some
local
projects
going
on.
That
will
hopefully
be
hearing
updates
from
and
stuff.
So
that's
just
an
exciting
little
thing.