12/10/2013 - Energy and Environment Advisory CommissionApproved February 11, 2014
EAGAN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY
COMMISSION MEETING
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 10, 2013
A regular meeting of the Eagan Energy and Environment Advisory Commission was held on
Tuesday December 10, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Those present were
Member Nadav, Member LeClair, Member Bintner, Member Ische, and Member Wisniewski, Member
Drucker was absent. Staff present was Juli Seydell Johnson, Director of Parks and Recreation.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Director Seydell Johnson stated there are no changes to the agenda. Member Nadav moved
to approve the agenda as presented, Member Wisniewski seconded with all present members voting
in favor.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
Member Nadav requested two items for amendment. The header on the first paragraph for
the regular meeting minutes has a date of May 14 listed this should be changed to October 8.
Member Nadav also requested from the joint meeting minutes to replace the last sentence on page
2 with “Member Nadav suggested that we address the gaps in our network of pedestrian and biking
paths, particularly between public and private retail properties, and consider such opportunities for
both existing and future developments.” Member Bintner moved, Member Wisniewski seconded,
with all present members voting in favor to approve the both minutes of October 8, 2013, as
amended.
VISITORS TO BE HEARD
There were no visitors to be heard.
DIRECTOR UPDATES
Director Seydell Johnson gave of couple of brief updates on items that were included in the
EEAC packets. Statistical information on the Going Green Carnival at Eagan Market Fest was
included for Commission Members to review. Director Seydell Johnson stated that we plan on doing
a similar event at this upcoming summer’s Market Fest season. The next item was the Regional
Indicators project’s progress and reports will go to the Commission as available. The next item is the
Kids Around the World playground recycling program. This program uses older recycled playground
equipment and sends them overseas for use in third world countries. Because of national standards
specific to playground safety the structures cannot be reassembled at other domestic sites. This is
at no cost to the City and actually saves money because we do not have to pay to recycle or bring to
the landfill. The last item was the results report on recycling/organics from the Eagan Art Festival.
Director Seydell Johnson stated we have been trying to incorporate more recycling/composting
initiatives for our larger events.
Director Seydell Johnson gave a couple of announcements that were not in the packets. The
first item was the donation of two solar pods from Mouli Engineering that will be installed next spring
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at Goat Hill Park. Updates and reports will go to the EEAC once they are up and running. The final
item is the low maintenance landscaping recommendations which is to be presented to the City
Council on February 11 the same night as the next EEAC regular meeting. After brief discussion with
the Commission Members there were no further items to be discussed at this time.
OLD BUSINESS
Director Juli Seydell Johnson gave a brief overview of the EEAC goals and work plan for 2013-
2014. Discussion with Commission Members resulted in a request to the City Clerk to request more
information from the licensed waste haulers concerning a more detailed breakdown of their rate
structures. Commission would like to request a meeting with the City Clerk to discuss possible
options. After further consideration there were no further items to be discussed at this time.
NEW BUSINESS
There is no new business to discuss at this time.
ROUNDTABLE
Member Bintner attended a meeting regarding the future of the energy industry. The
meeting discussed new business models to promote energy conservation. After brief discussion
there were no further items to be discussed at this time.
ADJOURNMENT
After further brief discussion, Member Bintner moved, Member Wisniewski seconded with all
members present voting in favor to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
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