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ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION: SUSTAINABLE SLP
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
April 7, 2015
Community Room, City Hall
MEMBERS PRESENT: Terry Gips, Rachel Harris, Paul Zeigle, Cindy Larson O’Neil, Judy
Voigt, Chris Anderson, Nancy Rose, Mark Eilers and Renee McGarvey
EXCUSED ABSENCE: Alex Sundvall and Karen Laumb
STAFF PRESENT: Phillip Elkin and Brian Hoffman
1. The meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m.
2. The minutes of the March 4, 2015 meeting were approved unanimously as amended.
3. Chairperson Gips opened the meeting with greetings and a gift of appreciation to Rachel
Harris for her work as the outgoing chairperson. The meeting then focused on reviewing
and editing each of the work groups proposed 2015 work plans.
The commissioners went through each of the previously submitted work plans from the
Energy; Transportation; Water, Land and Wildlife; GreenStep Cities; Communications;
Environmentally Preferred Purchasing; and Education and Action Work Groups. Edits
from each plan were recorded and the work group leaders were assigned to return an
amended copy to Phil for commission-wide distribution.
4. The commissioners then discussed the format of the presentation, with Chairperson Gips
inviting each of the commission members to address the City Council.
5. The Meeting was adjourned at 8:40.