HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020/12/06 - ADMIN - Agenda Packets - Environment & Sustainability Commission - Study Session
St. Louis Park City Hall • 5005 Minnetonka Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN 55416
www.stlouispark.org • Phone: 952.924.2500 • TTY: 952.924.2518
Environment and Sustainability Commission Annual Retreat
Sunday, December 6, 2020
12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Via Webex
All meetings of the St. Louis Park Environment and Sustainability Commission will be conducted by
telephone or other electronic means until further notice. This is in accordance with a local emergency
declaration issued by the city council, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
All members of the St. Louis Park Environment and Sustainability Commission will participate in the
December 6, 2020 retreat by electronic device or telephone rather than by being personally present at
the Environment and Sustainability Commission’s regular meeting place at 5005 Minnetonka Blvd.
Members of the public can monitor this meeting by listen only audio by calling +1-312-535-8110
meeting number (access code): 372 411 25 for audio only. Cisco Webex will be used to conduct
videoconference meetings of the Environment and Sustainability Commission, with commissioners and
staff participating from multiple locations.
12:00 p.m. Welcome and re-introduction to the ESC Marisa Bayer, Chair
12:20 p.m. Social breakout session 1 6-7 members
12:35 p.m. Climate Action Plan overview: history, current
focus, and planning ahead together
Emily Ziring, Sustainability
Manager
12:50 p.m. Social breakout session 2 6-7 members
1:05 p.m. Staff updates
A. Conservation in the Park results
B. Maps & data overview
Annie Pottorff, Sustainability
Specialist
1:35 p.m. Stretch and coffee break
1:45 p.m. Planning for 2021
A. Look back at 2020 ESC workplan (15
minutes)
B. 2021 staff project overview (15 minutes)
a. Solar Sundown program
Claire Lukens, Commission
member and past chair
Marisa Bayer, Chair
Emily Ziring, Sustainability
Manager
St. Louis Park City Hall • 5005 Minnetonka Blvd., St. Louis Park, MN 55416
www.stlouispark.org • Phone: 952.924.2500 • TTY: 952.924.2518
b. Other 2021 initiatives
C. 2021 ESC workplan creation (35 minutes)
a. Concurrent breakout sessions:
• Community events and
outreach
• Solar Sundown outreach and
messaging
• Engaging business community,
incl. recruiting ESC member
b. Whole group discussion and workplan
creation
c. Workgroup assignments
2:50 p.m. Meeting planning
A. Proposed standing agenda
B. Meeting schedule for year
Marisa Bayer, Chair
2:55 p.m. Wrap up Marisa Bayer, Chair