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City of Falcon Heights
Environment Commission
City Hall
2077 Larpenteur Avenue W.
Monday, January 13, 2020
6:30 p.m.
MINUTES
A. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Wassenberg called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL:
Members present: Wassenberg, Olson, McCleery, and Seth
Also present: Council Liaison Andrews, Staff Liaison Markon
Members absent: Mathwig and Bucholtz
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: December 9, 2019
Changes were offered pertaining to the schedule for Environment Corner posts
for 2020. McCleery moved, seconded by Seth to approve revised minutes for
December 9, 2019; motion carried.
D. AGENDA
Markon suggested an item be added to the top of the agenda to elect officers.
1. Election of 2020 Officers
i. Upon nomination and a unanimous vote of approval, the following
officers were elected for 2020:
Chair – Jim Wassenberg
Vice Chair – Nick Olson
Secretary – Jordyn Bucholtz
2. Finalize 2020 work plan
i. Members discussed individual projects, the project lead, and
possible timeline, as indicated in the 2020 calendar document.
ii. McCleery will plan to lead a bee keeping ordinance for spring 2020
adoption.
iii. Mathwig will be lead on the Sustainability Fair, and Wassenberg
and Seth will also be on the FHEC subcommittee.
iv. Earth Day events were removed from the calendar in favor of
participating in other events.
v. A raingarden ordinance will wait, possibly until 2021.
vi. Seth will take the lead on plastic bag disposal/elimination.
vii. Wassenberg added development of Lawns to Legumes program, in
partnership with other stakeholders.
viii. McCleery added a thermal imagery flight project, to be discussed
toward the end of 2020.
E. NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Native landscaping update
i. Markon shared that through the public comment process, the city
has received approximately 50 responses, overwhelmingly positive.
The Planning Commission will hold the public hearing on January
28.
2. Resilient Roseville updates
i. Wassenberg attended the recent Resilient Roseville meetings, and
shared information on their proposed projects for 2020.
3. Upcoming events/meetings
i. February 13 – Environmental Commissions gathering – RV library
ii. April 18 – 2020 EC conference – Hennepin Ave UMC
iii. April 22 – Earth Day – 50th anniversary!
F. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m.