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City of Falcon Heights
Environment Commission
City Hall
2077 Larpenteur Avenue W.
Monday, March 9, 2020
6:30 p.m.
MINUTES
A. CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chair Olson called the meeting to order at 6:42 p.m.
B. ROLL CALL:
Members present: Olson, Mathwig, Seth, and De Filippo Vanncci
Also present: Council Liaison Andrews, Staff Liaison Markon
Members absent: Wassenberg, McCleery, and Bucholtz
Those present introduced themselves for the new Commission member.
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 13, 2020
Mathwig moved, seconded by Seth to approve minutes for January 13, 2020;
motion carried. The February 10, 2020 meeting was cancelled due to lack of
quorum.
D. AGENDA
1. Bee keeping ordinance
i. Commission members discussed a possible bee keeping ordinance
and information provided by Commissioner McCleery. It was
determined that the best path forward would be to request
information and model ordinances from other cities and the
University of Minnesota Bee Lab, with a possible presentation at a
future meeting.
E. NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Home Energy Squad update
i. Markon shared that he met with representatives from Center for
Energy and Environment in mid-February to discuss the
partnership on HES.
ii. Flyers promoting the program have been posted on social media, in
the weekly newsletter, and at City Hall.
2. Potential Minnesota GreenCorps member partnership
i. Members felt that the 2020 work plan had many activities already
on it.
3. Upcoming events/meetings
i. March 21 – Breakfast with the Council
ii. April 4 – 2020 EC conference – Hennepin Ave UMC
iii. April 22 – Earth Day – https://www.earthday.com/earth-day-
2020/
iv. June 6 – Spring Together
F. ADJOURN
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.