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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Clerk -Administrator DATE: April 4, 1983 SUBJECT: ENERGY CONSERVATION SERVICE PROGRAM On March 11, 1983 I met with Susan Moore of the Minnesota Depart- ment of Energy Planning and Development, at the request of Mayor McCarty,to discuss the agency's Minnesota Energy Conservation Service (MECS) Program. The purpose of the program is to provide, with the cooperation of metropolitan area utility companies, low cost energy audits, one time cost of $10.00, for all single family homes or apartment buildings up to four units. Attached is a MECS Fact Sheet outlining the program in detail. The Department of Energy Planning and Development is seeking the cooperation of local municipalities and civic organizations to assist in the dissemination of information regarding the MECS Program in order to encourage greater participation in the program by residents in the metropolitan area. The agency will provide a complete set of promotional material, ready for printing purposes, as well as a grant of up to $100.00 to assist in the promotion of the home energy audits. Ms. Moore is seeking the cooperation of the City of Mounds View to either coordinate the promotion of the MECS Program in Mounds View or assist in identifying civic organi- zations in the City that will undertake these promotional activities. As this is basically a promotional program only, with minimal leg work necessary to accomplish its goals, I indicated to Ms. Moore that I felt that the City could easily undertake such promotional activities, using our City Newsletter, as well as our water bill mailing to make the residents of the community aware of this program. It was my thought that the City could obtain the $100.00 grant to help defray the costs for such a promotional activity, as well as financial assistance from local organizations, such as, the Lions Club, Jaycees, League of Women Voters, or local home improvement contractors who would be interested in promoting such programs in the City of Mounds View. These organizations would receive recog- nition for their financial or non -financial participation in the program in the promotional material disseminated as part of the program. As all of the artwork and material necessary to promote the program is already prepared for us, the only work needed by staff to ensure that the program meets its goal would be to coordinate the dissemina- tion in the New Brighton Bulletin, City Newsletter, and utility billing mailers. In view of the minimal activity that would appear to be necessary on the part of City staff in order to promote a most worthy program that can have direct benefit to all of the residents