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S: 00006•03 DEPARTMENT DEED- Energy Division 111'\ TO: Dun Pauley, City Manager Duane McCarty, Mayor Phyllis Blanchard, City Council STATE Or MINNESOTA 0 f f ice Memorandum F,illard Doty, City DATE: 10/25/83 Council Sue Hankner, City Council \ Jerry Linke, City Council FROM: Paul Wellstone, Director, PHONE: 297-2652 Governor's Energy Program Janice Thompson, Department of Energy / 296-8900 and Economic Development `� SUBJECT: Energy Council in Mounds View The purpose of this memo is threefold. We want to let you know who we talked to in Mounds View. We also want to submit suggestions for Energy Council members that we received. Finally, we want you to know of the ideas for projects that the Energy Council would take on that came up during our meetings with people in Mounds View and clarify what resources are available to the Energy Council from the Department of Energy and Economic Development to carry out these possible projects. lie talked to the following people about the Governor's Community Energy Program and forming an Energy Council in Mounds View. People were interested and enthusiastic and wanted to know about Energy Council activities. Ed Letendre, Jaycees Jim Gable, Lions Club Nick Temali, Director, Edgewood Community Center Joan Valley, Senior Coordinator, Edgewood Community Center Paul Donley, Community Education Jim Isaacson, First State Bank of New Brighton, mounds View Office Sunrise Seniors Jack Jacobson, NSP Lakeland Division The following names were suggested as potential Energy Council Members: Betty Skelly Bob Schmidt Carol Bnmgartner Jim Perron Reuben Achterkirch The following project ideas came up during our conversations: 1. Promote energy audits and completion of weatherization, insulation and other conservation measures. In addition to any further promotion of the MECS(Minnesota Energy Conservation Service) audits there was considerable interest in helping people actually carry out conservation improvements. More specific project ideas include: a) More promotion of the RECS audit to supplement city efforts that have already taken place. one option would be a door knocking campaign. We met with Ed Letondre of the Jaycees and spoke to Jim Gable of the Lions Club on the phone and received general indications of interest in the Governor's Community Energy Program and an Mounds View Energy Council. These groups would be likely candidates to ask for door ':pocking assistance.