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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />September 25, 2012 <br />Page 2 <br />B. University of Minnesota Sustainability Students. <br />City Manager Casey introduced Mr. Dave Wanberg, University of Minnesota adjunct professor <br />of sustainability studies minor. <br />Mr. Wanberg stated he pleased to announce the City has agreed to work on a project with several <br />students from the sustainable community's class, which will incorporate real world type projects. <br />He indicated this project is a great opportunity for the students to apply their knowledge and will <br />include working with the cities of Lauderdale and Falcon Heights as well as St. Anthony and the <br />students are looking forward to working with each community. <br />Mr. Ben Zientara appeared before the City Council and explained that two workshops have been <br />scheduled at Silverwood on Thursday, October 11th, and Thursday, November 1 st, from 6:00- <br />9:00 p.m. and extended an invitation to all residents of St. Anthony, Lauderdale and Falcon <br />Heights to attend. He stated the meetings are intended to develop ideas that the cities can use to <br />implement strategies for sustainability in their community . <br />Ms. Libby Norris appeared before the City Council and explained that the first workshop will <br />include a "State of the City" presentation by each of the Mayors to provide an understanding of <br />each City and its goals, followed by small group discussions. She stated the students are <br />preparing s ustainability guidelines that layout principles of sustainable city planning to get <br />citizens thinking about what sustainability actions they would like to see. She indicated the <br />residents will brainstorm ideas about what they want to focus on and she stressed that this is a <br />grassroots-led movement and they want active engagement with the citizens. <br />Mr. Ben Biancini appeared before the City Council and explained that the second workshop will <br />build on the first meeting and will include sharing ideas on how to create a more sustainable <br />community. He indicated the second workshop will take the ideas generated at the first meeting <br />and turn them into concrete goals with deadlines for meeting those goals. He added the plan for <br />the workshops is to spark ideas and assist each community in raising awareness and propel each <br />community's sustainability goals into the future months and years. <br />Mr. Wanberg stated the workshops are not intended to suggest in any way that communities <br />should add more City staff or programs; rather, the workshops will generate ideas about what <br />residents can do to create a more sustainable community into the future . He expressed thanks to <br />City Manager Casey and Public Works Director Hartman for their leadership and stated that <br />invitations to the workshop will be sent to a number of elected officials, the Watershed District, <br />as well as repre sentatives from the faith community and School District. He added that everyone <br />is welcome to attend the workshops. <br />Councilmember Stille stated that the workshops will provide a springboard for the City Council's <br />goal setting in January for implementation into the City's 2013 strategic plan. He asked if the <br />University of Minnesota students envision continued involvement with the City on this project. <br />Mr. Wanberg stated the University would like to continue working with the City and indicated <br />there will be opportunities for other sustainability students to work with the City in the future.