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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 14, 2014 Page 3 Ms. Mabel Smebakken stated their class is split into groups focusing on areas such as water management, waste management, and different types of energy use, and her group is working on data collection from cities across the Midwest, including St. Anthony, Falcon Heights, and Lauderdale, to collect information the cities are presenting in terms of sustainability -related measures taken by the cities and finding ways to measure their goals and accomplishments. 8 Ms. Emma Siegworth stated she is working with the greenhouse gas reduction planning group 9 studying major sources of greenhouse gases and how small communities plan on reducing these 10 gases and what residents can do to reduce their greenhouse gases. 11 12 Mr. Massel Bostan stated his group is studying solid waste, recycling, and waste management 13 occurring in St. Anthony, Falcon Heights, and Lauderdale and are colleting data on what the 14 communities are doing and ways to improve recycling and waste management. 15 16 Mr. Jared Nelson announced the Sustainability Fair would be held on Thursday, November 20'h, 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Silverwood Park and stated they will have presentations and suggestions on 18 becoming more sustainable and the event is free and open to the public. 19 20 Mayor Faust thanked the students for their presentation and applauded their work on 21 sustainability. 22 23 B. Resolution 14-065; a Resolution Authorizing a Joint Powers Agreement between the City_ 24 of Minneapolis and the City of St. Anthony Village. Mark Casey, City Manager, 25 presenting. 26 27 City Manager Casey explained that the Joint Powers Agreement formalizes an existing 28 agreement with Minneapolis for billing for utility services on 32 parcels that border the City, 29 adding that the agreement allows Minneapolis to certify any delinquent billing amounts. 30 31 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 14- 32 065; a Resolution Authorizing a Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Minneapolis and 33 the City of St. Anthony. 34 35 Motion carried 4-0. 36 37 C. Resolution 14-066; a Resolution to Support the St. Anthony -New Brighton School 38 District 282 Referendum for the Replacement of the Current Operating Levy and a 39 Curriculum and Technologv Capital Project Levy. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to adopt Resolution 14- 42 066; a Resolution to Support the St. Anthony -New Brighton School District 282 Referendum for 43 the Replacement of the Current Operating Levy and a Curriculum and Technology Capital 44 Project Levy. 45 46 Motion carried 4-0. 47