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Staff recommends City Council’s approval of the benefit levels as voted upon by the 1 Association. 2 3 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Brever, to approve Resolution 4 15-064; a Resolution Ratifying the Pension Benefit for the St. Anthony Village Firefighters 5 Relief Association. 6 7 Motion carried unanimously 8 9 C. GreenCorp Presentation by Kristin Seaman 10 11 City Manager Casey introduced Ms. Kristin Seaman, the City’s Greencorp Member. He noted 12 this is the second Greencorp member the City has had. Greencorp is funded by the Minnesota 13 Pollution Control Agency at no cost to the City. Eleven months of full-time employment are 14 received by the City. 15 16 Ms. Seaman provided a Power Point presentation regarding Minnesota Greencorps Member. She 17 explained what MN Greencorps is, gave an introduction of her background, and reviewed her 18 area of focus. Ms. Seaman’s goal is to contribute to the City’s commitment to sustainability 19 through service and projects. 20 21 Ms. Seaman stated the program is funded through the Americorps program (Federal) and the 22 PCA (State). There are 40 different Greencorps members throughout the State this year. Ms. 23 Seaman will be in St. Anthony working from September 2015 through August 2016. Her area of 24 focus is the storm water track under the green infrastructure track. She has been given flexibility 25 by the City Manager to participate in some other programs in addition. 26 27 Ms. Seaman stated her areas of focus will be City Sustainability, Fix It Clinic and Tech Dump, 28 Updating the City website, rain barrel workshops feedback and improvements, residential rain 29 gardens, spring clean-up day, City bike and pedestrian improvements, and MS4 permitting. She 30 will work with the schools in teaching an ecology club, earth week and volunteerism for the Key 31 Club, K-Kids, Student Council and National Honor Society. She will increase visibility of 32 recycling in schools. She will also work on the Step 4 GreenStep (MPCA Program). Ms. Seaman 33 will network with community members, citizens for sustainability and faith organizations, 34 watershed districts, and multifamily recycling studies. She will participate in training 35 opportunities such as MDS Calculator, Confined Entry Training and Master Water Steward 36 Training. The Sustainability Fair will be held Thursday, November 19, 2015, 5:30 – 8 p.m. at 37 Silverwood Park. She is anxious to learn from the professionals. 38 39 Councilmember Jenson stated he is impressed with the engagement with the schools to plant 40 sustainability issues with the youth. 41 42 Mayor Faust stated being a Commissioner on the Mississippi Water Management Organization 43 for some time he realized they could get through to the residents through the students. Students 44 move onto the next grade level and the science teachers need to be bought into the system. 45 Mayor Faust suggested if some funding is needed the MWMO is a great source for funding 46 especially for new and innovative ways. 47 48 4