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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes September 12, 2022 Page 3 1 Commissioner Doolan asked when the planning process and work plan is started for next year. 2 Ms. Miller stated those items can be placed on the draft work plan and further discussed at the 3 December Commission Meeting. The work plan is brought to the City planning meeting, 4 reviewed and approved by the City Council. Commissioner Doolan asked if the list was in 5 priority order. Mr. Kunitz stated he does not believe it is in any particular order. 6 7 Commissioner Bordeau requested Mr. Kunitz come back with a priority order. An email can 8 be sent to Jeremy Gumke. Mr. Gumke asked if a grant would be requested for the Solar 9 Installation. Mr. Kunitz stated he is not sure. Commissioner Doolan recommended Mr. Kunitz 10 look at what the vendor submitted for his cost benefit analysis. She believes there are some 11 financial benefits from Federal money. 12 B.13 St. Anthony Garden Club Collaboration Project Updates. 14 15 Ms. Lona Doolan presented the plan to refresh City Hall gardens. The St. Anthony Village 16 Garden Club worked with City Staff to create a design and order plants. Public Works Staff 17 cleared the area, put down a weed suppressant mat, and delivered the mulch and plants. 18 Village Gardeners drilled the holes and placed the plants. Over 250 plants were planted in 4 19 days on very hot days. The CS Pre-school keeps the flower pots watered and St. Anthony 20 Garden Club keeps the gardens weeded. A chart showing the flowers to watch for was 21 provided to the Commission. Residents interested in joining the Garden Club can contact 22 anita.davis19@gmail.com or lona.doolan@savmn.com. 23 24 Commissioner Bordeau asked what the paper plate technique is for planting. Commissioner 25 Doolan explained what was taught in the design class. They are used for spacing and color 26 arrangement. 27 28 Chair Niemi asked what was used for weeds and Commissioner Doolan stated it is a weed 29 suppressant mat that she learned from Shoreview Natives. She recommends it as it is very 30 easy to work with. 31 32 VI.COMMISSION REPORTS. 33 A.34 Hennepin County Zero Waste Planning Process. 35 36 Commissioner Doolan presented the Hennepin County Zero Waste Planning Process and 37 explained the Road to Zero Waste to date. Six model cities were studied – Washington DC, 38 San Jose CA, Rotterdam, NED, King County WA, Toronto CAN, and Alameda County CA. 39 The seven themes were reviewed Neighborhood Solutions, Equity & Access, Advancing 40 Circularity, Systems & Infrastructure, Policy, Blue Streams, and Green Streams. 41 Commissioner Doolan chose to participate in the Policy group. The preliminary results chart 42 showed Top Priorities Across Groups and Top Priorities in Policy. The Timeline and Next 43 Steps were reviewed. 44 45 Commissioner Bordeau thanked Commissioner Doolan for participating and asked if there 46 was very much engagement. Commissioner Doolan stated there were 60 people participating 47