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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes December 4, 2023 Page 4 1 being focused on in the Climate Plan. A grant was applied for last week that would cover 2 this. 3 4 Commissioner Doolan stated the Bike/Walk Committee was back in 2015. The leaders at that 5 time moved out of the community. A comparison was done and Commissioner Doolan will 6 forward that comparison to Mr. Yunker. 7 8 VI.COMMISSION REPORTS. 9 10 Commissioner Holliday stated after the last meeting, the Central Park Noise issue was 11 discussed with Community Services. The noise ordinance could be posted in the pavilion. 12 This was the first time Community Services was approached regarding the problem. There 13 needs to be more education to people reserving the space. 14 15 Commissioner Doolan stated on October 7 Commissioners participated in the Climate Plan 16 Expo. It was a good turnout. She worked with Mr. Gumke and others to get some student 17 demographics on grant request for the Silverwood playset. Commissioners participated in the 18 October 16 joint planning session. A water bottle filling station was installed at City Hall. The 19 water poster contest will be communicated to 4th graders. 20 21 Commissioner Fee provided an update on the well house court and the survey information she 22 put together. She thanked Lona for all her work on the Climate Plan. Commissioner Fee’s 23 presentation will be discussed during the Work Plan discussion. 24 25 Chair Bordeau stated she will be stepping down from the Commission at the end of 2023. 26 27 II.OTHER BUSINESS. 28 A.29 Climate Plan. 30 31 City Manager Charlie Yunker reviewed work has taken place over the past several months in 32 drafting a Climate Plan for St. Anthony. This evening the Commission is requested to review 33 the final draft of that document to recommend to the City Council for adoption at their 34 December 12, 2023 Regular Meeting. The previous draft had several Action Steps added and 35 the City Council did have an opportunity to review those at a work session and did not have 36 any major concerns. Staff was asked to make slight changes on verbiage on a few. The request 37 is to review the document a final time with a focus on implementation section in Appendix A, 38 which lists all the suggested Action Steps for the City to explore in the coming 3-5 years. 39 Once adopted by the City Council, the Climate Plan will be reviewed at Goal Setting in 40 January for the City Council to begin prioritizing the exploration/implementation of the 41 Action Steps. Mr. Yunker asked if the Commission has any further edits to the Climate Plan 42 Action Steps. 43 44 Ms. Amy Fredregill and Ms. Hannah Delker, from WSB, thanked everyone for all their work 45 on the Climate Plan. In a PowerPoint presentation the Timeline, Focus, and Next Steps were 46 reviewed along with the draft 2023 Climate Plan. The major focus areas are Water, Waste,