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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 8, 2025 Page 4 1 Councilmember Doolan thanked Chief Diaz for the presentation and noted it is a great 2 representation of the volume of work done. The same number of people are delivering more than 3 twice the number of calls. She appreciates the extra training hours provided. She also appreciates 4 the continuous improvement efforts and advanced ALS training. 5 6 Mayor Webster agreed with the Councilmembers' comments. She commended the department on 7 the training hours and also on community engagement. Mayor Webster thanked them for their 8 quick response time to calls. She appreciates the mutual aid support that is provided. Chief Diaz 9 will appear at the Council Work Session in two weeks to provide more details on the annual 10 report. 11 12 B. Energy Action Plan. 13 14 Sustainability Coordinator Minette Saulog reviewed the Energy Action Plan, developed through 15 our participation in Xcel Energy’s Partners in Energy program, was introduced at the March 25, 16 2025, City Council Work Session. Partners in Energy staff and City Staff have taken Council’s 17 comments and feedback from that meeting to make a few adjustments and deliver a final draft. 18 19 An 18-month implementation period will begin after the plan is adopted. During this time, 20 Partners in Energy will directly support our City’s efforts to make progress on the strategies in 21 the plan. The Memorandum of Understanding outlining how the City and Partners in Energy 22 will collaborate on implementation efforts was provided for Council review. 23 24 Staff recommends the City Council adopt the Energy Action Plan and requests authorization for 25 the City Manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding to continue the implementation 26 work with Partners in Energy. 27 28 Ms. Saulog reviewed a Power Point presentation titled Energy Action Plan which included the 29 Purpose, Timeline, Energy Action Plan Vision and Goal, Focus Areas – Energy Efficiency, 30 Renewable Energy, and Electrification, Energy Efficiency Goal for Residential and Commercial, 31 Energy Efficiency Strategies, Renewable Energy Goal for Residential and Commercial, 32 Renewable Energy Strategies, Electrification Goal, Electrification Strategies, and 33 Implementation Support. 34 35 The Next Steps are: 36 • April 8, 2025 – Final Energy Action Plan adoption. 37 • May 2025 – November 2026 – Implementation phase with Partners in Energy Support. 38 • December 2026 – Onward – St. Anthony Village would become a Graduate Partners in 39 Energy community; ongoing growth and progress for energy initiatives. 40 41 Councilmember Jenson noted the planning process will end in November 2026 and asked if that 42 will include what homeowners can do to participate, and Ms. Saulog stated they will have 43 results. Councilmember Jenson asked if there are other things that can be done, and Ms. Saulog 44 stated that will be part of the educational information available. 45 46 10