[0:15] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 24, 2025. [0:20] I'M KATIE CASHMAN, CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, [0:27] AND PUBLIC THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WE USE REAL TIME CAPTIONING TO ENSURE [0:33] THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS, SO PLEASE SPEAK AS SLOWLY AND CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE. [0:39] THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. [0:44] >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. VICE [0:50] CHAIR KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL [0:57] START WITH OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7. ONE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE [1:05] 2025 FULTON RESIDENTIAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 26. TWO [1:11] IS APPROVING THE CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR THE 25th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. THREE [1:17] IS APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH MNDOT ALLOWING [1:22] RENTAL OF PARKING LOTS UNDER I-94 BRIDGES. FOUR IS APPOINTMENTS TO THE 54th AND [1:28] LYNDALE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. FIVE IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE [1:35] EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD. SIX GRANT APPLICATION TO THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION FOR THE EPA [1:42] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANTMAKING PROGRAM. SEVEN IS AUTHORIZING THE [1:47] SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUSH FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY ANYONE [1:54] INNOVATION GRANT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN? [2:01] COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THE PHENOMENAL WORK THEY'VE DONE ON [2:07] THE 35th AVENUE PROJECT. I SEE A LOT OF THEM HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. [2:13] YOU'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK ON THE FLOOD MITT GRACIOUS PROJECTW [2:19] THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL. THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED WORK. I APPRECIATE ALL THE [2:26] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YOU'VE DONE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM THREE FOR [2:33] A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. SO SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'LL MOVE [2:40] ITEMS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, AND 7 FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. [2:48] ABSTENTIONS? THOSE ITEMS CARRY. AND FOR ITEM NUMBER 3, THIS IS APPROVAL OF A LEASE AMENDMENT [2:54] WITH MNDOT ALLOWING RENTAL OF PARKING LOTS UNDER I-94 BRIDGES. I'M WONDERING FOR THE STAFF [3:00] MEMBER COULD COME UP FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [3:09] SO, MY QUESTIONS ARE REALLY SURROUNDING THE CONDITIONS OF A PARTICULAR PARKING LOT UNDER 94, [3:16] WHICH IS OFF OF GLENWOOD IN WARD 5 NEAR INTERNATIONAL MARKET SQUARE WHICH HAS 650 UNITS OF [3:24] RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY DRAG RACING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THAT PARKING [3:31] LOT SINCE 2020. AND I KNOW THEY'VE PURSUED SOME PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS WITH THE [3:37] POLICE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS HOW, FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, WE COULD HELP TO CURB THE DRAG [3:43] RACING THAT HAPPENS IN THAT PARKING LOT. AND PLEASE START BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF. THANK YOU. >> YEAH MY NAME IS RONNIE. [3:50] PARKING SYSTEMS ANALYST FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY DRAG RACING UNDER THAT [3:58] LOT. WHICH WOULD BE THE FARMER'S MARKET LOT. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE [4:03] FARMER'S MARKET. I'M GOING TO TURN TO MY DIRECTOR FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANKS. [4:13] >> CHAIR CASHMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALAN KLUGMAN. DIRECTOR OF [4:22] PARKING. I THINK THE MOST BASIC THING, SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK INTO. WE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD [4:28] REPORTS OF DRAG RACING, STREET RACING, DOUGHNUTS, THINGS LIKE THAT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE [4:33] CITY. WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH MPD ON THOSE. WE HAVE SOME PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO CUT DOWN ON THAT. I [4:39] THINK SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET LOT, STEP ONE IS WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL CHECK WITH OUR SECURITY. WE HAVE [4:45] SECURITY THAT PATROLS THE LOTS ON THE SPACE. WE'LL TRY TO GET EYES ON THE STREET FROM THEM AND [4:52] FIND OUT WHAT THEY KNOW. WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH THE POLICE, AS WELL. TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY THERE. THERE'S REPRESENTATIVES [4:57] FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO REACH OUT TO US, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT ME. >> I WILL. [5:02] >> WE HAD SOME PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS WE CAN PUT OUT THERE TO RESTRICT THE ABILITY TO MOVE CARS Q QUICKLY THROUGH [5:10] THE SPACE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL PUT THIS CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATIVE [5:15] IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT INTERVENTION COULD LOOK LIKE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS [5:21] ON THE ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN [5:26] FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. I'LL WELCOME [5:32] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY AND ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTE AS AN AYE ON THE REMAINDER. >> YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. [5:39] >> THANKS, KENDALL. OKAY. WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH THAT CONSENT [5:44] AGENDA. AND WE GOING TO SWITCH THE ORDER OF OUR RECEIVE AND FILE. SO OUR FIRST RECEIVE AND [5:50] FILE ITEM WILL BE AN UPDATE TO THE 2021 TO 2024 REPORT BACK ON [5:56] THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. FOCUSED ON MODE SPLIT OF [6:02] TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. HERE TO PRESENT IS KATHLEEN M [6:10] A MAYELL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE [6:17] REPORT BACK I GAVE LAST NOVEMBER ON THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN WITH THE ONE PIECE OF DATA WE DID NOT HAVE AT THE TIME. SO [6:26] EVERY TWO YEARS, JUST AS REMINDER, WE PRESENT TO COUNCIL ON HOW WE'RE DOING AND OUR GOALS [6:33] AND INITIATIVES THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. THIS PAST NOVEMBER PRESENTED WITH THE REF. WE DID NOT HAVE [6:38] THE DATA FOR MODE SPLIT AT THAT TIME. SO THIS IS WHAT THE SLIDE LOOKED LIKE THAT I PRESENTED ON. [6:45] AND WE WERE STILL WORKING TO FINALIZE THE DATA. SO WE'VE GOT THE DATA AND WANT TO SHARE BACK. [6:50] THIS DATA IS COLLECTED FROM THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. SO WE GET THE DATA FROM THEM. IF THEY GET [6:56] THAT DATA THROUGH THEIR TRAVEL BEHAVIORAL INVENTORY. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN 2024 THAT [7:01] WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH THE LATER PART OF 2024 THAT IMPACTS ALL PREVIOUS YEARS [7:08] OF OUR DATA. IN TERMS OF MODE SPLIT. THEIR CHANGES TO [7:14] METHODOLOGY REFLECTS THEIR, YOU KNOW, EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF EVOLVING STANDARDS AND RESEARCH AND HOW TO REPORT ON THESE TYPES [7:19] OF THINGS. THE SURVEY DATA REMAIN THE SAME. THEY CHANGED THE WAITING OF THE DATA. ONE [7:26] THING THAT IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO THE CHANGE WE'LL SEE IS THEY TIED ACTUAL TRANSIT [7:32] RIDERSHIP TO TRANSIT TRIPS IN MINNEAPOLIS. VERSUS A SAMPLING AND THEN EXTRAPOLATION. RIGHT. [7:38] SO THEY HAD OVERSAMPLED TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, WHICH IS THE MAINTAINING AWAY TODAY'S [7:46] PRESENTATION. THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, THERE'S A LOT HERE. THE [7:53] LINED -- OR THE ONES THAT ARE TRANSPARENT A LITTLE BIT ARE THE ORIGINAL DATA. SOLID COLORS ARE [8:00] NEW DATA. AND GREEN IS OUR 2030 GOAL WE SET IN THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. [8:05] WE'RE UPDATING THE DATA AND MAINTAINING OUR GOAL. THAT MEANS THAT IT'S POTENTIALLY A [8:10] SLIGHTLY MORE AMBITIOUS GOAL GIVEN OUR BASELINE DATA IN 2019. RELATIVE TO WHAT THE NEW [8:18] METHODOLOGY PRODUCED. BUT WE I REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE MODE [8:24] SHIFT GOAL. SO WE PLAN TO USE THIS NEW DATA REFLECTING, YOU [8:29] KNOW, THE PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION OF OUR PARTNERS AT THE MET COUNCIL, AND USE THIS NEW DATA AS A MORE ACCURATE [8:36] PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE -- WE SPENT, YOU [8:41] KNOW, TIME WITH STAFF AT THE MET COUNCIL IN TERMS OF "IS THIS METH METHODOLOGY GOING [8:50] TO CHANGE?" WE RELY ON THE DATA. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY MAJOR SHIFTS MOVING FORWARD. THEY [8:56] KNOW WE USE THIS. I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD, YOU KNOW, [9:02] PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATION HOW IMPORTANT THIS DATA IS ABOUT OUR POLICIES AND MAKE DECISIONS. [9:08] ALL AND ALL, A FAIR PROCESS HERE. WE'LL PLAN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TWO-YEAR REPORT BACKS YOU KNOW, USING THE NEW [9:14] UPDATED DATA AS OPPOSED TO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING ON OUR MODE [9:20] SPLIT GOAL OF THREE AND FIVE TRIPS TAKEN BY WALKING, BIKING, AND TRANSIT. AND NOTING THE [9:28] BIGGEST DIFF DIFFERENTIAL ON DATA IS ON THE TRANSIT TRIPS. [9:34] MINNEAPOLIS FOCUS IS ON TRANSIT AND GETTING PEOPLE TO TAKE TRANSIT TRIPS. THAT'S A NICE, [9:40] ADDED, I GUESS COINCIDENCE WITH THIS DATA. WE ARE FOCUSING ON GETTING FOLKS OUT TO TRY TO [9:46] TRANSIT MORE OFTEN WITH A LOT OF NEW TRANSIT INVESTMENT SEEN ON [9:52] THE STREETS WITH THE B & E LINE AND OTHER LINES THIS YEAR. THAT'S IT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE [9:58] ANY QUESTIONS, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY YES. >. >> THANK YOU, KATHLEEN, FOR THE [10:03] PRESENTATION AND THANKS FOR SEARCHING FOR THAT DATA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REPORT ON THIS GOAL. BECAUSE I [10:09] THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT METRIC FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SHIFTS IN THE CITY. IS TO MEASURE HOW MANY [10:16] PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MODE FROM [10:24] VEHICLES. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT HAS GRAPHS OF DIFFERENT COLORS. I'M WONDERING [10:30] FOR YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BASELINE WAS. WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHEN WE SET THE [10:35] PLAN. WHAT THE MODE SHIFT WAS AT THAT TIME. >> SURE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIGHT BLUE, THAT WAS OUR [10:42] ORIGINAL DATA. SO THAT IS WHAT WE -- THE BASELINE OPERATIONAL DATA WE WERE WORKING WITH IN [10:49] 2020, WHEN WE SET THE ORIGINAL GOAL. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENTIATOR THERE, SO [10:54] THE WALKING NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY CLOSE. BIKING IS FAIRLY CLOSE. TRANSIT, AS OPPOSED TO 13% IS [11:02] QUITE A BIT LOWER. THE DARK BLUE TRANSIT BAR. THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENTIAL. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY RECALIBRATED [11:09] HOW THEY CALCULATED THE TRANSIT DATA. THERE WERE SLIGHT [11:16] INCREASES IN DRIVING ALONE AND DRIVING WITH SOMEBODY ON THE LAST TWO BARS. >> SO WHY DO YOU THINK THE [11:24] NUMBERS WENT UP FOR WALKING, [11:31] PUBLIC TRANSIT. SO IN 2021, THE YELLOW ONE IN THE MIDDLE STANDS OUT. IT JUMPS UP. WHY DID THAT [11:39] HAPPEN? >> UMM, SO YELLOW IS ORIGINALLY [11:47] REPORTED. IN 20 2024, THEY WENT BACK AND RELOOKED AT THEIR PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DATA. [11:53] SO THE YELLOW, THE DARK YELLOW IS ACTUALLY THEIR NEW REPORTED [11:58] 2021 DATA. >> I SEE. >> SO WE MOVED DOWN IN WALKING [12:04] BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021. YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DOWN IN BIKING. A LITTLE BIT DOWN IN [12:10] TRANSIT. UP IN DRIVING ALONE AND CAR POOLING. THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. [12:16] THERE WAS A LOT OF INFLUENCES, AS WELL. >> SO WHAT WAS THE MODE SHIFT IN [12:24] 2019 WHEN WE SET THE PLAN? BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS BY 2030 TO HAVE THREE OUT OF EVERY FIVE TRIPS TAKEN. WHAT WAS THE [12:30] BASELINE OF THAT? WHEN WE SET THE PLAN? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COMMITTEE [12:35] MEMBERS, SO IF YOU ADD UP -- I'LL DO A QUICK ADD HERE. OUR [12:45] PREVIOUS WALKING, BIKING, AND TRANSIT, WE BELIEVED WAS 32%. >> UH-HUH. >> AND WE WERE -- WE SET A GOAL [12:50] TO HAVE THREE OUT OF FIVE OR 60%. IT WAS A NEAR DOUBLING. [12:56] RIGHT. SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A DOUBLING. AND NOW WE HAVE 24 TO [13:03] 60. WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY MORE THAN DOUBLING THAT'S THE GOAL. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 2019 DATA. [13:10] THE NEWLY REPORTED 2019 DATA IS 24% WALKING, BIKING, AND [13:16] TRANSIT. PREVIOUSLY WE THOUGHT IT WAS 32. SO GOING FROM SLIGHTLY LESS THAN DOUBLING TO [13:22] SLIGHTLY MORE THAN DOUBLING. >> AND SO WE HAVE REVISITED OUR GOAL TO SHIFT IT HIGHER? [13:27] >> NO. SORRY. CHAIR CASHMAN, THE GOAL REMAINS THE SAME. SO -- BUT IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE [13:34] AMBITIOUS, I'LL SAY, IN TERMS MUCH HOW MANY PERCENTAGE POINTS TO GET TO OUR GOAL THAN WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THOUGHT IT WAS. [13:41] BUT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND CHANGING OUR GOAL BASED ON THE NEW DATA. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN [13:46] SO WE ARE FIVE YEARS INTO THIS PLAN? FOUR YEARS INTO THE PLAN? WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH. AND CAN [13:54] YOU HELP ME WITH THE MATH OF WHERE WE AT IN BETWEEN 24% AND [14:01] 60. NOW. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, YES. ONE [14:08] SECOND. OKAY, CHAIR CASHMAN. WE ARE SHOWING HERE 25% WALKING, [14:15] BIKING WITH, AND TRANSIT IN 2023 DATA. THAT'S THE LATEST DATA WE [14:20] HAVE FROM THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. WE'LL BE GETTING DATA IN 2025 WE'LL REPORT IN 2026. [14:27] SO THAT DOESN'T SHOW A TON OF CHANGE IN TERMS OF OVERALL [14:34] POPULATION, BUT WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF INVESTMENTS ON OUR STREETS AND, AS I MENTIONED [14:39] EARLIER YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEW TRANSIT INVESTMENTS, SAFER BIKEWAYS, MORE LARGE [14:47] AMOUNT OF SAFETY IN TRAFFIC CALMING AND MAKING IT EASIER AND MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO BIKE AND WALK. THE NUMBERS, YOU [14:53] KNOW, THIS IS A LONG PROCESS. AND IT WAS A BIG GOAL. AND REMAINS A BIG GOAL. BUT ONE [14:58] WE'RE COMMITTED TO. AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE AND THE BEHAVIOR CHANGE PIECE CERTAINLY [15:04] TAKES LONGER. WE HAVE, SINCE WE STARTED THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, OR SINCE IT WAS [15:11] PASSED YOU KNOW, WE'VE INTRODUCED OUR "AS YOU GO CAMPAIGN" ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE [15:16] CONVICT AND FO -- CONNECT AND FOCUS ON THE CHOICE OF MODE SHIFT. WE HAVE GOALS AND HOPES [15:23] TO CONTINUE IT INTO THE FUTURE. WE'LL BRING THAT PIECE AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORT MORE PEOPLE MAKING A CHOICE TO WALK, BIKE, [15:29] OR TAKE TRANSIT ? >> >>: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRACKING DOWN THE INFORMATION AND EXPLAINING THE [15:35] METHODOLOGY. IT'S NICE TO KNOW WE HAVE A CERTAINTY ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY TO CONTINUE TRACKING THIS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE [15:41] PLAN. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, [15:49] I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATHLEEN. NEXT IS A [16:00] PRESENTATION FOR THE QUARTER 2 UPDATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. HERE [16:05] TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION IS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PATRICK HAND LON FROM SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTHY [16:17] HOMES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBERS, PATH RING [16:23] HANLON. THESE ARE THE 2024 RESULTS. LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. AND [16:29] THIS Q1 UPDATE. THIS IS THE [16:40] AMBITIOUS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION TA TARGETs AS A CITY. WE SHOULD [16:46] HAVE SOME OF GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES THAT WILL BE COMING OUT SOON. WE PREDICT WE'RE AT THE LINE. THE TREND LINE. [16:52] TRYING TO GET TO CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050. AND LIVE WITHIN OUR [16:59] CARBON BUDGET. 2024 WAS THE HOTTEST YEAR GLOBALLY ON RECORD, AND I THINK WE BEAT THAT RECORD [17:05] BY QUITE A LONG SHOT. I THINK THE SECOND HOTTEST YEAR WAS THE YEAR BEFORE THAT IN 2023. SO [17:11] JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TARGETS. SO THESE ARE [17:21] THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVES. OR PART OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. THE FIRST BIG AMBITIOUS STEP IS [17:28] THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR'S OFFICE INVESTED $10 [17:35] MILLION ANNUALLY TO ADDRESS. THESE OVERALL OUTCOMES WE HAVE ARE FOR THE CLIMATE LEGACY [17:42] INITIATIVE IN THE FIRST YEAR. OVER 13,000 PEOPLE DIRECTLY SERVED. IT'S PEOPLE GETTING EV [17:48] CAR SHARE, COST SHARE PROGRAM, TREES. THOSE ARE DIRECT SERVICES THAT WENT OUT TO [17:53] PEOPLE. OVER 8,000 TONS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION AVOIDED. [17:58] INVESTMENTS LEVERAGED ALMOST $50 MILLION. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, ALMOST 2,000 PEOPLE [18:03] IN LOW-INCOME SITUATIONS RECEIVED BENEFITS OF THE DIFFERENT GRANTS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND WE HAVE A TARGET [18:09] OF WHAT IS CALLED JUSTICE 40. AT LEAST 40% OF OUR FUNDING GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE [18:15] COMMUNITIES. WE HIT 61% OF OUR MONEY INVESTED IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE [18:22] COMMUNITIES. WITH OVER 5 MILLION IN ANNUAL SAVINGS. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY [18:27] CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. A REMINDER IT'S NOT ONLY A SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE, BUT IT'S [18:33] AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR THE CITY, AS WELL. THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS. THIS IS [18:39] NOT EVEN TO MENTION OUR CITY PARTNERS, PUBLIC WORKS, AND MOST [18:45] DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE THAT HELP GET THE WORK OFF THE GROUND. THESE ARE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND NOTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED [18:51] WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE FIRST [18:57] PIECE I WANT TO GO OVER -- IN LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, I WANTED TO STATE, IT WOULD BE PRETTY [19:03] EASY TO DEFEND TO SAY THAT IN THIS LAST YEAR IN 2024, WE DID AS MUCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE AS WE [19:08] DID THE PREVIOUS 10 YEARS COMBINED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR. [19:14] IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CITY ENTERPRISES STAFF DID! AND [19:19] THE FIRST PIECE I HAVE HERE IS OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY AWAR [19:24] AWARENESS. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN EQUITY-FIRST APPROACH. I MENTIONED THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NUMBERS. [19:31] WHEN DOING OUTREACH, IT'S INTENTIONAL OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITIES. THESE ARE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE WORKED WITH, INCLUDING [19:39] NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE THREE RESILIENCE HUBS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, [19:45] IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. NINE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS GETTING SERVICES OUT TO THE FOLKS IN 95% OF THE [19:53] FUNDING. OR 95% OF THE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS GONE TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. I'M GOING [19:58] TO KEEP REPEATING THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. WITH 21,000 TOUCH POINTS IN THE [20:05] 13 COMMUNITY EVENTS PROMOTING RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY. FOR 2025, Q1 UPDATE IS WE ARE [20:12] CONTRACTING -- CONTINUING TO CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL [20:19] JUSTICE CMEJ REACHING 650 PEOPLE. CONTINUED CONTRACTING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORBSES. [20:25] -- ORGANIZATIONS. THEY HAVE A GOAL OF 30,000 TOUCH [20:30] POINTS, MEANING 30,000 PEOPLE. AND CONTRACTING WITH UNIDOS. [20:38] LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. LOOKING AT AREAS WHEN WE DO EQUITY AND [20:43] CLIMATE ACTION PLANS OF THE PAST, IT'S LOOKING AT LOW-HANGING FRUIT. IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PIECE, IT'S THE [20:51] HARDEST PIECES FIRST. WE GO TO THE PLACES WHERE WE KNOW HAVE THE HIGHEST ENERGY BURDEN AND MAKING SURE FOLKS ARE AWARE OF [20:58] THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. THIS IS UNIQUE. WE DON'T OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A [21:05] MARKETING BUDGET IN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN. AT A GOVERNMENT LEVEL. AND WE'VE SEEN A HUGE [21:12] DIFFERENCE IN HAVING A STRATEGY AROUND OUR MARKETING AND REALLY HAVING BRAND AWARENESS. THIS IS [21:17] JUST AN EXAMPLE OF OUR TREE PROGRAM. BUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS HAVE THAT. [21:23] YOU MAY SEE SURROUNDING ADVERTISEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. THE SAME SORT OF BRANDING AND HAVING THE MINNEAPOLIS BRAND [21:29] THERE, AS WELL. WE DO OUT OF HOME, A MARKETING TERM. LOOKING [21:35] AT DIFFERENT APPROACHES. RADIO, LOOKING AT GLOBAL COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS ACROSS THE CITY, WE [21:43] HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES, NEWS CONFERENCES THAT WE'RE GOING OUT AND BROADCASTING THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND, [21:49] OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA WEB AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. WE'VE [21:54] SEEN A HUGE UPTICK IN THE FOLKS VISITING OUR WEBSITES AND PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE HAVE A [22:00] MARKETING APPROACH. AS YOU CAN SEE ALMOST A MILLION TOTAL AD VIEWS WITH THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE'VE HAD. GREEN COST [22:08] SHARE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF GREEN COST SHARE DIGITAL STRATEGY. THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH OUR PROGRAMS. FOCUSING ON [22:14] NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONE AND SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONE. THESE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE CITY WIDE. [22:19] WE FOCUS IN THOSE AREAS AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. [22:25] TELLING OUR STORY. IT'S -- WE'RE GOOD AT PUTTING TOGETHER [22:31] GRAPHS AND CHARTS. IT'S OFTEN DIFFICULT TO TELL THE IMMENSE [22:36] AMOUNT OF STORIES GOING ON AND THE IMPACT THE PROGRAMS HAVE IN SAVING PEOPLE MONEY IN THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. AND SO [22:42] WE'RE TRYING TO DO -- WE DID A LOT OF STORIES LAST YEAR. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF STORIES [22:48] THIS YEAR AND GETTING THOSE PERSONAL STORIES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. GREEN CAREERS. I [22:53] WOULD SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIFTS IN TERMS OF CREATING NEW PROGRAMMING. AS ALL THESE NEW INVESTMENTS IN [23:00] ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY COME OUT. WE NEED PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE [23:05] WORK. PART OF GETTING THE PEOPLE INTO THE WORK, IS LETTING THEM KNOW THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE EVEN OUT THERE. SO GOING [23:12] OUT, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO KEEP REPEATING THAT IN THE NORTH SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONES [23:19] FIRST, AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY. GETTING EXPOSURE TO RENEWABLE ENERGY, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, POLLUTION [23:24] PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND GETTING THEM EXPOSED TO THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. GENERAL EDUCATION AND [23:29] THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, GETTING THEM ACCREDITED TRAINING. SO THEY HAVE A TOOL IN THE TOOL BELT, IF [23:35] THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND GET JOBS IN THOSE FIELDS. AND THEN THEY ARE A TRIAGE POINT GOING INTO [23:42] CPED, WHO SPECIALIZES IN WORK FORCE PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE [23:47] DIFFERENT GREEN TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED. I WOULD SAY IT'S A FOUR AND FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS OFFERED IN [23:52] YEARS PAST. WE HAD A GOAL OF TRAINING 200 PEOPLE. WE TRAINED 488 FOLKS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM! [24:01] 69% ARE BIPOC, AND JUST REMINDER, 60% OF OUR CITY IS [24:07] WHITE. AND THAT NUMBER IS OUTPERFORMING -- IT'S VERY -- IT'S EVIDENCE OF VERY DIRECT [24:13] OUTREACH IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND GETTING PEOPLE ENGAGED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMS. AND00% 100 PN00% FUNDS [24:24] INVESTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. HAVING [24:30] MORE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC TRAININGS AROUND LANGUAGE AND SOMALI AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES. I THINK WE TOOK HUGE STRIDES, IF [24:38] DEB IS LISTENING, KUDOS TO HER AND HER STAFF FOR THE COLLABORATION COORDINATION WE'VE HAD WITH THEIR TEAM AROUND GREEN [24:45] CAREERS AND WORK FORCE. ADDING NEW TOPIC AREAS LIKE URBAN AGRICULTURE, AND THEN, ALSO, TRYING TO KEEP THE HIGH [24:50] LEVELS -- BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONS OF SOME OTHER PRIORITY AREAS LIKE WASTE REDUCTION, ZERO [24:56] WASTE, A LOT OF PROGRAMS WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING CUTBACK. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP HIGH LEVELS OF SERVICE. I THINK [25:03] WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN 2025. I MENTIONED CPED, [25:13] EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, WORK FORCE. DE DEB AND HER TEAM [25:19] PROVIDE PATHWAYS FOR BIPOC COMMUNITIES IN CLIMATE SECTORS AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND WORK FORCE RESILIENCE. [25:26] MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, OTHERWISE REFERRED TO AS M.E.T. TRAINING. THEY HAD 40 FOLKS [25:34] PLACED IN PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE [25:39] NUMBER OF WORK FORCE. GETTING PEOPLE INTO JOBS. PEOPLE THAT WERE UNDER EMPLOYED OR [25:47] UNEMPLOYED AND GETTING THEM INTO JOBS. THEY HAD A GOAL OF 200 PEOPLE TRAINED AND HAD 400. AN [25:54] THE CONVERSION RATE IS 80% OF THE PEOPLE WENT INTO THE PROGRAM AND STAYED IN THE PROGRAM. AND [26:00] 0 100% RETENTION. THEY HAVE [26:07] ROLLING OUT DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING. ONE WITH GEORGE MODULAR SOLUTIONS. IF ANYONE IS [26:13] WATCHING THE NEWS, THERE'S A BIG UPTICK IN THE NEED FOR MODULAR HOMES. SO THAT'S A [26:19] COLLABORATION THEY HAVE. CPED HAS WITH GEORGE MODULAR [26:24] SOLUTIONS TO GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE FOR FOLKS IN APPRENTICE PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE [26:31] APPRENTICESHIP OUTREACH OFFICE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S THE FIRST APPRENTICESHIP OFFICE OF ITS KIND. A CAREER FORCE [26:38] LOCATION. NORTH MINNEAPOLIS 800 PLUS BROADWAY. IT'S GROUND-BREAKING AND GETTING A [26:43] LOT OF OUTREACH FROM ACROSS THE STATE. AND PEOPLE WANTING TO REPLICATE THE PROGRAMMING THEY'RE DOING. AND THEY HAVE A [26:50] APPRENTICESHIP OUTREACH NAVIGATOR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TRADES AND WITH UNIONS. TO [26:56] HAVE AN OUTREACH NAVIGATOR THAT CAN CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WITH [27:02] INTENTIONAL OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE RUNNING GREAT PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE A GOAL OF 40% PLACEMENTS. THEY [27:08] BELIEVE THEY'LL HIT THE GOAL. URBAN FORESTRY, TREES, PLANTING [27:14] MORE TREES. WE HAVE OUR LOW-COST RESIDENTIAL TREE SALE, [27:19] LOW-COST TREE PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES. IF ANY OF YOU KNOW SMALL BUSINESSES ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR KNOWNTY -- COMMUNITIES, [27:26] WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES TO PLANT FOR TREES FREE TREES FOR GREEN ZONE IS A [27:34] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EQUITY STRATEGY. AND TREE OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HOST OF [27:40] DIFFERENT PARTNERS IN THE PROGRAM. THESE ARE THE RESULTS FROM THE PROGRAM. UP AROUND [27:47] 3,000 TREES PLANTED. AROUND 250 WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND [27:52] ORGANIZATIONS. THREE NEW STAFF HIRED. WE BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE KEY, THEM ALONG WITH THE [27:59] COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IN ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. IS THAT I THINK WE LIKE TO -- WHEN WE'RE [28:05] SUCCESSFUL IN ADDRESSING EQUITY OR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES, WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. WE'LL [28:11] TELL YOU WHEN WE'RE NOT DOING WELL. THING IS AN AREA WHERE WE TRIED TO CREATE ENVIRONMENTAL [28:18] JUSTICE STRATEGIES AND THEY'RE NOT LANDING AS WELL. AND SO IN THIS NEXT YEAR, THIS MAP IS SHOWING WHERE TREES WERE [28:25] PLANTED. DEFINITELY PLANTING MORE TREES. AND AN APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN IS TO MAYBE NOT FOCUS ON SCALING THE VOLUME OF [28:31] TREES, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO PLANT TREES. SO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS [28:36] AFTER THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD STILL HASN'T RECOVERED IN PLANTED TREES. [28:43] RECOVERED FROM THE TORNADO. SO LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN GET MORE TREES PLANTED IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS ACTUALLY [28:49] AN OPPOSITE VIEW OF A LOT OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OUR OTHER AREAS. WAYS WE'RE [28:56] LOOKING AT DOING THAT. WE HAVE THE CITY TREE PROGRAM. IT'S FREE FOR GREEN ZONE MEMBERS. WE [29:02] HAVE NORTH SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE OUTREACH WITH SERVICES. WE HAVE [29:08] AN $8 MILLION GRANT. WE ARE LOOKING AT AREAS WHERE ASH TREES ARE COMING DOWN. A LOT OF FUNDING IS GOING INTO NORTH [29:13] MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND SO HOW DO WE GET TREE REPLACEMENT AS WE DO THE TAKING DOWN THE TREES? WE [29:18] HAVE AN EVENT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS A TREE CARE FESTIVAL [29:24] COMING UP MAY 31st. WE'RE DOING MORE, LIKE I SAID, IN THE MARKETING. IT IS ESPECIALLY [29:30] TRUE WITH OUR TREE PROGRAM. HAVING MORE LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE. AND [29:35] WE HAVE OUR SPRING TREE DISTRIBUTION ON MAY 30th. THROUGH JUNE 1st. AND WE'LL [29:41] HAVE A FALL EVENT THAT WILL BE COMING UP, AS WELL. WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE HELP GETTING THE [29:47] WORD OUT ABOUT TREES AND PLANTING MORE TREES! NEXT STEP IS BIOCHAR CARBON SEQUESTRATION. [29:54] THAT IS FOR THOSE LISTENING TO THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS I CAN. [30:02] IT'S TAKING WOOD WASTE AND TURNING IT INTO A SOIL AMENDMENT THROUGH PIE PIORALISP [30:11] IMPROVES URBAN SOILS FOR NUTRIENTS, AND CREATES RESILIENCE IN SOILS TO DROUGHT [30:16] AND KEEP NUTRIENTS IN THE SOILS FOR THE PLANTS. IT SEQUESTERS CARBON FOR OVER A THOUSAND [30:22] YEARS. AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS WE'VE HAD IN DOING SCUFFLE PROJECTS ACROSS [30:27] THE CITY. I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN THIS PROGRAM. AND [30:36] THE PROJECT PATH FOR THIS IS TO HAVE A PRODUCTION SITE THAT DRAW AND YOU SEE ON THE UPPER [30:42] RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE SCHEMATIC OF THE FACILITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PRODUCING BIOCHAR. [30:48] THE PYROLYSIS IS AWAITING SITE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU TO CPED [30:55] AND PROPERTY SERVICES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE LAST YEAR. WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD IN GETTING THE PROJECT PUT TOGETHER. WE'RE LOOKING AT [31:01] CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION IN THE SUMMER OF 2025. AND PRODUCTION IN THE FALL OF 2025. AND WE'LL [31:07] HAVE CREDITS. THOSE ARE CARBON CREDITS. THIS IS THE FIRST [31:12] PROGRAM IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT IS CARBON NEGATIVE. SO IN HITTING OUR GOALS IT GIVES US THE [31:20] OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CARBON-NEGATIVE. THE GROUND BREAKING IS NEXT WEEK. APRIL 30th. WE'LL BE [31:25] PRODUCING 3,000 TONS OF WOOD WASTE CONVERTED INTO BIOCHAR ANNUALLY. AND THAT'S EQUIVALENT [31:32] TO 1500 TONS OF CO2 REDUCED. AND THEN GETTING BIOCHAR DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY [31:39] OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND PROBABLY HAVING SOME FREE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY AND URBAN GARDENERS. [31:45] HOME GROWN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS REALLY THE FRONTIER OF IF YOU'RE [31:51] TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE WORK. THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THEY WORKED WITH. IN TERMS OF IF YOU LOOK AT ANYONE FROM URBAN [31:58] FARMING GROUPS TO CARGILL. HOW DO WE DO CARBON ACCOUNTING AND ASSOCIATE THE FOOD AND [32:05] AGRICULTURAL USES TO CARBON INTENSITY OF THOSE USES. SO THESE ARE THE FOCUS AREAS. [32:11] SEASON EXTENSION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WASTE PREVENTION, WOOD WASTE PREVENTED, AND THEN, [32:17] AGAIN, PRIORITIZING RACIAL EQUITY. THIS IS THE NUMBERS FROM THE -- THIS IS THE PATROL [32:24] JEKS FOR THE 2025 HOME GROWN MINNEAPOLIS. 100% OF THE FUNDING GOING TO ENVIRONMENTAL [32:30] JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. $180,000 IN CONTRACTSES TO IS DI [32:35] -- 14 DIFFERENT GROUPS. WE HAVE REDUCED FINANCIAL CAPACITY BUT LOOKING AT HOW DO THEY CONTINUE ON THE GREAT RESULTS THEY GOT [32:41] FROM LAST YEAR. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 2,000 METRIC TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS, LIKE I [32:47] SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS AND THE GROUP IS FOCUSING ON WAYS THEY CAN DO THAT CARBON [32:53] ACCOUNTING. THAT'S THE AREA WHERE THE ENTIRE FIELD IS LOOKING NOW. EV CHARGING [32:59] INFRASTRUCTURE. JOHN HAS RUN AN AMAZING PROGRAM. AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE GOTTEN UPDATES HERE IN EV CHARGING. EV SPOT [33:08] NETWORK, 32 CHARGING HUBS, 130 PORTS, SIX FAST CHARGERS, WHICH [33:14] ARE GREAT AMENITIES IN THE CITY. THESE ARE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SERVED HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. [33:21] THEIR OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL. THEY HAVE CURB SIDE EV READINESS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY. THEY PROCURED 48 DUAL [33:29] CHARGERS FOR MUNICIPAL RAMPS. THEY COMPLETED THE BUILD UP OF 32 MINNEAPOLIS ON-STREET [33:35] CHARGING HUBS. CRAFTED A RAPID PAINT FLENS PLAN TO EXPEDITE Q1 [33:43] CHARGING. THEY COMPLETED EXPANSION IN WORKING WITH EXCEL [33:48] TO GET MORE CHARGERS AT THERE. LOOKING AT FLEET ON CITY CHARGING VEHICLES. WORKED ON AN [33:56] JOINT-ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO CHAIRING THOSE VEHICLES. 890 -- IT'S E [34:18] EQUIVALENT OF 890 HOMES BEING NET ZERO. 43,000EV [34:24] CHARGING HOURS. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB OF TRACKING EVERLAST BIT OF THE PROGRAM. SO PEOPLE [34:29] CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE THEY'RE BECOME GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR DOLLARS WITH THE PROGRAMS. [34:36] ALMOST $14 MILLION -- ALMOST $15 MILLION IN ESTIMATED SAVINGS IN TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR [34:41] PEOPLE. THE GREEN COST SHARE PROGRAM IS THE LAST ONE I'LL GO THROUGH. THE GREEN COST SHARE [34:46] PROGRAM IS INCENTIVES. IT'S THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY [34:52] FOR SOLAR, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION, AND PROJECTS WITH BUSINESSES, [34:57] PROPERTY OWNERS, AND BENEFITING RENTERS, AS WELL. THERE'S A [35:03] ZERO PERCENT EFFICIENCY WIDE. WE HAVE A CITY WIDE BONUS REBATE [35:09] PROGRAM. IT INCLUDES WINDOWS. ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES I KNOW OF IN THE COUNTRY WHERE WE DO TRIPLE PANE WINDOWS. LOW-INCOME [35:17] RENTERS ARE SERVED THROUGH FRONTIER ENERGY. WHICH IS REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF UPTAKE IN THAT [35:22] PROGRAM. WE HAVE LARGE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUNDS. AND AS PART OF THE LARGE [35:30] REDUCTION IS LOOKING AT NETWORK GEOTHERMAL. GET PEOPLE OFF USING GAS AND BLOCK-BY-BLOCK [35:38] ROLLOUT. THOSE ARE DIFFERENT PARTNERS ON THE RIGHT INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM. THIS IS MY [35:43] FAVORITE TWO SLIDES. THIS IS BEFORE THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. THIS IS THE RESULTS WE WERE GETTING. WE WERE [35:48] GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. WE WON AWARDS AT THAT TIME FOR [35:55] OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE APPROACHES. WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S A REASON WE HAD A LOT [36:00] OF INVESTMENT IN THE PROGRAM. THIS IS WITH THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. THOSE ARE THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT THIS PAST [36:06] YEAR. IN FACT, I WAS TOLD BEFORE COMING IN HERE, WE WERE ACTUALLY UP OVER 1100 PROJECTS [36:12] THAT CAME IN. SO WHEN I SAY WE'RE DOING MORE. WE DID MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE PROBABLY HAVE [36:17] IN THE LAST 10 YEARS COMBINED. THAT'S JUST IN THIS PROGRAM! IT'S BEEN GOING FOR AWHILE. AND [36:23] NOT INCLUDING ALL THE OTHER RESULTS WE'VE GOTTEN WITH THE OTHER PROGRAMS. JUST A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. [36:28] AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO TELL THE STORY OF THE SUCCESS. ANOTHER THING I [36:33] WANT TO POINT OUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS. [36:39] AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE HOMES THAT WE GO INTO. THIS IS AN OWNER-OCCUPIED HOME AND [36:46] 30% LESS AMI IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. CALLED FOR A NO-HEAT SITUATION. WE HAD MULTIPLE HEALTH AND SAFETY [36:51] ISSUES GOING ON. SO REPLACING AN OCTOPUS BOILER WITHS A [36:58] ASBESTOS ON IT. VENTILATION ISSUES, REPAIRED THE OBVIOUS PLUMBING ISSUE GOING ON. THAT LEADS TO MOLD AND ASTHMA [37:04] TRIGGERS FOR KIDS IN THE HOME. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, AND LEAD PAINT REMEDIATION. THIS IS [37:09] ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS ON THAT CHART. AND I WANT TO POINT IT OUT, AS AN EXAMPLE OF A HOME. ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WORK [37:16] ON. THIS IS A SCORE THAT HOME HAD. THEY'RE NOW SAVING UP OVER [37:21] $600 A MONTH. I'M SORRY, A YEAR IN ENERGY SAVINGS. AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING AT BELOW 30% AMI. THESE [37:29] ARE WHERE THE NUMBERS -- I SHOWED YOU THAT TREE PROGRAM. WE'RE FOCUSING ON EJ EFFORTS. [37:35] THIS IS AN AREA I THINK WE'RE DOING WELL WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THESE COMMUNITIES. AND [37:43] INCENTIVE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE THAT GETS PEOPLE INCENTIVIZED TO DO THIS WORK. AS YOU CAN SEE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, AND THIS IS [37:50] PROBABLY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE 10 YEARS THAT WARD 5 IS MOST [37:56] HEAVILY INVESTED IN AREA. SO [38:04] $56 MILLION IN ENERGY SAVINGS. IT'S A LOT OF DOLLARS SAVED. [38:12] 886 SMALL RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. A GOAL OF 500. 58% OF THE [38:23] FUNDING WENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROJECTS. WE HAVE CRITERIA FOR THAT. THEY'RE IN [38:29] THE GREEN ZONES. GREAT STREETS ELIGIBILITY PRIORITY AREAS, WHICH HAVE INCOME AND RACIAL COMPONENTS TO THOSE. AND SO I [38:45] MENTIONED, I SHOWED YOU THAT CHART OF HOW MUCH WORK WE DID THIS LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE [38:51] THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT IN 2024. THE SAME TIME [38:56] LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE AM OF REQUEST WE GOT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. WE'RE [39:03] SEEING ACCELERATED RESULTS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. OUR CONTRACTS ARE IN PLACE. WE HAVE [39:08] THE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS OUT. AND WORD OF MOUTH IS SPREADING WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE [39:16] SERVICES. DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE END. THERE'S THE LAST ONE. [39:23] SO IN CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE IN 2025, WE OVERCAME A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES. AND I WON'T GO INTO [39:29] PART OF WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS RAN OUT OF FINANCING FUNDING. WE HAD SOME SETBACKS [39:34] AND BLOCK BY BLOCK. I THINK WE'RE BACK ON TRACK WITH THAT. WE HAD DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE [39:39] EQUITY ACTION, MEGAN OHIO WAS HIRED. WE CAN HAVE A CITY-WIDE INTEGRATED APPROACH. PROJECT [39:46] MANAGER JEFF STONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AREAS FROM EV CHARGING, CITY BUILDINGS, WEATHERIZATION, AND HAVING FOCUS [39:52] AREAS WITH INTEGRATED PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY AND FURTHER FOCUS IN THESE AREAS. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE DATA POSITION. IT'S [40:00] PAYTON JOHNSON, I GUESS I CAN ADD HER NAME. TOP BUILD OUT A DASH BOARD FRAMEWORK. I'M [40:05] HOPING AS WE GO FORWARD, WE CAN HAVE A DASH BOARD THAT IS SET UP [40:11] TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE RESULTS AND MATCHES THE CONTINUOUS UPDATES WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH. WE HAVE OUR [40:17] ZERO-WASTE STRATEGIES WE'LL HEAR UPDECORATES FROM THAT IN THE FALL. AS THOSE PROGRAMS KICKOFF. AND THEN ALL OF THESE [40:23] PROGRAMS ARE UP AND RUNNING AND ACCELERATING. WE HAVE AN IGR STAFF BEING HIRED. THAT'S GOING [40:29] TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE ISSUES THAT'LL WORK WITH OUR IGR STAFF [40:35] AND HAVE AN ENTERPRISE APPROACH TO THAT. AND WE HAVE NETWORK GEOTHERMAL FOCUS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THOSE ARE THE LAST OF MY [40:41] SLIDES. AND I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS. [40:49] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND GIVING THOROUGH REPORTS EVERY SIX MONTHS TO THE COMMITTEE. [40:55] THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING REALLY FAST. AND WE'RE GETTING REQUESTS THAT ARE AT LEAST -- AT LEAST I AM FROM PEOPLE AROUND [41:00] THE COUNTRY FOR INFORMATION AND UPDATES ON WHAT MINNEAPOLIS IS DOING. BECAUSE WE'RE CERTAINLY [41:06] AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY OTHER CITIES. SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OUR [41:13] PROGRESS. GREAT WORK! I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT THE IGR [41:22] POSITION. THEIR ROLE AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN THIS [41:28] SESSION, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE 2040 CLEAN ENERGY GOAL ROLLING [41:34] BACK -- BUT CREATE LOOPHOLES AND BARRIERS. WHERE IS THE HIRING PROCESS RIGHT NOW? WILL WE BE IN TIME TO WEIGH IN ON SOME OF [41:40] THAT? >> SURE. CHAIR, THEY'RE IN [41:45] INTERVIEWING RIGHT NOW FOR THE POSITION. AND HAVE INTERVIEWS GOING FORWARD RIGHT NOW. YES, [41:52] THEY'LL BE INVOLVED WITH PUBLIC UTILITY ISSUES, STATE ISSUES, [41:57] FEDERAL ISSUES, WHICH ARE FAST AND FURIOUS THESE DAYS. SO, [42:03] YES. LOOKING AT THOSE ISSUES. WE HAVE STAFF NOW WITH MEGAN HOY [42:08] AND ALICE AND HER TEAM. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ISSUES. WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ISSUES. [42:15] BUT THIS PERSON WILL BE FOCUSED IN THAT AREA SIMILAR TO STACY MILLER WHEN SHE WAS WITH SUSTAINABILITY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY [42:22] SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT MAKING GREEN COST SHARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RENTAL [42:28] BUILDINGS. YOU DID TOUCH ON THAT. >> YES. >> QUITE A BIT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEE THESE GREEN [42:34] COST-SHARE IT PAYMENTS COME THROUGH FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SIDE, WE NORMALLY SEE THE LARGE ONES. IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S [42:40] ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT? AND THAT'S WHY WE GET THE REQUEST THAT CAME IN THIS WEEK, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A MENLO EQUITIES [42:46] BUILDING, AN OFFICE BUILDING DOWNTOWN, AND METALMATIC, LLC. [42:55] IS IT BECAUSE IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THE COUNCIL IS NOT SEEING THE PAYOUTS GO OUT. [43:01] >> C CHAIR CASHMAN. A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE WITH RENTAL PROPERTIES OR PEOPLE IN RENTAL [43:06] SITUATIONS IS THROUGH PARTNERS. AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WE TRY TO WORK WITH A CENTER FOR ENERGY [43:12] AND ENVIRONMENT, FRONTIER ENERGY, ANOTHER PARTNER TO STREAMLINE THE SERVICE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME DIRECTLY TO [43:20] US TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION. WE ASK FOR THE FRACKING INFORMATION BASED ON INCOME OR [43:25] ANY OTHER INFORMATION. SO FRONTIER ENERGY IS THE PARTNER THAT IS DOING AT LOT OF LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS AND [43:31] COMBINING UTILITY PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY CUT THE INCENTIVES DOWN TO ABOUT 50% MATCH AND THE CITY [43:37] STACKS ON TOP OF THAT TO MAKE THE PROJECT HAPPEN. >> I SEE. THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. SO FOR RENTERS WHO WANT [43:42] TO ENCOURAGE THEIR BUILDING OWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS TO LOWER [43:47] THEIR ENERGY COSTS. HOW SHOULD THEY APPROACH -- SHOULD THEY [43:53] APPROACH FRONTIER ENERGY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAP INTO THE RESOURCE? >> THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO [43:58] DIRECTLY TO OUR WEB PAGE AND OUR PAGES WILL LEAD THEM EITHER TO [44:04] CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, OR TO FRONTIER ENERGY. OR THEY CAN ALSO CONTACT THEIR UTILITIES FOR ANY [44:11] PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND IT WILL DIRECT THEM -- THEY'LL ALL DIRECT THEM TO GET OUR FUNDING. >> OKAY. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL! [44:19] I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TREES STAFF. WHO ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. AND SERVING ON [44:24] THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY COMMISSION, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM IN ACTION WORKING WITH [44:29] COMMUNITY. AND I APPRECIATE THIS YEAR THEY'RE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS. TO PLANT TREES ON OUR [44:35] MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS! IT'S JUST A PERFECT CONNECTION! AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GREEN [44:40] SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, VAST SURFACE-LEVEL PARKING AREAS IN OUR CITY THAT HAVE URBAN ISLAND [44:47] EFFECT AND, YOU KNOW, CAN IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOLS. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT! [44:54] >> THANK YOU. >> AND MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT WHEN WE PASS THIS IN 2023, WE HAVE GOALS BY 2030. IT LOOKS [45:02] LIKE YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF DATA COLLECTION. BUT SOME OF THE GOALS ARE PRETTY HARD TO TRACK. [45:10] AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD PROVIDE -- IN THE SOME WAY THAT THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IS GIVING TWO-YEAR UPDATES ON [45:17] OUR MODE SHIFT GOAL. WHICH WE JUST HEARD. I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE YEAR, IF [45:22] YOU WOULD BE PREPARED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE BIG LOFTY GOALS WE [45:28] HAVE IN THE PLAN. ONE OF WHICH BEING REDUCE FOSSIL GAS EMISSIONS CITY WIDE BY 35%. BY [45:36] 2030. THE OTHER ONE BEING ENSURING ALL HOUSEHOLDS HAVE AN ENERGY BURDEN BELOW 6% BY 2030. [45:43] WE HAVE A FEW OTHERS. YOU KNOW, TRAINING SUPPORT 1,000 MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS TO [45:48] PARTICIPATE IN THE GREEN ECONOMY. THAT ONE FEELS LIKE YOU COULD PROBABLY BE TRACKING PRETTY EASILY. BUT THOSE TWO [45:56] OTHER GOALS, HOW EASY TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THOSE GOALS THIS YEAR? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, THE DATA [46:02] POSITION I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SLIDE. WE'RE WORKING WITH -- WE HAVE AN RFP OUT WITH CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP [46:09] A DASH BOARD. THAT IS EXACTLY THAT INTENT. TO LOOK AT THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. THAT'S THE [46:16] MAJORITY OF MEGAN'S ROLE HERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION IS TO LOOK AT THE [46:21] DIFFERENT AREAS. AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST GOALS. SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE CLIMATE LEGACY [46:27] INITIATIVE BUT WHAT ARE WE DINING AS A CITY, CITY WIDE, AND HOW ARE WE MOVING TOWARDS THESE [46:33] GOALS? AND WHAT ARE THE GAPS. >> WHEN YOU COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, [46:39] EVERY-SIX-MONTHS PRESENTATION, WILL YOU BE PREPARED TO PRESENT ON THOSE LOFTY GOALS? AND HOW [46:46] WE'RE ADVANCING TOWARD THEM? >> UMM, YES, CHAIR CASHMAN. WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH [46:52] THE -- THE GOAL TO HAVE THE DASHBOARDS SET UP BY THE END OF URM IS. >> OKAY. >> THAT'S THE PLAN NOW. TO BE [46:57] READY FOR IT. AND THEN HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS AND THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS IN PLACE [47:08] >> OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. I APPRECIATE IT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. [47:13] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HANLON FOR YOUR [47:19] PRESENTATION. AND JUST FOR START OFF BY SAYING THANKS TO THE AMAZING STAFF THAT HAVE PUT [47:25] IN SO MUCH EFFORT OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND THIS FIRST QUARTER TO IMPLEMENT THE CLIMATE LEGACY [47:31] INITIATIVE. UMM, MY FIRST KIND OF QUESTION IS REGARDING NETWORK [47:38] AG GEOTHERMAL. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HEADED INTO. AS A NEXT STEP FOR WORK. [47:45] COULD YOU DETAIL OUT, LIKE, WHAT'S THE -- WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? AND WHAT ARE KIND OF [47:50] SOME OF THE GOALS FOR THIS YEAR IN THAT SPACE? >> SURE. >> THANK YOU. [47:55] >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. WE'RE LOOKING AT [48:01] WHAT THE -- THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SITES BEING CONSIDERED. BEING LOOKED AT BY FOLKS THAT [48:06] ARE INTERESTED IN NETWORK AGREE YO GEOTHERMAL. [48:12] WE'RE MEETING WITH -- AND I SHOULD SAY, MEGAN IS DOING A LOT OF MEETING WITH A LOT OF NETWORK [48:18] GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPERS. AND EXAMINATION WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE W, WITH THE BARRIERS THEM [48:24] AS DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE DEVELOPING SITES. WHETHER THEY BE FINANCIAL OR MAYBE EVEN AN [48:30] UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING NETWORK GEOTHERMAL. AND IF THERE'S ANY POLICY BARRIERS [48:35] THAT ARE IN THE WAY, AS WELL. SO KIND OF GETTING A FEEL FOR IF WE'RE TO EXPAND NETWORK [48:42] GEOTHERMAL. WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS IN PLACE? WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO ADDRESS IT? WE'RE MEETING WITH THE UTILITY [48:48] PARTNERS WHO HAVE CENTER POINT ENERGY IS DOING AT LOT OF FOCUSING AROUND PROVIDING HEAT [48:53] AS A SERVICE. AND SO THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM PROVIDING NATURAL GAS. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW [48:58] DO WE PROVIDE HEAT FOR PEOPLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROVIDING HEAT FOR PEOPLE, THAT CAN INCLUDE [49:03] NETWORK AG GEOTHERMAL AS PART OF THEIR SERVICE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LAY OF THE LAND NOW. [49:09] THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM CITY-WIDE ADOPTION OF THAT TYPE [49:15] OF APPROACH. AND SO WHAT WAS THE TAKE FOR US TO NOT ONLY GET THE PROJECTS IN PLACE BUT SCALE FROM THERE. [49:20] >> THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S SO CLARIFYING. WITH CENTER POINT [49:26] ENERGY, IS THAT WORK RELATED TO KIND OF MEETING SOME OF THE GOALS AND COMMITMENTS THEY'VE [49:31] MADE WITH THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND THEN ALSO THE CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER [49:38] CHOWDHURY. YES. THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO HIT THEIR GOALS. [49:44] >> OKAY. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE [49:51] IS, THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GAVE US A GREAT PICTURE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING SUPER, SUPER WELL. AND THAT'S JUST A [49:57] GREAT TEST, AGAIN, TO YOUR WORK AND OUR STAFF'S WORK. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT [50:03] ARE KIND OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS? THAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING, [50:08] OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S, LIKE, A LARGE SET OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT, LIKE, WHAT ADDITIONAL [50:13] PARTNERSHIP IS NEEDED? WHAT'S NEEDED FROM THE AVERAGE MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT AND [50:19] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? >> I THINK GETTING MORE [50:25] AWARENESS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT CAN USE THESE [50:31] SERVICES. AND AREN'T AWARE THEY'RE OUT THERE. SO ANY HELP THAT THE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE IN THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE [50:36] SPENDING A LOT OF EFFORT AROUND GETTING THOSE MESSAGES OUT TO PEOPLE. AND I THINK WE'RE, [50:42] RIGHT NOW, WE SEE A BIG ACCELERATION IN THE NEED FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, WE'RE ALSO IN [50:48] THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS PROBABLY WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR, EVERYONE, [50:53] THE TARIFFS HAVE THROWN A LITTLE STICK IN THE SPOKE OF THE WHEEL. AND SO WE HAVE THE FEEDBACK. [51:01] WE SEE IT IN THE APPLICATIONS IN THE LAST MONTH. PEOPLE ARE, UMM, AREN'T CERTAIN HOW THEY [51:08] WANT TO INVEST THEIR MONEY FROM BUSINESSES AND EVEN HOMEOWNERS. IT'S JUST, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE PAUSE WITH EVERYTHING [51:14] GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY AND TARIFFS RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE TO MY LAST QUESTION. JUST KIND OF [51:19] LOOKING AT THE PICTURE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. HOW ARE YOU [51:27] NAVIGATING THIS WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS? ESPECIALLY ON THIS EFFORT NATIONALLY TO KIND OF GO [51:34] AGAINST REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES. INCREASING OUR FOSSIL [51:40] FUEL DEPENDENCY. AND MAYBE [51:45] BRINGING IT TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES YOU'RE EXPERIENCING IMPLEMENTING THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. [51:51] >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE NEWS IN A COUPLE [51:57] OF HOURS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE -- WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW. [ LAUGHTER ] [52:03] BUT I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK. I MEAN, WE'RE FORTUNATE YOU ALL PASSED THE FUNDING YOU DID. [52:09] THAT THE MAYOR PASSED THE FUNDING HE DID. BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING [52:16] NOTICES OF RIA FUNDING GETTING PULLED BACK. WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THIS SPACE AND FOLKS [52:21] IN MINNEAPOLIS CAN REAP THE BENEFITS. I POINTED OUT, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS [52:26] EMISSIONS. PEOPLE ARE SAL SALVE -- SAVING A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S OVER $200 MILLION IN [52:31] SAVINGS, IF WE TOTAL THE GREEN COST SHARES. PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE BECOMING FINANCIALLY RESILIENT. AND NOT ONLY MORE [52:37] RESILIENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND FINANCIALLY MORE RESILIENT. THAT HELPS IN ECONOMIC TIMES LIKE WE HAVE, AS WELL. SOL, YOU [52:44] KNOW, I THINK WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE ON A LOT OF THAT IRA FUNDING. IT WOULD HAVE HELPED IF SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND OUR [52:53] BLOCK-BY-BLOCK APPROACH. WE'RE RUNNING INTO CHALLENGES THERE WITH SOME FUNDING COMING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT FUNDING [53:00] PARTNER. WE'RE HOPING THAT SOME OF OUR FOUNDATION PARTNERS WILL STEP INTO THAT SPACE. THE WAY THEY DID DURING THE FIRST [53:06] ADMINISTRATION. LIKE WITH BLOOMBERG. SO WE'RE -- WE HAVE [53:11] OUR EYES WIDE OPEN IN TERMS OF WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. THAT CAN HELP US ACCELERATE SOME OF THIS WORK. AND THEN, YOU [53:18] KNOW, PLAYING DEFENSE WHERE WE HAVE TO ON PROGRAMS. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [53:23] APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. SEEING [53:33] SEEING -- NOBODY ELSE IN QUEUE. CLERK, RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT. THANK YOU [53:39] TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE, PUSHING FOR MORE, GETTING THE WORD INTO COMMUNITY, [53:45] YES. YOU ARE THE REASON FOR ALL OF THIS! THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITHOUT ANY -- UMM, [53:52] OPPOSITION TO ADJOURNING THE MEETING, WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS AND STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.