--- ## title: Tagged PDF date: D:20260521162251+00'00' --- ## Richfield Sustainability Commission Agenda May 28, 2026 -- 7:00 PM ## Richfield Municipal Center ## Heredia Conference Room ## 6700 Portland Avenue South 1. Call to Order ## 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of the Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes a. Minutes from 4/23/26 ## 5. Open Forum a. Participants can share their comments in person, by voicemail, or email, and may also request to participate virtually. For more information on submitting comments, refer to the Sustainability Commission Agenda and Minutes page on the City's Website. 6. Reports/Recommendations ## a. Solid Waste: Shred event recap, Organics audit on 6/16 (volunteers needed), GreenCorps member update Upcoming events: Building material swap at Veterans Park on 7/16 from 5-7:30pm; Furniture donation event in the small/south Donaldson parking lot on 8/1 from 9-12pm; Penn Fest (volunteers needed) b. Sustainability: Rain barrels/tree sale recap, tree planting at Sheridan Hills, Summer Kick-off event at City Hall ## 7. Other Business a. Condo building outreach (Boone) b. Homeowner awareness about tree health (Kueper) ## c. Public Event Recycling (Danner) d. RMS/RHS resource rooms and related campaign/drive (Wozniak) ## 8. Committee Reports a. CSC report (Meyer) ## 9. Next Meeting a. Thursday, June 25th, 2026 - 7 P.M. ## Heredia Room, City Hall 10. Adjournment Auxiliary aids for individuals with accessibility needs are available upon request. Requests must be made at least 96 hours in advance to the City Clerk at 612-861-9739. Includes Materials - Materials relating to these agenda items can be found in the Sustainability Commission agenda packet located by the entrance. The complete Sustainability Commission agenda packet is available electronically on the City of Richfield’s website. Page 1 of 3 ## REGULAR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING Thursday, April 23, 2026 ## Heredia Room, City Hall COMMISSIONERS: Amanda Kueper, Craig Heinen, Katy Boone, Chris Danner, Alexa Wozniak, Rose Thompson, ## Mohamed Noor, Ray Sookchain, Katrina DeVore STAFF: Rachel Lindholm (Sustainability Coordinator), Zach McCarty (Solid Waste Specialist), Matt Hardegger (Transportation Engineer) ## PRESENT ## LIAISONS: Margaux Meyer (CSC), Rori Coleman-Woods (City Council) ## ABSENT Sookchain, Noor ## Call to Order Danner called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. ## Approval of Minutes/Agenda Agenda: Boone motioned, Heinen seconded, approved by all. Minutes: Heinen motioned, Boone seconded, approved by all. ## Public Comment None - Member of the public present, but had no comment ## Staff Reports McCarty: Compost giveaway - south end of Donaldson Park. Compost Awareness Week display at Augsburg Library. Shred event & electronics recycling event at ice arena. Lindholm: Climate Action Plan approved by council last week. Have started promotion of CAP. Earth Day staff clean-up event at Veterans Park successful. Community Earth Day events planned for this weekend. Twenty-four trees left from tree sale. ## Other Business Update from Kueper: City no longer treating boulevard Ash trees and encouraging residents to treat their trees instead. Transportation Commission Staff Presentation (Matt Hardegger): Presented on role of Transportation Commission, transportation project funding sources, design process, and recent & upcoming projects. Farmers Market Tabling Sign-up (Lindholm): Lindholm will create a sign-up for farmers market tabling, Farmers Market starts first ## Saturday in May School Outreach (Heinen, Thompson): About 20 students from RHS Green Team will visit Heinen residence to share topics about sustainable living practices. Social Media and Project Documentation (Lindholm for Sookchain): Proposal for commissioners to take photos and provide summaries of Sustainability Commission events for future promotions. ## Committee Reports CSC report (Meyer): Budgets update for parks, playground updates, parks master plan in progress ## DRAFT MINUTES UNTIL APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION Page 2 of 3 ## Next Meetings/Adjournment Next Meetings: Thursday, May 28th, 2026 - 7 P.M. Heredia Room, City Hall Adjournment: Danner motioned, Kueper seconded, all approved. The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 pm Page 3 of 3