--- ## title: 4/23/26 Sustainability Commission Minutes ## author: Rachel Lindholm date: D:20260424162800Z --- ## 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 ## 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