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Meeting Minutes –University CityGreen Practices Committee May 24, 2012 Page 2 life ofpower plants.He would expect ahigher efficiency from a centralized heating and cooling source. The project needs to be treated like a campuswith a central loop system to lower costs in the long run. Thereare ways to get funding from Ameren and Laclede, grants, etc.He did not intend for the idea to become an agenda item and presented it for informational purposes, to bring the concepts to the forefront. 3.Administrative items: a.The April 12, 2012 minutes were approved as amended. 4.Old Business: a.Energy Ordinance i.Lynnette mentioned that Jared Agee in Community Developmentthought that the ordinance might be somewhat aggressiveand requested that similar ordinancesbe provided to compare with the draft energy ordinance. Tim will provide the ordinance from the City of St. Louis. TheCity Attorney has already reviewed and made comments on the draft ordinance. b.Council Report for Special Study Session i.The target dateis August 27, 2012 and the report needs to becompleted in early August or late July. 5.New Business: a.Information on the I-CARES(International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability) Program was presented by Ben Kumfer.Heis a professor atWashington University (WU)and is a UniversityCity resident. The I-CARES program is located at WU,and organizes the researchthererelated to energy and sustainability. The Chancellor, having realized that energy is an extremely important issue in theUS, as well as the rest of the worldstarted this project,which consists of research activities at a network of universities around the world. Tim mentioned that he would like to see a U City “Community Energy System" as part of a larger effort coordinated with WU, especially as they own residences for their students located in U City and are planning more buildings, which will hopefully be very energy efficient. 6.Special Presentations:None 7.Reports a.Council Glickertreported that the Council is working to balance the budget by the end of June. Anticipate excess revenue of about a half of million dollars without sacrificing services. b.City still working on the economic growth of the Kingsland project at Kingsland and Vernon. c.Recent news is that the Villagesof Wyncrest is for sale.It is a good area for commercial and mixed-use properties; the owner is a Canadian pension company. st d.Effective July 1,Delmar from the lions to City Limits will be owned by University City. The County will repair any issues on Delmar before the City takes over. 8.Closing Round a.Jeff thanked Tim for preparing the Energy Community System information. b.Dianne attended the City of St. Louis Sustainability Technical work sessionand stated the she learned water pumps use a large amount of energy. University Citydoesnot maintain water 2 pumps, but the University City Greenhouse Gas Inventory includes the amount of COproduced by pumping clean water (by Missouri American Water Company) and pumping and treating