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a seed grant to help with a dedicated publication in order to educate the public on what they can do down the road. Mr. Redmond commented on the eight sectors within the CAP and noted they included 40 different strategies to achieve the City’s desires goals and have 230 strategic actions that detailed the steps to be taken. He anticipated the implementation time period for the plan would be seven years. He discussed how there was more funding available for cities to address climate initiatives. Councilmember Axberg expressed concern with the fact this plan has no costs associated with the implementation. Mr. Redmond provided further information on how the plan will be implemented, as the City deems appropriate. He explained the key would be to anticipate what will be implemented in year one, year two, etc. and what resources were available to the City. Massopust stated he understood staff needed to provide the Council with further information on how the plan will be implemented, to the best of his ability. Councilmember Abdulle recommended plan be broken out to what items will be an expense to the City and what items can be completed through partnerships. Councilmember Axberg agreed this would be valuable information because the City may not always be the best at completing some tasks and partners would greatly benefit the City. Mr. Redmond reviewed the implementation matrix in further detail with the Council. He commented on how the County may partner with Xcel or the County on some of these tasks. Mayor Niedfeldt-Thomas commented on how the City would be on a journey as it implements the CAP. She anticipated some tasks would be easier than others to complete. She appreciated how the City was voluntarily preparing for the future and noted she understood this implementation plan would take time. Mr. Redmond reported the goal of the CAP was to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 42% by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. He reviewed the goals for Albert Lea, Burnsville, Duluth, Edina, Madison and Maplewood. He stated as communities begin to create more awareness regarding the goals, more funding will become available to assist with meeting these goals. He further discussed how the actions would have connectivity between the sectors. The strategic transportation and land use goals were reviewed, as well as the buildings and energy goals. He discussed how important it was to have safe pedestrian access and walkability. The waste management, water and wastewater goals were described, along with the strategic goals for local food and agriculture. He commented on the greenspace and tree goals noting the benefits of reducing dark impervious surfaces. He then described how the climate economy will have to be considered by the City. The impacts of lower GHG emissions were discussed as well as the cumulative economic savings potential of implementing the CAP through 2023. Mayor Niedfeldt-Thomas asked if the City should be adding a staff member in two or three years in order to assist with implementing this plan. Schlichting stated the next task for the internal team would be to see who has capacity to check items off the list. After this task was complete, he believed staff would have a better idea on how much additional staff time was needed to move this plan forward. Fink discussed how having this plan in place will allow the City to apply for Green Corp grants. Massopust noted a sustainability coordinator may have to be considered in the future. Mr. Redmond commented on the next steps for New Brighton. He reviewed the implementation and cross pollinating actions the City could pursue in order to have successes. He discussed how the City could approach funding the CAP implementation, noting grant opportunities would continue to become available over time. Mayor Niedfeldt-Thomas asked how the CAP aligns with the Comp Plan. Schlichting explained he viewed the