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5.01: Receive Presentation from Resilient Communities Project Student Group City Planner Anderson presented the staff report. The RCP student group presented their work to the Board. The student group noted several items other communities are doing that may be of interest. For example, the city of Edina requires a sustainability survey be completed and submitted with initial land use application that indicates what the project accomplishes from a sustainable/resilience perspective. They also noted that it would likely get a greater cross section of the community population to use events like the summer concert series and to ask folks a very short, simple question, such as what does natural resources mean to you? The student group noted other recommendations as well, such as developing a key terms page for the website with some illustrations too would be helpful and developing an FAQ for developers to be accessible via the website. There was a question and answer period as well as some general discussion between the Board and the student group. The Board noted that the demographic information was quite interesting. The Board thanked the students for their work and presentation. City Planner Anderson recommended that the Board consider Case 5.03 next as there was someone in attendance for that case. 5.03: Confirm Recommendation for Lake Itasca Benefit to Related North Fork Meadows Subdivision; Case of Paxmar, LLC (Project No. 17-126) City Planner Anderson presented the staff report. He reported that the City Council tabled action on this case; requesting a better delineation of the Lake Itasca Greenway boundary as well as a park dedication/trail development fee and open space pro -forma comparison. He stated that staff is currently working on this request with the developer. He noted that there are no changes to the proposal from the previous EPB review. Alan Reissler with Paxmar, LLC, introduced himself and offered to address any questions the Board may have. The Board requested further information from staff about the potential gap in the greenway corridor on land that was not under the same ownership. City Planner Anderson stated that the intention would be to complete a contiguous greenway corridor but that that property owner had not yet been approached about a potential trail easement to accommodate the project. Environmental Policy Board / November 13, 2017 Page 2 of 4