Nelsie Yang
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 44
- Total speaking time
- 3:47:09
- Avg per meeting
- 5:10
- Segments
- 2461
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Top issues during term (13)(Environment)
Tree preservation ordinance delayed
Unknown — compliance costs for city projects weren't detailed.
Solar and tree-planting grants
$108,080 in grant funds covers the installation, reducing future utility costs.
Street sweeping and water quality grants
Grant-funded; amounts not stated in the agenda.
Salt storage regulation ordinance
Compliance costs for businesses storing road salt weren't quantified at the meeting.
Geothermal energy franchise
New franchise fees on gas and electric service could add to residents' utility bills; the fee amounts are set out in the ordinance exhibits.
Dust Mitigation Ordinance Proposal
Climate Action Plan 2.0 adoption
No direct cost set in this vote; the plan guides future climate spending.
Sustainable Building Ordinance update
Tree canopy investment
No specific dollar figures were committed at this meeting; forestry spending will come up in the budget process.
Como Zoo tree planting grant
Brings $146,301.16 of state grant money into the Grant Fund for zoo tree planting.
Solid Waste facility energy efficiency grant
$25,000 in city funds matched with a $50,000 state grant.
Boulevard garden and rain garden ordinance review
Industrial pollution and environmental justice
Decisions during term (4)
Recorded while Yang was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
RES PH 26-258 — $50,000 FCC Environmental Services donation for Dousman Park
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to $500,000 from the Ramsey County Environmental Response Fund (ERF) for the Mississippi River Learning Center Landscape Restoration project.
Authorizing the City, on behalf of the Public Works Department, to accept a donation of one (1) enclosure for an organics collection station, with a value of $20,000, from FCC Environmental Services to support public organics operations.
RES 26-577 Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to $500,000 from the Ramsey County Environmental Response Fund (ERF) for the Mississippi River Learning Center Peninsula Restoration project.
Voting record (1)(Environment)
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