How To Zoom • Joining with phone or webcam + computer audio • Mute/unmute • Start/stop video • This workshop will be recorded • Chat – Enter your name into chat box • If you want to change your display name, send us a chat! Chat via Zoom or email Marisa at mbayer@mncee.org for tech support
Inver Grove Heights Planning Workshop 1 Wednesday, July 22 Zoom Meeting
Agenda & Objectives BLOCK 1 Orientation Baselining BLOCK 2 Break BLOCK 3 Visioning BLOCK 4 Wrap Up & Next Steps
Questions & Comments • Use the “Chat” feature – Fastest way to get a response! – Facilitators will record questions & responses • On a “Questions” slide , unmute yourself to ask • Please be respectful Chat via Zoom or text Jamie at 609-439-8852 for tech support
Welcome from Heather Rand City of Inver Grove Heights 5
Who’s on the call? • Name • Affiliations • What’s your favorite place in Inver Grove Heights? Drop a 6
Community Affiliations & Connections From Survey 50 40 Number of Participants 30 5 20 4 3 3 3 3 2 10 1 1 0 Business City Council or City CongregationsSchool district Higher Nonprofit or Civic clubs or Other - Write associations Committee departments education service community In (Required) (e.g. Chamber providers (e.g. groups (e.g. of Commerce) food pantry) Lions Club) 7
Welcome from Tami Gunderzik Partners in Energy Program Manager 8
Partners in Energy Team Community Xcel Energy Facilitators (CEE) Yvonne Marisa Jamie Tami Jake Ashley Sedlacek Haung Gunderzik Pfeifer Bayer Johnson 9
What is Partners in Energy? • Partners in Energy is a two-year collaboration with Xcel Energy to develop and implement your individual community energy plan goals. • Opportunity to engage stakeholders, create goals and strategies, and develop a work plan to be successful. Implementation with Developing the Plan Partners in Energy Continued Implementation (4-6 months) (18-20 months) 10
Xcel Energy’s Goals • Develop a better understanding of the energy needs of communities we serve • Better align the services and programs we offer with customer needs to save energy and advance clean energy goals • Strengthen relationships with the community and support the Xcel Energy philosophy of community engagement 11
Xcel Energy’s Carbon -free Future 12
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Plan Development Steps 4. Focus 1. Anchoring 2. Baseline 3. Vision Areas 7. 6. Divergent 8. Goal 5. Draft Goals Convergent Strategies Refinement Strategies 9. Action 10. Plan 11. Launch Planning Finalization 15
Plan Framework What should Inver Grove Heights’ energy future look Vision like? How do we know if we are Goal successful? How will we focus our Focus Area Focus Area Focus Area efforts to achieve our goal? 1 2 3 What needs to be done in Targets Targets Targets this area to meet the goal? How are we going to meet Strategies Strategies Strategies our targets? 16
Plan Framework 17
Baselining Where are we starting from? 18
Plan Framework What should Inver Grove Heights’ energy future look Vision like? How do we know if we are Goal successful? How will we focus our Focus Area Focus Area Focus Area efforts to achieve our goal? 1 2 3 What needs to be done in Targets Targets Targets this area to meet the goal? How are we going to meet Strategies Strategies Strategies our targets? 19
Inver Grove Heights Sustainability Initiatives • Step 4 in GreenStep Cities (June 2020) • Transition to Sustainable Operations (TSO) • Energy Efficiency in City Facilities – Energy Benchmarking – Recommissioning community facilities • Participated in Cities Charging Image by Inver Grove Heights Ahead (2019) 20
Inver Grove Heights Sustainability Initiatives • Renewable Energy for City Facilities (~40%) – Geothermal energy in City Hall (2012) – Community Solar Subscriptions (2016) – Rooftop solar at City Hall & VMCC (2017) • Multifamily Recycling • Recycling in City Facility and Events Image by Inver Grove Heights 21
Data Overview Look into Inver Grove Heights community demographics and how your community uses and saves energy Please feel free to follow along with the Data Summary Sheet Image by Arkyan | CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inver Grove Heights Demographics • Mid-sized City “Minutes away from MSP International Airport, two major – 35,300 residents with 14,200 urban centers” households “ Inver Grove Heights supports a development pattern that accommodates urban, suburban, and rural Lifestyles.” - Inver Grove Height’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan Images from Inver Grove Heights’ Comprehensive Plan 23
Inver Grove Heights Demographics • A Diverse Community • 76% of residents are white – A diversity of races, ages, • 11% are Hispanic or Latinx ethnicities, and family structures • 15% speak a language other than English • 30% families with children • 16% of the population is over the age of 65 Image by City of Inver Grove Heights. 24
Inver Grove Heights Demographics • Somewhat affluent • $74,900 median income Compared to $68,400 for MN & – Median income slightly above state- $76,900 for metro region wide average, but some households • 8.4% of residents live below living below poverty level the poverty level Compared to 9.6% for MN & 9.4% for the metro region – 20% are below 185% of the poverty level This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC From Metropolitan Council Community Profile Data https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/ & The 25 American Community Survey, 2018 Estimates
Energy & Housing Cost Burden • Average energy burden is 2% • 28% of households experience housing cost burden – 43% of renters experiencing housing cost burden From Metropolitan Council Community Profile Data https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/ & The American Community Survey, 2018 26 Estimates & Dept. Of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Low-Income Energy Affordability Tool
Inver Grove Heights Community Data • Mixed housing Housing Type, 2018 (Estimates) – Half of homes are single-family Manufactured Duplex, Triple, Home and Quad detached, 35% are rented 6% 2% Townhome (single 14,618 Total Single family, attached) Family, 19% Housing Detached 50% Units Multifamily (5 units or more) 23% Image by Partners in Energy 27 27 From Metropolitan Council Community Profile Data https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/
Inver Grove Heights Community Data • A strong business community • 10,621 people employed in with prominent institutions the city • Top Industries (2019) – A mix of large and small businesses across the city – Retail Trade – Heavy education presence – Health Care and Social Assistance through schools and college – Educational Services This Photo by – Manufacturing Unknown Author is – Accommodation & Food licensed under CC BY-SA Services From Metropolitan Council Community Profile Data https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/ & DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) 28
Inver Grove Heights Community Data • 83% of residents drive • Car-dependent alone to work – Almost every household owns – Average travel time: 23 one or more cars minutes • 98% of households have at least 1 vehicle available – 82% have 2 or more vehicles Image from Pexels | CC0 From Metropolitan Council Community Profile Data https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/ & The 29 American Community Survey, 2018 Estimates
Inver Grove Heights Key Takeaways • Mid-sized City • Mixed housing – – 35,300 residents with 14,200 Half of homes are single-family households detached, 35% are rented • A Diverse Community • A strong business community with prominent – A diversity of races, ages, ethnicities, and family structures institutions • Somewhat affluent – A mix of large and small businesses across the city – Median income slightly above • Car-dependent state-wide average, but some households living below poverty – Almost every household owns one level or more cars From Metropolitan Council Community Profile Data https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/ & The 30 American Community Survey, 2018 Estimates
Inver Grove Heights Demographics & Community Background • What surprised you? • Is there a data point we missed? • Are there data we should bring to the next workshop (focus areas)?
Break Returning at 4:20pm
Energy Data 101 • Both Xcel Energy and Dakota Electric data included unless otherwise noted • 15 x15 Data Privacy Rule – Must be greater than 15 entities – No single entity can account for more than 15% of the usage – One commercial premise was removed from the data • Data is pulled for 2017-2019 to provide baseline to measure goals • Both consumption and savings data provided • Data are unofficial for planning purposes and results may change slightly 33
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