III.2. Minnesota GreenStep Program Recognition; Imihy BeanAdministration
CITY OF HOPKINS
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Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
PeggySue lmihy Bean, AICP, Management Analyst
Diana McKeown, Metro CERT Director - Great Plains Institute
January 3, 2023
Minnesota GreenStep Program Recognition
To present the City of Hopkins with the Step 4 Minnesota GreenStep program recognition.
INFORMATION
In Spring of 2023, the City of Hopkins received an award for being a Step 4 city in the
Minnesota GreenStep program. Hopkins is one of 147 participating cities and tribal
nations in the 12-year-old challenge, assistance, and recognition program. The City
achieved Step 3 in 2013, and this new step establishes baseline metrics for the City to
use to continue advancing sustainability within the organization. Tonight, Diana
McKeown, the Metro CERT Director for the Great Plains Institute, will present the award
to the City.
The City has worked hard to implement best practice actions in order to meet
sustainability goals with support from the GreenStep program and the City's peers.
Actions taken within the program focus on cost savings, energy use reduction, resource
conservation, climate change, and the encouragement of civic innovation. You can learn
more about the City's efforts at https://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/city-detail/12135.
Minnesota GreenStep is a voluntary challenge, assistance, and recognition program to
help cities and tribal nations achieve their sustainability and quality-of-life goals. This free
continuous improvement program is based upon 29 best practices that are tailored to
Minnesota cities and tribal nations. More at www.MnGreenStep.org.