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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — DECEMBER 19, 2022 4 <br />Councilmember Radziej like the idea of getting thank you letters or recognition in the <br />newsletter. <br />Councilmember Holmes felt they should include people like coaches and Planning Commission <br />members. <br />Ms. Hinton agreed. She discussed getting reflective vests for volunteers that are working in the <br />parks, with "Arden Hills Volunteer" on them for regular volunteers. <br />Ms. Hinton noted the PTRC had come up with a list of possible names for the new Parkshore <br />Trail with Fitness Park and Trail, and Round Lake Fitness Park and Trail getting the most votes <br />from the committee. They would also like to officially name Triangle Park as a park to be able to <br />put it on the list of parks with chess/checkerboard as an amenity. <br />Councilmembers Holden and Holmes agreed with the idea of making it an official park. <br />Mayor Grant requested the PTRC bring the planting plan back to the Council in February. <br />Council recessed at 5:56 p.m. and returned at 6:10 p.m. <br />B. Winter Averaging Discussion <br />Finance Director Bauman stated that winter averaging is a practice by which water use during <br />the winter months is used to determine maximum sewer charges for the remaining months so as <br />not to include outdoor use such as irrigation. The city looks at the at the customer's water <br />consumption during the months of January, February and March in determining the winter <br />average. In Minnesota, many residents may be away from their home for extended periods of time <br />during the first quarter of the year, which will distort the sewer consumption that will occur over <br />the remaining quarters of the year. This is one of the reasons we have a 9,000 gallon minimum <br />winter average amount per quarter. When Ehlers completed our rate study back in 2018, they had <br />anticipated the City using a 15,000 gallon minimum for winter averaging. After reviewing <br />available information and usage throughout the City, it was determined that 9,000 gallons was a <br />better fit for our community. <br />Finance Director Bauman gave a several examples of how the averaging works, as explained in <br />the staff memo. She noted that in Little Canada residents are always billed a minimum of 7,000 <br />per quarter, even during the winter quarter. The winter quarter sewer usage is the ceiling for the <br />year (minimum of 7,000 gallons). Shoreview residents are always billed a minimum of 5,000 per <br />quarter, even during the winter quarter. The winter quarter usage is used for the rest of the year <br />(minimum of 5,000 gallons). For properties with no information (new or sold), winter average is <br />set at 10,000 gallons. New Brighton's winter average minimum is set at 8,000 per quarter. For <br />properties with no information (new or sold), the winter average could be set at 15,000 or 25,000 <br />gallons depending on the situation. Vadnais Heights residents are always billed a minimum of <br />6,000 gallons, even during the winter quarter. Winter average is only applied during the 3`d <br />quarter. For properties with no information (new or sold), winter average is set at 18,000 gallons. <br />Finance Director Bauman said they can't do something special for one or two people in the city, <br />and it wasn't fair to townhomes to set a minimum usage as they could always be paying for more <br />than they use. An option would be to install an irrigation meter, but council was not receptive to <br />
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