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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 16,2012 Page 12 Mayor Roe noted that this may require an emergency meeting of the City Coun- cil at such a time. Councilmember Willmus requested additional and future discussion of Sections E and F of the draft policy. City Manager Malinen noted that commercial properties would potentially fund such a policy, on an almost equal basis, and if excluded from coverage, would receive no benefit from it. Mayor Roe suggested that the fee structure differential may need to be estab- lished to facilitate that issue. With Councilmember Willmus suggesting that commercial properties receive an adjustment if they paid more in fees, Mayor Roe noted that commercial property claims could also be considerable higher than residential claims. Councilmember McGehee opined that $50,000 as a suggested limit seemed low to her, since the LMCIT limit was $250,000 per event during their recent presentation, and as suggested by Councilmember Willmus, if the policy ran for several years with the residential fee structure building up, a fund could be built up and money reallocated as appropriate for outstanding events. Councilmember Johnson opined that good ideas had been brought up for discus- sion related to this policy; however, his interest was in the benefit it provided to citizens of Roseville, showing that it was a caring community, and encouraged that the City err on the side of the more conservative amount, opining that $50,000 per event still seemed high to him; and suggested that the first year of implementation take a more conservative approach. Councilmember Johnson expressed his pride in the Roseville community and its care of its citizens and neighbors, and opined that this policy was a good step in the right direction. Mayor Roe suggested the need for more feedback from staff on the limit and whether implementation made sense from a lower or higher standpoint; poten- tially talking about per clean-up dollar amounts and the need for more analysis of what is covered. Mayor Roe stated that he wasn't observing much interest in the commercial side at this point. Mayor Roe suggested, from a language point of view in the policy, that empha- sis of the next draft of the policy be placed on the health, safety and welfare as- pects as the City's main concern; with admission of liability handled through the LMCIT, but not necessary to repeatedly restate it in the policy. Mayor Roe noted the need, as previously noted by Mr. Schwartz, to provide additional in- formation on backflow prevention devices and code enforcement regulations, and whether to add those statements into the policy.