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At the request of Member Gjerdingen, Mr. Schwartz clarified that the City was not responsible to sweep county roads; and noted that this year the City was last in the county to be swept, as the county supposedly rotates sweeping among communities within their jurisdiction. There were no public comments related to this item. At the request of Chair Stenlund, Mr. Johnson expressed interest, outside the meeting parameters, of discussing a partnership in a capstone project for rental kits for group car washes, kept at a central location (e.g. fire station) to educate residents and organizations on how best to cleanse the water before entering the water system. If that were to occur, Member Felice suggested a follow-up newsletter article on its success and positive benefit to water quality that would further serve to educate the community. 6. Discussion Topics for June 23, 2014 Joint Meeting with the City Council Discussion was held regarding discussion items at the upcoming joint meeting of the PWETC and City Council on June 23, 2014, including activities and accomplishments since their last joint meeting, a work plan for the upcoming year, and questions or concerns from the City Council. In no particular order or category, items included: • Alert the City Council to the community's excitement about community solar gardens (Felice) • Comments and frustrations expressed by business owners with the City's current permitting process; and the need to address that frustration and determine its source, questioning if some projects were being deferred due to those issues (Seigler). While not sure if it fell within the purview of the PWETC, Member Wozniak supported that discussion; and Mr. Schwartz suggested it could be discussed as part of the broader permit and fees discussion. • Bike pathway progress to-date (Felice) • Organized collection process and update (Felice). Mr. Schwartz advised that the most recent community survey included a question on organized collection, and should be made public by the June 23rd meeting. • Recycling changes and discussion of the change from sorted to single sort, including how that impacts the MS4 permitting (Stenlund) • Highlighting the current status of the Pavement Management Plan funding and issues with some premature pavement degradation and impacts to annual projects and funds (Stenlund). Chair Stenlund noted that a lot of discussion had occurred and needed to continue on the PMP infrastructure needs; and asked that staff provide new commissioners with the information revisited over the last year. Member Felice noted the need to address reduced miles in the PMP due to increased pricing of materials, and deferred maintenance of streets (Felice). Page 17 of 20