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MW 264 • Pavement Lamination Issues 265 At the request of Member Seigler, Mr. Culver reviewed what this meant, and 266 suggested a review by the PWETC should be wrapped into their PMP study as 267 well. 268 Ramsey County plan in the future. Commissioners noted that discussions 269 Members were directed to some problem roadways for their inspection and at 270 varying levels of deterioration: Rosewood west of Cleveland; Minnesota 271 Avenue between Rice and Lovell north of Highway 36; and west of County 272 Road C. 273 274 • Community Solar Gardens. 275 The consensus of the PWETC was that the Cit ouncil's initial charge was 276 for a review of the City's current ordinances and how solar installations would 277 be accommodated and/or prohibited and revisions to address that. Also, 278 commissioners recognized that this review would be part of the grant 279 application, if awarded, for that detailed review; with the initial step taken by 280 staff to draft a Letter of Support on behalf of the City Council to submit for 281 the City of Roseville to become part of the State's forty cities designated as a 282 "Solar Ready City" in Minnesota. Mr. Schwartz opined that there would be a 283 role for the PWETC in that review process. 284 285 Other potential work plan tems and areas of interest expressed by the City 286 Council and/or PWETC members included: 287 o Organic collection and how/if the City should be proactive; research of 288 information on State Statute and Ramsey County mandates to understand 289 how the City will implement it I the future; and requirements of cities 290 receiving SCORE funding for curbside recycling to comply with the 291 Ramsey County plan in the future. Commissioners noted that discussions 292 and research of the Eureka Recycling, 3 -year contract was needed as that 293 was part of their proposal to provide organic collection opportunities in 294 the third year of the contract; and/or to have it in place before new contract 295 bids in 2016. 296 297 Mr. Culver noted the strong interest and clear desire of Eureka to be a 298 willing partner and move forward with organic collection, which is more 299 easily facilitated with single sort recycling, with their current trucks 300 having space available for organics, making their conversion easy. 301 302 o Pathway Master Plan 303 Member Gjerdingen expressed interest in pursuing ranking beyond the 304 2008 ranking, and shorter versus longer segments and funds required, and 305 how to build in funding mechanisms to build out the pathway system 306 following conclusion of the Parks Renewal Program. 307 Page 7 of 18