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There are still occasional water main breaks experienced during cold weather <br /> months. <br /> From the sanitary sewer side, Mr. Schwartz advised that the City of Roseville, for <br /> the period of May/June of 2014, received another surcharge penalty letter from <br /> the Metropolitan Council, placing the City back on the list of cities needing to <br /> reduce its inflow and infiltration into the system. Mr. Schwartz advised that the <br /> City is currently required to invest a minimum of$170,000 annually to reduce <br /> inflow and infiltration due to the surcharge program. With current lining of <br /> sanitary sewer lines, sealing manholes, and other steps taken to-date, Mr. <br /> Schwartz advised that the remaining and more difficult task was to investigate, <br /> understand, and identify private sanitary sewer service laterals where suspected <br /> sump pumps and/or rain leaders from roofs are connected to the sanitary sewer <br /> system rather than the storm sewer system. <br /> 6. Solar Discussion Continued <br /> Mr. Schwartz introduced Mr. David Streier from Newport Partners, LLC to <br /> review solar panel financial opportunities and implications for potential PV solar <br /> installations on the city campus. Mr. Schwartz advised that the City of Roseville <br /> had partnered with this firm several years ago for a solar system installation on <br /> the City Hall/maintenance buildings, but funding had been unsuccessful at that <br /> time. <br /> Mr. Streier proceeded with his presentation, a copy of which is attached hereto <br /> and made apart hereof. <br /> Mr. Streier's presentation included potential solar installations; applications <br /> previously submitted under the Made in Minnesota program for Xcel Energy <br /> awards; the new incentive program administered by the State Department of <br /> Commerce with legislation enacted in 2013, with 2014 the first funding year for <br /> the program, running for a total of ten years for a production-based incentive, <br /> with the more KWh's generated, the more incentives paid out based not only on <br /> the size of the system but actual output for well-sited and well-constructed <br /> systems. <br /> Mr. Streier reviewed his local representation and the background of Newport <br /> Partners, based in California, also owners of Silicon Energy, with solar PV <br /> manufacturing facilities in the State of Washington and also in Mountain Iron, <br /> MN. <br /> Specific to the potential partnership of Newport Partners and the City of <br /> Roseville, Mr. Streier reviewed the ten year lease program and municipal solar <br /> financing program details, designed to leverage federal solar tax incentives not <br /> otherwise available to municipalities, with a down payment of approximately 5% <br /> of the project cost and the City making annual power payments to Newport <br /> Partners for electricity produced by the solar system at a discounted rate, creating <br /> Page 9 of 17 <br />