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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 13, 2015 Page 16 Mr. Schwartz noted staff's recommendation, as detailed in the RCA, would be to consider discontinuing the program and focusing those resources on other unmet needs (e.g. tree trimming, storm water infrastructure maintenance on pipes and structures and ponds, sign maintenance and additional regulations for replacement of signs, negating the need for these equipment replacement monies in the CIP fund, and patching more streets throughout the City as needed). As noted in Commission meeting minutes as referenced, Mr. Schwartz noted their general consensus was to discontinue the program, while there was some concern about whether participants may increase significantly with more and/or better marketing of the program. As requested by the Commission, Mr. Schwartz advised that staff had reviewed the senior discount utility program to determine if there was any relationship with seniors using the program, he reported that staff did not find an inordinate amount of seniors using the program, but users seemed to be diverse among the general Roseville population. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that elimination of this program would free funds up for purchase of other equipment in the CIP. Councilmember McGehee opined that seniors probably had more difficulty bag- ging leaves; and questioned if there was an opportunity for the City to assist them in finding vendors or contractors available who have a leaf vacuum machine; or providing them with a list of those people to call. Noting that most yard services like to contract for a full year, Councilmember McGehee opined that they may be willing to accommodate this more specific pick-up service if they knew Roseville residents were going to lose the City program or if residents had the availability of that information from the City. Councilmember McGehee advised that she con- tinued to use the service personally,but could do without it, even though the diffi- culty was in bagging the leaves. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that CIP equipment costs for this program were built into the 2015 and 2016 CIP budgets, with some slated for replacement in both years. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Schwartz advised that, while it may be possible to defer equipment replacement for another year, it remained an unknown with increasing repair costs already having triggered their replacement at this time. Mr. Schwartz opined that the equipment could be used again for the 2015 season with some maintenance work, and was ready for this season, but was dependent on how much money the City Council was willing to put into repair versus replacement.