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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 17,2015 Page 6 ble, including subsidies, recovery of fixed costs and recovery mechanisms, and what made the most sense and provide the greatest transparency. Commissioner Byrne concluded that based on her experience, the current municipal rates in Ro- seville achieved something not available for the public utility sector at the De- partment of Commerce in getting very close to the cost of delivery. Based on this thorough review, Commission Byrne advised that the Commission was offering no specific recommendations to change 2016 rates, and if the City Council had specific areas they wished the Commission to pursue going forward for 2017 and beyond, sought their feedback accordingly. Council Responses/Discussion Financial policies (Attachment A) Mayor Roe expressed his interest in recommended changes and new language, and expressed appreciation for some of the additions, especially within the capital investment policy. Councilmember McGehee questioned if she had missed a recommendation for us- ing cost benefit analyses; with Councilmember Etten noting it was included but not called out specifically as a change to the language. Under the new policy, Commissioner Rohloff identified that analysis for future development proposals, and language related to fiscal analysis identifying uses and demonstrating costs and benefit, with the cost of that analysis borne by the developer. Mayor Roe noted that the cost-benefit language had been added to the City's poli- cies at the initiation of Councilmember Ihlan a few years ago and thanked the Commission for adding that as a policy and bringing it forward, even though he wasn't sure how well it was being followed at this point. At Councilmember Laliberte's notice regarding striking of "monthly" updates from the policy, Chair Schroeder clarified that the City Council may not always get monthly updates, but sometimes they may be quarterly or on another timeframe, and this policy provided some flexibility for the City Council to ad- dress specific situations to determine what their preference was. Mayor Roe suggested retaining"regular,"AND "annual" in the revised language. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chair Schroeder clarified that the scope of the CIP was for twenty years out, with an annual review to provide a suf- ficient projection. On page 2 of the CIP, Councilmember Etten noted referenced to the "Park Capital Maintenance Fund," and asked if that was intended to replace the PIP.