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Well 492 Noting staff considered water and sewer infrastructure of high importance, 493 Member Lenz asked that staff not lose sight of the importance of bus shelters in 494 the community, even though they may be less life -critical elements of the city's 495 infrastructure. 496 497 Mr. Culver duly noted that observation; and clarified staff s importance with the 498 water and sewer funds was due to their status of being Enterprise Funds, always 499 more challenging to fund. Mr. Culver noted the huge needs remaining in 500 addressing storm sewer issues in the community; andvhile some interfund loans 501 had been done in the past from the water or sanitary sewer funds, those funds 502 were "siloed" and often made it difficult to prioritize one asset over another, while 503 funding from the General Fund was easier to address (e.g. streets, retaining walls, 504 fences, trails, etc.). For those categories, Mr. Culver noted the city could look 505 between different asset categories and needs based on their importance. 506 IF 507 Member Trainor opinioned this document was a terrific product and very 508 impressive; and stated he looked forwarVPWEand oving ahead with it. 509 AM- IV 510 7. City Council Joint Meeting Review 511 Based on the recent joint meeting of theCity Council,Mr. Culver 512 reported staff had drafted a proposed work plan of items, as detailed in 513 Attachment A (lines 15 — 21), showing initial areas of interest and, while other 514 priorities may come up during the year. Mr. Culver opined the dialogue from the 515 meeting minutes showed good discussion, and he didn't see any particular items 516 outside those areas brou t up for the PWETC to expend any additional time on. 517 518 Pending negotiation of the Recycling contract and the organics recycling option, 519 Chair Cihacek suggested removing that item from the work plan for the upcoming 520 year. 521 522 Mr. CulveNnotee Nwaopportunity if the PWETC wanted to recommend 523 the city expand drop-off locations for organics; and advised staff would work with 524 Eureka to manage them accordingly, whether at the city's compost site or with a 525 City Hall drop off site. Mr. Culver noted both came with their own challenges, 526 but suggesteiscussion in the future. 527 528 Chair CihacekWtede wasn't clear on where to move forward with sewer and 529 water services, since recommendations of the PWETC had not been found 530 satisfactory to the City Council at this point. Other than small options and bid 531 alternatives for lining laterals, Chair Cihacek questioned what was left to address 532 that hadn't already been done. 533 534 In response, Mr. Culver noted the presentation done over the last year by Paul 535 Pasko and the City Council, and based on the City Council's initial feedback, 536 reported there was some interest in exploring some programs offered currently by Page 12 of 19