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Noting staff considered water and sewer infrastructure of high importance, Member Lenz asked that staff not lose sight of the importance of bus shelters in the community, even though they may be less life-critical elements of the city's infrastructure. Mr. Culver duly noted that observation; and clarified the importance of the water and sewer funds was due to their status of being Enterprise Funds which are more challenging to fund. Mr. Culver noted the huge needs remaining in addressing storm sewer issues in the community; and while some interfund loans had been done in the past from the water or sanitary sewer funds, those funds were "siloed" and often made it difficult to prioritize one asset over another, while funding from the General Fund was easier to address (e.g. streets, retaining walls, fences, trails, etc.). For those categories, Mr. Culver noted the city could look between different asset categories and needs based on their importance. Member Trainor opinioned this document was a terrific product and very impressive; and stated he looked forward to the city moving ahead with it. 7. City Council Joint Meeting Review Based on the recent joint meeting of the PWETC and City Council, Mr. Culver reported staff had drafted a proposed work plan of items, as detailed in Attachment A (lines 15 —21), showing initial areas of interest and, while other priorities may come up during the year. Mr. Culver opined the dialogue from the meeting minutes showed good discussion, and he didn't see any particular items outside those areas brought up for the PWETC to expend any additional time on. Pending negotiation of the Recycling contract and the organics recycling option, Chair Cihacek suggested removing that item from the work plan for the upcoming year. Mr. Culver noted there was an opportunity if the PWETC wanted to recommend the city expand drop-off locations for organics; and advised staff would work with Eureka to manage them accordingly, whether at the city's compost site or with a City Hall drop off site. Mr. Culver noted both came with their own challenges, but suggested further discussion in the future. Chair Cihacek stated he wasn't clear on where to move forward with sewer and water services, since recommendations of the PWETC had not been found satisfactory to the City Council at this point. Other than small options and bid alternatives for lining laterals, Chair Cihacek questioned what was left to address that hadn't already been done. In response, Mr. Culver noted the presentation done over the last year by Paul Pasko and the City Council, and based on the City Council's initial feedback, reported there was some interest in exploring some programs offered currently by Page 12 of 19