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division, while Mr. Sandstrom serves under Mr. Freihammer, doing the detailed, <br /> day-to-day engineering work for the city. <br /> In his presentation, Mr. Sandstrom provided an overview of the Water Supply Plan <br /> focusing on water conservation options, including examples used in other <br /> municipalities. Mr. Sandstrom reviewed the purpose of the plan in outlining water <br /> sources, water usage, emergency plans, and water conservation measures that <br /> pertain to the city. Mr. Sandstrom noted this Plan is required for water suppliers <br /> serving over 1,000 people; and was closely related with the St.Paul Regional Water <br /> Services Plan. Mr. Sandstrom advised that this Plan is required for updating every <br /> ten years, and was broken into three segments: Inventory, Emergency Planning, <br /> and Water Conservation. As a side note, Mr. Sandstrom reminded the PWETC that <br /> the City of Roseville also supplied water to the City of Arden Hills; with total <br /> annual water supply billing at 1.6 billion gallons, of which approximately 306 <br /> million gallons was used by Arden Hills. <br /> Mr. Sandstrom reviewed recent updates to Minnesota State Statutes, and those <br /> mandates incorporated into this updated Plan, specifically related to water <br /> conservation. Mr. Sandstrom noted this included mandated conservation programs, <br /> ideas of plan options that would impact rates. As part of the most recent <br /> conservation efforts by the City of Roseville, Mr. Sandstrom noted they included <br /> rate structures for initial conservation efforts by citizens, with other ideas or plan <br /> options always sought. Mr. Sandstrom noted other efforts to achieve better water <br /> conservation could include a rebate program, irrigation restrictions or adjustments, <br /> education, capital improvements, and remote read meters. <br /> Mr. Sandstrom advised that Roseville uses seasonal rates, continues educational <br /> efforts via several tools, and its capital improvements to the infrastructure <br /> continued to provide system improvements, along with the city encouraging and <br /> participating in stormwater res-use projects, and using remote read meters. Specific <br /> to the use of water rate usage tiers that had been discussed off and on in the past, <br /> and was now used in a limited way, Mr. Sandstrom referenced tiers used in other <br /> metropolitan communities,provided as a bench handout,attached hereto and made <br /> apart hereof. In Roseville, Mr. Sandstrom reported that the majority of Roseville <br /> residents would fall within the first tier, using 30,000 plus gallons. <br /> Discussion ensued regarding tiers and usage history; potential formation of an <br /> additional tier threshold; how to make the system equitable for households with <br /> only 1 person in the home versus average households with more residents in the <br /> home who were making a concerted effort to conserve water without penalizing <br /> them due to their higher usage due to the number in the home; or profiling users for <br /> actual use versus lumping them into a pricing structure. <br /> Mr. Culver advised that the intent of tonight's presentation was to seek PWETC <br /> assistance before going to the City Council at their October 2016 Worksession to <br /> discuss the components of the Plan update. Since the state mandate requires that <br /> Page 3 of 17 <br />