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80 division, while Mr. Sandstrom serves under Mr. Freihammer, doing the detailed, 81 day-to-day engineering work for the city. 82 83 In his presentation, Mr. Sandstrom provided an overview of the Water Supply Plan 84 focusing on water conservation options, including examples used in other 85 municipalities. Mr. Sandstrom reviewed the purpose of the plan in outlining water 86 sources, water usage, emergency plans, and water conservation measures that 87 pertain to the city. Mr. Sandstrom noted this Plan is required for water suppliers 88 serving over 1,000 people; and was closely related with the St. Paul Regional Water 89 Services Plan. Mr. Sandstrom advised that this Plan is required for updating every 90 ten years, and was broken into three segments: Inventory, Emergency Planning, 91 and Water Conservation. As a side note, Mr. §#ndstrom reminded the PWETC that 92 the City of Roseville also supplied water to the City of Arden Hills; with total 93 annual water supply billing at 1.6 billion gallons, ofwhich approximately 306 94 million gallons was used by Arden Hills. 95 95 Mr. Sandstrom reviewed recent a ates to Minnesota State Statutes, and those 97 mandates incorporated into this updated Plan, specifically related to water 98 conservation. Mr. Sandstrom noted this included mandated conservation programs, 99 ideas of plan options that would impact rates. As part of the most recent 100 conservation efforts by the City of Roseville, Mr. Sandstrom noted they included 101 rate structures for initial conservation efforts by citizens, with other ideas or plan 102 options always sought. Mr. Sandstrom noted other efforts to achieve better water 103 conservation could include a rebate program, irrigation restrictions or adjustments, 104 education, capital improvements, and remote read meters. 105 1 4F 106 Mr. Sandstrom advised that Roseville uses seasonal rates, continues educational 107 efforts via several tools, and its capital improvements to the infrastructure 108continued to provide system i rovements along with the city encouraging and 109 participating in stormwater res-use projects, and using remote read meters. Specific 110 the use of water rate usage tiers that had been discussed off and on in the past, 111 was now used in a limited way, Mr. Sandstrom referenced tiers used in other 112 m olitan communities, provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made 113 a pa reof. In Roseville, Mr. Sandstrom reported that the majority of Roseville 114 residents would fall within the first tier, using 30,000 plus gallons. 115 116 Discussion ensued regarding tiers and usage history; potential formation of an 117 additional tier t shold; how to make the system equitable for households with 118 only 1 person in the home versus average households with more residents in the 119 home who were making a concerted effort to conserve water without penalizing 120 them due to their higher usage due to the number in the home; or profiling users for 121 actual use versus lumping them into a pricing structure. 122 123 Mr. Culver advised that the intent of tonight's presentation was to seek PWETC 124 assistance before going to the City Council at their October 2016 Worksession to 125 discuss the components of the Plan update. Since the state mandate requires that Page 3 of 17