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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 14, 2016 Page 36 perhaps by offering an incentive program through education and resulting in a huge impact. Councilmember Etten suggested concentrating on outdoor water usage where the greatest amount seemed to be used in the community. Coun- cilmember Etten expressed his interest in pursuing a water use restriction ordi- nance, noting the need to educate the public on the best time of day for irrigating to avoid excessive water loss in the afternoon; and to address those times of great drought in the community. Mr. Culver noted a lot of communities have ongoing odd/even regulations and others that kick in when water demand is high or during extended drought peri- ods. While odd/even regulations don’t necessarily conserve water, Mr. Culver ad- vised that it did allow a city to have a ready supply of water by reducing peaks and spreading it out for maximum demands. Mayor Roe suggested looking at an irrigation-based surcharge based on usage comparisons if exceeding a certain amount depending on how it was calculated. If a significant increase in usage was seen over the average for irrigation purpos- es, Mayor Roe suggested a financial penalty be applied. Also, Mayor Roe sug- gested addressing usage on the commercial side beyond meter sizes; and perhaps not encouraging high commercial water uses to develop in the community, or at least not incentivize them. Without objection, Mayor Roe directed staff to take this additional City Council feedback to the PWETC for their further vetting and discussion. Councilmember McGehee reported anecdotally on her experience with rain bar- rels and heavy rainfalls this year; and her favorable impression with how easy they were to use and their efficiencies. Mayor Roe noted there were products available to meter rain barrels to control when to release stored water or for a drip irrigation system at lower pressures. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Culver reported that the city did not currently have a separate irrigation meter in most city facilities. If residential and commercial irrigation systems were on a separate meter, Mr. Culver advised that the city could charge a higher rate for those irrigation purposes only. At the further request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Culver advised that there was a code application for new systems accordingly, with residential applications need- ing city code revisions beyond the current base fee per meter. Councilmember Laliberte opined that education, education, education should be the focus as it was the easiest and least expensive thing to do. While recognizing the things Roseville was already doing as noted in staff’s presentation, Coun- cilmember Laliberte opined that more could be done.