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34 Public Works Director Culver and City Engineer Freihammer provided additional 35 comments and a brief review and update on projects, maintenance activities, and 36 City Council actions listed in the staff report dated July 25, 2017. 37 38 Member Trainor commented on how his neighbors did not know anything about 39 Comcast doing work in his neighborhood. He inquired how the City notifies 40 residents of potential work in their neighborhood. 41 42 Mr. Freihammer responded the project areas with Comcast and CenturyLink are on 43 the City website, but they do not typically send out individual notifications for each 44 permit. It is listed under Public Works and the 2017 Private Utility Projects, and 45 includes a link to the project area map. 46 47 Director of Public Works Culver stated it is not on the main page because the 48 Communications Department likes to put more recent things there. It is uncommon 49 to require companies to provide notification to residents, but they may consider it 50 in the future for large projects. 51 52 Member Trainor commented they should provide more information to residents 53 with the scale of these projects and additional contact information other than calling 54 Comcast and having to wait on hold for a long time. 55 56 Mr. Culver advised the City's Right of Way Coordinator, Dana Stevens, processes 57 the permits, performs inspections, and deals with complaints. He encouraged 58 people to call the City if they have concerns with the utility or restoration work 59 being done. 60 61 Member Wozniak provided an update on organics collection in Ramsey County. 62 He reported the City of Arden Hills approved a CUP to allow organics collection 63 at the Arden Hills yard waste site. He has also discussed with staff about having a 64 potential drop off site at Larpenteur Avenue and Kent Street and will continue to 65 work with them to see what options are available. 66 67 Mr. Culver stated they will need to see what type of approval process is needed to 68 operate that site within the City. 69 70 Member Wozniak stated County staff may contact Ryan Johnson or Mr. Culver to 71 further discuss this site as an option. Two drawbacks to the location is it is on the 72 outskirts of Roseville and fairly close to the Como Park organics drop off site. He 73 has also looked at the County Library parking lot as a potential site, but everything 74 is used up by rain gardens. 75 76 Mr. Culver commented they library requires a lot of parking and is unsure if they 77 would be able to provide a drop off area. 78 Page 2 of 11