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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 9, 2018 Page 5 • Transportation Plan Update • Ordinance Updates o Fats, Oil and Grease Ordinance(Chapter 802) o Grading(Chapter 803.04) o Storm water(Chapter 803.05) o Right-of-way Management (Chapter 717) • Green Step Cities - Appointed Green Team, Reviewed current Green Step status, preliminary review of Complete Streets and Environmentally Pref- erable Purchasing Policy • Review and discussion of Organics Recycling option • Participated, received and reviewed studies from U of MN environmental science • Capstone projects (organics recycling, stormwater pond assessment, parks assessment, urban tree canopy, Green Step Cities, stormwater outreach, natural resource volunteer program, right of way vegetation management, public art and way-finding) • Received Sanitary Sewer Inflow and Infiltration Study results • Meeting with Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District for public meeting on Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of Phosphorous into Bennet Lake • Continued discussion of Campus Solar Options—Recommendation to par- ticipate/subscribe in the Community Solar Garden project • Review of Water Utility Rates —discussion of modifying tiered rate struc- ture Chair Cihacek then reviewed the Work Plan items for the upcoming year: • Water Quality— Review of upcoming or in place TMDL's, recent and up- coming water quality projects, future needs and recommendations, looking at water from all three 32 sides—potable, storm and sanitary. • Water Rate Analysis—Continued discussion on tiered rate structure • Use of Solar to offset City's electric consumption • Achieving Next Green Step City step • Regular Annual Items — MS4 Annual Report, Eureka Annual Report, Re- view of proposed Utility Rates, Public Works 2019 Work Plan, Green Step Cities Update Chair Cihacek then presented a few questions/concerns for the City Council: • What are the City Council's and PWET Commission's steps for advocacy of additional/enhanced east/west transit routes and other issues of transit accessibility? • What is the Council's desire for continued efforts on Organics Recycling? • Are there any other topics the Council would like the PWET Commission to address over the next year?