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584 Member Trainor stated if they had the luxury of writing a policy from scratch, he 585 thought the seasonal, no overnight parking would be a great idea. But since that is 586 not the case, he thought it would be complicated and not worth the effort to change 587 anything. The Commission agreed. 588 589 9. City Council Joint Meeting Review 590 Mr. Culver reviewed that on July 9, 2018, the PWETC held a joint meeting with 591 the City Council to discuss and make comment on several items, in particular 592 Organics Recycling and Tiered Water Rates. 593 594 Mr. Culver asked the Members to indicate whether there were any follow up tasks 595 and establish a preliminary list of topics for consideration over the next calendar 596 year. 597 598 Chair Cihacek stated his first impression was the many things the Council is 599 requesting the Commission to do, such as investigate Solar Energy for City 600 buildings, has been done or they are currently doing. He reviewed what the 601 Commission has done as far as the organics programs and noted that a City program 602 is still years away because there is no organic infrastructure in place or market for 603 organics. He noted that takes out a lot of things they discussed at the meeting. 604 605 Member Wozniak thought there was still support among the member of the City 606 Council for some type of organics program, noting they are looking at curb side 607 and the City is not ready for that yet. He thought that drop off sites are an interim 608 solution to get people used to the idea of separating out these things. It is good to 609 have a place to take them. 610 611 Chair Cihacek stated there has been some question on water rates and recycling. 612 He explained there are a few things he would like staff to follow up on such as 613 Green Step Cities and the urban canopy. 614 615 Member Kors asked if there was a similar project. Mr. Culver stated they are 616 currently giving the property owner the opportunity to have their sewer service 617 replaced within the right-of-way during a mill overlay on the road. A letter was 618 sent out to all residents in the area prior to the project that indicated the cost before 619 bid. The homeowner has the option of having it done or not and they would be 620 assessed for five years. 621 622 Chair Cihacek reviewed the requirements for the program so he did not feel the 623 Commission should redo the work when it has already been done. He thought the 624 Commission was effective, doing their job well, and have been able to anticipate 625 many of the Council's concerns or questions. He was not sure if they wanted to 626 pick up the private warranty program again or not. He indicated he would rather 627 put into other conversations about water rates or rate structures generally and how 628 they can help people do that. 629 Page 14 of 16