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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Agenda Item Date: March 26, 2019 Item No: 6 Item Description: Commercial Rate Analysis Background: Last month, staff presented information on commercial water rates to the Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission. Staff included information on commercial water use in Roseville and commercial rate structures in other cities. This information is included in the attachments. After the last P WETC meeting, staff reached out to get more information from the City of Richfield to get more information on their rate structures and why they established their structure. Below is the information found: • The structure was set up as a goal to reduce water use. A secondary goal was to protect commercial properties from being over -billed for sanitary charges as those are based on measured water consumption. • Water use is down since the rate changes but no evidence if it is from the rate structure or general water conservation trends. • Required all commercial accounts to have a separate meter if they used irrigation. o Not required for residential properties. • Required all commercial accounts that irrigate to have rain sensors on their systems. • Richfield considers apartments commercial users. o All commercial users are billed at the lowest tiered rate. Irrigation is billed at highest tiered rate. Additionally, staff researched other city rate structures and how the charge based on water use and type of use. Staff will present this information at the meeting. Staff will present the information included in the packet and provide additional information at the meeting. Recommended Action: Receive presentation and provide recommendation to keep or change the current rate structure. Attachments: A. Commercial Water Rate Presentation — February 26, 2019 B. Roseville Commercial Water Use Charts C. Additional City Commercial Rate Structure