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Mr. Freihammer stated he did not ask Richfield that question and Richfield did not <br />give staff any feedback on that. He did not think the irrigation meters were meant <br />to be a revenue generator, but staff could follow up with Richfield on that. He <br />stated the secondary intent of establishing the irrigation meters was for larger <br />commercial properties and does protect them from incurring sanitary sewer <br />charges. <br />Mr. Freihammer reviewed the variety of ways to charge water rates for Commercial <br />properties. <br />Member Joyce asked if the City has always separated residential, commercial real <br />estate on a commercial rate. <br />Mr. Freihammer stated as far as he knows the City has but he would have to do <br />some more research. He noted it has not been recently. <br />Member Joyce stated there is an advantage to not to have so many houses not to <br />have to feed water to. <br />Mr. Freihammer indicated every city has it reasoning for setting up a system the <br />way the city sets it up which is why there is such a variety of systems and almost <br />endless options of how to go about it. <br />Member Kruse asked if retrofitting an irrigation meter in, does that depend on how <br />the building is plumbed and how easy that is to do. <br />Mr. Freihammer stated in some cases it could be difficult and some cases it could <br />be simple and depends on how the building was set up and how the irrigation is <br />coming off of the building. In some cases, it could be very easy, every situation is <br />a little different for commercial properties. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak asked if it was the responsibility of the customer to pay for <br />installation of an irrigation meter. <br />Mr. Freihammer indicated it was. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak asked if staff knew what kind of cost savings the business <br />would see from the avoided sewer charges on that. <br />Mr. Freihammer stated it depended on how much was being used but it could be <br />really insignificant to really significant. <br />Member Kruse asked if there were any other water uses besides that which would <br />not discharge to the sanitary sewer system. <br />Page 6 of 13 <br />