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Mr. Freihammer stated the slide is missing the Winter consumption so if looking at <br />the averages, Summer average is the Summer Consumption divided by the number <br />of units so the winter average would be the Winter Consumption divided by the <br />number of units. He indicated he must have hidden a column on the slide. <br />Member Misra stated Mr. Freihammer indicated there was another city that was <br />considering a different scale for residential/commercial. <br />Mr. Freihammer stated there was another city that defined it differently. The city <br />had some general commercial with apartments and senior housing. The fee <br />schedule had multiple rates and uses. That is not typical but certainly an option. <br />Member Misra stated she was puzzled why the City would want to consider multi - <br />resident buildings as commercial. At least in the summer the single-family homes <br />are using more than the average commercial user including multi -family overall. <br />Mr. Culver stated this is tricky when comparing all of commercial rates to single <br />family rates because there is a wide variety just within the multi -family residential. <br />If the Commission were to look at all of the commercial uses out there, there is an <br />extreme variety of water use versus residential. <br />Member Misra thought it makes sense to her to pass the commercial rate on to a <br />family in an apartment or a senior living situation feels a little unfair, especially <br />given that there might not be much irrigation done in the Summer months and if <br />anything, there may be more conservation prone situation. <br />Mr. Culver stated as a recommendation, something that could be easier to <br />implement from a City Code perspective or a policy perspective is for these multi- <br />family residential buildings, if irrigating and have a separate irrigation meter the <br />City would move the building off the Commercial rate but will not move the <br />building off the Commercial rate until a separate irrigation meter is installed. That <br />way the City can track the two differently. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak thought the entire Commission could support the idea of <br />drawing more attention to water usage for non -essential items, such as pools, water <br />related activities and even irrigation as opposed to something related to food <br />preparation or hygiene. It seems to him that offering the option for commercial <br />users to install an irrigation meter that will be billed at a higher rate than regular <br />water usage but will reduce the sewer charges is one way to do that and as part of <br />that maybe look at the multi -unit buildings and offer that option to the landlords as <br />well. He thought those could be a couple of ideas for changes to recommend to the <br />water rates which he thought was the City goal was, to decide whether or not if the <br />rates are fine the way it is or if there are some tweaks the City can make to them to <br />encourage water conservation. <br />Member Joyce thought the timers or sensors would be a great benefit. <br />Page 8 of 13 <br />