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172 the soil properties in terms of how hydrophobic it was. Generally greening of the <br />173 grass starts to occur within a week of resuming irrigation. <br />174 <br />175 Member Hammer asked if any of the varieties of grass are tested for foot traffic <br />176 tolerance. <br />177 <br />178 Professor Sandor indicated the U of M does and has atraffic simulator. Fine Fescue <br />179 is not high traffic tolerant, so mixing varieties work best. <br />180 <br />181 Mr. Culver wondered what the disadvantage is to using Fescue's in a very sunny <br />182 area. <br />183 <br />184 Professor Sandor explained there is no disadvantage. Fescue's may need more <br />185 water if in the sun then the shade. <br />186 <br />187 Member Hammer asked which varieties are more resilient to weeds and clover. <br />188 <br />189 Professor Sandor explained a lot of the weed issues arise when there are bare spots <br />190 in the soil. Fescue is a very dense cover and does shade out some weeds. Some <br />191 also have underground toxin response to reduce crabgrass. There is some research <br />192 being done on this. <br />193 <br />194 Professor Sandor continued his presentation on Turfgrass Water Requirements, <br />195 Fertility, Cultivation and Irrigation Programming. <br />196 <br />197 Chair Cihacek thanked Professor Sandor for the presentation and thought the <br />198 Commission learned a lot from it and will discuss it at a future meeting. <br />199 <br />200 6. Items for Next Meeting — October 22, 2019 <br />201 Discussion ensued regarding the October PWETC agenda: <br />202 • Community Development/Building Department: Current Sustainability <br />203 Requirements and Incentives <br />204 • Utility Rate Discussion — Council approval in December <br />205 • Met Council Representative Presentation — Tentative <br />206 • Youth Commissioner Update <br />207 <br />208 Mr. Culver commented the November agenda has the 2020 Workplan review for <br />209 the Public Works Department. <br />210 <br />211 Chair Cihacek noted a representative from the Met Council might come to the <br />212 November meeting. He explained December the Commission does not meet and <br />213 January he would like to have Sustainability topics. He would like to also have a <br />214 debrief on Professor Sandor's presentation. <br />215 <br />216 7. Adjourn <br />217 <br />Page 5 of 6 <br />