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34 Public Works Director Marc Culver indicated the February meeting cannot be held 35 due to the primary. He noted alternate dates are February 18"', 20"' or 27"'. The 36 Commission agreed to move the February meeting to February 27, 2020 as the 37 alternate meeting date. 38 39 Mr. Culver explained previously the PWET Commission had a conversation about 40 the Forestry Study Group on Policy Task Force and a couple of members from the 41 Parks and Rec Commission and one member from the Planning Commission who 42 have volunteered for this Task Force and he would like to have the P W ETC appoint 43 a few members to the Task Force as well. He noted Chair Cihacek would be on the 44 Task Force along with Commissioner Hammer as the alternate on the Task Force. 45 46 6. Communication Items 47 City Engineer Jesse Freihammer provided a brief review and update on projects 48 and maintenance activities listed in the staff report dated November 26, 2019. 49 50 Mr. Culver indicated the city added its first electrical vehicle to the fleet. He noted 51 the vehicle is a plug-in hybrid and anticipates that the vehicle will operate for the 52 most part as fully electric and is for the Utility Superintendent use. 53 54 Vice Chair Wozniak asked if the city has applied for any grants through the State 55 for electric vehicles. 56 57 Mr. Culver indicated the city has not and the city needs to work on the charging 58 station side because the city would like to get a charging station at city hall for the 59 public and staff. No grants have been applied for yet for electric vehicles. He 60 thought the city can make some real advances once the city gets to the point where 61 there is some confidence on other vehicles such as pickups and utility vehicles 62 being electric. 63 64 Member Joyce asked if the city had the capacity to charge solar on that vehicle. 65 66 Mr. Culver explained it is being charged in the maintenance facility and there is a 67 large solar array on the building and could be argued that fifty percent of the time 68 while the vehicle is charging it is being charged with solar energy. There is not a 69 meter to indicate when it is charging solar versus charging on the grid. 70 71 Chair Cihacek asked what the electric car infrastructure looks like for the city 72 generally. 73 74 Mr. Culver indicated he did not know and did not believe there were many in the 75 city. 76 77 An audience member, Priscilla ?? noted there is one fast charger at Goodwill. 78 79 Vice Chair Wozniak indicated the County put in a charger at the library. Page 2 of 5