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35 <br />36 4. Communication Items <br />37 Public Works Director Marc Culver provided a brief review and update on projects <br />38 and maintenance activities listed in the staff report dated February 27, 2020. He <br />39 also mentioned the Star Tribune article regarding Ramsey County and Washington <br />40 County's likely future efforts for organics composting and curbside collection. <br />41 <br />42 Chair Cihacek asked if the County had any residual rates (nonorganic materials). <br />43 <br />44 Mr. Culver indicated he had the same thought but has not heard anything. He asked <br />45 Vice Chair Wozniak if he had any insight on the residual or waste that has been <br />46 found in the streams. <br />47 <br />48 Vice Chair Wozniak indicated he did not but could find that out and bring back to <br />49 the Commission at the next meeting. He was sure the County received that <br />50 information from the compost site where waste currently goes. He noted the food <br />51 scrap sites will remain open, as plans are now, with the roll out of curbside food <br />52 scrap collection. <br />53 <br />54 Member Misra inquired if there was any significant difference between what is <br />55 collected in Ramsey County and the City of Minneapolis. <br />56 <br />57 Vice Chair Wozniak indicated he did not know that. <br />58 <br />59 Mr. Culver explained there was a number in the article for the City of Minneapolis, <br />60 but it was for the entire city. It was hard to make a comparison because no per <br />61 capita number was given. He noted it is a much more established program. <br />62 <br />63 Member Spencer thought it would also be interesting to see how Roseville <br />64 compares to cities of its size, the Metro. Is Roseville in line with other cities. <br />65 <br />66 Mr. Culver mentioned the census and updated the Commission on the status. <br />67 <br />68 Chair Cihacek asked if the Met Council has released its tool for emissions <br />69 measurement yet. <br />70 <br />71 Mr. Culver indicated he was not aware of that. He noted the city has just subscribed <br />72 to a tool called Streetlight, mostly for traffic counting but it uses cellular data to <br />73 count traffic and do quick OD studies and Mr. Sandstrom has been playing around <br />74 with it. <br />75 <br />76 Mr. Culver explained Xcel Energy came out with a press release regarding <br />77 resiliency. He reviewed the information with the Commission. <br />78 <br />79 Chair Cihacek updated the Commission on the Forestry Task Force. <br />80 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />