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173 Mr. Culver explained one option is to inspect the sump pump when doing meter 174 replacements which staff is a little hesitant on doing because the resident may then 175 refuse access to the meter for fear of the city catching something else. He noted if 176 the resident does not allow the city access to the home meter the ordinance does 177 allow the city to charge a "denial of access" fee which would be implemented onto 178 the water bill quarterly. Staff does not want to discourage residents from making 179 the appointment for meter replacement. 180 181 Member Huiett explained she was concerned with the messaging of catching illegal 182 sump pump connections and thought the better point of view is addressing the rain 183 event in the most sustainable ways with several strategies that could be done instead 184 of the fear of it being an illegal thing. Maybe give alternatives to sump pumps such 185 as rain gardens and list those. She thought the broader message should be more to 186 the point. 187 188 Vice Chair Wozniak indicated a number of other cities have tried the different 189 approaches that were outlined in the presentation and he wondered if there was any 190 feedback from the other cities on what, if any impact, it had on UI in those cities. 191 N 192 Mr. Sandstrom explained he worked for West St. Paul for two years and the city 193 started with a blanket policy because the city had a very large amount that had to 194 be offset due to the Met Council surcharge. The city went away from the blanket 195 policy because the city required sewer repairs to be done and found the roads had 196 many patches and looked like quilts and subsequently had a lot of issues with the 197 resulting pavement conditions. He reviewed the process West St. Paul went 198 through. 199 200 Mr. Culver indicated some of the communities have had more interaction with the 201 Met Council and the Met Council has come down on them harder with more fees 202 for flow exceeding what Met Council allows. He noted Roseville has been more 203 aggressive with its sewer linings and has done other things to significantly lower 204 the flow rates. The city is making progress on that. 205 206 Member Misra asked if Roseville had much residential drain tile. 207 208 Mr. Culver thought a majority of homes in Roseville have internal drainage 209 systems, like foundation drain tiles. Those would be connected to a sump pump. 210 211 Member Misra asked if that was prevalent in Roseville. 212 213 Mr. Culver thought it was. 214 215 6. Sustainable Roseville Update 216 Public Works Director Marc Culver explained in 2012, Roseville took amore active 217 role in making the city more sustainable. Staff will look for input from the Page 5 of 7