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164 flexibility for longer term capital stability and planning for unforeseen conditions. 165 She indicated she was leaning towards option two. 166 167 Member Cicha echoed a lot of Vice Chair Huiett's sentiments. He thought option 168 one with the higher rates in general better promotes lower usage but when he looked 169 at this in terms of someone using eleven to twelve thousand gallons per quarter it 170 is a difference of about ten dollars between option one and option two. He felt both 171 options offer the equity the City is searching for and felt option two offers a little 172 bit of security with the extra money coming in for capital projects. 173 174 Member Spencer indicated he believed option two is where he is leaning. He liked 175 the fact that the City placed the consistency in the water base fee and the City can 176 generate a little more consistent revenue across that. Option one, while it would be 177 nice to reduce the rate that much, gets less consistency and the City starts relying 178 on how much water people are using and may not have so much. Option two gives 179 them the best of both worlds. It gives the residents a lower cost and also gives the 180 City a lot more consistency when it comes to planning. 181 h& 182 Member Misra explained she read through all of this and thought about all of the 183 meetings where the Commission talked about water rates and she was glad that a 184 consultant reviewed all of this information for the City because she thought what 185 the City ended up with a year or so ago was kind of a compromise based on what 186 the Commission thought could be done. She is glad the seasonal issue and irrigation 187 was taken out of the equation. She thought there were a lot of things reflected in 188 this that are more philosophically in line with where she would like the City to be. 189 She also thought the fairness factor is huge so either of the two options reflect that 190 well and is important the City recognize that the residential usage in Roseville has 191 subsidized commercial usage for a long time. She thought either one is fine with 192 her and liked the security of option two as well. 193 194 Member Joyce indicated he was leaning on option two because having that base fee 195 and infrastructure support allows the City a safety net and also helps with staff and 196 infrastructure costs. He preferred option two. 197 198 Commission Consensus was the preference for option two. 199 200 Vice Chair Huiettthanked staff for the presentation and all the work that was done. 201 She indicated she would like to have the Civic Campus Master Plan Update tabled 202 to another meeting based on time constraints. 203 204 6. Racial Equity Update 205 Mr. Sandstrom updated the Commission on the City's Racial Equity plan and 206 progress and indicated staff is currently reviewing and interviewing the consultants 207 that responded to the REP. He noted looking forward, the City Manager's proposed 208 budget for 2021 includes the creation of an Equity & Inclusion Manager position. Page 5 of 7