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