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33 Member Ficek asked regarding the local sales tax going to the Legislation by the 34 Council, will there be a limit on the number of years or will it be indefinite. 35 36 Mr. Culver indicated the time period could be up to twenty years, but essentially 37 once enough money is collected to pay for the projects identified then the sales tax 38 would stop. 39 40 Member Ficek asked regarding the railroad crossing item, will this be a quiet zone 41 or just a couple day work zone. 42 43 Mr. Freihammer indicated this would be a two-day work zone replacing the gate. 44 45 Chair Wozniak asked if Tamarack Park was one of the six pathway approved. 46 47 Mr. Culver indicated Tamarack Park was one of them. He explained there was a 48 lot of conversation about that park and Eustis Park. Staff is going to communicate 49 with the neighborhood as fast as possible and staff will be putting together an 50 estimate of what it would cost to do an alleyway type of facility adjacent to the 51 pathway. Given the fact that there is a wetland there, either the City would have to 52 fill in a wetland or they would have to go around the wetland through park property. 53 The latter probably is not afeasible option because the City would not give up park 54 land. There would be a significant cost to it, given some of the geometric and 55 topographic issues t_ hrough the wetland as well as the environmental impact to also 56 consider. 57 44, 58 5. 2022 Proposed Utility Rates 59 Mr. Culver explained each year City staff proposed utility rates for the following 60 budget year. The rates are for all City utility funds including water, sanitary sewer, 61 storm sewer and recycling. The Commission is asked to provide feedback on the 62 proposed utility rates. 63 64 Vice -Chair Ficek wondered about the water, there was a big change to go to the 65 usage fee, and he wondered if that changed any behaviors. 66 67 Mr. Culver explained what is interesting is the first year under the new rate structure 68 the State went through a drought. They actually saw a substantial increase in the 69 amount of irrigation, at least early in the summer. The City also implemented 70 watering restrictions as well in August. There was a significant drop in water usage 71 between July and August due to suggested watering restrictions. He explained 2021 72 was not a good year to gauge that by. 73 74 Vice -Chair Ficek indicated material costs went up substantially. He wondered 75 when the calculations were made and is the City thinking about inflation and how 76 that comes into play and whether the estimates are higher or lower on the capital 77 costs across the board. 78 Page 2 of 6