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79 Mr. Culver indicated most of the irrigation meters installed are on City property 80 with irrigation systems. He indicated years ago it was hard to track how much 81 water the City was using because there were not any irrigation meters installed, 82 even on City buildings. He indicated at that time the usage was lumped into the 83 City's unaccounted for water which was a pretty high percentage and the 84 Department of Health and DNR could see that when the City submitted the water 85 reports. He noted it is good practice for staff to be able to see how much water is 86 being used for different areas and for different uses and that gives staff an 87 opportunity to see if there is a way to use less water. 88 89 Mr. Freihammer updated the Commission on the City Water Rebate Program. He 90 noted the City received additional grant funds this year but the program was 91 expanded and rebates for irrigation is still available but the City also opened it up 92 to appliances. 93 94 5. City Council Joint Meeting Review 95 Chair Ficek thought the joint meeting went well with good conversation. 96 97 Mr. Culver reviewed with the Commission how different topics could be discussed. 98 He indicated the Commission and City Council discussed the following topics 99 which could be discussed at afew upcoming meetings. He listed afew of the topics: 100 speed limit, takeout food containers, name change, No Mow May, and various 101 smaller topics. He asked if there were any other topics outside of the ones he listed 102 that the Commission felt strongly about. 103 104 Member Collins indicated he would like to talk about the City bike plan. 105 106 Member Misra asked if there was interest in talking about the Solar and Renewable 107 Program and maybe some upgrading on those. 108 109 Chair Ficek suggested talking more about EV Stations. 110 111 Member Joyce explained he would like an update on transit. 112 113 Mr. Culver explained staff could ask Metro Transit to come in and talk to the 114 Commission about Post COVID ridership as well as other things. He noted because 115 the takeout food container topic was previously discussed he thought that might be 116 something the Commission could continue discussion on. He thought the 117 discussion could continue at the August meeting and staff could bring in Ordinance 118 information from other cities and talk about what the Commission likes and does 119 not like as well as what the Commission would like to see. He noted the Council 120 has discussed possibly doing a phased in program, starting with an education and 121 trying to get restaurants to voluntarily start using some of these recyclable or 122 compostable containers and then eventually get to an Ordinance where an 123 Ordinance could be put in place for enforcement. He noted the Council liked the 124 soft rollout concept. Page 3 of 8