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4. Communication Items <br />City Engineer Jesse Freihammer provided a brief review and update on projects <br />and maintenance activities listed in the staff report dated July 26, 2022. <br />Chair Ficek asked regarding State Fair parking, last year the City has no parking <br />signs posted in areas and he wondered if the same thing will be done this year. <br />Mr. Culver indicated the intent is to continue that practice for the foreseeable future. <br />He noted this was first done a year before COVID and then there was a hiatus so <br />there was not much time to learn or apply what was learned from the first year but <br />last year turned out pretty well and the City did not get too many questions or <br />complaints. <br />Chair Ficek wondered what the City will get if it wins the sustainability contest. <br />He understood the City is in the lead. <br />Mr. Culver thought it might give the City some momentum when applying for some <br />other grants or participation to show that the City has an engaged community and <br />have a good number of residents that are taking advantage of the programs that are <br />being offered. <br />Member Hodder asked if rental properties had the opportunity to do similar things <br />with energy savings. <br />Mr. Culver explained not yet but he thought the rental properties are still eligible <br />for the same programs. The owner of the property would need to take care of that <br />and make the actual improvements. <br />Mr. Culver reviewed City Council discussion regarding future proposed projects. <br />Member Hodder asked how the Pavement Management Fund is doing. <br />Mr. Culver indicated it is doing relatively well and showing a positive balance <br />going into the 2030's. There have been more detailed discussions at staff level <br />lately. He thought this may be an item for the PWETC workplan for discussion in <br />the future. <br />Member Misra asked regarding the water section of the update if the City did <br />sampling of the water supply and if the City had results on that. She wondered if <br />this was the City system and City pipes. She also wondered about installing <br />irrigation meters and where the meters are installed. <br />Mr. Culver indicated most of the irrigation meters installed are on City property <br />with irrigation systems. He indicated years ago it was hard to track how much <br />water the City was using because there were not any irrigation meters installed, <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />