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31 4. Communication Items <br />32 Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry provided a brief <br />33 review and update on projects and maintenance activities listed in the staff report <br />34 dated January 19, 2024. <br />35 <br />36 Public Works Director Freihammer explained the City Council has authorized the <br />37 new lead Fire Engine be an electric engine and delivered in 2025. He noted the <br />38 Commission could view the City Council discussion online. <br />39 <br />40 Member Hodder noted the community solar garden is a matter before the PUC to <br />41 discuss rates and the City will need to figure out what impact that might have on <br />42 the community solar garden efforts. <br />43 ' <br />44 Mr. Freihammer explained staff has already looked into that and it does not affect <br />45 the City's solar garden because the program is new enough and is for the programs <br />46 that subscribed before the City entered into an agreement. This does not directly <br />47 affect the City, but the City is a part of the Suburban Rate Authority and there are <br />48 other cities that are a part of that. He knew the Suburban Rate Authority, which sort <br />49 of represents the City, will be sending a letter opposing some of the changes. <br />50 <br />51 Ms. Lowry updated the Commission on sustainability items happening in the City. <br />52 <br />53 Mr. Freihammer noted ethics training will be sometime in early April. He noted the <br />54 City did get awarded a bike plan grant. This Commission will be a very active part <br />55 of that. <br />56 <br />57 Chair Ficek asked regarding the referendum on the maintenance facility, will the <br />58 City still be going after bonding for that as well. <br />59 <br />60 Mr. Freihammer explained bonding has never been on the list. This is sales tax <br />61 based. <br />62 <br />63 Chair Ficek asked for the January 7 b event he wondered how attendance was. <br />64 <br />65 Ms. Lowry indicated she was not sure. <br />66 <br />67 Chair Ficek asked regarding the Snelling and County Road B, pedestrian study, is <br />68 there a schedule coming forward. <br />69 <br />70 Ms. Lowry explained the City extended that to June. They are at an alternative <br />71 analysis and stepped back from the group meetings last month. She believed this is <br />72 intended to be wrapped up by June and planning a public meeting because MNDot <br />73 is having their next round of meetings for the trunk highway 36 which is February <br />74 into the first week of March. <br />75 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />Page 4 of 71 <br />