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<br />Page 4 of 5 <br /> <br />PWETC of their charge. <br /> <br />Commissioner Neprash discussed water quality issues at community parks; <br />~"d suggested the PWETC, if so directed by the City Council, could provide <br />ommendations to the City Council on how to address water quality issues <br />'" the City; provide useful information to the City Council and staff; and <br />provide existing monitoring agencies and volunteer coordination. <br /> <br />Councilmember Pust questioned the merit in meeting with other <br />commissions to discuss different angles and groups; then returning to the <br />City Council with their suggestions and recommendations for pursuing the <br />various issues. <br /> <br />Chair Wilke advised that the Parks and Recreation and the PWETC had <br />initiated such joint meetings last week as they reviewed signage issues in <br />city parks. <br /> <br />Mayor Klausing expressed interest in the PWETC's suggestion for water <br />quality; the role of the Watershed District; and volunteering monitoring of <br />water quality. <br /> <br />Commissioner Neprash, in conjunction with water quality issues, discussed <br />the area of pesticide application and notification to neighbors around <br />properties where they're being applied; signage and notification methods; <br />complications in state law pre-empting local control, while leaving room for <br />some local control; and questions recently sent to the City Attorney by the <br />PWETC pending the commission's discussion of different approaches, most <br />likely through City Ordinance, for eventual presentation to the City Council <br />for their consideration. <br /> <br />mcilmember Ihlan expressed interest in following up on the pesticide and <br />".orbicide issue; water quality as a project for research; and how <br />governmental agencies interact in various areas and how best to navigate <br />the various levels of government related to water quality. <br /> <br />Upon Council member Kough's mention of the city-wide problem of geese, <br />Chair Wilke reiterated his frustration that the PWETC was not utilized by the <br />City Council to address citizen concerns regarding issues, but rather those <br />issues took Council time from other policy items needing action. <br /> <br />How can the PWETC communicate more effectively with the Council? <br /> <br />Mayor Klausing encouraged the PWETC to alert the City Council, through <br />staff, of items needing to be on the Council's agenda for presentation by the <br />PWETC and to allow the City Council to determine whether to pursue those <br />issues or to direct to staff for further study and research; or to refer them <br />back to the PWETC. <br /> <br />Is there a role for the PWETC in the Council goal to be more proactive <br />in regional and state transportation discussions? What other goals do <br />you have for the PWETC? <br /> <br />Chair Wilke encouraged the City Council to make more use of the PWETC; <br />ongoing discussions at the PWETC-Ievel of the Transportation Model <br />process; their probable review of the proposals, as well as staff's analysis, <br />f~, recommendation to the City Council; and the past work of the PWETC <br />3rding the TranStop Bus Shelters. <br /> <br />Council member Ihlan observed the future involvement of the City in ideas to <br />preserve circulator buses in Roseville and the Metropolitan Transit's request <br /> <br />file://C:\DOCUME-l \DONNA-l.KOO\LOCALS-l \Temp\ 7UUFT09F.htm <br /> <br />08/17/2006 <br />