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the future. Duane Schwartz answered we are but that money is not being added to the street infrastructure fund. Member Vanderwall asked if the City Council has this information about street maintenance when they are making decisions about the budget or does the Public Works Environment and Transportation Committee need to give the City Council this information again. Duane Schwartz answered he does not know what the City Council will need for input. Member DeBenedet asked if the 9% increase was the maximum amount under current state law. Duane Schwartz answered the City Council is allowed to levy what they didn't levy in 2009. There are also voter approved levies and police and fire wage increases. The maximum total levy with these exceptions is 14%. Member DeBenedet asked if Public Works received a 9% increase each year, would the department be able to maintain its level of service. Duane Schwartz answered that it would. Member DeBenedet asked if the Public Works Environment and Transportation Committee would have enough time to give the City Council recommendations about street maintenance costs for the budget in October. Duane Schwartz answered the timing would be fine since decisions will not be made until mid to late December. Duane Schwartz mentioned the 9% levy amount is not final. It was set at 9% to leave room for flexibility when reviewing the budget. Member Stenlund asked if traffic control management is an unfunded mandate by the federal government. Duane Schwartz answered yes it is. The City has retro reflectivity standards that need to be met. 7. Solid Waste Collection Information Duane Schwartz stated according the report from Fort Collins, CO that was provided in the meeting packet that a large portion of pavement damage comes from waste collection trucks. This study attempted to quantify this by looking at an open collection system. Six solid waste trucks and six recycling trucks caused about 20% of the damage to the pavement. Member Vanderwall mentioned the constant starting and stopping of the collection trucks affects the pavement in different ways also. This affect on the pavement was not mentioned in the report from Fort Collins, CO. Duane Schwartz mentioned the report from Fort Collins, CO does discuss other impacts on both streets and the environment from noise and air quality. Member Vanderwall asked to go over the part of the report that talks about prices per resident. Tim Pratt presented a diagram comparing the prices and services of waste collectors in Roseville with four other cities in Ramsey County. The price Page 7 of 11