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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROSEVILLE RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 10. Presentations a. Joint Meeting with the Public Works, Environment and Transportation (PWET) Commission Chair Jim DeBenedet and Commissioners Dwayne Stenlund; Jan Vanderwall; and Steve Gj erdingen were present representing the PWET. Chair DeBenedet -reviewed the past year's activities of the PWET; and high-lighted future activities and concerns of the PWET as detailed on the report dated June 29, 20009. On a related note, Mayor Klausing advised the PWET and public that the City had received word from the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) had been designated as the Responsible Gov-ernment Unit (RGU) for further environmental for the proposed asphalt plant; and thanked the PWET for their review of the proposal. Mayor Klausing thanked the PWET for their innovative recommendations for the Twin Lakes Storm Water Plan, expressing his favorable impressions of their study. Mayor Klausing opined that this was evidence of the importance of citizen input on advisory commissions to the City Council. Chair DeBenedet noted staff's receptiveness to innovative planning (i.e., Twin Lakes Storm Water Plan), making implementation details possible. Discussion among Chair DeBenedet, PWET Commissioners, and Councilmem-bers included concerns for adequate funding of maintenance efforts and preserva-tion of the City's infrastructure investments; maintenance versus reconstruction costs and inability to recoup costs for deferred maintenance based on benefits lost and additional infrastructure deterioration; aging infrastructure of Roseville; and hidden infrastructure of which the public remained unaware until its failure. Further discussion included the PWET's request for additional street sweeping ef--forts to reduce storm water runoff and to improve water quality of area water-ways; need to recognize citizen requests in the Imagine Roseville 2025 visioning process, and the Pathway Master Planning exercises by planning consistent con-struction and maintenance of the City's pathway and sidewalk systems, and not deferring them even when grant monies were unavailable; with Chair DeBenedet encouraging citizens to attend the upcoming community meetings to provide their input to the City Council.