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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 15, 2010 Page 7 tials between each false alarm to provide incentives to improve behavior and re- duce repeat false alarms. Councilmembers concurred with City Manager Malinen's suggested language to specify a 12 month calendar rather than specifying a calendar year. Chief Mathwig requested time to verify with his record keeping staff that the sys- tem could accommodate that language, since it had always been operated on a ca- lendar year, and may be more cumbersome to apply a rolling time frame, depend- ing on how and when the annual system was purged. Lt. Rosand advised that it could be accommodated, but may prove more cumber- some for the department's record keeping staff. In order to allow the department to verify that information, Mayor Klausing sug- gested that this item be delayed until the next meeting on November 22, 2010. Councilmember Pust clarified that her idea of escalated fees was that there be a significant differential, not simply incremental. b. Consider Adoption of Street Light Utility Ordinance Public Works Director Duane Schwartz reviewed the RCA dated November 15, 2010; and revisions made to a proposed Street Light Utility Ordinance following previous public and City Councilmember comment at their August 23, 2010 pub- lic hearing on the matter. Mr. Schwartz advised that additional refinement of the proposed rate structure had been made by staff based on comments received from the public and City Council, allowing for a residential rate structure, with all other properties calculated on a per acre rate, and all billed on a quarterly basis as part of their utility billing. Mr. Schwartz noted that the rates mimicked the amount currently paid by taxpayers on their property taxes. Mr. Schwartz noted that the rate structure included repairs and energy costs, and addressed capital improve- ments for replacement of aging lighting systems. At the request of Councilmember Roe, Mr. Schwartz clarified that the fee in- cluded not just overhead street lights, but traffic signals, their maintenance, and utility costs for that equipment. Public Comment Lisa Peilen, Director of Municipal Affairs, Minnesota Multi- Housing Associ- ation, a state -wide, non profit trade association of rental property owners Ms. Peilen apologized for not being available to speak before and thanked the City Council for allowing her to do so at tonight's meeting. On behalf of member rental property owners in Roseville, Ms. Peilen spoke in opposition to the pro- posed rate structure for multi family residential properties in Roseville. While re- cognizing that everyone benefited from a strong and well- maintained City of Roseville, Ms. Peilen reviewed concerns of her member multi family property