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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 09,2011 Page 26 Mayor Roe suggested that staff remove 2009 information from the website; and that City Manager Malinen keep a placeholder for budget discussion at the next City Council meeting. b. Discuss Resolution Requesting Reliability Reports for Electric Power for Roseville Service Area Two bench handouts were provided related to this item, attached hereto and made a part hereof consisting of a letter dated May 3, 2011 from the State Attor- ney General to Xcel Energy; and a May 5, 2011 response form Xcel Energy to the Suburban Rate Authority information requests. Mayor Roe noted that this request had been generated by a resident and as a result of a requested rate increase by Xcel Energy. Mr. Schwartz reviewed events since this item had last come before the City Council; and since distribution of the agenda packet materials. Mr. Schwartz ad- vised that Xcel Energy had met with staff and Mr. Lambert to address his infor- mation request and to discuss Xcel's management of their system and devices scheduled for replacement; and their outage history in the Brenner/Millwood neighborhood; and related problems experienced that created those outages. Mr. Schwartz noted that Xcel anticipated delivery of specific information to the City and Mr. Lambert in the near future. Mr. Schwartz advised that Ms. Collette Ju- rek, with Xcel Energy, was present at tonight's meeting to respond to any ques- tions or concerns of the City Council. Mr. Schwartz advised that the proposed or- dinance had been drafted prior to the additional information having been pro- vided; as per Mr. Lambert's original request. If the resolution was to be ap- proved, Mr. Schwartz suggested that staff include a cover letter updating events since Mr. Lambert's original request; and forwarded for the administrative hear- ing for the rate case. Collette Jurek, Community Relations Manager for Xcel Energy Ms. Jurek advised that Xcel was working with Mr. Lambert on good faith efforts; and addressing previous outages; and was committed to providing the information requested by Mr. Lambert, upon further review of that request in meeting new in- formation release standards related to Homeland Security issues. Ms. Jurek reviewed national standards and specific data related to Mr. Lambert's neighborhood and the service reliability; average national and Roseville results over the last three years and comparisons to east and west metro area service cen- ters in Minnesota; outage history summaries since 2007 and common causes of tree interference with overhead lines and subsequent trimming; with no outages reported to Mr. Lambert's residence since July of 2010; and Xcel's need to recreate data similar to that received by Mr. Lambert from 2001 —2003.