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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 09, 2011 Page 28 Mayor Roe noted the need, from a policy standpoint, distinguish between Mr. Lambert's specific information requrest and a general request to link accessibility of information outages with the requested Xcel rate increase. Councilmember Willmus supported getting data on the entire City and provided to the City Council on behalf of the entire City, including Mr. Lambert, rather than directed specifically to Mr. Lambert; noting that he had concerns in his neighborhood as well. Councilmember Johnson spoke in support of a letter at this, opining that it made more sense; and noting Xcel's response after one week and Ms. Jurek's request to be given a reasonable amount of time to respond. Mayor Roe noted the need to receive overall information on City outages, as well as Mr. Lambert's specific request. Councilmember McGehee noted that Mr. Lambert's request was related to faulty feeder lines and their relationship to any additional rate increases; while the reso- lution didn't address that request at all. Councilmember McGehee expressed con- fidence that Mr. Lambert would receive the information he'd requested; and asked that Mr. Schwartz draft a letter requesting an annual report for the entire City and a review of feeders; and any failing. Ms. Jurek advised that she received such requests from cities all the time to de- termine reliability within a community; and advised that Xcel could address re- liability concerns. Ms. Jurek advised that Mr. Lambert was the only property owner she'd heard from in the last 1-2 years regarding any reliability concerns; and Xcel's immediate addressing of any problem areas. Ms. Jurek offered to meet with neighborhoods to discuss reliability reviews; and offered to provide an annual update to the City Council and discuss reliability and Xcel's work plan to address issues. Mr. Lambert expressed concern that management staff over Ms. Jurek's head may stifle her willingness to provide the requested information; and unless the City and/or the PUC provided more weight,the request could be lost. Councilmember Johnson opined that it would be appropriate at this point for staff to send a letter on behalf of the City of Roseville and Mr. Lambert to get the ini- tial report; and once it was known that the report could be generated; a policy be addressed at a later date, thus allowing Xcel to respond in a timely fashion. Mr. Johnson noted that, if Xcel was unable to meet their projected delivery of the re- quested information, the City Council had two additional meetings prior to the PUD public comment deadline.