Report from Public Works Committee.
The Public Works Committee held its regular meeting on October 15, 2019 and discussed the following cases:
1. Correction Regarding Water Efficiency Grant Program: Consensus of the Committee that the City should continue with its application to the Metropolitan Council for the Water Efficiency Program.  The Committee consensus was that the City should continue with its grant application to the Metropolitan Council for the Water Efficiency Program, and that there is no need for Staff to bring this information back to a regular Council meeting at this time, but instead simply provide an email update to the other members of the City Council, with the understanding that the full Council will need to accept the grant if awarded.
 

1. Correction Regarding Water Efficiency Grant Program: City Engineer Westby stated that on September 24, 2019, the Ramsey City Council approved submitting an application to the Metropolitan Council by September 30^th for a grant up to $50,000 to help the City conserve water by lowering the cost for residents to purchase and install products that reduce water use including toilets, irrigation sprinklers and controllers, and to perform irrigation system audits.  During the City Council meeting, Councilmember Kuzma asked staff if this grant program would be open to all residents, regardless if they were served by City water or a private well.  City Engineer Westby responded that the program would be open to all residents.  Since such time, staff has learned that only property owners using municipal water would be eligible for the program.  During the Council meeting, Councilmember Musgrove asked staff what the City’s maximum cost share would be.  City Engineer Westby responded that the City’s maximum cost share would be $12,500, which is 25 percent of $50,000.  However, the City’s maximum cost share would actually be $16,666.67, which is 33.3 percent of $50,000.  Staff applied for the grant funding before the end of September as required.  However, staff is now seeking input from the Committee as to whether the City Council may have voted differently on September 24^th upon knowing that the program is only open to municipal water users and that the maximum share for the City would be $16,666.67 instead of $12,500.  Motion for City Council to ratify the consensus of the Committee that the City should continue with its application to the Metropolitan Council for the Water Efficiency Program.  The Committee consensus was that the City should continue with its grant application to the Metropolitan Council for the Water Efficiency Program, and that there is no need for Staff to bring this information back to a regular Council meeting at this time, but instead simply provide an email update to the other members of the City Council, with the understanding that the full Council will need to accept the grant if awarded. 

1. Motion for City Council to ratify the Consensus of the Committee that the City should continue with its grant application to the Metropolitan Council for the Water Efficiency Program, and that there is no need for Staff to bring this information back to a regular Council meeting at this time, but instead simply provide an email update to the other members of the City Council, with the understanding that the full Council will need to accept the grant if awarded.

Motion for City Council to ratify the recommendation of the Public Works Committee as follows:
1. Motion for City Council to ratify the Consensus of the Committee that the City should continue with its grant application to the Metropolitan Council for the Water Efficiency Program, and that there is no need for Staff to bring this information back to a regular Council meeting at this time, but instead simply provide an email update to the other members of the City Council, with the understanding that the full Council will need to accept the grant if awarded.