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MINUTES OF THE JOINT FINANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS & SUSTAINABILITY <br /> COMMITTEE <br /> July 6, 2021 <br /> Auditorium <br /> Present: Councilmembers Bullock, Rader, Litten,Neff, & Shachner <br /> Also Present: Councilmember Kepple, Mayor George, Director Leininger, Director Rancatore, <br /> Chief of Staff Storey, Director Corrigan, Assistant Finance Director Schuster, City Planner <br /> Milius, Attorney/Consultant Lou McMahon, Consultant Joe Crea& Deputy Clerk Lascu taking <br /> minutes <br /> Start time: 5:44 p.m. <br /> AGENDA <br /> Approval of the minutes of the Finance Committee meeting held June 21, 2021. <br /> Co-Chair Bullock made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Litten to approve the minutes of <br /> the Finance Committee's last meeting. All in favor. Motion passed. <br /> Approval of the minutes of the Public Works & Sustainability Committee meeting held <br /> June 21, 2021. <br /> Without objection, Co-Chair Rader made a motion to approve the minutes from the Public <br /> Works & Sustainability Committee's last meeting. All in favor. Motion passed. <br /> ORDINANCE 24-2021 -AN ORDINANCE to take effect January 1, 2022 amending <br /> sections within Part 9, Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code of the Codified <br /> Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to enact a new impervious surface fee and to establish <br /> a tiered rate for large industrial users of water and sewer in the City of Lakewood. (1st read <br /> & referred to PWS 6/21/21) <br /> Mayor George gave a general overview of the IWWIP plan and its funding. She stated that rate <br /> modernization would save people money, and also introduced the project team that's been <br /> working on it. <br /> Lou McMahon of McMahon & DeGulis LLP gave background on the IWWIP, adding that the <br /> full plan is on the city's website. He gave a history of Lakewood's sewer system, noting that it <br /> was built in piecemeal fashion with an out of date over/under sewer construction type. He <br /> explained the significant capital investment required to repair the system and the need for <br /> Lakewood to address its clean water infrastructure. He stated paying for the repairs under the <br /> current way is not sustainable or equitable. Lakewood is exploring non-local sources of funding, <br /> and its overall process is being monitored by the EPA, which has given positive feedback thus <br /> far. <br /> 1 <br />