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Elk River .� <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Tom Sagstetter- Conservation and Key Accounts <br /> John Dietz—Chair Manager <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> February 10, 2015 6.1f <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Update <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • Attended the I-94 State of the Cities Luncheon. Otsego and Dayton have seen a large <br /> increase in commercial buildings. Most of these commercial buildings are related to <br /> trucking. The 1-94 expansion projects are being credited to the attractiveness of these <br /> sites. The communities that were present included; St. Michael, Corcoran, Albertville, <br /> Dayton, Hanover,Medina, Rogers, and Otsego. A recurring theme from all the cities, <br /> except St. Michael and Corcoran, were that the available lots for new homes were low. <br /> St. Michael listed two developments that have 672 lots that will be available starting in <br /> 2015. Corcoran is forecasting 32 new homes which is a 300% increase for them. Rogers <br /> claimed that tax revenue increased by 9%because residential lots have doubled in price. <br /> Medina is differing hook-up fees, and Medina will have a lower tax rate in 2015. Otsego <br /> will be building a new community park in the Wildflower Meadows development in <br /> 2015. <br /> • Met with Connexus Energy to discuss changes to the Conservation Improvement <br /> Program(CIP)reporting that will begin in 2015. Starting in 2015, GRE and their <br /> cooperatives will be leaving the CIP reporting system that has been used for years and <br /> transfer to the software that was created by the Division of Energy Resources. This new <br /> cloud based software was funded by all utilities in the state through annual assessment. <br /> ERMU will use this new system to track energy savings and get reimbursed for rebate <br /> dollars. Rebates cannot be entered until GRE provides training to do so; they will be <br /> onsite to train us sometime in February. <br /> • Participated in a conference call to better understand how the Division of Energy <br /> Resources (DER) awards grants that are funded through the annual utility assessment. In <br /> the past the grants have primarily been awarded to projects that seem to benefit investor <br /> owned utility projects. The DER would like to see more of that funding going towards <br /> research in areas that benefit customer owned utilities; Cooperatives and Municipals. I <br /> will provide additional updates as they occur. <br /> ■lam <br /> IPOVIEFIED s r <br /> I$ Page 1 of 1 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider P O W E R E D T O S v E <br /> 79 <br />