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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - APRIL 26, 1999 16 The Public Works Director recommends that the City Council authorize staff to seek Requests for Proposal to furnish and install new radio read water meters, to the City's specifications, to that portion ofthe City south ofthe Minneapolis/St. Paul Sault Saint Marie Railroad consisting of approximately 1,300 homes, Staff recommends that this installation begin in the 1999 - 2000 year, Staff would also recommend, as an alternate to the proposal, to furnish and install the same equipment for the residential homes on the north side of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Sault Saint Marie Railroad, which would consist of approximately I, I 00 homes. Payment would be on a per unit basis. Included with the southern replacement, the City should provide radio read meters to the Pemtom Townhouse Association for installation by their plumbers. The Pemtom Association plans on residing all the townhouses this year, and prefers not to drill holes in the new siding to mount old style remote readers on a temporary basis. They also plan on replacing defective valves on both sides of their current water meters, necessitating the removal of the existing meter. In all cases, it would be the recommendation of staff that meters less than 10 years of age not be replaced, and be only upgraded to radio read technology. Mayor Probst asked why the project would not be bid for the entire community at one time with installation over a two year period. He indicated that, if only half of the project is bid now and half later, this will give the successful vendor an unfair advantage. Mr. Fritsinger explained that the idea was to provide the City a way to get out of the project if problems arise since the project is so large. MOTION: Councilmember Malone moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to authorize staff to seek Requests for Proposal to furnish and install new radio read water meters, to the City's specifications, in phases as deemed appropriate. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). ADMINISTRATOR COMMENTS Mr. Fritsinger referred to the earlier discussions of the May W orksession and the committee and audio/visual program discussions. He asked ifthe Council would prefer for the Worksession to be only for the committee meeting, or if it should include the audio/visual discussions as well. Councilmember Larson asked if it would be possible to start the Worksession at the usual time in order to complete the business of the committees and complete the remaining business after 7:00 p.m, Mr. Fritsinger stated that this would be possible. Mr. Fritsinger requested confirmation that the audio/visual presentation should be held at the next Worksession. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that this would be acceptable providing there is no need for a field trip, Mr. Fritsinger stated that he did not believe that a field trip would be necessary.