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<br /> '~ig",,,, 'omp",,, wbi'b wiU ""'om,"ooUy di" 'b, m""",, "''',,' ili, .,U", "',.
<br />- It om "" pro ,rom,,,,, '" '''I "'Y'im, "" wiU k"p ," Ii'g "'tiJ , ""'octi", i, m"" if
<br />-e the line is busy or out of service.
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<br /> Tb, CO," of"" 'd'pbo", ",' ""'m '" 'FFroxim",ly $250 '" $280 '''b
<br /> i"""I",. Th, ~'m ,,",0,,", of wo", boold'g 'p to lli, '""om" pbo", Ii,~ mok,
<br /> instalJation Costs almost double.
<br />I What TechnoloPv Do Other Cities U~
<br />, Th, P'bli, Woo*, ',p,",,,,,,,,, "" ',Ik", willi Pobli, WO"" m' M,,,, M"",_" 1<"0","
<br /> fium lli, Citi~ "iSbo",,;,w, Mo"",, Vi,w, N,w B'igb'o, Mi""~poli, "" S,. P,,,, foe ,"p",
<br /> on a meter replacement program and has gathered the fOllowing infonnation:
<br />I 1. Shoreview
<br /> Shoe"i,w, whi'b "i, "imil~ 'it'''i", " AnI~ Hill" did. """II "~of
<br />I 'ppmxim'toly 20 born" ''''''I y~" bod willi, B"'g" ',,"0 "M 'y"'m. rhi,
<br /> "'''om "'" d,mo",,,,,, to P'bli, W"" 'tMf "" '~m'd '0 wo", "'Y Well "'i",.
<br /> B'd,,, V '" ~o"",,,, iot""" g"". A" ","" block w" "'" i, I", """ IT', oti,",,,
<br />I without getting out of the Van.
<br /> Th, Sho"'i,w PObl" Woe" S'P'riot"""" Goedy Ni"", w" "k,' why ""y '"''
<br />I. "P,"d", lli,"", ""',' by ilii, 'y'rem. App"",,IIY'1re p'bli, woe" .'" "'" "'fu~"
<br /> lli", "w "'oe" hod COm, wi'b diIT,,,,, obj"ti,,, M,. Ni,,,, "'" "'" "I'M",' "
<br /> p""" ,ti, ,bmg"",,, llixt tim, "'lli '''=i, f"'re "oImology 'b",g". AI", lli,
<br />- m~ti'g i, J",""Y willi M,. Ni,," "'d P'bli, Woe" Di""to, Mtrk Mw",'Y, ',If fre/,
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<br /> 'b, Sb''''i 'w We,,, mo" i,ru, "'II b, "w",,,, " "" 0 f lli'i, I 997 CIP b'dg,", g
<br />, process.
<br /> 2. Mounds Vie!y
<br />I MO,,"d, Vi,w "" j,. ,boot "mpl,,,,,, "PI""",", pm""" to m"lIy, S"''''
<br /> ',I'pbo" ''''' ''''tom. Aft", P''',"o", ,"" '" i"WI'""'",d rum, "'POg p,", .'"
<br /> b" b", iofo",,'d ili, 'y'tom i, op"" ro""i'g. A _I P'""'"'' 'fM""" Vi,w
<br /> - "'id"," "oci ,'" ""0 "'" mct,,, 'o, to dim,,,,,y i, ,",iog JW ,b" b",m"", "
<br /> - '~id"," '" ""'ri", th'i, tol,p,"" Ii,~ "ml<co' willi. Mo"",, Vi", pre'io",ly hod
<br /> its residents read their oWn meters.
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<br /> 3. St. PaqJ
<br /> S,. P,"I b" , S'hiom""'g" N,p',,", pl'g i'm"" """",, 'y'rem. Thi,,, P'~'o"b '"
<br /> '''rum logy wb,,, , pl'g i, """"Ii", i, "'<Wly m'd, '0 """," ili, """"'''''oe '0 ""
<br /> m"". Thi, ,"""" g"oe i, do,," 10"'" 'Ire ""', " , to"b '" '"''''''g,,,,,, St p,,,,
<br /> ,", i"'''II" , 'm,1I P'"'""g, of mdio ,~" where ''''''my " 'roid 'og" f,,,,,, ""
<br /> other hazards associated with their plUg in system.
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