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<br />J <br />1 <br /> <br />'. <br />. <br /> <br />Memorandum, Residential Water Meter Replacement <br />Page Four <br />April 20, 1999 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />The City of Arden Hills' Public Works Director recommends that the City Council authorize <br />staff to seek Requests for Proposal to furnish and install new radio read water meters, to the <br />City's specifications, to that portion of the City south of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Sault Saint <br />Marie Railroad consisting of approximately 1,300 homes. <br /> <br />Staff recommends that this installation begin in the 1999 - 2000 year. Staff would also <br />recommend, as an alternate to the proposal, to furnish and install the same equipment for the <br />residential homes on the north side of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Sault Saint Marie Railroad, <br />which would consist of approximately 1,100 homes. Bids would be on a per unit basis. <br /> <br />Included with the initial (southern) replacement, the City should provide radio read meters to the <br />Pemtom Townhouse Association for installation by their plumbers. (The Pemtom Association <br />plans on residing all the townhouses this year, and prefers not to drill holes in the new siding to <br />mount old style remote readers on a temporary basis. They also plan on replacing defective <br />valves on both sides of their current water meters, necessitating the removal of the existing <br />meter.) <br /> <br />In all cases, it would be the recommendation of staff that meters less than ten (10) years of age a <br />would not be replaced, and would be upgraded to radio read technology. .. <br /> <br />e <br />