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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MINUTES MARCH 14,2005 5 Mr. Moore noted staff kept videos with voice over for each area televised that could be reviewed at any time. He stated by the end of this summer the entire City will have been televised. Mr. Brown stated he felt comfortable with their knowledge of the sanitary sewer system. Mayor Aplikowski asked if they had experienced any savings when they did the sump pumps. Mr. Brown replied he could not say precisely, but he believed there was some savings. Mr. Moore noted staff was very diligent in maintaining the lines in certain problem areas in the City and there was a cost savings by doing this. Councilmember Grant asked on a scale of 1 to 10 with ten being the highest, where did the City rate. Mr. Brown replied in general, there had been a few areas he would rate one and two with Edgewater being a one. As a general grade on the pipe, looking at the structures, probably 7s and 8s. He noted he was not as certain with the water line because that was buried and was less accessible. He stated he would be more concerned with the southern part of the City because of the materials used. He noted with watermain, corrosion was an issue and one way to combat that was to use plastic, which was not available until a few years ago. He indicated he could not assign a grade to the water system. Mr. Moore noted claims tended to be in sanitary sewer and the Minnesota League of Cities had policies regarding televising the sanitary sewer lines. He stated after this summer, there would not be a single line in the City that had not been televised. Mayor Aplikowski asked what the City should tell the residents who had breaks in their line as to how they could maintain the line. Mr. Moore replied they needed to be informed to have good insurance. He noted a lot of tree roots get inside of homeowners lines and recommended a routine jetting and having roots cut out. Mayor Aplikowski suggested an article regarding how residents should maintain their lines be placed in a City newsletter at some point in the future. Councilmember Larson stated one of the purposes of this discussion was to decide if the Capital Improvement Plan had the right set of priorities with the sewer and water system. He indicated the next step should be looking at the Capital Improvements Plan again and determining whether or not they had the appropriate items listed as to what needed to be done in the next five years. Councilmember Holden stated she would also like to see what the proposed costs would be. Councilmcmbcr Grant asked if staff had looked at doing three lift stations instead of two lift stations for a cost savings. Mr. Brown replied they had not, but this was a possibility. 5