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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - June 9, 2008 7 Councilmember McClung clarified that since the data still needs to be collected and analyzed it could not be stated for certain that smoke testing would or would not be done this year. Mayor Harpstead stated that this update was to take a look at things that were in the early stages of being accomplished that the Council had approved. Councilmember Grant stated that all the manholes in the City should be inspected in 2008. He also asked for clarification regarding the number of manholes the City has and the number that have been inspected. Public Works Director Hoag stated that the City has approximately 1,050 manholes but that the inspections have concentrated on those areas that have been accessed with a surcharge from the Met CounciL He also stated that overall about 60% of the City~s manholes have been inspected and will be evaluated as part of a rehabilitation project. . Councilmember Grant stated that Staff could feasibly complete the remaInIng number of manholes throughout the City. in approximately a month based on Staff completing 25 per day. He asked how this data was being collected and stored. He also asked if Bonestroo recommended the inspection being completed on the entire City. Public Works Director Hoag stated that he would be discussing the data with Mr. Janski of Bonestroo on Thursday including the compiling and storage of this data. He also stated that Bonestroo recommends inspecting all the manholes in the City but with the amount of manholes completed it would be appropriate to put together a rehabilitation and repair program and complete the remaining portions of the City over the next couple of years. He also stated that priorities could change based on the findings of additional study. Councilmember Grant stated dlat tile Council had authorized Staff to hire an additionai summer employee to assist with the 1&1 Project and that this person could help Staff in inspecting the remaining manholes in the City in order to include them in the manhole rehabilitation project as well. He also stated that Bonestroo had told the Council previously that smoke testing would be very important in helping to identify problems and would like to see this done in 2008. Mayor Harpstead stated that Staff had discovered an opportunity where they could implement some fixes and Staff could bring to Council a repair bill that could be funded by the amount budgeted for the year. These fixes are things that the City will have to do anyway and the smoke testing mayor may not identify large problems that need to be addressed. He also stated that Bonestroo had informed the Council that the 1&1 issues seemed to be several small problems versus less larger problems. Staff has stated that they would like to move on to manholes and get them fixed. Public Works Director Hoag stated that there has not been one area that stands out as the problem and with the progress in the manhole inspections this would be an opportunity to address one of the areas that we know needs to be fixed. He also stated that fixing these manholes mayor may not prevent the smoke testing from happening this year. He also stated that the meters are being moved and the data is being analyzed in order to determine where the smoke testing should take place because this is an expensive process.