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_- • •,i �r w US Fit fEN'VYPdEkPRG.I ° -ir I,201 WEST i8 HGT%EET TELEPHGPiE 612 ?s' ?g6G0 EDEN KAIRIL A!N 55 1 44 -19+: fACSiiAILE 61Z- 937 -80&B July 17, 1997 City of Centerville Attn. Jim March 1880 Main St, Centerville, MN 55038 Re: Sensus Technologies Automatic Meter Reading Systems Proposal. Thank you for the hospitality afforded to me at the February 12th council meeting during which you were presented with several different forms of Automatic Meter Reading or AMR. As discussed, your community has roughly 325 metered services now with the potential for nearly 350 more in the next 2 -3 years. Many communities including the City of Hugo are taking advantage of this growth period to install PhonRead (as in the case of Hugo) or RadioRead because the contractors are paying for the system equipment in the building permit fee. Every account that isn't initially equipped with some form of AMR when newly built, will perhaps be converted with the total cost being covered and accounted for by the utility in some surcharge or rate structure adjustment. As you know, public relations can suffer when these discussions present themselves. The water meters in your system are manufactured by Sensus and are equipped with Electronic Communications Registers or SCR's. The meters have the capability of tieing incorporated into any of the following systems without any modification or reprogramming. Please revieti; the fGflarving opportunities available to you and accept my recommendation at the close of this correspondence with the confidence that this course of action has the ability to benefit your community as much as it has for many of your neighbors.