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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 19, 2012 Page 8 and 4); with Districts 8, 9 and 10 remaining the same, but now newly-defined as Legislative Area 66. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, City Manager Malinen confirmed that polling places would be provided in each district; and upon staff's review of each polling place, adjustments would be made as necessary and noticed in ac- cordance with State Law and the Secretary of State Office's procedures. In deliberating whether to take action on this tonight, or hold to another meeting, Councilmember Pust noted that the issue was decided by the courts, and while the City could seek additional information, they were compelled to approve it as pre- sented. McGehee moved, Johnson seconded, adoption of the precinct lines as presented in the RCA and map dated March 19, 2012. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Pust; McGehee; Johnson; and Roe. Nays: None. b. Discuss Undergrounding of the Overhead Electric Lines Along Rice Street for Next Phase of Reconstruction Public Works Director Duane Schwartz reviewed options for undergrounding overhead electric lines along the Rice Street corridor in conjunction with the next phase of reconstruction by Ramsey County from Transit Avenue to County Road C-2, as detailed in RCA dated March 19, 2012. As noted in the report, Mr. Schwartz advised that Xcel Energy had provided a preliminary estimate of$1,322,343 to bury power lines for this next phase of the corridor from County Road B-2 to County Road C-2. As with Phase I of the cor- ridor reconstruction, Mr. Schwartz advised that the City of Little Canada has ex- pressed their interest in a cost-share in the undergrounding portion of the project, along similar terms as the first phase and, even though a majority of the poles are located on the Roseville side of Rice Street, their City Council has indicated their willingness to cost-share on a 50/50 basis as with Phase I. Mr. Schwartz noted that in Phase I, Xcel had applied a surcharge option to recov- er their incremental costs in Roseville, through the Community Requested Facility Surcharge (CRFS), with each rate payer of the City billed a small surcharge to their electric bill based on a city-wide formula of final, actual construction costs for the undergrounding. While Phase II is still under design, Mr. Schwartz noted that a major portion of the undergrounding would be on the Little Canada side north of County Road C, and only work occurring within your actual community would be eligible for billing under the CRFS option for Roseville. Mr. Schwartz