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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 3,2014 Page 5 Mr. Schwartz noted that this item currently before the City Council was a separate issue and could be approved and carried out without decisions made regarding that previous discussion. Mr. Schwartz responded to questions of Councilmember McGehee clarifying that there was no opportunity to save money if lining of laterals was included as part of this project, as it would be a completely separate contract and different contrac- tor from this project, and may even raise the cost of this project for the general contractor to work it into the project with a subcontractor. Mr. Schwartz further addressed Councilmember McGehee's questions related to failure of private lines often caused by root intrusion and cracking of the service line, which could be improved by lining technology. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Schwartz advised that discussions were still underway regarding if and how to as- sist homeowners in facilitating a large-scale project by bid; with staff having con- sulted with one firm indicating that they could do so at a reasonable cost, approx- imately $3,000 per service line if it was an extensive project. However, Mr. Schwartz noted that it would require that firm to do all or almost all of the service connections within a stretch from one manhole to another; otherwise if the project was only for lines located here and there and across the City, the costs would rise dramatically, and depend on how much participation there was from private prop- erty owners. At the request of Mayor Roe in clarifying that failure of service laterals was more prevalent in areas with boulevard trees, and not affecting every service line, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that the problem with roots was basically confined to areas in the City with the oldest infrastructure consisting of clay tile mains and service lat- erals, but was an extensive problem. Mr. Schwartz noted that, through televising lines, staff had been able to identify those areas that were worse than others. Mayor Roe noted that, when this issue came back for further discussion in the fu- ture, part of that discussion would include whether the City or neighbors banding together were responsible for addressing private laterals. McGehee moved, Etten seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 11133 (Attachment A) entitled, "Resolution Awarding Bids for 2014 Sanitary Sewer Main Lining;" awarding the bid to Insituform Technologies USA, LLC of Chesterfield, Mis- souri, in an amount not to exceed $838,270.00. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte; McGehee; Willmus; Etten; and Roe. Nays: None. 9. General Ordinances for Adoption Recess