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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 10, 2014 Page 2 Ms. Zoff advised that during a recent two-week vacation starting February 8, 2014, her family who was checking her home during that vacation had found the home to be without water service on February 13, 2014, which had been reported to the City and a crew had responded in a few days, with a supposedly successful remedy. However, Ms. Zoff reported that, upon next checking the home on Feb- ruary 21, 2014, there was again no water, and it was reported to the City, with crews not responding until February 28, 2014. Ms. Zoff noted that the crews had reported there appeared to be no problem to the curb box on the property line, but pipes appeared to be frozen from the property line to the street. Given the poten- tial liability to hire a welder at her own expense, Ms. Zoff advised that she refused to attempt that type of solution. Ms. Zoff referenced several comments made by Mayor Roe during his most re- cent State of the City Address related to City crews and storm clean-up from summer storms, and the significant amount of money spent on those clean-up ef- forts. Ms. Zoff plead with the City Council to find a solution and provide water service to those currently experiencing this lack of City water service, a much more important service than tree limb removal in her opinion. Ms. Zoff asked that the City Council reconsider their recent vote regarding participation in solv- ing this issue for all affected Roseville residents beyond sending out City crews. Carol Zoff, Daughter of Ms. Zoff Ms. Zoff enhanced the comments of Ms. Zoff , stating that their request was simple: to please review the City Council policy to revise responsibility for a functional public water system to the property line ver- sus the water main as currently written, and make the valve box the responsibility of the City in that right-of-way. With her mother's water line having frozen long-term, the speaker advised that the freeze-up had been found twice to be in the valve box, and expressed concern on her family's part because no further corrective had yet to be provided. The speaker expressed concern that structural damage may have or may be occurring; in addition to the health issues for her elderly mother as she attempted to address normal living needs, for the last three weeks now and perhaps longer yet into the future, and have some quality of life beyond rotating staying at the homes of her children in the area. The speaker opined that her mother should not be held responsible for right-of- way infrastructure of the City; and asked that the City Council consider a revision of this nomenclature. The speaker referenced research performed by Mayor Roe with half of those cities he researched taking responsibility of the water line to the valve box or property line, and asked that the Roseville City Council move toward that majority if the law allows such responsibility to the water main. Otherwise, the speaker further opined that the current system was not proving sufficient and transfers risk and financial responsibility to the homeowner who has no right to the property within the rights-of-way. Beyond that larger step, the speaker asked