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80 Mr. Culver noted that the concrete rehabilitation Larpenteur Avenue project from <br />81 Oxford to Dale, west of Victoria street, and originally planned for 2013 would be <br />82 under construction in 2014. While the County is looking to assist the City with <br />83 funding for the Victoria Street and County Road B -2 projects, Mr. Culver noted <br />84 that otherwise there were limited opportunities for their involvement for pathway <br />85 projects. <br />86 <br />87 At the request of Member DeBenedet, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that there were <br />88 only two proposals received for the County Road B -2 sidewalk/pathway project; <br />89 and they were currently in the blind review process er Best Value <br />90 Procurement procedures. <br />91 <br />92 Mr. Schwartz provided a brief update of last night's City Council meeting, and <br />93 the names of those new members who will be serving on the newly- expanded <br />94 PWETC (7 members total). <br />95 <br />96 5. Ownership of Water /Sewer Service Lateral Infrastructure <br />97 As noted in the staff report, at their March 24, 2014 meeting the City Council <br />98 began a discussion of ownership of water and sewer service laterals in the City. <br />99 Mr. Schwartz advised that the City Council had requested more detailed <br />100 information and comparison information and cost participation scenarios if any <br />101 from surrounding communities for ownership options, noting that in his past <br />102 surveys of those policies, they varied considerably depending on specific policies <br />103 for each community. At this point, Mr. Schwartz advised that staff had received <br />104 no direction from the City Council until additional information was available and <br />105 further discussion was held. <br />106 <br />107 Discussion included whether or not freeze -ups were in localized areas or spread <br />108 throughout the community; watW main materials used in the past and current <br />109 options, as well as depth of existing lines; recognizing that this winter is not <br />110 necessarily the new norm, with other options available to mitigate this extended <br />111 freeze -up list beyond typical freeze -ups in more normal winters; ways to mitigate <br />112 existing problem areas during pavement projects (e.g. insulating pipes as water <br />113 mains area replaced, bury depths and methods, pipe bursting, and directional <br />114 boring); and design considerations as watermains are replaced along wider county <br />115 rights -of -way for smaller, domestic mains on the opposite side of the street from <br />116 larger fire mains. <br />117 <br />118 Further discussion included assisting homeowners for an equitable situation, <br />119 while protecting the City's liability with thawing lines through welding /stray <br />120 voltage concerns or other options; contracting versus private opening of service <br />121 lines; and hot water attempts with only an average 50% success rates for those <br />122 attempted due to the length of those services and more exposure on roadways. <br />123 <br />124 Member DeBenedet opined that, from a general policy standpoint, and based on <br />125 his engineering experience, his concern was that when the City hires a contractor <br />Page 3 of 14 <br />