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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 24,2014 Page 8 Mr. Schwartz concurred that most laterals within a given segment of the sewer line—or manhole to manhole—would reduce mobilization logistics, and therefore overall costs. Councilmember McGehee opined that this was something needing serious con- sideration to take advantage of, but not unless staff can organize such clusters and define a sufficient number of areas needing assistance. Councilmember McGehee referenced the televising of most lines throughout the City, opining that this put them in a good position to target those areas having the most problems, or where issues kept coming up versus only a select few spread out among the community creating a huge expense for them and not efficient efforts on the City's part to ad- dress the problem or take advantage of this program. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff was currently developing letters for properties having been identified with "root issues" as part of the 2014 Pavement Manage- ment Program (PMP); with those residents receiving the letter based on past tele- vising. Mr. Schwartz clarified that the City only televised approximately 10% of the system annually, but could use that technology from recent years to provide that notice. Mr. Schwartz advised that staff was currently working through the identification and mailing process over the next month or two as plans are final- ized for the 2014 PMP. Mr. Schwartz noted that residents would also be advised in general through the City's newsletter and other communication efforts to en- courage them to apply for this program as long as funds remain available. Mr. Schwartz advised that a number of inquiries about the program had been fielded by staff; with one additional frozen sewer line repair under a wider county road redirected to a different sewer on the same side of the road, also being eligible for this program. Mr. Schwartz noted that staff continued to promote the program until funds are fully expended; and his most recent inquiry with the Metropolitan Council indicated that approximately one-half of those total county-wide funds remained available. McGehee moved, Etten seconded, approval of Metropolitan Council Clean Water Fund Grant Agreement No. SG2014-002 monies for grants for homeowners for replacement of sanitary sewer services. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Etten; McGehee; Laliberte; and Roe. Nays: None. g. Request by University of Northwestern for Approval of Field Lighting for Renovated Outdoor Athletic Facilities as a CONDITIONAL USE at 3003 Snelling Avenue At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon briefly summarized this re- quest as detailed in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated March 24, 2014.