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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 25,2014 Page 8 of that group; however, she advised that she was not comfortable approving items without a specific number to determine budget impacts versus a vague supposi- tion. City Manager Trudgeon suggested approval of the item be deferred to a later meeting once staff provided that information. Willmus moved, Etten seconded, TABLING to a later date the consideration of a revised Ramsey County GIS User Group Joint Powers Agreement. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Laliberte, Etten, McGehee, and Roe. Nays: None. g. Approve 701 Emerald Ridge Encroachment Agreement At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon briefly reviewed this re- quest as detailed in the RCA dated August 25, 2014. Councilmember Laliberte again expressed her general support for moving for- ward with this request; however, as noted in the RCA (lines 14 — 18), she ques- tioned if agreements were in place for those other encroachment areas. City Manager Trudgeon responded that staff had been unable to determine how and why agreements had not been done as part of the permitting process for exist- ing structures encroaching on the easement; but as mentioned during his initial summary, staff would be following up to determine if the current easement width was necessary, or could be reduced to eliminate the need for pursuing agreements with all affected property owners. Short of that, Mr. Trudgeon advised that struc- tures were not allowed on easements and would need to be removed as applicable to ensure access by the City to infrastructure as needed. Councilmember Laliberte opined that there should be some standardization and fairness applied for all property owners. City Manager Trudgeon noted that this request had been prompted due to the ur- gency of the homeowner to build a deck during this construction season, and as part of the permitting process, the situation had been discovered and was intended for resolution, along with issues at adjacent properties. Mayor Roe opined that, with respect to fairness, since the background was un- known, staff was attempting to resolve the situation now on one way or another. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, City Engineer Mark Culver addressed the depth of sanitary sewer service in this area; with Councilmember Willmus noting that the deeper the lines, the wider easement area needed.