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Discussion included past grants for private sewer laterals funded with state <br /> bonding money awarded by the Met Council and pending legislation to offer a <br /> similar process for cities to have available yet again; cost economies available for <br /> large scale projects versus on an individual basis; additional costs for <br /> circumstances occurring during winter weather conditions; and the significant <br /> amount of money involved. <br /> Member Cihacek suggested a consideration needed to include the cost savings <br /> component for the City to have uniform lines coming into a main and potential <br /> cost savings available in other areas; and suggested a cost savings analysis could <br /> provide additional information for this review. <br /> Other Considerations <br /> • Discretionary immunity issues <br /> • Determining where problem is located on lateral <br /> • Lack of service lateral as built information (water tends to be more uniform) — <br /> private developers and no city records available <br /> • Fairness to properties that have replaced this infrastructure <br /> • Other? <br /> Discussion included replacement scenarios and ability of a homeowner to pay <br /> costs upfront or over time as a special assessment; and new connections added <br /> onto road assessment costs as applicable. <br /> However, Mr. Schwartz noted that with completion of the first phase of the <br /> Pavement Management Plan (PMP) over the last 20 years, future road <br /> reconstruction projects would be few and far between, with that investment made <br /> and with few exceptions for a number of years, most projects would be <br /> maintenance for mill and overlay versus pavement replacement. Mr. Schwartz <br /> noted that there would be some water main or sewer main replacement projects <br /> coming forward where a portion of pavement would be lost to open service lines. <br /> However, Mr. Schwartz advised that water service lines tended to have a longer <br /> life cycle than sanitary sewer lines due to the original material specifications (e.g. <br /> clay lines). <br /> Member Seigler asked if staff was seeing an increase in failures due to the aging <br /> housing stock in Roseville. <br /> Mr. Schwartz responded affirmatively; however, conversely he noted the <br /> increasing technologies available in lining sanitary sewer laterals, even though <br /> they were fairly expensive at this point, which he estimated to be $7,000 to <br /> $8,000 per individual line. Mr. Schwartz noted that, if there was sufficient <br /> interest from 100% of the homeowners along a particular line, the entire <br /> segment's service laterals could be lined at the same time, thereby reducing the <br /> cost to $2,000 to $3,000 each, again based on the economy of scale. Mr. <br /> Schwartz noted the advantage for a homeowner to have their laterals lined while <br /> Page 6 of 19 <br />