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other metropolitan cities for residents. Mr. Culver noted some discussion at the City Council level of cost participation from the sanitary sewer fund to supplement those expenses to line a portion of all sanitary sewer services, including options for stub lining at the wye or lining up to the right-of-way with an option for the resident to pay more to have the entire line done. Mr. Culver suggested further PWETC review of those options and assessment options for residents to pay their cost for such a project, or whether to take it entirely out of the sanitary sewer fund that would be paid by all Roseville residents. At the request of Member Seigler, Mr. Culver stated he wasn't sure if prices for the lateral lining were declining, it was only obvious that as more interest was found and more competition in the market, and more contractors performing the work, prices would be lowered. Mr. Culver noted that was the experience with sewer main lining, with those costs having diminished considerably over the last few years. Chair Cihacek noted the difficulty in defining bid alternates or exploring those options without a hard number of cost versus risk; unless they were done as a bid alternate and on a case by case basis brought back to the City Council. Mr. Culver suggested scheduling this item to come back to the PEWTC with staff providing more information from surrounding communities before that discussion. If the city considers it, Mr. Culver opined he saw it as an all or nothing situation, since he didn't think there would ever be a cost benefit to offer it as an option to residents. Mr. Culver opined the city needed to make the decision on the scope of the work when the city was already in the street doing a project. Mr. Culver suggested the city would decide on the lining and where that ended with the work completed shortly before or after the main project, since different contractors were involved. Mr. Culver opined the program would only be effective if the city made the decision to do all services, and decided how to pay for it, allowing residents the option to extend lining up to their house at their cost. Mr. Culver further opined it wasn't cost effective or a reasonable contract cost to offer it as an option for residents, without 100%participation. As part of that future discussion, Chair Cihacek asked staff to provide pricing for the lining to the wye and to the right-of-way options, and annual cost projections, along with a model that could be implemented. Mr. Culver stated staff would review the recent projects in Burnsville, Edina or Golden Valley currently performing this work and review their process, number of homes done, and average cost per home. Mr. Culver noted there were lots of variables but a comparison would inform the PWETC discussion. Discussion ensued regarding timing of work plan items and PWETC monthly agendas. A tentative schedule was outlined as follows: • Sewer and Water Service Lining (October 2016) Page 13 of 19