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353 repairs at that time as well. Mr. Culver advised that staff was currently looking into 354 those situations citywide for further analysis and cost benefit considerations. 355 356 Chair Cihacek led discussions regarding the significance of where to line laterals, 357 and advantages from a cost benefit for extending the life of the entire system, and 358 projected additional life span for those lined services even if not solving all the 359 problems. 360 361 Mr. Sandstrom noted the significant cost and time savings by the city lining up to 362 the rights-of-way staying on city property versus tting permission to access 363 private property, even though repairs in private y ay be less expensive versus 364 removing curbs and digging up the roadway. 365 366 Chair Cihacek stated he remained a proponent for a point of sale inspections policy; 367 and suggested staff examine ordinance language and potential costs to residents 368 based on street and permit applications to -date; providing a cost analysis of in - 369 house inspections versus using outside contractors. Even if th Sityabsorbed the 370 cost of lining up to the rights-of-way, Chair Cihacek opined iided the city 371 improved I & I contro and thereby reduced long-term csts for its 372 constituents, and was worth xamining. Chair Cihacek further opined that 373 taxpayers didn't realize how much it cost for I & I overages; and suggested that 374 would be another excellent educationce. 41� 375 376 Even with a proposed cost cap and city liability risk consideration, Member Seigler 377 asked what advantage it provided him if the city charged him to run a camera down 378 his sewer pipes and lateral line. 379 380 Mr. Sandstrom responded that the City of Golden Valley initially got a lot of 381 pushback from the community; but in thqpend noted it proved a selling point for 382 homes. If using in-house staff time, Mr. Sandstrom advised there would be an 383 upfront cost to property owners for such an inspection. 384 385 Based on the age of a home, Chair Cihacek noted that would determine the possible 386 risk for failure of a sanitary sewer system. Therefore, Chair Cihacek suggested 387 writing the ordinance to address those high risk properties as a starting point. Chair 388 Cihacek opined that part of the value of such an inspection program was that the 389 city didn't currently have a good sense of the condition of non -city -owned pipes. 390 391 Member Seigler reiterated his confusion as to why any city was concerned about 392 this or wanted to undertake such an inspection program. 393 394 Mr. Culver noted both points made by Chair Cihacek and Member Seigler were 395 reasons to implement a program such as this. Mr. Culver clarified that the 396 overriding benefit to the city is reduction in I & I, even though the city had been 397 very proactive to -date in lining its mains and reducing inflow as part of that, even Page 9 of 17