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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 10, 2017 Page 9 Mayor Roe echoed many of the comments of his colleagues. Specific to transit ties in the overall transportation plan, while the east/west routes made sense, Mayor Roe also noted the need to remain cognizant of those passing through Ro- seville on the north-south routes to work in Downtown St. Paul and/or Minneap- olis, and the need to enhance those routes as well. Specific to the PWETC's upcoming work on the Transportation and Pathway Master Plans, Mayor Roe spoke in support of them doing so. However, Mayor Roe asked that the PWETC pay careful attention to using consistent and clear cri- teria, expressing his support for that used in the 2008 Pathway Master Plan or asked for similar criteria to be used that provided a well-thought-out process in reviewing and prioritizing segments as and when funding became available. Mayor Roe asked that the PWETC use such a consistent method, and provide their rationale in using those criteria, as they review the pathway plan. Mayor Roe opined that of particular interest to him, and what he considered a missing component in the previous plan, was addressing missing connections from multi- family housing to public transit, even though it had been somewhat addressed with recent connections at Dale Street and County Road B. However, Mayor Roe opined that there were other relatively small segments between multi-family hous- ing and transit within '/block,but only currently accessible for pedestrians by us- ing the street. Councilmember Willmus echoed Mayor Roe's comments regarding establishing criteria for the pathway master plan process that provided consistent scoring and review of each segment. Councilmember Willmus agreed that was a flaw with the most recent review by former PWETC members as individual commissioners applied criteria in an arbitrary manner to prioritize segments. Councilmember Willmus opined that it was important for the PWETC as a group to have commu- nity-based standards for that criteria ranking. Councilmember McGehee agreed with the comments of her colleagues related to transportation plan updates. Councilmember McGehee stated that a remaining issue for her was private sewer lining in addition to backflow device installations. To clarify previous comments related to lead pipes in Roseville homes, Councilmember McGehee advised that there were lead pipes — since replaced — in her home; and advised that in around 1975 the practice was instituted from use of lead solder to lead-free solder to sweat joints. Specific to lining private laterals, Chair Cihacek reported that the PWETC had re- viewed this, noting it involved two different processes and contractors from that of the city's mains, and required 100% agreement by affected residents to bear the cost. Chair Cihacek advised that discussions had included whether to include such an option as part of the city's design/engineering bid process when redoing