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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: April 11, 2022 <br />Item No.: 7.a <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description:Receive Xcel Energy Northeast Metro Natural Gas Project Presentation <br />1 B ACKGROUND <br />2 Xcel Energy has been working on upgrading gas mains in the northeast metro since 2019. This <br />3 year’s project is phase 4 and is entirely within Roseville. Work will be similar to last year when <br />4 County Road B between Lexington Avenue and Rice Street was upgraded. This year’s project will <br />5 be on County Road B between Hamline Avenue and Lexington Avenue and on Hamline Avenue <br />6 between County Road B and County Road C. This year’s work will be the final phase of the project. <br />7 Representatives from Xcel Energy and their support team will update the Council on the project <br />8 including schedules and impacts related to the project and be on hand to answer any questions. <br />9 More information on the project can be found on Xcel’s webpage for this project: <br />10 www.XcelEnergyNEMetroGasProject.com <br />11 Representatives from Xcel Energy and their support team will be present to share an update and <br />12 answer questions from the Council. <br />13 F INANCIAL I MPACTS <br />14 While there are no costs to the City of Roseville for the replacement of the natural gas main, the City <br />15 is working with Xcel Energy to replace the City’s watermain along a portion of the project corridor <br />16 which provides cost savings and coordination benefits to both agencies. The Cooperative <br />17 Agreement between the City and Xcel Energy can be found in the consent agenda. <br />18 S TAFF R ECOMMENDATION <br />19 Staff recommends that the City Council receive a presentation from Xcel Energy about the Northeast <br />20 Metro Natural Gas Project and provide input. <br />21 R EQUESTED C OUNCIL A CTION <br />22 None. <br />Prepared by: Jesse Freihammer, Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer <br />Attachments: A: Presentation <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />