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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />APRIL 14, 1993 <br />Morelan pointed out that Viking Drive water main was <br />considered in the mid-1980's at a cost of $64.00 per <br />front foot. Morelan asked if the Engineer's estimate <br />was low. <br />The City Engineer replied that based on the unit prices <br />bid for the 1993 improvements, he was comfortable with <br />his estimate. <br />Morelan asked if the 8-inch pipe versus 6-inch was to <br />increase flows to the hydrants without loopinq the <br />system. <br />The City Engineer replied that this was correct. 1,000 <br />gallons per minute are desirable for fire fighting. <br />With a 6-inch line there is considerable head loss on a <br />dead-end main and only 600 to 700 gallons per minute <br />can be achieved. Increasing the pipe to 8-inch brings <br />that amount up to 900 to 1,000 gallons per minute. <br />Morelan reported that he considered the increased pipe <br />size as a system-wide benefit and felt that the City <br />should pick up the cost of going from 6-inch main to <br />8-inch. <br />Hanson asked where the funds for City assistance in the <br />project would come from. <br />The City Administrator replied that the funding would <br />come from the Water and Sewer Capital Reserve Account. <br />One of the anticipated uses of these funds is to assist <br />in the cost of projects that would be difficult to <br />accomplish without City assistance. The fund was <br />established in 1990 and currently has a balance of over <br />$300,000. Other anticipated uses are for sewer <br />repairs, water tower maintenance, booster station <br />repairs. Another use for these funds might be for <br />development of a City well system. <br />Scalze pointed out the many possible uses, therefore, <br />felt the Council needed to be careful in how the money <br />was used and take care not to deplete it. <br />The City Administrator also pointed out that recent <br />water rate increases only absorbed the increase being <br />levied by the City of St. Paul, and did not account for <br />any increased system operation costs. This could limit <br />the replenishment of the Water and Sewer Capital <br />Reserve Account balances. (This account is replenished <br />by funding a portion of depreciation charges for both <br />the water and sewer utilities). <br />Hanson asked about the benefits received issue for the <br />Viking water main improvement. <br />Page 4 <br />