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Right of Way Management September 10, 2024 Page 2 Restoration cost means an amount of money paid to the city by a permittee to achieve the level of restoration according to plates 1 to 13 of the state public utilities commission rules. Restore or restoration means the process by which an excavated right-of-way and surrounding area, including pavement and foundation, is returned to the same condition and life expectancy that existed before excavation. Section 9.20.160 Right-Of-Way Patching And Restoration (c) Standards. The permittee shall perform excavation, backfilling, patching, and restoration according to the standards and with the materials specified by the city and shall comply with Minn. R. part 7819.1100. The city shall have the authority to prescribe the manner and extent of the restoration, and may do so in written procedures of general application or on a case-by-case basis. The city, in exercising this authority, shall be guided by the following standards and considerations: (1) The number, size, depth, and duration of the excavations, disruptions, or damage to the right-of-way; (2) The traffic volume carried by the right-of-way; (3) The character of the neighborhood surrounding the right-of-way; (4) The pre-excavation condition of the right-of-way; (5) The remaining life-expectancy of the right-of-way affected by the excavation; (6) Whether the relative cost of the method of restoration to the permittee is in reasonable balance with the prevention of an accelerated depreciation of the right-of-way that would otherwise result from the excavation, disturbance, or damage to the right-of-way; and (7) The likelihood that the particular method or restoration would be effective in slowing the depreciation of the right-of-way that would otherwise take place. MN Rules Part 7819.1100 Subpart 1. Restoration standards. Restoration must return the right-of-way to the same condition that existed before excavation. Subject to this standard, plates 1 to 13, shown in parts 7819.9900 to 7819.9950, indicate maximum limits of restoration methods and area requirements the local government unit can impose when a right-of-way user excavates in the public right-of-way. The local government unit and right-of-way user may agree to a lesser requirement. The right-of-way user is responsible for all of its work done in the public right-of-way, whether by employees, agents, or independent contractors. Subp. 2. Levels of restoration. All levels of restoration include compaction of the materials placed in the excavation of the subgrade and aggregate base, plus pavement