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Mounds View City Council September 10, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 5 • Council Member Mueller asked if the diameter of the pipe changed from the original proposal this spring. Mr. Woehrle indicated that the diameter has always been proposed as an 8 inch pipe. Council Member Mueller indicated that Council had previously asked for some iype of landscaping, or something to screen this installation to make it easier to look at. Mr. Woehrle said that they believe relocating it to a less canspicuoas spot should alleviate some of the concern. Mr. Woehrle said that he would be concerned with a fence, as they tend to attract attention, but they would be agreeable to landscaping to screen the valve from view. Council Member Mueller asked why the City was chosen for the location of,.this pipeline, and valve. Mr. Woehrle indicated that this new pipeline replaces the existing four inch pipeline and there is a need for a valve to operate the pipeline as necessary. Council Member Mueller indicated that in the 1980s there ' was a tragedy in the community involving the pipeline and she remembers that. Council Member Nlueller said that she wants to make sure that everything is done properly to ensure resident safery. • Council Member Mueller asked vvhether this could have been located in an other location. Y Mr. Woehrle indicated that the pipeline was already in place in this location, and this 8 inch pipe replaces the four inch pipe. Council Member' Stigney said that he would like to see some brickwork out there to blend in around the base of the billboard, and the look of Walgreens, and some greenery for screening as well. : Council Member Hull asked u~hether the four inch pipeline serves Mounds View residents. Mr. Woehrle iridicated that it serves the Metro East Area, but it does not directly serve Mounds View. Council Member Hull asked whether the valve could be moved closer to the billboard and require enhanced screening and landscaping. Mr. Woehrle said that they are not opposed to that but felt that, they were choosing a site that already had existing utilities in that location. ~ Mayor Marty thanked Xcel for the effort to move the valve from H2 and Highway 10. Mayor Marty said that Council Member Flaherty was concerned about a large vehicle leaving the County Highway ta.king out the valve in that location.