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9 preventative maintenance. Bids for the 2004 Well Rehabilitation Project were received at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at City Hall. A total of three (3) bids were received for this project. The low bid of $44,893.80 was submitted by E.H. Renner & Sons of Elk River, Minnesota. On November 22, 2004, the City Council approved Resolution 6398 approving a contract award for the 2004 Well Rehabilitation Project. A preconstruction meeting was held on December 6, 2004 with E.H. Renner & Sons. Work on this project has continued since December of 2004. Work on Well No. 3 is 95% complete and about 80% on Well No. 5. Work on both wells should be completed by late June. SANITARY SEWER ILLICIT CONNECTION INSPECTION PROGRAM In August of 2004, the City began inspecting the plumbing of single-family residential homes to ensure that only proper connections are made to the sanitary sewer system. Illicit connections of drainpipes and sump pumps into the sanitary sewer cost the City tens of thousands of dollar per year. These costs are then passed on to the users of the system. On May 2, 2005 a report for the single-family residential home inspections was submitted to the City Council. Staff will continue to take inspection appointments and re-inspect properties as residents call. Staff will make every effort to bring the remaining few properties into compliance. As required by the City Code, those properties that are not in compliance will receive a seventy-five dollar ($75) surcharge on their quarterly utility bills. The single-family residential homes inspections were the first phase of this program. In the spring of 2005 Staff initiated the second phase of this program whereby the remaining properties connected to the City’s sanitary sewer system are currently being inspected. This includes commercial, industrial, and multi- family residential properties. As of this date the multi-family residential properties have all been inspected. Inspections of commercial and industrial properties will continue through the month of June during normal business hours. STREET LIGHT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM Currently there are about 260 public streetlights throughout the City. Of these, the City owns only 54 of them, of which nine (9) are scattered throughout the City and the remainder are grouped in the Park View Neighborhood, around Mounds View Drive, and the majority are in the City’s Industrial Park, along Program Avenue, Woodale Drive, and Quincy Street. The City does not have the equipment or the manpower to maintain the streetlights. In most cases, the City has been contracting this work out at a large