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Mounds View City Council December 11, 2000 <br />Regular Meeting Page 5 <br /> <br /> <br />10. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br /> <br /> A. Continuation of Public Hearing, Second Reading and Consideration of <br />Ordinance No. 673, Amending Chapter 906 of the Municipal Code, Section <br />906.04, Subd. 4, Entitled “Liability for Repairs” of the Municipal Code <br />(Water Services). <br /> <br />Mayor Coughlin reopened the public hearing at 7:35 p.m. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Ullrich told Council the only change to the proposal was to make <br />participation in the program mandatory as Staff and the City Attorney agree that the <br />administration of the program would be difficult and there may not be enough funds to run the <br />program if residents are allowed to opt out of the program. He also indicated he had not received <br />any additional comments for or against the program since the last public hearing. <br /> <br />Russ Anderson 5159 Edgewood Drive thanked the City for its effort to help residents with a <br />potentially costly repair to water service. He indicated he and the neighbors he has spoken to are <br />in favor of the plan and support it wholeheartedly and will happily pay the quarterly fee for <br />participation in the program. <br /> <br />Dan Mandoza 2633 Clearview Avenue inquired as to how much of the repair would be picked up <br />by the City through this program. <br /> <br />Public Works Director Ullrich explained the program and indicated that residents would be <br />responsible for the costs for surface restoration, (i.e., grass or sod). <br /> <br />Mr. Mandoza told Council he supports the program and believes this will offer him protection <br />against an unexpected water service failure. He indicated he also believed it would save the City <br />money not to have broken water service lines leaking for long periods of time as is sometimes the <br />case when residents can not get a contractor to repair the problem in a timely manner. <br /> <br />Russ Anderson 5159 Edgewood Drive told Council his son who lives in Eau Claire, WI had to <br />repair his water service within the last ten days and it cost his son over $7,000.00. When he told <br />his son the City of Mounds View was offering this program for protection from that type of <br />problem his son indicated it would have been very nice not to have to pay for this himself. <br /> <br />Steve Begge 8261 Sunnyside Road commented on an article in a local paper discussing the water <br />services repair program which was quite negative. He indicated he wished there had been <br />resident input from those residents supporting the program. He expressed his support of the <br />program and said he is glad the City is offering a program to help alleviate the rather large <br />expense of repairing water service. As a homeowner, preventive maintenance on various <br />equipment can save a person money but there is no preventive maintenance that can be done to <br />your water service. When it breaks it is unexpected and usually a large cash outlay which would <br />set just about anybody back.