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Item No. 10 Staff Report No. Meeting Date: August 7, 2000 Type of Business: W.K. WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Michael Ulrich, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Water Service Repair Policy Date of Report: August 29, 2018 Per Council’s request, staff has brought forth a past staff report for Council’s discussion regarding the repair of residential water services. This subject was discussed earlier in 1999. In light of the number of past and most recently the increasing numbers of residential water service leaks, staff has been researching means by which these repairs or replacements can be performed more effectively. Currently the homeowner is responsible for the maintenance of the water service from the City water main, to and into the structure. This year several homeowners have experienced leaks, and have spent a considerable amount of time and money to have the repair performed. Contractor’s prices have varied from one repair to another, and acquiring a contractor to perform the repair has been difficult, even with City assistance. A couple of leaks remained unrepaired for several months due to a variety of complications. Several thousands of gallons of water were lost due to these leaks. Due to the increasing age of water system and possible inability of residents on fixed incomes to sustain the cost of the repairs, which in some cases may reach several thousands of dollars, staff is requesting Council consider the following proposal. This is only a proposal presented by staff, which may be altered in some ways. A. The City would repair all residential water services from the main to the structure. Repairs requiring excavation under the footing or basement floor would not be covered under this policy B. The proposal will be based on ten repairs required per year, with half of the repairs occurring between the curb stop and the house and the remainder from the curb stop to the main, the less expensive repair costing $2000.00 and the higher cost repair, from the curb stop to the main, which could include dewatering and some impervious surface repair estimated at $5,000.00. Total $35,000.00 C. Assuming 2,800 residential services, including duplexes, townhouses and condominiums, if a water service repair fee of $13.00 per year was charged to all residential property owners, $36,400.00 would be earned to repair services. If a resident lived in the City of Mounds View for 50 years, the assurance that they would never have to consider paying for the repair or replacement of the water service due to a leak, would have cost them $650.00. An increase in water rates could also be instituted to reflect the additional funding necessary to balance the expenditures.