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Mounds View City Council June 43, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 5 1 2 Council Member Meehlhause noted former Mayor Don Hodges passed away last week. He sent 3 his deepest condolences to the Hodges family. 4 5 Mayor Mueller reported she met Don Hodges initially through Scouts. She thanked him for being 6 extremely active in the community and offered her condolences to the Hodges family. 7 8 Councilmember Cermak stated the Mounds View Police Foundation would be meeting on 9 Tuesday, June 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Random Park. 10 t t Mayor Mueller indicated she would be attending the League of Minnesota Cities Conference 12 along with Council Member Meehlhause next week in Duluth, Minnesota. 13 14 Mayor Mueller encouraged the public to consider volunteering at Festival in the Park, which 15 would be held on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20. 16 17 B. Reports of Staff. 18 19 Finance Director Beer commented on some reporting he had to complete with the State by mid- 20 year. 21 22 1. Sanitary Sewer Policy Discussion 23 24 City Administrator Zikmund stated there was a house on Spring Lake Road that has co joined 25 sewer. He noted this matter was discussed previously at a workshop meeting. He explained 26 Kennedy and Graven have done some legal work for the properties to acknowledge this. He 27 commented on the cost to do the work, noting the depth of the lines (15 feet) made the cost 28 $15,000. He stated the homeowner has come back stating they would split the cost. The City 29 Attorney's advice would be to consider the cost to the City if the split were not made and a 30 problem were to occur in the future with one of these lines. He requested the Council discuss this 31 matter further and provide staff with direction on how to proceed. 32 33 Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated in the past the Council has forced 34 residents to take on this burden. He reported the City Attorney has stated there was no public 35 purposes to split the line. As of right now, the only impact would be on the two homes, if the 36 sewer lines were to back up. 37 38 Mayor Mueller questioned what portion of the cost the City would be covering. Public 39 Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson indicated the City would pay for half of the cost 40 for putting in a new sewer line. City Administrator Zikmund explained staff was looking for 41 direction on if the work should proceed and whether or not the City wants to contribute to the 42 expense. 43 44 Council Member Meehlhause asked what resident would primarily benefit from the new sewer 45 line. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson reported there would only be a new