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Mounds View City Council June 43, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 6 1 sewer line for the individual making the request. He noted the other sewer line would remain as 2 is. 3 4 Council Member Meehlhause inquired if this work could be completed prior to the work being 5 done on Spring Lake Road. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson indicated this 6 work would be done while the road was being reconstructed. 7 8 Finance Director Beer asked if there would be other private improvements completed on Spring 9 Lake Road and why wouldn't they qualify for City assistance. Public Works/Parks and 10 Recreation Director Peterson commented he did not know of anyone else participating in private 1 1 improvements for sanitary sewer. 12 13 Council Member Hull questioned if the City has had this same scenario in the past and asked if 14 funding was provided. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson stated the City has 15 gotten involved, but the City did not get involved in funding the project. 16 17 Mayor Mueller inquired if there had been any other properties within the street projects that have 18 had joined sewer lines. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson recalled there has 19 been two other properties that had joined sewer lines. 20 21 Council Member Meehlhause asked if this work could be funded by the City's zero interest loan 22 program. City Administrator Zikmund stated this would be available to these residents. 23 24 Mayor Mueller believed the right thing to do was have the sewer line separated and she did not 25 believe the residents pushed to have the lines joined when they moved into their homes. She 26 appreciated the fact the residents were willing to split the costs with the City. She indicated she 27 supported the City spending up to $7,500 in order to separate the sewer lines. 28 29 Council Member Bergeron agreed. 30 31 Council Member Meehlhause concurred as well, but noted this could start a precedence for future 32 requests. 33 34 Council Member Bergeron supported the Council reviewing these requests on a case -by -case 35 basis and noted he was not concerned about a precedence being set. 36 37 Council Member Meehlhause asked how this expense would be funded. Finance Director Beer 38 reported the expense would come from the Sanitary Sewer Fund. 39 40 Council Member Hull questioned if the City would be opening itself up to a lawsuit from the 41 previous cases where sewer lines were joined and the City did not help. City Administrator 42 Zikmund stated this matter would have to be reviewed by the City Attorney. 43 44 City Administrator Zikmund reported he would speak with the City Attorney and would report 45 back to the Council at the June 27 City Council meeting.