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Item No: 08D <br /> Meeting Date: August 26, 2024 <br /> MOUNDS VIEW Type of Business: CB <br /> Administrator Review: <br /> City or Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Don Peterson, Director of Public Works/Parks and Recreation <br /> Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9974, Approving a Change Order for the City Wide Water <br /> Meter Replacement Project <br /> Background/Discussion: <br /> One of the most important services provided by Public Works is a reliable source of <br /> drinking water for the community. The cost associated with doing this is significant with <br /> over $55 million invested by the City of Mounds View in the infrastructure (tower, mains, <br /> wells, and treatment plants), another $6.2 million in calendar years 2021-2022 to <br /> upgrade and rehabilitate our three water treatment plants, and yearly operational costs <br /> of just over $500,000. The City knows exactly how much water is pumped out of the <br /> ground based on data collected from the meters at each well. <br /> City Council approved Resolution 9767 on June 12, 2023, awarding a contract to <br /> Milbank Winwater Works to facilitate the City water meter replacement project. <br /> Further Discussion: <br /> At the April 1, 2024, Council Work Session the Council discussed the replacement of <br /> the water service valves, these are valves typically on each side of the meter. The City <br /> code indicates that the water lines that service both residential as well as commercial <br /> are private services from the City water main into the property. <br /> A letter was sent to all properties indicating that the property owners would need to <br /> schedule the water meter replacement with Keystone, the deadline for the meter <br /> replacement is August 31, 2024; to date approximately 762 meters still required to be <br /> replaced. <br /> Continued Discussion: <br /> At the August 5, 2024, Work Session the Council discussed several options to finish out <br /> the meter change out program. The Council provided Staff with the following direction: <br /> 1) Keystone to provide a Change Order to finish out the water meter <br /> replacement program, change order to include the cost for the replacement of <br /> valves if needed. <br /> The Mounds View Vision <br /> A Thriving Desirable Community <br />