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Mounds View City Council December 11, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 5 Harlan 5071 Greenwood Drive expressed his support for the golf course expansion. As a casual golfer it gives him a local course to play that is very convenient. When his children and grandchildren are in town visiting the golf course is a nice place for a family outing. He indicated he believed the golf course to be a benefit to the City because it provides people a place to drive to in Mounds View rather than driving through. 10. COUNCIL BUSINESS A. Continuation of Public Hearing, Second Reading and Consideration of Ordinance No. 673, Amending Chapter 906 of the Municipal Code, Section 906.04, Subd. 4, Entitled "Liability for Repairs" of the Municipal Code (Water Services). Mayor Coughlin reopened the public hearing at 7:35 p.m. Public Works Director Ulrich told Council the only change to the proposal was to make participation in the program mandatory as Staff and the City Attorney agree that the administration of the program would be difficult and there may not be enough funds to run the program if residents are allowed to opt out of the program. He also indicated he had not received any additional comments for or against the program since the last public hearing. Russ Anderson 5159 Edgewood Drive thanked the City for its effort to help residents with a . potentially costly repair to water service. He indicated he and the neighbors he has spoken to are in favor of the plan and support it wholeheartedly and will happily pay the quarterly fee for participation in the program. Dana Mandoza 2633 Clearview Avenue inquired as to how much of the repair would be picked up by the City through this program. Public Works Director Ulrich explained the program and indicated that residents would be responsible for the costs for surface restoration, (i.e., grass or sod). Mr. Mandoza told Council he supports the program and believes this will offer him protection against an unexpected water service failure. He indicated he also believed it would save the City money not to have broken water service lines leaking for long periods of time as is sometimes the case when residents can not get a contractor to repair the problem in a timely manner. Russ Anderson 5159 Edgewood Drive told Council his son who lives in Eau Claire, WI had to repair his water service within the last ten days and it cost his son over $7,000.00. When he told his son the City of Mounds View was offering this program for protection from that type of problem his son indicated it would have been very nice not to have to pay for this himself. Steve Begge 8261 Sunnyside Road commented on an article in a local paper discussing the water services repair program which was quite negative. He indicated he wished there had been