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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 10, 2006 Page 7 1 Mr. Hubmer replied the water main would go from a six inch to an eight inch main. He replied 2 the sanitary sewer for the most part would be an eight inch except on 39'h Avenue where it would 3 be a 12 inch main and a trunk sanitary on Chandler would be an 18 inches. 4 5 Mayor Faust asked if this ties in with the flood project. 6 7 Mr. Hubmer stated it did. He explained the old theory is that at the time the City was built, the 8 nine inch was sold at the same price as the eight inch so that is what was put in at the time. He 9 stated the capacity of an eight -inch main is all that is needed. 10 11 Mayor Faust asked Mr. Hubmer to talk about relining this year. 12 13 Mr. Hubmer stated there are many sags in the line so it makes sense to do it correctly. 14 15 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to approve Resolution 16 06 -077, a Resolution Receiving Report and Ordering Plans and Specifications. 17 18 Motion carried unanimously. 19 20 E. Resolution 06 -078; Award bid for Automatic Water Meters and I/I Reduction Program. 21 22 Mr. Hubmer reported the solicitation of bids went out for the replacement of water meters. He 23 stated the low bidder was National Waterworks, Inc. of Eden Prairie, MN, with an estimate of 24 $588,681.28 for Fixed Base Automated Meter Reading (FBAMR) and $595,836.59 for Drive -By 25 Automated Meter Reading (DBAMR). Mr. Hubmer made the Council aware of a maintenance 26 fee of $825 per month to maintain the infrastructure so the City would get the readings it needed. 27 He pointed out one of the great things about this system is no need to leave the building as 28 everything would be monitored remotely from anywhere for all residents. He stated residents 29 could find out what was going on inside their homes, as this would be available on line. 30 31 Mr. Hubmer introduced Mr. Todd Bredison and Mr. Paul Thom, National Waterworks to 32 describe the program. Mr. Bredison and Mr. Thom presented data from a test sight in Florida, 33 indicating how the system takes customer service to a new level. 34 35 Mayor Faust asked if residents could call it up on the website. 36 37 Mr. Bredison replied information would be available on a City server, residents would not have 38 access to the secure site; however, the City could monitor authorized customer access. 39 40 Mayor asked if it would be in real time to the resident. 41 42 Mr. Bredison it would not be in real time, but probably only a few hours delay. He stated some 43 alarms could be set up, but recommended the City not take on the liability of that type of system. 44 He mentioned times could be pin pointed when water usage spikes. 45 Commissioner Horst asked what the transmission mechanism is from the home. 46