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WSB <br />ANEENNEW <br />& Associates, Lzc. Infrastructure I Engineering ® Planning 0 ConsuLl Cdon <br />July 21, 2005 <br />Honorable :Mayor, City Council, and Staff <br />City of St. Anthony Village <br />3301 Silver Lake Road <br />St. Anthony Village, MN 55418 <br />Re: Automated Water Meter Reading <br />City of St. Anthony, MN <br />WSB Project No. 1.626-02 <br />Dear honorable Mayor, City Council, and. Staff: <br />701 Xenia Avenue South <br />Suite 300 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55416 <br />Tel: 763-541-4800 <br />Fax: 763-541-1700 <br />This letter is intended to provide additional information to the City Council concerning the <br />replacement of water meters in St. Anthony Village with an Automated Water .Meter Reading <br />( A4R) system. The water meters within the City are 20 to 30 years old and are nearing the end <br />of their life cycle. <br />Should the Council desire to order the replacement of water meters, we recommend two options <br />for consideration. The first option is to replace the meters and stay with the current system, <br />which requires residents to read the water meters and City Staff to manually input the meter <br />readings and prepare the utility billings. The second option is to replace the old meters with a <br />wireless system that could be read by a radio unit, and the bills processed automatically. The <br />estimated costs of these options are provided below: <br />The installation of the wireless system requires additional initial capital expenditure by the City, <br />but will provide the following additional benefits: <br />Reduce City Staff time by not having to prepare, mail, and manually enter 2,200 utility <br />cards quarterly. <br />2. Reduce paper and postage costs .from not sending out self -read cards. <br />Reduce billing errors and minimize disputes between the City and the homeowner or <br />business owner. <br />L,0 112 6 -02!;V.,,[. ' ;Y=, <br />Minneapolis 8 St Cloud <br />Equal Opportunity Employer <br />