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Council Worksession October 24, 2017 5:00 pm Present: Mayor Valerie Johnson Councilmember Gina Bauman Councilmember Brian Strub Councilmember Paul Jacobsen Councilmember Mary Burg Absent: Staff in Atte ndance: Dean Lotter, Craig Schlichting, Brenda Davitt, Janice Gundlach Guests in Attendance: Derek Freudaman Lion’s Park Ribbon Cutting Mayor Johnson thanked the Council for attending the Lion’s Park ribbon cutting ceremony. She stated she was very pleased with the turnout for this event. National League of Cities Service Line Program Lotter stated Schlichting and Davitt met with a representative to discuss the National League of Cities Service line program. Schlichting reported he and Davitt met with Derek Freudaman in September and believed that the service line program from the National League of Cities had merit. He stated at this time, the City only covers the main. He indicated if the service line from the street to the home were to fail, this was the responsibility of the ho meowner. He requested Mr. Freudaman provide the Council with additional information on the service line program. Derek Freudaman thanked the Council for their time. He discussed the service line program offered by the National League of Cities and noted this covered both the water and sewer lines from the main to a home. He explained this program has been around for the past decade and assisted cities in addressing aging infrastructure. He commented on how difficult it was for residents to replace their personal water or sewer lines when they thought this was the responsibility of the City. He indicated the program would allow residents to voluntarily be a part of the program and be better educated on how the City’s infrastructure was managed. He further described how the program worked and noted several letters would be sent to residents in order to inform them of the program. After the campaign was launched residents would be able to enroll in the program online. He explained the entire program would be administered by the National League of Cities. Councilmember Jacobsen asked how long this program has been around and how many cities in Minnesota were involved. Mr. Freudaman explained there were 475 cities across the US and Canada involved in t he program. He noted in Minnesota there were 15 to 20 cities participating, but noted this number was on the rise.