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I I I Council Meeting Minutes September 8, 1987 Public Hearings, continued Proper demonstrated the difference between rigid and flexible cop- per, noting rigid is used for interior piping rather than exterior and is not something anyone would want under the new street. Blomquist noted copper was installed in 1955 and approved by the City of New Brighton; Proper noted there is nothing in the city.s records regarding service connections. Blomquist felt if the city was negligent, the city should replace it; Proper reported he called the State to see about prior plumb- ing codes and found that between 1934 and 1969 no reference is made to the type of copper tubing but it did not allow lead sol- dering, and. that galvanized pipe was an approved material at that time. Benke asked if the city was in the plumbing inspection business in 1955. LeFevere stated he did not know what the city was doing 32 years ago for plumbing inspections, but, in general, by performing a building code inspection, the city does not become a guarantor to the property owner that the work has been done properly. The city is protecting the public health, safety, and welfare; the city officials are trying to do the best job they can but they do not incur a legal obligation of any kind by a failure to pick up any deficiencies in a failure upon the code. Proper felt the lack of accurate records back then would indicate there was no inspection; Loscheider said his electrical was red- tagged by the inspector and that the plumbing was inspected, and thought Ed Gunderson was the inspector at that time. Gunderman felt this was an appropriate dispute for the Ramsey County Dispute Resolution Center. Loscheider always felt had the public works director or whoever was in charge of the program told the residents if at any point in time they would find substandard plumbing other than strictly gal- vanized, or whatever, and they addressed that issue, he could have accepted their reasoning. Benke stated the discovery of two rigid copper services a surprise; Loscheider felt if someone had taken proper notes at the public hearing, his pipes would not have been inspected because, at that hearing he stated, although he had no frost problems, he was merely advising staff that his neighbor did. Proper stated other services were excavated because the city could not verify the type of service; and did find several residents had galvanized when they thought they had copper. Page 4