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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, June 8, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 16 of 21 Edwards said Orono’s program is modeled almost completely after Golden Valley, because they are kind of the model in the metro that everybody uses. He backed out the road construction provision that some cities have in their ordinances. He got the feeling from a previous discussion that might be considered overstepping. He said that is another successful provision some cities use; they primarily use it on a road reconstruct such as a full rebuild/full utility replacement; they will require all of the service lines be televised, and any that need to be replaced can be replaced as part of the project. The advantage is that there can be a better cost because the same vendor/contractor is doing all the utility work at once. He noted Delano did one of those projects about a year ago, where they did a complete reconstruct. Walsh stated that made sense because they talked in general that they did not want to willy-nilly go out and do it. If it is limited to a full road reconstruct, everything is already opened up, 20 locations could be solved at the same time and it’s good for ten years. He noted that in Golden Valley, if you list your house, you have to have the inspection; if you take your house off the market and list it a year later, you have to do everything all over again. Orono is more reasonable because they are doing ten years and when they are doing it, it is being fixed correctly the first time. He asked if the Council wanted to add back in the full reconstruct. Printup said he would not do it now because not only is it bad timing, but the City is just stepping into it. Walsh agreed that it could always be added. Also, there are no full road reconstructions in front of the City that he is aware of this year or next year. Edwards stated there are none anytime soon that are full reconstructs and where there would be utilities. Seals said she feels it might be too much because she is still getting emails on the utilities. Walsh noted he would like to get it in place and was glad Johnson confirmed a number of things with Golden Valley. If the City needs to make tweaks as they go along, they can do so. Crosby stated the reconstruct portion definitely needs to be added in the future. Printup asked if there would be people that would be interested in it because they don’t want a backup and so they would do it on their own. Crosby said there would be some people. Seals stated her husband would be one of them. Walsh said if someone has backups, they would be doing a camera at some point to figure out what is causing the problem. Printup stated he has no interest in knocking on doors and saying that the City government is here. He is in favor of it as people are heading out of town. Johnson noted some people in Orono move within the City. Walsh said if they are buying a new house, they know they are getting theirs done, too.