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7.02: Adopt Resolution #20-265 Approving Sanitary Sewer Maintenance and Rain Garden Agreement for River Walk Village; Case of D & N Management, LLC Deputy City Administrator Gladhill reviewed the staff report and recommendation to approve the final version of the Maintenance Agreement and deny the request for the City to agree to regular maintenance. This is consistent with the original direction of making homeowners responsible for maintenance of this line. Documentation clearly listed out this requirement. That being said, staff will support either policy direction of the City Council. Councilmember Kuzma asked if there are ten or 14 homes in this area. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill replied that there are 14 lots and ten of those connect to the force main, the others go into the gravity system. Councilmember Kuzma stated that there are then ten separate lines that go in there and asked if it would make sense to put those lines in the responsibility of the HOA. He stated that if the pipe needed replacement perhaps the City could work with them on that portion. Councilmember Menth stated that it sounds like there is a two-inch pipe with ten houses that force sewage down the pipe into the eight-inch PVC sanitary sewer. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill stated that the idea of a force main is not unique but in this case the size of the pipe is unique. He stated that this does meet minimum design standards to serve those ten homes. Councilmember Riley stated that the proposal suggests that the HOA would be involved and stated that concerns him, as HOA’s often do not maintain landscaping. He asked how this agreement would be made enforceable and how this would be communicated. Deputy City Administrator replied that many of the issues with landscaping have resulted from a lack of an HOA. He stated that this maintenance agreement would be recorded against the properties and the homeowners would be responsible and could choose to have the HOA responsible. Mayor LeTourneau stated that it seems that the two-inch section is the section that goes from the edge of the homeowner’s property and runs under the street to the eight-inch pipe. He stated that the homeowner would be responsible for the section of pipe running from their home to the edge of their property line and it appears the question would be who would be responsible for the section of pipe running from the property line to the eight inch pipe. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill stated that based off the City policy, there is no question from the home to the two-inch main as that is always the resident’s obligation. He stated that the question would be the line that collects the individual lines and runs to the manhole. He identified that section in red. He stated that normally that would be a City obligation but because the developer proposed something other than the minimum design standards, the City stated that would be the obligation of the developer. City Council / November 10, 2020 Page 5 of 13