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IVlEFIORANDUFI <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />.at K aers, City <br /> <br />August 25, 2004 ~ <br />Joint Pleeting <br /> <br />The last joint meeting between the Utilities Commission and the City Council was held on <br />September 25, 2000. I guess this is an indication that having a City Councilmember on the <br />Commission and having monthly Commission updates on the City Council agenda has led to good <br />communication between the Commission and the Council. Additionally, it is not unusual to have a <br />staff member attend the Utilities Commission meetings or have a Utilities staff member attend a <br />City Council meeting. This doesn't mean that everything has been "perfect" as there has been some <br />issues of concern in the recent past (such as the well location in the park just east of Royal Oaks); <br />but overall, the working relationship between both groups has been going very well. There is a lot of <br />staff interaction on planning, growth, and development issues and this has been even more so since <br />the Utilines have relocated to their current home on Orono Parkway. <br /> <br />HIGHWAY LIGHTS AND SIGNALS (Item 2.1.) <br />Please see the attached material from Bryan Adams and Terry Maurer. This issue specifically relates <br />to streetlights on High~vay 10. <br /> <br />The city has not been involved with either doing or paying for repair and maintenance ~vork for the <br />Highway streetlights. The City-Utilities relationship has been such that the Utilities have assumed <br />responsibility for the repair and maintenance of the Highway streetlights. In fact, without any <br />notification to the city, in the mid-1990s the Utilities painted the streetlights. <br /> <br />Currendy, a very large, comprehensive type of Highway streetlight project is being considered <br />whereby all 26 lights may need to be replaced. This replacement is not immediately required but <br />should be planned to take place within the next few years. I would suggest that the city and Utilities <br />split this project expense (i.e.: replacement of all 26 lights) equally on a 50/50 basis. <br /> <br />Regarding intersection signals, the survey included within the memo from Bryan Adams indicates <br />that Utilities are generally not involved with this type of repair and maintenance work. Future work <br />on the signals mainly consists of painting and this is estimated to cost $10,000-$12,000 per <br />intersection. <br /> <br /> <br />