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Speaker 2 (Public Works staff) reported the state mandated a lead service inventory; a consultant reviewed plans and field tests and staff now have about "600 or so" water services with unknown service pipe material. Staff will send ~600 letters asking homeowners to allow basement inspections; the city hopes to avoid passing costs to residents. Category: presentation, procedural
City staff and councilors discussed a state-mandated lead service line inventory and resident outreach, capital needs including removal of two out-of-service underground fuel tanks and building rehabilitation, transportation projects (Safe Streets grant and the I-140 pedestrian bridge), updates to GIS layers and hydrant mapping, street-lighting transfer questions on Brook Lane, and waste management options including landfill expansion versus hauling sludge amid PFAS concerns.
