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Canada prohibit gravity flow, which would require any future Little Canada development to install lift stations in order to transport waste to sanitary sewer in Labore Road. City staff finds that lowering and extending the sewer main for Little Canada is feasible because the existing sanitary sewer infrastructure has the capacity for the potential build out in the low lying area in Little Canada. Little Canada would be required to pay all associated costs and a joint - powers agreement would be required prior to proceeding with the sanitary extension to the right -of -way in Little Canada. Water Main Currently the only street in this neighborhood with water main is Linden Lane, which is connected into the Saint Paul Regional Water System. Beam Avenue, Keller Parkway, Kohlman Court, Kohlman Lane, and Meadowlark Lane have no water infrastructure. All homes along these streets are on well systems. Extending the water main in Little Canada from the intersection of Arcade Street and Keller Parkway to the neighborhood streets can be seen as a high priority to ensure drinking water standards and a higher level of fire safety protection. There are no fire hydrants in the immediate area. The closest hydrants are located at County Road C to the south and Arcade Street to the north. According to the Maplewood Fire Chief the lack of water main in the area poses a problem. The fire department has to go as far away as County Road C to get water for the homes around the north side of Kohlman Lake, The City does not have enough fire hose to cover the total distance from County Road C, so the fire department would have to enact a tanker operation. And according to the Chief, there is a much larger area in the south end of the city without water, which is where the department's only tanker is stationed. It could take several minutes for the tanker to arrive in this neighborhood from the southern part of the City. It is high on the priority list for the fire department to have water main and hydrants installed throughout this neighborhood for the safety and protection of the citizens. This neighborhood would be better protected with fire hydrants placed throughout as is standard with all new developments and reconstruction projects within the city when water can be feasibly extended. City staff and representatives from the City of Little Canada have found it feasible to extend the water main throughout the neighborhood and stub the main to the Beam Avenue right -of -way in Little Canada. Please find the proposed water main extension map in Exhibit 5. A joint - powers agreement with Little Canada will be required prior to constructing the extension of water infrastructure into Maplewood. With the extension of water main into Maplewood, the City of Little Canada would then have the opportunity to connect to the proposed water main stub available at the right - of -way north of the intersection of Beam Avenue and Kohlman Lane, once development occurs north of Beam Avenue. Looping the water main would provide redundancy and also cut down on maintenance flushing of a dead end water system. The City of Little Canada water main design standards and specifications would be followed since they would take over and maintain the system after improvements are completed. 6 16