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£IJCRIHG S 41SS0(I4ITES Memo TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer DATE: December 14, 2007 RE: Lakeside Court As directed by the City Council, staff has held an informational meeting with the property owners along Lakeside Court to discuss the proposed reconstruction of the street and addition of watermain. A copy of the meeting minutes are attached to this memo for your review. The proposed improvements for Lakeside Court would include addition of municipal water service and reconstruction of the street to a 28 -foot urban section. While the street's pavement rating is one of the poorest in the City and the street is included in those requiring reconstruction, a major reason for its inclusion in the proposed 2008 project was due to the watermain work. Staff felt that if the watermain work on Lakeside Court was included with the large amount of watermain work to be undertaken next year as part of the trunk watermain for the new St. Jude facility that cost savings could be realized due to the economy of scale when compared to completing the Lakeside Court improvement alone. The result of the informational meeting poll conducted at the meeting on including Lakeside Court in the 2008 improvements project was two (2) in favor and two (2) indicated that they did not need City water. It was the consensus at the meeting that all residents should be given the opportunity to vote on the improvement so a questionnaire was mailed to all affected residents. The results of the mailing poll are attached to this memo in the form of an exhibit. It should be noted that in the questionnaire that was mailed to the residents it was stated that no response would be counted as a vote in favor of the improvements. The results were 4 yes votes including the non - responses and 7 no votes. We would ask that the City Council review the attached information and provide direction on if Lakeside Court should be included in the feasibility study for the City's 2008 Improvements project. If you have any questions please call me at (763) 780 -0450 extension 13. 10062 Flanders Court NE — Blaine, MN 55449 — Ph: (763) 780 -0450 Fax (763) 780 -0452 Memo - 121407 -CC (Lakeside Court) - 1 2 - 1RUb NOM