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Hanson, Joel From: Gerald J. Urban [gurban @cityvadnaisheights.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:46 AM To: 'Joel .hanson @ci.little- canada.mn.us' Subject: RE: Twin Lake Area Water Main Joel, we were going to be contacting you as well, Tim Benetti was going to be contacting you for a meeting next week in regards to the Collova /Anderson properties. I just got word this morning and talked to their proposed engineer yesterday. They are now going to move forward with a preliminary plat, which we were told needed to be done by June 1, 2004 to potentially qualify for a noise wall on the freeway. I would like to work something out where we wouldn't have to put these citizens through the entire process in both cities as we had done with the Mitchell Preserve addition. I would suggest Vadnais take the lead and on this addition, as the access and most likely the utilities would come from our city, except what you said in your message below. We are thinking of a meeting next Tuesday afternoon, but that will be coordinated. As to the water main extension, the easterly portion of Vadnais Road, from Edgerton Street, will be put in with the phase two of the first stage of the unweave the weave project next summer. I understand that the remainder of Vadnais road citizens are also considering wanting water. A phase of the Anderson /Collova land will be developed right away, most likely early in 2005. They will be requesting and part of the petition for water to be brought up Vadnais Road and to serve their plat. This would put water up to your boundary. My thought was if George Collova's land in Little Canada was planned out, then the water through some incentive could be put in a location that would have a future benefit to Mr. Collova, thus allowing for the formal water main loop. Thus, realistically, if we work with the Anderson /Collova group, I think the connection can be made by mid -summer 2005. I personally think we are getting to the point where dry mains could be put in this year, whether the water source comes from Vadnais or Little Canada. Let me know if you would like to meet with me in advance of our planned meeting next week, and I certainly would do that. Gerry Urban > Original Message > From: joel.hanson @ci.little - canada.mn.us > [SMTP:joel.hanson @ci.little - canada.mn.us] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:13 AM > To: gurban @ci.vadnais- heights.mn.us > Subject: Twin Lake Area Water Main > Gerry: > • Last night, we held an improvement hearing regarding the Twin Lake Area > water main and street reconstruction of Twin Lake Road and Twin Lake > Trail. These streets are in really bad shape and driving the need for the > water main (we won't reconstruct the street without installing the main). > • Staff had been promoting an extension of the main from Twin Lake Court and > then dead - ending it at the east end of Twin Lake Trail because Vadnais is > not yet ready for the loop. We felt this was a viable option in terms of > cost and water quality given your discontinued usage of well #1. However, > a number of residents did not agree. They do not want a dead -end system > and seem to prefer LC water due to comments made about water quality even > after you made some system changes. In a somewhat surprising development, > the City Council indicated a willingness to install our water main to this > area. (This would be a looped system and add about $200,000 to the price > tag for water, the cost of which would be split 50/50 with the residents.)