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• • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 23, 2002 APPROVED City Engineer Studenski advised staff would like to move forward with Council authorizing the Preparation of Plans and Specifications for Street and Storm Sewer on Elm Street and hold the public hearing on Monday night. Councilmember O'Donnell inquired about the traffic calming aspects on Elm Street. City Engineer Studenski stated the street will be 32 feet wide and landscaping and signaling will be done also but those details have not yet been worked out. This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, October 28, 2002, 6:30 p.m. 62ND STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, JIM STUDENSKI AND MICHAEL GROCHALA City Engineer Studenski distributed the plans for the reconstruction of 62"a Street. The City has received a petition from the residents to exempt them from any road assessments and a petition to install sanitary sewer and water with the street reconstruction. City Engineer Studenski reviewed the plans and specifications of the project noting the street reconstruction portion of the project will be funded mostly through state aid. Sanitary sewer and watermain will be mostly funded through assessments. Community Development Director Grochala noted that currently the area south of 62"d Street is unsewered and a Comprehensive Plan amendment would be needed to get MUSA in that area. Councilmember O'Donnell asked if the City could just stub that area and not amend the Comprehensive Plan. Community Development Grochala stated the City can stub that area but then properties can not be assessed for those costs. It is cost efficient to put in the sewer and water when the street is reconstructed. If the City does not amend the Comprehensive Plan, assessments could not be collected until at least 2010. Mayor Bergeson stated it seems unreasonable that residents want the City to amend the Comprehensive Plan so they have sewer and water but they do not want to pay for the street reconstruction. Councilmember O'Donnell asked how many potential acres of MUSA the City would be adding if the south side is included in the MUSA area. Community Development Director Grochala stated the area would involve the addition of approximately 420 acres of MUSA with net land equaling about half of that amount. Another option is to change the growth area and land use to sewered but not allocate the full complement of MUSA. The other alternative is to do only the street reconstruction. City Engineer Studenski noted there is significant right-of-way that needs to be acquired to complete the project. City Administrator Waite Smith suggested there may be some room for compromise with the neighborhood.