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• • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 17, 2005 APPROVED 1 2 2. The member community agrees to support the 2006 Board -approved 3 budget of $344,000. 4 5 Mr. McDowell advised he still feels the organization should merge with Ramsey / 6 Washington. 7 8 Council directed staff to confer with the City Attorney regarding any ramifications of the 9 City Council passing a resolution of support for a merger with Ramsey / Washington. 10 11 Resolution of support for VLAWMO to merge with Ramsey / Washington was added to 12 the regular Council agenda Monday, August 22, 2005, 6:30 p.m. 13 14 LAKEVIEW DRIVE FEASIBILITY, JIM STUDENSKI 15 16 City Engineer Studenski advised information on the submitted petition for the extension 17 of City utilities along Lakeview Drive was presented at the July 20, 2005 Council work 18 session. 19 20 City Engineer Studenski stated the next step is to order the preparation of a report on 21 sanitary sewer and water service. The study will cover Lakeview Drive from Elm Street 22 to North Road. The study will address, on a preliminary basis, design, cost, assessment, 23 schedule and other issues as they relate to providing City utility service to this area. 24 Surveys and soil borings will be performed to assist in preparation of the report. The cost 25 of the Feasibility Study will not exceed $45,000. Funding of the study must be 26 determined. 27 28 City Engineer Studenski indicated staff is requesting direction from the Council as to the 29 next step that staff should take in response to the utility extension. Items that must be 30 addressed by the City Council include: study funding, comprehensive plan, MUSA, street 31 reconstruction schedule, funding of trunk improvements and assessments of the street 32 portion of the project. 33 34 Council directed staff to check on the possibility of a moratorium on ordering feasibility 35 studies until a policy can be adopted. Council also directed staff to respond to the 36 residents with a letter that includes approximate costs that also includes the road 37 reconstruction, to see if there is still support for the project. 38 39 Council requested that staff come back to the Council with recommendations in relation 40 to adopting a feasibility study policy. Staff should also look into the possibility of 41 establishing criteria for the submittal of petitions for projects. 42 43 2006 BUDGET, AL ROLEK 44