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infrastructure (less project costs paid by 3M) that the City was required to construct, starting in 2006, in response to the PFAS contamination in the City. In order to respond with safe drinking water, the city was required to expand the municipal water system outside of its Municipal Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundaries. By not providing compensation to Lake Elmo for early response actions to PFAS contamination, Lake Elmo is not being treated equitably to the other 13 communities. 10. The City of Lake Elmo should receive full funding to abandon Well No. 3 that has been impacted by PEAS and remains an unused well. 11. The City of Lake Elmo is requesting to be treated fairly in the funding allocation of water storage. The percentage funding for the next City water tower should be based on the total number of water customers residing outside of the City MUSA areas, not just the number of connections from the City's expedited projects and future public watermain connections. 12. The City of Lake Elmo is requesting that the State fully fund a water distribution system review and analysis by the City's consultant, to fully understand additional distribution system impacts and improvements that may be required by an alternative water source. The City is requesting immediate access to the WaterCAD Hydraulic model created by Wood, in the spirit of reducing the duplication of these costs. 13. Neighborhood Connections. The City of Lake Elmo supports the continuation of connecting non-MUSA area neighborhoods to the municipal water system, consistent with the current expedited project implementation process. The city strongly supports comnecting all neighborhoods located within the Special Well Construction Area. In addition to the current and recently awarded expedited projects, the City strongly supports the State's position to include the extension of municipal water in the CDWSP for the Homestead (14th Street N), Packard Park and Eden Park neighborhoods, and for the properties located along 20th Street Circle. However, the CDWSP stops short of providing for a complete solution for connecting neighborhoods. a. The City of Lake Elmo is concerned that the costs estimates identified in the CDWSP remain insufficient to complete the scope of improvements that are identified in the plan for Lake Elmo. The city has a great deal of experience over the past 15 years implementing street and watermain extension projects throughout the city, mostly in response to PFAS contamination. We believe that the total project costs are being underestimated by at least 20-25%. Costs estimates should be reviewed and updated to reflect past experiences. b. The City of Lake Elmo strongly supports that all neighborhoods located in the Special Well Constriction Area should have the option of connecting to municipal water. Additional neighborhoods that should be included in the plan as frilly funded municipal water connection projects include Sunfish Ponds (16 properties), the Forest (18 properties), properties along Stillwater Lane (10 properties), properties along Klondike Avenue (11 properties), and four properties located west of the Tapestry neighborhood. Strong consideration should also be given to including the Tartan Meadows neighborhood (39 properties) located directly south of the Homestead neighborhood, and 5 remotely located properties in the Old Village MUSA, just south of the UP Railroad (3407, 3409, 3411,3413, and 3415 Lake Elmo Avenue).