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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO.2021-072 <br />A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF A FEASIBILITY REPORT <br />AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE <br />TORRE PINES STREET & UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS <br />WHEREAS, the City maintains a 5-year revolving Street Capital Improvement Program (Street <br />CIP) that identifies the present and future needs and priorities, and develops a schedule of public <br />improvements to address the most essential improvements first; and <br />WHEREAS, the public streets located in the Torre Pines subdivision have been identified for <br />improvement in the year 2022; and <br />WHEREAS, the properties in the Torre Pines subdivision reside in the Special Well Construction <br />Area due to PFAS contamination, and the PFAS contamination exceeds HBV levels for drinking water, and 11 <br />private well advisories have been issued in this area; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo submitted an application for grant funding from the MPCA <br />through the 2018 3M Settlement Funds for Expedited Projects to extend municipal water service to the <br />neighborhood; and <br />WHEREAS, the MPCA awarded grant funding in the amount of $2,219,000 as outlined in the MPCA <br />Grant Agreement, Contract Number 188423; and <br />WHEREAS, it is proposed to assess the benefiting properties for all or a portion of the cost of the <br />improvements, pursuant to the City's Special Assessment Policy and Minnesota Statues, Chapter 429. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the proposed improvement, called Torre Pines Street <br />and Utility Improvements, be referred to the City Engineer and FOCUS Engineering, to complete a <br />feasibility report in accordance with Minnesota Statues, Chapter 429 for the proposed improvements, and <br />to report to the council with all convenient speed advising the council in a preliminary way as to whether <br />the proposed improvement is necessary, cost-effective, and feasible; whether it should be best made as <br />proposed or in connection with some other improvement; the estimated cost of the improvement as <br />recommended; and a description of the methodology used to calculate individual assessments for affected <br />parcels. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The City Engineer is hereby designated as the <br />engineer for making this improvement. The engineer, and his consultants, shall oversee the preparation of <br />the Plans and Specifications for the making of such improvement. <br />ADOPTED BY THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL ON THE SIXTH DAY OF JULY, 2021. <br />CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />By: <br />Charles Cadenhead <br />Mayor <br />