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CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO.2021-103 A RESOLUTION REGARDING SPECIAL ASSESSEMENTS FOR THE 31 STREET AND STILLWATER BOULEVARD WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, the City Council awarded a contract to construct the 31st Street and Stillwater Boulevard Watermain improvements (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the Project area has six homes that reside in an area where PFA contamination exceeds Health Based Values and well advisories were issued; and WHEREAS, the City was approved to receive grant funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (the "MPCA") under the 2018 3M Settlement Agreement as an expedited project to extend municipal water and connect each of the six homes to City water in the Project area; and WHEREAS, as part of the MPCA Grant Agreement, all homes within the Project area, regardless of Health Based Values, were eligible to connect to City water, and all households that connected to City water were required to have their private wells properly sealed and abandoned as part of the Project and within the timeframe of the Grant Agreement; and WHEREAS, in order to implement the MPCA Grant Agreement requirements, the City intended.to levy special assessments for costs of the Project in accordance with the City's Special Assessment Policy and current practices if the homes in the Project area did not connect to City water and abandon their private wells within one year after water service was made available and following written notice from the City to connect to City water; and WHEREAS, the Project was completed, and the City issued written notice to the homes in the Project area to connect to City water; and WHEREAS, all six homes within the Project area have connected to City water and abandoned their private wells within the required timeframe. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT by the City Council as follows: That the amount of the special assessments for the Project for all of the properties listed on the Final Assessment Roll that is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A will be $0. LA515-1-748454.v1