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27 Development Opportunities on City-Owned Land | Lake Elmo, Minnesota <br />development of public service functions. The <br />City should identify and consider reserving <br />space at the site for future public facilities. <br />Sewer Connection <br />The likely sewer connection, leveraging the <br />existing sewer line from Oakdale that runs <br />into Parcel 1, prompted the panel’s review <br />of the existing Lake Elmo-Oakdale sewer <br />agreements and potential additional capacity <br />of that line. <br />As of August 2021, the anticipated cost of <br />Lift Station 6 was $893,000, with Oakdale <br />covering 70 percent of the cost and Lake <br />Elmo covering the remaining 30 percent. <br />In an October 2021 memo, the estimated <br />cost to connect the sewer service north <br />into Parcels 2 and 3 was $772,000. In this <br />scenario, Lake Elmo would pay Oakdale <br />upfront for the connection and then pay <br />annually for the service, which included a <br />500 Residential Equivalent Connection (REC) <br />equivalent allocation. <br />With the information outlined by these <br />calculations, the City acquired 300 GPM of <br />capacity from the City of Oakdale sanitary lift <br />station, representing the maximum allowable <br />sanitary flow to support approximately <br />500 Residential Equivalent Units (REU’s). <br />This occurred four years after the sanitary <br />sewer installation (or agreement execution) <br />allowing the Oakdale townhomes and nearby <br />housing to be completed first. <br />The key takeaway from this analysis is that <br />the capacity of the sewer connection from <br />Oakdale into the study area has the additional <br />capacity needed to serve the development <br />envisioned by the panel. <br />The road to the Public Works facility also notes where a new <br />street might enter Parcel 3.