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Questions about the proposed MUSA extension to be answered by the Planning Commission before a recommendation is returned to the Council. 9/3/91 1. What impact will various kinds of commercial development along I-94 have on the existing businesses in the City, especially those in the Old Village? 2. What must Lake Elmo give to Oakdale or Woodbury to be able to tie into their respective sewer or water systems? Short range? Long range? 3. What should the City do about the property owners within the proposed area who have expressly indicated they do NOT want City utilities? (Lamperts, Dolan Boats, Durows, others) Are they to be forced to pay? Are they to be bypassed? 4. The only engineering study has been done on supplying sewer to the entire 640 acres in the original proposal. Similar engineering studies need to be done on supplying both sewer and water to the whole area and to smaller areas. How can utilities be supplied to a small area with the'possibility of extension along I-94 at a later date? What is the smallest area which could feasibly be served? Could a package treatment plant be used for sewer? Are there available "modular" treatment facilities which could be used to start small and be expanded by addition later? 5. What would happen if Lake Elmo did not apply for any extension of the MUSA? 6. If the MUSA is extended, what costs will the City face and what development schedule would have to be met in order for there to be an overall net tax benefit to the City? 7. What will happen in. the year 2010 (or so), when existing sewer capacity for Oakdale, Woodbury and Lake Elmo has been used? Will Lake Elmo be stuck with installation costs it cannot recoup through assessments because no one else can hook up? Will Oakdale or Woodbury "take back" their allotments? Will the MWCC put in the Cottage Grove Ravine Interceptor, but put it all the way up through Lake Elmo and into Grant Township, forcing all of Lake Elmo to be sewered? 8. What will be the City's policy regarding payment for utilities: will the City put in utilities all at once, assessing everyone in the path, whether they want it on not? Or will the City put them in incrementally in response to development proposals? 9. What policies for utility installation, assessment, etc, will be required in order to avoid another problem with detachment and annexation? Are there legal questions which must be answered here? 10. It is a fact that nearby cities with sewered commercial development have higher tax rates than does Lake Elmo. What should Lake Elmo do differently than these other cities to avoid our tax rate's going up, instead of down, as a result of any MUSA extension and the accompanying development? THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT QUESTION!