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DATE: 10/01/2013
REGULAR
ITEM #: 11
AGENDA ITEM: Well No. 4 Connecting Watermain Improvements – Public Improvement
Hearing and Ordering the Improvement
SUBMITTED BY: Jack Griffin, City Engineer
THROUGH: Dean A. Zuleger, City Administrator
REVIEWED BY: Adam Bell, City Clerk
Cathy Bendel, Finance Director
Chad Isakson, Project Engineer
SUGGESTED ORDER OF BUSINESS:
- Introduction of Item ..................................................................................... City Engineer - Report/Presentation ..................................................................................... City Engineer
- Questions from Council to Staff ............................................................ Mayor Facilitates - Public Input, if Appropriate ................................................................... Mayor Facilitates - Call for Motion .............................................................................. Mayor & City Council
- Discussion ..................................................................................... Mayor & City Council - Action on Motion .................................................................................. Mayor Facilitates
SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED:
The City Council is respectfully requested to open the Public Improvement Hearing for the Well No. 4
Connecting Watermain Improvements; and following the Hearing, consider adopting Resolution No.
2013-84 Ordering the Improvement. The recommended motion for this action is as follows:
“Move to adopt Resolution No. 2013-84, Ordering the
Well No. 4 Connecting Watermain Improvements.”
STAFF REPORT:
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 429.011 to 429.111, a Public Improvement Hearing was noticed
for October 1, 2013, to consider making the following improvements:
• Install 12-inch diameter Trunk Watermain along 50th Street and Lake Elmo Avenue, from 50th
Street to 43rd Street, to connect Well No. 4 to the City’s existing distribution system.
The attached notice was published in the official newspaper and individual notifications were sent to each
address that potentially will be assessed a portion of the project costs.
The above improvements are being proposed in accordance with the 2013-2014 Capital Improvement
Plan, to connect the new water supply well, Well No. 4, to the City’s existing distribution system. As part
of the project, individual home service stubs and fire hydrants will be installed as the trunk watermain is
extended past existing residential properties. The improvements will benefit the property owners by
providing them the opportunity to connect to the municipal water system and will provide increased fire
protection for the property. A feasibility report was prepared and presented for Council approval at the
September 3, 2013 Council meeting.
Similar to the Keats MSA Street and Trunk Watermain Improvements, this project is being installed as
part of the overall water system capital improvement plan, and not as a project to specifically deliver
municipal water to the adjacent properties. Therefore the adjacent properties are not required to pay 100%
of the infrastructure extension costs as is seen in other utility extension projects, but the properties will
receive benefit.
Therefore, as part of the findings and recommendations, the Feasibility Report recommends installing
individual service stubs to properties with existing home structures and adjacent to the improvements.
The report further recommends levying a water lateral benefit assessment in the amount of the City’s
current fee schedule, or $5,800. A preliminary assessment roll was included in the Report identifying 10
properties to be assessed this amount. The Report also identifies an alternative assessment option that
assesses one half that amount, or $2,900 lateral water benefit assessment at the time of the project while
deferring the remaining $2,900 to be collected as part of an additional water connection charge if and
when the property chooses to connect to the City water system.
The detailed findings of the report, project cost details, and associated assessment impacts are included in
the Feasibility Report and will be presented at the meeting. This Report is available for review at City
Hall.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff is recommending that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2013-84, thereby Ordering the
Improvement for the Well No. 4 Connecting Watermain Improvements. Ordering a 429 Public
Improvement project without a resident petition requires a super majority 4/5 vote. The recommended
motion for this action is as follows:
“Move to adopt Resolution No. 2013-84, Ordering the
Well No. 4 Connecting Watermain Improvements.”
ATTACHMENT(S):
1. Resolution 2013-84 Ordering the Improvements. 2. Notice of Hearing on Improvement. 3. Preliminary Assessment Roll. 4. Project Schedule. 5. Location Map. 6. Feasibility Report (available for review at City Hall)