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CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2014-48 A RESOLUTION ORDERING FEASIBILITY REPORT, RECEIVING A FEASIBILITY REPORT, CALLING HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT, APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND INCORPORATE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS INTO 39TH STREET NORTH: STREET
AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE VILLAGE EAST TRUNK SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, sanitary sewer improvements are necessary to connect the 39th Street North sanitary sewer improvements by installing 2,000 feet of trunk sewer from Trunk Highway 5 to south of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks; and WHEREAS, there are three developable benefiting properties adjacent to said improvements; and
WHEREAS, a feasibility report has been prepared by FOCUS Engineering, Inc. for the Village East Trunk Sanitary Sewer Improvements; and WHEREAS, the feasibility report recommends that benefitting properties along the project route be assessed all or a portion of the cost of the improvements pursuant to the City’s Special Assessment Policy and Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429; and
WHEREAS, the feasibility report provides information regarding whether the proposed improvement is necessary, cost-effective, and feasible; whether it should best be made as proposed or in connection with some other improvement; the estimated cost of the improvements as recommended; and a description of the methodology used to calculate individual assessments for affected parcels; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer, together with Bolton and Menk, Inc. has prepared plans and specifications for the Village East Trunk Sanitary Sewer Improvements: TH 5 to UP Railroad and has presented such plans and specifications to the Council for approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, 1. The City Council directs the City Engineer and FOCUS Engineering, Inc., to complete a feasibility report in accordance with Minnesota Statues, Chapter 429 for the proposed
improvements, and to report to the council with all convenient speed advising the council in a preliminary way as to whether the proposed improvement is necessary, cost-effective, and feasible; whether it should best be made as proposed or in connection with some other
improvement; the estimated cost of the improvement as recommended; and a description of the methodology used to calculate individual assessments for affected parcels. 2. That the City Council will consider the improvements in accordance with the report and the assessments of the abutting properties for all or a portion of the cost of the improvements pursuant to Minnesota Statues, Chapter 429 at an estimated total project cost of $288,000 for the sanitary sewer improvements.
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3. The City Council declares its official intent to reimburse itself for the costs of the improvement from the proceeds of tax exempt bonds.
4. A public hearing shall be held on such proposed improvements on the 15th day of July, 2014, in the council chambers of the City Hall at or approximately after 7:00 P.M. and the clerk shall give mailed and published notice of such hearing and improvement as required by law.
5. Such plans and specifications, a copy of which is on file at Lake Elmo City Hall and made a part hereof, are hereby approved. The plans and specifications shall be incorporated with the 39th Street North: Street and Sanitary Sewer Improvements project and bid as an add alternative. 6. The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper and posted online with Quest Construction Data Network (QuestCDN.com) an advertisement for bids upon the making of such improvements under such approved plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be published for at least 21 days, shall specify the work to be done, and shall state that sealed bids provided to the City Clerk prior to the specified bid date and time and accompanied by a bid bond or cashier’s check made payable to the City of Lake Elmo in an amount not less than 5% of the
amount of such bid will be considered. ADOPTED BY THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 2014. CITY OF LAKE ELMO By: __________________________ Mike Pearson Mayor (Seal) ATTEST: ________________________________
Adam Bell City Clerk