HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 17 - Old Village-Authorize Feasibility Report RESOLUTIONResolution No. 2014-57 1
CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2014-57 A RESOLUTION ORDERING PREPARATION OF A FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR THE OLD VILLAGE PHASE 1 STREET AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo and Washington County have been working jointly on the Lake Elmo Avenue (County Road 17) Corridor Management and Safety Improvement Project to improve Lake Elmo Avenue from 30th Street to Trunk Highway 5 while extending sanitary sewer service into the Downtown Village area; and WHEREAS, each entity will be responsible for sharing in the project costs as jointly agreed to; and WHEREAS, the improvements will be implemented in two phases with the Phase 1 Street and Utility Improvements proposed for construction in 2015; and the remaining improvements constructed in 2016; and WHEREAS, the Phase 1 Improvements includes street, drainage and utility improvements, including the extension of sanitary sewer service and replacement of aging watermain infrastructure along the following corridors;
• 30th Street North, from the Reid Park lift station to Lake Elmo Avenue.
• Lake Elmo Avenue, from 30th Street North to Upper 33rd Street.
• Upper 33rd Street North, from Lake Elmo Avenue to Laverne Avenue North.
• Laverne Avenue North, from Upper 33rd Street North to Trunk Highway 5.
WHEREAS, it is proposed to assess the benefiting properties for all or a portion of the cost of the improvement, pursuant to the City’s Special Assessment Policy and Minnesota Statues, Chapter 429. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, That the proposed improvement, called the Old Village Phase 1 Street and Utility Improvements, be referred to the City Engineer and FOCUS Engineering, and that FOCUS Engineering is instructed 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 be best 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.
ADOPTED BY THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY 2014. CITY OF LAKE ELMO By: __________________________ Mike Pearson Mayor (Seal) ATTEST: ________________________________
Adam Bell City Clerk