HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-103CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2021-103
A RESOLUTION REGARDING SPECIAL ASSESSEMENTS FOR THE 31 STREET
AND STILLWATER BOULEVARD WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, the City Council awarded a contract to construct the 31st
Street and Stillwater Boulevard Watermain improvements (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project area has six homes that reside in an area where PFA
contamination exceeds Health Based Values and well advisories were issued; and
WHEREAS, the City was approved to receive grant funding from the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (the "MPCA") under the 2018 3M Settlement Agreement as an expedited project
to extend municipal water and connect each of the six homes to City water in the Project area; and
WHEREAS, as part of the MPCA Grant Agreement, all homes within the Project area,
regardless of Health Based Values, were eligible to connect to City water, and all households that
connected to City water were required to have their private wells properly sealed and abandoned
as part of the Project and within the timeframe of the Grant Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to implement the MPCA Grant Agreement requirements, the City
intended.to levy special assessments for costs of the Project in accordance with the City's Special
Assessment Policy and current practices if the homes in the Project area did not connect to City
water and abandon their private wells within one year after water service was made available and
following written notice from the City to connect to City water; and
WHEREAS, the Project was completed, and the City issued written notice to the homes
in the Project area to connect to City water; and
WHEREAS, all six homes within the Project area have connected to City water and
abandoned their private wells within the required timeframe.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT by the City Council as follows:
That the amount of the special assessments for the Project for all of the properties
listed on the Final Assessment Roll that is attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A
will be $0.
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ADOPTED BY THE LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 2021.
CITY OF LAKE ELMO
By:
Charles Cadenhead
(Seal) Mayor
ATTEST:
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C lerk
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