HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2014-57 Ordering Preparation of a Feasibility Report for the Old Village Phase 1 Street and Utility Improvement°i
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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 30t" 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 I Street and Utility
Improvements proposed for construction in 2015; and the remaining improvements constructed in 2016; and
WHEREAS, the Phase I Improvements includes street, drainage and utility improvements, including
the extension of sanitary sewer service and replacement of aging watermain infrastructure along the following
corridors;
® 30 fl, Street North, from the Reid Park lift station to Lake Elmo Avenue.
® Lake Elmo Avenue, from 30t" Street North to Upper 33rd Street.
0 Upper 33`d Street North, from Lake Elmo Avenue to Laverne Avenue North.
i Laverne Avenue North, from Upper 33`d 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.
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.
ATTEST:
Adam Bell
City Clerk
Resolution No. 2014-57