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A RESOLUTION ORDERING PREPARATION OF A FEASIBILITY
REPORT FOR THE OLD VILLAGE PHASE 2 STREET, DRAINAGE, AND
UTI I LITY IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo and Washington County have entered into a
Cooperative Agreement to jointly make Street, Drainage and Utility Improvements to City and
County infrastructure in and around the Old Village area in downtown Lake Elmo; and
WHEREAS, the improvements are being completed in two phases with Old Village
Phase I consisting of a portion of the City streets including Upper 33 Street North and Laverne
Avenue North, and including the construction of the Regional Infiltration Pond; and the Old
Village Phase 2 consisting of CSAH 17 (Lake Elmo Avenue) from CSAH 14 (Old Hwy 5) to
30th Street, and 30"' Street from CSAH 17 east to the Reid Park lift station; and
WHEREAS, the Old Village Phase 1 Improvements began construction in 2015 and the
Old Village Phase 2 Improvements are proposed for construction beginning in 2016; and
WHEREAS, each entity is responsible for sharing in the project costs per Cooperative
Agreement No. 9660, dated June 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Phase 2 Irnprovements includes street, drainage and utility
improvements, including the extension of sanitary sewer service and replacement of aging
watennain infrastructure along the following corridors;
* 30' Street North, ftom, the Reid Park lift station to Lake Elmo Avenue.
* Lake Elmo Avenue, from 3e Street North to CSAH 14.
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 2 Street, Drainage, 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; using estimated costs for the recommended
improvements as determined by the .`ounty's design consultant; and a description of the
methodology used to calculate individual assessments for affected parcels;
ADOPTED BY THE LAKE E MO CITY COUNCIL ON THE SECOND DAY OF
FEBRU RY 2016.__
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Mike Pearson
Mayor
(Seal)
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Resolution No.; 2016-