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Elk River Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway e P.O. Box 430 Elk River, MN 55330 -0430 The City of Elk River Attn: Mr. Cal Portner — City Administrator 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 ,vww. elkriv eru till ties. corn October 13, 2014 Subject: Request for Approval of Trunk Utility Funding for Filter Plant Project Engineering. Mr. Portner, Elk River Municipal Utilities requests funding from available water trunk utility finds for the engineering of a new Well #9 Water Filtration Plant be included for Council approval in the City's 2015 Capital Improvement Plan. The engineering has been estimate at $60,000. In 2012 ERMU began implementing a water distribution system upgrade to more efficiently utilize the capacity of our current wells and improve water distribution to the southeastern area of the urban service area. Specifically, the improvements are designed to provide additional water capacity to the new Natures Edge Business Park area. For the first phase of this project the Council approved the use of water trunk funds for a water main improvement project that rerouted water from Well #8 to connect with the water distribution system at Well #9 located on Twin Lakes Parkway. This project then rerouted the water output from Well #9 to the Well #7 Filtration Plant located on Twin Lakes Road. In 2013 the Council approved the use of water trunk funds for the second phase of this project for a 2014 water main improvements project that will add over 2,700 additional feet of water main on Twin Lakes Road from the Well 47 Filtration Plant to County Road 12. This project is currently under construction. The final phase of this project is to construct the Well #9 Filtration Plant adjoined to the Well #7 Filtration Plant. This project is projected for construction in 2016 with the engineering to be completed in 2015. The funding for the filtration plant addition will likely be through the issuance of bonds in 2016. ERMU would like to utilize water trunk utility funds to pay for the 2015 engineering costs. This project is proposed as part of the 2015 ERMU capital budget and will be presented for final approval in December by the Utilities Commission contingent upon City Council approval of the use of trunk funds. Best Regards: Troy Adams, P.E. General Manager Cc: Eric Volk — Water Superintendent Justin Femrite, P.E. — City Engineer j_j Tim Simon — City Financial Director P O W E R E D D M Reliable Public INATUR Power Provider P O W E R E D To S E R V E 113