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. . . Howard R. Green Company CONSULTING ENGINEERS December 10, 1999 File: 807650-0030 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: WESTERN AREA PHASE 4 IMPROVEMENTS RESOLUTION ORDERING FEASIBILITY STUDY DearCoundlMembeffi: At a City Council meeting last month the City Council considered and accepted a petition from Stewart Wilson for the extension of sanitary sewer, watermain, storm sewer and streets to service his property lying west of the Sherburne County Government Center and abutting Trunk Highway 10. At that meeting, the City Council directed staff to begin work on the feasibility study and also bring back a formal resolution for the City Council to consider ordering the feasibility study. The staff has done some preliminary analysis of these improvements. In doing this analysis, we have also met with Bryan Adams, General Manager of the Elk River Munidpal Utilities, to discuss the water and electric improvements. Staff believes that to adequately service this area with utilities the watermain must be looped. In the meeting with Mr. Adams, it was determined that the best route for looping the watermain at this time would be across TH 10 at Waco Street and then along the north frontage road of TH 10. This would accomplish two things. First, it would provide a system with adequate pressure and flow to meet fire fighting demands for a large commerdal and/or industrial building along Business Center Drive. Second, it would provide a looped system for the area north of TH 10. Currently, the Riverplace residential development and the Hartman commerdal area are both served by dead-end watermains. Attached is a drafted resolution for the City Council's consideration. The resolution does not declare the adequacy of the petition and therefore requires a 4/5 vote of the City Coundl. At this time, there is a question regarding the adequacy of the petition because Stewart Wilson signed it as an individual and the property is held by a partnership. The City Attorney is investigating this issue. When he has provided an opinion, we will present a resolution for the City Coundl to consider declaring its adequacy. Once again, the feasibility study would look at the extension of sanitary sewer, watermain, and storm sewer along with streets in the Business Center Drive area west of Sherburne County Government Center out to Waco Street. It would realign Waco Street so that the intersection with TH 10 is moved slightly east. It would also look at the looping of the watermain and reconstruction of the street along the north frontage road of TH 10. The final item would be the signalization of the new intersection of Waco Street and TH 10 while closing the existing intersection and the access to TH 10 at the Sherburne County Government Center. O:\PROJ\807650\0030\ltr 12-8-99 council members.doc 1326 Energy Park Drive. St. Paul, MN 55108 . 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389