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Do You Need City SEWER AND WATER ??? The City of Elk River will soon make the FINAL DECISION to include YOU in the ultimate East Elk River Sewer and Water District. The cost would be quite high because of the need to auger the pipes under Highway 169 and the need for a server lift station and to air because much of the area is at a lower elevation than the treatment plant. Only 7 businesses have requested sewer and water. The City Code now states that residential buildings shall be REQUIRED to connect to the water utility and public sewer within two (2) years from the date that service becomes available to the property. Unused septic tanks, cesspools shall be backfilled or made; safe and UNUSABLE in a manner acceptable to the City. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building to sewer and water lines shall be borne wholly by the property owner. The property owner shall thereafter be liable for all maintenance and repairs to his service lines between the street connection and the building. Providing sewer and water to a property is considered to be an improvement. At any time after an expense is incurred in making an improvement, the City may determine the benefit to each property in the Urban Service District. Long BEFORE scr ice reaches you, an ASSESSMENT AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY may be made for its share of the Waste water Treatment Plant expansion ($4.9 million), and the added cost of larger pipe in the trunk system to serve you. The timetable for the project shows assessments are pending summer 1996. Final costs arc not yet known, but, IN ADDITION TO THOSE ABOVE, estimates are: $5,700 an acre, plus $25 per frontage fool for Lateral Sanitary Sewer (1992 costs), plus $21 /FF for Lateral Watermain (1992), plus $10 /FF for Lateral Storm Sewer (1992), plus $22 /FF for Residential Street reconstruction, assuming partial offset by City cost participation (1992). FOR EXAMPLE: a 2 1/2 acre lot with 165 frontage feet would pay $12,870 for Sanitaq Sewer, Watermain, Storm Scorer and Street plus $14,250 for the acreage' charge this amounts to: $27,120'plus interest. Pl •outhly user charges and rates. Again, ACTUAL COSTS WILL PROBABLY BE HIGHER. According to Mr. Tom Linhoff at the Mn. Fire Marshall's office, the State Fire Code DOES NOT specifically require municipal water for auv business or school. There arc other options.,a/ei.�u Mr. Scott Futrell at Futrell Fire Consult & Design Inc. says muclof f his firms work its with companies in locations WITHOUT municipal water. Mr. Jerry Lee at JRL Marketing Inc., an expert in fire protection, equipment and supplies, says it is ver; common for business to choose locations WITHOUT municipal water. Municipal water IS NOT required in any of the nine states served by JLR Marketing Inc.. There are many options such as an widerground tank and pump system, which won't increase cost much on new constnhction. Foam enhances water by 10-20 times, thus reducing the water tank volume requirement by 10-20 times..A foam -water syslcm is yen cost efficient. hh some cases a municipal water supply may not be sufficient to provide adequa(c fire proleclion.You can buildjusl about anywhere. There is no good reason to require municipal water exclusively. Boundaries of the PROPOSED Urban Service District arc approximately: Tyler St. on the West, 193rd Ave. on the North, then the City Limits on the East down to 181s1 Ave, then West to Fillntore St., then South to 165tIt Awe., then West to Monroe. then South to the Mississippi River, tun West to Highway 169., EXCEPT EXCLUDING: the Mississippi Heights and tie Sunset Ridge neighborhoods. Most businesses, land owners and home owners DO NOT need or want Sewer -Water and would be harmed by the unusually high costs. The resulting zoning changes to allow 2-3 homes per acre would compound the burden on City services and schools causing still higher luxes while lowering our quality of life. This may be your best chance to make your thoughts count. If you agree, call your neighbors, talk to them. and call your City Council member and the Mayor. Their phone numbers are: Council Member Roger Hohngren- 441-7828 (It), 441-7420 ext. 4804 (vm) and Mayor Hank Duitsman- 441-3717 (h), 441-4908 (vin). The City Council will review tie City's PROPOSED updated comprehensive plan {including extending sewer and water) at;I PUBLIC HEARING at 7 p.m. MONDAY Nov. 27 th. at SALK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Commons area, 11970 Highland Rd. FEOR6lv'Akggi0$IE-TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS ON THE PLAN DURING THE MEETING.