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r I ---\j ( ); !f~ ITEM 4.9. TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL River FROM: PATRICK KLAERS, CITY ADMIN R DATE: NOVEMBER 10,1993 SUBJECT: UTILITIES EXTENSION POLICY Earlier this year, the City changed its policy on the extension of municipal utilities (sewer and water service lines). The change approved was to extend the sewer and water stub-ins for subdivided lots beyond the street right-of-way to the edge of the utility easement. This change in the City policy was appropriate based on the Elk River Utilities policy of placing electric lines in the easement and not in the street right-of-way. The goal of this new policy was to eliminate future conflicts with underground electric lines when the sewer and water was extended in the future to new homes. . This new policy was requested to be reconsidered by the City Council in October. In October the City Council referred this policy back to the Utilities Commission. The Utilities Commission discussed this issue at its 11/3/93 meeting (see attached) and the Utilities have decided to change its policy regarding the location of electric lines. The Utilities are now going to place the electric lines in the street right-of-way if it is possible. Accordingly, the City no longer needs to extend the sewer and water to the easement line. Based on this new policy of the Utilities to place the electric lines in the street right-of-way and not in the easements, it is recommended to the City Council that the City change its policy back to its previous status, whereby the sewer and water stub-ins to new subdivisions are placed up to the right-of-way boundary. It should be noted that this policy will only relate to internal residential streets and not to streets which have a collector designation or where it is possible that the street will be improved (expanded) in the future. . P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425