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Howard R , Green Company Item 7.4. Apdl 8, 2002 File: 806550J-0060 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway P.O. Box 490 Elk River, MN 55330-0490 RE: 175TH AVENUE IMPROVEMENT WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION Dear Council Members: As directed by the City Council, I met with Pat Klaers, City Administrator, and Bryan Adams, General Manager Elk River Municipal Utilities, to discuss the potential of constructing and funding watermain with the 175th Avenue improvement. Various alternatives for funding the watermain construction in the near term until assessments can be levied against adjacent property owners were discussed. Complicating the funding scenado is the fact that the Elk River Municipal Utilities need to relocate a booster pumping station to this location once the watermain is extended to facilitate the connection between the high pressure and Iow pressure systems. The additional cost of relocating the booster station is approximately $75,000. In addition to funding the watermain construction, the timing as to when this connection is ultimately needed was discussed. This connection would add additional fire flow potential to existing developments adjacent to TH 10, namely the Rail 10 Industrial Park. However, prior to the East Elk River improvements, this area was not served by water. Consequently, the fire protection in this area has increased significantly since the East Elk River improvement. It was our consensus that waiting a few years to provide this watermain loop on 175th Avenue should not adversely affect the existing developments in East Elk River. Based on this discussion, it is the recommendation of the three of us that the watermain on 175th Avenue should be excluded from the 2002 improvement project. As previously discussed, we would recommend that the detached bituminous pathway proposed for the north side of the road be eliminated from the project where watermain is expected in the future. The pathway can be left on the 175th Avenue project along most of the Park Pointe Addition. This will preserve a comdor along the north side of the road for future watermain construction. After the watermain is constructed in the future, the bituminous pathway could be constructed at that time. We would request that the City Council affirm this recommendation so that the project may proceed with sanitary sewer but without watermain at this point in time. Ltr 4-8-02 Council 1326 Energy Park Drive · St. Paul, MN 55108 · 651/644-4389 fax 651/644-9446 toll free 888/368-4389