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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Eric Volk—Water Superintendent <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: I AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> November 17, 2015 1 4.1 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Petition for Water Main Looping and Extension Variance <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> 13296 Mississippi Road is in the planning process for development. The lot is going to be split <br /> into three different lots. The developer,Alex Bodnar, is required to loop the water main when it <br /> is installed. The plan to loop the water main from Gary Street to Joplin Street has already been <br /> approved by city council. Bodnar Builders has requested that the Elk River Utilities Commission <br /> direct the Water Department to install six-inch HDPE water main from the western edge of <br /> 13296 Mississippi Road to the existing twelve-inch water main on Joplin Street. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> In the past ERMU has not paid for any installation of new water main in a development. There <br /> are a couple of policies already in place requiring the installation of loops, and who should pay <br /> for them. <br /> • Section 105 of the ERMU Water Rules dictates that the cost rests on the developer. <br /> • ERMU Policy 5.2 states that"all water mains shall be looped, or in the case of phasing of <br /> developments,that provisions be made to loop them in the future."Requiring developers <br /> to loop water mains is common. <br /> • The City of Elk River and Elk River Municipal Utilities has adopted the Recommended <br /> Standards for Water Works Policy by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board <br /> and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Engineers. In Section 8.2.4 of the <br /> policy, it states"dead ends shall be minimized by making appropriate tie-ins whenever <br /> practical, in order to provide increased reliability of service and reduce head loss." <br /> • Section 3400.A.7 of the City of Elk River Design Standards reads, "no dead ends shall be <br /> constructed, all water mains shall be looped." <br /> There are recent cases when developers have had to pay 100%of the water main installation <br /> cost. <br /> POWERED BY <br /> Page 1 of 2 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public P OWERED T o S ERVE <br /> Power Provider <br /> 111 <br />