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e e e FROM LARKIN HOFFMAN DALY LINDGREN 612-8963265 09.09.1994 12:09 P. 2 CITY OF ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 94 . ~ A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE WESTERN AREA PHASE II IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO DELETE THE SANDPIPER ESTATES SUBDIVISION FROM THE PROJECT RECITALS The City Council of the City of Elk River has ordered the installation of a pUblic improvement project known as the Western Area Phase II Improvements of 1994 (the Project). The purpose of the Project is to extend public utilities from their existing terminus near City Hall further towards the western boundary of the City, to serve the Sherburne County Administration Building property and all properties between. Among the properties potentially served by and benefitted by the Project is a single- family subdivision known as Sandpiper Estates. Sandpiper Estates is a forty-four (44) lot, single-family subdivision platted in 1986 and 1987 as a large lot rural residential community with one-acre minimum lot sizes. Twenty-four (24) of the forty-four (44) lots have been built on, and seventeen (17) remain in the ownership of the Developer. Each of the twenty- four (24) existing homes within Sandpiper Estates has its own well and septic system, all of which have been installed within the last four (4) years and, if properly maintained, have an expected useful life of from ten (10) to fifteen (15) years. The City Council has held a number of public hearings to take testimony and discuss the impact of the Project on the homeowners . in Sandpiper Estates. During these hearings the majority of the existing homeowners within Sandpiper Estates have indicated to the Council they do not desire to have public utilities extended into their neighborhood because their existing wells and septic systems have a long remaining useful life and they find large lot sizes desirable. The Developer who owns the balance of the lots within Sandpiper Estates has attended at least two of these hearings and has not taken a position-either way. FINDINGS 1. The City's normal policy when extending trunk sanitary sewer and water facilities is to install lateral lines sufficient to provide City water and sanitary sewer service to all properties within the City'S urban services district which can be served by the trunk facilities, and to require these properties to connect to City water and sanitary sewer. These properties are assessed a portion of the cost of the trunk and lateral facilities, and related street and storm sewer improvements, as provided