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. . . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: December 14, 1999 TO: Joe Lynch, City Administrator Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Director ~. Old Highway 10 Watermain Project FROM: SUBJECT: Backl!:round The City of Arden Hills received a petition from owners of thirteen (13) of the eighteen (18) affected lots along Old Highway 10 south of Highway 96, requesting City water service be provided to their homes. In 1996, the City did a Feasibility Study related to the possibility of providing this service. At that time, following formal potential assessment process (informational meeting, public hearing, and ordering preparation of plans and specifications), bids for the project were received at $110,000. This figure was $20,000 over the engineer's estimated cost of $90,000, and Council rejected those bids on the advice of staff, as the project seemed to have minimal support from residents at that time. Following this recent petition, the City Council requested a review of the 1996 Feasibility Report by the City's current consulting engineer, Greg Brown ofBRW, updating the project's cost estimate using today's figures. Mr. Brown completed this, and the estimated cost presented to the City Council was $190,000; or $100,000 more than the 1996 projected cost. This estimate includes approximately $50,000 in restoration (i.e., driveways, culverts, sod, etc. that the original estimate did not include). When these figures were presented to the City Council in September of 1999, the Council asked that staff alert affected residents of the increased costs and provide the residents with an estimate ofthese revised costs in accordance with the provisions of the City's Assessment Policy. Staff provided these costs to the residents, and asked that they contact City Hall by December 3, 1999 with their comments. Residents were advised that, if enough interest was there, the City would then proceed with the next step in considering a proposed project; holding an informational meeting with residents. Response from Residents Six (6) property owners contacted the City. Dave Cmiel, the originator of the petition, stated he would like to see the project proceed with the City funding fifty percent (50%) of the project as had been referenced for Council consideration in the original Feasibility Report. Two (2) additional written responses from residents are attached. Also, one of the three Grudnoske brothers, each of whom own a separate parcel, came to City hall and indicated all three were opposed to the project under today's conditions.