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CITY OF GEM LAKE. MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 2004-01 MAY, 2004 A Pribl is FIearing for the. purpose ofreceiving:public comment on (proposed)Public.ImprovementProject.No. 2004- 01, installation of sanitary sewer at.Scheuneman Road from approximately. a point near Kahl Circle thence.2,100 feet south to the south entrance to Hilary Farm was convened by Mayor Emeott before the Gent Lake City Council on Monday, 24 May 2004. at 8:05 PM in the. first floor meeting room of Tousley Ford located at 1493 East County Road E in Gem Lake, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Mayor .Etheott, Councilors Bosak,. Igo, Watson and Birkebak; Clerk Magnuson, City Attorney Newcome, Special Counsel Johnson, City Engineer Parotti and Acting Planning Commission Chair Lindner were present along with Mr. McNulty. and liis.associates and approximately 30 residents of Gem Lake. Following Mayor Emeott's request for additions, deletions, or corrections, and on Motion by Igo and. Second by Birkebak, the Agenda for the Public Hearing was unanimously approved. For the record, Magnuson indicated that an.otice of public.hearing inthe White.l3ear.Press was.published on 12 May 2004 and that all affected property owners with real property affected by the project, based upon a certified list secured from Ramsey County Property. Records and Revenue, were also.notified bydirect Mayor Emeott gave a brief overview of the process leading to this public hearing,.. indicating that while several other plans for the development of Hillary Farm have been reviewed, the Plan identified as Plan B-2 includes requirements for construction of sanitary sewer and that the purpose oftonight's public hearing is to formally receive public comment on (proposed) construction of approximately :2,100 feet of sanitary sewer in accordance with Gem Lakeordinances and State of Minnesota statutes. Mr. Parotti then presented his report titled "Feasability Report, Sewer Extension, Blue. Spruce Estates to Hillary Farm reviewing it's various components and associated costs. A copy of the report is attached hereto. Specifically, Parotti reported that the report was ordered prior to SEH's knowledge of Ramsey County's willingness to reconstruct the. road. Hence,the original feasability study considered 3 options while numbers have been amended to reflect reduction in costs based upon Ramsey County roadway reconstruction funding. Mr. Lindner then indicated the Planning Commission felt that basedupon comments from the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO), the City Engineer, and other experts, construction of a sanitary sewer for this part of the City was in the best interest of the general and environmental health and welfare of the community. Mr. Magnuson then reported on Ramsey County involvement in the proj ect relative to rebuilding the road following construction of the sewer for the project, providing further history of the Functional Roadway Consolidation Plan. of 1993, actions taken by the. Council at that time, failure by Ramsey County to complete the program with Gem Lake, and opportunities created by the program today. Effective this. day, Ramsey County has weed in principal to reimburse the City of Gem Lake in an amount estimated at. $170,000 for reconstruction of Scheuneman Road from Otter Lake Road south to. Highway61. This will, in turn, allowa very cost effective constructionof sanitary sewer to properties adjacent the construction. The project will also be enhanced by today's low interest rates. Finally, Mr. Magnuson noted this was also an opportunity to address the many concerns expressed by the residents along and adjacent to Scheunentan Road regarding traffic and speed problems as Gem Lake residents will have substantially more input into a city street than we do with County Roads. Inall, a combination of factors all coming together will. yield a project with costs attendant to benefitted property owners of approximately`$6,000 or less than 33% of what these costs might otherwise have been. Mr. Newcome then spoke and indicated it is the intentionofthe :City to order an immediate review of Ordinance No. 64 (the "Sewer Ordinance") to prepare amendments to the ordinance that will allow deferred hook up to the sewer once constructed and cost sharing based upon benefitted property rather than simple front footage. This will be a top priority if the improvement is ordered. Mr_ Scruggs: was then recognized and he asked if the sewer would be available to those north of Kahl Circle. Mayor Emeott repliedthat a 2/3 majority of the property owners is required for a project tobe implemented and that he has :attempted to contact all property owners north of Kalil Circle to Otter Lake Road to determine their interest in same_ To date, he has been unableto gain. a 100% finding and encouraged those interested to: talk as soon as ipossible withtier neighbors. .lfinterest.is determined, asecond Public improvement Project wilibejam lernented immediately upon proper notification.