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I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I CASE # CONSIDER SEWER AND WATER EXTENSION TO BURGER KING By: Steve Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Burger King has petitioned the City for inclusion into the MUSA and, if approved, would require sewer and water extension for services at their site, which is located on the west side of County Road #56 between the railroad tracks and T.H. 10. There are a number of alternatives for extending municipal service to this site and I am recommending consideration of the route illustrated on the attachment to this case. Over the short term, the above route is not the least expensive alternative, however, I have recommended it for the following reasons: 1) It will provide trunk sanitary sewer to the undeveloped area between C.R. #56 and C.R. #83. This area has great potential for development, particularly with the construction of C.R.#I16providingaccess. Sewer and water trunk charges from this area have the potential for generating as much as $3.28 million. 2) This project will provide an opportunity for the upgrading of 143rd Avenue, with curb and gutter and storm sewer. These improvements are more consistent with the standards of the City's business park areas. 3) This alignment will require no easements and can be pursued in a timely manner. This extension would consist of installing approximately 1000 feet of 27~inch sanitary sewer down 143rd Avenue, which would be jacked across C.R. #56. A smaller ten inch sewer would be extended southward and jacked across the railroad track to provide gravity sewer service to the site. This project would require the removal of all the pavement and the restoration could include curb and gutter and storm sewer, two improvements which presently do not exist in the street. It would be possible to assess property owners for these improvements. The Road and Bridge Committee directed that affected property owners be contacted prior to advancing the project further. At the time of this writing, staff has had a dialog with three of the four property owners. The fourth property, a vacant parcel located on the southwest comer of Jaspar and 143rd Avenue, has been sent a letter requesting contact with City staff prior to the meeting. The response from Sharp and Associates, the sole property owner on the north side of 143rd, was favorable to the project. Both the storm sewer and the curb and gutter were felt to be very desirable improvements. The Water Products property, on the comer of Ramsey Boulevard and' 143rd, expressed the opinion that curb and gutter would provide no direct benefit to their property, but indicated that they were very interested in the improvement of the neighborhood. There was a concession that the addition of these improvements would attract the type of businesses they