Minutes - Public Works Committee - 10/21/2003

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years the City has budgeted annually $25,000 to install additional lights until all priority light locations have been completed. Below is a listing of 12 lights, which are proposed to be installed with the 2003 budget allotment of $25,000: Variolite & 165th Lane Variolite & 158th Avenue CSAHS & Old CR5 CR63 & Tiger Street CR 116 & Azurite CR 116 & Basalt CR 116 & Krypton CR 116 & Iodine CR 116 & Germanium Alpine & Waco Alpine & Argon/Zuni Alpine & Roanoke/153rd Avenue City staff recommended that 2003 priority lights listed be approved for installation. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to recommend to the City Council authorize the installation of 2003 priority streetlights. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Zimmerman, Councilmembers Kurak, and Cook. Voting No: None. 3) Authorization to Update the Comprehensive Sewer Plan Assistant Director of Public Works Olson stated that the most recent update to the Comprehensive Sewer Plan was completed in February of 1991. The City has approved the creation of a Town Center area, industrial development has increased, townhouse projects are appearing more often, and single-family residential developments are being approved. All of these things can and will have an impact to the existing utility infrastructure. Since the projections for capacity are based on per capita and industrial uses, there is a need to re-evaluate the projections and update the comprehensive sewer plan. During the process of the AUAR for the Town Center, the issue of available capacity allocated by the Metropolitan Council was raised. As part of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan update we will meet with the Metropolitan Council on numerous occasions to ensure that they are apprised of our update, which will need to be approved by them. Staff has also received requests by local property owners to extend sewer and water for significant distances to receive the benefit of municipal sewer and water. Staff feels that there are enough Citywide changes since 1991 to warrant an update of the comprehensive sewer study. Staff has actively engaged in pursuing grant opportunities with the Metropolitan Council and was unsuccessful in acquiring grant moneys to pay for this update. Since the grant opportunities were unsuccessful, Staff included $30,000 in the sewer utility fund to finance the update and feel that there will definitely be additional benefits to the entire City. Staff noted that Public Works Committee/October 21, 2003 Page 6 of 8