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CONSIDER EASEMENT ACQUISITION FOR THE NW TRUNK SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION By; Brian Olson, Assistant Director of Public Works /Principal City Engineer Bactcground: On May 11, 2004, City Council authorized Staff to h/re Bolten and Menk to begin the design o f the infrastlxmture included in the Feasibility Studies that petitioned for the extension of sewer and water. The direction at that time was that the costs to design this project were to be paid for from the respective enterprise funds and when and if the project was approved the funds would be reimbursed with the bond proceeds. On December 6, 2004, the City Council directed staffto implement a public participatiOn program in conjunction with the proposai to extend sanitary sewer to serve the area known as the NW sewer extension. On l:ebruary 7, 2005, the City held an informational meeting with residents that could be impacted by all the potential sewer alignments that could serve this area to receive comments on each of the alternative alignments that were being considered. Thc City has been considering five alternative routes for the extension of sanitary sewer service to an area known as the Northwest area which has petitioned for this service. This area is illustrated in the attached figure. Following review of public comment and of the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative, the City Council concurred with staff rcco m mendation at a work session held on March 15, 2005 that Option No. 3 (illustrated on thc figure) be selected as the alignment to be considered in conjunction with this server extension request. On April 12, 2005, the City Council selected the alignment that was to be considered in the design o f the sewer extension and further directed Staff to notify the residents contiguous to Option No. 3. This occurred on June 9, 2005. Observations: Over the past year the City has been in the design process and feel that the plans are far enough along to determine the amount of land that would be necessary to complete the hnprovements. There are approximately 52 properties that will be impacted. These impacts vary from permanent easements for drainage, utility and / or trail purposes to ten ~porary construction easements. Staff has attached the language for the easements that would be necessary but would like the City Attorney to review these for before final ~cq uisition. Staff has included a map of the alignment as part of this case. Since it is in such a small [brmat, we will have a large format graphic that outlines the expected impacts and